I agree w/that, nothing said in my vows I was stuck to his hip 24/7.

You need that time away to regroup and reconnect w/your friends. I
don't see the harm as long as it is not harming the relationship ex.
mistrust, infidelity etc. but a break from one another is needed to
maintain a healthy relationship.

Glad to hear the good news! Hope all goes well

working on Saturday but spending quality time w/family on Sunday its
going to rain so not sure exactly what we will do.

$2.69 here in PA

I'm Penelope, hubby is pepe le pew

He finally caught me

Hello and welcome. Have fun here and you will find lots of friends.
Enjoy

Just be yourself and the rest will flow.....

You already took that first step and joined and posted, the rest is a
piece of cake.

Enjoy

Welcome to JSH and hope you find what you are looking for

Welcome to JSH and I'm sure you will have no problems finding that man
who knows all about truth. There are still some out there

I agree w/you Bachlorbill. I love to be pampered and spoiled! Your wife
was stupid to leave ya!

I am so sorry to hear of your loss and your predictament now. Keep
those lines of communication open. Since his pattern has changed at
school this is a sure sign that he is hurting inside and does not know
quite how to release it. A guidance counselor in school may be able to
help w/in the school setting. At home, sit down w/him one on one and
just start talking. Ease into the topic try to keep it light at first.
If you go and attack the issue this will cause him to go deeper w/in
himself. Try to get involved in what he likes to do and try talking
while you are doing it. Try to avoid straight on eye contact, he may
preceive this as challenging. If you have any male relatives in your
area that may be able to drop by and do some activities w/him, this
might help. And most of all give him time, this has been brewing for
some time now and will not resolve quickly. Be patient and see about
getting some family counseling together. I hope all of our suggestions
help. Our family will pray for you and yours

I am a full time mother to 3 and wife and w/the 'extra' time I have
I drive other people's kids to school but seriously I love
it. Anyone want to change jobs for a day????

Agree 100% w/Barbiesbigsister!! Alcoholism is no excuse for anything,
just a major crutch and illness that needs to be treated. They should
have to do the time for the crime like everybody else.

I know, myself, am very glad to see that he is gone. Just hope he stays
away this time.

If he doesnt like Bush and the war then maybe he should just go over
there and try to fix it. He seemed to have alot of ideas of what should
be done.

Now that he is gone, maybe we can get back to what really is
important.....

Goofy-Mickey

Cheers!!! Bottoms Up!!

Ahhhhh, Shucks!!

many- birthday punches

A friend emailed this to me tonite and I thought I would share:



The tea cup

The story is told of a couple who used to go England to shop at a
beautiful antique store. This particular trip was to celebrate their
25th
wedding anniversary. They both liked antiques and pottery, and
especially tea cups, and so spotting an exceptional cup, they asked "May
we see
that? We've never seen a cup quite so beautiful."

As the lady handed it to them, suddenly the tea cup spoke...

"You don't understand." it said. "I have not always been a tea cup.
There was a time when I was just a lump of red clay. My master took me
and rolled me pounded and patted me over and over and I yelled out,
"Don't do that. I don't like it! Let me alone," but he only smiled,
and
gently said; "Not yet!!"

Then, WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun
around and around and around. 'Stop it ! I'm getting so dizzy! I'm
going to be sick!', I screamed. But the master only nodded and said,
quietly; 'Not yet.'

He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit
himself and then...... then he put me in the oven. I never felt such
heat.
I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. ' Help! Get me out of
here!' I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as
he shook his head from side to side, ' Not yet '

When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He
carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool.
Oh, that felt so good! 'Ah, this is much better,' I thought.

But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all
over. The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag. 'Oh, please,
Stop it! Stop it !' I cried. He only shook his head and said. 'Not
yet...'

Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the
first time. This time it was twice as hot and I just knew I would
suffocate. I begged... I pleaded... I screamed... I cried... I was
convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up and just then
the door
opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I
cooled and waited and waited, wondering 'What's he going to do to me
next?'

An hour later he handed me a mirror and said, 'Look at yourself.' And
I did....

I said, 'That's not me, that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm
beautiful!'

Quietly he spoke: "I want you to remember then,' he said, 'I know it
hurt to be rolled and pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone,
you'd have dried up."

"'I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had
stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and
disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have
cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all
over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened. You
would
not have had any color in your life. And if I hadn't put you back in
that second oven, you wouldn't have survived for long because the
hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. .... Now
you
are what I had in mind when I first began with you.'"

The moral of this story is this:

The Lord knows what He's doing for each of us; He is the potter, and we
are His clay. He will mould us and make us, and expose us to just
enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a
flawless
piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will.

So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and
pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out
of
control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when
life seems too hard to bear, try this....

Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down and
have a little talk with the Potter!

Wind- sock