For you, KK!

Start spreading the news, Im leaving today
I want to be a part of it - new york, new york
These vagabond shoes, are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it - new york, new york

I wanna wake up in a city, that doesnt sleep
And find Im king of the hill - top of the heap

These little town blues, are melting away
Ill make a brand new start of it - in old new york
If I can make it there, Ill make it anywhere
Its up to you - new york, new york

New york, new york
I want to wake up in a city, that never sleeps
And find Im a number one top of the list, king of the hill
A number one

These little town blues, are melting away
Im gonna make a brand new start of it - in old new york
And if I can make it there, Im gonna make it anywhere

It up to you - new york new york

New york I know you are not moving to NY City...but you'll probably go there sometimes...eh?

Awwww I hope I ever get there..GOD *&%^&
Man I should NEVER have said I don't read the Bible!!!I got thunderstorms and frog plagues.
My son just brought in more boxes in he forgot were in my trunk...Heavy boxes..I can't go through them now.lol AND we have to wash all the pillows he didn't tell me about that were on his bed.. as when they come back they will need them....This is a nightmare.
Send DRUGS..My internet should be off soon.
I said today so I guess soon....so BYE
AGAIN.

And these same people that do not have health care by choice, have cell phones and current fads in clothing and drive great cars. Oh I FORGOT to say ditto

Ah, I guess with such unhappiness in your family and what with you saying a black guy put a gun to your back so you wouldn't say the pledge of allegience in high school, and that three black guys jumped you, I guess you are firmly set in your attitude.

You say that you've tried to turn in members of your own family for Medicaid/welfare fraud and have been ignored by the authorities?

It's sad...the fracturing of families that used to help their own. So many people have given up and feel hopeless. But things can change. And I guess we all have to start with ourselves and work outward..

KK if you don't get going, I'm gonna personally come down there and drag your butt to NY. I'm not doing anything except dealing with family crisis. Maybe I need an escape.

Note, I have tried helping everybody in my family. You just don't know. But it was one sided, they do nothing to help themselves. I can't do it all. It was like throwing good money after bad and so I washed my hands of it. Would I let them go hungry or live on the street no. Do I need their drama, no. I am a strong believer in "tuff love". Sometimes people need to get to the bottom to see their way up. and I will support them all I can when THEY try. And I'm serious when I ask, what's wrong with my attitude? Enlighten me, afterall you are my VOR.

Forgot to address fractured families. For years I've been the glue that's tried to keep it together. And you know I'm just tired. Quite a dysfunctional group we are. Someone once told me..You can pick your friends, you can't pick your family. Oh how true.
Please excuse, I'm just having a bad day. Yet another family crisis, and I'm so tired of dealing. Everyone comes to me to "fix it" and I'm out of magic. and I haven't prayed today so I don't think any miracles will be coming my way.

Uhh, maybe I've been revealing too much about my past and present. Will have to check my filters. ***slaps my own hand and promises not to do that anymore*** gee, I feel better already.

SO sorry for all that

We are THERE almost.lol
They haven't shut me off yet.. I just godda get my car loaded up get in the shower and and go and wait for the [expletive deleted] pillows to dry first oh yeah.....My son was like they can go buy pillows.lol

I figger' if we leave by at least 11
drive 8 hours and then tomox and other 8 or so which I hate..then half day Friday I'll miss all the Friday mess as it starts around 2.
BUT I better not make any plans the weather looks bad....Shweeeeew I can't believe all this but we did it....I KNEW his room would take days!!!
IF you knew!!!!


I'm cursing in every language!!

God, I don't know what's wrong with me today. I'd say I was PMSing if I had anything to PMS with. Just got off the phone with my daughter where I was ranting. She said, gee mom, you need to chill. and you know she's right. I think River offered me a bathtub filled with icewater and a fan. Maybe I should get ahold of her. River! River where are you?

Gee, my daughter just called back with some pearls of wisdom. My daughter she knows me best she does. What a blessing! Her and my son. Tied for #1 on my blessings list. Yes, I'm counting them. always gets me in a better mood

Geez, Shy.. I never meant to imply it was your job to singlehandedly save your family! I just meant that it seems families in general are fracturing and yours is one of the casualties.. mine another!

I also said that you are set in your attitude, not that it was right or wrong. I was thinking about all those aggressive smilies like the guillotine one...? You ARE stressed. That's why I was talking about retreating a bit and healing yourself from the inside out instead of waiting for a just world...

When I get aggravated at peeps, it's usually me projecting my issues onto them.. and they are overburdened with their own stuff and not deserving of me unloading my stuff on top of it!

I can't judge you. I don't want to. I generally disagree with reporting family to authorities unless your back is against the wall.. but that is your business and only you know what's best in the situation. Peace!

Awwww
Good for you...My son is taking a break again.lol
Do you think I will get in trouble if I beat him
at almost 25???

I better re- think the spanking thing.
He seems lost.....I swear to GOD!
Cleaning that room did something to
him...Toxic poisioning.
YES he was out in that heat and did a lot already but geeeez..I'm just sitting here waiting trying not to yell....I'm trying to do my computer stuff before they shut me off.
I THINK we maybe we get out of here out of here by next week.
Oooops I just heard him say alright time to get going lol He moved.

Pillows are the most disposable things. You can wash them and dry them in the bright sun, but after a few months they have to go because of dust mites, etc. Never keep pillows more than one year tops!

the guillotine one? yes, a little over the top, was feeling frisky that day. Just like a kid with a new toy. Note, you are a sweetheart and I value and respect you. To be so young and so wise. Can I adopt you? Stressed yes! very much! But I'm working through it. Excerise gets those endomorphins kickin and of course prayer. --singing The sun will come out tomorrow--and Sunshine Lollipops and rainbows. Now to the treadmill.

smileys
Really?????
Even if you bleach them????
Man you gays guys the best!!
I woulda' bought new ones if I knew that but see when they come off planes and stuff they won't want to go buy pillows first thing they get here.
I hope the dust mites bite my conservative family.

O.K. one more personal thing and I'll drop this. I just found out my druggie niece just stole 50 of my mom's vicadin pills, (which I thought we had hidden very well) and her credit card and tried using it 8 times over the weekend. I told my sister, with whom my mom lives, to call the police. What would you do? Others are invited to chime in.

My sister that mom lives with than the other sister that is in complete denial.

Dust mites, you know those are some serious creatures. Do you know they can't live at altitudes over 3500 feet. Makes you wanna become a mountain man.

How old is your neice? Can her Mom place her in a locked rehab? Is she on a waiting list? Families cannot deal with addicts alone.

Yes,MediCare does indeed suck. Its a joke of a system and it needs overhauled fast.

My parents have insurance via my dads place of retirement but you have to go on medicare too,thanks to our government. Its done nothing but cause problems.

My niece is 36, has been in prison for drugs and check fraud and has been in and out of rehab so many times, I forget. Her mom, denies she has a problem. so no help there. Last time she got out of jail, I brought her to my house and spent hours of hours talking to her and tried teaching her how to help herself and I really thought she was trying, that is until she took alot of my jewlery and split.. I later found crack in her room when I was cleaning. She is no longer welcome here, but I still try talking with her in a non-judgemental way. which is really hard.

Rehab will not work,jail probably wont either. IMO,contact the police.

Then you did the right thing IMO. I thought by niece, you meant child.

Definately not a child. Probably one of the most street wise persons I have ever encountered. Note, you know I think of you as a very special person, your opinion whether you agree with me or not always counts.

Hi,Shy! I think short of taking your Mom in to live with you and banning your niece from your home....there really is no other option besides calling the police. Even if your niece does not WANT to steal the drugs, she will feel compelled to do so. I have seen INTERVENTION on television enough to know. You must put your Mom's well-being above your niece's.

You say that you are shutting down @ 9 - I assume AM so you probably won't be reading this until you get settled in your new digs.
I am almost positive that it wasn't me. While I watch Hell's Kitchen and belong to the HK forum I have never tuned in to Nightmares.

People do get treated at hospitals no matter what their financial status and whether they have health insurance or not. My wife sees these people on a daily basis. When asked about it she mentions the Puerto Ricans coming in with their expensive clothing and jewelry while waving their medicaid cards.

Please have a safe trip.

John, I just spoke with KK about an hour ago and her interenet is officially down. I agree with you completely, maybe if we work in tandem, we'll be able to convince her the error of her ways.

Talk about oil and water, no me and my mother would not mix on a long term basis. She lives with my little sister who provides a good loving christian home for her. Her only mistake was to let my niece (not her daughter) come and visit. I told her not to because of the past,, but she didn't listen cause she is so forgiving. I haven't been since she let my dying dad lay in his own feces for hours until I could get down there and clean it up. (I live quite far away) and she was being paid to take care of him. a former CNA right!

Shy,

It sounds like no love lost between you and other family members. I guess I should consider myself lucky in that I get along with all of my relatives, or at least remain on speaking terms with them.

I know where you are coming from with regards to no health insurance for part-timers but that's the way it has always been. When our kids were very young my wife was part-time and depended on my health insurance. She still does as my policy is better than hers - she works for a hospital and even her pension is not commensurate with all the years of backbreaking work she has put in. I took a big cut in my pension so that she will be financially comfortable when I pass. I am 6 years older than her and expect to go first.

Its the way of the world - those who put in an honest day's work and those who spend the day figuring how to get their share without working. Be happy that we belong to the former rather than the latter if that is any consolation.

Oh John, I love them all, I just don't choose to hang with them. My extended family numbers into the 60's, with all the bros and sis, nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews. Actually, me and my little sis are very close. I also enjoy a great relationship with her hubby and family, 2 brothers and their families and yet another older sis and her family. For these people in my life I am truely blessed. The others just have too much drama in their lives and I refuse to be drawn in by them anymore. BTW, I used to be a doormat, maybe I've overcompensated.

When I became diagnosed with type II diabetes I looked into getting drugs through the Veterans Administration. We have a VA hospital nearby. When I got there I had a difficult time getting a parking space it was so crowded. As you said the waitrooms were filled to capacity. When I finally got to speak with someone in charge I found out that in order to qualify for the medicine that I was then on, I'd have to go through the VA doctors, not the ones that I had been seeing for many years. That was my one and only visit to the VA hospital.

You know John, my dad had that same problem. We found a way to go around the system. My dad would go to his PCP when needed and go to VA hosp with his list of medicines, once/year, see a VA doctor and then refills for his medicine through the VA. After awhile his PCP would just fax the medicines needed to the VA doctor and she would rewrite them, send them to the pharmacy and they would be mailed. It took some time, but we got it down to an art what to do. Also, upon release from a hospital, you can take the release form with meds needed to the pharmacy and they'll waive the usual procedure (because of the discharge papers) and fill the prescriptions. At least this works at the VA hospital in Cincy.

Note,

KK will be KK and I don't think anything that we say will make her change her mind. Her heart is in the right place but is unrealistic in some ways.

As for the neighbor across the street, she is just among the thousands that the wife has seen in her nursing career that have bilked the system. So unless what happens across the street affects us personally, I don't think the wife is going to be turning the neighbor in. She did turn someone in many years ago but nothing to do with healthcare. It seems that this one kid was bullying our son so the wife did a little bit of investigating and found out that the bully was ineligible to attend my son's school. He lived outside our school district but was using his grandmother, who did live in our district, to attend our school.

I can't argue with you on the people who need help and aren't getting it.

Sorry guys, I know I've been quite the whiner today. Thanks for puttin up with me. Promise not to be tomorrow.

I have a good health insurance and along with medicare pays for all of my medicines.

That's great. I'd forgotten medicare pays for Diabets supplies. Have a wonderful evening. I'm outta here till tomorrow.

Right here, dear!! I've got the fan a blowin' and the diet Coke a flowin'--come on over!

This is interesting...

Queens N.Y. Couple's $61,600 McCains Donation Raises Questions

by Greg Gordon/ McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON — Alice Rocchio is an office manager at the New York headquarters of the Hess Corp., drives a 1993 Chevy Cavalier and lives in an apartment in Queens, N.Y., with her husband, Pasquale, an Amtrak foreman.

Despite what appears to be a middle-class lifestyle, the couple has written $61,600 in checks to John McCain's presidential campaign and the Republican National Committee, most of it within days of McCain's decision to endorse offshore oil drilling.

At a June fundraiser, the Rocchios joined top executives at Hess Corp. — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Hess, his wife, Susan, his mother, Norma Hess, and six other officials in giving a total of $313,500 to a joint McCain-RNC fundraising committee, Federal Election Commission records show.

The donations, first traced by Campaign Money Watch last week, were part of $1.2 million in oil industry contributions to McCain's Victory '08 Committee, 73 percent coming after McCain reversed his long-held opposition to offshore oil drilling. The non-partisan watchdog group said oil executives and their spouses from Colorado, Mississippi, Louisiana, California, Indiana, New Jersey and Florida also donated.

Hess, among the nation's five biggest oil companies, conducts deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico as well as off the coasts of Europe, Africa and Asia.

The Rocchios donated $4,600 to McCain's campaign in February and another $57,000 at the June fundraiser.

Alice Rocchio, reached at the office, confirmed that she registered her '93 Chevy in February, but said that she "absolutely'' used her own money to make the donations.

Moments later, she asked a reporter: "Are you done with your questions?''

A former FEC official said that it's possible that the Rocchios had the means to make those hefty contributions — their first reported donations to a federal campaign. But the official, who declined to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that their donations also could trigger a complaint or otherwise catch the eyes of the agency's enforcement staff, tasked to ensure that companies or wealthy individuals don't illegally circumvent contribution limits by using employees or other third parties as "conduits'' for cash.

The staff might wish to determine whether the couple is too "under-employed'' to be making donations that large, the official said.

An agency spokesman declined to comment on the matter.

The McCain campaign had no immediate comment.

Of the $57,000 the Rocchios donated in June, $4,600 went to McCain's general election "compliance committee,'' to pay for campaign lawyers and auditors, and $52,400 went to the RNC, which devotes nearly all of its money to supporting McCain's presidential bid.

(Tish Wells contributed to this article.)

I'm on my way...you still in KY?

Even tho' I'm generally a repub. I don't like McCain. Never have.

Coming to Project Runway Board?... puleeeze!

I just want to say that both McCain and Obama have received money from private donors except when McCain gets a big chunk of change it is made out to be somehow unethical. So $61,000 was donated by oil millionaire John Hess to be used by the McCain people. I once mentioned that billionaire financier George Soros is Obama's sugar daddy. During the democratic primary Soros donated $60,000 to Obama's campaign and continues to finance him now that Obama is the democrat choice for president. The Democratic Party is pretty much owned by Soros because of his backing of Democrats over the years. If Obama is elected president will he be his own man or Soro's man?

Special Perks for Special Donors - A $250,000 donation will buy you a seat at the Democratic National Convention to be held in Denver:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26047071/

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/04/sor...millionair.html

No, dear. Take I-71 north . Had to move somewhere where the peonies bloom in May!

I love,love,love peonies.....but they do not do well in zone 9/10

Everyone deserves to whine a little

Agreed.

Shy...I bet you already know my answer....you turn her butt in and prosecute....the only way many addicts finally get help is through the court system; the theft of the credit card is a major offence and if she does not get help NOW her next crime could involve physical injury.

I live off exit 45 on I-71 North. Are we close?

Um . . . I'm about 200 miles northeast. But hey, at least we both yell "Go Bucks!"

This ones for you and lia and anyone else that's a bucks fan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha6roJfoGjc