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[DirtyMarine]

I am in a weird head space today....I swear some devil knows when I am feeling good and every family member wants to call me and share things that are none of my business..... like leave me alone....

The silver lining is that there’s no reason to internalize or own everyone else’s problems. If you’re feeling good, screen calls and enjoy your day!
Easier said than done probably. Just trying to help.

 

[Missk_2022]

The silver lining is that there’s no reason to internalize or own everyone else’s problems. If you’re feeling good, screen calls and enjoy your day!
Easier said than done probably. Just trying to help.

Yeah.... I have to deal with it... it just is hard....and here is the only place I can write it down or "say" it out loud...... and I will always listen to advice..... it is just hard sometimes because the heart wants one thing....but the mind knows it will never happen

 

[DirtyMarine]

Yeah.... I have to deal with it... it just is hard....and here is the only place I can write it down or "say" it out loud...... and I will always listen to advice..... it is just hard sometimes because the heart wants one thing....but the mind knows it will never happen

Sorry Miss K. Feel free to vent.

 

[Lilianna23]

I am in a weird head space today....I swear some devil knows when I am feeling good and every family member wants to call me and share things that are none of my business..... like leave me alone....

Try to remember you're not responsible for their feelings or actions. I know you probably feel like you should "fix" something. That's what we do; we're hardwired that way. You don't have to do this. Hugs, hon!

 

[Lilianna23]

Yeah.... I have to deal with it... it just is hard....and here is the only place I can write it down or "say" it out loud...... and I will always listen to advice..... it is just hard sometimes because the heart wants one thing....but the mind knows it will never happen

We're here for you, K! Acknowledge what's in your heart, but listen to your mind.

 

[Lilianna23]

All too often, the mind throws cold water on the desires of the heart, but in this little space of the internet, our hearts are all in your corner MissK.

That is so sweet, BB!

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

Good morning early risers. This group seems to have good listeners and provide support when we have issues.

Thanks to Liliana for the advice on using a vaporizer to help with sinuses. .

Thunderstorms in our forecast for tomorrow! In February? Wow!

 

[Missk_2022]

Morning all

 

[Missk_2022]

Good morning early risers. This group seems to have good listeners and provide support when we have issues.

Thanks to Liliana for the advice on using a vaporizer to help with sinuses. .

Thunderstorms in our forecast for tomorrow! In February? Wow!

We had those last week and 2 days later snow...... crazy

 

[Treeview]

Good Morning Miss K

We're expecting a record high of 61*f today in Minneapolis

 

[Missk_2022]

Good Morning Miss K

We're expecting a record high of 61*f today in Minneapolis

We had a really nice 60s last week. And some 60s over the next 3 days.... but rain rain rain

 

[B2fromA2looking4U]

We had those last week and 2 days later snow...... crazy

Agree. No snow in the forecast.

 

[Gamine67]

Good Morning Miss K

We're expecting a record high of 61*f today in Minneapolis

Uffdah! That’s unseasonable don’t ya know?

 

[RosevilleCAguy]

https://pin.it/3zggRgoTL

 

[Treeview]

Uffdah! That’s unseasonable don’t ya know?

It's pronounced 'doancha know?!' LOL

 

[Missk_2022]

Uffdah! That’s unseasonable don’t ya know?

So my parents grew up in minnesooooduh......

 

[Gamine67]

It's pronounced 'doancha know?!' LOL

Ole and Lena got married.

On their honeymoon trip they were nearing Minneapolis when Ole put his hand on Lena’s knee.

Giggling, Lena Said, “Ole, you can go farther if ya vant to”… so Ole drove to Duluth.

 

[Treeview]

... so Ole drove to Duluth.

Dey was goin' t' d' Nort' Shore

 

[1nut1der]

Pronounced "Da loot"...

 

[Missk_2022]

My norwegiam grandma who was born in Minnesota didn't say the "the" sound. There was a little store called the tom thumb that she called the "tom tum"

 

[Gamine67]

Pronounced "Da loot"...

https://imgur.com/a/CbJdMp1

 

[Gamine67]

I took a Finnish woman spending a year in the U.S. up Nort Minnesota with me and it was probably one of the highlights of her trip.

There is a lot of Norwegian up there and a fair share of Finn mixed in to everyday speak. After months she had never heard anything approaching Finnish from an American and all of a sudden she was picking up snippets here and there from people (especially names) who can’t speak it but use pieces of it in the Nortland.

 

[thør]

My norwegiam grandma who was born in Minnesota didn't say the "the" sound. There was a little store called the tom thumb that she called the "tom tum"

My Norwegian grandma was born on the kitchen table in what is now a ghost town in Alaska, right about 9 months and 1 day after great-grandma arrived in Alaska.

 

[Noor]

I took a Finnish woman spending a year in the U.S. up Nort Minnesota with me and it was probably one of the highlights of her trip.

There is a lot of Norwegian up there and a fair share of Finn mixed in to everyday speak. After months she had never heard anything approaching Finnish from an American and all of a sudden she was picking up snippets here and there from people (especially names) who can’t speak it but use pieces of it in the Nortland.

This is true. There are Finnish words in normal speech as well as Swedish here. Also Native American and German. Minnesota is a strange place, sone say we are a province of Canada. When I first came here you could use Canadian coins if you didn’t have American coins even though they were 75% less.

 

[Noor]

Ole and Lena got married.

On their honeymoon trip they were nearing Minneapolis when Ole put his hand on Lena’s knee.

Giggling, Lena Said, “Ole, you can go farther if ya vant to”… so Ole drove to Duluth.

Don’t get me started. I had a boss who started every day with a Lena and olé joke