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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

Sandy,
thank you very much, but please remember the last time
someone spoke to me that nicely I bumped my head on
the doorpost.  Both doorposts at the same time.
Van Dell


--- sanrico AT highdesert.com wrote:

> 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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