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  1. It can be addicting at first but then it gets redundant, especially the "humor" pins. It's obsessed with Nutella, Channing Tatum, wine, and Ryan Gosling spouting cheesy pickup lines. Most of the recipes are set up so you can click on the picture, which will enlarge it, and click on the enlarged picture and the recipe should pop up. I've got a lot of recipes pinned but haven't actually tried any of them.
  2. They're starting with new employees. I had an interview there in August and they didn't mention it then but it was mentioned at a different interview last week. I didn't get either job, but the nicotine (and drug screen) would have been clean. The most harmful substance I put into my body is McDonald's every few weeks. Good luck!!! I had one pt tell me that she quit by using baby carrots, the bagged ones that you eat with ranch dip. Her big thing was the habit of having something to do with her hands, so she'd reach for a carrot and nibble that the same way she'd take a dr
  3. Live in a better area? I knew a guy who lived in an apartment complex on Lee Rd just off I-20 and never felt safe there. He even had an attached garage and I still wouldn't go outside alone.
  4. This is the popup message, a large red box with bold writing, that comes up on the large western Georgia healthcare provider website when you click to apply for a job: As of Nov. 1, 2012, (blank) Health System, a nonprofit regional health system serving communities in west Georgia and east Alabama, is leading by example to promote a drug and nicotine-free work environment. As of Nov. 1, 2012, Tanner Health System, a nonprofit regional health system serving communities in west Georgia and east Alabama, is leading by example to promote a drug and nicotine-free work environment serve as an ex
  5. According to the news, the teacher pinned the child down on the ground, and mom wasn't notified until later that day or the next day when the bus driver mentioned it. The child is in a special pre-K to help him with communication skills. It wasn't a case of someone pitching a fit and the teacher went to jail, there was inappropriate action taken by the teacher. If anybody tried to pin MY four-year-old to the ground, a few hours in jail would be the least of their concerns, especially if it's a special needs child requiring extra effort. It had to be a blatant violation for two other teacher
  6. I used to work in a billing office and the smokers would take their 10-minute smoke breaks every hour and their regular 15-minute breaks and 30-minute lunch. I'd go outside and declare a "non-smoker smoke break" but would be told I had to go back inside. Enough nonsmokers complained about the smokers getting all their extra breaks, in addition to clocking in late because they're having a drag in the parking lot, that management finally told the smokers to limit their cigarettes to their scheduled break times. And, wouldn't you know it, the smokers complained about being discriminated agains
  7. I had leftovers. My rule of thumb is, if the recipe is longer than my Kroger receipt, it ain't happening. Today is my oldest son's birthday--11--so we're eating dinner out tonight, anywhere he wants to go. The beautiful thing about boys is they're easy to please, so we'll either be at McDonald's or Dairy Queen (Subway is the dark horse but may surprise us). Anybody know of anywhere hiring LPNs?
  8. Today is my sons' 11th birthday!!! Happy birthday sunshine!!!
  9. J'smom

    Food tax?

    Non food is 7%, food items are 3%. Most stores list them separately on the receipt. When it first started a lot of people were getting mad thinking they'd been charged 10% tax--it was a pain in the rump explaining to customers! (I worked in a grocery store).
  10. You've got the right idea about the nicely-worded email to automatically reply when she asks about it (I guess you wouldn't want to change your email address, huh?). If there is alzheimers then that changes things from telling her to buzz off and go bug your sister to reiterating the same message over and over again. Just tell her you'll check with your sister, that maybe sister wants to get the house fixed up before she sells it, then ask how her family's doing. Talk to your brother again. Call a family meeting with everyone and make sure everyone is on the same page, that nobody's wantin
  11. In Zoo's defense, a large healthcare group in the western Georgia area has a HUGE banner on their job posting board stating they are a tobacco-free facility and to lead by example they will start with their employees, and consideration for hiring is contingent upon a successful drug and nicotine screening. It's kinda hard to a doctor or nurse to encourage somebody to quit smoking when they smell like Marlboros themselves, and some patients with respiratory issues are sensitive to smoke and the lingering odor can trigger respiratory issues in certain people. Yes, perfume falls under the same
  12. I hear ya, Miss Sophie. I got ANOTHER job rejection and was sitting here in tears most of this afternoon. I need a job and am so down that dinner's the last thing on my mind.
  13. True, you have to want to quit, but there can be motivating factors encouraging that decision. Certain TV shows that were popular when I was a teenager would either show only the villains smoking, as opposed to the heroes and cool kids, or wouldn't show anyone smoking at all. That seemed to be the start of the non-smoking shift. It's funny, there's still times when I go to a restaurant and start to say party of 2, nonsmoking. I actually had a smoker tell me, when the state was first eliminating smoking indoors, that it was violating her civil rights to smoke and why should she have to go
  14. They need to quit "reinventing" Windows. I still don't like XP and my husband has either Vista or 7 and my Word documents are .docx--which sucks when trying to attach a resume and they can only accept .pdf or .doc. It's like Apple products, I'm not rushing out to buy the iPhone 5 when my 4 works perfectly fine. Hubby is itching to get the 5 and was looking at trading in my phone to get me the 4s. It's not any faster and I really don't need to sit there and yell at my phone (any more than I do).
  15. Do both. Cook up a pot full of chili and give it to the person, preferably someone you enjoy spending time with, and share a good lunch together on one of the cool winter days. We actually have a 6-quart, a 4-quart, a 3-quart, and a 2-quart (pretty sure of the sizes, plus the big one has the locking lid for transportation) and we use every one of them for different things.
  16. If the recipe is longer than my Kroger receipt, it's too much work! LOL
  17. The first time I moved to Paulding from Cobb was 13 years ago and we, of course, had GreyStone. I hated it. They would wait until Friday afternoon to disconnect our service for non-payment even though we had called and they knew it was in the mail or we'd pay on Monday. I know, I know, it's still our fault for being late but we were living paycheck to paycheck and just not making ends meet. There was one Friday I pulled in the driveway as they were leaving. Anyway, we'd get home and realize there was no power on so we'd call in a payment, hoping to float a check through the weekend when i
  18. I'll believe that when I get a paycheck. I've applied to, I can't even keep track of how many, jobs and here I am, still sitting on my couch checking the job boards every day. Maybe I need to just forget my nursing license and go work in a factory. This constant rejection is so old and depressing, but at least this time they told me that I didn't get the job instead of me having to find out on my own.
  19. Dessert Triple chocolate cake 1-box chocolate cake mix 1-3oz box chocolate pudding mix 1-8oz container sour cream 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup warm water 4-eggs 1-12oz bag chocolate chips Preheat oven to 350. Combine ingredients in bowl (except chocolate chips) and mix well. Add chocolate chips. Heavily spray a bundt cake pan with non-stick spray, pour batter into pan, smoothing top with spatula. Bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Let cool completely before removing from pan. So easy and sooooo good. You don't eve
  20. I'm a nurse so I had one day when THREE different patients, all back-to-back, rubbed my belly uninvited (or even without asking). Two of them were sitting in the chair and I was trying to take their blood pressure, the third came back to get her allergy shot. I'm seriously considering making a line of maternity wear called "Hammer Time" and the main item would be maternity shirts with a big circle with the line through it saying "You can't touch this". And comfy maternity pants that fit the length of average women's legs and the crotch. I felt like a gangster in most of my pants, with the
  21. I was on FMLA during my pregnancy (recurrent hospitalizations and home health care) and returned to work wearing a medication pump. I missed 3 weeks in one month and finally came back full-time. I got my annual review 3 months later, without missing a single day or even being late, and was given negative marks for my attendance. I struggled to work those long hours and drag my fat, round self there early mornings after being there late the night before (getting off at 7 p.m. and back the next day at 7:15 a.m.) and my ATTENDANCE was the negative factor. So, yes, I wish employers actually ca
  22. Somebody stole my dad's credit card number off the receipt when he paid for dinner (back when they put the entire number on the restaurant's copy of the receipt) and opened a NexTel account in his name and bought a house in Michigan--he's never been there. It took FOREVER to get straightened out and he only found out when he got collection calls for the NexTel account (NexTel service wasn't even down here at the time). Fortunately, the idiots put his address and their real address on the application so they were able to catch the guy but my parents had to freeze all accounts, file police rep
  23. True, but hitting a pole at 190 mph is going to hurt worse than hitting it at 45 mph. Teenagers think they're invincible and that they can handle their cars like professional drivers. They're more likely to attempt taking the curve at 90 in a sports car that's supposed to be a well-handling, road-gripping machine, than in a clunker. If you're a teenage guy sitting behind the wheel of an insanely fast sports car you get this adrenalin rush and, being the cocky little snot that most teenage guys are, think you have to show off. Plus, if he's getting a Ferrari for his 18th birthday, he's prob
  24. That was only in the script once; Roy Scheider just kept repeating it when he deemed it appropriate. "Right turn, Clyde"
  25. I hope not. I had the imitation Members Only jacket (the little patch said something like Members First or something like that). Just as long as the hair doesn't come back in I'll be fine. My board-straight hair was NOT meant to hold a spiral perm and there's not enough boxes of Oglevie home perm in the world to curl this--it just looks like I tried electrocuting myself. And all that hairspray--we were walking bombs back then! Just needed an open flame and BOOM!!! Oh, and please, no parachute pants either! They only worked if your name was MC Hammer.
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