Dear So and So

Congrats! Pax. Dear rain, my friend called me and told me the news said we haven't had more than two days of sun in a row since late September. Enough already, the flood warnings on my weather channel app every day would be kinda funny if it wasn't June. Dear brother in law,next time we all go on vacation please bring your own chef, maid,and nanny. I am none of those things and am not responsible for you or your childrens hungriness,cleanliness,or happiness,especially when I'm on vacation. I love my nieces and nephews but I'm done. No one else should have to clean up your kids projectile vomiting and thanks again for the stomach flu.I know this is an annual family trip but next year I think we are staying home.

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Hey, do we get to see wedding pictures? How was the ceremony? Did you or are you going to have a reception to celebrate?

Roxy

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The pics in the courtroom didn't come out too well, it was kinda dark in there. But here we are waiting to go in (I'm the tall one :D )

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...0066-1-1-1.jpg

And here we are at our "reception" afterward (aka lunch with our closest friend).

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...P1000087-1.jpg

Yay Pax! I love your reception! If I had to do it all over, that's the reception I would have.

Congratulations again!!!!

Fantastic, Pax! Congrats!

Great pictures Pax, my kind of reception - lots of Beer!

Thanks everyone, we're still grinning from ear to ear. :D

Thanks for sharing the photos, Pax! I'm happy that you're happy!

Adding my congrats, Pax.

Congrats!


Dear Stray Cat aka "Bubbles",

Had I known you were a fake and in real life we are enemies, I wouldn't have fed you for three weeks, touched you or let you stay in my lap while tinkering with my bike.

However; I will gladly make a truce that if you don't try to eat me when I am visiting your human, I will allow you back on my property and continue have a pretend relationship. I may even feed you some food occasionally now that I know who you are.


Back story: Bubbles is one of those cats that will turn on you for no reason. She was in my lap several years ago and bit my arm with her teeth and drew blood. She did this a couple of times and she was no longer allowed to be with visitors and I haven't seen her for a long time. I didn't even know she was alive. I had wondered if the cat was Bubbles, but she was too friendly with me so I pushed the thought away.

It wasn't until yesterday that her son was out back, saw the cat and verified that she was Bubbles that I fell over in shock and laughter. Talk about feeling betrayed. She's a fake! I guess the good food I was feeding her was enough to have her "like" me.

Perhaps there was something going on with her a few years ago that made her behave that way? If she had some health issue at the time it may have contributed to it - either that or your food and lap are much better than what she has become used to!

There used to be a kitty next door to me with a horrible attitude. I was terrified of Jerri, she'd scratch and bite at will. As she got older, she mellowed, and became quite a nice cat. Maybe some cats are like people, they mellow with age.....

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Thanks everyone, we're still grinning from ear to ear. :D

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As you should be! congrats! :D:D:D

Dear Minion,

You need to learn to handle stress, and the job pressure when I am not there. Just because you can't handle it all, is no reason to blame me or the procedures I wrote. They are quite clear, you have run the process in question many times before. Why did you decide this time to post not only the original payment file, but the corrected file too? You know better.

Now I get to spend my first Monday back at work, reversing your screw up.

Snap - I feel your pain, the young guy who works for me freaks out if he gets even slightly stressed... very annoying having to deal with him during those times.

Trek - your employer is unbelievable.

Great pictures, and I like your reception--low key, and with beer!


Dear bike computer--
You suck. I look at you the wrong way, and you reset and eat all my numbers. At least you didn't eat the odometer numbers this time...
I'll be replacing you with something less prone to interference and more user-friendly when the budget allows...

Dear husband,

I admire your confidence, really I do. It's one of the things I love about you. But. How many more rotted floors, plastic containers under leaks, hours to days without any water, and emergency service fees is it going to take to convince you that you are not a plumber?

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Trek - your employer is unbelievable.

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Yes, they are unbelievably wonderful. I love my job and would never complain about it online :)

[QUOTE=Pax;578954] But here we are waiting to go in (I'm the tall one :D )...
And here we are at our "reception" afterward (aka lunch with our closest friend)...

Brilliant! Congratulations again!

DH and I eloped and got married at the courthouse and had dinner at a schmancy restaurant, just the two of us, so I can relate.

Yay!

Roxy

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The pics in the courtroom didn't come out too well, it was kinda dark in there. But here we are waiting to go in (I'm the tall one :D )

And here we are at our "reception" afterward (aka lunch with our closest friend).

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Congratulations, and it is good to "see" you! I love the reception - beer is good for pretty much everything :D

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But here we are waiting to go in (I'm the tall one :D )...
And here we are at our "reception" afterward (aka lunch with our closest friend)...

Brilliant! Congratulations again!

DH and I eloped and got married at the courthouse and had dinner at a schmancy restaurant, just the two of us, so I can relate.

Yay!

Roxy

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Similar story here. DH and I were married by my oldest friend in the "parlor" of a bed and breakfast. Then the three of us went to a nice dinner, followed by cake and champagne at the bed and breakfast. I lack the "bridal" gene and DH was fully supportive of something simple. I have ZERO regrets about it. I'm pretty sure we've spent the money we saved on bikes!!!

We had a similar, but slightly bigger wedding with 20 people, including ourselves. We had the rabbi come to our apartment, set up a portable chuppah and do the ceremony. My parents provided champagne and appetizers right after, and then we took everyone (it was almost all our immediate family/siblings) to dinner at a restaurant on the top of the tall (10 story?) bank building in downtown Mesa, AZ. They had a little cake for us there. Afterwards, we all went into the lounge for dancing.
I sort of lack the bride gene, too. We regretted not including our friends, though. We splurged a little more on our kids' Bar Mitzvahs, but nothing outrageous; luncheon at a nice restaurant, DJ, dancing. We had 50 at the first one and 100 at the second.

Yay Pax and Mrs Pax!!! :cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:

Kit and I had the opportunity a few years ago to do the same. I happened to have the Friday off during the week they made it legal here in OR. It was originally supposed to start Jan 1 but it got held back for a bit in order to fulfill the required amount of political posturing that was proper and apparently necessary for something as constitutional as civil rights. So, Feb 8th, 2008, we headed over to the courthouse, got our paperwork, found out we needed a notary and... they don't provide those there. We called a friend who's a notary, she was elated that she could do that for us so we were back on track. We headed back to the courthouse just to find out that they don't take CC or ATM cards, only cash. We found an ATM down the street because, of course, they don't provide one of those either. (oh, we had to empty our pockets over and over for the security xray too.) Headed back to the courthouse and were #52 in our county. :D There were a few waiting behind us as well that day. The lady at the desk was very nice the whole time and wished us well. She asked if there was anything else as we were finishing up and I said "What, no rice?" :p


Good luck and I hope you two work out. Personally, I think you should have waited until you got to know one another a little bit better. 8,000 or so dates may not be enough. Just sayin'. :rolleyes::D;)

Love to you both!

~Kit and X

Dear Freelance Job Paycheck,
You were supposed to get here last week. You better be here today.
Please.
Limewave

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Good luck and I hope you two work out. Personally, I think you should have waited until you got to know one another a little bit better. 8,000 or so dates may not be enough. Just sayin'. :rolleyes::D;)

Love to you both!

~Kit and X

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LOL thanks Kit and X!! The state of IL requires 24 hours between license and ceremony, we sat around in the meantime jokingly asking one another "do you think we're rushing into this?". :D:D:D

Dear Crazy Driver: Do you not understand the concept of red lights? I watched you speed up to two red lights only to then slam on your brakes and stop halfway through the intersection. I tried to steer clear of you the rest of the way into downtown. When I lost sight of you, I thought "good riddance." Imagine my horror, then, when I saw you in my rearview mirror as I was stopped at a red light; coming up behind me, going way too fast and slamming on your brakes. You barely missed rearending me, didn't you?

What the heck is wrong with you? Learn how to drive before you kill someone.

Dear Coworker,

You keep claiming you aren't "competitive." And yet, I just saw you tear up over a Tae Kwan Do testing because your 7 yo DD got a higher score than you. Every week I listen to your complaints about your DD's wobbly kicks and strikes and stances. It just seems so wrong that you are a 40 yo woman competing with a 7 yo, let alone your own child. It's twisted.

Have you considered that your performance is being graded compared to YOUR peers and DD's to her own peers? It seems logical that there would be different expectations for 7 year olds than for adults. To go home and cry, lock yourself in your room, and complain to the Grand Master about having a lower score than your own daughter is wrong. Just wrong.

I don't really know what else to say.
Limewave.

Eek, Limewave. That is twisted. I feel sorry for her daughter. I can't imagine that situation is going to get better any time soon.

Dear RunKeeper app -

While I appreciate your reminder to continue entering my daily activity, I don't WANT to be taking a break. Nor do I need to set a goal to get back on track. I just need my leg to quit hurting, so thanks for adding insult to injury...

Sincerely,
Grumpy Edgy Jesse who Can't Run

Dang Limewave, that is messed up! :eek:

women who compete with their daughters end up with really messed up relations with them. I was the lucky daughter in that case. I'm still working to improve the terrible relationship and she's 80. :(

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Have you considered that your performance is being graded compared to YOUR peers and DD's to her own peers? It seems logical that there would be different expectations for 7 year olds than for adults. To go home and cry, lock yourself in your room, and complain to the Grand Master about having a lower score than your own daughter is wrong. Just wrong.

I don't really know what else to say.
Limewave.

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Any teacher worth their belt would be looking at that behavior too. THAT might be part of why her score is low. Yes, TKD is a competitive sport but it's a martial art and you compete to master yourself too.

Just heard from my insurance company about how much the dog bites is going to cost me....worse than I feared. Sigh....

Going to go ride some of this stress off on my bike. I could almost purchase another bike for what this will cost me, so am VERY glad I already have the mountain bike :cool:

Any chance of going back and finding that dog owner?

I'm so sorry the bill is so high.

Roxy

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Any chance of going back and finding that dog owner?

I'm so sorry the bill is so high.

Roxy

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I wouldn't recognize the man, and at this point it would probably be impossible to prove. This means no vacation this year, or really any trips at all. I am, however, thankful the damage wasn't worse and that I didn't need rabies - the hospital will simply have to work out arrangements with me. I simply don't have the money. Hopefully no more unexpected surprises until this is taken care of.

Anyone want to buy a very special Long Haul Trucker?

Oh, man, Catrin, I'm so sorry it's turned out that way.

Most hospitals these days will accept payments - since they don't have much choice - although I guess it probably depends on whether the hospital you went to was for profit or not. In fact, I was pretty irritated with the bills from my crash, that the hospital's collection department called me within a day or two of my receiving the bills! Their intent (they claimed) was to work out a payment plan, not to harrass ...

Catrin - check with the hospital. They should be able to work something out with you, at least the one I work at does.

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In fact, I was pretty irritated with the bills from my crash, that the hospital's collection department called me within a day or two of my receiving the bills! Their intent (they claimed) was to work out a payment plan, not to harrass ...

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They came up to find me IN MY ROOM and asked for my debit card, maybe the day after surgery. The lady got rather irritated when I wouldn't get out of bed and find it for her (I couldn't even walk at that point! Though I should've tried to get up just so I could've vomited all over her)

But most hospitals will take whatever you can pay at a time, and will just send you invoices with the remaining balance for usually at least 6 months. It takes forever before they'll try to send to collections agency or anything. Don't stress over it...I think I paid maybe $200/month (after I gave them my entire bike savings chunk about a month after I was released).

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Just heard from my insurance company about how much the dog bites is going to cost me....worse than I feared. Sigh....

Going to go ride some of this stress off on my bike. I could almost purchase another bike for what this will cost me, so am VERY glad I already have the mountain bike :cool:

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I understand. We are STILL paying for DS's unexpected hospital stay last summer. The nice thing is, when I called the hospital to work out a payment plan, they let ME pick the monthly amount (ANY amount I wanted) and there is no interest. There was only a one time fee of $10 to set it up.

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Just heard from my insurance company about how much the dog bites is going to cost me....worse than I feared. Sigh....

Going to go ride some of this stress off on my bike. I could almost purchase another bike for what this will cost me, so am VERY glad I already have the mountain bike :cool:

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I'm so sorry...that really sucks that you are having to pay for something that is clearly someone else's total responsibility. Not to mention the pain and scaring (emotional and physical) you're dealing with. :mad: :( :mad: :(

Catrin, that sucks!

Dear master's program and financial aid system--
Your whole intent is to leave me broke, isn't it? $12,000 a year, not including books and living expenses. I don't have that kind of money. Unfortunately, my parents were far too conscientious about saving money for my education. So it's not like I have no money...meaning I get no financial aid apart from federal loans, and will graduate with a master's degree, no money, no real job prospects, and in debt. (I wonder what would happen if I blew all my savings on a car...)

For my end goals, this is probably the best thing to do. It's not the smart thing to do.