Anyone else be happy to see 2008 in the rear view mirrow?
Not even putting up one Christmas decoration here....... for one i don't want to have to drag it all up from the basement and then to put them all back DOWN in the basement. Just another day here.... they all seem to just run together anymore. Looking forward to a couple of trips next year....... to new and exciting places........ |
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| Absolutely!We moved house,as in,bought a second house and moved the furniture,kids,etc just to be close to my mums nursing home as she was only in there because she broke her hip and the hip replacement left her unable to walk,so she had to be placed in a home (we had NO say ,incidentally),and everyone expected her to live 10 more years,she was 70(something),and so we got the kids enrolled in a new school and all that expense and trauma of that,son hated the new school,daughter loved it but was fast turning into a right little madam,she hadnt been in a private school before, and then in May a virus went rampaging through nursing homes and my mum caught it and died.
My dad had moved in with us ,sold his house in the city,visited mum every day,after she died he was devastated and got so he couldnt bear my teenagers in the house,hated their music,their friends,their noise,hated the dog,Summer,wanted to "be alone" ,became hypercritical of everything I did,as it was vastly inferior to what mum had done,couldnt understand he no longer had someone who instantly fell in with whatever he wanted to do,NOW,couldnt understand me still spending time with my kids and walking the dog,how could life just go on?hated my hubby and I going anywhere together,we couldnt even all go shopping,as soon as he bought what he wanted,he would then insist we all went home,even if we hadnt done what we wanted to do,we waited until late September to see if he would change his mind but he didnt,he wants to live completely alone,so the kids and I moved back to our cottage by the sea and the other house is for sale (in a really SLOW market) and hubby lives there weekdays and comes home weekends,I will be SO glad to say Hoo Roo to 2008.May 2009 be a way better year for us all. |
| Ali I'm thinking good thoughts and have some high hopes for 2009. |
| well, 2008 was better than 2007...and i bet 2009 will be EVEN better! |
| We have had two deaths in my family in the last 5 months, and another (like family) close friend's family member imminent. So many of my friends are having hard times due to job losses. I will be very ready to see in a new year! |
This year wasn't too bad since we had Joshee and Kobuck come around, but I always look forward to the next year!!! ...to see what has come in our lives in 2008 grow and develop in 2009.  |
| Amen! to what you said Darcy.
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I think we had a good 2008 as 2007 was a bad one for us as Ellie died. 2008 we then moved to a nicer area and in a nicer house and both learning towards a better job. I'm doing now an IT course where I'm hopefully will gain an officejob and work mo-fri 9-5! 
Well it can only get better but I do know when my BAD year come as it repeats every 7th year! I'm always prepared when it comes or I try to! You have to start counting always 7 years from the first bad year of your life as young as you can remember and count through 7 years and you will remember that it was always a bad one! 
But I wish you all ofcourse only good ones!!  |
well it just keeps getting even better......... or worse. This morning I was stopped at a stop sign. This lady puts her car INTO REVERSE and basically, she took out the left front of my Volvo.
 I love my Volvo. This just killed me. No damage to her car of course......... great big SUV thing. Then when i looked at my paperwork the insurance girl never did add the Rental Car onto it in July........ I'm going to have to talk to my head agent........
Oh happy happy ;happy holiday season..... BLAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH |
| Ali, the SUV driver's insurance shoud cover it as it was her fault. You shouldn't be out anything - they should even cover the cost of a rental (though it is never as good a car as what you drive).
My son let me drive his new Mercedes SLK350 this summer. I was behind a guy as we got ready to leave a restaurant parking lot - and he pulled the unexpected backing up trick. I honked the horn frantically as I tried to back up. His BMW hit the hood of the Mercedes. He admitted it was his fault, I had a lot of witnesses (we had just taken a group out to eat as payback for helping my sons move - including an attorney). Lots of camera phone pictures - of the vehcles and the driver. It was not a problem at all. |
| Thanks, I know......... it's just that it's one more thing...........(said in the tone of Eyore from Winnie the Pooh)
With the snow this past week, and hundreds of accidents that happened, again it will take forever to get it repaired I am sure. I've only had one other vehicle that i loved as much as this volvo.... I can fit 2 dogs and everything i need for them to go to a show in it. The gas milage is fantastic....... and i don't have to worry about it being high wind profile as my van was..... I do miss being able to take all the dogs with me when i go somewhere but......... i can only deal with 2 and sometimes then that's one too many to go to shows! Everyone have a good evening....... going to go entice my herd inside for the night now. |
| Ali: one of my favorite saying is "It's only up from here." Things will turn around for you....there is always hope. |
| Oh yes. Ive had worse years, but 2008 is up there in to top (bottom?) 5 or so of crappy ones. The whole year slid by me in a weird fog of pain meds and afternoon naps
Here's too a much better (and maybe, for me, more coherent) 2009!!! |
| 2008 was a year- that's for sure.
Here's to 2009 and good times! |
ravenmoonart wrote: Oh yes. Ive had worse years, but 2008 is up there in to top (bottom?) 5 or so of crappy ones. The whole year slid by me in a weird fog of pain meds and afternoon naps
Here's too a much better (and maybe, for me, more coherent) 2009!!! Me, too. 2008 was great because my kids both graduated from College...but then my son moved 2000 away. Our Leo passed away in August, and Khobi has had a bunch of old age related problems. In August I was in a bad car accident and spent 2 months in constant pain/discomfort. Better now, but still have bad days, that I don't tell anyone about. Then our house was broken into. Tony works for GM, I work for Dodge...need I say more about finances? Up on the good side, we got Lizzie, the kids DID graduate and got JOBS! I didn't get killed in the car accident, and the f*****g burglers didn't kill us or our pets, and I did get a wonderful second job working for Weight Watchers to help with our finances. AND SHEEPIEFEST! 5 WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS! I just hope 2009 is a bit better |
 2008 was better than 2007 which was awful!  I found a new and better job, we moved back to a little house with space for a garden and Willoughby to run around; I have only 7 minutes commute to work!  On the down side, while I was off work, I had a taste of what retirement could be and am looking forward to the time when I can. Still, with the economy as it is, I'm thankful that I still can find a meaningful job so that I can support my four-legged companions, not the least of whom is Merlin in a comfortable retirement.  |
| I hope you have a better 2009 Ali.
As for me, 2008 was pretty good, and amazing with the birth of the baby! |
| 2008 and 8 had a numbe rof high points, but I think as we age we focus on the low points.
I am not soo fond of the last three years, I have had better, and I have had worse. Aren't you moving soon Ali? that should give you something to look forward to. |
No not really just means I am another year older in 2009    |
| OH yeah, broke my R ankle in April on un-even ground, a few months later broke my R foot ( mis-diagnosised ), Now have a non-union fracture and looking at an external fixator devise. I have been in a cam-cast for 8 weeks with non-weight bearing status, but it's not looking good.
The end of Oct. Bob & I was rear ended by a tractor trailor in our new Jeep Wrangler on I 70. Still doing PT for cervical and L/S spinal injuries. Although this has been a $hitty year, we thank God every day that we are alive. The tractor-trailor hit us so hard , it knocked us 150ft up the inter-state, and knocked the wheel off of the truck. So yea it's been crappy, but we thank God we're alive. Here's to a wonderful 2009 for all  |
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sorry, Ali......Things can only go UP from here!!!!!.... AND remember....I may be having 3 special out of town guests in January ...so THAT is what I am looking forward to!!!!!!!! |
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