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Hi all
Sitcom is as such
Sister: a widow. ?H abusive. Two sons both adopted.
Elder no good;six kids, two wives two partners (one at a time thankfully). Has done time, is not very bright, has abused his mother and has taken every cent she has had. She is still paying off a very large debt that he billed in her name.
Eldest a daughter 22 with a 6 year old is married but!!!! Covered in tats etc.
Her brother 21 living with 35 year old who has 2 kids. He has borrowed money from his grandmother and hasn't paid it back and this is threatening her going to Prague.
Their mother was just 16 when she had first one, she is absolutely crazy, very rough. Divorced and has another son.
Next daughter 17 and not a bad kid and has gone back to school to finish education - her mum wasn't allowed to marry my nephew best thing she ever did or rather didn't do.
Next two sons somewhere in Australia with druggy mother - that's for real.
Last one son aged four and is socially very behind. Nephew still with this partner but that situation is also crazy.
Second nephew, scientist worked on genome project and now teaching in Prague and is getting married in May.
Sister has only her State pension which is not enough to live on so we took her in, she is 12 years my senior.
She tried very hard to break the pattern of early pregnancies and lack of education but it didn't work.
I feel I subsidise her family because if she wasn't here there would be no money for them at all. But because I am me, and I promised my mother I would look after her, I do and so, we are paying off her debt because I found she was just paying interest and it was getting bigger of course and will pay for accommodation in Prague so she will have some money. The first three fight continually and then try to bring sister into it. It is a circus sometimes.
Does any of this make sense, probably not, but most of the time it is a circus with so much yelling etc and so many phone calls it drives me crazy. I don't want thanks but just a little bit of appreciation at times would be nice. She really resents that DH and I have worked hard and we are comfortably off. We have three highly educated and successful children. The whole thing is difficult, one expects that you might have to care for a parent not an older sibling.
Gee do I need a good drink.
So when I get uptight that's the background - sometimes the things that go on are so funny that others don't believe me.
Slainte
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OMG Aly. that actually does sound like some British Comedy-- But nobody wants to live it. May u find peace somewhere in the chaos of the life around you. I'd drink a lot more, that's for sure.
Hi Cyn u sound happy about u'r hrs. and furcited about Dorkies arrival--so is she. I am happy for your good weather. Did that sound believable? It's funny pictures of the snow look so pretty, but living in it is crap.
My kids aren't home from the wedding yet, saw a few pics on FB, but not much. They were all staying overnite in a motel so no driving---So I took care of my furbabies and my little one slept on me again all nite. It was to long of a time for me to go, otherwise I would have gone, but I really like being home alone. LOL
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Oh u knew this was coming.
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Hi Princess and welcome. Sorry you have to be here, but like the others have said, great group of women here in The HTL (The Hot Tatties Lounge). We totally understand about the not feeling too much like laughing these days. Stick around and we will help you through this.........YOU GOT THIS and will kick that Rat BasTURD to the curb. Are you an RN? We have 2 other nurses here in the lounge. I see CyndieLou beat me to sharing that info and asking the same thing!
Lots o snow there Red, but indeed the sunshine looks nice!
Wow Cyn, that looks like a LOT of hours. What do you put in in a week? Have you and your DD decided on your tat? Yes, I am settled back in at home. As for Stella, I told Red briefly about Stella, for whom I have not seen. I can't imagine her being humbarrased by ANYTHING! Shirley she'll show up with Dork, when she bisits you.
Oh dear Alyson, that is some drama. But so sweet of you to take care of your sister. But I think you need more than ONE drink!
LOL, Cami "Home Alone". Did Joey stay home with you, or did he go too. I actually thought you were going to the wedding?
Wow, short post=quiet lounge! Well, we still need a DOTD.......
WINTER WONDERLAND MARTINI
2oz vanilla vodka
2oz Godiva white chocolate liqueur
splash Frangelico
splash of creamPour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into rimmed martini glass. You can rim your glass with chocolate or coconut flakes, crushed peppermints or skip it all together and garnish with a few cranberries threaded onto skewers.
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Good mornig,
Loungettes!Looks like this latest
storm is a bust.Got about an inch of
snow, just cloudy and breezy, but not windy now.Unless there's more to the forecast than
I've heard yet.I'll take the next to
nuttin' Nor'Easter!Cammy--Here's hoping
it's all over with, snow-wise!Goldie--NOT working
this weekend.Been a crazy week and I
didn't offer to work this weekend.Haven't heard fromthe weekend
nurse,hoping things are going smoothly
for her.And apparently this current
"storm" is a fizzle.NOT that
I am complaining!Welcome,
princessrn!Are you a Princess of an
RN?What's your tipple?Cammy--LOL!
Red RH--Lots of
snow!CynCyn--Nice
sounding hours!Do you actually leave
for lunch or do you end up working through lunch?Nope, not working this weekend, and, so far,
no productive either!But I feel like
baking some bread, especially since Sadie nipped the loaf of bread I had off
the counter yesterday and ate it all.And maybe start some ciabatta.That will mean cleaning off the kitchen counter, at least.Aly--Wow, what a
circus indeed!I'm going to have to
diagram that one to sort it all out, I think.Aren't families are crazy, aren't they?Cammy--isn't it nice
when the furbaby sleeps all over you?It
amazes me when Sadie lets me use her as a pillow.Princess Glitter
Sizzle's DOTD is the Beach Sunday1 oz Raspberry
Liqueur2 oz Peach Vodka
1/2 (Juice of) Lime
3 oz Cranberry Juice
Directions
Pour vodka and
raspberry liqueur over ice. Add cranberry juice, and the freshly squeezed lime
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Hello Ladies...
Thank you for the warm welcome and FAB drinks! If I don't say! I have adopted the new motto..Drink early and Drink Often!
Yes, I am a nurse. I work now, at a desk, as a Behavior Health Case manager. I have worked as a floor nurse in adult and pediatrics. And oddly enough, I worked 6 years as an IV Infusion nurse! GRRR..Just figures right?
LOL. My sister is also a nurse and she is with me through everything. I am very grateful for her.I live near Chicago. We have had quite a brutal winter this year. Snow, snow more snow and a large side of wind!
And sorry, I'm a loser what's a tipple?
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Ha ha.....First of all, you are NOT a loser. A "tipple" is a drink!!! NM (Native Mainer) who asked "what's your tipple" is one of our nurses. She does hospice for the elderly. Juliet is our other nurse on board, cardiac care.....right Julie?
Our adorable Cammilegal aka Cami is also in the Chicago area. Hope you stick around, and get drunk with us on a regular basis. Here is a little video about the lounge.
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hi princess here's a drink
Cam yes scary all day
First day tomm I'm so excited going crazy in the house
Goldie yes I know I get activated I feel super and then do to much
A round for cyn yeaaaa days
How's the house?
Weird movie never heard of it
Red cute in the snowing thought it was dog pee at first lol just kidding that would b cool if a dog could do that idk on wacky pills
Bbl
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Whoahhh Aly....quite a lot going on there.. You should be appreciated. You are doing so much for her. You deserve to reap the rewards of hard work..damn that makes me angry that some people have this sense of entitlement when they havent worked for it.
Such a purty drink Goldie.
So Cami has a night to her self while everyone is out partying at the wedding..hmmm ..sounds like we need to crash Cami's and have a lampshade party..havent had one of those in a longggg time.
Great that you get another weekend off NM..enjoy...guess you gotta keep your eyes on those hungry doggies.
I do expect Stella to come along with Dorty...she knows how much fun I am...lol...Less than two weeks..getting essited...
Im essited for my new shift..which is a regular 40 hour week just some days are 10 hours an a couple are less than 8...important ones like FRiday and SaTurDay..If I have an hour lunch I do sometimes go out to the store or what not..I had a shift last year that I had an hour lunch..we arent allowed to work when we arent scheduled unless its OT so we have to take our breaks and lunches...I dont necessairly eat at that time..but I always let Reese out so he can potty..eat and get out of doggie jail.
Good luck tomorrow Lara!!
Nice to see you again Princess!
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CyndieLouwho.... it was the first thing I thought when I saw your name and my good friend is a Syndie. What do you do and congrats on the new shift.
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yep..thats meese CyndieLouwhoisfurcitedforthenewhours!! Im a corporate travel consultant. I assist IBM employees with their business travel needs. Im virtual as all the agents are who work this account and I've been stuck on this God awful night shift since July!!! Sundays are the worst, Im work until 2am blech.
What did you think of the HTL video? I will have to go check it out again...lol..cracks me up. Thanks Lorilox.
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ooops, DAMN it. I wrote a long post, again addressing eberybuddy and I F N LOST IT. I again left the computer to switch laundry to de dryer, came back and hit freaking refresh to make sure mese did not miss anybuddy. DAMN IT again. I would try to recreate mese post but due to time restraints, mese sez phuck it! Not dat mese does not love ye all, I truly do.
I wuz tinking todey how fun it would be to have a beach party at de HTL Beach on dis night. In de partay in mese mind, dere is a bootiful fire. Yep, I can jest put meseself dere for a fewteen minutes and twy to relax. kk, will be back after I get mese Dad off to bed. De time not coming soon enuff.
CheeRs...No FeaRs...No TeaRs !!
Love to you all
and may
be with ye all goils ♥ !!
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well a lot of days
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Wedding is over.
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Good Morning,
Loungettes! Well, this last snow storm
was a bust for me, more of an issue closer to the coast, apparently. Another storm coming later in the week, but
they are saying it's not going to amount to much. Hope the weather guesser are right on this
one!Downloaded an update for Firefox
this weekend and it's working much better now, I was thinking it was my
computer that was not working well.Nice
when an update actually creates an improvement rather than more problems!Princess--Welcome to
the Lounge!I'm a Hospice nurse, with a
background in neonatal ICU and geriatrics, managed a satellite oncology clinic,
and have done some teaching.There is a
nurses with breast cancer thread that is intermittently active that you might
want to look into.It's been a brutal
winter all the way around, this year."Tipple" is another word for adult beverage, or alcamaholic
drink.I think it's of European
influence.We have some ladies from
"over there" that are influencing my vocabulary!Goldie--oh, good,
you gave the translation right off!And
you remembered the youtube link!ORLA--what kind of
wacky pills are you on?I may want to
get some of them for myself!Be careful
not to over due on your first day at work!CynCyn--gotta keep
an eye on MY doggy, hungry or not!Sadie
nipped the bread bag off the counter right after she finished her morning
kibble feed!She just likes human food
way, way too much.Of course, that means
I didn’t have bread for sandwiches for lunch yesterday. . . Thatwill teach me to put the bread back in the
fridge when I'm done with it!I'm
getting to like having the entire weekend off, I may keep doing this!Actually, the weekend nurse will be going out
for surgery sometime soon and we will all be rotating through the weekends
again.Not looking forward to that, but
what will be, will be.I think it's good
that you aren't allowed to work during breaks and lunch!I may start that myself!DorKable--weese
knows you lubs us all, and dang, we have GOT to get rid of that post
gremlin!Great party site, and great
bonfire!See you all there!Princess Glitter
Sizzle's DOTD is the Campfire1 shot Cinnamon Schnapps 1 pint Hard Cider Directions
Pour the liqueur
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Woops, sorry 'bout the >>>>> stuff
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NM, YAY for another weekend off, whether you are productive or not. I was not as productive (house wise) as I should have been. Cut back and started propagating some of my geraniums, and transplanted some to my tomato plants. Spring really is just around the corner.
Lara, good luck today on the new job. Do you have a location to go to, or do you work from home? Part time right? YES you do too much!!
Cyn, new shift starts first of March? Woot woot, less than 2 weeks!!!
Oh Dort, why not do your posts on note pad, or something? Sorry you lost your long post. LOVE the beach fire, and it looks SO REAL, and NM has the poyfect cocktail to drink by it.
Cami, keep Chevy off of those stairs!
Ahhhhh Monkey Day...........back to work. And I work through lunch!
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My garden is growing nicely, I do have a special room tho--it said so on the instructions.
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good morning all
princess, i'm a pcu nurse on the night shift, worked vascular and cardiac surgery,plus med -surg.
lara -good luck with your first day
cammi enjoy the fruits of your garden
have a good monkey day ladies,off to bed now
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Babes, I have been lurking. Love you all so much.
Officially since 1.10pm, I have become A GREAT AUNT.. Beautiful Baby Boy. 8lb 10oz. Sinead had to have a caesarean. Mum and baby are doing well.
Overwhelmed.
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CONGRATULATIONS BERNIE--all good news Good to see u and help everything continues to be wonderful----A boy some of us won. YYYYAAAAAYYYYY
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Many congrats to Bernie, Sinead and baby Shay!
Oh and my changed vote means I won too! lol Cami
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congratulations granty bernie, give my love and congrats to sinead and fella on their new arrival.
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lovely aly
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Very nice ladies
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Weddings and births, vacations and day shifts...sigh....nice
. After Dortys visit I am going to Austin for a week...spring break and D has the entire time off from work..this will be my first visit to TX when she didnt have to work so Im excited for that. I found a place to take Reese for the week and she only charges 20.00 a day and includes a free bath..she will even skype with you so you can see your dog..she has a big back yard and two Bicheon (sp) of her own. I really liked her and the place so now I can even feel content that he will be cared for appropriately. In other good news DS2 asked me to be on the look out for an apt for him and Matt to move into...Praise Jesus ... Did I already tell you all that?? Maybe I told someone else ..its very exciting for me. Its unfortunate for them that the burned this bridge...I will never let them move in with me again...well, a mom cant really say that but right now I mean it.
Enough about me me me
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woohoo cyndielouwho
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Oh u knew this was coming.
well a lot of days
Wedding is over.
My garden is growing nicely, I do have a special room tho--it said so on the instructions.
CONGRATULATIONS BERNIE--all good news Good to see u and help everything continues to be wonderful----A boy some of us won. YYYYAAAAAYYYYY