Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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Thank you @lbuehrle8! Was just going to edit my post to say "agree to disagree?" at the end. No hard feelings, and definitely not trying to get this thread shut down, I've been reading since page 1!
In my perfect world everyone who worked an honest day's work would make enough to live on and enjoy some simple pleasures. In my perfect world people would have good nutrition and a place to live. In my perfect world those who worked hard for extra education or had great ideas and started companies would be compensated more. In my perfect world. Meanwhile I'm doing the best I can to navigate this imperfect world.
Welcome @Levan11
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I got my son qualified for SSI after his second heart surgery when he was 3, for one year. It was the most brutal interview, series of paperwork, horrible experience. I wanted to make sure we had his needs covered but even though I'd been paying into the system since I started work at age 16 the woman interviewing me made me feel as if I was the most evil, incompetent mother ever for not being wealthy enough to cover all his costs and basically threatened me with an audit. It is 12 years later and I still have all my receipts from the money of what I used it for on him that year. (SHUDDER). I will probably have to help him through the process again but I'd rather work my tucus off an become wealthy so that I can take care of him. It sounds easier than going through that again. He is very well documented with a genetic disorder and autism but UGH!!!!!
Yes, it's a nasty process designed to make you throw up your hands and quit and some of the people involved are nastier than the wicked witch in OZ. I think I would rather take my chances with the flying monkeys, but we do what it takes. Good luck and I hope you can avoid the meanies this times.
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I can definitely see that. I tend to set "guard" myself around the parents in my family because some bad experiences with them.MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »
I need to work on my sentences, too. I don't mind other people realizing that kids could be a burden and choosing not to have them. I chose to have mine because i knew i would not feel that way. I travel less, but i am really fulfilled by being a mom.
Edited for spelling...
The kids themselves are pretty chill.
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I was pretty fortunate and never had to deal too much with insurance and medical costs until this year. It really does get terrifying pretty fast.MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »
I missed this earlier today. It's *possible* that the tummy surgery could be considered medically necessary but in 13 + years, I have only successfully argued to get 5 paid for. You are much more likely to get the breast reduction covered because oversized breasts have been documented to cause disabling back and even breathing problems in some patients. The vast majority of my job is fighting to get surgeries covered. It's ridiculous the lengths insurers go to in order to keep patient money in their pockets. As I said last week, we should have skipped the ACA and gone straight to single payer. At least then I would only have to argue with CMS, not 6-8 huge insurers, a multitude of smaller ones and all the varieties of coverage each insurer offers. Good luck with it. I will be hoping you can get the tummy and the reduction covered.
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I had a dog that LOVED olives...but not in the eating kind of way. If someone dropped a bit of olive she'd roll and roll and roll on it. I never understood it but it made me laugh.
This, but olives.
We went out for dinner last night and I had salad bar... thought I'd scooped up a black grape but considered it might be an olive... inspected it closely, decided it was definitely a grape, so in it went... OLIVE!! BLECH!
Fortunately I had a forkful of broccoli salad ready to kill the taste, just in case.
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rungirl1973 wrote: »So, I need to tell a sweet hubby story since everybody else is.
I love to go dancing. Hubby can not find a beat. He signed us up for private dance lessons so he can dance with me.
Last night was the first lesson. This will be a fun little diversion for us.
Sounds like fun!
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Speaking of dancing- did I tell you guys I was in the newspaper for sharing a dance with a resident at the local Veterans' Home on Independence Day? (I can't remember if I shared and don't want to look back through pages...) I was volunteering, helping serve lunch and just chatting with the residents. When he found out I was from Texas, he asked if I could 2 step and I said, "Of course!" The reporter took a pic of us dancing and it was published in the Sunday paper. My DH doesn't dance.
ETA: That's my husband standing behind the fence in the background watching.
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Nice! Way to go and enjoy those jeans!Thanks for all the compliments ladies. Maybe it was just the jeans, but I really liked the view in that mirror today. It made me proud of all my hard work and dedication.
That baby's going on Instagram.
I admit I will admire my backside from time to time...I think it is a natural thing to do!
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Elliebellii wrote: »I'm a emotional eater and feel like I cant stop.
Don't give up. Try again and again until you make new habits. You can do it. I journal my emotions. It helps me.
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Confession: I have not been pushing myself as much as I feel I should with the exercise because, I feel I am scared to see the results. If that makes any sense?? I have lived in this fat suit for so long now, it's like my personal protective gear. I want to lose this weight, but I think I am a bit scared to see the actual results.
I understand this. Push through. Work on your braveness. You can do it and you will LOVE the results.
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berlynnwall wrote: »
Everything is OK. My mom had back surgery, and then a few days later had a stroke. She is alright, but her brain still isn't working quite right. She had a heck of a time trying to explain things to the ER, and my brother (who was with her at the time) called my sister instead of me.No one called me at all until like 4 days later. I had no clue.
My sister went to the hospital, and before she left, she dropped a bag of drugs somewhere in the exam room. When my mom tried to leave the hospital the next morning, cops were waiting outside to arrest her, because when the hospital staff cleaned her room, they found a bunch of heroin. She was super upset and scared about her brain issue, and then almost got arrested. She was banned from that hospital! I mean, really. Does no one have any common sense? I swear to goodness that I was switched at birth.
YIKES!!! I hope it all got sorted out ok.
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raelynnsmama52512 wrote: »So, about the house situation, hubby seems to have changed his mind. He really wants this house, and to be honest so do I, so we are going to get the down payment and deposit figured out so we can get the house. There's a lot of ways to try to get those up, so now it's just figuring out the best way to go about it.
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This is the funniest thread ever! Such honesty! Love it! Ditto to nearly all.0
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Yay for your NSV!!!pofoster21 wrote: »
ETA: I can't believe I forgot this part! So my NSV in my 260 day logging streak... Yesterday at the race expo, I was buying a new reflective vest to be able to run early am/late pm (to keep my motivation commitments) and the guy sized me up and said 'you're pretty petite you may not need...". PRETTY PETITE! OMG. No one has EVER called me that. I wanted to kiss him. My friend, who is ALWAYS petite, just rolled her eyes when I turned to her and said...Did you hear what he said?????????????????????????
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pofoster21 wrote: »
Yep, and I have been overweight most of my life. My 'thin' periods I can count on one hand. Seriously. I have been active most of my adult life, but 'thin' hardly ever and mostly because of an unsustainable diet. I have never been "super" heavy, but have had a lot of weight on my body. Because I hated myself. I was an unattractive, awkward, unhappy kid who was surrounded by gorgeous OR genius OR successful OR both people. Being generally good at a lot of things, but not great (or super smart) at anything, plus being a middle child in a familly of 5, was really hard. Seriously. I know it sounds crazy (seriously crazy) but talking to all of you finally made me realize I am ok. Not for any reason except none of you have a SINGLE expectation of me. And frankly, until today's picture, had never seen me (except in the batcave). So there was no preconceived notions. Or expectations. And learning about why people hate people who are always late (I try not to be now), why people binge eat, struggles with family, sisters, parents, ,etc. have finally made me realize...I am not a freak. And to have a better understanding of people in general. So yes, I am a work in progress, but I am finally starting to figure out I like who I am .... whatever I look like (facially or weigh wise). Plus.. I have killer taste in shoes. That counts for something.
I quite like you!
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riderfangal wrote: »Waving at @nonoelmo. Welcome back!
Thank you. I think I am still a few pages behind but I'm catching up.
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I had a boyfriend try to explain to me that his junk was a muscle and got bigger with exercise... Umm I really don't know if he actually believed that or not.
LOL!
Although, I did read (on the internet so I didn't put much weight in it) that it can shrink a little from 'lack of use.'
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Don't give up. Try again and again until you make new habits. You can do it. I journal my emotions. It helps me.
I find it difficult to journal my POSITIVE emotions. I go back and read past entries sometimes and just...yuck...sometimes I sound like a whiney baby other times I'm like "That guy was a (EXPLETIVE)! Why didn't I reread this and realize that SOONER?!"
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lilaclovebird wrote: »
We have a peach tree in our yard and it has only given up tiny sweet peaches.
Confession: Tonight I slathered myself in a blend of coconut, tea tree, and cinnamon oils on top of my prescription cream(after it dried) and I smell mostly like cinnamon. As long as I don't smell like a rotting mushroom that is FINE BY ME!
Confession: Today was my dad's 63rd birthday and I had a slice of cake and didn't log it.
Confession: After gaining 2 pounds yesterday(bringing me to 186 lbs), I had a woosh when I woke up this afternoon and the scale said 183. I'm not believing it until I get tomorrows reading as well.
I bet you smell yummy! I hope it works for you.
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Cool. I've started to catch up to myself. (big goofy grin.)0
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Italian_Buju wrote: »I had two giant baskets of peaches yesterday, and it did not go as well as planned, lol.
The first basket was half full of peaches that I think might have gotten frozen in the fridge so I had to throw them out as they were all mushy and gross. My guy delivered them last Sunday, so I had to fridge them so they would not go bad before this past Sunday, and because it is a fridge downstairs that was empty, I think it was too cold.
The skinning part was super hard.....like 1% of them came off properly.....most of them I had to peel manually. I think some of them were not ripe enough again, in the fridge that takes a while, should have taken them out before Saturday afternoon, ugh. My son ate a few leftover ones last night and said they were kinda hard, so I am hoping the sealing process made the other ones softer.
Then we lost a jar, and I use the really large jars. The last batch was sealing and I could smell sugar or something so I check and the bottom of a jar is broken right off and there were peaches everywhere
I only got six large jars out of two large baskets. Last year I had Monday picked peaches that we canned on a Thursday and they were perfect. When I am ready for my next batch I am gonna ask them to be picked on Wednesday since I have to do the canning on a Sunday.
Now I am gonna have to do two more sets instead of one because this batch was so crappy......
But, on the bright side, I have six more jars of peaches that I did not have yesterday......
Good luck getting through them all. I've done a little canning. I made an Italian Plum jelly once. It took so long...but was so good.0 -
I want to say to these people "Can't you just text each other your nauseating messages?!"
I have zero idea if my SO has "in a relationship" marked on his facebook page or not. I don't know if it would occur to him or not and I don't care either way. I don't do facebook.
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Confession: I am REALLY hoping there is a slice of cake waiting for my when I get home and a glass of wine to go with it.
A straight 12 hour shift, 12 days into a 14 day streak of straight 8's....I can do this....
I feel so exhausted. My friend Alycia and I are SO having a girls day on my only day off. Thursday can not come quickly enough.0 -
Ugh I was dreading weighing myself because in the past, I got too stuck on the numbers and it hindered my weight loss and was very discouraging. I stupidly took the advice of other and weighed myself for the first time in well over a year after my swim at the pool and I'm 20lbs heavier than I thought I was. Ugh.
I feel so crappy now and wish I'd never done that. I was going to just use a measuring tape to keep tabs on losses. I wish I had listened to myself rather than others.
Start from now and try different things until you find what works for you. Weighing daily works for a lot of people. It helps me keep on track but now I have my scale hidden from my daughter b/c it was not healthy for her... but there is no "right" weight for me. I have a range that works depending on what my goals are. Right now I want to be a little leaner so I'm slowly getting there.
Welcome and good luck.
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My old co-workers actually DID throw me a puppy shower! It was fantastic. I was SO excited about getting my puppy that I talked about it for MONTHS. My boss made some excuse to pull me into a conference room (I thought I was in trouble and was super nervous), but when we got there, everyone said "Surprise!!!" It was a surprise puppy shower for me. There was cake, dog toys, treats, and a gift card to a pet supply store. It was a little over 11 years ago, but I still remember how happy it made me. One of the nicest things anyone has ever done for me! (The puppy that was the subject of the party is the dog in my profile pic. I him.)
I love it.
I had to sell stuff in school. Didn't like it. Preferred paper drives and car washes.0 -
MelissaPhippsFeagins wrote: »Hugs and love to you and your son. I will pray for no surgery to be needed, but, yes, we do whatever we have to.
Thanks. At this point they just want to see him in another year....but...last time they felt it would be longer than it was so I will have him looked at in 4 - 6 months. Thank you again. He is visiting my parents for the summer so it will still be a few weeks until he's back at home. I can tell by his behavior pretty well how his health is and I will get lots of things double checked when he's back.0 -
My journals are often whiny and pouty pages long pity parties. They get all of that crud out of my brain and onto the page where I can examine it. If I feel strongly about something I make myself explain it to myself. I make myself dig into WHY I feel what I feel. I've done it for years and it is so private that I often rip up the pages soon after writing them.lilaclovebird wrote: »
I find it difficult to journal my POSITIVE emotions. I go back and read past entries sometimes and just...yuck...sometimes I sound like a whiney baby other times I'm like "That guy was a (EXPLETIVE)! Why didn't I reread this and realize that SOONER?!"
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