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[brittzak]

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Hey guys...Cindi posts some over in subs....she hasn't been as active lately or I havent one...not sure which. I have been busy. ZAk is sick with a stomach bug today. Brit is getting ready for a pageant next Saturday....I am kinda TIRED! I have a bunch of gardening i am DYING to do but our weather is driving me nuts. It warms up then gets cold. I think we are pretty much done though. It is warming up slowly this week and then I think we are DONE. SO, I got a truckload of mulch and will do flower beds this weekend. I have some rose bushes that need to be replaced. I have some bulbs that need to go out too. I am just aching to get out there. My birds are wanting a day outside too. Iris loves to go out. I put the water hose on a light spray for her and she goes NUTS! Me and her will just be so happy.
They are coming to put hardwood floors in the diningroom Friday too. Then the house is officially done!!! AMEN...
Hope your neck is better after the rub down TIT! I bet More2 and hubby are burning up somethign but not lounge chairs by the pool...HA HA HA

[Niblet]

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Happy Hump Day everybody
Yep MA, I too have noticed that when you go into work with a wonderful, compassionate bubble surrounding you nobody can "touch" you... I've not had hardly a problem with Marilyn in quite some time. I'm so glad to hear you will enjoy Friday off !! Yahooooo for you !

Luv, I find it so hard to believe you are ready to garden yet ours is still under 2 feet of snow... I'm chomping at the bit because this spring I have to renovate my raspberry row and also add some peetmoss to the soil. I simply cannot wait for summer !!!

Tex, I'll have to get a Horse and Rider magazine to check out the pictures of your horse... It is Lola is it not? She is the most amazing looking paint I've ever set eyes on !!! Seriously.
Oh, and I'll be getting my parcel tomorrow from the Soo that may be something that might help the crick in your neck.. It is an inversion table. You see occasionally I get a sore back which I'm guessing has alot to do with a compressed disc in my back.. sometimes it even radiates into my butt and effects my mobility... I sometimes can hardly walk and you all know my lifestyle... I hope and pray that this will help me when my back is painful.
Oh, in the caffeteria we are having a "nutrition month" on March... I'm really enjoying it as I put daily health tips on the morning announcements. Today was the importance of whole grains and tomorrow I'm talking about calcium and the various choices of calcium we offer. I really love all that involves nutrition and hope that some of what I'm doing gets through even a titch... All through highschool I dreamed of being a dietition or a nutritionist and it's still my passion.

Thank You Lord for bring warmer weather to Northern Ontario !!! Bring on the warm sunny days!!!
Thank You also Morrison for sending me some of my long lost pictures... while in the process of setting up this new computer they vanished somehow, someway.... I'm so very greatful to you my friend, Love ya xxx.
I hope that everybody has a "happy Humpy"...
Hugs, xxx

[cowgal]

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hey!

TIT I fondly remember the massage you got for me in Houston, sore as shit afterwards, but wonderfully worth it, hope you enjoyed it.................

Nibs, yep, the attitude is everything now adays, I love my job today, manager is in Canada..............she is a SHITTY manager, and that speak's from experience, I didn't like being a manager, but was really good at it, articulating what you "need" the employees to do beats the hell out of "this and that is wrong, etc............" .............1/2 of my employees quit when I did, so that goes to show(was a pretty good manager)...........don't want to be in those shoes again though, talk about 24/7............I lived at that office, and now the office manager at Cynthia's office is resigning, so they have asked me, but I would rather get my RN and keep on going, hopefully back to research, but if not holistic medicine.............who knows...............

good night, had a few beers this pm but feeling ok w/ it.............tomorrow have a busy day and will stay AF, then Friday hopefully maybe stay busy enough to stay AF............:h


Good night,:l:l

MA

[greeneyes]

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Hummmm..... I've been toying with the idea of looking into alt. med. myself of some sort. Just toying. Like a cow chewing cud staring off into space. Moooooo

[cowgal]

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up and at 'em

I am up and ready to leave for yet another busy day, have a workshop for a RN transition program tonight 6-8, then off tomorrow.............work will be busy as we are working w/ skeleton crew since Dr. Cognetta is out.............makes the day go really fast............

talk to you all later, enjoy your day!!

MA:l:h

[greeneyes]

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Seems like this week is going on forever. Did somebody stick a couple extra days in it? I'm going to drag my arse to the hole so it won't look like I quit, even though I've worked at home and when estranged one isn't there. Need to change my attitude. This won't last forever. It just seems like it :H

[brittzak]

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Greenie....man woman...you are STRONG! I don't know if I would have hung in this long. My hat goes off to you. When is the divorce FINAL?
Have a good day MA....can't wait to hear more about the RN program.
Nibs, glad your week is going so well.
It is BEAUTIFUL here today. I am off tomorrow so gardening I go......

[greeneyes]

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I'm still trying to get him to settle. But I'm pushing a bit harder now. Very very sad.

[toughintexas]

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Hey all! Just thought I'd share something and see if anyone else has had a similar experience. This weekend was my big mid-life crisis birthday, and went out of town to celebrate with another couple, that are close friends. Very low-key, which is the way I wanted it! I started taking Lexapro about 3 wks. ago, I just decided that I probably should've been on something ever since my Dad died, which is when I started using alcohol to medicate. I was a drug rep., and was just anti-drug for myself, always been more alternative in nature! When I was in Colo. doing the crisis center work, and discussing my inclination to over-indulge, they really felt like after I told them all the trauma I'd suffered since my Dad died, and esp. lately, that I was probably more than likely very depleted in serotonin, and I'd really benefit from taking it for at least 12 mos. to get back in balance, and give myself a break, really my brain a break! I finally agreed, I just felt like it couldn't hurt anything! I've noticed that like this weekend, I'm not "obssesed" with thinking about drinking, or not drinking...I'm "chilled-out", not dopey at all, sleeping much, much better, which helps everything too, but like at my birthday, I had a glass of wine at lunch, a champagne toast late that afternoon, and a glass of wine with dinner, and one listening to music afterwards. All spread out over a very long period of time, but never felt "buzzed" and never thought much about it, didn't want more, actually didn't pay much attention to it. It's like I don't have to have it to "cope" or for anxiousness, or to medicate being scared, or for grief. It's like I used to be about drinking, never was consumed with thoughts about it, and it was never a problem. Is this just the initial way it is getting on an anti-depressant, or is this for real? I've also prayed, and prayed and prayed to God, that if he'd just let me be "normal" again, enjoy and moderate like we should, and not abuse the temple which is my body, which I believe, that I'd give Him all the credit. So its either an answer to my many prayers, or both. I'll give the Big Guy credit first, the meds., second, but its sure a good feeling right now. Like its tons easier if you aren't "obssesed" about worrying about it. Just thought I'd share and see if anyone else had had similar experiences.

[brittzak]

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I totally believe that once I stopped obsessing over if I had a drink or didn't that I have felt like a new person. I no longer take topamax....or the supps, so it is just ME now. I haven't had a drink in over 4 months. I sleep well...life is just BETTER in general. I was so grief strivten and MISERABLE and made myself even more miserable drinking...then obsessed with stopping drinking that I forgot to live. I am in tune to the fact that I can't drink like normal folks, but I do not think about it 24/7. I think something just finally clicks and your body and mind just get tired of being tired and sick all the time.

[cowgal]

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TIT

I am doing w/o meds right now.............I just keep on keepin on, hard sometimes , hope the meds work for you, never had for me.(well,maybe the placebo effect................still have all the usual stressors...........can't do the antidepressants at all............drive me to drink actually.

Love you guys, the RN transition is alot of $$ which Mike has a problem w............didn't have a problem w/ his GC testing prep, testing etc..................which he isn't even licensed for , it costs too much $$ for insurance, Wha Wha Wha....:upset::upset:.............this is less expensive, and he is drunker than a skunk right now so talking sense w/him is impossible..................I will have my sponsor check into the program tomorrow to make sure it is legit, but I think I am going for it!

G'night all.................love you guys!!:l:h

MA

[brittzak]

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Please MA....GOT FOR IT...for you! F-MIKE!!!!! He doesn't want you to grow honey becasue you are outgrowing HIM. We see it so I know he has to see it. XXXX

Greenie, I hope it is over soon. Enough is enough....

The weather has warmed up here so out to garden this morning. I am remulching all the flower beds and fertilizing them. I have some calla lillies to put out too. Luvuall!!!!

[Niblet]

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Hugs Greenie xxx
Just a super quick post before heading to the school...
TGIF
Yesterday we had quite a happening at school.. we had a lock-down as 2 whackos rammed into a police car about a mile from the school then took off into the bush on foot... before hitting the car they were driving on the wrong side of the road running Ryans bus into the gravel and another car off the road.... After a short chase with the k9 unit they were apprehended with drugs and a stolen car...
I felt totally safe at all times knowing that a police was stationed near the school should they come out into the outdoor football field from the bushes....
Have a wonderful day everybody
Hugs, xxx

[brittzak]

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Good grief Nibs! Was everyone on the bus ok? People are nuts...

We had a family here starve their infant to death this week. They have 5 children...the three oldest they fed...for some reason they just decided to stop feeding the 17 month old twins. The little boy died. He weighed 8 lbs...at 17 months old. It just makes me SICK...I just can not imagine it. DSS said the house was filthy, rats, roaches, dogs feces everywhere. You can own a DOG but can't feed the kids? This makes no sense to me. And the mother has hair extensions and her nor the father look to have missed many meals. IT PISSES ME OFF! People are nuts.

[Joanna]

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brittzak;564464 wrote: I totally believe that once I stopped obsessing over if I had a drink or didn't that I have felt like a new person. I haven't had a drink in over 4 months. I sleep well...life is just BETTER in general. I was so grief strivten and MISERABLE and made myself even more miserable drinking...then obsessed with stopping drinking that I forgot to live. I am in tune to the fact that I can't drink like normal folks, but I do not think about it 24/7. I think something just finally clicks and your body and mind just get tired of being tired and sick all the time.

Thanks for this. It has really helped me today. It's where I want to get to and reading it made me realise it is a definite possibility for me. I am waiting for it to click and I know it will