CowgirlKathi
Status: Splitting My Time Between Tucson, AZ and SW Colorado
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- It's been a bit doom and gloomy here this week. My best friend, Lisa, just sent me this via email and I just about fell off my chair laughing. Of course, I don't know how many of you are Jewish (except SarahLeah2) but surely EVERYONE has heard a...
- I just finished reading yet ANOTHER great book ... this one is called: 101 THINGS I LEARNED AFTER MY DIVORCE(by Tomi Tuel)The entire book is good, but my FAVORITE part is Chapter 4 - The CRAP METER...and here's an excerpt to whet your appetite:"We...
- There is a conversation going on within another topic right now concerning Dissipation of Marital Assets. A bing! search turned up this definition, which I believe is accurate:The term "asset dissipation" most commonly refers to the dissipation of...
- Ok, here's No. 2 on the list from that article about Getting Over Past Loves. Comments, please!PURGE THE MERGE-URGESubliminally, people in love promise they will meet all of each other’s needs while having none of their own. (Like mommy did!)...
- Good morning!I found a lnk on another board to this wonderful piece and while it is quite long, I felt it important enough to cut and paste it here -- in its entirety. Read, absorb and rejoice in what you have learned so far! At almost 59, I could...
- Hi again, peeps! I just received an online newsletter from another support group that I visit once in awhile (firstwivesworld.com) and the following article spoke to me in a way that few others have. I have copied it here in its entirety and hope...
- Earlier today I had a phone conversation with one of our newest members, NewJoy 77.A few days ago, she was having trouble with her laptop and began to be suspicious. She took it to a local computer whiz yesterday, with his assurance that when he...
- Good morning, Peeps!This just in from "The Maryland Three" -- that being jaycpea, SDinMD and myself:On Tuesday evening, we had the great good pleasure of welcoming a new member to our DivorceCare group. As always, we passed along the information of...
- Hey peeps!I am sooo tired of not having the meebo chat feature working here on DS that I took a lead from another DS group and have just created a new place to chat!Go to www.divorceafter20.groupbox.comThat's the new group. I think you have to be...
- This is a quote from Jodi Picoult's book "Handle With Care" which I read a few years ago. These lines really struck a chord in me as it helps to explain how I was so damned blindsided when the X suddenly announced that he wanted out of the marriage....
- HI again, Peeps! Here comes another plug for my friend and fellow DS member Vikki Stark, M.S.W. (divorcesherpa) and author of Runaway Husbands.Every so often, Psychology Today publishes an article written by Vikki in their on-line magazine. Those...
- Hi Peeps!Our member Vikki Stark, author of Runaway Husbands, recently posted a tickler about an upcoming study in which anyone can participate! The results of this study will be a new book all about the effects that divorce has on children -- of all...
- As I mentioned in Lycesq's journal, here's the recipe for some really kick-butt potato salad. This recipe is from an old issue of Southern Living magazine and I finally tried this dish! Ohmygosh I know it's fattening because it tastes so good!...
- Got a message about doing a short intro here -- so here goes!I've been a DS member since August 2008 and have focused my attention on the Divorce After 20+ Years group (a sub-group of Breakups & Divorce). Maintaining an almost daily presence there...
- Hi again boys and girls! I just found this posted on Facebook -- by the woman who bought my horse, Memphis, last fall. And it is JUST TOO GOOD not to post here. We all need a good laugh now and then....and this one has a really valid point in the...