Indeed. I hope she recovers.

Is this the third family member for Clan Hollow now? Maybe the end is in sight. You know how the old saying goes: Trouble always comes in threes. Seems that way for me here.

Liz, my prayers go out to you and your clan -- hope everyone makes the optimum recovery and return to normal life (or what passes for it in your neck of the woods ).

Generation Gap

The Girl: I saw this post on Tumblr. Wait, I’ll text it to you.

Grits: I’m standing right here. Why don’t you just show me?

The Girl: *MEGA SIGH* I already texted you. Just read it.

Grits: Um. Ok. Could you call me, then? I think it’s somewhere in the house, but I can’t find my phone.

Update on my MIL:

The carotid artery on her left side wasn't flowing enough blood, and she passed out. The reason I haven't updated was because, -ahem-, they told her at the hospital that, uh, she took too hard of a poo. She checked out as quickly as she could and got the REAL results this morning.

THey said that she's in danger of having a stroke, tough, and next week they're going to to an angiogram (or something) and fix it. Some type of surgery. She's already had surgery for that, too, but we're relieved it was caught in time.

Thanks for the well wishes, y'all :]

Thanks for the update, Liz. Hope your MIL's procedure goes well - and helps avoid another heart attack or stroke.

Lets hope it all goes well for her

Glad to hear it Liz. Thanks for the update. Anything change on the cousins?

Just that she's recovering.

As my dad and aunt both owns the farm and the woods we´ve now come to a point where we have to settle everything and get a final owner since kids are involved on both sides. It looks like we may keep the woods but we´ll lose the barn with all the storage space, the tractor garage and what´s hurt me the most; the carpentry workshop
And they don´t even need it, they´re just gonna use it for storage. But it´s all located in such a way that we can´t take it anyway. I love that workshop...

Anyway, this is why we´ve cleared out the smithy and why we have plans to get another workshop, though that won´t contain any carpentry machinery. It´ll just be a place to store our chainsaws and whatnot.

It's great news she's okay, Liz

I'm sorry to hear that, mirocu. I hope you can find some way to keep doing your woodworking.

There´s always a possibility to get new machines and all, but I want those old machines with wooden tables and all... My granddad made those and I wanna use them. New machines are soulless and cold and I don´t think I want them.

Sorry for being a bit down, I just love that workshop so much. I don´t even need to work on anything, just being there is all I need to feel good

Sorry dude.

Thanks, guys

I just wanted to talk about this a bit since it affects me greatly. The smell in that workshop is a godsend

Sorry, mirocu. Change can be hard to deal with, especially when it involves long-held dear memories.

You sure hit the nail there, Acadian. Oh, well...

I know how you feel, Raven.

When my father died us kids talked about what to do with his model railroad. He started it upstairs back in '59 when they first moved into the house, then moved it downstairs in '63, a couple years before I was born. I watched that model railroad grow from a 4x8 layout along one wall of the laundry room to encircle the entire room. It went behind the furnace and above the washer and dryer. The room had two doors, one to the garage and the other to the main basement. He bridged those two doors with (i kid you not) bridges that were each three feet long and removable.

We made the decision with Mom to sell the model railroad. Fortunately, one of our church members is also a model railroader, so he was able to take Dad's model railroad and add it to his empire. He told me that it increased his own layout twice over, and he has been very pleased with it.

But every now and then I still dream about the darn thing . . .

Aw, mirocu, I'm sorry to hear that. -hugs-

Sorry Mirocu.

Sometimes one can regret actions taken, but at least it sounds like your dad´s epic railroad got a good home

Thanks for your support, guys. It goes without saying I really appreciate it

I'm very sorry to hear that Rocu.

I hope this'll cheer you up even just a little bit.

Surprised Red Panda

Things you learn from your teenagers: the sound of an iPhone hitting a wooden floor, hitting a tile floor, and hitting a concrete driveway. Sometimes all in the same morning.

Why do all people my age not take care of their phones???

I know people who's phones didn't last a month and the phone cost over 100 euros!

Because they don't have to pay for them? Just guessing at your age group here, but I see kids in the Apple Store all the time with broken iPhones and pissed off parents because the parents have to pay for the repairs/swaps.

Parents, why do you buy your kids such expensive, fragile gizmos?? What do you expect??

Of course, this is from someone who grew up in an era when the epitome of technology was a Betamax.

I miss my clunky flip phone..

I still use my clunky flip phone

Though it could use a new battery but I don´t think I can get one..

Lol. The phone is fine. We go through a lot of cases! I suspect he would be more careful with a Samsung Galaxy. But we don't have to pay much for the iPhones, so that's what we have.

My phone hold I made is a bit wonkey unless I put a small book under it.

Without the book it acts like a phone slide lol!

Good thing I have a rug!

I have an Otterbox because I'm clumsy lol

They look nice.

Hi everyone!

Maybe you know this already, but I thought I'd share in case there are some who don't know about this.

Heartbleed is the latest malware to attack our most secret accounts. The really scary thing about Heartbleed is that it has been eavesdropping on those sites that use OpenSSL for secure communications for about two years. How much damage is going to arise from that remains to be seen. But it's good to assume that a significant number of your online accounts are not secure.

Mashable.com has an excellent article about Heartbleed and some of the services it affects. It indicates which services are affected by this OpenSSL hack and where you should change your passwords.

That said, I'm off to change my passwords at a few of these websites. Fortunately I'm not big on most social media (other than this forum! ), but I do have to change my Google and Yahoo! passwords. I'm not active on those two sites at all, but still . . .

Good idea if you did the same . . .

In case it's not obvious...

There's no point changing your password until a site has patched its software, or they'll just steal the new password. In fact it's more likely to happen now, as the bad guys are more alert to the possibility.

True, which is why I suggest using the list on Mashable.com to only change those that have taken steps to correct the issue. Google and Yahoo have done so, so I've changed those passwords. So have Dropbox and Intuit. I've also done those passwords as well. But I haven't yet changed netflix as they haven't said anything one way or another. So I'll wait for those to turn green.

The only thing I use is Yahoo mail and I just change the password. Thanks for the headsup

Well, this is a problem.

I can't remember the password for my Gmail account

I only have the thing because of my android phone, and frankly I think I only typed the password in once since I set the damn thing.

I guess I just have to hope that Google are right about not needing to change the password...

Phew I'm fine.

GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM ALIVE AGAIN!

I’m terribly sorry for my absence in the forums and I deeply apologize for not answering the fifty plus emails. The heart condition I have has been a burden and I couldn’t focus everything on the forum not when Im dealing with severe health issues and for reasons some of you may know i was still grieving(Family). I lost my inspiration to continue Maxical’s story and to read others. but i’m back for good. I felt guilty to have left. So guilty that I couldn’t come back when i had the chance – Then I returned and saw the posts of you guys missing me and i knew and remembered how lovely this forum is. How much of a family we all are and how welcome we make each other. I’d like to say that the heart problems are gone completely. My son is very happy and nudged me to get back on track! GAAH!

I ask everyone to sincerely forgive me for not being here and worrying everyone. I understand if you don’t. i just forgot i had a real forum family. I have soooooo much more to say but I want to tell each of you guys individually. You all deserve this.

Yours truly zombie mALX.

Welcome back! Glad to hear that you are feeling better.

I thought I'd never see the day!

You're back with us. Seriously, you had us worried sick but we're just happy you are back. I can't believe it! I'll PM you. Happy late birthday by the way. But wow, just wow. I am so thrilled!

YAAAAAAY!!!!

You're back!!!'

I am literally crying, I'm so happy, malx!!!!

Welcome home to us, dear friend.

Edit: I notice you are using a new account. I'm guessing your old password went to password heaven or such. Remember that your PM ability will not be enabled until you've made several posts. So make sure and post a few more times!

And for others looking to PM mALX, take note of her new account.

Fantastic news!! Completely offsets finding out how much I owe on my taxes.

And I hope your original account can be re-instated. You're the original, not a replacement!

My old password I forgot. That happens to us old timers, lol.After numerous attempts I decided to make a new one. I’ll be honest when I say I feel different coming back. Its almost as if I’ve been gone for years, you know. I won’t open my life in the open forum here but I will say many things happened during the time I was offline and away from my Chorrolmites. I want to make it up to each and all of you. During the years here I felt like a mother with her children. You all were great friends to me and helped me in troublesome times(Acadian, Grits, Elizabeth, DE, everyone else). I want to make it up by becoming a helper in msking things better here. If Kiln or Acadian or our dear Alexander could help, I would love to become a Global Moderator to help bring things to the glory days. This forum was- is- my life. I want to restore the happiness.

Wonderful news! I’m so glad you’re feeling better. Welcome back, mALX!

It is good to be back with my family!!!

It's so nice to have you back

It's good to be back Kobby

Come talk to us in the everything thread

I've missed you