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believer: Didn't Lovely Bones just haunt you? I had sort of this sick feeling in my gut for a couple of days after I read it.
DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT ever read "The Pilot's Wife" by ummm...someone. Anna Shearer??
You know what's feel-good reading? The #1 Ladies Detective Agency books. The protagonist is so appealing...no major drama...just simple daily life and morality.
I had started on a series of mysteries by Julia Spencer-Fleming that I was enjoying, until D-day, and then the fact that the protagonist had this crush on the married cop was WAAAAY too close to home for me.
I have had a really hard time getting back into reading. I used to read like a fiend...now the only books I can read are spiritual books about loving oneself, forgiveness, all of that. Maybe that can be my goal during Plan B...find some books that I can get "into" again.
I can't read anything serious because it brings me down, and the lightheated stuff can't hold my attention.
Books, movies...what else, guys? I'm passing the orange or tagging someone or kicking the can or whatever the heck we're doing here...
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LS - some good Christian fiction authors:
Tim Layhaye and Jerry Jenkins - The whole Left Behind Series
Ted Dekker - Anything by him, especially Thr3e and the Circle Trilogy (Black, Red, White), Showdown, Saint, Obsessed, Heaven's Wager. Talk about keeping you guessing the entire time!
Frank Peretti - This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness - based on spiritual warfare.
Divorced on 3/25/2008 but I have primary legal and physical custody of my 2 kids. Plan A Thread Plan B ThreadEphesians 5:25 - Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
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I have had a really hard time getting back into reading. I used to read like a fiend...now the only books I can read are spiritual books about loving oneself, forgiveness, all of that. Maybe that can be my goal during Plan B...find some books that I can get "into" again.
I can't read anything serious because it brings me down, and the lightheated stuff can't hold my attention. lilsis ditto...but mainly because i feel I am so focused on the task at hand that I don't feel my time will be well spent on any 'non-useful' "non-healing' 'non-self help' reading... but I'm going to make that my goal too..I used to love the action thriller type...james patterson. (also...WS only read non-fiction political type stuff...always degraded me for reading that "fluff") come to think of it, I should have MORE fluff in my life now, not less:) but in the spirit of keeping this thread light...that's another plus of plan B...NOT having to hear WS gripe about ANYTHING I do...thats a BIG plus... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> OK...next game...hide and seek....I'm it 1,2,3,4,....10 ready or not here I come...oli oli oxenfree..(is that how you spell it?)
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WS 39
3 kids 3,4,8
together 15yrs
EA 9/06, PA 10/06
12/07 plan A
1/13/07 WS moves out
1/27/07 1st attempt plan B
2/20/07 REAL plan B
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Oh Oh Oh...I just thought of another plan B positive..
true shared parenting....I used to do almost EVERYTHING where the kids were involved. clothing..dinner...baths...books...tuck into bed. had a very entitled WS...too busy with self care to participate fully... but now...equality reins!!!!
amen to that....I think my kids are better off to...now, when WS has them she actually spends time paying attention to them...thats something good right!!!
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WS 39
3 kids 3,4,8
together 15yrs
EA 9/06, PA 10/06
12/07 plan A
1/13/07 WS moves out
1/27/07 1st attempt plan B
2/20/07 REAL plan B
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Still love the movies too much to stop this...
Gross Pointe Blank (I love John Cusack)
Better off Dead
Sixteen Candles
The Breakfast Club ('Could you describe the ruckus?')
Silence of the Lambs
Carrie
Regarding Henry (adultery, but a great ending)
The Apartment (Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine)
West Side Story (heartbreaking)
Twelve Angry Men (Henry Fonda--a cast of many character actors)
African Queen (Bogart, Hepburn)
Anything Hitchcock
Roxanne
LA Story (I'll have a half double decaffeinated half calf with a twist of lemon)
The Godfather ("Go to the mattresses")
You've Got Mail
Dumb and Dumber
All Pixar Films
Parenthood
Gaslight
Laura
OY, I love movies and could go on and on...
Books, hmmmm---these are not self help, only for enjoyment
Anything by Richard Bach (Jonathan Livingston Seagul, There's no Such Place as Faraway, One, The Bridge Across Forever)
Steven King's The Shining, Different Seasons, Delores Claiborne
Paul Reiser's Couplehood
The Great Gatsby
Lord of the Flies
Catch 22
Gone With The Wind
Marley and Me
One of my favorite movies ever, When Harry Met Sally
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I guess I get to be like the UPS Man here. Stop in and deliver a load and head on my way. Disrupting the party for only a minte....
WILD HOGS.... Went last night, ROTMTFLMAO (rolling on the movie theatre...) As well as my W and 14 YO. Bill Macy was great. And Marisa T was OMG...
LS:
About the book "The Pilot's Wife" Your right, DO NOT READ IT. BS read it about two months before Dday, and she was giving me the synopsis as it went along. EEEEK.
LS/SL
A John Cuzak theme runs through a number of movies W and I have enjoyed. Grosse Pointe Blank? Anyone for a Video Game at 7-11?
Although The Green Mile was fascinating.
And for reading material:
Janet Evanovich and the Stephanie Plum Series. One for the money, Two for the Dough, etc. Gets kinda lame towards the last couple, but the first 6-8 are screamingly funny. My W was rolling out of the bed giggling....
Thank you, please sign here and I'll be leaving now....
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What can Brown do for you? This promo always makes me giggle, with my dirty little mind, and then I think of poop... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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I love when Harry met Sally... I was wondering when you were going to mention that one since it's in your byline.
Anither old movie I love.... Singing In The rain.... love Gene Kelley.
My Fair Lady
Anything with Richard Gere....
The Parent Trap.... love the music in the second version.
Mrs. Doubtfire... always cry at the ending talking about families....never thought it would become my life
Finding Nemo
LilSis I find it hard to concentrate on reading also... I just can't stay focused. Need toget back though.
I did read Skinny Dip.... my boss lent ti to me about revenge on the unfaithful spouse.
You can't find me.... I'm hiding
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WH 46
Together 28 years married 23
3 Kids DD20, DD17 and DS 14
DD #1 (1st A) 10/13/01 with single OW who was co-worker
DD#2 1/23/02 phone call from OW
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MC 10/01 to 4/02 (when he showed up)
Separated 7/04 to 10/04
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Moved out (him) weekend after labor day
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LG: who's long gone by now, having left the package on my front porch...
I agree with Mrs. LG that the early Plum series were very, very funny. I really like that whole genre of chick-PI books.
Sue Grafton was the first that I read years ago...getting a little dated now, but I still read each one as it comes out. Tess Monaghan I also really like a lot...she's the Baltimore PI, very independant. There are lots of chick-PI authors now, but some take themselves WAAAY too seriously.
Anyone have any suggestions for others in that genre that are more "human"? Very fallible, in a funny, realistic way?
It's teen lit, but I just read Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants...very sweet, and apparently much, much better than the movie.
I went through a period where I read all of the "Prey" books...can't remember the author, but the male protagonist was in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
MOVIES:
Billy Crystal did a movie and I can't remember which one, but I think Debra Winger was the wife? The whole thing is a flashback with Billy Crystal telling his two friends the story while they sit in a restaurant waiting...??? Anyone? I remember laughing HARD and I would love to get that again. (I could just check imdb, but what's the fun in that)
I also like the whole "Harry Met Sally" type movies...the romance kind of takes a backseat to the comedy. I also agree on Parenthood.
Oh, and Planes, Trains, Automobiles. John Candy did some nice, sweet movies along those lines...
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I think John Sanford was the author of the "Prey" books.
i read and enjoyed most of them....who was the guy? ....i remember...Lucas Davenport.
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If you like John Candy, you'd love Summer Rental, and The Great Outdoors. Oh, and Splash. I love the part in which he's playing racquetball with Tom Hanks while smoking a cigarette and drinking beer.
The movie is "Forget Paris", and I agree, it's a goodie
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Hey! Thanks, ladies. Yes, Lucas Davenport...good memory! He was sort of dark. And it was Forget Paris. I just remember laughing outloud at so many parts. Billy Crystal is really funny in such an everyday, humor in the mundane kind of way....like Seinfeld.
Those are some dvds I should buy...Seinfelds. I could watch those over and over and still laugh out loud. Classic.
I wonder if I would enjoy Mary Tyler Moore shows as much as I used to, or the original Bob Newhart show. Are any of those on dvd?
Showing my age...
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Well guys, I did something useful today. Cleaned my awful junk room. It is a screened in porch, and I had tons and tons of stuff there. Boxed up a bunch for Goodwill, and the rest is boxed up for the swap meet. Now it is full of boxes, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. When I get it completely cleaned out, I'm going to paint it a different color.
Then I walked to the beach and collected a bucket of rocks for my garden. It looks real nice, and now I feel quite self-satisfied.
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I just had a three round pillow fight with my son, and, when it gets a little darker, we're going to get in the hot tub and play with Star Wars toys. May not seem like much to most, but it makes my son happy, and he smiles and laughs, and that fills me UP UP UP... <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
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Star Wars toys in the hot tub sounds like a blast to me. I LOVE hot tubs, but have never had one.
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Sorry for the interruption to the party but I have an announcement, would the gray Minivan parked in front of the door please move, or you car will be towed AND...
I have an important question. I'm trying to expose my WH's A with OW to HER parents, but I keep getting an answering machine. If anyone has any suggestions, please post them to my thread.
Party on...
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Hey I just remember I have my hot tub.... putting more H2O and maybe I'll play with some toys in the tub.
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BW me 46
WH 46
Together 28 years married 23
3 Kids DD20, DD17 and DS 14
DD #1 (1st A) 10/13/01 with single OW who was co-worker
DD#2 1/23/02 phone call from OW
WH left job 4/02
MC 10/01 to 4/02 (when he showed up)
Separated 7/04 to 10/04
Retrouvaille 9/04
Red Flags 11/05
DD#1 (2nd affair) 8/16/06 with MOW age 29 twice married and he's her boss.
Moved out (him) weekend after labor day
23rd anniversary 10/7/07
Filed 10/18/06 still seeing MOW
Dropped divorce complaint 6/7/07
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SL!!!!
That must be RT!!!! That d*amn gray Chrysler mini van is EVERYWHERE!!!
QUICK!!! Let's all run outside and pull a Carrie Underwood...
Maybe next time she'll think before she cheats.
What's a party without a little vandalism thrown in for good measure? She is illegally parked, after all.
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LilSis,
I'm thnking of using that as my ring tone for my WH #.....
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BW me 46
WH 46
Together 28 years married 23
3 Kids DD20, DD17 and DS 14
DD #1 (1st A) 10/13/01 with single OW who was co-worker
DD#2 1/23/02 phone call from OW
WH left job 4/02
MC 10/01 to 4/02 (when he showed up)
Separated 7/04 to 10/04
Retrouvaille 9/04
Red Flags 11/05
DD#1 (2nd affair) 8/16/06 with MOW age 29 twice married and he's her boss.
Moved out (him) weekend after labor day
23rd anniversary 10/7/07
Filed 10/18/06 still seeing MOW
Dropped divorce complaint 6/7/07
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Once that nasty van is out of the way, SL, the boys and I will be by with OUR vast assortment of Star Wars toys to join you and DS4. Age is no barrier in the galaxy far far away.
I hope the water's warm!
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