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cinder said:
You know it is hot out and you are dehydrated when you mix up some homemade gatorade (salty lemon or lime water) and then drink it all down within an hour. actually I think mine tastes better than I remember gatorade tasting. Oh and I'm developing a broccoli habit that could get expensive, but I really like broccoli and it's good for me :) Can't wait for pleasantly cool weather to get here, and right now I feel like Biblo "I need a holiday, a very long holiday…" (I get to go see my friends in 12 days so that's good. Of course one of them just had a nasty accident last weekend so visiting friends could turn into helping mom care for dad and the two little kids). Now must return to work, today is my busy day.
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Gatorade used to taste sooo good when it first got popular in the 70's (or was it the 80's?). I used to drink it for the taste. Now it tastes nasty.
 
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zeroturbulence said:
Gatorade used to taste sooo good when it first got popular in the 70's (or was it the 80's?). I used to drink it for the taste. Now it tastes nasty.
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Gatorade doesn't taste too bad to me. Though it can taste like a melted, watered down popsicle depending on what kind you get.
 
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lil_christian said:
Gatorade doesn't taste too bad to me. Though it can taste like a melted, watered down popsicle depending on what kind you get.
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i think it tastes a lot better when i'm drinking because i'm dehydrated than if i just drink it for no particular reason.
 
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zeroturbulence said:
Gatorade used to taste sooo good when it first got popular in the 70's (or was it the 80's?). I used to drink it for the taste. Now it tastes nasty.
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So, the question remains - did your taste buds change during that time period or did the recipe? Or did you just end up drinking a seriously out-of-date Gatorade from the 70s or 80s? :p
 
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My heart is just full of heaviness right now. No, nothing happened today. Just....me being sad.
 
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Soooo, I've spent the past few days working in Victor CO on a minor restoration project on a historical building. I meant to take my camera today so I could snap a few shots of the work in progress for my boss but forgot it in the rush to get out the door this morning. Late in the afternoon dozens of classic cars came cruising through town (most in mint condition) and me without my camera..............



whimpers while beating head on desk
 
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So I'm painting this little boy today who's probably about six years old, and during the middle of his painting our conversation starts going like this:

Little boy: So... do you have a husband or a boyfriend?

Me: Nope. It's just me.

Little boy: I have the PERFECT guy for you.

Me: *amused smile* Oh, do you?

Little boy: Yep! (I just have to get him to dump my mom first.)

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Me: Um, I think we'd better just leave those two together!
 
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Grace-Like-Rain said:
So I'm painting this little boy today who's probably about six years old, and during the middle of his painting our conversation starts going like this:

Little boy: So... do you have a husband or a boyfriend?

Me: Nope. It's just me.

Little boy: I have the PERFECT guy for you.

Me: *amused smile* Oh, do you?

Little boy: Yep! (I just have to get him to dump my mom first.)

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Me: Um, I think we'd better just leave those two together!
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Oh, my! What colour did you paint the little boy? Hulk green?
 
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lil_christian said:
My heart is just full of heaviness right now. No, nothing happened today. Just....me being sad.
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Awwwwe, poor, lil' Wabbithead! We can't always change our environment.... But we don't have to be motivated or moved by it.

Here's something to cheer ya up....

Psalm 91:1-8 (KJV) [SUP]1 [/SUP]He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. [SUP]2 [/SUP]I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. [SUP]3 [/SUP]Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. [SUP]4 [/SUP]He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. [SUP]5 [/SUP]Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; [SUP]6 [/SUP]Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. [SUP]7 [/SUP]A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. [SUP]8 [/SUP]Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

I had a dream a couple of years ago that I was sitting in my kitchen & saw a tornado come thru my yard. It was so close I could see it twisting the grass as it passed thru. As I looked out the door, I saw a total of 7 of them side by side. The sky over my yard was bright & sunny, but as I looked at the row of tornadoes, the clouds & sky got darker & blacker away from the house. I looked again at my yard, & not even the grass was damaged.

When I woke up & wondered what the dream meant, I remembered the scripture above & it comforted me.... Now I give it to you.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5 (KJV) [SUP]3 [/SUP]Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; [SUP]4 [/SUP]Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. [SUP]5 [/SUP]For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

When you feel better, pass it on.:);)
 
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Grace-Like-Rain said:
So I'm painting this little boy today who's probably about six years old, and during the middle of his painting our conversation starts going like this:

Little boy: So... do you have a husband or a boyfriend?

Me: Nope. It's just me.

Little boy: I have the PERFECT guy for you.

Me: *amused smile* Oh, do you?

Little boy: Yep! (I just have to get him to dump my mom first.)

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Me: Um, I think we'd better just leave those two together!
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What??! Did a 6 year old say that?? That's unbelievable! :eek:
 
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I'm rereading the Matchmaking thread. So many hilarious moments! I love you guys!
 
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Roh_Chris said:
What??! Did a 6 year old say that?? That's unbelievable! :eek:
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LOL 6 year olds don't know what they're talking about. When I was 6 years old, I thought if you had the same last name as someone else, you had to be related, like immediate family (even if they weren't and my mom would try to tell me, I wouldn't believe her. LOL). I also thought you HAD to be married in order to have a baby. Like, I thought it wasn't possible to have a baby without being married, and as soon as you were married you were pretty much given a baby. I basically thought it came with the marriage package. :p So that was me and my ridiculousness at 6 years old. XD
 
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Tintin said:
So, the question remains - did your taste buds change during that time period or did the recipe? Or did you just end up drinking a seriously out-of-date Gatorade from the 70s or 80s? :p
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Lol no I'm pretty sure the formulation has changed over the years. Back then no one even heard of sports drinks. I think gatorade was the first one that was sold in regular stores. If you wanted anything else you had to go to a health food store or a gym that sold that stuff.
 
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Tintin said:
Oh, my! What colour did you paint the little boy? Hulk green?
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I believe he got a spiderman face. :p

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What??! Did a 6 year old say that?? That's unbelievable! :eek:
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I am fairly certain that he had no idea what he was actually suggesting. I found it very amusing. My first thought was that he wanted to get rid of his mother's boyfriend (or his stepfather?) and thought this would be a convenient solution. :rolleyes:

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LOL 6 year olds don't know what they're talking about. When I was 6 years old, I thought if you had the same last name as someone else, you had to be related, like immediate family (even if they weren't and my mom would try to tell me, I wouldn't believe her. LOL). I also thought you HAD to be married in order to have a baby. Like, I thought it wasn't possible to have a baby without being married, and as soon as you were married you were pretty much given a baby. I basically thought it came with the marriage package. :p So that was me and my ridiculousness at 6 years old. XD
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Yes, six year olds have some crazy ideas. (Though some of yours make sense really!)
 
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Lol yeah while they did make some sense, especially in a 6 year old's mind, they were still kind of ridiculous LOL
 
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Tonight my dad and I were talking about various things, and the subject turned to my relationship with my mom. I confessed that I am concerned things will never get better. He told me that I may be wrong about that, because she seems to be putting in an effort to change.

(I never told him that she confided in me about their marital problems, but he finally told me his side of the story)

Supposedly, she was the first one to bring up divorce, and was hoping that he would say "no, don't go", like he did when they were younger. To her dismay, he just said "okay let's do it". He admitted his approach was cold and harsh, but he thinks it got the point across. He was never planning to leave her, but he was exhausted with the current state of their relationship, and he would not miss her or try to stop her if she tried to leave him. I think she realized that she can either cling to her selfish behaviors and leave him, or try to become a better wife and grow old with him.

Ever since that night, he has noticed a positive change in my mom. She hasn't really changed any of her well-established bad habits, but she has become conscious of them and recognized that they are wrong and hurtful. She will often approach him gently and humbly after an 'episode' and apologize for her actions, which is something she's never done before. She also seems to be coming to terms with the fact that she can't be in control of everyone's life. My dad's point was that she is trying, and he has hope that things will get better. He has the same hope for her relationship with me.

They have 3 sessions scheduled with a christian counselor in the next few weeks before they leave on their mission trip to the Philippines. Hearing my dad's recent observations gave me a lot of hope.
 
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Loveneverfails said:
Tonight my dad and I were talking about various things, and the subject turned to my relationship with my mom. I confessed that I am concerned things will never get better. He told me that I may be wrong about that, because she seems to be putting in an effort to change.

(I never told him that she confided in me about their marital problems, but he finally told me his side of the story)

Supposedly, she was the first one to bring up divorce, and was hoping that he would say "no, don't go", like he did when they were younger. To her dismay, he just said "okay let's do it". He admitted his approach was cold and harsh, but he thinks it got the point across. He was never planning to leave her, but he was exhausted with the current state of their relationship, and he would not miss her or try to stop her if she tried to leave him. I think she realized that she can either cling to her selfish behaviors and leave him, or try to become a better wife and grow old with him.

Ever since that night, he has noticed a positive change in my mom. She hasn't really changed any of her well-established bad habits, but she has become conscious of them and recognized that they are wrong and hurtful. She will often approach him gently and humbly after an 'episode' and apologize for her actions, which is something she's never done before. She also seems to be coming to terms with the fact that she can't be in control of everyone's life. My dad's point was that she is trying, and he has hope that things will get better. He has the same hope for her relationship with me.

They have 3 sessions scheduled with a christian counselor in the next few weeks before they leave on their mission trip to the Philippines. Hearing my dad's recent observations gave me a lot of hope.
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It sounds like a wake-up call may be all she needed.
 
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