When things go wrong!

)))HUGGGG(((. I usually go lay down & scream into My pillow, then take about 10 deep breaths, & say a prayer of thanks for the things I do have. Be thankful your hubby is still alive to take the van away, thankful that you have kids that can even think about grandma being mean (it's temporary as they love you). The dryer can be fixed in time. I believe printers were designed to drive us crazy so I refuse to let them. Getting stressed just makes everything worse (I know, I do it daily). I know its hard to ignore your problems. Just remember that tomorrow they will be yesterday's problem & you'll have new challenges to face. Look up & leave your problems on the floor. )))HUGGGGGGGGG(((

Yes Ma'am it does. My husband and I say if we didn't have any bad luck we would have no luck at all. When this happens to us we just look at each other and say when it rains it pours. This to shall pass so just keep your head up there is a light at the end of the tunnel and guess what? It isn't a train....lol

I hear ya! MY life is just the same, when one thing goes wrong it looks like there is a domino effect and all else goes to :) each thing often worse than the first. Sometimes we spend some time saving for something we need and when we finally are able to buy it, the domino things starts and we end up being in the hole for more than what we saved in the first place. It reminds me last year when we finally bought a sofa bed for the living room -a needed one since it is our bed - we saved for a few months until we could buy it. The same day they delivered the sofa someone backed up on our backyard fence sending the whole thing down, my husband came from work with the news that our less than 4 year old car had broken down and needed a new transmission ( he needs his car for work so we couldn't even wait to fix it ), MY in-laws found out a bill that should have been paid 2 months ago and it was now much more than what it was initially - we pay house expenses half/half since we bought the house together, and my son broke his glasses. In the same week our loan application was not approved, and I got the news that my hours at work had been cut! Talk about domino effect !!!! I hope you're able to go trough your bad week while keeping your sanity. Hugs to you.

I think that Murphys Law comes to pass when things break or go wrong. Like you lose your tape, find the tape and forgot where you put your pencil. Your car breaks get that fixed and then your air conditiner doesnt work properly. It would be a much easier life if things would just work as they should, i hate frustrations with everyday items.

Wow, sorry you're having a bad week. I don't think that everything necessarily goes wrong all at once, I just think it's because we're already stressed and overwhelmed, that everything gets to us more than normal. I wish I could help you figure out how to relax, but that is one of my weak points.

As the old saying goes,"misfortues never come alone".We often feel the same case as you did.But i think once you've conquered all those tough difficulties,you will be mature enough to face life in the years to come.Stay positive everyday.come on,you will make it.

It's happened to me and hit me a while ago in a very hard way. I nearly lost my sanity. I won't get into the details, but this much I can share with you is that it is important to keep control. What is out of our hands we cannot do much about. Loosing our control adds to this and we start doing things which make it go worse. Thinking of the happier moments or just doing some things that you like will help.

Being in e A.A. program for over 17 years I have learned very well how to deal with streesful issues and I just think to myself that things could always be worse so therefore the events now are just here and will disperse soon enough. I live for today and today alone. Tomorrow is a new day and I can't think about it today. So I just realize that things ahppen for a reason and I move on. There's been many a day where a few things occured that were not pleasant and I survived the day. I live just one day at a time and that day is today for tomorrow never comes. When we think tomorrow is here it is still today in all reality. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

Well you know how the old saying goes: "When it rains, it pours." You just have to inhale and exhale. It's frustrating I know for I have been there and done that. We just have to try and not get worked up over things that are out of our control. It's easier said than done but we must try. This is not your last time going through this either so with that, just be patient. Sorry to hear about grandma being mean. Pray and know that God is the Master and he takes care of us always!

honeydew when you pay a lot for an printer call the place where you bought it and tell them, they have to make it right. also if yuor dryer isnt working call the company and have it made right. dont complain to yourself, take it to the people who have sold you these things, they have to do the right thing for you.of course it has happened to me, and instead of just taking all the guff I wo rk to fix the problem and that relaxes me just fine as I have no more problems. about the mini van talk with hubby and compromise on a large enough car you can both use and once again peace abounds.

felt bad.u had a stressfull week.i can undersand ur plight.once it happened with me also but now there,s no use crying over spilt milk.so CHEER UP.THERE ARE FEW THINGS IN LIFE ON WHICH WE HAVE NO CONTROL.RELAX ND MAKE UR SELF HAPPY.

Honeydew, I was just reading your note when my grandson walked in. I read the first portion to him and sort of smiled and patted him on the cheek when I read about your kids crying because grandma was mean. I asked him if Grandma was mean and he just smiled. I know the grandchildren sometimes think we are mean because we don't let them do everything they want to do. But mine always come back and say, "I love you" to both of us. They never fail to say it on the phone before hanging up. They just have to voice that feeling, at times. It does seem like everything goes wrong all at once, some times. We've had it to happen to us, at times, too. And I guess the worse time was when my washing machine quit running with a load of clothes, full of water! We could not get the repairman out here for awhile. Our car was constantly giving us problems on the road, having to be hauled in by a wrecker. It was one thing after another! We tried not stressing out,but that's hard to do! We finally bought a new washer. And we did finally get rid of that car. One wrecker bill too many and she was gone! Things are much better now. And, hopefully, your life will get better soon. I know it is hard buying something you think will last you for years, only to have it break in 6 months. That's what has been happening to us with our modems! We think either our modem or our router for our wireless setup is about to go out yet again.

Things like that happen but of course it would be better if we see what we've learned from all these bad things . From there you would see that they aren't really as bad as they were. In that way I am able to relax and get myself composed to solve these problems

When things go wrong, we will in the mood of depression. we even won't think about what went wrong. The same mistake we will commit in the other things, thatswhy when one thing goes wrong a bunch of things go wrong. If we remain calm or relaxed for a day, we can overcome that.

yes it did most often!!! I don;t understand why this is so? I understand how you feel. It is very upsetting, I know the feeling. That is why I am glad there is mylot so that we can pour out our feelings here and hear other;s suggestions of what they do?. For me, I just listen to music or read something that makes me feel good.