Lori Alexander 37: Practicing Medicine Without a License

[SuperNova]

Going back to the TN house. About 8 years ago my parents had the brilliant idea to move into a very similar home. My dad was close to retiring and wanted plenty of space to spead out. Yeah. No. Senior citizens and stairs are not a great long term plan. They looked into installing an elevator but ended up moving to a smaller single story in less than five years.

This is just me being picky but if I spent that kind of money on a home I would expect to be farther away from my neighbors.

[IrishCarrie]

Oh PLEASE, she ain't moving!!!! She has a comfort zone about half the size of my thumb, she'd never cope in a new environment!

[AuntKrazy]

This may belong in the unpopular opinions thread, but I did not think that the house in Tennessee was spectacular.  (but I don't like open backyards in such a tight spaced community, either)  My introverted self likes a little more seclusion.

If they are looking for a retirement home and in the south, one wonders why they are looking at a two story home?  Both stairs and heating/cooling costs would be a nightmare the older they get.

[Hisey]

33 minutes ago, HoneyBunny said:

Lazy Lori, we already know you have the self-awareness of a toothpick. No need to provide more evidence. 

With anyone else, I would be shocked that she was talking about moving across the country for no discernible reason when her mother is “old and sick”, and her father might possibly soon be facing widowhood. That’s rather cold. It’s also very LorKen.

She still has both parents alive and has never lived more than 50 miles from where she was born (that I can tell). She has no idea what it means to pick up and move away from all family and friends to another part of the country. This is a woman who panics when a wildfire is nearby. She’d freeze trying to navigate new territory for everything, every single day. 

I know! We've moved several times, always long distances to places where we don't know anyone. It's hard. I mean, there are harder things, I realize that. But there is a period of time where everything is a mess, or uncertain, or feels out of control. IT's also hard to meet new people in an area when your kids are grown (it's pretty easy when you have small kids).

I don't envy Lori's money, but I do envy the support system she has, the friends and relatives who seem to be there for her (not sure why). The dad who rubs her feet. The mom who fondly calls her "My straight arrow." The sisters and nieces and nephews she seems fond of.  She also has the comfort of living in a community she has known for decades. 

I don't think she has an idea how difficult this will be.

[usmcmom]

Maybe Lori would not mind being in such close proximity to her new neighbors. Remember, the closer the neighbors, the better the access to their closets. 

Just think if Lori has four or five new neighbors that have closets available for her snooping and photographing...she'd be in Heaven. 

[jerkit]

1 minute ago, usmcmom said:

Maybe Lori would not mind being in such close proximity to her new neighbors. Remember, the closer the neighbors, the better the access to their closets. 

Just think if Lori has four or five new neighbors that have closets available for her snooping and photographing...she'd be in Heaven. 

She may even be able to peer into their windows to make sure they're not eating more than their portion.

[quiversR4hunting]

42 minutes ago, SuperNova said:

Going back to the TN house. About 8 years ago my parents had the brilliant idea to move into a very similar home. My dad was close to retiring and wanted plenty of space to spead out. Yeah. No. Senior citizens and stairs are not a great long term plan. They looked into installing an elevator but ended up moving to a smaller single story in less than five years.

This is just me being picky but if I spent that kind of money on a home I would expect to be farther away from my neighbors.

I agree. My hubs and I have been trying to convince his mom (bad health) to get a house with a main floor master suite and laundry. Nope, she isn't having it. She also won't consider a condo even though her husband hates doing the lawn & snow and they usually hire it out because he had multiple by-pass many years ago.

As for the close proximity, that is what happens in cities. Plus many city or suburban dwellers don't want big yards so they end up with small yards and very close neighbors.

If she moves to the South I bet she will be told "Bless your heart" and "Oh you dear thing" a lot while the person saying it has a smile plastered on their face.

[Sobeknofret]

22 minutes ago, Hisey said:

I don't envy Lori's money, but I do envy the support system she has, the friends and relatives who seem to be there for her (not sure why). The dad who rubs her feet. The mom who fondly calls her "My straight arrow." The sisters and nieces and nephews she seems fond of.  She also has the comfort of living in a community she has known for decades. 

I don't think she has an idea how difficult this will be.

Lori isn't fond of anybody. She's very utilitarian, and people are judged for what they can do for her. She tolerates people because they're useful to her, or disdains them because they're not useful in one way or another. She's easily the most selfish person we discuss here, and as far as I can tell, she looks at the world with dollar signs in her eyes. 

[delphinium65]

23 minutes ago, Sobeknofret said:

Lori isn't fond of anybody. She's very utilitarian, and people are judged for what they can do for her. She tolerates people because they're useful to her, or disdains them because they're not useful in one way or another. She's easily the most selfish person we discuss here, and as far as I can tell, she looks at the world with dollar signs in her eyes. 

I wonder if part of her apparent interest in moving is to avoid being called on to help her ailing mother or the grandkids.  That way she can say 'oh, I want to help, but my owner husband is taking me to another state, so I really can't.  Oh dear.  But hey, I'm being godly, going where my husband takes me!'  I think she might very well make that kind of righteous claim whether moving was his idea, or hers. 

[Free Jana Duggar]

1 hour ago, IrishCarrie said:

Oh PLEASE, she ain't moving!!!! She has a comfort zone about half the size of my thumb, she'd never cope in a new environment!

She would have died if she had to do what I did.  I got married at 21 and lived in my childhood home with my parents until then.

Hubby was in the Air Force. We moved to Turkey two months after we were married!

[lilith]

I laugh at the idea of the Alexanders socialising with the Pearls. Firstly, Debi Pearl is very happy as queen bee of Cane Creek - the position of Godly Older Woman is already filled, and she isn’t moving for Lori. And what on earth would they talk about (apart from beating children)? Lori would produce her $10 organic butter. Debi would say she’s been churning her own from raw milk cream for 20 years and exclaim that $10 could buy enough feed corn to feed a family of 7 for a month. 

And Ken and Michael Pearl? Oh my god. I somehow don’t think knife throwing patriarch Michael would agree with Lori that Ken was a “command man”. And he wouldn’t be shy about calling out Lori’s immodest outfits either - he gives a whole new meaning to “speaking the truth in love”.

All the Pearls want from people like Lori and Ken is a donation to NGJ Ministries.

[fluffy]

5 hours ago, jerkit said:

I might be wrong here, but I think Lori is threatening to move to get attention. I don't think they have any intention of actually moving.

She doesn't want to move but Ken has been talking about it endlessly. She was thinking "He can't make me," but now she's trying to be submissive so he gives up the fight of making her move. She is not giving out the location because they are just thinking about it now. I bet they won't move either but it is why they've redone some of their house. They needed their house to be comparable to neighbors to put on market. I bet they won't move because Ken loves the ocean and they live a block from it right now, not in a treeless field/ new subdivision in what was until recently the rural South. If they do move it's for financial reasons ultimately. Lori thinks it's because of how liberal CA is but Ken is all about the bucks. If Lori weren't so mean I'd have some sympathy.  

3 hours ago, AuntKrazy said:

If they are looking for a retirement home and in the south, one wonders why they are looking at a two story home?

Has been pointed out but she thinks she can keep her windows open on the second story. Remember, she's never lived with significant heat and humidity or experienced winter before. She's never even seen fall foliage in real life. 

[EowynW]

Debbie pearl is Queen Bitch in her territory. She won't share with lori. Neither will wacko Nancy Campbell 

[Loveday]

She will DIE in Tennessee humidity. It's brutal.

I tell you what, she must have a finger poised on that delete button today to zap comments instantly. A notification popped up on my FB, on the fever story, I immediately click on it and go there, and it's ALREADY GONE! I'm talking less than three seconds, people!  

[lilwriter85]

17 hours ago, luv2laugh said:

Am I the only one who just found out today about LorKen's son Ryan being in law school?  I wonder which law school he's going to? I am surprised.  Wasn't he working for Ken?

Ryan is still listed on Ken's website. I'm curious about which law school he is attending. There are some law schools that have programs designed for people to continue working their regular jobs while taking classes at night or sometimes on a part time basis.

I'm also curious if Ryan is taking out loans for law school. It's funny how Lori bitches about women taking loans to attend undergrad, med school, law school, or other post grad schools. Yet, she was perfectly fine with her Steven attending dental and orthodontic school and she may be fine with her other son have law school debt.

[Hisey]

17 minutes ago, fluffy said:

She doesn't want to move but Ken has been talking about it endlessly. She was thinking "He can't make me," but now she's trying to be submissive so he gives up the fight of making her move. She is not giving out the location because they are just thinking about it now. I bet they won't move either but it is why they've redone some of their house. They needed their house to be comparable to neighbors to put on market. I bet they won't move because Ken loves the ocean and they live a block from it right now, not in a treeless field/ new subdivision in what was until recently the rural South. If they do move it's for financial reasons ultimately. Lori thinks it's because of how liberal CA is but Ken is all about the bucks. If Lori weren't so mean I'd have some sympathy.  

Has been pointed out but she thinks she can keep her windows open on the second story. Remember, she's never lived with significant heat and humidity or experienced winter before. She's never even seen fall foliage in real life. 

Please share more, Fluffy, if you are comfortable with it!

I hate the term and the idea of kitchen's being "updated." I had never even heard of this term till I moved near an upscale area. That's where I met people who really, really care if their appliances "look outdated" or not.

However, I will say that Lori's kitchen does not look "updated" at all. I mean, getting granite was the bare minimum they needed to do, if they want to get top dollar for their house. They also need to do something about those appliances. And I don't think painting the cabinets white was the best idea. I do like her wood floors however, and they appear to be in great shape. I'd actually like to know what cleaner she uses for those floors, though I already know it's organic, all natural, and made from godly ingredients.

[lilwriter85]

2 hours ago, lilith said:

I laugh at the idea of the Alexanders socialising with the Pearls. Firstly, Debi Pearl is very happy as queen bee of Cane Creek - the position of Godly Older Woman is already filled, and she isn’t moving for Lori. And what on earth would they talk about (apart from beating children)? Lori would produce her $10 organic butter. Debi would say she’s been churning her own from raw milk cream for 20 years and exclaim that $10 could buy enough feed corn to feed a family of 7 for a month. 

And Ken and Michael Pearl? Oh my god. I somehow don’t think knife throwing patriarch Michael would agree with Lori that Ken was a “command man”. And he wouldn’t be shy about calling out Lori’s immodest outfits either - he gives a whole new meaning to “speaking the truth in love”.

All the Pearls want from people like Lori and Ken is a donation to NGJ Ministries.

I vageuly recall Lori saying she met them at some kind of conference or retreat years ago.

[EowynW]

Just now, lilwriter85 said:

I vageuly recall Lori saying she met them at some kind of conference or retreat years ago.

She went to their church! 

[lilwriter85]

6 minutes ago, EowynW said:

She went to their church! 

I couldn't remember exactly how they met.

A part of me wonders if Lori is considering a movie to TN because will try to set up some kind of "ministry speaking" business and maybe she believes living in the South would give her a more receptive audience. She is probably following the Pearls and others who are set up in the South and travel around going to churches.

 

[Carol]

Good 'ol Ken has spent a lot of time cleaning up after Lori because he knows that we have screen shots of her shit responses and he fears FB removing the page.  And, OMG, then he'd have Lori pestering him all day instead of super glued to her computer screen like she is now.  He might as well have referred to this post as a disclaimer 'cause that's what it is.  Hey, Dumbass, it doesn't undo all the damage Lori did yesterday with her fickle finger of hate.

[Sarah92]

She posted that quote from Michael Pearl and I'm reminded about what someone posted on Facebook, maybe in the Biblical Christian Egalitarian page idk. Anyways they talked about how comps tend to only see two possibilities for marriage. Either a fight for domination that causes disruption or a marriage that has one person as the leader (ideally the husband) but is "peaceful". What they forget about and what MP has  forgotten here, is the third option of choosing to be submissive to each other and dying to self daily. This option involves mutual respect and love. I'm not sure what's so hard about that. Of course in MP's view domination is right so long as it's the man dominating à la Doug Wilson. 

 

[ViolaSebastian]

4 hours ago, Hisey said:

I know! We've moved several times, always long distances to places where we don't know anyone. It's hard. I mean, there are harder things, I realize that. But there is a period of time where everything is a mess, or uncertain, or feels out of control. IT's also hard to meet new people in an area when your kids are grown (it's pretty easy when you have small kids).

I don't envy Lori's money, but I do envy the support system she has, the friends and relatives who seem to be there for her (not sure why). The dad who rubs her feet. The mom who fondly calls her "My straight arrow." The sisters and nieces and nephews she seems fond of.  She also has the comfort of living in a community she has known for decades. 

I don't think she has an idea how difficult this will be.

This is a great point. I've also wondered how she would cope with losing her established physicians (surely she has several, despite her thyme oil and lemon water) given her issues. Moving away from a team of healthcare professionals you know and trust when you have a chronic condition is rough, and so is finding a team that you work well with again. 

[usmcmom]

As others have said, keeping her windows open is not a practical move AT ALL for most of the year in Tennessee. The humidity is brutal. Even in winter, which is mild compared to our Midwest state, the humidity sets in and 45*F feels even colder (at least to me) because of the damp air. 

Also, I'd love to see who Lori plans to call to kill the bugs. Bugs crawl up the drain and she will have to learn to keep her bathtub drains closed to avoid those little centipedes that appear out of nowhere. 

As for (never) bouncing his eyes, Ken will just be trading beach wear for skimpy western wear on all the Southern Whores of Babylon; so he will probably be okay; especially downtown on the weekends.  That is when the all the unwashed do their bar crawls and listen to country music. He will be treated to lots of short skirts, strappy tops and cowboy boots.  

I hope they move because it will make her blog so doggone fun to read, once she starts whining about...well...everything. 

[CelticGoddess]

5 hours ago, quiversR4hunting said:

 

If she moves to the South I bet she will be told "Bless your heart" and "Oh you dear thing" a lot while the person saying it has a smile plastered on their face.

And Lori would probably think that the person just loves her.  

I learned a long time ago, do NOT trust the person who says "Bless your heart" with a big smile on their face.  They are plotting something!

 

[quiversR4hunting]

12 minutes ago, CelticGoddess said:

And Lori would probably think that the person just loves her.  

I learned a long time ago, do NOT trust the person who says "Bless your heart" with a big smile on their face.  They are plotting something!

I learned that too and I'm a Midwestern Yankee! But I have also adopted saying "bless your heart", I love the phrase!