One Step at a Time - March 2013

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

and chocolate bunnies to eat while you veg!!!!
Do you bite the ears off first like I do?
Knowing you, you bite the butt first:H:H

[Sunbeam]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Hi friends,
I'm just flying by. People coming and going here this weekend. Hubby cooked a turkey today, so we will have plenty of food to feed them. Gotta serve some real food with the blueberry lemon pound cake I made, in addition to the lemon curd with fruit. I think everyone is gonna be on a sugar high without chocolate bunnies.

Nora and Juja, just keep posting, keep gathering ideas and you will find your path to af freedom.

[Glass Half Empty]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Hi Guys – I’m going to preface this by saying I feel like I’m being really presumptuous in this thread sometimes because I’ve muscled my way in as a newbie and made myself part of the gang when you’ve all known each other for ages. But it’s hard not to because I already feel like I know you and care about you all. Anyway, feel free to tell me to butt out if I’m overstepping the mark!

But that said……

Juja - no need to apologise, this is a safe place to talk if you need to. Life is really hard sometimes, and some days the best you can do is to get through the day without doing too much harm!

Mama – sorry, but I had to laugh a bit about the sugar thing, only because I’m the world’s messiest cook. Floors, walls, you name it – if it can be spilled, knocked over, sprayed or spread I’ll do it. Seriously, my kitchen usually looks like a crime scene by the time I’m finished cooking a big meal.

K9 – I know how much it hurts to watch your child’s other parent being unkind. I left my husband because he was abusive and I had a horrendous time trying to protect my boys (who were 7 and 4 at the time). After a long court battle we finally managed to stop access visits and they haven’t seen him for about 15 years, but while they did there were so many times when they tried to share things with him and were horribly disappointed (if not a lot worse) . Sierra (I’ve been meaning to say I LOVE that name btw– it’s so pretty!) is so lucky she has you to protect her and her Pop as a father figure as well.

Happy Easter everyone. :l:l

[K9Lover]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Glass - Girl we LOVE having you here and I didn't even realize you are a "newbie"...I thought you'd been part of our gang forever...I feel like I "know" you like that! LOL ---so now you're stuck with us and if you disappear, we WILL hunt you down! :l Sierra and I are going to hang out with Pop tonight...we both need a hug! Don't get me wrong, my mom is a wonderful lady...but girls need their daddy!

Mama - Now you KNOW I only eat the butt, its the best part. Plus it's the only booty I get!

Oh, and I am a klutz in the kitchen too, I dropped a whole pan of cornbread once and picked it up and made the kids use a fork. That's how we do it at my house. HA

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Glass...you are on the gang....stop being silly
the only bootie you get, K9??? too funny
I am married and in the same boat...now that's sad!
Love to Juja and Nora and anyone else struggling.
Where is FT?
just ate steak and baked potatoes and did not make a mess.....for once!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

K9...what are you reading these days?

[Glass Half Empty]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

:h:l thanks guys. Being part of the gang means a lot to me :l:h

[K9Lover]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Right now I am reading a book called "Loose Ends"...can't remember the author as per usual! It's OK only...not recommending it, it's kinda slow but I only have 20 pages left. Here's a list of the other books I have lined up: (they were listed on the current best seller list)

The orchardist a novel
by Coplin, Amanda.

The Middlesteins
by Attenberg, Jami.

Fingersmith
by Waters, Sarah, 1966-

The promise of stardust
by Sibley, Priscille.

The round house : a novel
by Erdrich, Louise.

You don't want to know
by Jackson, Lisa.

The Burgess boys : a novel
by Strout, Elizabeth.

January first : a child's descent into madness and her father's struggle to save her
by Schofield, Michael, 1976-

The good house : a novel
by Leary, Ann.

[K9Lover]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Glass Half Empty;1484273 wrote: :h:l thanks guys. Being part of the gang means a lot to me :l:h

Be careful what you wish for there little missy! LOL

Sometimes we are nuttier than a squirrels fart, as Kuya would say. :H:H

[Juja]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Glass, You're always welcome here. We're not a clique, and are glad to have you.

K9, I read the Orchardist. It was different, and good. I'm in the middle of The Voyage by Philip Caputo. Oh, I hope your ex gets his just desserts one day. Sierra's lucky to have you and your father. I wish I had a loving father. I can't imagine what that must be like.

Mama, Hubs beer doesn't bother me. I only drink it when I want to continue fueling an already begun blow out. Besides, I'm too embarrassed to talk to him about my drinking anymore. I've tried to quit so many times, that he probably doesn't pay any attention to me. I don't blame him. I won't give up, however.

Nora, I need to read back to see how you're doing. I don't want you to be in pain.

Hi, Sunbeam! Blueberry pound cake. Yum.

Thanks you for being there for me, everyone. You don't know what it means to me. I felt sheepish coming here and asking for love and support. I guess I must feel I don't deserve it when I keep doing the same thing over and over. Lucky for me, you understand.

Happy Easter.:h

[BHOG]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Juja-
"I've tried to quit so many times, that he probably doesn't pay any attention to me. I don't blame him. I won't give up, however."
And therein lies your goal? If you want to, it can be done. No matter what the spouse says/does.
Not saying it will be easy, but it can be done.
I did it. You can also.

[BHOG]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

K9-
I am reading "Monkey Girl" by Edward Humes
Just finished "The Chamber", John Grisham and "Idiot America", Charles Pierce.
Next up: "It could Happen H", Bruce Judson and "The Whole Truth", David Baldacci.

It's amazing how much time I have to read since I stopped drinking.

[Glass Half Empty]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

K9Lover;1484278 wrote: Be careful what you wish for there little missy! LOL

Sometimes we are nuttier than a squirrels fart, as Kuya would say. :H:H

Well we don't have squirrels here, so I guess I'll just translate that as the pre-perfume of a possums poop. :H

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

Morning sweeties
Gosh...so much to download on my Nook!!
I have read "The Orchardist"...it was ......uhmmmmmm....different
possums and squirrels......eeeewwww
jumpin in the shower to wash my luscious locks
BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2013

at work and felling oogy from coffee and cold meds...bad combination!!