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09-16-2012 at 05:30 PM.
09-16-2012 at 05:30 PM.
Quote from chewspam :
FYI....there is such a thing as healthy anger. Again, always forgive, but that doesn't mean that you have to communicate with the guy any more. I was molested by a church leader as a child, fired from a job for false accusations by someone who wanted my job, and had to bury my son because my wife's doctor was late for a golf game and didn't want to be bothered any more. Forgiveness is hard, but you can learn from it. Memorize the asshole's personality and don't let anyone else like that in your life because you know where it's gonna go. hug


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Chewy, it's admirable how you've taken tragedies and challenges and grown from them.

I like what you said about the personalities- I was thinking about something similar today- my 'thinking the best of people' and giving multiple chances to them when I intuitively know that they really aren't trustworthy- that's something I've been realizing I need to do in my own life too.

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I'd just rather not stay up past 11 pm when I have to get to work tomorrow morning. Everyone at my office are basketball and football fans, and don't appreciate how much I enjoy baseball.
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09-16-2012 at 05:44 PM.
09-16-2012 at 05:44 PM.
James Franco is so freaking hot drool
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09-16-2012 at 05:48 PM.
09-16-2012 at 05:48 PM.
Isn't she, though?

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09-16-2012 at 05:56 PM.
09-16-2012 at 05:56 PM.
I meant the real James Franco Roll
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09-16-2012 at 06:01 PM.
09-16-2012 at 06:01 PM.
Secret pssst . . . that's really him.
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09-16-2012 at 06:10 PM.
09-16-2012 at 06:10 PM.
Oh yeah!! I remember that now!

laugh out loud I made a lemon cake that LW is a mad lady for Eat drool
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09-16-2012 at 06:12 PM.
09-16-2012 at 06:12 PM.
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Oh yeah!! I remember that now!

laugh out loud I made a lemon cake that LW is a mad lady for Eat drool
Llamas llove llemon cake!
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09-16-2012 at 06:14 PM.
09-16-2012 at 06:14 PM.
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Llamas llove llemon cake!
drool

This one had the nicest, lightest glaze

It was sweet AND tangy Wink

What else do llamas like?
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VorlonFrog
09-16-2012 at 06:17 PM.
09-16-2012 at 06:17 PM.
tender, juicy, moist, delicious roast beef? Wink
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09-16-2012 at 06:21 PM.
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tender, juicy, moist, delicious roast beef? Wink
Homemade and warm? Wink
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09-16-2012 at 06:22 PM.
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with lots of gravy Drool
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09-16-2012 at 06:31 PM.
09-16-2012 at 06:31 PM.
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Oh yeah!! I remember that now!

laugh out loud I made a lemon cake that LW is a mad lady for Eat drool
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Llamas llove llemon cake!

Mousse au Citron (Lemon Mousse) [saveur.com]
East 62nd Street Lemon Cake [saveur.com]
The Best Damn Meyer Lemon Cake [saveur.com]

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tender, juicy, moist, delicious roast beef? Wink
Roast Beef [saveur.com]
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09-16-2012 at 07:42 PM.
09-16-2012 at 07:42 PM.
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Now, Trygve. Since you get the most votes, can't you run for President?
I vote Trygve/Wiles ticket woot...seriously, the best choice Wink
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09-16-2012 at 07:45 PM.
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Just when I thought it was getting quiet . . .
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trygve
09-16-2012 at 08:12 PM.
09-16-2012 at 08:12 PM.
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So these weenies are trying to enforce 'rules' that don't exist? Is there an employee/management company that take direction from the HOA?
Getting one of those was one of the impractical suggestions I'd said at the meeting wouldn't be workable. There are 103 lots out here, not all of which have houses on them, and the dues are $250/year (freshly raised from $150), most of which are devoted to the rather expensive task of operating and maintaining the high-production deep-well pump whose function is to drain the underlying aquifers and empty them onto the side of the highway.

Yes, really. We used to out in the middle of nowhere, but the county underwent a tremendous growth spurt, resulting in a shortage of groundwater and aquifers being depleted faster than anticipated...so, in order to keep using our wells (and there's no city water here; the alternative is to have it trucked in), the courts determined that we have to pump prodigious amounts of water out of those depleted aquifers and pour it along the side of the highway.

Colorado water law is a strange thing. But I think they did recently pass a law that makes possession of a rainbarrel no longer a crime, which I think is a positive step.

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Now, Trygve. Since you get the most votes, can't you run for President?
Odds are if I (or anyone else) even expressed a willingness to accept the position, the current president would do a little dance and hand over the crateload of work that needs to be done. As I said to him at the meeting, I think we would all just die if he stepped down. I may have a more "laissez faire" policy when it comes to what people do on their lots, but there is no way I could handle a tenth of what he does (without cutting further back on some of the things I need to do that I'm already way behind on).

Being the official keeper of the legal documents and the person who pops up to say, "actually, the covenants/county zoning/state law says you *can* do that" is what I can manage--and the rest of the board is willing to accept that I do tend to disappear from time to time. (I'd have to stop the vanishing act if I were the president.)

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That is so cool that an owl lived by your house. It's really weird that it died on your door step. Maybe someone poisoned it!

One night I was awakened in the middle of the night by some scratching on the roof of my house. I got up and went out on the front porch and yelled "BOO!" All of a sudden the gigantic horned owl swooped down in front of me. I screamed like a girl and ran back into the house! laugh out loud I watched it sit on the telephone pole for 15 minutes and then it landed on the neighbors house. I watched it till I fell back to sleep and haven't seen it since.
I see other owls often enough, but no more great horned owls (as far as I know). They'll sit on my roof at night, but because my house is like a square doughnut, I'll see their shadows in the moonlight when they're sitting together. At least I notice them more often when there's a pair of them up there.

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If there are any places to send contributions to llama families affected by the Great Llama War of 2010, I'd like to know.
I think everybody is okay now. There have been llamas out here for, um, twenty or thirty years, but all of a sudden one of the board members became convinced that the state water engineer might be conducting aerial surveillance of the neighborhood, detect the unauthorized presence of llamas, and shut down all the wells in the area. The covenants (and the water case that resulted in having to irrigate the highway) limits each lot owner to four horses--but it says nothing about llamas. Since the county zoning refers to "large animal units" and considers llamas to be less than or equal to horses for zoning purposes, my interpretation was "no big deal." He thought it was a huge deal, and it all ended up turning into a long-running legal battle to try to prevent the impending llama alpacalypse that would kill us all.

I thought it was a waste of time all-around, and then the lawyers got involved and it became a waste of time and money. In the end, the llamas are still llounging around, the wells are still pumping, and the state water engineer never made a sound (even when his office was contacted on the matter). But, as in all things, the lawyers got paid, so they were happy.

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I am struggling because i have spent the last few months studying the teachings of buddha, and part of it is to forgive people and not hold a grudge, to love anyone and everyone unconditionally and I am willing to do that with this person. I am not going to be angry or seek revenge. but i just am struggling with how does one respect and take care of themselves in situations like this… it just seems oxymoronic
I don't think it is. You can love others and wish them a happy and successful life...somewhere far away from you. I certainly don't wish ill to anybody, but there are some people I know will not make my life (and the lives of other people I care about) better by being around me. Forgive the snake that bites you because that is part of its nature, but don't forget that it's a snake.

Trust people, but trust them within their limitations. Some people aren't good with money, but are great friends otherwise. Some people are not good when it comes to dealing with vulnerabilities and openness in those around them. Part of accepting who they are is accepting their limitations and, where necessary, not setting yourself up to be hurt by them.
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