[Last time for intruding upon your Group. Sorry for all this]
When you talk to mum again, tell her how much I appreciated being invited to that little ceremony at the cemetary after Uncle Bob passed away. I had actually been debating whether to go or not, but was leaning more towards "Yes" because I didn't know when I would see all my relatives together again (on my mum's side, of course). I thought it would be rather nice to see you all, and I wouldn't be trapped inside someone's house...I could walk around the cemetary, talk with people, see how much everyone has changed since I left and then came back from California. So, I was waiting for mum to tell me when it was to be held. Next thing I knew, it was OVER....and so was the celebration of his life at Carole's house. I wasn't invited.
Go ahead, tell them. You've read all my other personal postings. NOT MEANT FOR YOUR EYES, OF COURSE. And you may not think so, but by not telling me who you are and that you're reading my Blog, you are for all purposes LYING to me. What a great bunch of relatives and friends of the family that are out there. I'm just LOVING how you have all snuck into my personal, private world and SPY. Guess what? Believe this or not....and it may come as quite a shock to you....BUT MY LIFE IS NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW!!!! And then to talk about it?!? And I just know that not one single person is going to 'fess up, are you? Ooohhh....I hear that little gossip network again. Hard at work....did you just read what she just wrote?
If you don't even invite me to the cemetary, why the HECK would I want you reading about my personal life????? And so far, not even ONE person has agreed with what you all have done. This is not a newsletter that I send out to my relatives and friends.......this is my Blog that I (meaning of *I* = ME), and only *I* get to choose who gets to read. I had no problems with strangers reading it, but I most certainly do when it's people I know and they are all "whisper, whisper"....we won't talk to her, we won't let her know we are here. We'll just violate her privacy, and spread the news. Who knew the internet could be so much fun. Hey, you are all a spy network now! Good for you!
Again, thanks for the invite to the cemetary. Thumbs up. Great idea!
I'm getting off the computer now. You've completely ruined something that was special to me. Thank you kindly.
[Sorry for intruding again, but I don't know where these people are located...so I have to send the message out to them through all of my Groups. Thanks, guys]
Okay, I don't know who these people are that know my parents as well as know that I have a Blog and Username. How, or more especially, WHY would they hunt me down on the internet like a rabid dog? And then not even letting me know that they are reading my posts? They HID from me while checking everything out about me. How did they know my Username??? How did they even know I had a Blog?? I certainly didn't tell anyone other than my kids, a couple of friends in the US, and my mum (who still doesn't understand it...she thinks blogging is the same as Messenger. I'm not even going to bother to explain to her).
Anyways, I just checked my regular email, and there was a message from her. A new message from mum, part of which says: " I thought BLOGGING would be the same as when I used to have MESSENGER. I only had 3 or 4 people who could get on it and I thought you'd be able to do the same with BLOGGING. I guess anyone can get on because I've heard from more than one person. They thought I should know. It seems terrible that you went through that on Saturday morning and your family didn't know."
For starters, it didn't happen on Saturday. And what REALLY bothers me is that "more than one person" has been in touch with her about this. What the HECK?!? Why would they possibly think that she should know? I can understand if I had ended up in the hospital, but this is ridiculous.
So.....it's not just one person reading my Blog and "ratting me out", so to speak. And my dad thinks it's unethical to tell me their names. Gosh darn it!!! Both the gossipers and my parents are wrecking my little world here on the internet.
I'm going to have to go Private. I hate that. If I delete you and you are totally innocent, I really have to apologize. I don't know what I'm looking for. And when you go Private, does anyone know if your postings will still end up on the internet...outside of the Blogging company? I've found a ton of things that I've written posted on the internet when I googled my Username. What's the point of going private if it's still going to get on the internet? I guess if that happens, I'll have to change my Username and go someplace else. But I enjoy this little Blogging site simply because it's not one of the BIG ones.
I'll try going Private later on.....and then check to see if it gets onto the internet.
Unethical to tell me their names?? That's not right. That's simply protecting them. THEY violated my space. I do NOT want to share my life with these people who know my parents....and who probably are my relatives!! I don't have a problem with them reading everything else, but not the PERSONAL postings. Gosh.....I'm just really irritated now. YOU HEAR ME?? I'M REALLY ANNOYED WITH YOUR BEHAVIOR!!!! SINCE YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE HERE, THAN I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT YOU WERE PRACTICALLY SPYING ON ME! I THINK YOUR WAY OF FOLLOWING SOMEONE'S LIFE IS EXTREMELY UNETHICAL.......HIDING FROM ME!! WHAT TYPE OF RELATIVE OR FRIEND DOES THAT??
I've had enough of this. I'll go private eventually, and if I find some postings on the internet while in the Privacy Mode, then a lot will be changing. Sorry, guys. Some people don't know when to keep their mouths zipped. This was MY affair, and it was MY decision to make as to who I would tell.
I don't know when I'll change over, but you'll know when you go to my homepage. If you've been made an innocent victim because of these "well-meaning" people, then I will look into it further. I can't stand that my parents don't see MY side of it.
Or maybe I'll just stay the way I am....knowing I'm being WATCHED (which really gets my blood boiling!!!!!!!)...but just posting the way I used to. Nothing personal anymore. I don't know. Does anyone know if going Private keeps the posts off the internet??
I can just see their little gossiping circle. One phones another with my Username, then another phones around and comments on the half-nude woman I posted (for shame!), and another calls the others to listen to one of my songs, and then they ALL phone mum and dad about my little adventure. Oh, I'm sure they've called different times. But hey....photos do wonders to liven up a story!
[Since I don't know if you actually are a member of my neighborhood, I'm sending this message out to all the Groups I belong to. You are around here somewhere.....and you NEED to read this!]
TO THE TORMENTING, UGLY GOSSIPER:
I don't know who you are, but you had absolutely no right whatsoever to send those photos and postings to my PARENTS (who are in their 70's, and my mum JUST lost her brother!!!!).
This is a safe site. We have Usernames. We don't tell who we really are unless we become friendly in private. This was the most unethical way to respond to someone's postings! Why didn't you just private message me in the Blog mailbox? You don't sneak around behind my back and tell something like that incident (photos and all!!!!!!!!!!) to MY aging parents! Who do you think you are? My guardian angel?? My dad has high blood pressure, my mum is having tests done. Years ago, mum had a very slight heart attack when my sister was in a car accident and they were told that she probably wouldn't make it through the night. Now these people are in their SEVENTIES!!!!!
These are MY parents. This is MY safe place to come to and usually just post stupid stuff, but sometimes I open up and write about personal events. YOU HAD NO RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was NOT your place to jump in and get in touch with MY parents.
WHO ARE YOU??????????
If you like my Blog, I can change the settings so that you can read everything EXCEPT personal postings. If you don't send me a message through the Blog mail, I will have to make this a PRIVATE Blog.....meaning that the only ones who see it are the ones I invite. I don't like doing that. And I absolutely HATE that my privacy was invaded in such a *stab-in-the-back* manner!!!!!!!!!!!!! What I write is NOT for people to tattle to my parents. If I had wanted them to know....I WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE TO TELL THEM!!!!!!! Were you looking for a thrill by showing them? Are you one of those gossipy jerks who just HAS to get involved......in something that has NOTHING to do with you?? Like I said, if I wanted to tell my elderly parents what had happened.....maybe I would have once that event was long past and a part of ancient history.....because by THAT time, they wouldn't be so upset.
YOU ARE A COMPLETE AND UTTER JERK AND I WANT YOU OFF MY BLOG!!!!! WHY would ANYONE show an elderly couple who love me those photos?????? YOU have NO ethics! Guess I should have taken photos when I lived with my husband....boy....look at these, mum. Look how pretty my husband made me look today. But I've barely told them anything, and you darn well had better NOT be relating anything I've said about HIM to my parents!!!!!!!!!
I'll give you a day to respond to this. I won't answer you back. I will just change the settings so that you can see the funny, the amusing, the nice photos, watch the videos. I mean.....that's why you joined my Blog, RIGHT?? Not to get a thrill out of the few postings I've made that were completely OFF LIMITS to a busy-body like yourself! Take your little spying eyes and tattling mouth and GET OUT OF HERE. And if I don't hear from you in a day, my Blog goes Private. I don't want to do that because it means that new people who cross through my Blog, decide to check it out, and find that they like it (except for the past few months, where I haven't been doing much of anything funny because of DEATH and now this incident)....well, they can't see anything and join my neighborhood OR just check out my Blog from time to time....because it will be in Private setting. That takes away the whole purpose of my posting at all.....to entertain people. And I'm mad as [bleep] at YOU for interfering where you had NO right.....regardless of what happened to me. You are NOT my parents' own little personal spy!!!!
So send me a message or I go Private, which defeats the whole purpose of my Blog in the first place!!!!!!! Can you tell that I'm MAD at you??? You have NO common sense to have done what you did...nada, nil, none. It was an extremely selfish and unethical motive to send ANYTHING to my parents.....my gosh, especially those photos!!!!!! THEY ARE ELDERLY!!!! And if my dad strokes out or something happens to my mum, it rests on YOUR head!!!! I am 43-years old. I don't need a babysitter who wants to live vicariously through MY life. GET AWAY FROM ME.
1. Send me a private Blog message with name and Username
2. I will change the settings so you can still see everything that is non-personal (because that is the reason you look at my Blog, correct? It couldn't possibly be that you're NOSEY!!!!!!!!!
3. If I don't hear from you in one day, then I HAVE to go Private. It also means I have to dump a lot of people from my neighborhood, who are perfectly innocent, but I don't know who the "spy" is. In fact, you may not even be in my neighborhood....you might just watch my Blog. That means I'd be deleting people who are so undeserving of that. But, at least by being Private, I can entertain my own neighborhood and even talk about personal issues. Jeepers....did you send those photos to my parents where I was wearing the slinky red outfit with the high black boots?? You are NOT my internet moniter!!!!!!!
4. ONE DAY. Then things will have to change because of YOU. Thanks for violating my private space and showing parts of my Blog to my parents!!! I can't believe anyone would do such a thing!!!! What, exactly, were you hoping to achieve?? WHAT?????? Do you think those photos really, truly made my parents feel good? Are you out of your mind?? I wouldn't even show them to my parents.....and who the heck are YOU to do it???????? Stop hiding, and tell me who you are.
Tropical Storm Fay does not seem extraordinarily severe, but its definitely here. Lots of Gusty winds, bands of rain blowing sidways... I managed to stock up on milk and Bread today, and fill the tank with gas. It was a nice thing to fill it at the price of 3.49 a gallon.
The storm is supposed to be worse through the night and I am concerned that getting to work may be very difficult.
But I think if I go slow it might be alright. though I can see the trees really whipping about out there. I'm most worried about visibility.
I ran on the treadmill for the Cardiologist today. It was alright. I need another one in 20 years. It was definitely an interesting test. I passed with flying colors. The Cardiologist did an accelerated version. Initially one starts out walking at a fairly steep incline. Every few minutes, they increase both the speed and incline. I ended up at an 18% incline going only about 4-5 MPH. The 18% incline was killer. The Physician is obviously not a runner. He looked at me and said, you probably run 3 miles an hour....based on the 14% incline at 3 MPH...so I told him, no I usually try to hit 10 min miles...I think he might care to recall that people do not run up big hills every moment of their workout. I got so nervous about my rate he finally had to move the monitor away from my view.
at 18 percent the treadmill incline is raised 6.5 inches. The only comparison I have is say 10% incline which is very steep is only 3.6 inches up. and the 1% incline is only 0.39 inches up. So, it was prety darn steep.
When I got done the Doctor was a little surprised since my heart rate which was at 176 plummeted to about 96 in about 40 seconds.
the whole experience made me feel out of breath and a bit out of shape. But my heart is good, so thats all I need to worry about. My QT was really quite long even corrected...at 488 ms, but he didnt mention it SO, I thnk I'm in the clear.
I was also supposed to run 12 miles today. I did 4. I had a horrid run. TO start with I forgot to set the alarm so I woke up when I was supposed to be running....always a bit unsettling. My clothes werent ready, I had to eat and walk the dog and then get to running. The early part of the storm was blwoing around and those winds were a bit difficult to handle. in addition the humidity was huge and it was hot hot hot. My legs still felt heavy from the speed work a few days ago. The bad news is that I need to do it Thursday. At like 4 am so I can be on time for all my appointments etc.
I can't wait. :D
This Sunday our church had the service in the park. They do it every year, and the service is followed by a barbeque and some bouncy houses, volleyball and just fun in the park! The weather was perfect throughout the service, but it got hot after lunch. We have been getting pretty warm here- we hit 103 yesterday. But all in all it was lots of fun and Hayden did great. He loves to be outside!
Last Friday Matt's squadron held it's annual squadron picnic at one of the parks on base. All of the families came out and we had a barbeque, some basketball, kick ball, a bouncy house, and yes, a dunk tank. For the past few weeks the members of the squadron have been able to "purchase" votes for $.025 a piece, and one day they were $.10 a piece. In the end, the three people who received the most votes had to sit in the dunk tank. After all the votes were in, there was an overwhelming number for first place. "In first place with 307 votes, Lt Rogers!" They either really like him or really wanted to see him suffer? Either way, I thought it was hilarious, and of course, it was all in good fun. Matt was a trooper as he went down (several times) into the water. Major Akins (the squadron commander) threw the inaugural ball, and I was right in line to throw the second! My first two balls didn't hit the mark, and when my third one did there apparently wasn't enough muscle behind it to send him down, so the gentleman behind the tank was nice enough to push the lever for me ;) We had lots of fun and took some good pictures.
Thank you, the world!!
Sorry for being apart from my vox friends.
I will make a post of my works as soon as I can.
LOVEDZG
