The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

[Megan1959]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

10 days sober as of today! A brief thought has crossed my mind during a couple of rough situations but I got through them without drinking. So I decided to replace the negative thoughts with positive actions. I have contacted a local sober living meditation group. It is a very small group but I now have contacts if I feel I'm about to go over the edge.

I also signed up for a women in the workplace seminar. With all of the turmoil in my life revolving around other people, I decided to do something for myself. This and my meditation group will finally force me to leave the house and get my butt in gear to do something positive.

So here's to November! Thanks to everyone that is there to support me. BTW, I too live in Florida but in Southern Florida. Snowbirds are flocking back in the droves early this year due to the snowstorms which is great for our economy! Hope everyone is doing well.

Megan

[rubywillow]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

MEGAN! Welcome, and so proactive for you. We are all here for the good and hard times, and they do come in life even if we're not dealing with AL, right? Post here as often as you like, and let us know how your days are going. This is a wonderful, screwy group! :H

[not quite a swan]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

...A im the biggest screw in this screwy group:H !!!

Swanny checking into November:l

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

Hi Swannie - lovely to see you !! Megan - I had never thought about a meditation group so just tried Googling it - the closest one to me is 25 miles away, at 7.30 in the evening, in the middle of the city. that is a no-go for me. What a shame - I would have loved to go to it. there is nothing local. What a lovely idea..... welcome to our thread - as Ruby said, we are a screwy bunch!! But always here for each other.

love, Sun XX

[mama bear]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

Swannie...you are a silly bird
Megan...I am in Jacksonville...great job on 10 days sweetie:l

[mama bear]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

SO COOL.......my office is right next to the Naval Air Station Jacksonville and the Blue Angels are practicing for the air show this weekend......it is so loud....all my windows are rattling...
Hi Sunni ...feeling a little perkier today???? I am worrying...

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

No worries Jan - you know I always bounce back - just trying to climb up the walls of the deep hole I am in. I am getting there, but it is a long slow climb. Just all sorts of little things combining into one big hole - I really am okay though. No need for worrying. Love you girlfriend XX

Sun XX

[not quite a swan]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

*gently pecks at sun....come on chick this swans backing you:l:l

[mama bear]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

I love you too sweetie.....

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

Swannie :l:l:l:h and Jan too - thanks XX

[not quite a swan]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

Im a sucker for a hug as you know...heres one back:l and one for Jan aswell:l

[rubywillow]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

My help hasn't arrived (Note to self: Dock pay again!) but fixed my puter, and have been steadily working through the crap in garage. Swan, trust me, you are NOT the screwiest. You don't know the stories I have to tell. From witches, to ghosts, to lost treasure, I can go on............
BEAUTIFUL here today, falling leaves. Still going through boxes, bags, etc. Could we have a JOURNEY yardsale, and I'll pay YOU to take it away? Pow sneaks in and is in my lap as I type. Had a prospective renter who wants to buy most of the furniture. Good, huh? just got a call about water pressure in another house, but there's some hinkey stuff in the conversation I don't like. We learn about that, don't we MB?

[Georgie]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

Good night moon, goodnight air. Goodnight noises everywhere. :hGina

[Mish]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

Dearest Family, sweetest of loved ones, here is your remiss Mishy after a week and a half (or maybe longer). I'm shattered. Mother has had her stent put into her kidney, finally. They're not going to remove it, after all, as they say she wouldn't survive the operation. They flushed it out as well and it was full of 'black sludge' (dried blood) and pus and it's just as well they caught it in time or it would have resulted in a fatal infection.

I had to drop everything and rise to the challenge, which you will be proud to hear that I did without batting an eyelid. Simply impossible twelve months ago, but thanks to you all for your amazing support, I reigned supreme as the 'daughter of sobriety.' I used the three days she was in hospital to do battle with her garden, cutting back and sawing away the parasitic offspring of three very mature cycads. Her reaction to my efforts was one of the great moments of my life!!!! She simply gaped. She said she couldn't pay anyone to do the job that I had done. She didn't think it was possible to have the garden looking as good as it was.

When I spoke to her this morning she said she is only just beginning to appreciate the effort and care I must have put into achieving the final result!

My dear friends, my dear supportive unrelated loved ones, do you see what you have accomplished?

You have played an enormous role in bringing an estranged mother and daughter back into a relationship we both missed but thought we could never again find. And I thank you, love you and promise to eternally remember you in my prayers of thanksgiving for the life that I now have.

OK, I'm going to post this before it goes missing, as my long post did last month. More to follow....

[sunshinedaisies]

The Journey begins here so get YOUR ASSES IN GEAR!!!! for november

Good Morning Mish - what a lovely post to read what I got up this morning! That is simply wonderful - I am so proud of you. You have worked hard to achieve where you are and deserve everything your mum is saying to you - well done you - you must feel so good about yourself - I am sitting here smiling for you. :l

Well, 4 1/2 hours sleep is SO different to 11 or 12 !! I did (am doing) a clopen !! But I feel pretty good which is nice! Fell as if I only just went to bed though LOL oh wait....I did !!!

Hope everyone feels good today and that you all have a good day - back later,

love and hugs to you all,

Sun XX