This is a very thoughtful thing to do, snavel (what is your real name again? What does your username mean?). I shall come here when it happens!
Not having a bad day (yet--knock on wood!), but thought this thread is a great idea. No matter how bad things might get, there's usually some positive angle one can put on it.
Dagi - if anyone was having a bad day, then your cute little video in the sig line would cheer anyone up... so cute!!!
Mel, you are a wonderful woman - full of wonderfull ideas!
Dagi
I love your new avatar by the way! :D
Having a bad day? :'(
Visit Kerry's Komedy Klub! That'll put a smile on your dial! :D
It does! I go there every day! Thank you, Kerry, for making me smile, chuckle, grin, laugh out loud, giggle....
Dagi
*Jumps in, looks around*
Okay.... so nobody's having a bad day today? GOOD! :D
*Jumps out*
so if we just want to be petted a bit this is the place to go??
what if some hog tries to FAKE a bad day?? huh??
*Jess eyes David suspiciously*
I had a bad day. My boyfriend flew back to England this morning, and I spent the day alone with my animals. :'(
I'm not sure when I'll see him again. We're going to try and get him back out here sometime during Christmas, but I don't know.
I had a bad day. My boyfriend flew back to England this morning, and I spent the day alone with my animals. :'(
I'm not sure when I'll see him again. We're going to try and get him back out here sometime during Christmas, but I don't know.
I've had a bad week. The organisation I work for has been attacked on the front page of the newspapers and pilloried in the New South Wales Parliament this week, today included. We were all over the television new again tonight. Without going into the morbid details (and they are, literally, morbid), suffice to say that I wouldn't swap places with our Chief Executive for all the tea in China. He's really in the hot seat right now. Everyone in his office, me included, has been under a lot of pressure this week. It'll blow over in time and we'll survive (it's a Government organisation) but I have a terrible feeling it'll get worse, before it gets better. Thank goodness it's a long weekend in Oz this weekend, with a public holiday on Monday. I need it! 8)
Can we have a group hug, Snuitjie, Kerry, David, and me? Let's not let a small thing like a PLANET interfere with our hug! Hey, any BetterMostians out there in the same boat, or who are feeling the effects of the full moon, join in--the more, the merrier!!
Yeah I could use one too... :'(
Well I don't know if anyone is interested by I'll write it out anyway.
Shortly after I bought this house and the male behind me found out I was a single female he has started bothering me but I have stood up to him. I also told neighbors about his harassment (one good neighbor has since moved replaced by jerks) I would not let him intimidate me. I recently found out that he is telling everyone in the neighborhood that I am a racist. Which is of coarse a filthy lie and my opinion that only a true racist could start a lie like this.
I found out because the one neighbor started yelling it at me. At least I finally know why I have had a rock thrown at my car, been harassed by kids. Items in my front yard damaged, pointed at. Yet when I had asked people what the problem was they lied to me and said they didn't know what I was talking about.
I took my Star Of David plaque off my front deck because I was worried I would find it smashed in the driveway. What I don't get is why no one has come to me directly and just asked me about what they have heard. I think they love this lie because they can now point their fingers at the single female in the neighborhood and then no one will know about the white hoods in their closet.
My mother survived nazi germany has a 1/2 Jew and being raised by her was not easy. I have a major problem with the stand by mentality; If it doesn't effect me why should I care" It's probably one of the reasons I open my mouth when I hear meanness and slurs.
Anyway I'm just sick of my anxiety going up everytime I drive up to this place. I think these people are cowards who enjoy bothering someone they see as weaker than themselves. I know my mother told me at the end of WWII how the nazis ran like scared little girls when it was over. I think these people are the same.
I've had a bad week. The organisation I work for has been attacked on the front page of the newspapers and pilloried in the New South Wales Parliament this week, today included. We were all over the television new again tonight. Without going into the morbid details (and they are, literally, morbid), suffice to say that I wouldn't swap places with our Chief Executive for all the tea in China. He's really in the hot seat right now. Everyone in his office, me included, has been under a lot of pressure this week. It'll blow over in time and we'll survive (it's a Government organisation) but I have a terrible feeling it'll get worse, before it gets better. Thank goodness it's a long weekend in Oz this weekend, with a public holiday on Monday. I need it! 8)
If that man is harassing you, I think you should call the police, at least let them know what's going on. Also, try to find out who you can trust around the neighborhood. There has to be somebody else. I'm sure not everybody is bad.
hugs to all.
xxxxxx
Wishes, I hope things get better for you. I know what it feels like. I had a similar problem in my own neighborhood, partly due to my sexuality, and partly due to a fist fight between my roommate and some neighbors down the road from me. The whole thing escalated out of control and people in the neighborhood started picking sides. Soon my house was pelted with eggs, dead fish were thrown on my porch and slurs uttered as people walked/drove past my house. Somebody even mailed me a box of dog crap. But I found comfort in my allies. And I had many of them. I'm sure you do too. Find out who they are and keep in touch with them. It's an awful feeling NOT to feel comfortable and safe in your own home! I will be sending you many positive thoughts.
Wishes, I hope things get better for you. I know what it feels like. I had a similar problem in my own neighborhood, partly due to my sexuality, and partly due to a fist fight between my roommate and some neighbors down the road from me. The whole thing escalated out of control and people in the neighborhood started picking sides. Soon my house was pelted with eggs, dead fish were thrown on my porch and slurs uttered as people walked/drove past my house. Somebody even mailed me a box of dog crap. But I found comfort in my allies. And I had many of them. I'm sure you do too. Find out who they are and keep in touch with them. It's an awful feeling NOT to feel comfortable and safe in your own home! I will be sending you many positive thoughts.
Kerry, I was very sorry to hear about your situation at work. I hope things get better for you too, buddy! :)
Not so much a bad day for me but a sad incident and something to reflect on.
Hi Kerry,
I hope the situation at work settles down soon, and you will feel better.
And I hope you can enjoy the weekend without thinking too much about it. It's glorious weather for the spirit, isn't it?
I'm off to Queensland , Sunday, for a week, but will log in when I can. I do enjoy Bettermost, and might have more time for that now.
Might need a spirit lift, too. I have a handicapped daughter there being subjected to such discrimination at work she has had to take a week off (she works for the Gov't), and she lives alone, which doesn't help. My son is there, too, and is battling cancer. So ... there are a couple of kids up there who desperately need some comforting.
Rob :)
I just embarrassed myself. :P
I looked at my cell phone and noticed (or I THOUGHT I noticed) someone who called and I missed it. So I called them back and they DENIED they called me. I was like "yes you did call because it's right here on the screen" and they said something like "no I didn't. I never called you today". Well this went back and forth until I got sick and tired of arguing and hung up the phone. Just now I looked at my screen and the call was gone! Well, to make a long story short, I accidently looked at my "contacts" screen instead of the "missed call" screen. So I called them back and apologized.
Okay. I know it's not EARTH SHATTERING or anything, but I felt like a damn fool! :laugh:
>:( >:(
Dumbass cell phones! :(
I just embarrassed myself. :P
I looked at my cell phone and noticed (or I THOUGHT I noticed) someone who called and I missed it. So I called them back and they DENIED they called me. I was like "yes you did call because it's right here on the screen" and they said something like "no I didn't. I never called you today". Well this went back and forth until I got sick and tired of arguing and hung up the phone. Just now I looked at my screen and the call was gone! Well, to make a long story short, I accidently looked at my "contacts" screen instead of the "missed call" screen. So I called them back and apologized.
Okay. I know it's not EARTH SHATTERING or anything, but I felt like a damn fool! :laugh:
>:( >:(
Dumbass cell phones! :(
Had better get on the road, hey.
Think of me as you're driving through Nambucca Heads, Rob. It's a beautiful spot. A dear friend lives there and it's presently at the top of my "Potential Retirement Destinations" list. :D
Awww. Thank you Melissa and Kelda!! :-* :-*
You both are so cute and sweet!! :D
How are you feeling, there's so many doggies in your signature line! I love them! Who is Danny Nucci? And when are we gonna see you in your avatar again?
Hmm, try this for cheery-up, David.
The song is "Can't Fight This Feeling"
Edit: I misworded Fight and put in Find instead.. fixed it.
You are the nicest best looking and smartest and funniest guy. No one can be better dearie.
Danny Nucci has nothing on you....!!!(http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb162/ifyoucantfixit/11_2_107.gif)
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(http://bestsmileys.com/cats2/1.gif)DAVID!!!(http://bestsmileys.com/cats2/1.gif)
(http://bestsmileys.com/magic/2.gif) Here's wishing you all the best! (http://bestsmileys.com/magic/5.gif)
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Thank you Kerry!
I don't believe I ever had a cartoon drawn for me before! :D
Thanks sweet baby! :-*
Still can't get to sleep. Been a bad day all round here at the Matrix house. :'(
I had to put one of my dogs down today. Bailey (short for Baileys Irish Crème Princess, because that’s what color she was) was my oldest, an 11 year old female and she had a cancer growing in her sinus two years ago but did well with surgery and Chemo. But lately she’s been not her self, sleeping lots, very clingy and decreased appetite. The Vet found a new malignant growth in her sinus that had metastasized to her liver. Even an untrained eye like mine could see the growths on the x-rays. There was nothing to be done and since I did not want her to suffer needlessly we made arrangements for the Vet to come round our house this evening and Bailey died peacefully in her home, in her bed, in my arms with Bob and the other dogs around her surrounded by love.
We are going to miss her so much. She was my Grand Dame and alpha among my other dogs. She kept the younger ones in line. A bark from her would settle them right down. I got her as a puppy right after my Mother died. She was my first dog as an adult. Whatever will we do without our beautiful girl? Bailey, my baby-girl, my friend, my soulmate...you gave me, us so much love, joy and laughter. We are, all of us, inconsolable. Good Night Sweet Princess it was my very great privilege being your Fur-Mommy.
I am reminded of Lord Byron’s ode to his dog Boatswain …. Anyone who has ever loved and lost a dog will agree…
Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the Virtues of Man, without his Vices. This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the Memory of Boatswain, a Dog. ~George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog"
Epitaph to a Dog
Near this Spot
are deposited the Remains of one
who possessed Beauty without Vanity,
Strength without Insolence,
Courage without Ferosity,
and all the virtues of Man without his Vices.
The praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery
if inscribed over human Ashes,
is but a just tribute to the Memory of
BOATSWAIN, a DOG,
who was born in Newfoundland May 1803
and died at Newstead Nov. 18, 1808.
When some proud Son of Man returns to Earth,
Unknown by Glory, but upheld by Birth,
The sculptor’s art exhausts the pomp of woe,
And stories urns record that rests below.
When all is done, upon the Tomb is seen,
Not what he was, but what he should have been.
But the poor Dog, in life the firmest friend,
The first to welcome, foremost to defend,
Whose honest heart is still his Master’s own,
Who labors, fights, lives, breathes for him alone,
Unhonored falls, unnoticed all his worth,
Denied in heaven the Soul he held on earth –
While man, vain insect! hopes to be forgiven,
And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven.
Oh man! thou feeble tenant of an hour,
Debased by slavery, or corrupt by power –
Who knows thee well must quit thee with disgust,
Degraded mass of animated dust!
Thy love is lust, thy friendship all a cheat,
Thy smiles hypocrisy, thy words deceit!
By nature vile, ennoble but by name,
Each kindred brute might bid thee blush for shame.
Ye, who perchance behold this simple urn,
Pass on – it honors none you wish to mourn.
To mark a friend’s remains these stones arise;
I never knew but one – and here he lies.