siouxz72
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Hello!
I'm glad you came and hope we'll get to know each other. :)
I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone here as well! Although, from your warning I might want to stay away!
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Like Iggy...and Bunzy...and even Elphaba!
By way of introduction... my name is siouxz, pronounced susie. That is just a little nod to one of my favorite bands of all time - Siouxsie and The Banshees. I'm 34, married 17 years..yup! That's half my life! I have three kids ages 16, 14 and 12 that are all the things that kids should be. Smart, good looking, gullible... It gives me great joy to pull pranks on them, but now that they're getting older they're pranking me even worse it seems! I should have expected that!
I grew up in California, on the Central Coast. A little town called Pismo Beach. We moved to the valley (Sacramento) when my 14 year old was 2 and then on to The Great State of Texas just a couple of years ago. I'm surprised by how much I love this state! Living in the Metroplex with all the activities available to us has been great! The museums and botanical gardens alone were worth the move, but having Six Flags over Texas so close is just the icing on the cake!
Well, I'm really looking forward to reading the forums and seeing what everyone has to say! :)
Ya'll should drop a line and say hi! I would love to hear from you!
Have a super great day! ....hey! where's the sparkley grin?! fairy_cakes will be sad if she doesn't have one over here!
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A University or a College is a school of learning.
Yeah I get that, it's just over here we never refer to college or uni as school, only primary and secondary, that's why I'm always like "Huh?" when they say it!
Hi Fairy_Cakes!
So, over here the kids go to pre-school from ages 3-5. 5 year olds start school with Kindergarten. From ages 6-11 they go to elementary school, which are grades 1st through 6th. Then it's on to Middle School (called Junior High when I was in school) for grades 7th & 8th (ages 12&13 usually). High School is grades 9th - 12th and usually ages 14-18. With cut-off dates and all, those ages can vary. After High School it's on the College or out in to the real world! Every so often you run across a genius such as your daughter... or my son who "skips" a grade or two and so is younger than the rest of the class. He seems to be coping just fine as well and plans to graduate after his "junior" year of high school which is 11th grade. He'll be just barely 16 years old...and while I'm very proud of him for his goals, it terrifies me that he will be so young and heading off to college. He wants to go to BYU, so let's all keep our fingers crossed for that.
Also, one other quirky school thing we have going on over here is called "home schooling" where you can teach your kids yourself. You get the curriculum either from the school district or various other sources and teach away! Many kids finish high school when they're like 12 or something. There are some parents on here that do the whole home schooling thing that can explain it way better than I.
Okay... clear as mud?!
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I would like to apologize to my children for convincing them that I was an alien who ate dryer lint when they asked me where it all went when the trap was empty. I'd also like to apologize for telling them that I had to take off my human skin at night so my alien skin could breathe and that's why they couldn't sleep with us in the bed. And really.... I should have never said that because of all this, they were, in turn, half alien. It really was mean of me and I feel horrible.
In my defense...they were only 5, 3 and 1, so not too much damage was done. Plus...it was really funny to see the looks on their little faces!
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enjoy college algebra.
I was being sarcastic....LOL!!!!!......
i think sarcastically is the only way to enjoy algebra...or geometry...or trig...
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Yeah this one is called Love Will Tear Us Apart by Joy Division.
Interesting because most of the women I have ever been with have left me, I tend to be too devoted to them and maybe my love really has torn us apart.
When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions wont grow
And were changing our ways,
Taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
Our respect run so dry?
Yet theres still this appeal
That weve kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings expose?
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just cant function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart again
now you're just being morbid, checker! Smack out of it! You know I say this out of love....
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Option A: Stay with him.
Option B: Leave him.
If you have kids, go with option a and get a lover.
If you don't have kids, go with option b and find a new husband.
That was greatness, Jason! I'm still giggling about option A.
But seriously, Shelly... it sounds like you're in a real jam and I'm sorry to hear that. My advice to you would be along the lines of Jason..without the lover. The question I would have you ask yourself is if you can live with a person like him for the rest of your life? Not just are you happy...but can you REALLY live with the person that your husband is. Because he's not going to change. You've already seen that and have had to make some changes of your own to deal with it. I'm going to guess that you have kids since you said that you need to be the moral leader... think of the kids. Sometimes it really is better not to "stay together for the kids". They will actually be better off in a happy home, wether that's with your current husband or not. Above all, you should do as you've done before... take it to the Lord and let him help you though..you know He will!
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Pam just reminded me of the my song for my kids... It's called Pop Rocks and Coke by Green Day. If any of you don't know it here are the lyrics.
"Poprocks & Coke"
Wherever you go
You know I’ll be there
If you go far,
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere,
So I’ll see you there
You place the name
You know I’ll be there
You name the time
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there
I don’t care if you don’t mind
I’ll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I’ll be there for you
Where there’s truth
You know I’ll be there
Amongst the lies
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there
I don’t care if you don’t mind
I’ll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I’ll be there for you
If you should fall
You know I’ll be there
To catch the call
You know I’ll be there
I’ll go anywhere
So I’ll see you there
I don’t care if you don’t mind
I’ll be there not far behind
I will dare
Keep in mind
I don’t care
I’ll be there for you
I’ll be there for you
You should all go listen to it right now. :)
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Well, obviously there are many Christians who esteem her as a Saint worthy of our supplication. Although LDS teaching does NOT allow for praying to anyone but God, we do recognize her status as wonderful and singular. She indeed had favor with God and was blessed among women to be the mother of our LORD after the manner of the flesh. Nephi called her 'most beautiful and fair above all other virgins'. (1 Nephi 11:15)
How marvelous and amazing it is to consider the raising of our LORD from His infancy. What a tremendous testimony she must have and what powerful witness must be in her heart. However, we know this was not her calling, but to be a chosen vessel in preparing for our LORD a tabernacle of flesh and every needful thing as a mother is to provide. Indeed, Jesus had in her the same love as a mother only can give, and their relationship was that of mother and child, but also daughter and Saviour. For as she gave Him temporal life, He gives her Eternal Life.
Yes it is a great and wonderful work she did and I can only imagine she was nothing less than one of those great and chosen ones whose calling was selected in the Grand Council before the world was. She portrays the image of a woman who in great diversity and under strain of tremendous risk, found safety and security in the counsel of the LORD.
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Wow a-train...that was beautiful! Thanks for the post! What a great way to start my day... :)
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My kids are definitely excited about starting off the school year. Ivy is very happy to be back in football, her AP classes and seminary...in that order. :) Bryan is enjoying Biology far more than he ever thought possible. And Katie?! She's in heaven! Volleyball, choir and all her friends?! She could literally keel over from the excitement of it all!!
Let's all just keep our fingers crossed that the school year will continue on as well as this first week!
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I guess my point is...sometimes the little things or the ways we treat people on a daily basis could have some impact or influence on others.
It's so true, Pam! The way we treat people on a daily basis does have an impact. I work for a very demanding boss who has an equally demanding 8 year old son. The son only acts the way he knows from his father. Well, one day he was waiting for me to leave for lunch so that he could play on my computer and I was getting irritated because I was trying to work so I COULD go to lunch. He was sitting there tapping his fingers on the desk and telling me to hurry up! First I told him not so nicely that if he demanded things of me he was really not going to get his way. Then I told him to go away and I'd let him know when I was ready. The little look on his face made me instantly regret what I had said and the way I had said it as well as his next comment... "Sorry, Susie. Are we still best friends?" Yup! That sure reminded me quickly of the kind of person I want to be and not the meanie I was being.
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ok ok...i checked my fingers, too. And just like fairycakes I travel between both worlds a lot. I love sports! I don't know that you'll find a bigger Mavs fan than me! And don't even get me started on football! But at the same time I love to dress up and go out for dinner with my husband. Do my hair all up, put on my make up and hear him tell me how pretty I am. :)
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Sounds like you're heading in the right direction, Sleep. There are a lot of ways that you can help while you're going through the repentance process and until you are able to serve a full time mission. Remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you very much and are ready and waiting for you to come back to them completely. :)
I'm so happy that friends are coming out of the woodwork and that you feel comfortable with us her at Talk!
Good luck with the job hunt!!
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Hi Sleep!
Sorry to hear you guys broke up again. It's just like the song says...breaking up is hard to do! I remember 20 as well and from the ripe old age of 34, here's my advice. I most heartily concur with Annabelli. You've been in seriously relationships since you were of an age to date. What you need to do most right now is focus on you! What would you like to do with your life? What sort of career would you be interested in pursuing? What sort of schooling will that require? Where would you like to go to school? etc. etc.
YSA is a great place for you to meet new friends that have similar beliefs to you. That's a place where you can develop friendships that will last you a life time! Also, it sounds like your of an age to serve a mission... Is that something that interests you? There's nothing like focusing on service to the Lord to get your mind off things here in the "world"!
Finally...it really is true that time heals all wounds. I had a very tumultuous relationship with a boy when I was in high school and there was no way I ever thought we would be in a position to be friends again...but that's exactly what has happened! It wasn't instantaneous, but it did happen eventually. The first few conversations were, needles to say, awkward..but I really did care about him and what he was doing with his life and so that eventually won out over the awkwardness!
And by all means listen to CaptainTux!! "...no romantic comedies, no Cure, no Empire Strikes Back, and no drive bys her house or old hang outs." This is mandatory! No ifs ands or buts about it!
There you have it...my two cents! Good luck, my friend! :)
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Susie! That was so great! Way to make me tear up on a Friday morning!! Thank you so much for sharing the stories!
Awww, sorry about the tearing up :)
I did consider putting a warning on this one.. but totally forgot to :)
It's quite alright! They were good tears... The 3rd and 5th stories were especially touching!! I picture my little ones in the shoes of the little ones in the story and think about how sweet and pure those little spirits are. It's such greatness that our Heavenly Father loves us enough to trust us with spirits like those! :)
The 1st and 2nd stories also remind me of that MormonAd that says "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice" Good words to live by!
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Susie! That was so great! Way to make me tear up on a Friday morning!! Thank you so much for sharing the stories!
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I think it smells great until you put it in hot water. I skateboard at the Folgers factory downtown and that place smells good, but only for a while. We literally have grounds land on us as they blow out of an exhaust vent over the ledge we skate. For some reason, it makes me hungry, not eager to drink coffee.
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This is why you put a mini-ramp in your back yard a-train!
I agree with PC...pimping coffee is probably not the best image for our radio friend to be putting out there.
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yes it will! congrats! :)
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Also known as a Bisquick Mormon.
Just add water…
tee hee! I've never heard that phrase before, either! See what I'm learning from ya'll?! This is the best place on the internet!
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I feel most at home when...
the whole family is all sprawled out on the living room floor on Sunday afternoon. Pot Roast in the crockpot...kids and husband are all happy from church.. and it's family nap time! I think that's the best sleep we get of the whole week! :)
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Hey Checker! I'm not a single dad, either, but I have a hint that might help your little boy tell you about his day. I always ask my kids what their favorite part of the day was. Or what was the coolest thing you learned in Science today or whatever....that way they could think of a specific story to tell me rather than an open ended "how was your day". Hope that helps! You're doing a great job!
Love and Rockets! -siouxz
okay...i see that Annabelli said almost the same thing here.. oh well.. you know what they say about great minds! plus we're moms so we automatically rock! :)
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I don't think the article specifies his religion.
What I think is really sad is that people feel that they have to live this terrible lie. That they can't or don't feel free to be who they really are...or who they think they really are.
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i once had an employee named jack moorman...pronounced the same as as Morman!!
That is awesomeness times 4!
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I'm with you Pushka! I really don't think there's any talking his way out of this one. I can see passing your hand under the wall if you need a square of tissue but that usually comes with a request... can you spare a square?! :)
Is Satan Really That Bad?
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Hi Bunzy! I always heard this same thing growing up. From my parents as well. I have to tell you, while I don't think talking about him gives him power over us, I do think too much talk can invite a bad spirit to be about...