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    Dog needs somebody's help

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    When I rescued my :o th dog back during the summer, I was facing surgery and could not keep her. I posted a pic on here and many people helped me with her health issues and kept her while I had surgery. I sent messages to many rescues in Georgia with pics and her story. I finally found one and cried the day I left her. She had to stay in a foster home, but was well cared for. She finally found her forever home about two months ago. She is so happy!! Call and email as many rescues as you can, I believe someone will help. Good luck!!

    EP RAIDERS

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    I heard the band and cheerleaders dd not get to the game until late in the second quarter because the school system would not let them have busses until 4:15. The football team got to leave much earlier.

     

    You people amaze me. <_< Cheerleaders and band getting to this game vs. making sure students get home from school.....no brainer.

    Anyone Else Who Doesn't Like Holidays?

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    I love Christmas. It's not about gifts and shopping for me. I love the music and decorations, but most of all I love spending time with my husband and children. We have special traditions and do alot of fun stuff between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Every year we take one weekend night and go to The Varsity, Ice Skating at Centennial Olympic Park, and finish up at Krispy Kreme Donut. We have a blast!! Sometimes we do Festival of Trees, last year we did Stone Mountain Christmas. My children are in college now and I cherish every minute with them and miss the days when they were little. We still have a blast together. We had Thanksgiving early and they each brought home their "significant other" and we watched movies, football, ate alot and went bowling. It is pure joy for me!! Sorry for those who don't enjoy.

    Cooking a turkey...

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    Lots of good suggestions online, cooking times too. Butterball, Honeysuckle White, etc. Just google. I don't stuff mine and put pats of butter up under the skin and rub it with Magic Seasoning Poultry Rub.....delicious. We had ours last Sat.

    Are you missing someone tomorrow?

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    My Mom died 27 years ago and was very young. I still miss her everyday, but especially during the holidays. As I listened to Christmas music today, I thought of her and started missing her like crazy. She was also the glue in our family. I am trying, but it is very difficult without her. :(

    :( need a home for our fred!

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    When I rescued a dog back during the summer alot happened and I could not keep her. Another P.commer took her and soon found that she couldn't keep her either. (it had nothing to do with the dog or her behavior) This dog had been through alot and needed someone to take excellent care of her. I contacted ALOT of rescue groups and finally found one that would take her. I sobbed when I left her, but I KNEW she was in good hands. She was fostered for about two months and she was finally adopted into her forever home about one month ago. I receive pics via email and she is doing great. Good luck!!

    Dog Grooming help

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    I have an older dog that I can no longer get in the car. I had the mobile groomer come over last time, but she said she needed him in the van and that was not easy. Is there anyone you can think of that would clip his nails and express his glands, in the house? I am afraid to try these myself. My dog weighs 125 lbs. and really has a hard time getting around. I know he won't be with us much longer, but he really needs some 'cleaning up.' Thanks in advance for any recommendations.

    football

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    Posted · Edited by icare

    I'm here. Some of us had lots to do after the game. I am not a fair weathered Falcon fan. I support them through the ups and downs. Matt Ryan and his team have nothing to be ashamed of, they were predicted to win three games at best. Today was an awesome game. I'll say it again, who needs Michael Vick? Not the Falcons.

     

    GO FALCONS!!!

    :clapping: :clapping: :clapping:

    I am protesting

    in Internet Cafe

    Posted · Edited by icare

    For those of you that believe in God, I came home, checked my email and received the above message. I cried. I then signed on P.com because there was a wreck on my road this morning and wanted to make sure everyone was okay. I saw this thread and thought of the email. I believe this was orchestrated by God. Moms need to be reassured, comforted, acknowledged, etc. from time to time and this story really touched me. I hope it does others as well.

     

    On the lighter side, if you want "Change", call Obama. :p :lol: :ph34r:

    I am protesting

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    I just received this and it made me cry. I thought it was very fitting in this thread. I totally understand where you're coming from, but I loved this email. It's long, but well worth reading.

     

    Invisible Mother...... It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'Can't you see I'm on the phone?' Obviously, not. No one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all. I'm invisible. The invisible Mom. Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more: Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this? Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, 'What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What number is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30, please.' I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated sum a cum laude - but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going; she's going; she is gone! One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England .. Janice had just gotten back from a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, 'I brought you this.' It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe .. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription: 'To My Dear Friend, with admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees.' In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which I could pattern my work: No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no record of their names. These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished. They made great sacrifices and expected no credit. The passion of their building was fueled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything. A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof? No one will ever see it.' And the workman replied, 'Because God sees' I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, 'I see you. I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become.' At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not a disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride. I keep the right perspective when I see myself as a great builder. As one of the people who show up at a job that they will never see finished, to work on something that their name will never be on. The writer of the book went so far as to say that no cathedrals could ever be built in our lifetime because there are so few people willing to sacrifice to that degree. When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, 'My Mom gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table.' That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, 'you're going to love it there.' As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women. Great Job, MOM! Share this with all the Invisible Moms you know...I just did. Hope this encourages you when the going gets tough as it sometimes does. We never know what our finished products will turn out to be because of our perseverance.

     

     

     

     

     

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