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Post by bmcgill on Nov 13, 2010 10:15:00 GMT -5
I meant to say simpler not similar in that last sentence.
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 13, 2010 12:37:12 GMT -5
coalminerswife85, you have a safe trip and enjoy your time at the museum. We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of our past. The Waltons has been a godsend for many. I can just imagine some of the stories out there as to how the Waltons affected many people's lives.
8" of snow here and still coming down!
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Post by coalminerswife85 on Nov 13, 2010 14:12:25 GMT -5
ssMarilyn I'm so jealous of you I LOVE snow. it's about 70 and sunny here, we had some snow flurries last weekend, but I'd love to get some acctual snow, puts me in the holiday spirit. Stay warm!
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 13, 2010 14:39:19 GMT -5
Come on over, coffee's on and I'm going to fire up the woodburning stove!
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Post by coalminerswife85 on Nov 13, 2010 14:58:28 GMT -5
ssMarilyn that is so beautiful!!!!!!
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 13, 2010 15:02:47 GMT -5
It is beautiful, but really hard to shovel since it's so wet and heavy. I need to get to the drugstore for insulin for one of our dogs and the streets aren't plowed yet. It's nice to sit inside and look OUT at this though.
P.S. You can call me Moe, everyone calls me Moe. I grew up with that nickname.
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Post by coalminerswife85 on Nov 13, 2010 15:34:57 GMT -5
Well Moe, hopefully they will get your streets cleared soon, where I live it's normally the day after a snow fall before we get a clear road, but ido live on top of a mountain, back in the applachian mountain range, in Virginia, or easier to picture Waltons mountain kind of roaads with a little asphalt on top LOL. And you can all me Courtney.
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 13, 2010 17:11:06 GMT -5
Courtney, do you look out over beautiful scenery? We're looking for a place in the bluffs region of southern MN that overlooks the Mississippi River. We went through there a few weeks ago when the colors were at their peak and it was incredible! I want to be able to get up in the morning and look out over all of God's beauty...every day for the rest of my life. No more looking across the street at my neighbor's house. I want eye candy!
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Post by coalminerswife85 on Nov 13, 2010 17:15:07 GMT -5
Moe, we have a great view down on the surrounding mountains from our back deck, ou can watch the sun come up back there as, well, were currently having it turned into a sun room so we can use it year round. We are back in the booonies as my grandpa would say but the views are well worth it, and when your married to a coal miner there aren't a lot of other places to live.
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 13, 2010 19:40:20 GMT -5
Sounds beautiful! What better way to start your day than brewing up a cup of coffee and watching the sunrise?
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Post by coalminerswife85 on Nov 13, 2010 19:41:59 GMT -5
Moe, add some french toast to that and it's a perfect start to a day!
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Post by Marilyn on Nov 13, 2010 19:52:11 GMT -5
With real butter and real maple syrup! Ooo la laaa! ;D
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Post by coalminerswife85 on Nov 13, 2010 20:13:31 GMT -5
Moe, what's your snow total now?
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Post by bucky on Nov 13, 2010 21:08:03 GMT -5
bmcgill -I think it's always frustrating for people with illnesses that are not easily seen. I've found that most healthy people have no perspective from which to judge illness. I have an article written by an author who suffered from a debilitating form of arthritis that struck without warning. It was about all the well-meaning things people say and do that make sick people feel so bad. I must try to find it and I'll share some of the contents. I used to keep it on the bulletin board in my office to remind myself that people weren't doing it deliberately, they just thought they were helping. One of the common things people do is to deny that your illness is that bad thinking that is going to somehow make you feel better. I could never show it to my friends and family because every single one of them had said or done something that was in the article. I re-read it a lot to remind myself what not to say.
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Post by bmcgill on Nov 13, 2010 22:30:27 GMT -5
Thanks bucky. Yes, depression is so misunderstood by lots of people because it doesn't show. It is all inside the person that has it. I think because it is so misunderstood that it has made people afraid of people that have it. The old time stigma. Insurance wouldn't even cover treatment for it till not many years ago. There are millions of people out there that deal with it and yes probably some could be dangerous but for the most part, people with depression wouldn't hurt anybody but maybe themselves. There are a lot of physical issues connected to depression also. Aches and pains, lack of energy, memory loss and I could go on and on. In a lot of ways it is a fatal condition, in time, that takes it's tole on a person physically over time.
I can understand your illness because my first wife had cancer. A lot of people survive it. If she was treated sooner she would have. Anyway, hang in there and yes I'd like to see some of the content in that article you mentioned.
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