Comments on: This house is clear

By: bubandpie

bubandpie — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 02:44:49 +0000

“I guess we all have to accept the consequences of our mistakes, but really, this seems extreme.”

That so made me laugh out loud with a kind of snorting sound.

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:51:56 +0000

Forget about rents and commutes! Didn’t they tell them that that’s Bush country! Yikes!

By: June Cutoff Cash

June Cutoff Cash — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 13:46:36 +0000

I know I already commented, but I had to tell you that my husband brought out a box of…Cheezits last night. I abstained.

By: abebech

abebech — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:03:28 +0000

I’m so glad to hear that the earwigs are gone — I checked back all the time to be sure you’d survived them! — but sorry your friends have moved on.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 22:55:51 +0000

Sorry to hear about the fugees. I look forward to hearing about the new Ethiopian ones though. Glad you are back home now. In your cheezits? Now that’s just rude!

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 15:25:48 +0000

Sorry to hear about your Fugees. I sponsored a refugee family from Kosovo in 1999. I can related to your “needing a break”! It was intense for the first year or so. I had to step back and I felt so GUILTY about it! But then I realized they needed to stand on their own, and I wasn’t helping them by doing everything for them.

Two years ago, right after I got married, I realized I hadn’t heard from them for 3 months (I was a little preoccupied with wedding stuff). Then I got a call from the dad saying they had moved to SWITZERLAND! Where they got the money to pay for tickets for a family of 6 to Switzerland, I have no idea. Turns out he had heard about a job there from a relative, but once he got there it didn’t pan out. So he had to fly his whole family back to America and start all over again!! Once again, I have no idea how he got the money to fly them all back! At that point I realized it was their life…I couldn’t make their decisions for them. They’re actually doing well now, but geez, being their friend and sponsor has been quite the roller-coaster ride. But fun and rewarding too.

Hope you hear from them. I love your blog. My husband and I are thinking about Ethiopian adoption, too.

By: Tam

Tam — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:31:28 +0000

I love your stories. You’re hysterical.

By: June Cutoff Cash

June Cutoff Cash — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:27:20 +0000

Yeah. They were a great band.

I wonder if there’s any way to get a letter to them or something? I kind of feel bad now, too. Thanks, FOBS. It is somehow your fault that I am that feeling woman on Star Trek who has to soak up your emotions. And bug feelings.

Are you ever going to be able to eat Cheezits again?

By: dcrmom

dcrmom — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 11:10:07 +0000

Oh, that’s so sad about your Fugees!