RE: throw away society

Alright, I will admit that there is one thing in recent days that I have
found myself completely unable and more to the point, absolutely
unwilling to do and couldn't thank God enough that I'm a married woman:
sometime over the past weekend, a poor stray cat somehow fell into our
pool (which is currently drained down for the winter) and apparently
could not get out and the poor thing drowned. There was no way,
absolutely none, that I could retrieve of and dispose of that miserable
frozen carcass and as I put it to my husband..."That definitely falls
under the category of a 'man' job". Fortunately, I'm married to a very
understanding knight in shining armor and he took care of the whole
thing without bothering me with the details. :-) Okay, call me a
hypocrite, but there are just some things I don't find myself able to
cope with and this was one of those! P.S. The pool is now tarped over
for the winter, stapled down tightly, to prevent any future tragedies.



Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Sat 11/22, Pamela J. Evans < gardenqueen@gbronline.com > wrote:
From: Pamela J. Evans [mailto: gardenqueen@gbronline.com]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:21:04 -0600
Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away society

I understand, it took this neighborhood YEARS to accept the fact
that<br>I'm not married. I'm only now after 8 years starting to
become<br>"acceptable" to these backward provincials in this one mule
town.<br><br>An independent woman living alone -
gasp!!<br><br>---------- Original Message
----------------------------------<br>From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan"
<wmorgan972@ameritech.net><br>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>Date:
Sat, 22 Nov 2003 09:00:00 -0500<br><br>>I had a neighbor once get upset
with me. I had been out hauling rock and<br>>laying paver bricks (among
other things) beside Bill. She complained that<br>>because I did "men's
work" it was causing her to look bad to her husband.<br>>He wanted to
know why she didn't pitch in outside once in a while.) LOL!!!<br>>Of
such is life!<br>><br>>Blessings,<br>>Bonnie (SW OH -
zone5)<br>><br>>-----Original Message-----<br>>From:
owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf<br>>Of Theresa<br>>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:15
PM<br>>To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away
society<br>><br>>I'll second that! I am delighted that I can replace a
kitchen faucet, haul<br>>shrubs out of the ground, and still
occassionally catch guys watching me<br>>walk across the grocery store
parking lot when I'm in a pair of heels.<br>>Thank god my husband is
also an independent thinking person- and not in the<br>>least threatened
by my tendency to do what ever comes to mind. (Although he<br>>did fuss
at me when I nearly got crushed underneath the yard waste
barrel<br>>becuase I had put about 400 lbs of stuff in it and then tried
to move it all<br>>by myself :) It cracks me up when my male neighbor
across the street wants<br>>to know where my husband is when I'm out
working in the yard and garden- It<br>>is my project, not my husbands!
It worries my thought when his 11 year old<br>>daughter doesn't
understand this- maybe eventually a little of my influence<br>>will rub
off on her.<br>><br>>Theresa<br>><br>>-----Original Message----

-<br>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
[o*@hort.net]On<br>>Behalf Of Pamela J.
Evans<br>>Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 6:10 PM<br>>To:
gardenchat@hort.net<br>>Subject: RE: [CHAT] throw away
society<br>><br>><br>>Amen to that Donna. My mother once said to me, not
too many years ago,<br>>that she wondered if she raised us to be too
independent! I told her -<br>>absolutely not. Can't be too independent.
That would like being too into<br>>gardening - can't
happen!!<br>><br>><br>>LOL<br>><br>>---------- Original Message
----------------------------------<br>>From: "Donna "
<justme@prairieinet.net><br>>Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>>Date:
Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:46:43 -0600<br>><br>>>I think this was the most
important thing you can do for your child...<br>>> No matter what life
throws at them, they will be able to handle it...<br>>>whether we
approve or not...<br>>><br>>>Donna<br>>><br>>><br>>>> I became a
very<br>>>> independent person, and raised my sons to be individuals.
They<br>>>haven't<br>>>> always<br>>>> turned out the way I expected,
but they are all very much independent<br>>>> individuals.<br>>>><br>>>>
Thanks for your concern.
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