I'm not sure either! It's a word my mum used to use!
Shall I say 'very sparsely dressed young ladies looking for a rich man' instead?
How do you feel today?
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stonemaybe
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I am not a person that needs a lot of hugs and sympathy but I sure could use a few thousand hugs tonight, along with a shot gun and some valium. I cannot take these teens in my house anymore. I know they are foster kids, I know they are damaged, I know, I know. But I cannot take anymore.
Tonight was the last straw. I came home at 10 pm, go upstairs and there is vomit all over the hallway and two bedrooms. I have beige rugs and the stupid girl was drinking vodka and red wine. my carpets are ruined. Last week she announced she was pregnant and wanted to end her pregnancy. That was so hard for me since I always wanted kids. But I abided her decision. Tonight she is passed out drunk. Last month she punched and destroyed two doors, mailbox and the gutters because I gave her a curfew.
Last week I finally got her brother out of the house. He has Schizophrenia and wasn't bathing. He would wash the same outfit every day and put it on wet, and walk around town to dry it. He wore his leather coat inside out and shorts . He he talked to himself. My neighbors kept the kids away from him. I tried to get him supportive housing. Finally I rented him a room in a boarding house and got him to move out. (at 22)
I have had them for nine years and feel like they have sapped the life out of me. Im exhausted. I bought this stupid house so they could have a decent home. What a waste.
So tonight I gave her 15 bucks, told her to go stay with her sister and get the hell out of my house. I told her I will have the caseworker pick her up from her sisters house. She has only 3 months to finish highschool, I was tring to hang on but I cant do it anymore. So why do I feel guilty?
Please forgive me if I overstepped my bounds here. Just needed to talk.
Tonight was the last straw. I came home at 10 pm, go upstairs and there is vomit all over the hallway and two bedrooms. I have beige rugs and the stupid girl was drinking vodka and red wine. my carpets are ruined. Last week she announced she was pregnant and wanted to end her pregnancy. That was so hard for me since I always wanted kids. But I abided her decision. Tonight she is passed out drunk. Last month she punched and destroyed two doors, mailbox and the gutters because I gave her a curfew.
Last week I finally got her brother out of the house. He has Schizophrenia and wasn't bathing. He would wash the same outfit every day and put it on wet, and walk around town to dry it. He wore his leather coat inside out and shorts . He he talked to himself. My neighbors kept the kids away from him. I tried to get him supportive housing. Finally I rented him a room in a boarding house and got him to move out. (at 22)
I have had them for nine years and feel like they have sapped the life out of me. Im exhausted. I bought this stupid house so they could have a decent home. What a waste.
So tonight I gave her 15 bucks, told her to go stay with her sister and get the hell out of my house. I told her I will have the caseworker pick her up from her sisters house. She has only 3 months to finish highschool, I was tring to hang on but I cant do it anymore. So why do I feel guilty?
Please forgive me if I overstepped my bounds here. Just needed to talk.
The loudest truth I ever heard was the softest sound.
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aliantha
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Ugh, lorin, what a mess. 
Even raising a "normal" teen has its days of wanting to hand the kid cabfare and telling them to get the hell out. My kids were easy. I can't imagine what it must be like to raise a troubled kid -- and somebody else's troubled kid, at that.
Having a good visit with Batty and Shara_Lunison. We saw Cherish the Ladies in concert tonight as a St. Paddy's Day warmup.
Heading home starting tomorrow. Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed for an extended period of time...
Even raising a "normal" teen has its days of wanting to hand the kid cabfare and telling them to get the hell out. My kids were easy. I can't imagine what it must be like to raise a troubled kid -- and somebody else's troubled kid, at that.
Having a good visit with Batty and Shara_Lunison. We saw Cherish the Ladies in concert tonight as a St. Paddy's Day warmup.
Heading home starting tomorrow. Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed for an extended period of time...
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Cagliostro
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I think in America we usually refer to them as gold diggers. But I prefer to refer to them as greedy twats.Stonemaybe wrote:I'm not sure either! It's a word my mum used to use!
Shall I say 'very sparsely dressed young ladies looking for a rich man' instead?
Life is a waste of time
Time is a waste of life
So get wasted all of the time
And you'll have the time of your life
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Sending Lorin a few thousand huggers
A few thousand virtual hugs 4 u Lorin. 9 yrs worth? 
A few billion trillion bazillion hugs to those young adults.
Keep ur chin up :> RTG
lorin, you put up with all that craziness for nine years? Good heavens. I can't wrap my mind around it. Sending you good vibes, hugs and even a virtual cup o' coffee and Tim Horton's donuts if that'll help. Got nothin' else to say. Your story just floors me. 
Sad to think that there is still nothing sexier than money. You can be the most decent, caring, intelligent human being, but if you don't have $$$, you're worth less than s**t to some people.Cagliostro wrote:I think in America we usually refer to them as gold diggers. But I prefer to refer to them as greedy twats.Stonemaybe wrote:I'm not sure either! It's a word my mum used to use!
Shall I say 'very sparsely dressed young ladies looking for a rich man' instead?
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Lorin, what is a nice woman of your heritage and disposition doing attempting sainthood?
Drunken, pregnant, violent teens...
To quote the closest thing KW has to a patron saint, "Sweet Mercy!"
Drunken, pregnant, violent teens...
To quote the closest thing KW has to a patron saint, "Sweet Mercy!"
Love prevails.
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
Courage!
~ Dan Rather
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
Courage!
~ Dan Rather
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Sounds like my cousin, who my family's never glad to see at the dinner table... And she stayed with her mom till she was 29 (pretty much had to force her out). My advice is get rid of those types soon as possible. Let 'em hit rock bottom and see that, while you may have infinite patience (so it seems), the world does not operate on her terms.lorin wrote:I am not a person that needs a lot of hugs and sympathy but I sure could use a few thousand hugs tonight, along with a shot gun and some valium. I cannot take these teens in my house anymore. I know they are foster kids, I know they are damaged, I know, I know. But I cannot take anymore.
Tonight was the last straw. I came home at 10 pm, go upstairs and there is vomit all over the hallway and two bedrooms. I have beige rugs and the stupid girl was drinking vodka and red wine. my carpets are ruined. Last week she announced she was pregnant and wanted to end her pregnancy. That was so hard for me since I always wanted kids. But I abided her decision. Tonight she is passed out drunk. Last month she punched and destroyed two doors, mailbox and the gutters because I gave her a curfew.
i got new spectacles today and i like em.
my feet don't hurt.
nobody had a hissy in raid (even thos we didn't finish
and i sat out deathwhisper
)
my sneezy cold is better today.
it's humpday.
and somebody loves me.
i feel pretty okey dokey!
my feet don't hurt.
nobody had a hissy in raid (even thos we didn't finish
and i sat out deathwhisper
)my sneezy cold is better today.
it's humpday.
and somebody loves me.
i feel pretty okey dokey!
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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More than one somebody loves you Lucimay.
I woke up early and now I am debating whether to get in the shower and get moving early and go grab breakfast or continue to waste time on the internet. I think the shower and grabbing breakfast idea is winning out...
I woke up early and now I am debating whether to get in the shower and get moving early and go grab breakfast or continue to waste time on the internet. I think the shower and grabbing breakfast idea is winning out...
Now if I could just find a way to wear live bees as jewelry all the time.....
www.fantasybedtimehour.com
www.fantasybedtimehour.com
It's almost Friday, yay!
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YES! We had Pantheon/Acropolis horses. Brid beats O-gon-cho, I'm afraid!Menolly wrote:No SRD- or Pern- influenced named horses to put money on this year, Stone?Stonemaybe wrote:Today was abyssmal. but only in a betting-on-horses type of way! So I can't really complain I suppose!
Santuaire won, yesterday
. Song of Songs fell today 
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Do you really worry about being less than s**t to that type of person? Let them have their money-or-celebrity-focused "relationship". It'll always end unhappy!Sad to think that there is still nothing sexier than money. You can be the most decent, caring, intelligent human being, but if you don't have $$$, you're worth less than s**t to some people
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You seem to keep forgetting the Song is no longer cho's domain, despite my efforts to the contrary earlier in game...Stonemaybe wrote:YES! We had Pantheon/Acropolis horses. Brid beats O-gon-cho, I'm afraid!Menolly wrote:No SRD- or Pern- influenced named horses to put money on this year, Stone?Stonemaybe wrote:Today was abyssmal. but only in a betting-on-horses type of way! So I can't really complain I suppose!
Santuaire won, yesterday
I just received and responded to a request to fill out an initial screening survey to become a Nielsen-rating family.
We have neither a DVR nor any any means of watching t.v. other than over the air reception.
And we watch very little t.v., as we fell out of the habit, not having had a digital converter box until my last birthday in January.
I'll be shocked if we proceed any further.
But it was interesting to be considered...
Oh, how disappointing.Stonemaybe wrote:YES! We had Pantheon/Acropolis horses. Brid beats O-gon-cho, I'm afraid!Menolly wrote:No SRD- or Pern- influenced named horses to put money on this year, Stone?Stonemaybe wrote:Today was abyssmal. but only in a betting-on-horses type of way! So I can't really complain I suppose!
Santuaire won, yesterday
