tnfarmgirl

Last month my ex fiancee died, We last spoke two weeks before his death as we had remained on good terms. He was one of those people, that fall into the favorite people category forever no matter what. We split up May 09 after 12 years together because of his illness, he wanted to suffer alone and not burden me with the consequences of his treatment. This past spring we spent some time together but I was not ready to come home.

I find out at the funeral from his family that he had refused a life saving transplant because he didn't want to "burden" anyone with his care. iI am devastated by his reasoning because surely he should have known after all our years together I would have done anything to help.

I suppose what I am asking is how do I go about alleviating my guilt?

I was thinking I am to report at 8:00 but thought perhaps it might be prudent to arrive 15 minutes early, does that sound like a good idea?

Pouring the snow here in East TN and cold beyond belief-

I went outside to feed the dogs and my hands are frozen solid.

If you have snow where are you?

I have a grove of pine trees that have left a lot of needles on the ground that I would like to rake up and use as mulch in my flower beds. The problem is that intermingled with the needles are lots of sticks, rocks and pine cones-

Is there an easy way besides handpicking every piece of debris out of these needles to get just the needles ?

I could see that picking the debris out could turn this afternoon chore into a life's work- Help

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081030/ap_on_el_ge/fa...

Found it interesting that this story made it to front page Yahoo-

Barry Sortero?

Barrack Obama?

or something else?

but I just read this while looking into the incident a little further and thought I would share it-

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10082008/postopinion/o...

So what do people really think about Obama's relationship with yet another person who blames America and relishes attacking America-

like Rev. Wright , his wife who is just now proud of America, and Louis Farrakhan?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/th...

Does he suffer from the same kind of delusions of grandeur that Hillary does- I think I hear sniper fire.

After, seeing a number of replies that represents an utter ignorance of Obama's voting record by Obama supporters- I had to post the attached links concerning the "Born Alive Bill" -

The bill written to protect babies that survie the abortion procedure- Obama was the only voice against the bill in his state legislature and it passed at the federal level in 2000 with only 15 votes in the House against it.

Here's some links to look over before you bother to post:

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/0...

http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2008/02/links_t...

http://twoconservatives.blogspot.com/2008/02/obama...

Now, after all that reading do you understand Obama's position on abortion and feticide?

HARTFORD, Conn. — A 78-year-old man is tossed like a rag doll by a hit-and-run driver and lies motionless on a busy city street as car after car goes by. Pedestrians gawk but appear to do nothing. One driver stops briefly but then pulls back into traffic. A man on a scooter slowly circles the victim before zipping away.

Link to complete story :http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,363493,00.html

Were people to busy to help or did they believe it should be the government's job to help the man?

After reading this story, about 2 "parents" fighting over what gang thier 4 year old should join all I could think was how important the invention of latex is to our society-These kids have no business raising a child obviously but what are the chances the toddler mentioned in this story will live past their teens if her "parents" promote gang activity-

http://www.cnn.com/US/

After reading the story about a woman pressure washing her 3 year old child at a car wash on video tape, I am infuriated about the patron that witnessed this and just walked away.

I know that people don't like to get involved but when people are getting hurt isn't it time to step up?

Just curious if I am the only one that would have before I even thought about anything else yanked that woman away from that child?

Story in the link below:

http://www.wesh.com/news/15510193/detail.html

Cats do eventually come down of their own accord even if it looks like a difficult climb right?

Are there any products that are safer than others?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,303037,00.html

After reading the article provided in the link above- I am very thankful that those girls weren't my daughters. I think it's nuts that the principle has to explain why he sent these girls home.

And finally what kind of mother thinks it's OK for her highschool aged daughter to wear a bikini top and body paint to school?

Am I missing some kind of greater point- these girls were trying to make or were they just tramping it up whie learning the three Rs?

This is going to be my brother's wedding and it is going to be fairly formal- where would I find an appropriate dress without spending a fortune on something that will only be worn once?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/21/car.nooses/index....

Is anyone really foolish enough to think- Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and their loyal followers can do anything for race relations except for set them back 40 years?

After one particularly challenging temporary repair job- we here at the office were curious if any one might know where this term originated or why?

I'm repainting the widow trim on my old farmhouse. Some of the paint looked like it was going to just fall right off but it sure didn't come off so easy.

How much paint do I actually have to remove if it's not loose and what exactly is the purpose of this scraping?