I know that Moore got irritated with us (and I am still very sorry) so isnt chatting much, but what happened to Kris? Has anyone heard from her. I dont see her post on SOC much either, any suggestions
I don't understand why Moore is irritated with anyone here. I had a problem with ONE mod.
We've all complained about SOC. The reason this board was started was because we had problems with SOC. Some of us had problems with some of the Mods over there since day 1 of this board creation. It's never been a secret how we feel about SOC and their strict rules.
she was irritated because it sounded like some of her friends were being cussed at. It would be the same as if someone were to come in here, chat with some of us and then go off to SOC and start cussing about something one of us did. As close as we are in this board, the mods at SOC have to be the same, I would be upset if someone attacked one of my friends too.
And I agree we have all had problems with SOC. But for the most part our problems stem from the posters and the overall rules, not the mods. If anything the mods are the only reason I continue to post at SOC.
I sent a message out to Kris and we'll see if we get a response. So hopefully we'll hear back.
As far as Moore, she's welcome back whenever she wants. It's shame that things went that way but I hope that eventually that can all go to the waistside and we can be fine.
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she was irritated because it sounded like some of her friends were being cussed at. It would be the same as if someone were to come in here, chat with some of us and then go off to SOC and start cussing about something one of us did. As close as we are in this board, the mods at SOC have to be the same, I would be upset if someone attacked one of my friends too.
And I agree we have all had problems with SOC. But for the most part our problems stem from the posters and the overall rules, not the mods. If anything the mods are the only reason I continue to post at SOC.
And Kae I hope that Kris is okay too
Well I guess I didn't realize complaining about one Mod was going to upset the whole pecking order, I'll just stop coming here. And Moore can come back and chat with you all daily.
Yeah it seems like Kris just kinda dropped off one day. Very weird. I am sure Moore will I don't want to say get over it because that sounds just rude, but I'm sure she'll come see us again. Hey she did like the little kitty post that I put out for Tina and her. Chances are pretty good that things are keeping her busy over at the board as well. I mean gees louise the show blows so I'm sure everyone's so restless lol. Anyways , I had a point, but lost it so ummm yeah. Maybe a personal e-mail telling her that no offense was intended would help out. What's so great about our group is that we're all different so we all have different perspectives of what is said and done, soooooo maybe that influenced stuff as well. Anyways blah... it's such a blah day.
OH Christine! Now don't get angry I don't think anything was said to offend anyone. I am sure you didn't know which makes it so innocent. You shouldn't feel bad or stop doing anything you're doing. We don't even know if that's why she's not posting. Mind you she has always been off and on with posting because she's so busy with the SOC boards. You're not allowed to stop posting here anyways. It's a rule. Didn't you read all of the terms and conditions. By signing up here, the board owns your free will! SO post dammit post!
Thanks Jessica, I certainly didnt mean to get anyone's feathers ruffled. But am actually trying to do the opposite. I just noticed that she stopped coming after the comment was made about her friends. I hope that its true she is too busy to stop over to say hello. Even though I dont watch the show I suppose stopping over at SOC will be the only way to say hello to her. I miss her fun adventures.
And thank you Brandon for sending Kris an email. I do hope that everything is alright. As good as GH has been I was sure we would see something from her.
I decided to stop tonight, after a bit of an absence, because I received a very sweet email from Jess, and had also heard from KaeEll.
I've been under the weather lately, and also very busy. And, frankly, I was also very hurt. But, I also see that some still don't "get" what the difficulty was, so I give up trying to explain it.
[My eyes must have glazed over a bit last night when I posted this. Shelly actually explained my feelings very well. Part of my problem is that I can't actually get too deeply into this publicly, in order to further explain why I felt that the comments were entirely inappropriate in the first place, because it wouldn't be proper for me to do so. If Cristine wants to email me privately, I will be more than happy to give it a shot...]
For the record, I am not angry with anyone over here, and I don't want this to become an issue. However, I also don't want to fight "mod bashing" in TWO locations, especially when I came over here because I thought that it was a friendly and supportive board.
Mod bashing is already available to me elsewhere...
I wish everyone well, and hope that you all have a very blessed and happy Thanksgiving.
-- Edited by Moore ideas at 07:42, 2007-11-17
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Hi Moore...it's nice to see you back in here. I've missed seeing you around.
I like to think of us as a friendly and supportive board,and I'm sorry this has arisen again. I understand why you were hurt, and I'm sorry that happened.
I hope we can all just forget the mod issue, and dicuss the best thing about this board...US!
Jojo I agree that the best part about this board is Us. And Moore its nice to see that you are okay, if a little too busy. I worry when we dont hear from you.
Now we just need a word from kris. Its not like her to not put in her two cents especially with GH the way it is right now
Yeah seriously Moore, I was worrying that someone from the SOC boards had hunted you down and hurt you. Glad to see you again. We missed ya. Ahem .. starting to miss Christine too... but I think we'll patch it all up soon. If not, I'm not too far from where she lives compared to all of you, so I'll just go kidnap her and fix it all.
Yeah, my husband and I had a really lovely trip at the end of September, down to Asheville, NC, where we stayed at the Inn at Biltmore, on the Biltmore estate grounds. It's gorgeous there, and we hated to come back home. Actually -- our two older kids had given this trip to us last Christmas as a "thank you" gift for having gotten them all raised, through their respective boarding schools, and colleges, and out into the world. My husband and I were both absolutely blown away, and enormously touched...
Our favorite time of year is fall, and we wanted to wait to take our trip until my husband had fully recovered from his surgery in June to make the eight hour drive to Asheville from Virginia. September finally worked out, so we went! (We had that August trip to Arizona first. The one that stressed me out so much.)
If you've never seen this American castle, it's well worth the trip. Asheville is in the mountains of North Carolina, and the estate grounds are over 120,000 acres. Gorgeous views everywhere! For as far as the eye can see, the property belonged to the Vanderbilts. It's actually a rather romantic story (it was a love match), and adds to the romance of being there.
http://www.biltmore.com. Where we stayed: http://www.biltmore.com/stay/inn/default.asp
(Maybe I'll post some pictures, if I can summon the energy...)
Anyway, we had a wonderful time, and stopped for an overnight in Raleigh, to see our oldest daughter, on the drive back home. We spent a week or so "recovering", and then I got sick! (I'm just grateful that it didn't happen on the trip!!!) But, I was literally in bed with horrible pain for about a week, and I have never really fully recovered. Theoretically, I had diverticulitis, but it was a bit of a guess. The antibiotics seemed to work, so maybe the diagnosis was correct. Not fun, whatever it was, and I still have some minor residual discomfort... Maybe I need more antibiotics.
At any rate, this is a really busy time of year for my dollmaking club, and I've just not been fully up to speed. I had to bail out on our last meeting, at the end of October, because I just wasn't going to be able to drive up to Maryland, run the meeting and do our project for several hours, and then drive back from Maryland to Virginia, with the way I felt. And, I NEVER miss a meeting! However, I still had to coordinate a tree-decorating project at an arts center (we do it every year) a couple of weeks later, and then be at a dollmaking workshop this past Wednesday. I'm wiped out, and I haven't even really DONE anything. Our next meeting is in mid-December, and is also our holiday party, and elections. Since I'm running for club president again, and since I'm running unopposed -- again -- I'm about to be elected for the sixth time! In between now and then, I'm committed to taking a dollmaking class WAAAYYY up in Maryland, and I'm not sure that I'm even up to doing that. It takes about an hour and a half to get up there, but the lady who is hosting the event/class will KILL me if I cancel. Oy...
Our youngest daughter arrived from Arizona this morning,with her pet bunny, and we're going out to dinner tonight (hopefully, I'll be able to go) with our son, in early celebration of his 23rd birthday which falls on Thanksgiving Day again this year. (He was actually born on Thanksgiving Day too.)
Then, my oldest daughter and her boyfriend will arrive from North Carolina on Thanksgiving Day, and her boyfriend's birthday is the day AFTER Thanksgiving this year. So, I'll have the five of us, the boyfriend, and TWO birthdays to celebrate. Thanksgiving is normally my favorite holiday of the year but, honestly, this year, I'm not sure that I'm going to make it through!
LAST Thanksgiving, I had to go to the emergency room two days after the holiday (on Saturday morning) also in enormous pain because of another random issue, so I'm beginning to think that I ought to start skipping November.
Then, there's Christmas to put together...
So -- no posters hunted me down, but at this point, I probably wouldn't put up much of a fight! I was up at 7:30 this morning (our daughter arrived at 9:00 a.m.), it's a little after noon now, and I've already had a nap.
Really pathetic...
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Moore, I understand how stressful this time of the year can be for moms. The two holidays are so close together, and we have birthdays and our anniversary as well (we were married here on Thanksgiving weekend so that our American friends and relatives could join us). It's jumping from one set of preparations into another. And last year I got really sick after Christmas as well - lasted 2 months. I remember when you told us ablout getting that awful pain and having to go to emerg. Was that a whole year away? Gah.
My husband and I just finished packing up a duffel bag of good clothes to send down to our youngest in Oz. A friend from here is leaving for HER gap year down under and will stay with him and the g/f, taking the clothes with her. Looks like he won't be home until the spring. I'm beginning to hate Australia, lol.
wow Moore it sounds like you had so much fun in NC. Do you have any pictures? I will add that to my list of places to see while we are still on the east coast. We are not doing much, my mom will get here tomorrow and I will get to spend the week with her..its the big excitement in my life as I havent seen her since the beginning of July.
I also remember you telling us about your emerg trip last year. Really is hard to believe its been a year already.
Ok that's it I've done decided based on your posts that my kids are not allowed to grow up. I think it's tough now... ha they don't expect much out of me now ... but when they're older..... oh man. Luckily my mom's side of the family all about 30 of us have Thanksgiving together at my moms. I offered my house this year because it's big enough but thankfully they decided on my mom. Sooner or later we're going to have to start renting a hall for the event. OUr family is just humongous and it's not even close to being done growing. I am not sure what we're doing about Christmas. The usual is to go to my aunt's on Christmas Eve for the big family gathering... go to Christmas in the park on our way home, track Santa on the computer, play a few games and finish icing the cookies, try to get the lil ones to sleep lol. Then do all of our Christmas day fun, after which we go to my mom's for more Christmas fun then off to my dad's. I swear if my husband and I ever split we're still doing holidays together. I'm not putting my kids through that hell.
Wow! Sounds like quite the beautiful, amazing trip, Moore! I would love to get away. Maybe my son will be as generous as your children when he gets older. I think for now, I'll have to plan my own trips, like my trip to Michigan in June.I can't wait to see another state! And see a NASCAR race! And meet four other message board friends!
And I hear everyone about the holiday stress. I already feel it. With moving into the apartment, money is really tight. My parents have already ordered me not to get them anything, but it doesn't feel right. So, I'm going to do something small and personal for them. I will make each of them a photograph collage. I've purchased some beautiful frames that have spots for about 8 photos a piece, and I'm just going to pull out my digital cam and snap some photos of Jackson, my nephew, brother and sister in law. That way it's all made by me, and I can give them something that I put something into, and that means a lot. I've only got Jackson to shop for now. Let's see, I've bought my brother a PSP Houston Texans controller, and scotch glass decanter set, and I got my sister in law a digital photo keychain, a turquoise sweater and candle and warmer. I got my nephew one of the old fashioned horse on a stick thingies, a fisher price guitar, a rooster flashlight that cock-a-doodle doos, and soem cutie stocking stuffers. I've also purchased my NASCAR friends some gear with their fave drivers numbers. Add to that all the money I've spent on apartment furnishings, and I'm pretty broke until January. Oh well. I love giving people things for christmas.
I think I'm also feeling down, becuase this is my first holiday season without my family. I'm missing them terribly. I have my brother and sister in law, but I've never been without my mother or father on the holidays. It's going to be difficult.
I think for now, I'll have to plan my own trips, like my trip to Michigan in June.I can't wait to see another state! And see a NASCAR race! And meet four other message board friends!
