Well, let me take off for a while, and here y'all are....talking about moving into a commune in Montana!

Why in blue blazes would anyone want to move to a place where she is likely to freeze her buns off in the winter? Granted, it's beautiful country, but there are LOTS of beautiful places in the good ol' USA.

Housing is really reasonable in the South, too...and you only have about 2 months of really cold weather (coldest it gets is usually only down around 30, and the next day is liable to be in the 60s). Once in a while, we get a lil' bit of snow...maybe 3-4 inches tops, and it's usually gone within a day or so.

Having lots of land is nice, but have you considered the cost/maintenance of a tractor to keep the grass under control? Not to mention the necessity of a bush-hog attachment to handle the brush that loves to spread and spread and spread!

The log cabin is beautiful. I also love the look of the logs on the inside, BUT have you considered who is going to handle the vacumning of those logs? We stayed in a beautiful log cabin the last time we went on vacation to the Smokies. Couldn't help but notice that the housekeeping crew apparently didn't pay attention to all the DUST accumulating on the top of each and every log.

I'll have to take some pics of the house that our son is building. It's almost complete. They decided that they didn't need a separate dining room, so they turned that into a 5th bedroom (have a feeling that it will end up being a nursery!). They have 3.5 bathrooms, a living room, large kitchen, and a big bonus room upstairs. The roof pitch is enough so that they could add another 2-3 rooms upstairs later, if they choose. A utility room, double garage, patio, and a big front porch makes it complete! He's doing his own contracting and a lot of the work himself. By the time it's finished, he'll probably have about $125,000 in it. Oh, yeah, it's on about 2 acres (still plenty of room for kids to play!), which backs up to a nice pond. The appraisal is probably going to be around $200,000.

Believer, you could get a really big, nice new mobile home for about $80,000. An acre of land would be anywhere from $1,000-$5,000, depending on location.

And, if t&l would still need to work, we have a major city only 40 miles away. And, of course, there's always home health work.

So, why not think SOUTH?!?!?! That way, I could visit y'all, too!

Believer...
Could slip something else maybe in his drink..
Just find where he might be dining with the OW and put some Ipecac in his drink. That would be real fun. I would help ya if you need me. I might trip or something but what the heck.
Are you still married or divorced?

Oh, btw, nice to meet you, justempty! I can see that you are gonna be a real asset to this thread! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

My H tried Viagra, too, for a while, when the doc gave him samples. When those ran out, he got the prescription filled one time. Only problem was that when I asked him where he was keeping them, he flushed them. Luckily, though, once he got Cafe Woman out of his system (I guess!), he didn't need them anymore.

I did go out and buy him some "Horny Goat Weed" after he flushed the Viagra. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Thank you LC
I hope that I can be a good asset and not just an a**.
Reading your bottom bio part with FWH wants you to forget everything...
I think that Believer, you and myself were/are all married to the same darn man. I hope they are not all like this.
Want to talk about classy kinda guy, mine met his OW on an internet porn site...she looks like a "Biker Babe" missing teeth and all.YUCK
Nice to meet ya.
JE
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Ladyclueless - Ooooh. The South sounds good too.

JustEmpty - I'm almost divorced. I tried to save my marriage for 3 years, but gave up. WH is still living with OW.

Oh, and I'm not a nurse, but I do have a funny nurse story to tell.

My late best friend was a home health nurse. One day, she was fuming because she hadn't gotten much sleep the night before.


Why?

Well, it seems that one of her patients, a lady in her late sixties, called and woke her up at 11:30 p.m. to say that she needed her catheter reinserted. Best friend inquired as to how her catheter got pulled out.

Patient: "Oh, I pulled it out!"

Best friend: "You pulled it out on purpose? Why?"

Patient: "Because I wanted to have sex."

Best friend: "Because you wanted to have sex?"

Patient: "Yeah, my boyfriend was over here, and he was really needing it bad...and well, it HAS been a while, so...."

Best friend was sorely tempted to tell her that she'd have to wait until morning, but she got herself out of bed, dressed, and drove 20 miles to reinsert the danged catheter. And, then, of course, the patient was a big talker, so by the time BF got away from her and back home, it was 2 a.m.

And, BF was so mad that she had trouble getting back to sleep. And, then, she had to be at the next day's first patient's house at 7 a.m.

The south sounds great to me too.
I am up here in Maine. Too darn cold in the north. Sunshine and warmth would be great right about now.
Believer- At least you can say you gave it your all, and walk away with your head held high. Since I have been lurking and posting, you have been a great help for alot of people. I hurt for you and am sending great big huggss to ya.
JE

JE, Cafe Woman got married <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> to a guy who loves motorcycles, so she is now a "Biker Babe"! As far as I know, though, she's still got her teeth. 'Course, she could have a partial, in which case, she doesn't have ALL her teeth...it just looks like she does. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

My first job at a nursing home was quite an experience. I was 26 and very naive I guess. People over 60 dont have sex I thought (sorry gals I said young and naive). Well I knock on the door to go do a treatment to a male resident. There is no answer, so I knock again. I hear muffled noises and walk in thinking someone was hurt or on the floor. Well lets just say that I found out that people even over 70 still have it in them. I turned 5 shades of red, turned about face, and left in a hurry. The CNA's that worked there were all outside the room laughing thier butts off at me. They knew what was happening in there and chose not to let the new nurse know. Man was I embarrassed to say the least.

JE, we went to Maine a few years ago, when we were touring the northeastern US. We didn't stay...more or less just drove up into Maine so we could say that we'd been there. It was around the middle of October in 2001. The weather was perfect, and the scenery was gorgeous.

We plan to take another northeastern trip someday.

When you do look me up. October is a good time to come and see the leaves, so they say..call it leaf peeping.
I would say summer is better, lots of mosiquitos and black flies that bite the heck out of you. The ocean is great though.
We lived in Illinois for 7 years and I hated it. So flat and no ocean. So if the commune is in the south, let it be on the beach.

Boy, I'll bet you WERE embarrassed! When I was a teenager, there was a 60ish Down's Syndrome lady who lived with her 90-somethingish mother (who had Alzheimer's) in our town.

One night, the Down's Syndrome lady was apparently trying to light the gas space heater when it exploded and set the house on fire. The Down's Syndrome lady was probably killed instantly, but neighbors rescued the old lady. Since she had no other family, she had to go live in the nursing home.

From what I understand, the nurses had a time trying to keep the old lady out of the male patients' beds! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I gather that it had been a long time since she had even seen a man, since her daughter (who was fairly functional) was able to walk to town to get milk, the mail, etc. Anything the daughter couldn't do was generally done by some of the ladies from our church.

That is exactly what was happening here too. This woman kinda serviced whomever would allow it. Weird, I think I am scarred for life...lol

Oh, sorry...no beach here, but we have nice, rolling hills, and we're only about 6-7 hours from the Gulf. Right now, the Gulf Coast is still a mess from Katrina. WORSE than New Orleans, although it seems that the news mostly ignored the massive damage that was done along the coast. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> The only way I'd live near the coast would be to have a couple of campers parked side by side, so that when the hurricane warnings are issued, I could just hook up my houses and head north!

We're also about 10 hours away from the Smokies, and a little over 4 hours from the Ozarks.

Remind me in April, and I'll post a picture of a dogwood tree in bloom. We have one in our town that looks like a big lace petticoat when it's in bloom. Gorgeous!

Hey I have an RV... sounds like a plan.
Well I must get some beauty rest, I am gettin older and all. Must look refreshed for the patients tomorrow. Nice chattin with you and hope to chat again.
Take care
JE

I don't have a nursing story but I do have a BOB story......

BOB = Battery Operated Boyfriend <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I have a bf, known as the Diplomat of the Far Kingdom. What other kind of long distance BF would a princess have? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Anyway, for my last birthday, being a guy who loves a good joke, he gave me an inexpensive BOB. Very cheap one - it was mostly for the laugh of it. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Anyway, the day after he gave it too me, it was on my bedside table. He was in the far end of the house and I was in the bedroom changing clothes. Anyway, it turned itself on, started dancing around on the table, fell off and died. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

Just laid there on the floor.....dead. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

Couldn't get it to work again. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" />

The thing turned itself on and had such a massive climax that it died right then and there. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Suicide by orgasm. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Cinderella
OMG that is hilarious!!
My problem is the darn BOB's break to darn easy. Maybe in my next lifetime I will invent one that never breaks and plugs into the wall. Nothing like a BOB that runs low on batteries at the exact WRONG moment!!

Wonder what would happen if it shorted out? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

G'night, JE! Sleep tight!

Identity Jack in Progress............

I'll let Neaksis know when it's safe to allow her virginal eyes to peek back at this thread!! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> She's safe right now at least. Passed out on the floor right beside me, she did! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

No rival communes! <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/mad.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> And we got to Believer first!! That particular territory has already been marked. I'll pee on her leg if I have to, just to show we're serious. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

t&l