Office Work.......

[AK Michelle]

All across America FEMA has studied the landscape and determined that certain areas are prone to flooding. So now we have rules and regulations because too many people want to build in a creekbed or along a river, or say, below sea level (but we won't drag New Orleans into this discussion) and those same people want governement to pay all the expenses incurred when their house gets flooded or swept away by said creek or river during times of high water.

And just because you don't want to pay the flood insurance, and you don't think you need a flood hazard permit (because it's just going to tell you that you are building in a flood zone, you need flood insurance and you should build well above the high water level as determined by previous frequent flooding) doesn't give you the right to whine, snivel and cry that the local, state and federal government should sweep in and bail you out (literally and figuratively) now that you have 2 feet of water running through your BASEMENT that you built inside the floodzone where it has flooded EVERY SINGLE YEAR since records have been kept (1963).

Just sayin...

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Waaah, where did this water come from?



Michelle, why does the town give building permits for areas like that?

 

[wegotchickens]

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Waaah, where did this water come from?



Michelle, why does the town give building permits for areas like that?

I heard this kind of discussion all my life, due to the people in AZ building their homes in places referred to as a 'wash'. Just because it hasn't filled with water in over 10 years doesn't mean it isn't a 'wash' any longer.

Don't even get me started about New Orleans. I like my home ABOVE sea level please. But then, I also have a high level of skepticism whwn it comes to engineers and their miracles, too....

 

[wegotchickens]

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Um, no. I prefer Mom most of all when she hasn't been near a packy.....

And I don't want her to get broken, g~, she's an oldish lady now. Her oldest kid will be 46 this year. Plus, she slipped on some ice a month ago and cracked her tailbone, so she's already fragile. That's why we don't know what time she'll get to our house; She's stopping every hour or so to walk around so her butt doesn't ache (TMI?).

Prayers are really the best thing.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Yup. As Joyce Meyer says, they should be our FIRST response, not our last resort when all our human efforts have failed.

Lori, it must be hard. Does your mom use her new elderly-ness to get to you too?

 

[scbatz33]

I have errands to run and I have a killer headache. But I thought I'd say "HI" before I go. I really really need to get out of this funk...I'm not finding me fun any more. Try not to cause too much trouble....talk to you guys later.

 

[Buff Hooligans]

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Batz, your whole life has been a big headache lately, starting with that messy house you came home to. A funk is understandable! We won't cause trouble while you're away, we'll wait until you come back.

Take care of yourself, okay? Play with the chicks. Are you still solvent until Tuesday?

 

[wegotchickens]

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Yup. As Joyce Meyer says, they should be our FIRST response, not our last resort when all our human efforts have failed.

Lori, it must be hard. Does your mom use her new elderly-ness to get to you too?

No. She's actually fairly independent and strong-willed. She's 70 and 2 years ago she and her big sis (77 years) drove to Alaska and back (from GA). They're planning on going again and staying longer at all the places they liked. I think the trip is planned for 2012. Next month she'll go to Hawaii with the same sister to stay in a condo for 10 days, then hang out in in AZ with her other sis.

Mom's just challenged in compassion and empaathy. When we had the memorial for my eldest on her 17th (would've been) birthday last year, DH made the mistake of making sure Mom was there. Not only did she micromanage, but she was disgusted with me for letting DD miss school that day to prepare (DD was feeling very emotional, as she had EVERY RIGHT TO). DH ended up loading Mom into his car and taking her with him to 'run errands' for a large part of the day. It was that or watch me go pocky-clips on dear old Mom.

Mom is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.

She's bringing with her the t-shirt quilt she's been making, with all K's old shirts turned into squares. She said it was hard to work on, that it made her emotional at times. Now DD and I are to help her lay it all out, arranging the squares. So even if Mom is easy this weekend, it will still be hard. I think that's part of why I am dreading this visit so much. I'm a weenie. And whining too much. Sorry.



Also, I know Mom will see the pile of project eggs next to a full bator, and the chicks in the tub, and say that I'm going overboard on hatching.

That comment is inevitable.

 

[wegotchickens]

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It's okay, Batty. We luffs you even when you're funky....

Take 2 aspirin and 'call' us in an hour or two.

 

[AK Michelle]

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I like how you think, I'm in, who's with us?

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No, I'm posting about lace and flamingos because if I have to see one more speck of white I am going to lose what little is left of my mind!

There's something about neon pink lace that soothes the savage beast...

X2 and adding... besides, colorful lace looks better drying on the rack in the kitchen when someone comes home earlier than expected.