tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post4862228872951586793..comments2024-03-28T11:14:24.118-07:00Comments on Chicken Blog: A Downward SpiralNatalie, the Chickenbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424213130274740719noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-54157818464431748342008-07-25T16:30:20.309-07:002008-07-25T16:30:20.309-07:00You are so fabulously funny and wonderful! "...You are so fabulously funny and wonderful! "Chickens." "Well, ok." Total LOL!!<br><br>Sweetie pie, luck turns around, and it's your turn for the good stuff.Anna Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10824356086811880655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-7580991897574592332008-07-25T18:21:45.648-07:002008-07-25T18:21:45.648-07:00I agree with Anna - you are SOOOO funny, even when...I agree with Anna - you are SOOOO funny, even when you are sad! For the first time I feel kind towards GaryBob, he's not all bad after all.<br><br>I empathise with you re clothes and figure, Natalie. There are days when I've put on my mish mash outfits and I feel like a bag lady (sorry bag ladies of the world). All my clothes are now op shop bought or worn old things I've had for years. You should see my favourite pants - they're almost falling apart! Sigh! We'll get by. Oh, and please don't be embarrassed by this, I think you are beautiful just the way you are.<br><br>Cheers! xx D.campbellgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12492533463320726549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-9539042944562949892008-07-25T18:47:50.559-07:002008-07-25T18:47:50.559-07:00Oh NatalieHooray for the chickens. No, really. The...Oh Natalie<br><br>Hooray for the chickens. No, really. They are living large and free. Thats something to celebrate after a few months of subterfuge.<br><br>The jeans thing is different. I wish I could find an Oprah or Trinny and Susannah booster show that would give you a boost. I too try not to get too hung up on style, but I know that when a woman gives up and buys men's jeans that will never fit her womanly curves (i.e. waist, no matter how much that may have grown) she has gone too far. <br>Look at all the African woman out there with booties and thighs the size of combie vans - THEY have jeans that fit! Ooh I just want to march right over there and TAKE YOU SHOPPING. Not for superficial make you pretty reasons, but because YOU MATTER. It distresses me to hear you as a disengaged spectator in your life, not quite enjoying the current act...No-one talks about a slide unless they are seriously on one. I'm very worried for you Natalie.<br><br><br>Please show this to Geoff. Please.<br><br>Powerless about the economy and housing situation is one thing. Ignoring yourself, putting yourself last and always taking the burnt piece of toast (or wearing a pair of men's jeans as part of a 7 item wardrobe) is another thing entirely. You've been doing it for a long time.<br><br>Geoff. This girl needs some time out. With pampering and YOU. Because she matters. If Natalie goes down the tubes you are all stuffed. Women can get by with surprisingly little to sustain them for a really long time. Time's up. Time for an investment of some TLC. A 'Natalie matters' week. A 'Mum matters' month.<br><br>Please. DO it. As a priority for your family.<br><br>Peace, concern and love to you all (ooh, the verification word is chiqa, its a sign)<br><br>Call me an interfering old bag if you like.....Laura Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13299523378009842115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-45592377553249015922008-07-25T18:58:12.607-07:002008-07-25T18:58:12.607-07:00@Laura Jane is wise. Listen to her, Geoff and you ...@Laura Jane is wise. Listen to her, Geoff and you both. *hug*d.a.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10701833441665984965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-10974924823842989392008-07-26T09:22:01.220-07:002008-07-26T09:22:01.220-07:00Wow, Laura Jane, you have me sniffling. Love to a...Wow, Laura Jane, you have me sniffling. Love to all the strong women, we do what the XY crowd could never do. Time for a one-step-at-a-time revolution.Anna Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10824356086811880655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-11010619438365531362008-07-26T11:14:37.029-07:002008-07-26T11:14:37.029-07:00I don't comment on your posts nearly enough be...I don't comment on your posts nearly enough because I'm left with so many thoughts and feelings I don't know where to start and where to end.<br><br>I'm where you are and worse when it comes to my wardrobe, my sense of self-care, love and pride. My lack of self-care has gone so far that I've lost 1 1/2 teeth, and am now fighting back from years of lost health and well-being. I have a long road to hoe before I'll get back to even the happy and healthy basics. Thankfully, you aren't that far down the road and to be given the red flags of love and warning now is a gift. Not a comfortable (or even welcome) but a gift. You are a beautiful woman that I have so much love and respect for -- it only makes sense to me that you would have that for yourself as well. I have dear and beautiful friends who dress and look amazing and are spend next to nothing on their wardrobes. It's a mindset and an approach - not the pocketbook. I'm talking to myself here too.<br><br>I've spent the bulk of my week last week on the phone with a dear friend in New York that is days away from losing her home altogether (eviction) and with no where to go. Their life has been struggle, hardship and disappointment starting on 9/11. She's been telling me that she feels bitter and mean and your words remind me of her. Beautiful, strong, courageous and amazing women who don't know how to wrap positive thinking and hope around circumstances that have repeatedly your hope. The only two things I've said to her are: 1) I understand and it's okay. (I think of King David...) and 2) I'm here and I'm your friend. I hope saying the same to you will have the effect for you as it has (amazingly and miraculously) for her -- and that is that she keeps on and still has hope. <br><br>Typing in these small little windows, I always worry that my thoughts are jumbled and I'm not saying what I want to. I can't see the whole of my thoughts - but I hope some of my heart is coming through.<br><br>I share the anger and frustration at the place so many are in financially and the crushing of the spirit that it so often brings. But it is the standing side by side, doing what we can with and for each other that flies in the face of that crushing and bolsters and supports the individual, the family and our communities. Please let me know what I can do to be that for you too.<br><br>And last but not least... I'm so pleased to hear that the landlord was okay with your beautiful chickens. They are lovely.<br><br>I love you, Natalie.Janecehttp://www.noordinarymoment.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-77755173569722251342008-07-27T00:18:30.447-07:002008-07-27T00:18:30.447-07:00I love your positive attitude, Natalie! *hugs*I love your positive attitude, Natalie! *hugs*Tariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-85303232593343368482008-07-27T00:20:48.807-07:002008-07-27T00:20:48.807-07:00Never give up! Never surrender! :o)Never give up! Never surrender! :o)Tariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04105469967850020791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-22225461449610517802008-07-27T06:47:33.288-07:002008-07-27T06:47:33.288-07:00I feel the same as Janece -I don't comment nea...I feel the same as Janece -I don't comment nearly enough. All your posts are so thought provoking that trying to encapsulate it all into one little comment is too hard! So I'll just say this for today..Hooray for the chickens.Tillyhttp://pomegranatedreams.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-13444694886036080632008-07-28T06:11:47.075-07:002008-07-28T06:11:47.075-07:00Natalie, by the sound of some of these comments, y...Natalie, by the sound of some of these comments, you may be whisked off at any moment to get these wardrobe issues resolved! But I'm so glad your landlord has made no fuss about the chickens. Now, about Amelia/o.... don't they sex these chickens when you buy them?nikkipolanihttp://nikkipolani.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534240.post-88711717069020032082008-07-28T09:03:11.113-07:002008-07-28T09:03:11.113-07:00Whew... searching for the perfect fit jeans AND de...Whew... searching for the perfect fit jeans AND dealing with the housing market! You're taking two of life's biggest problems in this post. :)Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08085308886362660283noreply@blogger.com