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27115. alistairconnor - 12/27/2012 12:18:26 PM I have found fb handy in staying in touch with my NZ family and friends, by providing some sort of continuity between wide-spaced visits, even if it's mostly one way (I keep an eye on them from time to time and rarely post anything).
But the ability to drop in an avuncular comment when they are fooling around with their friends is amusing. And may be a timely reminder that hey, they are doing this in public. 27116. arkymalarky - 12/27/2012 6:27:52 PM I loved it for that and it may eventually compel me back. But FB needs to fix some things. I can't change people using it as a stump, but that wasn't the main reason I left. It's easy enough to just block my newsfeed from them, which I did for my parents, brother and aunt until after the election. And I agreed with three of them, but jeez, save it for somewhere else. 27117. robertjayb - 12/28/2012 6:30:47 PM Got Power, Arky?
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As a the muted ends of a powerful winter storm that has killed more than a dozen people plodded through the Northeast, many in Arkansas sought warmth and shelter against the cold prospect of life without electricity into the new year. 27118. arkymalarky - 12/28/2012 7:35:07 PM We have! Got about 4-5" of snow, but central AR got socked. 27119. arkymalarky - 1/1/2013 8:46:20 AM Happy New Year Morebuds!!! 27120. arkymalarky - 1/1/2013 8:46:42 AM Motebuds!!! 27121. thoughtful - 1/1/2013 2:29:33 PM Happy New Year to all! 27122. iiibbb - 1/1/2013 5:11:23 PM Happy new year.
If I went on what 2012 felt like, I would have said it was a crummy year; however, I started a new job, moved to a part of the country I'm at least more keen to be in. Had another healthy baby.
But I still feel shaky. Move was uber stressful. The job is soft money. I haven't had any time to socialize or do anything recreational. The baby came right when a crazy time at work started. Yesterday my work computer hard drive crashed badly and I'm wondering how long it will take to get me going again (data was backed up). Not to mention the current state of politics. We do not save enough money and my wife can't fathom certain lifestyle changes.
If not for my very supportive boss and my MiL I would have been up shit creek.
So this year might be the one that we turn the corner. If my job gets extended, my wife successfully transitions to a new job. And kid 2 keeps developing the way he should... I am hopeful for a good year. 27123. arkymalarky - 1/1/2013 6:21:22 PM I hope so too. Y'all deserve it.
I started the year with a fall and a deep cut on my chin and one on my forehead. I was cleaning and slipped on my mopped washroom floor. That'll teach me to clean. 27124. arkymalarky - 1/1/2013 6:23:01 PM I'm nervous having bought a car. I hope we adjust to any economic fluctuations without a problem. 27125. Ms. No - 1/1/2013 6:41:40 PM Happy New Year to you all! 27126. iiibbb - 1/1/2013 7:57:05 PM Arky... either the economic fluctuations have no effect on your car purchase... or the fluctuations will be so significant as to render a car purchase irrelevant.
There won't be many people on the margins. 27127. Wombat - 1/1/2013 8:34:38 PM Happy New Year, all! Hopefully 2013 will be better than 2012. 27128. arkymalarky - 1/1/2013 11:50:48 PM Gee3i, you know just what to say to ease my mind! ;] 27129. iiibbb - 1/2/2013 3:25:14 PM It's what I do to ease mine... now you know why I'm so stress free. 27130. alistairconnor - 1/2/2013 3:27:19 PM Happy this year to all the Mote People. May you arrive at a hospitable port, etc.
Back to work today, heart's not in it. Would rather be at home : both daughters are there, which is rare. Left them in the tender care of Madame, so there may be fur flying by now (the Great Unresolved Issue of my current life is the step-parenthood thing).
Elder Daughter is off to Finland (Turku) on Friday, for her Erasmus thing (a semester at a foreign university). 27131. alistairconnor - 1/2/2013 3:29:26 PM Notable Events : Madame got her French citizenship in late 2012, so the possibility of marriage is back on the table.
It's hard to say why that seems so important to me. You'd think I'd know better by now. Maybe it's the tax advantage. 27132. arkymalarky - 1/2/2013 4:24:56 PM Sounds like your fan is off to a good start! 27133. arkymalarky - 1/2/2013 4:25:34 PM Fam! 27134. alistairconnor - 1/3/2013 10:36:51 AM Good start?... five years down the track, I have finally admitted defeat with respect to a "yours mine and ours" happy family. But that's OK, the elder kids are both 19 and more or less out of danger.
We've been watching "Game of thrones" which is nicely cathartic, and helps to put our situations in perspective.
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