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Sugar Mtn Honeybee
Waiting for a name!!
Posts: 110
(12/26/04 1:18 pm)
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Rambling thoughts..
This holiday season has been physically very draining on me.. Emotionally, it hasn't been overly stressful, at least after we decided that we were going to make like the Who's and not let the insurance company Grinches stop Christmas from coming.
Physically, though, it has been exhausting & painful. I don't even know for sure if it has anything to do with the holidays themselves or just progression or bad flare of diseases. It'll all sort itself out sooner or later, I guess. After taking pain pills quite steadily for 3 days in a row, at least my hips are feeling a bit better today. My knees & back are still pretty painful, but I had an easier time getting out of bed this morning than the last 3 mornings.
My mom is coming for a visit & will be here sometime today. She is on her way home to Florida. So, that will be fun.
I have been in the process of disillusion with our first BBS, which was OCH. I found OCH about 6 months after my stroke. For several years, it was the only BBS I belonged to. Many of the folks there have become like family to me. We have been moderators on OCH for years now too. We have been to their campouts and even hosted the OCH campout this last May (although not many people showed up). BJ switched it from EZBoard to a PPB2 bulletin board service. That wasn't a bad thing, except I feel it was done in too much haste, with too little preparation. Now, the server is down, and we can't get into the new PPB board anyway. Plus the old EZboard is still there but none of the graphics show up. That's all little stuff.
The main thing that has been bothering me over there is that BJ will latch on to someone brand-new to the board and the old mods sort of get mowed down in the process. She will give Admin privileges to someone new (which really bothers me for some reason(s) I can't quite pin down in my mind).
I have been thinking of starting a brand-new homesteading board of our own. I don't want to lose BJ as a friend or quit OCH as a member, but have also been thinking of giving up my mod position there. In fact, I tried to do that recently, and BJ would not have it. We frequent other boards, some like this, members by approval only. I love THIS board because of that. I don't feel like everybody & their brother can read what I post here.  I don't think that ALL boards should be MBA, and I would not want to make a homesteading board MBA. I guess there are homesteading boards out there, but I'd like to have more control.
If I felt like I could approach BJ with some of my concerns, I think I would try... Last year, I would have felt comfortable approaching her with anything. Over the last 4 months, though, that has all changed.  and I'm not sure why.
Just "thinking out loud".
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shadeaux63
Keeper of dreams
Posts: 1046
(12/27/04 6:48 pm)
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Re: Rambling thoughts..
Hi,Bee.I hear ya on the holidays being draining.Although ours turned out well, all the stress,and worry still got to be a bit heavy,which of course,caused all kinds of physical problems.I'm glad to hear you'll be able to spend a little time with your mom,that should help some.You can relax with it,instead of feeling like you have to be a hostess.
As for the board you mod for,it's just my humble opinion,but if you've gotten disillusioned with it,then it's definitely time to back away.If you stick around,the best that can happen,when you feel things are "wrong",is that you'll build resentment.Sooner or later,that's going to come out,and it may be too much to take back.Better to bow out gracefully,than to wind up with enemies.And,if you start your own homesteading board,that can be your big excuse,that your new board is taking a lot out of you,and you dont feel you can give that board enough of your attention,when you MUST spend it on your own.
By the way,I would love to see a new homesteading board.I know I want to learn as much about self-sufficiency as I can.Hubby and I would one day love to have our own place,away from everything,where we can live our lives,our way.And we don't want to have to be dependant on anyone,from utilities,to grocery stores.I'm an old Mother Earth News fanatic,but in more recent years,they've become almost "mainstream" in thier thinking,if you know what I mean.Let me know if you decide to get the homesteading site going,I would love to visit.
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sgrmtndrone
New Student/Teachers Apprentice
Posts: 28
(12/28/04 5:46 am)
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Re: Rambling thoughts..
I was a mother earth fan for years . Then they changed it up . Not that their is not some good info offered but it is not the same . I like backwoods home and country life better now days .
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Sugar Mtn Honeybee
Waiting for a name!!
Posts: 111
(12/28/04 1:56 pm)
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Re: Rambling thoughts..
Well, I made a few suggestions over there today, one in the Admin forum and one by private IM... So, we'll see how that goes. I'm still thinking of our own Homesteading Board, very strongly. Still debating between EZ Board and a PPH free board, though. I know EZ Board has its own unique problems, but they are ok. I still miss the old Mother Earth News too, honey.
Maybe I'm just getting old enough that I hate changes..
The visit with Mom was short & sweet. She left early this morning, on her way to Biloxi (sp?) Mississippi. She will spend tonight there, then drive on to Port Richey tomorrow. So, she'll spend 10 or 12 hours on the road today, then another 8 tomorrow. She is 67, and has had a heart attack & 2 angioplasties, so I worry about her pushing herself too hard. She seems to manage it, though. Hopefully, she'll REST when she gets home. She brought us a geneology program (complete with a large family file already!!) to play with, called the Family Tree Maker (I think). I've already added stuff to mine. hehehehe...
Yep, Shad, I agree. The added stress comes with it's own added physical problems. and I still have the sneaking suspicion that the docs are missing something.
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Sugar Mtn Honeybee
Waiting for a name!!
Posts: 130
(3/6/05 9:06 pm)
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Well, Shadeaux, I have kept your advice in the back of my head for these last 2 months now. I did resign a few weeks back as moderator, team leader, and staff member & just went back to being a plain old member.. CL took this news very gracefully. She had not realized that it had become so stressful for me.
Friday, I went & signed up for a PPBforfree board. So, now we have a new Homesteading Forum board. If you are still interested, come on over & check it out. Sugar Mountain's Homesteading Board
As of tonight, there are only 2 members.. Me and Drone  BUT, it's only 2 days old. I spent most of the last 2 days picking out smileys! hehehe..
I do feel much less stressed out when I go to OCH now, I don't feel like I'm missing something or I should be helping someone. I am also not frustrated with the way it is being run. It's CL's board, and I still love her with all my heart... but now I can still be her friend and not be frustrated with her or the board, and not feel guilty if I don't check in every day. Thanks for the advice, Shadeaux.
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