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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Phew. 2014. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Mon, 27 Apr 2026 15:41:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Lantana on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159211 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:47:22 +0000 Lantana 1159211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Lurking as therapy, why not. You could write a play about these events but people would consider it pure fancy. Chin up and drop by when you can. T on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159176 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 05:26:01 +0000 T 1159176@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I can understand in some way... The year started off fine with my b'day on 3rd, but post that it has been not so good. Some family problems - misunderstandings & fights - plus the death of my uncle on 20th & then the suicide of my aunt on 26th has kind of deflated my spirits. I have been lurking on this forum a bit more than usual in order to take my mind off things as I tend to ruminate a lot, which I know is a sure-shot way to feeling low.  Like you I also want the year ahead to be good one. I hope for both of us & everyone else the year ahead is peaceful & happy.  Suz on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159156 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 04:21:48 +0000 Suz 1159156@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Whoa!!!! Tell 2014 to just cool it (uh...not literally...) Wow, you have had a lot to deal with. So sorry about all of this, and please come back to vent any time you need to!!  Adelfa on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159151 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 04:00:57 +0000 Adelfa 1159151@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Sounds so horrible Thanks for checking in! anne on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159104 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 02:46:35 +0000 anne 1159104@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Woah. What a start to the year. Here's hoping things calm down. Angie on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159051 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:51:41 +0000 Angie 1159051@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh my goodness. HECTIC. ((((HUGS))). Hang in there and take the time to treat yourself too. xo PamelaK on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159030 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:33:53 +0000 PamelaK 1159030@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ A rough start indeed. I agree with Alasse - its clear what an awesome force you are. May the year only get better and water issues dry up quickly (and all stage mothers relax)! deb on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159023 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:27:41 +0000 deb 1159023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh my, what a way to start the year. I hope everything goes well with the water stuff and I am glad the venue issue is worked out for you. Hang in there! pil on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1159002 Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:58:06 +0000 pil 1159002@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow, now wonder you wanted to vent! I hope everything sorts out for you sooner than later. JAileen on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158957 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:34:16 +0000 JAileen 1158957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow! What a horrible start to the year. I'm so sorry. Several years ago we had a tree fall on our house in the wee hours of New Years Day. It fell over our bedroom. After the shock wore off I was just grateful we weren't killed. Later that day, large parts of our town flooded. What a start to the year. Yikes! Caro in Oz on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158940 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:18:41 +0000 Caro in Oz 1158940@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ You must be getting it all over with at once Hang in there.  Debbie on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158909 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 22:23:46 +0000 Debbie 1158909@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ That is tough. Hang in there! Alassë on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158851 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 20:45:19 +0000 Alassë 1158851@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh, boy. But you are a tough one, I can tell just by your attitude. cciele on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158724 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 18:11:17 +0000 cciele 1158724@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh my goodness, hang in there! Sending you some good vibes for the rest of the year... cheryl on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158710 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:56:37 +0000 cheryl 1158710@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ When it rains it pours. Sending you hugs and lots of good vibes! LACeleste on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158669 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:10:57 +0000 LACeleste 1158669@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Wow LaBelleD, That is indeed a rough start!  I have missed your posts here but certainly understand your time is scarce.  Sounds like you are handling things so capably! Very happy that you found a new venue! The water leak and broken furnace would be troublesome but the stage mother would be the end of me! ;) Keeping letting your light shine!  2014 will be a good year!!!! Anonymous on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158663 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 17:06:07 +0000 Anonymous 1158663@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Oh no! So sorry to hear all this. ((hugs)) Now repeat after me.. 'it will all turn out ok., it will all turn out ok'. Mary Beth (formerly LBD) on "Phew. 2014." https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/phew-2014#post-1158648 Wed, 05 Feb 2014 16:56:26 +0000 Mary Beth (formerly LBD) 1158648@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Just venting.    So far, 2014 seems to be a year that is absolutely determined to take the p*ss out of me....   Four weeks ago yesterday: I had an afternoon dental appointment to get two crowns.   So that morning, as I am sitting in the BF's condo, working on some stuff, and out of the clear blue, his furnace starts making squealing sounds.  Loud squealing sounds. Let me add that this was the coldest day we had seen in Atlanta this winter (prior to last week's Snowpocalypse).   In the midst of communicating with him, I got another disaster call - my theatre group just started production for a show we are staging in May - and the venue was sold - leaving a lot of performing groups stranded.   (This was the start of a week of contacting assorted theatres, and nobody returning calls or email, which leaves me scratching my head and wondering why people claim to want your business, and then don't reply). The cherry on top of this purgatorial ice cream sundae was a very emo stage mom, who wants us to re-write the script and plan the rehearsal schedule around her kid, who, like every other kid in the show, is onstage a lot, but doesn't have many spoken lines.   She wants a bigger role for her kid, and less rehearsals.   Argh.  All of this in one day. So after that fateful Tuesday in early January - which I list on my "Top 20 Worst Days Ever" - the BF, my theatre partner and I all plowed through various roadblocks.   And here we are.... at the start of this week.    Monday morning at 9am:  the furnace has been replaced, and we have reliable heat again (yay!).   My partner and I are about to sign a contract for a better, larger venue, that came in about $1k less.   (yay!)   Acting and choreography rehearsals are on schedule (yay!)   Costumes are almost done.   (yay!)   And everyone in the cast and on the production team is on the same page about their role in this show, about rehearsals, being prepared, etc.  (yay!).   It took a month to get to this point, but I was feeling pretty good, having gotten all of my ducks are in a row.   And then..... Monday morning at 10am:   I got a call that there was water coming into the condo downstairs.   MY condo had a leak in the refrigerator water line.  The long and short of it is that most of the rooms are sheeted off with plastic, and this morning, they ripped out a bunch of carpet and linoleum.   There are industrial dehumidifiers and fans everywhere. Right now:   I am working out of my bedroom.   My master bath is my kitchen sink for the time being.   LOL.   They are coming back tomorrow and Friday to check the humidity and moisture in the floor, before they decide whether the sublayer has to be ripped up and cleaned out and rebuilt.   I am trying to be optimistic.   But I am also prepared for a long and lengthy renovation here. I have to say, this leak could have been a lot worse.   A friend was out of her house for 30 minutes, and a pipe burst and decimated her kitchen.   So I am grateful right now that things here are as they are. I feel like 2014 is going to be a good year, but I'm going to have to fight tooth and claw and nail to make it so. In short, I am still on the forums, and I am still cheering everyone on - in spirit!  But I have less time these days to post on these forums, so I am going to have to be more of a lurker.   But I am here in spirit!   And reading and enjoying all of your creativity and inspiration