Random Ramblings

Staybrite, me and my wife don't work anymore. My wife is a retired programmer who gets retirement for the rest of her life. We also have some investments and we get an allowance from a trust my wife's father left. So we live by our own schedule and enjoy life. We pay cash for everything and have no credit cards.

send me some of that money. lol

seriously, though, I have been out of work now for over a year and it seems no matter how hard I try or where I go.... and it's hard not to berate myself, look down on myself, etc.

not to mention the burden it puts on us to be a one income family... pretty much just hoping to have enough food to eat and gas for work...

*whining off* *back to your regularly scheduled programing*

Unworthy, don't beat yourself up. Times are tough for a lot of people. Remember, God will always take care of you. How are y'all handeling all the heat up there. Where I live we are used to that kind of heat. If there's anything I can do to help you just pm me.

all you can do is pray. it is not just the money issue it is also the fact that we are basically living on my mother-in-law (her house, etc), it has been a God sent as it has kept us off the street ... however, my wife is getting tired of hearing her comments about me not working, etc... and so we are trying to find a way to move out of the house and at the same time looking for work.. while at the same time worrying about my daughter and my ex-wife's plan to move her out of state... I know God works everything out and that God is in control.. it's just that right now I feel helpless and I don't know how to do this and preserve relationships and provide for my family... etc.

sorry if this is too personal folks... I promise I won't say anything else about it.. just expressed my frustrations.

Hey, vent all you want, man. Everyone needs a safe place to just let it all out.

alldatndensum wrote:

Hey, vent all you want, man. Everyone needs a safe place to just let it all out.

Amen to that! If you need to talk, then share as much or as little as you feel comfortable. We'll pray for you, your job and the whole situation you find yourself in at this present time.

Fundy

p.s. Regarding what time we get up in the morning. For me it's wake up at about 5 (thanks to the kids jumping on me) and then getting up at about 6.45 - 7. That's every morning. Lie in's are a thing of the past... the very distant past........

Fundy

Well, my 2 nights at home were nice, but now it's off to the mission field! I'll be back on Thursday from Holly Pond, Alabama. God bless you all, and please pray for my youth group during our mission there.

alldatndensum wrote:

Well, my 2 nights at home were nice, but now it's off to the mission field! I'll be back on Thursday from Holly Pond, Alabama. God bless you all, and please pray for my youth group during our mission there.

Will do!

brokentulsa wrote:

Unworthy, don't beat yourself up. Times are tough for a lot of people. Remember, God will always take care of you. How are y'all handeling all the heat up there. Where I live we are used to that kind of heat. If there's anything I can do to help you just pm me.

Oh yes, I remember you telling us/me about that before. I will try not to be jealous!

it's been hotter here than in TX.. in triple digits for like 3-4 days... hopefully this doesn't continue.. the grass outside is brown and my skin is red... lol

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Well, my 2 nights at home were nice, but now it's off to the mission
field! I'll be back on Thursday from Holly Pond, Alabama. God bless
you all, and please pray for my youth group during our mission there.

This mission trip will be in my prayers.

Unworthy, it's very good to vent.
We here on CHM are family and when one of us is having problems, we pray for each other. We keep your situation in prayer.

rockerVu2 wrote:

Unworthy, it's very good to vent.
We here on CHM are family and when one of us is having problems, we pray for each other. We keep your situation in prayer.

I completely agree!

Looks like our area is officially in a drought, which is something that rarely happens. Pray for rain up here…

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Looks like our area is officially in a drought, which is something that rarely happens. Pray for rain up here…

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t's been hotter here than in TX.. in triple digits for like 3-4 days

We get our fair share of heat in my part of Texas. We have been in a drought for almost 2 years. We got 5 inches of rain all of last year and we have had less than 3 inches this year. In the last 3 months we have had 5 sand/dirt storms. Our uv index is usually a 10. Here are a few pictures of my area for ya'll...
This is just outside the city..


This is our downtown area...


And this is sandstorm rolling into town...

I went to Texas in March 2010 (or 2009). When we got there, it was raining, and it was for the first time in forever, I'm told. Our luck

After seeing those pics and reading your report of the sandstorms, I won't complain about the heat up here for a while!


BTW, isn't Tulsa in Oklahoma?



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It's 106 here today. Good day to stay indoors.

We're not doing too badly here today at all, actually. I'm not sure what the high was for today, but I don't think it even hit 90. It will warm up again real soon I'm sure, but hey, let's enjoy the cooler days while we got 'em!



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So, what is the ultimate goal for this thread, anyway, to have the highest ever page count!


Ha ha ha!


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Goal? This thread has a goal?

see how many marbles you can fit in your mouth and still talk like they're not there.

Here it's cool, sometimes a bit rainey and windy.
Not really summer.
No BBQ weather.

We've had the worst rain for years in the UK. Like a months rainfall in a day. Really wet, really horrid. If I can, I'll send some over to you in America, we certainly don't need any more at present!

Talking of which, about 10 years ago we went on holiday to Cyprus, and they had the worst rainfall for 100 years!!! Great holiday!

Fundy