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Innaporpriate calls from husband in rehab.?

My husband was admitted to a rehab facility for abuse of prescription medication and alcoholism and also to try to quit smoking weed because they all go together as any addict knows. He is in a very angry state right now though and the past two days when he calls he just gets very upset with me and acts pretty much like a smart a$$. To give you an example last night was ok… I told him I found out I had strep throat and I had been puking because of all the sinus drainage im having as well ( some kind of virus on top of it) he didn’t really say anything about it… we just kinda moved on in the conversation. This morning he called me while I was at work and I had just puked all over my desk and he said whats up and I said, well I just puked again… His response: SOoo, you want a cookie or something? (Like as in do you feel special because of that). I said, umm no and he responded with "we are supposed to be talking about me, not you." I proceeded to ask him, so how are you doing? and he said "DO NOT ASK ME THAT!!!" very sternly. So I tried to move on I was just kind of ignoring his bull **** because I know why he is acting that way. He is mad because the medicines are not giving him a buzz anymore– thats a quote. So I mentioned Christmas (he gets to come home for Chrismas) I said so your mom is wanting to do their christmas thing on Christmas day in the evening instead of going to your grandmas house and he got extremely upset about it saying all he wanted to do was see his family and I said well maybe it’d be a good idea because your grandmas house will be full of people trying to get you to use and he said YOU DON’T NEED TO GIVE ME ADVICE OR TELL ME WHAT TO DO. I talked to his counselor who said he has not shown commitment to the program thus far and they are still working vigilently with him on this and that if I recieve phone calls like that from him I am to tell him I am not going to be talked to that way and hang up. I called my mother in law and told her all this and she offered to pick up my daughter from daycare today and take her home for the night so I can get some stuff done around the house and i told her there was no extra clothes or anything for her to take at daycare and she said we have all kinda of stuff here from goodwill we can put her in, but saturday during visitation he asked me, the next time you bring her could you put her in something a little nicer??? I just can’t take on all the responsibilities plus him being a jerk to me right now… I don’t know what to do. Any advice on this situation would be helpful… Im so sad…

Napolitano Holiday Christmas Cookies

Napolitano Cookies Recipe: Ingredients: 1 cup dried cherries 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped FOR THE CLEMENTINE DOUGH 1 1/4 cups whole blanched almonds 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter 3 tablespoons finely grated clementine zest and the juice of 1/2 a clementine 1 large egg 1 tablespoon freshly sqeezed grapefruit juice 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour FOR THE CHOCOLATE-ESPRESSO DOUGH 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa powder 1/2 tablespoon espresso powder (I use the Ferrara kind = DELICIOUS!) 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature 1 cup confectioners’ sugar 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract Directions: Make the Clementine Dough: Place almonds and sugar in the bowl of a food processor. Process until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal; set aside. Place butter and zest in bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on medium speed until white and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. On low speed, add almond mixture; beat until combined, 10 to 15 seconds. Add egg and grapefruit juice; combine. Wrap in plastic, and store, refrigerated, until ready to use. Make the Chocolate-Espresso Dough: Sift flour, cocoa powder, and espresso beans in a large bowl; set aside. In bowl of an electric mixer fitted with paddle attachment, combine butter, sugar, and vanilla until creamy, 3 to 4 minutes. Working in additions, gradually beat in flour mixture, scraping down sides of bowl twice. Wrap in plastic; store, refrigerated, until ready to use. Line an 8 …

inappropriate calls from husband in rehab?

My husband was admitted to a rehab facility for abuse of prescription medication and alcoholism and also to try to quit smoking weed because they all go together as any addict knows. He is in a very angry state right now though and the past two days when he calls he just gets very upset with me and acts pretty much like a smart a$$. To give you an example last night was ok… I told him I found out I had strep throat and I had been puking because of all the sinus drainage im having as well ( some kind of virus on top of it) he didn’t really say anything about it… we just kinda moved on in the conversation. This morning he called me while I was at work and I had just puked all over my desk and he said whats up and I said, well I just puked again… His response: SOoo, you want a cookie or something? (Like as in do you feel special because of that). I said, umm no and he responded with "we are supposed to be talking about me, not you." I proceeded to ask him, so how are you doing? and he said "DO NOT ASK ME THAT!!!" very sternly. So I tried to move on I was just kind of ignoring his bull shit because I know why he is acting that way. He is mad because the medicines are not giving him a buzz anymore– thats a quote. So I mentioned Christmas (he gets to come home for Chrismas) I said so your mom is wanting to do their christmas thing on Christmas day in the evening instead of going to your grandmas house and he got extremely upset about it saying all he wanted to do was see his family and I said well maybe it’d be a good idea because your grandmas house will be full of people trying to get you to use and he said YOU DON’T NEED TO GIVE ME ADVICE OR TELL ME WHAT TO DO. I talked to his counselor who said he has not shown commitment to the program thus far and they are still working vigilently with him on this and that if I recieve phone calls like that from him I am to tell him I am not going to be talked to that way and hang up. I called my mother in law and told her all this and she offered to pick up my daughter from daycare today and take her home for the night so I can get some stuff done around the house and i told her there was no extra clothes or anything for her to take at daycare and she said we have all kinda of stuff here from goodwill we can put her in, but saturday during visitation he asked me, the next time you bring her could you put her in something a little nicer??? I just can’t take on all the responsibilities plus him being a jerk to me right now… I don’t know what to do. Any advice on this situation would be helpful… Im so sad…

Holiday questions for Christmas, Hanukkah, Ramadan and Kwanza?

FOR SANTAS

1.what is your favorite christmas movie?

2. what is your favorite christmas cookie?

3. what is your favorite past christmas and past present of all time?

4. what is your favorite christmas tradition?

5. what is your favorite christmas dinner item(s) of all time?

FOR MONORAS

1. what is your favorite hannakah present of all time?

2. what is you favorite part about hannakah?

3. what is your favorite special hannakah food?

4. do you love not having any homework?

5. what is your favorite day of hannukah? or do ya just like them all?

FOR KWANZIANS

1. what are you thankful for?

2. what is your favorite kwanza family tradition?

3. what is your favorite kwanza food/dessert?

4. what is your favorite past holiday kwanza thus far?

5. could you explain kwanza?

RAMS

1. What is your favorite ramadom holiday so far?

2. what is your favorite ramadam meal item so far?

3. what is the absolute best part of ramadam?

4. what is your favorite tradition about ramadam?

5. can you explain more about ramadam?

NOTE: please excuse spelling mistakes 🙂

what is your favorite?

1.brand of tissue
2.brand of soap
3.kind of hot sauce
4.laundry detergent
5.dish detergent
6.cell phone company
7.cookie
8.holiday
9.cartoon or movie shown during your favorite holiday
10.color

My answers:
1.cottonelle
2.lever3000
3.texas pete
4.gain
5.dawn
6.im with tmobile but my favorite is verizon……silly huh?
7.choc. chip
8.Christmas
9.a flinstone Chrismas carol
10.red

What 2005 Nov or Dec magazine features either “Christmas” or “Holiday cookies”, with a mint green cover?

My wife cannot find the magazine that she bought all the ingredients for. Worse yet, the only thing that she can remember about it is that it has a mint green cover with a picture of a green-frosted Christmas tree. Any bakers out there seen this one?

Thanks,

~Jason

Christmas Cookies

This isn’t a video I expected to do. Nevertheless, it was still a lot of fun! Join Richie, Christin and myself as we walk you through several Christmas cookie baking sessions. Thanks for watching and happy holidays! Richie’s Twitter: twitter.com My Twitter: twitter.com Social Blog: thecreativeone.tv

Christmas is becoming a burden….what should I do?

Cristmas is the 12nd time like this: stressful and nerve racking! My whole family is screaming at each other, yelling, being stubborn, and nervous. We can’t get a long! It’s been a week and with hte ice storm and cleaning the lawn, baking cookies, getting presents, setting up the tree, cleaning the house, perparing plans for the new year, cooking Christmas dinner and all the holidday buzz it is just getting unbearable!

Everyone in my family now views Chrismas as the biggest obstacle of the year adn I don’t want it to be like that. The problem is, if one person sees it this way we all do. How should make it more fun and pleasurable for everyone???? I mean this year we got a teeny tiny tree and put maybe 20 ornaments on it all together just ofr the sake of having a tree. And we ididn’t even decorate it all together. Just me and my sister.

I don’t knolw what to do??? Any ideas?