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    #796
    THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

    Miss B, please post link to "truly amazing knitting site at the V&A museum" as I may get inspired. I find knitting one of those restful, soulful activities that is good for the chi.. or something or other. I mostly knit for the effect it has on me, rather than the end result.. which leads me to have an interesting collection of half made things that needs adding to.

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      #797
      THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

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      Mary Anne's progress (cowgal) this was just posted on another thread by maryanns friend

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      I just got back from the hospital. She is really moving around, like she wants to get out of bed. She said "I love you" presumably to the nurse, but no one is sure. There were 5 or 6of us in the ICU and all the stimulus seemed to be working her up, so the nurse kicked us all out so MA would calm down and get some rest. All the EEG doctor would say was that she's getting better every day, which was not appreciated by all of us, since it was a master of the obvious kind of statement. She's obviously irritated by the tube up her nose, as she's trying to rub it out on the blankets. They're going to give her a swallow test today, and if it works they'll remove the tube and start giving her some liquids orally. So I guess the news is as good as we could have hoped. We all just hope she suffers no permanent brain damage. That's the big question now.

      Thanks to all of you who care so much. I felt very lonely the first couple of days, but knowing you are all out there, that I can report what I'm seeing and feeling has helped me a lot too.

      -Tanya


      :congratulatory: Clean & Sober since 13/01/2009 :congratulatory:

      Until one is committed there is always hesitant thoughts.
      I know enough to know that I don't know enough.

      This signature has been typed in front of a live studio audience.

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        #798
        THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

        I have discovered swallowing handfull of L-Glut actually CAN save me from the evil cravings I get after work. Have taken to swallowing some in the car on the way home from work to forestall the dreaded battle of supermarket temptation while I scurry around hunting/gathering dinner. The effect is very temporary but lasts just long enough for me to make it home. If it comes back after dinner I just dive for the mattress. Not sure how long I can hold out this way so I hope some sort of chemical change is taking place within me the longer I go on.

        I am facing my greatest test.. a carload of combination of relatives, large bootload of fancy wine & expectations of long evenings spent playing games & catchin up. Have actually lost teensy bit of weight so am hoping the thought of my 'investment' and the fear of it doubling on return may keep me from wavering. My greatest worry is that I will want to go to bed early and be a crap hostess. Ho hum.. what will be...

        Today is day 13 and they arrive day 14... 'the sweet spot' according to Aspy. SO.. I'm ramblin on in order to increase my resolve... ifn i can get through that I can do anything!!!

        Have a great weekend everyone! Just off catchin up in the lounge whilst i perform my treadmillery for the day.

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          #799
          THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

          Hey Mario,
          x-posted.. thanks for the update.. am praying for Maryann

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            #800
            THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

            Fickle - I let my fear of not being a good hostess wreck my 2010 plans last week when I had my influx of relatives. dont do it .... particularly as you are just seeing some results. Being a good hostess is about welcoming people and making them feel comfortable ...... for me drinking through it was just really about coping with my own stress of them being there.

            I just had a tune run through my head ....... "Dont do it Ethel" - from The Streak in the 1970s. Anyone remember that??!!! I used to love it aged about 11 :H:H

            cant seem tto get the V&A this morning,, but here is the link that I got to it from.

            Knitted Toys: Pattern for knitted lion and tiger

            I know what you mean about how it makes you feel ........ I've tried meditation, I've tried hypno, I've tried deeep breathing ....... but actually when i sat down last night and knitted,, with Leonard Cohen on in the background, I felt very peaceful.

            Tawny - could you post the link for the crocheted tigger?? I actually bought a crochet needle yesterday as well as I used to enjoy that as well. Cant remember most of the instructions so I had to get my "Goood Housekeeping Complete Book of Needlecraft" boook off the top shelf. Brought back a flood of memories as it was given to me by the grandmother of my first serious boyfriend :H:H

            Hope we aren't frightening off the boys with all this domestic goddess stuff!!
            Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

            Harriet Beecher Stowe

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              #801
              THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

              check thiss one out .....

              http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...hatqtigger.jpg
              Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

              Harriet Beecher Stowe

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                #802
                THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                So cute Miss B!
                A note to home movie buffs.. maybe the ladies.. I enjoyd very much "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" on DVD.. it's light feel-good comedy - set London 1939.. very sweet & funny
                Oh and it's PG so my kids enjoyed it too. I keep repeating to myself 'she has the bone structure.. just needs some work':H

                Thanks for the good advice Miss B.. I shall perservere!

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                  #803
                  THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                  'A stitch in time saves 9'. I'll have you know i'm no slouch with a bit of thread! AND, did you know Missios, and Fickopolous, we use a different needle on a machine, when sewing denim? No, didn't think so.....

                  Fick's! Be the hostess with the mostess, as you undoubtably are, but be ruthless with a smile! Be ruthless re your own health. The health of you and your family. The effect a drinking Fickos has on her precious young children. Be RUTHLESS in your resolve. YOU are the host, and YOU set the rules, and standard's. If you need to go to bed early, DO IT! Your sobriety, emotional, mental, physical health is number one. It is your priority. Set the pace. You tell everyone....'look, i need to go to bed early these day's, as i've just got lot's on, and i just love being up with the bird's. So, you and you pack/lock up for the night when you go to bed'. etc...Give evryone quality time whilst you are up, but be totally RUTHLESS, but with a smile, with your personal schedule, and stick to it.
                  This will be an interesting exercise for you Fickopolou! Plan, and enjoy yourself. Come on, what are ya?!..........;-0)

                  'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                  Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                    #804
                    THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                    Thank's for the update Mario. Heartening new's.

                    And to everyone here. I hope and trust that any folk's in real difficulty, and who have just about given up on themselves, (not implying CG had) would post about it, and or talk to someone. I'm just a boofhead off the street, but my door is alway's open, and so are the door's of many of us here. We are not alone in this battle. Sometimes i know i can be a little flippant, and that might be 'cause i've given up the sauce, and am living such a grand life these day's, a total turnaround, no less, and so, a happy chap. But i know and remember only too well, where i was not long ago, and that alcohol abuse (self abuse) kill's. It kill's us, mind, body, and soul, and kill's everything we touch.
                    Be positive, well, smart, funny, and strong folk's!

                    'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                    Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                      #805
                      THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                      Mr. G - you've been conspicuous by your absence. Since acquiring your new lap top, perhaps you've found some "other" sites to keep you enthralled? Hmmm? Fess up.

                      Hey Ronnie - are you going to officially turn into an Aussie on Tuesday?

                      Crafty critters - I found spinning to be an amazingly relaxing activity. Something really nice about the rhythm of it all.

                      Ficks - that's my main reason for discouraging most visitors. I cant stand having to stay up late to entertain them and I can't stand the way I have to tippy-toe around in the morning because they want to have a nice long lie-in in the quiet of the countryside.

                      Visitor-free Australia Day weekend for me. Yay!!!

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                        #806
                        THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                        Super model. Please know that while i admit i have been perusing 'other' sites, with my new fandangled multi megabyte laptop, the best porn is STILL on sbs after 10, most night's.

                        Having visitor's, especially on Straya day, is totally UnAstrayan.

                        Ronnie, i'm trippin' the above multi choice visitor question was ticked correctly on your citizenship application.

                        Ronnie, you Strayan on Tuesdee?

                        'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                        Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                          #807
                          THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                          Err, i'm tippin', not trippin' :H :goodjob: :thanks: Hornos....:l :h

                          'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                          Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                            #808
                            THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                            GET OFF ME!

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                              #809
                              THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                              Morning Morning..
                              Well, I just packed my visitors off. This is typically a really hard time for me, when the house falls silent. Not that I adore visitors, but I do adore these particular ones.
                              Encouraging news about CG.
                              Best do my homework and read back.
                              If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
                              Rejoined life 20/5/19

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                                #810
                                THE NEXT YEAR THREAD Jan 1st 2010

                                GET OFF HER !!!!!
                                If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
                                Rejoined life 20/5/19

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