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Van Dell - what a sincerely kind offer. There ought to be more people
like...well, you know.
Sandy

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 07:04:44 -0800 (PST), VAN DELL JORDAN wrote:

> 
> Bev,
> You and Ron are welcome to join our family.
> We have friends of my son's living with with us now
> (they had to leave thier family and came to us for
> refuge)  They are Buddists and I'm sure would like to
> answer any questions that they can.
> Van Dell
> 
>  
> --- EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> > Well, the weather isn't here yet, but it is starting
> > to look like my
> > hunch was right..this is the forecast now:
> > Occasional sleet... snow...rain and freezing rain
> > after midnight. Snow
> > and sleet accumulation up to 1 inch. Ice
> > accumulation around one quarter
> > of an inch. Lows in the upper 20s. Light and
> > variable winds. Chance of
> > precipitation near 100 percent.
> > Thursday
> > Occasional rain...freezing rain and sleet in the
> > morning...then
> > occasional rain in the afternoon. Sleet accumulation
> > up to 1 inch. Total
> > snow accumulation up to 2 inches. Ice accumulation
> > of less than one
> > quarter of an inch.
> > 
> > 
> > So, here we go...and we are very unprepared compared
> > to normal.  We are
> > low on wood, only have about a gallon of gas to run
> > the generator. We
> > have been splitting wood like mad-using the gas, but
> > the wood we have
> > doesn't put out the btus (it's poplar and sweetgum,
> > not hickory or oak),
> > and we go through it quickly...I don't think we will
> > need to run it, but
> > you never know, so I guess we will be hitting the
> > station this evening
> > after the rush is over and before the precip starts.
> >  I really HATE
> > being unprepared.  We have a 200 gallon gas tank,
> > which has been full in
> > previous years, but this has been a rough financial
> > year and we just
> > haven't had the money to fill it.  I'm guessing we
> > have about a week's
> > worth of wood.  It sucks to be unprepared.
> > My friend did cancel on me today..it figures...when
> > it rains it pours,
> > so to speak.  A couple of you have written to ask
> > what kind of 'family
> > disturbance' I had..lol..I didn't mean be worry
> > anyone by being cryptic,
> > sorry.  It's basically the SOS, in-law
> > problems...they hate me, and I
> > can't change it, they drag up stuff that happened 20
> > years ago and I
> > have long forgotten, but apparently they haven't. 
> > This latest thing
> > goes back to something that happened two years ago,
> > something that we
> > have, on my insistence, sat down and hashed out not
> > once but twice, and
> > that I thought it was all water under the bridge,
> > after all, it's been
> > 16 months since our last talk(they wanted their
> > priest there,
> > even-whatever!-he sided with me..lol), but I thought
> > it was all worked
> > out...we've had several get-togethers without
> > incident since then, and
> > no sign of trouble until this week.  Out of the
> > blue, it re-emerges.  It
> > caught us unprepared for conflict. It has been
> > really hard on Ron, too,
> > and in fact, his brother wrote him off a couple of
> > days ago.  It wasn't
> > said, but basically his family is upset that Ron has
> > chosen me over
> > them,,,that's it in a nutshell.  It's really just
> > the classic struggle
> > that I am sure many of you have had to endure with
> > your in-laws, but it
> > does create stress.
> > Sorry to ramble on...just so you know, this is what
> > I am like when I am
> > feeling sorry for myself..lol..I actually had a
> > couple of shots of
> > homemade kahlua a few minutes ago, something I
> > almost never do...I keep
> > it onhand just for occassions like this. :)  I'll
> > sleep good tonight
> > knowing that I did nothing wrong.
> > 
> > Anyway, a complete change of subject is warranted...
> > 
> > Is anyone here a Buddhist?  If so, I have some
> > questions about Buddhism
> > and would like to converse off list.
> > 
> > Bev
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Bevanron of EarthNSky Farm   Sleep well tonight, for
> > somewhere in the
> > ocean's depths, MY son is protecting YOUR freedom.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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