Would you feel better if I told you I have been sick all week? Sister asked if being sick at a sunny resort is better than being sick at home. No.
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Would you feel better if I told you I have been sick all week? Sister asked if being sick at a sunny resort is better than being sick at home. No.
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It was just another night getting out of C6. Same cluster, different game.
Well, I try and not revel in others' misery, so no, it would not make me feel better. Sorry it messed up your trip.
You drank the water, didn't you.
Problem of baking is the yummy smell and available food.
i have to stop myself from baking because I will eat all of it if it isn't going out the door for something. And hubby will never take things into work so I have nowhere for it to go. I had butter out to make cookies yesterday but didn't because we have one birthday in the house Sunday (will make cupcakes) and one birthday Tuesday (cheesecake) and decided that would be more than enough sweets.
I think I get more disappointed in this board after a loss than I do our own team. Maybe that isn't the right way to say it, but I am bummed after a loss but it is soon forgotten; however I feel like I can't come on this board til saturday.
Well, I try and not revel in others' misery, so no, it would not make me feel better. Sorry it messed up your trip.
You drank the water, didn't you.
Probably not the water. I only drink bottled water here even though the resort has it's own reverse osmosis on-site treatment plant. Took a tour of it one year, pretty darn impressive. I have chronic ****ed up intestines so travel can be a dice roll for me. Sometimes great, sometimes not so great. Last week great. This week more like the loss to Baylor last night.
Hey, the pics are still on my laptoppy. For the mechanical engineers here:
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I'll take a look.
I always have mixed feelings when churches buy the book plus the sermon series package. Sure I get the whole I want to make money thing, but sometimes those Service/Sunday School packages come across really cheesey.
Another book you might like is by Ted Tripp. http://www.amazon.com/Shepherding-C...&sr=1-1&keywords=sheparding+your+childs+heart
I read it in Family class or Counseling class while at college. I should read it again. I think some of the ideas are really good. He has also gone on to write one about teens.
I read it in Family class or Counseling class while at college. I should read it again. I think some of the ideas are really good. He has also gone on to write one about teens.
So I have to help interview a May graduate and have to come up with some questions to ask. I've never interviewed anyone before. What should I ask? If he would rather be a cat or a dog?
It usually takes us 10 to 15 minutes to get out of our lot. We were in the NE corner of C5 last night, had to exit north. 30 minutes of nearly zero movement. D1 & D2 were empty by the time we went past them; most of C3 & C4 as well. I suspect the big money lots surrounding Hilton were also empty, as there were no cars coming out of the North side of Center Drive by the time we got that far.
We won't make the mistake of parking in that corner again. We had no options.
Blerg. Maybe if the AD contracted with someone whose employees actually have a clue of how to handle traffic flow...
Hey Rabbuk
A little deeper dive into our discussion last night and overall life....
A while ago I had the blessing of going thru a situation where I was laid off with a bunch of people at the same time. Because we all suddenly had a bunch of free time, and all had worked together, we kept in touch for a while, meeting regularly. (I know, getting laid off a blessing? While I wouldn't have chosen to go thru it willingly, it was...only later, and only from what it taught me).
I observed that while we had all just gone thru a very traumatic event (losing a job) our reactions were greatly varied. Now, certainly, our individual circumstances did play a role in this as well (how leveraged we were, our level of financial security and obligations), but even beyond that, I could see that some who were well positioned reacted very negatively, and some who were not well positioned at all still didn't react that negatively. I concluded that there must be something there, and if it wasn't strictly circumstances, maybe it was controllable.
I didn't much analyze it beyond that, and I'll admit that I didn't understand why I was one of those who didn't flounder and wallow (other than my personal circumstances were secure...even despite some poor choices in my finances...thankfully I had avoided some of the largest decisions that could have sunk me), but I recently heard of some research that hits right to that core idea.
Essentially, it says that our 'genetic set point' for happiness accounts for 50% of our happiness. That seems like kind of a bummer or a lucky break, depending on what side of the coin you fall. Furthermore, it says that the things that happen to us, or our circumstances, only account for 10% of our happiness. That seems odd, one would think that the things we experience play a larger role in our happiness, at least by conventional wisdom...we hear of how a bad thing just makes us sad, or a good thing really brightens our day...but this research indicates that the actual events don't factor that largely into it. So, what's the other 40%? That 40% is our intentional activities...what we do to prepare ourselves for the events that occur in our lives, and how we react to those events, and that is powerful stuff...it says that we can affect a full 40% of our happiness by what we choose to do.
So, while it seems that some us aren't real fans because we don't wail and gnash teeth over a loss by our beloved Cyclones, that may not be the case. Personally, I was frustrated by the loss...lost opportunity to tie in the conference, can no longer say that Baylor has never won in Hilton, affects on tournament seeding, etc. ...but after the end of the game, I simply thought "darnit" (well, a stronger word, TBH) and moved onto something else. Admittedly, I was in a situation where I had an easy distraction where I could instantly shift gears, but there have been other times where that wasn't the case, and I still looked with amazement at the way people just thrashed about in their misery on this board. Now, again, they certainly have the right...but I wonder if they could work on letting it go, if their overall happiness would be improved. I specifically say that for the situation of a fan. I mean, the fan has nearly zero impact on the outcome of the game (I'll make allowances for the people there who can affect the noise/distraction level of the environment)...so to give a situation wherein you have so miniscule control so much power over your happiness seems self destructive to me.
In the end, though, perhaps my happiness set point is higher, and that plays into it, but I also choose to be careful about letting uncontrollable situations control my happiness. It's not easy, especially during football season ;-), but it's a noble goal that can have real payoffs.
A couple articles on that research:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-happiness/200805/what-influences-our-happiness-the-most
http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/the-science-of-happiness-your-happiness-set-point/
http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/the-science-of-happiness-intentional-activities-to-be-happier/
A little deeper dive into our discussion last night and overall life....
A while ago I had the blessing of going thru a situation where I was laid off with a bunch of people at the same time. Because we all suddenly had a bunch of free time, and all had worked together, we kept in touch for a while, meeting regularly. (I know, getting laid off a blessing? While I wouldn't have chosen to go thru it willingly, it was...only later, and only from what it taught me).
I observed that while we had all just gone thru a very traumatic event (losing a job) our reactions were greatly varied. Now, certainly, our individual circumstances did play a role in this as well (how leveraged we were, our level of financial security and obligations), but even beyond that, I could see that some who were well positioned reacted very negatively, and some who were not well positioned at all still didn't react that negatively. I concluded that there must be something there, and if it wasn't strictly circumstances, maybe it was controllable.
I didn't much analyze it beyond that, and I'll admit that I didn't understand why I was one of those who didn't flounder and wallow (other than my personal circumstances were secure...even despite some poor choices in my finances...thankfully I had avoided some of the largest decisions that could have sunk me), but I recently heard of some research that hits right to that core idea.
Essentially, it says that our 'genetic set point' for happiness accounts for 50% of our happiness. That seems like kind of a bummer or a lucky break, depending on what side of the coin you fall. Furthermore, it says that the things that happen to us, or our circumstances, only account for 10% of our happiness. That seems odd, one would think that the things we experience play a larger role in our happiness, at least by conventional wisdom...we hear of how a bad thing just makes us sad, or a good thing really brightens our day...but this research indicates that the actual events don't factor that largely into it. So, what's the other 40%? That 40% is our intentional activities...what we do to prepare ourselves for the events that occur in our lives, and how we react to those events, and that is powerful stuff...it says that we can affect a full 40% of our happiness by what we choose to do.
So, while it seems that some us aren't real fans because we don't wail and gnash teeth over a loss by our beloved Cyclones, that may not be the case. Personally, I was frustrated by the loss...lost opportunity to tie in the conference, can no longer say that Baylor has never won in Hilton, affects on tournament seeding, etc. ...but after the end of the game, I simply thought "darnit" (well, a stronger word, TBH) and moved onto something else. Admittedly, I was in a situation where I had an easy distraction where I could instantly shift gears, but there have been other times where that wasn't the case, and I still looked with amazement at the way people just thrashed about in their misery on this board. Now, again, they certainly have the right...but I wonder if they could work on letting it go, if their overall happiness would be improved. I specifically say that for the situation of a fan. I mean, the fan has nearly zero impact on the outcome of the game (I'll make allowances for the people there who can affect the noise/distraction level of the environment)...so to give a situation wherein you have so miniscule control so much power over your happiness seems self destructive to me.
In the end, though, perhaps my happiness set point is higher, and that plays into it, but I also choose to be careful about letting uncontrollable situations control my happiness. It's not easy, especially during football season ;-), but it's a noble goal that can have real payoffs.
A couple articles on that research:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-happiness/200805/what-influences-our-happiness-the-most
http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/the-science-of-happiness-your-happiness-set-point/
http://mysuperchargedlife.com/blog/the-science-of-happiness-intentional-activities-to-be-happier/
Blergh, yeah...just got done with the snowblower on the driveway...while the wind wasn't that strong here, with the butt-arse cold already, I froze to the bone blowing into the wind until I wised up and realized that despite the wind being very small, it wasn't helping.
yeah I angry closed out the window I was watching the game in and it's a bummer, but I guess I don't care enough to let it ruin my life for the week. There have been sports things that have ruined my mood for a few days, but these regular season games don't usually do that to me. But yeah, I feel like you can't be on the sports board for quite a while afterward.
That is interesting. I think it would also lead to some debate of nature vs nurture. Then again I am firmly in the 'both' camp. People are born with certain things, but their surroundings do affect their thoughts and decisions too.
So, I bought some brownie mix thinking I had oil and eggs at home. Well I have peanut oil instead of vegetable oil, does anyone know if this will still work or should I pick some up this weekend?
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