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Comments (13)I'm a Master Gardener here in SC. I took the class in 83 or 84 . Cost $35 at the time for our books.I took it at the time to meet other people whos eyes didnt glaze over when I was talking about plants !!! and to learn more about how to plant, soil ammend, etc. I was very much a newbie and scared I wouldnt fit in w/ all the knowlegable gardeners. At the time there was not enough people in our county to start one, so the next county extension office teamed up w/ our and we alternated weeks in each office. You are expected to volenteers x amount of hours, which we did planted shrubs, flowers etc at some new Habitat for Humanity houses,I gave a talk to my sisters sons boy scout troop and even manned the phones for a SC PBS show Making It Grow & manned the booths at plant clinics at area craft shows.Greenwoods a big gardening town.. we have the Festival of Flowers here every year late june, and home of Park Seed, Wayside Gardens & Marlboro Bulb Co. I've met alot of great people this way,gotten scads of gardening tips,& divisions of plants...alot.If your just a casual gardener like I was when I first joined, you'll be amazed at how much, how quick You learn...and Im still learning all the time. I'm not active w/ them the last 6-7 years. The War (nasty divorce) took its toll on me esp when the Evil B .. Buzzard ? .. took his tractor & tilled over ALL my beds of 70 different lilys,my rose garden w/ 14 tea & 20 minatures and all the other perrenial beds with 1000s of different daffodils ,Allium Gigantiums .. oh so much, such carnage !!!!( I had a friend who worked at Park seed. Every year they would let employyess go through w/ GROCERYBAGS and get whatever they wanted.Every year for 5 years, she & some of her friends who worked there would bring me their bags & bags full of goodies, and I would host Girls day/night. Make big pans of lasagne, make shrimp dip & pitchers of White Russians & Frozen Strawberry Margaritas.and they would get to choose from some of my crafty stuff a gift to take home. I got 1000's of dollars worth of bulbs for some bartering and having a fine time w/ the girls.Oh yeah, also had some of the local senior boys (My step daughters were in High school at the time)to be designated drivers to drive them back in their cars from the country where I lived into town and the girls would follow to pick the boys up. Fine time had by everyone !!!!The next weekend I'd have a party for the girls & their friends that helped out in our shop that was next to the house. Set up a sound system , let them get as loud as they liked and have plenty of food for them and leave them alone...I had boys vollentering for the next year right after !!!...Win Win.. just a few reasons to become MG....I strayed a little , hope I didnt offend anyone !! LOL...See MoreShould I give dh a chance or give dh the cold shoulder?
Comments (17)Don't give him cold shoulder. Lay it all out. Specifically. I don't like it when you _____________ because I feel _____________ when that happens. Then tell him what you will do. Example. My 7 year old (yep, because that's how old your dh is acting!!) keeps not appreciating what I do for her. Not only that, but acting like a little brat prior to us doing fun stuff. I finally told her today that I am tired of feeling like this. I told her I cannot control what she does, but I can control how I react to it. So the next time she doesn't listen to me about eating in the living room or whatever, I'm not going to get all upset. We're just not going to do the fun stuff we had planned. Then I won't feel that she's taking advantage and martyr myself. End game. I think she got it. So, what will you do when DH does something like that? DH: I think your tattoos are hideous. You: I apologize for my husband. That was innappropriate to say to you, a guest in our home. Would you like to come with me to the patio for some tea? DH: Rush Limbaugh is an idiot, I don't see how any smart person could listen to him. You must be an idiot. You: It's obvious we have different opinions on this subject. Aren't politics a heated subject!! By the way, Aunt Jen, this is a lovely coffee cake. How did you make it so fluffy and light? By doing that, it takes the attention from him, lets him and everyone know that you won't stand for it, and lets him off without the humility of being kicked or told off. Just smile, and cut him off at the chase. Diffuse while in the heat of it, then when you get him alone have specific things to tell him, without anger or blame....See MoreDH watches TV all the time!
Comments (5)I have a friend who used to do that, and she still turns it on as soon as she gets up, and can't fall asleep without it. I noticed it when she stayed with me for a few days and wanted *my* TV on all the time...drove me nuts, and when I asked her, she said the same thing your hubby did - it's the noise, not the actual TV. With her, I just told her I thought it was unhealthy, and that I couldn't stand having it on at my place all the time, though I didn't care what she did at her own place. So while she was there, whenever we weren't watching something and she turned it on, I just turned it off (reflexively). LOL We're pretty close friends - she realized what a problem it was when she had to keep turning it back on (and was really "aware" of it for the first time), and has been working on it since then, or so she says. My MIL does the same thing - no talking to her though. She's having a *really* hard time understanding why DH and I opted *not* to have cable TV...she can't imagine how anyone could live with just the 5 stations we get with our antenna. I'm just glad I don't have to live with that...luckily, her son sees it for the "noise" it is, and doesn't have that problem. I'm kind of suprised you didn't notice it before though - my DH and I just got married after dating for around 7 yrs as well (living apart), and by the time we got married, we'd spent enough time at each other's places that I was pretty used to his habits already, good and not-so-great. ;-) Can you ask your DH if he'd be willing to try the radio instead of the TV during the morning/day? It's still noise, but at least it might be easier for *you* to put up with instead of the TV all the time...might be a decent compromise if he'll agree to it. Probably not much chance of changing that particular behavior though if he's been doing it so long and you've already talked to him. Sorry......See MoreBM Called to Lecture DH
Comments (24)Proverbs 16:18-19 tells us that "pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. Better to be lowly in spirit and among the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud." Easter as celebrated by Christians is a conglomeration of Pagan rituals/spring celebrations. Even the name "Easter" comes from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre". They are both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox. Religion is a man-made invention that often has nothing to do with God or Godliness. People may consider themselves Christian and go to church to celebrate Christ as being risen... but for those who are skeptical about the Christian timeline (ahem) they may be open minded enough to go to church over Easter and take joy in the celebration of renewal, of life, of Spring knowing that is the original meaning behind the celebration. At least, if I had to go to church with someone for Easter, I would take a page from your book, Ulrike, and look to the historical significance of the holiday and take pleasure from that instead of balking simply because I do not believe Christ is risen. Or, the Christians could admit they piggy-backed on the holidays of the Pagans and Jews and utilize items that are symbolical for Pagans and have nothing to do with Jesus(the incredibly randy rabbit and the red eggs) and start calling their holiday "resurrection Sunday" or something of the sort. Kind of hard to get young children to want to be Christians without all the jingle bells and whistles though......See Moredebruk_aol_com
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