The Front Porch Swing

[Triple Willow]

She is beautiful! But someone please explain the bales of hay on the porch are for sitting on not treats.......

I don't want to balance on the porch rail. .......

You'll git ur butt whooped for set'n on tha rail. LOL

 

[enola]

That is where my inner strength came from! My daddy died when I was 10. I was the oldest of 7 children that he left my mom to raise. She was STRONG. We all finished high school. One brother was head mechanic for Bayer until he passed away. I spent 4 and 1/2 weeks helping my mom at his bedside before cancer took him. One brother is a helicopter mechanic in the military, retired. My baby brother is a civilian aeronautics engineer. The rest of us work in retail. None of us have ever been in jail or on welfare. Strong people generally raise the next generation to be strong too. I would say Moma did a really good job. By the way, she finally retired.......75 years old!

 

[Triple Willow]

That is where my inner strength came from! My daddy died when I was 10. I was the oldest of 7 children that he left my mom to raise. She was STRONG. We all finished high school. One brother was head mechanic for Bayer until he passed away. I spent 4 and 1/2 weeks helping my mom at his bedside before cancer took him. One brother is a helicopter mechanic in the military, retired. My baby brother is a civilian aeronautics engineer. The rest of us work in retail. None of us have ever been in jail or on welfare. Strong people generally raise the next generation to be strong too. I would say Moma did a really good job. By the way, she finally retired.......75 years old!

Your mom did good! I was a little over a year old when my dad died. Mom never remarried, never received a dime of welfare to raise us. Strong woman!

 

[enola]

Oh my......... I forgot to mention one sister. She is a teacher, biology.

 

[lovingmyhens]

I was single for a long long time. I just could not find the man that fit into my life or me into his. And you are so right about some women scaring men. Some of us intimidate the heck out of them. I don't really understand why, but we do. I finally gave the man search up and laid that issue on God then He brought the one into my life that fit. We are still a work in progress, individually and together. (I don't think I could live long enough to get to where I need to be as a person!) But I do thank God for him, I could never thank Him enough.

You're story is really inspirational!

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

A question about BYC: a while ago I started getting a lot of e-mail from BYC ... telling me whenever I get an ovation or someone quotes one of my posts. This is new-ish. I made sure all my subscriptions set to "site only, no e-mail," but don't see a place to tell BYC to not bother me with notifications about people quoting me ... Can anyone help me figure out how to reset my settings so I don't get so many e-mails from BYC.

I don't like e-mail clutter.

But I'm also having a "blind" day, and can't seem to figure out how to do this without a guide dog. Thanks you in advance to anyone that can help.

ETA: Ugh ... just as I was clicking "submit" I saw a little box on the Left that was checked with "get notifications when others reply." Didn't see it fast enough to uncheck the box, unfortunately. But that was set to "site only, no email," so I'm still puzzled why the e-mails ... and I hate to think I have to uncheck that box every single time I make a post ...

 

[lovingmyhens]

Oh! Oh! Somebody save me a seat on a hay bale I am off work today and will be popping in and out in between chores.

Me too!! I've started spring break and have a long list of honey dos (I'm the honey that gets to do them lol).
I get tired and I stop for a glass of tea. Glad there's a friendly place to come to!

 

[Triple Willow]

Leslie, I believe I reset mine on one of the emails. Seems like it is one of those boxes you check, or uncheck.

 

[bruceh]

blooie your daughter is gorgeous. i would have liked the moonshine grandpa. right up my alley. inner strength comes from the hard knocks we take in life. the thing i see lately with the younger folks is the blame game. when Dr Phil starting his television program and opera went on these sprees of it is not your fault. well dang it may not be your fault what happened but the whole thing begins with you and ends with you. handle your business and move on. do somethings need professional help yes. you get your help and move on. i have not met one single person that can change the past. what we are expected to do is accept it and move on. will the cuts heal yes. they become scars. scars are think skin covering a one time wound. it really plucks my nerves when i hear people say well mommy or daddy did not love me enough or daddy or mommy did this. my brother or sister did this my uncle did that my aunt did this. my neighbor did this. most of this stuff happened 10-20-30 years ago. funny these people are still alive and most doing well. trust issues happen from life experience.. the older we get the more things have happened to us. we learn these things.
my experience in life is tuff. i am a high school drop out of 10th grade. in my younger days i have been locked up.i have been around the undesirables. now on the flip side of that im a graduate gemologist.i have studied metallurgy.. i have ran very successful business .
was i loved as a child. i do not know nor do i care. i am the person who i am today because of me. i can pay my bills, drive my car,have good friends and help the ones who call at 3 am for help me my chicken is sick or need a hand. i can raise you one hell of a chicken . so what else do i need. nothing . the rest are wants. wants and needs are 2 different things. i myself have never seen a brinks truck follow a hurst yet.

 

[lovingmyhens]

A question about BYC: a while ago I started getting a lot of e-mail from BYC ... telling me whenever I get an ovation or someone quotes one of my posts. This is new-ish. I made sure all my subscriptions set to "site only, no e-mail," but don't see a place to tell BYC to not bother me with notifications about people quoting me ... Can anyone help me figure out how to reset my settings so I don't get so many e-mails from BYC. 

I don't like e-mail clutter.   But I'm also having a "blind" day, and can't seem to figure out how to do this without a guide dog. Thanks you in advance to anyone that can help. 

I had the same problem and I noticed that if I changed my settings on my phone or iPad they would not change permanently. I had to use my desk top and that took a few times of going back and resetting my settings. It eventually worked.
Hope that helps