Comments on: It’s been one of those weeks…so I’m whining… http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/ Careful...it's bound to get hot in here! Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:04:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate Douglas http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5828 Kate Douglas Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:18:33 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5828 Thanks, Fedora. I tripped and fell this week and sprained my ankle--REALLY want a redo button for that klutzy move! This time I'd look where I was going! Thanks, Fedora. I tripped and fell this week and sprained my ankle–REALLY want a redo button for that klutzy move! This time I’d look where I was going!

]]> By: Fedora http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5821 Fedora Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:01:33 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5821 Happy reading, Melanie, Ley, and Akossiwa! Thanks again, Kate, for such a neat topic! Congrats again on your latest! Happy reading, Melanie, Ley, and Akossiwa! Thanks again, Kate, for such a neat topic! Congrats again on your latest!

]]> By: Kate Douglas http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5819 Kate Douglas Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:48:08 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5819 :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: Melanie, Ley and Akossiwa are my winners—congrats, ladies! I ended up choosing three because so many of you posted. I’ve mailed all of you privately, and once I have your snail mail addresses I will get your books in the mail. :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Melanie, Ley and Akossiwa are my winners—congrats, ladies! I ended up choosing three because so many of you posted. I’ve mailed all of you privately, and once I have your snail mail addresses I will get your books in the mail.

]]> By: Kate Douglas http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5808 Kate Douglas Sun, 06 Sep 2009 16:03:29 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5808 Ken, I think I first read it in one of the old "Comic Classics!" I was just a kid, but I used to love those things! And I suspect that your parents and mine probably learned their sayings from the same teacher! I was 23 when my father died. My mother is still alive at 88, but I can't imagine losing both parents at 21. That must have been horrible for you. I'm sorry. Ken, I think I first read it in one of the old “Comic Classics!” I was just a kid, but I used to love those things! And I suspect that your parents and mine probably learned their sayings from the same teacher! I was 23 when my father died. My mother is still alive at 88, but I can’t imagine losing both parents at 21. That must have been horrible for you. I’m sorry.

]]> By: ken mcmillan http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5807 ken mcmillan Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:35:11 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5807 Hi, Kate. Yes, i imagine the story u recollect is the one i am refering 2. There have been a variety of "what if" endings applied by different adaptations of it. Topic switch. I believe u said u lost your father 37 years ago, which caused me 2 calculate the loss of my parents, when i was 21. That makes it 43 years ago for me. And everything from "If it aint hot, it aint coffee" (DAD) to "Stand up straight or you'll look like a turtle" (MOM) continue to echo in my mind. Hi, Kate. Yes, i imagine the story u recollect is the one i am refering 2. There have been a variety of “what if” endings applied by different adaptations of it.
Topic switch. I believe u said u lost your father 37 years ago, which caused me 2 calculate the loss of my parents, when i was 21. That makes it 43 years ago for me. And everything from “If it aint hot, it aint coffee” (DAD) to “Stand up straight or you’ll look like a turtle” (MOM) continue to echo in my mind.

]]> By: Kate Douglas http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5806 Kate Douglas Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:13:22 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5806 Lisa, I understand your sentiment exactly. :sad: And thank you! Jessica, I'm sort of in the same place you are. I love the way my life has turned out and continues to evolve, but I do wish I could go back and, if not change things that happened when I was young, at least APPRECIATE them more! :mrgreen: Cyndi--happy birthday to you! :lol: And how cool to have the job you love. I can't imagine putting all my energy into something that wasn't satisfying. Thanks for your post. Akossiwa, for what it's worth, I give away a lot of books every month, but I also have a lot of entries so it's literally "the luck of the draw." I'm sorry things are bleak for you now--been there, done that--but it also sounds as if you are an optimist, and that's so important. Hang on to the dreams. I just hope it doesn't take you twenty years to fulfill yours like it did me! Good luck to you. ;-) Beatrice, all I can say is CONGRATULATIONS! :lol: I do love good news! Diedre--nah. Nothing there to redo at all! :mrgreen: Ah, Jan...I know with your work you have to deal with things most of us don't even know is going on, so your comments on the redo for kids sure makes sense. You're a tougher lady than I'll ever be, but thank goodness there are people like you doing the work you do. Thanks for coming by. :smile: Pamela--don't SAY that! You're tempting fate!!!! :twisted: Cheryl--eeek! I can only imagine how awful you felt, but what a sweet thing for your daughter to do for you. :razz: Luckily, children are very forgiving and they can be bought with ice cream...and believe me, there's not a mom around who hasn't had a similar moment where they've snapped at kids and felt badly afterward. We have so much to do as moms, and never enough hours to do it. Kay, again you're bringing up the whole point of this conversation--as nice as a redo button would be, we're the sum total of our parts. And yep, that dead deer was mine, and the turkey vultures all deserve raises! The smell only lasted a couple of days, thank goodness! :twisted: Ken, I wonder if that's the same story I remember reading a zillion years ago, where the time traveler kills a small reptile in the past and when he comes back to his current time, humans all look like lizards? S/F had a huge impact on me as a kid--that's almost all I read and is probably why I prefer writing paranormal now. Lisa, I understand your sentiment exactly. :sad: And thank you!

Jessica, I’m sort of in the same place you are. I love the way my life has turned out and continues to evolve, but I do wish I could go back and, if not change things that happened when I was young, at least APPRECIATE them more! :mrgreen:

Cyndi–happy birthday to you! :lol: And how cool to have the job you love. I can’t imagine putting all my energy into something that wasn’t satisfying. Thanks for your post.

Akossiwa, for what it’s worth, I give away a lot of books every month, but I also have a lot of entries so it’s literally “the luck of the draw.” I’m sorry things are bleak for you now–been there, done that–but it also sounds as if you are an optimist, and that’s so important. Hang on to the dreams. I just hope it doesn’t take you twenty years to fulfill yours like it did me! Good luck to you. ;-)

Beatrice, all I can say is CONGRATULATIONS! :lol: I do love good news!

Diedre–nah. Nothing there to redo at all! :mrgreen:

Ah, Jan…I know with your work you have to deal with things most of us don’t even know is going on, so your comments on the redo for kids sure makes sense. You’re a tougher lady than I’ll ever be, but thank goodness there are people like you doing the work you do. Thanks for coming by. :smile:

Pamela–don’t SAY that! You’re tempting fate!!!! :twisted:

Cheryl–eeek! I can only imagine how awful you felt, but what a sweet thing for your daughter to do for you. :razz: Luckily, children are very forgiving and they can be bought with ice cream…and believe me, there’s not a mom around who hasn’t had a similar moment where they’ve snapped at kids and felt badly afterward. We have so much to do as moms, and never enough hours to do it.

Kay, again you’re bringing up the whole point of this conversation–as nice as a redo button would be, we’re the sum total of our parts. And yep, that dead deer was mine, and the turkey vultures all deserve raises! The smell only lasted a couple of days, thank goodness! :twisted:

Ken, I wonder if that’s the same story I remember reading a zillion years ago, where the time traveler kills a small reptile in the past and when he comes back to his current time, humans all look like lizards? S/F had a huge impact on me as a kid–that’s almost all I read and is probably why I prefer writing paranormal now.

]]> By: ken mcmillan http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5805 ken mcmillan Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:46:11 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5805 :cool: I am back. The Bradbury short story title is "A Sound of Thunder," and it has several film versions (just guessing, but Twilight Zone and Ray Bradbury Theater are probable video avenues if the trek to Amazon or the public library is inconvenient). :cool: I am back. The Bradbury short story title is “A Sound of Thunder,” and it has several film versions (just guessing, but Twilight Zone and Ray Bradbury Theater are probable video avenues if the trek to Amazon or the public library is inconvenient).

]]> By: ken mcmillan http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5804 ken mcmillan Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:40:51 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5804 How times have changed. I was interested that one of this blog's comments mentioned the Butterfly Effect, just as my adult son does, from time 2 time. Being an elder statesman, I give credit where it really is due. Long before the Butterfly Effect movies, Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about a Time Traveler whose slight jumbling of the past causes major future cataclysmic events. (I will look up the exact title, that contains the word THUNDER, so all the bookish folks who read this blog can read Bradbury's masterful introduction of the "Don't mess with the past" theme. ) How times have changed. I was interested that one of this blog’s comments mentioned the Butterfly Effect, just as my adult son does, from time 2 time. Being an elder statesman, I give credit where it really is due. Long before the Butterfly Effect movies, Ray Bradbury wrote a short story about a Time Traveler whose slight jumbling of the past causes major future cataclysmic events. (I will look up the exact title, that contains the word THUNDER,
so all the bookish folks who read this blog can read Bradbury’s masterful introduction of the “Don’t mess with the past” theme. )

]]> By: Kay Brooks http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5803 Kay Brooks Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:19:46 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5803 I had a fairly dysfunctional childhood, so there certainly have been lots of those "let's contemplate a re-do" moments. I've figured out that I'm the sum of all moments: good and bad. I can honestly say that I've learned from the "bad" events in my past and have the conviction to not make to mistakes again. Did I remember correctly a few days ago that u woke to a dead deer(?) in the neighbor's yard and made the statement that u "hoped the turkey vultures would eat/work faster?" I almost fell off my chair laughing at that comment Hugs, Kay I had a fairly dysfunctional childhood, so there certainly have been lots of those “let’s contemplate a re-do” moments. I’ve figured out that I’m the sum of all moments: good and bad. I can honestly say that I’ve learned from the “bad” events in my past and have the conviction to not make to mistakes again.
Did I remember correctly a few days ago that u woke to a dead deer(?) in the neighbor’s yard and made the statement that u “hoped the turkey vultures would eat/work faster?” I almost fell off my chair laughing at that comment
Hugs,
Kay

]]> By: Cheryl McInnis http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/2009/09/04/its-been-one-of-those-weeks-so-im-whining/comment-page-2/#comment-5802 Cheryl McInnis Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:12:07 +0000 http://www.aphrodisiaauthors.com/blog/?p=1996#comment-5802 Hi Kate! I had a major redo moment earlier this week. It's been so hectic trying to get the kids back to school, and we've been short staffed at work....I've been a little cranky, LOL. Anyway, my daughter kept asking me to come see something she made, and I kept putting her off until I finally snapped " Can't you see I'm busy?". She sniffed a little, said "I just wanted to give you this..." and brought out a card that she made me that said I was the "Best Mom Ever!!!" Boy, I felt like crap :oops: I'd give anything to redo that moment. However, I did put off the chores and took the kids for ice cream after that, so it wasn't all bad! Have a great long weekend :razz: Hi Kate!

I had a major redo moment earlier this week. It’s been so hectic trying to get the kids back to school, and we’ve been short staffed at work….I’ve been a little cranky, LOL. Anyway, my daughter kept asking me to come see something she made, and I kept putting her off until I finally snapped ” Can’t you see I’m busy?”. She sniffed a little, said “I just wanted to give you this…” and brought out a card that she made me that said I was the “Best Mom Ever!!!” Boy, I felt like crap :oops:
I’d give anything to redo that moment. However, I did put off the chores and took the kids for ice cream after that, so it wasn’t all bad!
Have a great long weekend :razz:

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