Yeah we're both from the east side anyways, close nuff

I said I would walk away, and yet I didn't....

That little devil on my shoulder is really naughty today

I see some one's poking badgers again lol

yeah it's the subspecie badgicus stupidicus

HAAAAAAAA I'm not on your ignore list!!! lol

My bad



word.

of course not

My vent is that apparently I am clueless because I have missed any drama in the Canada forum. I guess I have been so caught up in my own woes that I haven't been reading this forum as much.

Mephys, I better not be on your ignore list! LOL

wow. such a long time, and no response from Mephys!!!

I'm devastated Apparently, it is me who Mephys wants to ignore. SOB SOB!!!

Come think about it.... either it is the dude who will run to the US and don't pay his Canadian creditors or I missed it too....

Nope It's not you


Sorry about the delay, I just went kill myself at a gigantic 3 stories IKEA for about 4 hours....my husband is sick so I didn't want to drag him around, but I needed some big boxes and took me forever to find my way around in there.....Montreal's IKEA is nothing compared to that one!!!

I am remodeling the kids bedroom so they can have more room to play




Not even close

minor vent...

so hubby told me last week that on Wednesdays at work they have to stay a little longer because they are going to have this class.....

I guess they found out today that they aren't going to get paid for it but they are going to get pizza They have been having this little class during the meetings on Wednesday mornings but I guess the boss didn't like that they were essentially getting paid to take this class

My vent is that a company I applied to sends me through three interviews, then the VP tells me he wants me to speak with the guy who's leaving the position and then I find out today that someone else also applying for the same position (there were 2 roles to be filled) is now also competing for MY position!

Sorry if that makes not much sense. I find out their decision Thursday. I just am irked because the sales manager was really wanting to hire me but the VP is the guy that I'd be working under and it's now turned into a coin flip between me and some other person.

Vent on:

GRRRR. I'm home for the next two days. Dr. says I can't go back to work til Friday. This darn asthma is about to kick my hiney! We are doing state standardised testing this week...I NEED to be at work. Of course he did give me an option...he said I could "teach" from my hospital bed. It's so hard to get caught up when missing more than one day. Not sure what all brought it on but it culminated with a bad asthma attack on Monday night - hence the two days off. I guess this explains why I've felt like crud for the last couple weeks.

Vent off.

Oh Karen, I hope you feel better soon. And I know it is hard when you want to be at work, but remember that taking care of YOU is the most important thing right now.

Marilyn, I'm so glad your first day went well!

Karen I hope you are feeling better very soon.

Dear Marylin, Brown Eyes and KarenCee,

I'm sorry to hear, mostly about your health KC.

Men can cook and/or learn and they need to be aware that they need to extend that to their partners too! Hmph!!!
I was so spoilt before meeting my current, non-cooking partner. All the men in my life love(d) to cook and made elaborate meals.
My man now, makes a wicked omelet, and that is about it.
Well, so....we go out a lot. Hahaha.
Oh wait, he has learnt how to cook (bake) chicken...from me!
Rocket science, I tell ya!!!


I, have gotten caught up in this kind of miscommunications as well...ya think that job is cinched and then....grrrr.
What the helll!!!
I hope you get BE.


Asthma is nothing to take lightly in this day and age.
Pollution being up and up....poor you KC.
Let's get more SUVs on the road to help. Grrrrr....ahem.
I hope you pull through this quickly and can get your strength back.
Do not worry so much about external things and concentrate on internal...like resting, destressing and healing.
They all go hand in hand.

ok my hubby just clarified this it seems that instead of having their weekly meetings Wednesday mornings they are going to have them after work now... I thought it was just the class...

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oh and I know my hubby can cook.. he has done it before.... and he is quite good at it too...

argh, so I sold something on Ebay and mailed it off last week and they got the package on Monday...

the buyer payed through paypal the same day the auction ended but Paypal put the money on hold.. it said it would hold it for 21 days or until the package was confirmed delivered or if the buyer left me positive feedback on Ebay...

well, when I mailed off the package I posted the tracking number on Paypal like they asked so when I found out the got that package delivered on Monday I went to check Paypal and the money was still on hold and then I clicked on this link I hadn't really noticed before, where it says it fine print that once it is delivered it can take up to 3 days to confirm the delivery WTH??? so the person has had the item since Monday but here I still am with no money... we were needing that money to pay for hubby's classes... they need to be payed ASAP...

I would have saved up money for the classes but we found out too late that his work will only pay for the classes and books after the semester is over.. I guess that is good... that money can pay for his winter classes...

Wow that's weird! I sold some stuff on ebay and I don't ever remember a hold on the transactions!

Or is this your first sale or something and they have new rules?

weird, I have sold stuff and the buyer paid via paypal and never had that hassle. Maybe it s a new thing

it is my second sale... I think they might do this when the item you are selling is over a couple hundred dollars..

the first item I sold they didn't put the money on hold but that item sold for around 100 bucks...

this is what it says on Paypal



https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cm...orEBayItemHolds

I am thinking the reason it is on hold is one of the reasons in bold

would it be weird if I emailed the buyer and asked him to leave me positive feedback??

I would email him and politely ask that he do what he has to do, so u can get ur funds!!! He may just have forgotten! I would say something along the lines that you tracked the package and noticed it has arrived at the destination (so he can't deny it) blah blah kick ur butt,blah blah, hunt ur ^%%&&* down, blah blah, thank you

Ah Flames.. this is classic...

I should copy and paste that and send it to him

I double dog dare you!!

nah, I am too chicken I just sent him a nice polite email....

Ugh my husband has re-friended an old highschool friend. Which is fine, except my husband has told me stories about how this guy made fun of native americans and how he's a racist hick and stuff.

I don't get why he would allow someone like that back in his life, but it makes me uncomfortable.

And yes I have told him. And the response I got was: "why are you so concerned?"

Hmm maybe because I could possibly become the base for his 'hickish injun' jokes. Just a wild guess.

I would hope ur husband would put a quick halt to any of that non sense if it came up!! maybe the guy has changed!!

maybe he will meet you and realize he was stupid for being so racist....

in my humble opinion most people who are racist don't really know the people they are racist about...

Hubby has a friend who's a loud mouth. I can't stand the guy - he's got a big mouth, he acts like he's the big shot, he's got a potty mouth, and he says things to his girlfriend that REALLY grate on me. Hubby (who is COMPLETELY a different person) "gets" him somehow and they have this friendship that goes "way back"..

The last time the 2 couples got together I really "had it".. they did my head in.. so now hubby has decided to do things with his friend on "guys night" kind of situations only. it's too hard on me, and the guy just grates on me the wrong way. Thankfully for me they live in another state.. so the interaction isn't ongoing.

How close is this HS buddy- and how often does your hubby want to hang out with him?

I dont think I will meet this guy, its quite alright.

He likes four wheelers and semi automatics, something tells me he probably hasn't changed all that much.

They're not close as of yet, just rekindled friendship on facebook, but I think they're all planning a get together. They can go ahead and do that I just won't be there.

*cough*Stillbugsmethatmyhusbandisbacktobeingfriendswithsuchaguy*cough* but oh well.

Oh and for the past two months when mother nature visits me, I get a cold sore! So two weeks out of every month I am nursing a giant viral growth and even abreva isn't doing what its supposed to do.

IT SUCKS!

I dont know what the point of moving out was when my husband still runs to his mom for everything. The other day I tried to make hotel reservations for us for a wedding next weekend in CT and he told me not to bother. Then I come home and find out that he has asked him mom to make the reservations.

It really makes me feel like an idiot. Things like this have been happening since we've moved out.

Maybe he should have married his mom.

Coming to CT??? HUH? When??? We live in CT YEAHH!!!!!!



*in other news.. "loverboy" has decided to take his new bride to a "hostel" for their honey moon.. oh yes it's true people.. they are moving to TO and he's got no place to live - so he thinks they'll just live in a hostel for while

Near Hartford...why? You feel like crashing a wedding?

I am sure if you guys show up after the dinner no one would notice, its an open bar. Come on!

LOVE IT!!! WE are in New Haven, so about 45 min away!! Tee hee.. what weekend ?? It's a classically CDN thing to do to crash a wedding no? All the old diddies in my hometown on PEI all crash wedding ceremonies.. they don't even dress up - just sneak in the back rows just to 'make fun' of what everyone is wearing and so they can phone their friends when they get home and tell them how "ugly" the bride was I promise to behave myself

The Crown Plaza at 100 Berlin Rd in Cromwell - Saturday, September 20th.


I am not even kidding. Party starts at 7:00

I swear, I think I need to come down from NH and crash that wedding too. I certainly need the free booze right about now!!!

Okay, so hubby has been laid off for 5 weeks. We have yet to see an unemployment check, although he has been told that he will be receiving $250 a week when he gets it. Today, he was called by a placement agency offering him a job as a carpenter's assistant. He was excited just because it was a job (even though he is way overqualified for the job) and took the job without really thinking about it. He is supposed to start tomorrow. Well, now here is the problem. The salary is $10 an hour and the job is an hour away from home. Soooooo ..... after taxes, gas money and paying for full time daycare (he has been watching the baby most days), we estimated that he will get maybe $40 to $80 a week (not exactly sure how much taxes will be deducted). And right now, Declan is covered under Medicaid because they have a special program for 0-1 where the income requirements are a bit higher and we actually qualify with only one income. However, as soon as hubby works, his gross monthly salary would put us over the limit and Declan would lose Medicaid. So, I would have to add him to my health plan at work, which costs 200-300 a month for Declan. We can afford that when hubby has a better paying job, but that is near impossible with a $10 an hour job. The staffing agency anticipates jobs in the near future for carpenters and hubby really doesn't want to tick off the staffing agency by refusing this job he already committed to, but we also cannot see how it is feasible to take it (of course, it took us a little while tonight to remember the medical insurance piece, really wishing he had remembered that earlier before he said okay to the job). Tomorrow he is going to drive the hour to the job site and explain his dilemna to the guy and then also explain to the staffing agency, but we are really worried this will screw him with the agency. We just can't see a better way.

^autumnchik is that the only staffing agency that can help your husband find a job? Is it a temp position or permanent? I think recruiters are probably used to people changing their minds -- they have the advantage of working from a large pool of prospective candidates so I don't think he'd be in too awful of a position if he was honest with them. After all, you need to have a job worth your while so you two can live.

Right now I have a staffing agency pretty much on my case daily about me making a decision about a job that I am not 100% sure about. I know I could take the job but I want to be sure about another offer I am waiting for. Anyhow, my point is that you really have to look out for yourself first -- even if you are working with a recruiter. I hope that makes sense.

Unfortunately temp agencies always pay pretty low I have found. They go to the temp agency because its cheaper to get employees through them then to hire them themselves. But driving an hour to get to a 10.00 an hour job? Not worth it. If he explains it to the temp agency I am sure the agency would understand too.

Sorry to hear about all of your troubles autumn

Oh autumn I'm sorry to hear about your dilemma! I think it's a wonderful idea that at least he goes out and talks to the supervisor. If it's a carpenter's assistant job, that must mean there is at least one carpenter! Sooooooooo, maybe they will have a carpenter's job open soon, or maybe they can find him something else to do, or maybe they can....well, who knows! Wait until he gets back and hopefully something good can come from this! I'll be crossing my fingers. Let us know!

Thats true. Or he could prove how great he is and they would hire him on full time, but its based on hope, thats what sucks about temp agency. You could get a boss who wants to eventually hire you or you could have someone who just wants the cheap labour for a short amount of time.

Well.. that's the weekend hubbies away in MO Soooo... this CDN is without anything to do that particular weekend


Autumn... I'm so sorry... that is such a hard call to make. I know the temp agency I worked for always said I could turn down work and they would still call me (and since joining I've turned down EVERYTHING and they won't leave me alone).. so... I hope that is the same for him. Did they ask him a minimum amount that he has to have to work? Sometimes that helps if you quantify how much you have to make in order for this whole thing to make sence. I know they had a pay rate on file for me at the temp agency.

Did your hubby every get EI? I can't remember if you said the outcome of that.

I'm just quoting myself here, because I'm STUNNED by this revelation from yesterday. I asked aforementioned friend when they were getting married, she told me, then she said 2 days later they are moving to TO. Oh, did you find a place to live yet said I ? Noooo she said.. he figures we'll just live in a hostel for a few days LOVERBOY! WHOOOOO! Way to sweep a girl off your feet on her honeymoon!!!


Honestly.. I've had enough.. This girl is OFF her rocker for marrying this guy. PERIOD.

I'm sorry you are all having such a challenging time now Autumnchik.


And as for starry eyed Anne of Green Gables life seeking young Japanese girl, I wonder how many young women get themselves into such pickles, Emancipation.
Crazy! At least you knew her whereabouts.
She trusts you.
Do keep tabs on her and pay attention to see if she needs intervention.
If you want to....