FallinWoman

As a teacher this type of statement really pisses me off. From my perspective it is the parents who do not want to admit that they have failed to set limits in their child's life, and at some point they have to face the music. A child who has had no limits who comes into my classroom is in for a rough year. It is not always the teacher who wants the drugs. I wish we had more parents actually parenting rather than sticking their kids on drugs the minute things get a little rough. On the other hand...I am furious that Tom fucking Cruise is out there bashing Brooke Shields for taking the antidepressant she needed after the birth of her child. There are a lot of clinically depressed people who refues to take drugs because of the social stigma attached to using such drugs. I am here to say that I would be dead today if it were not for antidepressants. I thank God everyday that I had a then boyfriend and neurologist who insisted that I started taking antidepressants two and a half years ago. I am also thankful that my fiance and I decided that I needed additional help last fall as my father was dying. If I had not changed to a different antidepressant, I truly believe that I would have gone through with my plans to kill myself. My fear is that people will shy away from getting the help they need because Tom fucking Cruise bashes the use of these drugs. Easy for a person who does not truly need them. BTW...I have been off the antidepressants for two months now, and am feeling good. Skymedic and I are monitoring my mental health on a daily basis....to keep me from getting that low again. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

But the important question....does it match your gear??? ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Tell her she is a lousy lay....sex with your sister would be more exciting.... that would work, too....although I do not recommend it... ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

You end it completely. You do not need to go into a three hour discussion about why it did not work, but you need to just tell her that it is over. Then you need to stop all communication. You may be able to be friends with her in the future, but in order to convince her that you mean it, you need to sever all ties for now. I thinnk it is better to give no excuse than to give a bullshit one. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Rantoul '04....sad, isn't it??? Excuse? None. Life just gets in the way. Eleven year-old daughter, wedding planning, an ankle injury (non-jumping injury).....Then we are just out of the habit of going to the dz on a regular basis....I need to get back up, cuz this sucks. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Those were great....makes me so appreciate being taken! ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

In trying to read the social mobility article, I have one question. What is keeping the poorer people of the US from upward social mobility? Here is what I see...bright, African-American students in my high school who are harrassed by their African-American peer if they take honors classes or even do well in regular classes. They are keeping each other from finding the success in high school that would lead to scholorships and higher education. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Currently I am Butt Blaster. After August 6, I wil be Backroom Baller. Lovely. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

I have a ProTrack inside my Protec....my data may not be perfect...but it logs the jumps, gives me speeds, freefall times...all the data i need...and I know I am not going to lose the ProTrack....it is secure in there! ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

My canopy has not been violated (as far as I know).....but I believe there is a tandem canopy that I participated in violating......heehee ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Yay, P!!! Congrats on getting back to the sky!!! I am a teacher, and I love the idea of writing a letter to someone above her in her company....I just got a copy of a letter today...a kid wrote it to her guidance counselor about how great I have been this year....so that is always nice to hear.... And also...who doesn't love a massage?? ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

I drop my more worn clothes into a donation box at my daughter's school. The nicer things I take to a place that sells nicer clothes to make money to put deserving kids through college. If I bring the clothes in clean and on hangars, they send me a letter at the end of the year with a valuation of the items for tax purposes. It works out pretty well. Either place I think is worth the time. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

To me living with him is not about deciding whether I can live with the little quirks that each of us has, it was about learning that I want to commit to him with or without those quirks....One of the things that we have figured out is the financial side of our relationship...his, mine and ours....I know I could dig up stats that suggest that financial problems are a leading cause of divorce....I just don't care enough to... My point is that living with him has taught me that those little annoying things have nothing to do with my love for him and my committment to our relationship. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Yes, Chris, you should want to spend the time....you can turn that otherwise useless pile of crap into cash. You may not get rich doing this, but you can make a chunk of change...to spend jumping...or on whatever....I think it is worth giving up one day and dealing with people haggling over a buck... ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

We have been thinking about doing the same thing, so here is the advice I have heard repeatedly: 1. Advertise in the paper. 2. Put signs on corners near you....you want people to be able to find you. 3. Go to yard/gargage cales in your area before yours. It will give you an idea of pricing and what is NOT selling. 4. Organize my product type...don't worry about being pretty. 5. Clearly label everything that is for sale. Buy round stickers, put signs for books, clothing.... 6. Be willing to negotiate, especially towards the end of your sale...you want it gone, and you would rather get something for it than have to donate it. 7. Do not bring it back into your house...if it does not sell, store it in the garage or someplace until you can donate it to charity. Good luck...let us know how it goes....I am hoping to pull some of my neighbors in so that we can lure more customers. People are more likely to come to a multi house sale than to just one house.... ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Pay down the debt...that means you will spend less on interest...which is just pisisng money away. When my father died, I inheireted my grandfather's money. The first thing I did was pay off my credit card debt. Now I am not spending money on interest anymore....very nice. And it feels like I have more money from month to month.... ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

What is better then Vicodin and Demoral?? When i was in the hospital for my headaches, I was given two 5/500 mgs of vicodin every six hours. Then I was also given 3-4 IV mg morphine every four hours. The sweetest combo was when the morphine fell two hours after the vicodin...so the vicodin had a chance to kick in....ahhh...nice. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

The number one thing to take from this thread....it affects each person differently. I was on 5/500mg every six hours for a long time. I could teach, totally functions normally. You would not have know that I was on drugs at all. i did not have constipation issues like I do with codeine and percocet. I know that does not make any logical sense, but that has been my experience. i can take it with or without food, no problems. Totally took away my headaches. So....take the recommended dosage with food the first time, and with a stretch of time devoted to doing nothing to see how it affects you. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

First...congrats Amber! That is awesome! and then... In the fall of 2001 I began IMing a fellow DZ.commer. In January, still before I had actually met him, I was quoted as saying, "I want to bear this man's children." I met him in May of 2002, and I was right. I still wanted to bear his children. We got in a fight the day we met because he was with someone else (no hard feelings, chica!!!). We are getting married Augeust 6th. I knew before I met him. Something in the conversations we had had...and that feeling only intensified when I did finally meet him. He obviously felt the same way, because he had quit his job and moved to be with me within 6 months of our first date.. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

I am Sloopy Snickledoodle, Soon to be Sloopy Pottytush. My fiance is Dorfus Pottytush. Heehee ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

"I Will Survive"- Gloria Gaynor. "Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" -Melvin Amina (aka "Good Morning Rantoul") ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

They take a long time to start to kill you...at least a long time before you are diagnosed with a smoking-related illness. But then it can take forever....It took my dad 6 years to die. Six long and agonizing years where he could not walk fomr hi sdesk to the breakfast room (all on the same floor) without stopping. He had to stop going to baseball games because he could not walk to his seat.... ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

For those of you who know skymedic.... he has been getting a lot of suggestions that he looks exactly like Scott Rolen (Cardinal third baseman....) ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Nope...never...I watched my grandfather die from lung cancer when I was a child. I just watched my father die horribly slowly from smoking related health issues. It took 6 years. He was miserable. I will never smoke. I do not want to put myself or my loved ones through that. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!

Ok....I am sad to say that I need to remove two names from the list... Skymedic and FallinWoman will not be attending. The honeymoon has been cancelled. ~Anne I'm a Doll!!!!