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  • Kathy Thomas Says:

    Deena, Didn’t see your response to my question from days ago….sorry! stay with us….we need and like you!

  • April Says:

    jj – Here is an update to a story you posted in the OT a while ago:

    http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/tammi-smith-arrested-in-case-of-missing-baby-gabriel-johnson/19342130?icid=main|main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aolnews.com%2Fnation%2Farticle%2Ftammi-smith-arrested-in-case-of-missing-baby-gabriel-johnson%2F19342130

    • Deena Says:

      April.. I have been following this story.. something stinks with the whole thing. I hope with all my hear that she did not kill this baby.

  • Kathy Thomas Says:

    Hi Deena, I have had major probs with computer…will get to it as soon as I can…
    give those babies lovins’ ! Kathy

  • karen Says:

    my heart has been shattered into a bazillion pieces. the state placed a newborn heroin baby with my daughter 5 months ago with the intentions of adoption. now, without any warning, they’ve decided to rip him from her arms and return him to the father. she’s inconsolable at this point…isn’t going to work…won’t put the baby down…cannot stop crying. i’ve cared for the baby in my home since birth for 12 hours a day while she works. she was in the process of leaving her job so she could be with the baby 24/7. she was taking him to disney world in march. she’s spent a small fortune on anything and everything a baby could need. she and her husband worship this baby and have been through the rough nights that you go through with a drug baby and i’ve been through the days of easing him through his withdrawls from this demon drug that dad watched mom put into him while in the womb. and now….he goes home. this is so wrong on so many levels…i can’t wrap my mind around it….i can’t bear the thought of not holding this baby in my arms…of tossing all the plans for his future in the trash…of worrying that he’ll that he’ll go through his “moments” and they won’t know how to calm him…i can’t handle this…i love that baby so much. please pray for me and ask God to give me the strength to stay strong for my daughter and her family and help them through this devastating time in their lives.

    • Deena Says:

      Karen I can not imagine what your daughter is going thru and will continue to go thru dealing with such a heartbreak. I will pray for all of you. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes thinking of her broken heart. Hugs and Kisses to you all :cry:

  • jj Says:

    Damn, Karen, that sucks. I’ll be keeping you and your family in my prayers. The baby and his “family”, too. I’ve been having a pretty rough couple of weeks (hell, months) and have decided to give positive thinking a try.

    • April Says:

      jj – I meant to email all weekend. I had family in from New Zealand. They wiped me out of a bottle (gallon size) of rum, several bottles of expensive wine, and countless numbers of beer. Nevertheless, you have been in my thoughts. I am always here if you need to chat. *hugs*

      • jj Says:

        That’s ok, I’m doing better. Not much, but I’m functioning and thanks to my doctor and new best friend Xanax, I’ve been getting some sleep.

  • Kathy Thomas Says:

    Karen, all other stuff aside, you are completely right. This is wrong on so many levels, and this completely heartbreaking, I will pray too, that baby deserved to be just where she has been in the last 5 months. Yet another bad mark on the foster care syste, sometimes they do well, sometimes not.

  • Morrigan Says:

    A man is accused of holding his 4-year-old daughter’s head under the water in the kitchen sink at their Yelm home Sunday night because she would not recite the alphabet, according to police and court papers.

    this is the link for the rest of the story http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/1054654.html

    i read this today in the paper when i was looking for information about a court case i have to testify in….i used to live in Yelm when my oldest was a baby. im just sick about this

    • April Says:

      YIKES!! Did you send this one to Trench?

      • Morrigan Reighn Says:

        yeah, i did. this kind of shit has been happening way way way more frequently here over the past couple of months. maybe its just more people reporting it,i dont know. it just makes me ill

    • Jenn from NM Says:

      holy shit, he would have probably drowned me, I almost got held back in kindergarten for not being able to say the alphabet (I could read when I entered kindcergarten, but it was the last possible moment when I was finally able to recite the alphabet, and I was 6, because of when my birthday was). What a jackass, I hope she gets a placement where she doesn’t have to deal with that shit, but he’ll probably complete his classes and get her back, and slip back into the same bad habits, since it was probably how he was raised.

    • Deena Says:

      Awful!!! what the hell i wrong with people?

  • Deena Says:

    Awful!!! what the hell is wrong with people?

  • Morrigan Reighn Says:

    btw, i havent been ignoring anyone, ive been lurking around, but im comming out of a low and its been a bad one. im feeling more human the past couple of days but…if i dont reply to you guys right away, please dont feel slighted, when i get this way i dont talk much. bi polar, gotta love it…sigh

    • April Says:

      Morrigan, we love ya and would never feel slighted. BPD has to be a rough thing to deal with. Just know that we are all here for you if you need anything or just want to bitch about life in general. Heck – Deena and I had a chat-fest today. *group hug*

  • jj Says:

    And that’s a REALLY bad part of town.

  • Cherish Says:

    Anyone else have Facebook?

  • April Says:

    Cherish, you can locate my facebook account by my email – demonchild0109@gmail.com

    Love ya, baby!

  • Morrigan Says:

    ya’ll can come and be my friend on fb too. jlvinther@harbornet.com

  • April Says:

    I have had the weekend from Hell. I no longer have the ability to have positive thoughts. My lst thought was of punching one of my neighbors right in the fucking face. I need a vacation……

  • Deena Says:

    I need a vacation too… where we going??? Sending you hugs!!

  • Kathy Thomas Says:

    April, you were in Hell also this weekend ? Sorry I missed you, I was there too…..really a helluva good time wasn’t it…..

  • Deena Says:

    Check this story out…. there’s alot going on in Michigan these days

    http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22420732/detail.html/

  • jj Says:

    Ok, so I’m going to post a link that a friend of a friend of a friend, who I’m going to beat the fuck out of when I see her and I told her this and I am soooo serious that you guys better start saving up for my bail because I’m going to hospitalize her ass.

    Sorry, anyways, it’s the most disgusting thing I have ever seen/read/whatever. I was actually throwing up for about a half hour yesterday after I saw this shit, and to be totally honest, I didn’t get past the first picture. I’m not sure if posting the link is the right thing to do or not, but I can’t get this shit out of my fucking head and I don’t know if it’s real.

    I’M REALLY FUCKING SERIOUS, THIS SHIT IS FUBAR. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!!!!!!

    http://youknowyoudeadazzwrong.blogspot.com/2010/02/episode-6368-omg_03.html

    • April Says:

      It’s not true. I checked it out on snopes.com. IT’s still a pretty sick and fucking twisted hoax.

      • jj Says:

        Thank God! Now I feel a whole lot better, still grossed the fuck out, but better.

        • April Says:

          It was pretty disturbing. Thanks for posting it. At least it doesn’t appear to be true, although you can’t put too much past those Aisan countries. Some fucking cut throught the skulls of live animals and eat their brains. I wouldn’t be shocked to learn that they eat human fetuses. :cry:

          • jj Says:

            No shit, that’s why I was so freaked out. You never know what kind of shit you hear about coming out of Asia.

  • jj Says:

    Oops, the link was sent to me by a friend of a friend of a friend.

  • April Says:

    Who feeles like doing an evil ded for me?? I am ready to fuck the assholes that I think did something to my cat!!!!!

  • April Says:

    damn… take the extra e out of “feeles”. We really do need an edit button.

  • jj Says:

    Guuuurl, I’ve got LOTS AND LOTS of mad up in me that needs to get out. Pick me, pick me!

    And they fucked with a kitty? You want them dead or just wishing they were?

    • April Says:

      My plan is to blow the whistle on the pot smoking duo. Oh, YEAH!! The husband works for an aerospace company and the wife (man woman) is a cheer coach at a high school. I’m thinking a phone call to cause some random drug testing is in order. :twisted:

      Yeah. My kitty is missinsg. I’m pretty sure that they did something to him because he would sleep on their car. I’ll email you a picture of him. It’ll piss you off more. :cry:

      • Jenn from NM Says:

        Dude, he works for an aerospace company, and smokes pot? String him up, that seriously violates any clearance he has to have for his job (and most of them are government contractors of some sort). I hope they didn’t do anything to your kitty, but making them wish they were dead is probably more suitable punishment if they did do something to your kitty.

        • April Says:

          Yeah – I never get mad. I get even. The damn cat went missing on my hubby’s 40th birthday (last Wed). I have every intention of making those assholes pay. There is so much more to the story – If I gave you all of the details you would think that they did something to him too. I think they hauled him off and dumped him. It’s been fucking raining buckets so I can’t hang signs. Fuck. What a mess!!

          • Jenn from NM Says:

            Next time you smell that distinctive smell wafting from their apartment, call the cops over. If he works for an aerospace firm, more than likely he is a government contractor, and any kind of law breaking can have serious repercussions for him. My husband works in the cafeteria at a site that has lots of government contractors, and he has to have a Secret level clearance to serve them lunch (but your neighbor must be a real choad, because all the people we have run into from the site have been extremely nice people).

  • jj Says:

    Poor baby kitty. He (she?) is cute as hell. Our cat ran away for a few days about a month ago on my youngest’s 9th birthday. We found her, but that was the saddest 2 days of my sons’ lives. Not really, but pretty close.

    I really think I need to escape this snow and cold, a trip to visit might be just what the doctor ordered, then you and I can pay a social call on your lovely neighbors.

    • April Says:

      jj – I tore the fuckhead a new asshole last night. He is probably still scratching his hear, wondering what hit him. His cunt wife didn’t even come outside to defend him. Pussy. I would have knock her on her fugly, manly ass. It doesn’t bring back my cat, but I have the upper hand. Next task – get them fired!

  • Deena Says:

    Hey all there is a defender in the story “Toiletpaper the new killer of children”

  • jj Says:

    Ok, so this is a huge story in WI right now:

    http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/83833777.html

    In Sunday’s paper there was a huge article about everything that was done by the state and county. http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/83736552.html
    Visits that the workers actually made, parents that were complying with the courts, so on and so on. And I’m very conflicted. It seems as if DCFS didn’t fuck up this time, it seems (although I personally disagree) that the courts did what they were legally required to do and with the agencies doing what they were supposed to do (SHOCKING!) and safeguards in place, this child was still severely injured.

    Read the article carefully and with a mindset that the people who were supposed to do their jobs and protect those children, did their jobs, and see what you come up with.

    It’s about time we had a serious discussion here people. Besides, the receptionist called in sick and I have to work the reception desk (which I HATE), I have nothing to do since I can’t do my work up here and I’m bored off my butt. Help a bitch out.

  • jj Says:

    Why does it say my comment’s awaiting moderation?

  • jj Says:

    Ok, so this is a huge story in WI right now:

    http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/83833777.html

    In Sunday’s paper there was a huge article about everything that was done by the state and county. http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/83736552.html
    Visits that the workers actually made, parents that were complying with the courts, so on and so on. And I’m very conflicted. It seems as if DCFS didn’t fuck up this time, it seems (although I personally disagree) that the courts did what they were legally required to do and with the agencies doing what they were supposed to do (SHOCKING!) and safeguards in place, this child was still severely injured.

    Read the article carefully and with a mindset that the people who were supposed to do their jobs and protect those children, did their jobs, and see what you come up with.

    It’s about time we had a serious discussion here people. Besides, the receptionist called in sick and I have to work the reception desk (which I HATE), I have nothing to do since I can’t do my work up here and I’m bored off my butt. Help a bitch out.

  • jj Says:

    Ok, so this is a huge story in WI right now:

    http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/83833777.html

    In Sunday’s paper there was a huge article about everything that was done by the state and county. Visits that the workers actually made, parents that were complying with the courts, so on and so on. And I’m very conflicted. It seems as if DCFS didn’t fuck up this time, it seems (although I personally disagree) that the courts did what they were legally required to do and with the agencies doing what they were supposed to do (SHOCKING!) and safeguards in place, this child was still severely injured.

    Read the article carefully and with a mindset that the people who were supposed to do their jobs and protect those children, did their jobs, and see what you come up with.

    It’s about time we had a serious discussion here people. Besides, the receptionist called in sick and I have to work the reception desk (which I HATE), I have nothing to do since I can’t do my work up here and I’m bored off my butt. Help a bitch out.

  • jj Says:

    Well, that seems to have been the problem. Here’s the link to the story in Sunday’s paper.

    http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/83736552.html

    • Deena Says:

      JJ…. I read the link… but everytime i try to post a reply it won’t post. maybe this one will. the story is awful… poor baby

  • Deena Says:

    http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/22519227/detail.html/

    Another story from Michigan, this story is very vague right now but there will be more info and I will make sure to post. This is the 3rd from MI I put on here this week. :evil:

  • April Says:

    Hey girls. Sorry for being MIA. I have been overwhelmed with drama the last couple of weeks.

    Do any of you know the penalties for cashing out a 401K??

    • Deena Says:

      I am not sure on penalties, I have taken loansfrom my 401k and had no penalties. I would think you will pay some sort of cash penalty and taxes. Is there anything I can do for you. I can ask our controller at work if you’d like and get all the info on the penalties.

    • Deena Says:

      Hey I emailed you some info on teh 401k.

  • jj Says:

    I’m sooooo fucking happy today. My worthless asshole of an ex didn’t screw me over by claiming our kids as his dependents (he does it every year, every year the IRS busts him and makes him payback, with penalties, and my return ends up being processed WEEKS after I submit it) and I’m actually getting a refund. I haven’t gotten one in YEARS, between my student loans (yeah, I defaulted) and being self-employed. Anyways, I can now afford to go visit my brother, sis-in-law, favorite niece and the new baby, who’s due in about three weeks, at the end of March. Nice warm weather, my favorite niece and AN ENTIRE WEEK AWAY FROM THOSE “PEOPLE” WHO LIVE IN MY HOUSE!!!! Fuck, do I need a break. My aunt, who’s like a second mother to me, is going to stay at my house with the boys. Damn, don’t you love it when shit falls into place, for once. :lol: :lol: :lol:

    • April Says:

      You deserve this happiness. *hugs*

      • jj Says:

        Thanks, and I just found out my sister’s going to go, too. We are going to have a BLAST! We did this last year, my mom’s going too, and the three of us (my sis, bro and me) turned into bratty teenagers. My mother and SIL played ref all weekend. I know my mom had fun (it’s been a looong time since she really got to play mommy) and my SIL thought it was hilarious.

  • karen Says:

    just dropping by to say hello….hello.

  • elena Says:

    http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=7270047

    story of another idiot that kills his son but failed to kill himself!!! :evil:

    • April Says:

      Thanks for posting the story, Elena. If you read the comments, it looks like the fuckhead died later. This is about 2 hours from where I live. You’d think I could find more about this.

  • TAMAR Says:

    Howdy! Fantastic idea, but can this genuinely perform?

  • April Says:

    JJ – Instead of looking out my window at the beach today – I am lloking out at a dozen helicoptors. Someone dumped a baby in a trash can….. Ablock away from a chuch…. 2 blocks from the police department….. 4 blocks form a hospital…… across the street from ME!!! I am so sad and so angry.

    http://www.dailybreeze.com/latestnews/ci_14503239

    • Jenn from NM Says:

      I really cannot understand why someone would do that to a baby when there are places you can drop them off without blame or shame. Much better alternative than being found and caught and charged with a crime, in my opinion.
      I just can’t fathom it, I mean, my new baby cries a lot more than his brother did (omg, he’s the cryingest non-coliccy baby), but I still would not just throw him away. his brother has even found non-violent ways to stop him from crying, the baby will take his pacifier from his brother more often than from an adult, I think he somewhat realizes that big brother can’t quite give him a bottle yet or pick him up by himself to hold him (big brother is 3, and very sweet and fairly empathetic for his age, he doesn’t like to see anyone else upset, and will try to make them feel better, it’s really cute). Little guy will be 6 weeks old on Sunday, and is already almost outgrowing his 0-3 month baby clothes.

      • April Says:

        The helis are still flying over. Wondering if they are looking for the person that stuffed the angel in the can. I forgot to mention that Redondo Union High School is about 2 blocks from here. It’s possible that it was soem pregnant teen skank that didn’t want to tell mommy and daddy. I just can’t wrap my head around this.

    • Jenn from NM Says:

      See what i mean, it really does not make sense to do this kind of shit, they will find you. Maybe they need to step up the awareness programs about Safe Haven laws at the high schools and universities, but then you would have people scremaing about how it would encourage teens to have sex (which they are going to do anyway, no matter how much you tell them to wait until marriage).

    • Jenn from NM Says:

      stupid fucking bitch, 6 pounds is a good weight for a baby, and someone would have loved to give that baby a home, and no one checked on an ill guest that went for a ly-down in a bedroom at a party? Does no one have manners or a sense of hospitality any more? She was in there for HOURS! I can’t believe someone didn’t go in and see if she needed some water or something in all that time.

  • jj Says:

    Good. Is the baby OK?

    • April Says:

      No. The baby was dead when they found it. The story was posted on sick crimes this morning. I hope she fuckign fries for it. She delivered the baby at a party and deposited her tiny body in the trash at the house. No one knew that she had given brith.

      • Jenn from NM Says:

        I don’t undesrtand how these females can give birth without anyone else being aware of it. With both my babies I was making a lot of noise, I threw up at least once from the pain with both of them, and screamed out an obscenity when my first son’s head crowned. I was also pushing for about an hour at least with both of them. I really don’t know how all that can go unnoticed, not to mention the look of someone that is having bad period like cramps. How can that go unnoticed, especially if she tied up the bathroom, oblivious people.

  • April Says:

    My guess, and this is purely speculation, is that she was drunk and so were the other party goers. Dunk enough to numb the pain. Drunk enough to numb the senses. and selfish enough to be drining while preg.

  • Grace W. Says:

    I hope that baby didn’t suffer. I hope that baby didn’t suffer…to never be held and loved, and cuddled…that is the crime! I hope she gets anally raped with broken bottles in prison every day for the rest of her pathetic life!!!!!

    And I agree with the women who wonder how these dumb girls can give birth so quietly. I was wailing “Dear Jesus help me! Lord have mercy on my soul!” while giving birth naturally. IT HURT!!!!My mom and my husband thought it was a riot!

    • April Says:

      Awwww Grace. That made me giggle. I had a C-section and a 9 pound baby. No screaming for me. But I’d still like to kill the little bitch that dumped the baby. She’s blocks from me as we speak and it’s all I can do to not go visit her sorry ass.

      • Monique Says:

        Maybe you should visit her.. and bring some of us along, you can’t have all the fun just for yourself.

        • April Says:

          A different sort of tard bash than we are used to. Speaking of tard bash… I need to head back over to sick crimes and see how Deena is doing with the resident tard there.

          • Deena Says:

            WE SCARED HER OFF I THINK THE REFERNCE TO HER NAME MADE HER RUN…. BUT IT WAS FUN WHILE IT LASTED!!

      • Jenn from NM Says:

        My baby Zach was born naturally at 7 pounds 9.4 ounces, and with a 14.25 inch noggin, and it hurt less than when big brother was born, qand big brother was smaller.

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  • Monique Says:

    Hi girls, how are you today? last friday I applied for a new job, it sounds like a really good one so I guess there will be a lot of applications, anyway, plz send good vibes and prays my way so I can get it.. thx :!:

  • Kathy Thomas Says:

    Hi Monique! Will definately pray for you!

    EVERYONE! Dr. Phil is taking on the couple’s neighbors, family, etc.,from article of PBB’s 2-16-10, “another child locked away in a room” tomorrow, March 10th. Check your local listings!

  • jj Says:

    I’m really having to fight the urge to get in my car and start running over anyone who looks at me sideways.

  • Deena Says:

    JJ I feel your pain girl… I had the same kind of day… prob a good thing we live in different states… lol :twisted:

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