Topic : Depression

GREAT to see you aces24. WOW! You do have a lot going on. Sorry so many serious issues are going on in your life right now. The nurse told Lynn today that his mother is going to need one of those powered scooters now and medicare and her supplemental insurance is suppose to cover she said and he hopes. She's so frail now she likely couldn't maneuver wheelchair we got. Mostly just got before we could get a more modern. As out of it as she is not entirely sure she can figure out how to use scooter.

I hope I'm like my grandmother or better as she handled her affairs until she was 90.

That's so sad about your grandma, mom, brother and niece on so many levels.

In an instant it is like Lynn's mom is very confused. She'd spilled her medicine out of containers Lynn fixes for her each week and was taking medication incorrectly and her blood pressure was 250/110, the ER said. She thought the TV remote was telephone. She called Lynn and said she hadn't eaten then said she had a TV dinner for lunch while Lynn's brother was there and had forgotten she'd had take out chicken with Lynn for dinner, too.

Amazingly, aces24, you are sounding really good so I'm glad you're handling well. God Bless You and all those dear to you. Hugging prayers, SEA

I really wanted to send something to
you. A new consignment store just
opened up around the corner from my house and I picked up these things that were suited just for you. I am a bargain hunter and spend a lot of time going to thrift stores to get things for the
elderly that are so poor. I have spent
the last week cleaning out my closets
and basement and dropped off a lot of things to make money for my son who
is having financial problems now that he lost his job. My house is so confusing
now. My son had to move out of his
place and move his things here. There
is never a dull moment here.

I hope you change your mind because
I am so excited about what I found for you.

The gift of giving has always been rewarding for me. I have been
consignment store shopping for 31
years. I love yard sales for all the treasures that I can find. People are so surprised that I have never shopped in
a mall yet... I always look good. Being
a single parent for 13 years taught me
how to be thrifty. When I worked two
full time jobs I had to pay for my mother's medical expenses and take
care of my son so I had no choice but
to be a bargain hunter. That's how I always had to make ends meet when I
was going through difficult financial
times.

Mu son had to put a new muffler on his
car today and I was able to give him him the money with the money I had received
from the other consignment store I have been going to for 10 years.

So please rethink what I would like to do for you. It would be my pleasure to send
a small token of my appreciation for meeting someone as "special" as you are here.

Angel :=)

I am looking foward to getting my book. I will let you know as soon as I receive it.
I am looking forward to some down time to relax and sit in my comfortable rocker and just read.

Angel :=)

(((HUGS)))

A fellow treasure hunter. YAY!

Did you know that Sarah Palin wore clothes to accept Vice Presidential nomination from a thrift store in Alaska? Sadly, the charm was taken away as the campaign organizers decided she needed to dress for success and purchased (I think $150,000) in designer clothes from Neiman Marcus etc. Yet part of her charm is her thriftiness and, definitely, something America needs to learn.

I started shopping at thrift stores for used jeans because every time I bought new after I washed them they didn't fit because shrunk or were too big because didn't shrink. You know how sizes vary... In the Hippie days, though, thrift stores were the in thing.

Well, if it is a "small" token that's fine. However, if you get to post office and postage is WAY more than you thought... I'll know you needed the funds for your son. I just always like people to have an out. Because, really, books ARE used. Some look like never read or just read part of the way yet nonetheless... still used. Sadly, some have been written in yet I have found often things I would have taken notes of. A lot of books have those bitty colored post-it thingy dos that were advertised on Oprah's Webinar she had with Eckhart Tolle.

BTW: Angel, how do those consignment stores work? Again, it is SO great to find another person as frugal and thrifty as me. YAY! And... THANK YOU.

Since my Motto is:
Improve Earth and Children's Fate
Conserve, Recycle & Donate

GOOD FOR YOU ANGEL!!! I'm VERY impressed with how you donate and go to consignment store when you clean out closets and basement. GREAT IDEA!!! We need to suggest consignment store to fellow member itsme62 so she can afford to buy her hot water heater and have installed and plumbing fixed to code for that and tub.

Hugging prayers from Dallas for you and your family...
PixSEA aka SEA aka Pixie aka aka

I have some more to box up this a.m. One almost as far NE as you are but not quite. Then, one packing up to go out west close to where Dr. Phil Show is.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Dr. Phil books. Did you see the movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." I want to see the second movie sequel that came out this year I think.

Hugs and prayers (AND A VERY BLESSED DAY) to you and all... "across the boards" and behind the boards. SEA

I really dint know when it started, I think menapause caused some of it. All I know was for about 4 or 5 years, I lost all intrest in going outside of my home, I sent my husband to the store to do the shoping, if friends wanted us to go out to eat , I stayed home, I felt tired all the time, all I wanted to do was just sit around.We live in the country and raise horses and I lost all intrest in going outside to see them. It just seemed like I felt that way so long I just accepted it, accepted that was the way I was. I started seeing a tv add about depression and how it hurts, I  knew they were describing me, I was always hurting too, so I said something one day to my doctor and he sent me to a  doctor  that was a theraphist, she put me on prozac and Zypreta   . That was when everything in my life changed , I started going out , I was outdoors most of the summer, I love to go shopping again and go out to eat, I feel great! I really wish I would have seen a doctor for this problem long ago, but  thank God I now feel great again.

I have one INSIDE MY HEART left for Trisha that just joined us yet went into the hospital October 14 - November 3rd. Definitely, I'll keep my eyes open for another INSIDE MY HEART by Robin McGraw.

Sisterhood of the Traveling Dr. Phil, Jay and Robin McGraw books.

G2G We're about to go on an errand. Thank God for T as i didn't notice your post until I saw her reply to your post.

A shout out to you, too, T aka dntask.

Hugging prayers to y'all both. SEA

LOLz PKDiva... Have you seen the pumpking mooning people via email? Some neighbors of mine up two blocks north and around the block east have a mummy man and his mummy dog, live size, point to a cemetery. There are cemetery markers, in an island of grass on a circle street, with various funny things on them. In front of cemetery is a life sized pumpkin man with pants partly down with two pumpkin cheeks mooning whoever looks. There's a sign that says. You've just been mooned. HAPPY HALLOWEEN. Looks identical to email version going around. LOLz

Okay, G2G, because Lynn is biting at the bit. Usually, we leave at 12:30 but he wants to sooner today. Men! Aren't they a riot. LOLz While on topic... Glad you got to see David at school and are feeling better. :-) SEA

I just need to get something off my chest.

Went to school yesterday, saw my friends and David like always. But as I was leaving, I wanted to take a picture of David and me, just so I can show him off to my friends. But he didn't want to, saying it was a little "too weird". I accepted it and left. But when I got home, I was so upset, I let my imagination run away with me wondering why he didn't want his picture taken with me. I thought it was everything from he probably didn't want his picture online, or he didn't want his picture taken with a "just friend"...or maybe it was something I did. I don't know. It could be the most obvious thing, or maybe not.

Then there was last night. I actually confessed something to myself that I thought I'd never confess. I actually love David...more than a friend. Call me crazy, but I think it's the age difference that makes me crazy about him. He's 21, I'm 28. That's what I find so thrilling about him. I guess he'd be my trophy boyfriend if anything did happen. But we already agreed to be just friends, and that hurts like hell sometimes. It's like he takes me back to my high school days, which I never truly had cause I was in a charter school my last year and a half of high school. It's like he makes me feel so young again. I guess it's the chase that seems so exciting...but it feels like reaching for a star that's just out of reach.

I mean, it's just so heartbreaking. I actually cried for a few minutes and NOTHING makes me cry. Why does love have to hurt so much? I honestly thought he would be the one for me. Oh, well. Like I said, it's gonna be just me and my computer. Anyone wanna officiate the ceremony? ;-)

Denise