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Jencar | Posted in Photo Gallery on January 12, 2003 05:02am

Some DIY projects….(chair was rescued from dumpster)


Edited 1/11/2003 9:27:02 PM ET by Jencar

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  1. kennedy136 | Jan 12, 2003 05:10am | #1

    Jen,

            Your daughter is beautiful.  Chair's not bad either.

                                Mark

    1. Novy | Jan 12, 2003 05:18am | #2

      Jen,

      You stole my dog !On An Island By The SEA

      1. Jencar | Jan 12, 2003 05:33am | #4

        You can have him back! (really tho, he's a year old, and I'm starting to catch on how his brain works...wanted to give him back for about 6 mos.)

        Jen 8}

        1. Novy | Jan 12, 2003 05:36am | #5

          Jen,

           have a 6 yr. old purebreed golden that had a litter with a purebreed black lab about 2.5 yrs ago. We kept what was a yellow lab puppy.

          On An Island By The SEA

          1. Novy | Jan 12, 2003 05:42am | #6

            I hope this is the right photoOn An Island By The SEA

          2. Jencar | Jan 12, 2003 05:52am | #7

            Nice family...your puppies are a 9 on the "Awwww" scale!

            Jen 8}

          3. Novy | Jan 12, 2003 05:55am | #8

            Tanks!On An Island By The SEA

        2. kennedy136 | Jan 12, 2003 07:22am | #12

          Jen,

                 Got a 5 month old black lab/charpay mix.  Starting obedience lessons monday nite.  We'll see how it goes.  GReat dog but needs to learn how to listen.

                                                                 Mark

    2. Jencar | Jan 12, 2003 05:29am | #3

      Thanks, (got her looks from her dad, her stubborn streak from me) trying to add other pictures, will figure it out in a week or so(sooner if I ask for help from sig. other)

      Jen 8}

  2. JMartindal1 | Jan 12, 2003 06:05am | #9

    Jen....i am going to buy your husband some cammo...he gonna need it in a few years. That and a rottie instead of golden.... So he can wait by the front porch when her dates come calling.

    1. Jencar | Jan 12, 2003 06:51am | #10

      My son in law has that covered...he's working on a pre-date contract form (in triplicate), and will do a background check on each potential suitor...

      Jen 8}

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        rjw | Jan 12, 2003 01:21pm | #13

        My son in law has that covered...he's working on a pre-date contract form (in triplicate), and will do a background check on each potential suitor...

        Send it over, quick!  My 15 year old is now "dating" one fellow: "I mean, Dad, we're an 'item' "

        OTOH, my golden is just another stupid dog who tries to make everyone happy!  (Goldens just seem smart!)

        _______________________

        "I may have said the same thing before... But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different."  Oscar Wilde

      2. Piffin | Jan 13, 2003 01:26am | #15

        the dog's mind works around getting what is in her hand.

        Tell her that if she plays it right, the guys will be acting the same way - she'll have them eating out of her hand - and begging just like the pup..

        Excellence is its own reward!

        1. Jencar | Jan 13, 2003 03:28am | #17

          Sounds like you've had experience getting them to eat out of your hand...hate to admit it, but I tell her to be picky, and find someone that will take care of her, so she doesn't have to get calloused hands and splinters, (or else become a doctor or a lawyer)

          Jen 8)

          1. Piffin | Jan 13, 2003 03:43am | #18

            caan tell that women's lib has succeeded. Used to tell the girls to plan to MARRY a doctor or lawyer, nowq it's to BECOME a doc or whatever.

            BTW, my wife is a nurse by training and fifteen years experience. She tells dear daughter NOT to marry any medical students..

            Excellence is its own reward!

          2. Jencar | Jan 13, 2003 05:59am | #19

            When my husband and I met, he was a starving musician, and I was making the "big bucks"...that situation has turned around now...He's still a nice person, I'm scrambling for work. Not too bad being an unemployed carpenter though,...can always find something.

            Tell you a secret...womens'lib kind of backfired...I pay my own bills, but am still doing all the housework!!!

            Jen 8)

            "Hunh?"

          3. Mooney | Jan 13, 2003 08:39am | #21

            "Tell you a secret...womens'lib kind of backfired...I pay my own bills, but am still doing all the housework!!!"

            You know I think about that quite often . Really.  Women want carreers . They get them or keep wanting them. Then they still play the same role , or even worse . [single parents]  I know a lot of guys that the dw works , shops, raises kids, housework, etc. Most guys I know carry out the trash and mow the lawn. Im not one of those guys. I could never even hope to make what dw does. Shes gone half the time and when shes here shes busy. Shes been gone for two weeks now and is due in here in another week. I am keeping the house and the grandchild , plus working . But it all revolves around the grandchild. So, Im a soccer paw! I quit every day at 3:00 to meet the kid. Thought that might make you feel better.

            Tim Mooney

          4. Jencar | Jan 14, 2003 07:47am | #23

            Tim, my hat's off to you. Taking care of all that is a tall order for anyone.

            For myself, a job is a way to keep from getting cabin fever for 40 hours a week, break it up a little...don't know how folks who work from home can do it...but it's great to have the flexibility to pick up the kids, go to their field trips, etc.

            Just seems inequitable for man and wife to both work 8 hours a day, and one comes home and plops down on the couch for the next 4 hours, while the other is up on their feet cooking, washing, getting kids ready for bed, etc. If one is working at a very physical job (like finishing cement, digging ditches, carrying drywall around) it would make sense for them to take it easy when they get home, I suppose...

            Jen 8}

          5. Mooney | Jan 14, 2003 09:00am | #24

            "If one is working at a very physical job (like finishing cement, digging ditches, carrying drywall around) it would make sense for them to take it easy when they get home, I suppose... "

            You know that happens . The first thing that came to mind was what you say ;

            What ever works !  But we arent tired all the time . Thats one big reason its not 50 50 all the time , if it works. Ive seen men really put it out on the job to take home a check . Ive seen women doing house work when I knew they needed to drop. Screaming kids on top of that with bigger problems. LOL!

            Tim Mooney

          6. Jencar | Jan 14, 2003 10:24am | #25

            I can tell you have the ability to see both sides of it...guess the important thing is...if your mate's having a rough time of it, you step in and shoulder part of the weight. Goes both ways, and helps make a strong marriage.

            Jen 8)

          7. Mooney | Jan 14, 2003 06:03pm | #28

            Give a marriage the wisdom to realize the differences each day. Shall we fall to sleep on the good points so together they find their way.

            Tim Mooney

          8. Jencar | Jan 14, 2003 08:31pm | #29

            That would make a good stepping stone for NannyGees pathway pavers...

            Or a section in a "how to" book for newlyweds.

            (BTW, for Sam's skin condition, I washed down the area where he sleeps with a bleach solution, got him a new bed, and when he gets a bath, he gets rinsed with a little bit of bleach added to the bucket. Seems it was a fungus)

            Take care...Jen 8)

          9. HammerHarry | Jan 15, 2003 05:42am | #33

            DW and I always had a rule:  whoever comes home first, cooks.  Period.  Now, with two chilluns, I'm working "school hours", and being Mr Domestic.  Makes me appreciate my mother, I can tell you.

          10. Jencar | Jan 15, 2003 08:28am | #35

            Bless you...

            Kids are a little like dogs, they love whoever feeds, bathes, and cleans up after them more than anyone else in the world...

            When your kids grow up and tell people about all the great things you cooked, the stories you told them, the places you took them...then you become immortal...(sorry, I get sappy about kids)

            Jen ;}

          11. Armin110 | Jan 16, 2003 10:26pm | #36

            When your kids grow up and tell people about all the great things you cooked, the stories you told them, the places you took them...then you become immortal...(

            You got that right. My mom passed away in 1980, hardly a day goes by that I don't think about something she said or did for me; ever the ultimate optimist, where a bad day was nothing more than an opportunity for a better day tomorrow. Fortunately for me she was the greatest story teller I ever knew, I used to sit for hours and listen to her tell about her adventures of the south American jungles during the 30's. She taught in a mission school as well worked on a plantation far up the Amazon, according to her these were the hard years, then it got worse; WW2 and immigrating to the US. She never lost her zest for life, my hope is my son holds me in as high regard after I'm off to that big woodshop in the sky.

            .

          12. Jencar | Jan 17, 2003 08:54am | #37

            Your mom is a hard act to follow...my mom is in her own way...she's always there for us, and always gave us better than she could afford...raised us by herself for 15 years. I noticed when we had pork chops or something, she'd always give us the best ones,and give us the biggest pieces of pie. She'd constantly remind us to be good people, and follow the rules. We'd make her cry with our teenage thoughtlessness, but I try to make up for now it by thanking her for everything every chance I get.

            Jen ;)

          13. Armin110 | Jan 15, 2003 05:24am | #32

            Jencar,

            Tell you a secret...womens'lib kind of backfired...I pay my own bills, but am still doing all the housework!!!

            Quick, somebody tell me how to delete jens post. If my wife see it I"m toast. I have her convinced it's the modern womans thing to do.

          14. Jencar | Jan 15, 2003 08:23am | #34

            Okay, let's change it to...

            Women's lib changed my life! I can have any career I want, talk to strange (figuratively) men on the computer, and all I have to do is pay half of all the household expenses, and do all of the housework!

            (think she'll believe it?) LOL

            Jen ;}

          15. toolnut | Jan 13, 2003 06:57am | #20

            Saw this in an email years ago.  Thought it fit.  No reason you couldn't have them sign it before the date.

            *****************************************************

            8 SIMPLE RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER by: W. Bruce Cameron

            Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off my daughter's body, I will remove them.Rule Three: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind will kill you. Let me elaborate: when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.Rule Five: In order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."Rule Six: I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process that can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car? Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places where there are no parents, policemen, or nuns within eyesight. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romance or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which feature chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.

          16. Jencar | Jan 14, 2003 07:36am | #22

            She's only 10, but the 9 year old boy across the street is already giving her the eye...until his friends brainwash him that "girls are stupid"...

            I'm ready now, expecially rules 4,6,and 8...

            Thanks, Jen 8)

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            Flathead | Jan 14, 2003 04:00pm | #26

            Thats it Bill, #7, put that boy to work! Thats probably the quickest way to get rid of a kid these days. Just mention the word work and watch'em scatter. Am I just getting old or is todays youth much lazier than we were. I'm only 32.

            To the guys in your 50's. When you were in your mid 30's, I was a teenager, was my generation as lazy as todays teens? I just gotta know!

            WAHD

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            rjw | Jan 14, 2003 04:10pm | #27

            To the guys in your 50's. When you were in your mid 30's, I was a teenager, was my generation as lazy as todays teens? I just gotta know!

            Lazier!

            World's going to he!! in a handbasket. Always has been, always will be!_______________________

            "I may have said the same thing before... But my explanation, I am sure, will always be different."  Oscar Wilde

          19. roucru | Jan 14, 2003 09:07pm | #30

            I am 34 and I have to say that yes I would bet that there were lazy teens during our teen years, BUT I don't think our generation was against PHYSICAL LABOR! Today kids only know tv, video games, computers etc. We were the last generation that actually got outside and did something physical. Now I have to say there are kids around here in the mountains of WNC that work hard physically, but on the whole most just don't want to even think of actually picking up a hammer, mowing the yard, bailing hay etc. Don't get me going on this one. I am the oldest of five and our family was raised to work hard. I just don't see that in families as much. Most have both parents working and the parents just feel guilty and don't expect as much out of their kids. Now before anyone jumps on me for this statement I AM NOT saying everyone is like this. Tamara

          20. Jencar | Jan 15, 2003 01:50am | #31

            I think that's a pretty accurate description...people feeling guilty about spending so much time away from their kids that they don't make them work as hard as we used to. I'm sure you know that it's not doing them any favors, though.

            If you have your kids to the point that they'll do their chores without too much whining, hopefully they'll be okay with a regular job...if you make em dig holes etc, it will give them more incentive to do good in school, not that there's anything wrong with physical labor!

            Each generation thinks that the one that comes after it is too lazy, too rude, too wild, etc., but I read a survey once that said that today's teens are just or more likely to volunteer to help people in need than my generation was...things change.

            Jennifer

  3. Jencar | Jan 12, 2003 06:52am | #11

    He waited so patiently until I got a good piture, and then got his Milk Bone.

    Jen 8}

  4. Armin110 | Jan 13, 2003 01:06am | #14

    Jen,

    Your one talented lady, nice pic of the kids, looks like the chair has a good home. I hope you plan on posting more of your projects in the future.

    1. Jencar | Jan 13, 2003 03:25am | #16

      Thanks...my husband showed me how to post pics, woo hoo!

      I think the chair is about 80 years old, no date on the label, but was manufactured by the Johnson Chair Co in Chicago. Solid oak, and the adjustment for height still works...

      Jen 8)

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