Countrymouse Posted November 2018
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Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
I think it’s nice that Daniel has his brother to cuddle with. They do keep each other company. I had a couple of cats as a kid and a dog. My mom was good about that. She loved animals too. My dad tolerated them but he wasn’t as fond of them.
I don’t think daddy had animals growing up so he had no frame of reference. My mom had dogs and a cat growing up. I did have hamsters too. My mom did not like the hamsters but my friend down the street gave me three babies when her hamster had babies.
My husband had a couple of dogs but only wanted one animal at the time. My daughters had mice and fish too.
I went to the store with my daughter to buy diapers for her elderly dog to wear while she is at school or work and I hadn’t been to the pet store in awhile. This isn’t a chain. It was an independent store with all kinds of specialty items. Some of it I don’t get, such as vegan food for dogs. They aren’t vegetarian. Of course, they jumped on the CBD oil band wagon.
Wonder if CBD oil would have calmed down my little schnauzer! She was cute as a button but needed to chill out. She was a high strung, nervous Nellie type, which is the opposite of my husband and me. We gelled better with our greyhound. Greyhounds are even tempered. They are laid back, relaxed and so sweet. Greyhounds are sometimes compared with cats. They are very quiet. They don’t bark like my yippy yappy schnauzer did.
NHWM, I don't know how any one could hurt animals either. They give more than they take. They really just want love from us.
Isthisrealyreal, it really is hard to lose a fur buddy. My sig other really loved Sam they went through so much together.
I am so sorry. It’s like losing a child. They are a part of the family. I can’t even bring myself to get another dog or cat because I don’t want to go through watching another animal die. It’s heartbreaking!
I watch my daughter’s dog for her when she needs me to. He is so sweet. He loves me. He doesn’t like everyone.
Sadly, her little pooch was abused before she rescued him. Also sad, her ex boyfriend was cruel to the dog. Thank God the boyfriend is gone. He didn’t deserve my daughter or the dog. She’s with a great guy now.
I don’t understand how someone can abuse an animal. It’s horrible. They love us. All they want is to be loved.
I am allergic to dogs and cats but I made sure to take my allergy meds. I can tell a difference in my allergies since I don’t have an animal in my home all the time.
May God give you both grieving mercies and comfort during this difficult time.
I just want to thank everyone for your prayers and support and all your love. Thank you for always be here:(
My brother managed to not piss me off this time. Like I thought, he had started drinking again for about 5 weeks around Christmas and that’s why my dad stayed home with the dogs instead of coming down with mom. He went to rehab for 5 days while she was hospitalized.
I took mom to the lab to get some bloodwork done this afternoon and we had a conversation about my brother in the waiting room. And the woman next to mom was listening to us and at the end she told mom “you really need that little girl to help you. She’s got balls.” And then she apologized for listening in but it was really no biggie to us! Mom was lamenting on the fact that she hasn’t told my brother that the painter is coming next week to re-paint the great room. She wanted it light grey and the color they picked out and that my brother painted the room in, is BLUE and mom hates it. My brother never even finished the job (that he was paid to do). So mom says he’s going to be mad when she pays a professional to do the job. I told her “why does he even care? It’s your house and your money. You haven’t lived 71 years just so he can tell you how to spend your money and how to life your life”. I forget what all was said but I said I wondered if he thinks he’s going to get to stay in the house after they are gone and she said she thinks he feels he should get the house because he lives in and that they’ve told him everything is to be split 50/50. Then the subject of his drinking came up because I had bought a cheap bottle of Cabernet yesterday, to make an au ju for the prime rib we had for dinner and I intended to pour the bottle out when I was done cooking but got sidetracked. He took a few swigs, I could tell, when I finally did get around to pouring the bottle out. Anyway I told her he came in to the kitchen looking for the wine after she went to bed and that I told him I poured it out and that he thanked me for it!
I am glad the lady in the waiting room said what she said. I know my mom isn’t capable of tough love when it comes to my brother but I know that hearing someone else agree with what I tell her, is good for her to hear. Most of her friends all have a child that is in a similar situation as my brother so they are all in the same boat and don’t tell each other the things they need to hear!
My only gripe this visit is that I found out my cousin E is a paranoid schizophrenic and my brother had the nerve to sit here and act like our cousin is all messed up and he isnt in the same situation basically. I haven’t seen E since my uncles (his dad) funeral 10 years ago. And at that time he was struggling with drug addiction and there a lot of drama because he was stealing family members opioids. Anyway he has stopped showering and he starts to smell so bad his mom has to tell him to take a shower. So he showers and gets dressed and then doesn’t know why he’s dressed and apparently hes making life rough for his mom. And my brother, who has suffered drug addiction and mental health issues and is on Xanax and has personality disorders, sat here laughing over our cousin! For a while my brother had symptoms of Schizophrenia himself! So that just chapped my hide! My brother is really not better off, he’s got his own demons he’s fighting. He ought to be sympathetic to E. I haven’t processed the news yet. We grew up together (our parents were twins) But he moved to Rhode Island with his mom not long after my uncle died and I’ve wondered why he’s never pictured in the photos posted on Facebook by our Rhode Island family.
When my son got a job in high school, and later grew a little 'tail' down his neck, I knew better. He first got in a fight at school because of his hair! His first fight. Then his manager at work said cut your hair, or don't come to work.
Those were the days, yeah!
Riverdale,
As his grandma, you just 'know' better.
I hope that I don't become a bitter old women playing junior high games with people's hearts.
Woooh, I feel better getting that off my chest.
Oh to be so popular!
I've spent my while life feeling like I don't fit in so if no one gives me likes I just think life is as it's always been. Cest le vie.
I still have fun!
If any young whippersnappers feel a need to be jealous of the perceived amount of 'likes' someone has, I can confirm that it
IS NOT because I am more wise or more valuable than any of you.
Some of the wisest members here are the ones who can keep their opinions to themselves. I like them, I like their restraint. I would give them ALL of my 'likes' if they would just show up and say something kind.
And hey, a new poster with very few 'likes' showing up and expecting to be included instantly would do well to stop criticizing
those who have taken years to develop even one or two good friends on social media. imo.
I have been accused of belonging to a "clique" that makes some people feel excluded because we use the forum as a social outlet. We "like" each others posts and that "unfairly" drives up our statistics, apparently making us appear more wise and valuable than is truly warranted.
I don't want to cause anyone on the forum to feel excluded, but I also don't want to PM people just to say - hey, I read that, I hear you.
Just pm them like Riverdale suggests by sending a personal note if you like. I don't think most people pay that much attention to the like feature. For myself, I read the posting for the message. I don't care if it has a million 'likes' or none at all. I don't judge the content by the likes or lack of likes.
I don't think it is a popularity contest, as some, but I personally enjoy seeing who has thought that my post was helpful or that they even read it.
I guess I am thinking that you don't have to read certain posters, look at certain things or posts. So you can do what you feel is appropriate for you. (You meaning a collective people's, no particular individual)
Small, and far away but we felt it!
So. Cal, did you feel it?
Looked around last night, thinking: "This is EQ weather".
The air was still.
Happy Birthday mom in heaven!💌
Love
Gershun
I love Suess!
.Dr. Seuss
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
To all the caregivers.
Sometimes all we can do is to be kind to each other!
It comes from the heart. 💞