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[Determinator]

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greetings from beautiful Katchikan Alaska!! just back from a fishing trip and now woofing down some coffee...for the first time in my life I'm getting up too early (the sun comes up at 4am) so my sleep schedule has no idea whats going on. d-uh!
miss you all tons and hope to have internet connection more often but doubt that will occur.
XXXXXXXX

[brittzak]

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OH so wonderful to hear you and DX are having such a wonderful time. I hope ya'll are taking tons of pictures for us!!!!! (me) ha ha I am so jealous.

[cowgal]

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hi and quick

I just wanted to express how happy I am w/ all my friends here at this site, met Bird today and had a MARVELOUS time at the park.........no AL, the girls got to meet the horses and chickens and we ate at Wendy's ..................got a pic to post on the site, so very happy about today......................

Just wanted to share all my happiness w/ you all!!

love you,:l:h


MA

[bird]

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Hi all.
Yeah we had fun with cowgal and swam in a lake. She has beautiful horses and chickens. Hey DET. Ive been to ketchikan. My mom lives on wrangell. Hope its not raining ha. We are busy picking tomato worms off the plants and feeding them to the chickens. Love to all...bird

[Cinders]

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BearLady and Bear Family,

I continue to send prayers up to God for all of you. It does sound like a wonderful family that has come together in such a difficult time. May all of you find peace and serenity.

BearLady, I am so glad you said that about the young woman who ran over Bear. It was my thought, too, she is going to have to live with this the rest of her life and it could so easily have been me at any time I drove blacked out. I also, pray for her. You show the same kind and compassionate soul as Bear did. I can only imagine how wonderful your life has been together, especially in this last sober time.

All my other 30 day friends, hello!! I love all of you.

Cindi

[brittzak]

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So glad to hear the met up was good. I am excited to hear about the BIG meet this weekend in Seattle. Hope it has been a good time for all.

[bird]

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[brittzak]

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Thanks for sharing the picture Bird! We should have a meet up here in SC or GA...maybe a BBQ? There are several of us in this area now. What do you ladies think? I would host one at my house even????

[Determinator]

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wow!!!!! what an amazing meetup! so happy for you all.

just pulled up to Juneau about 8 minutes ago...the view from aft starboard is fabulous I'm happy to report as I type this.
last night I had not only lamb chops but also a filet mignon. wow! just call me 'super pig-face' hahahaha.
when we get back I should strap on two Wii games and play them at the same time just to try and get ahead on the weight loss thing.
Bird, Ketchikan was amazingly dry and sunny! a true miracle.

well, off to eat something..........be well friends!

[greeneyes]

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GA meet? What GA meet?

[Niblet]

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I'm home guys !!!
We had such nice weather... I'm down a quart in blood thought cause the black flies were horrible !!! It's that time of the year though and it sure beats snow

Cowgal and Bird thanks so much for the picture ... More2, you guys sound like you had a blast !!! Every now and then that sort of fun does a body good
We came home to find that our garden got tilled by our neighbour and his big tractor so we can start planting some stuff tomorrow !!! YIPPPPEEE!!!!!!!!! We get him to do a really thorough job in the spring and then we take over with our little tiller after that. That reel mower that I bought that has no motor is wayyyyyy to hard on my poor back so it'll have to go back I guess old Cody is going to have to get his grass manually... Haaa !!! Haaa !!!! Tonight they will go out to pasture for an hour before coming in for the night. Oh to be a horse at my place.

Det, my hubby has always wanted to go to Alaska and will someday... Enjoy yourself.. Is that garlic I smell ??? Yep, hubby put alot of it on our porkchops come to think of it... that is garlic I can smell.

Luv, I hope that your puppy is well by now. Oh, and which international bridge will you be crossing into Canada ?
All the best to you Bear Family xxx

Gotta get supper on the cook, Hugs,xxx

[bird]

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Yeah me and cowgal were talking about a meet at my place. In cooler weather of course since I have such a small place but big yard. One of the kids friends mom just dropped her kid off and she said she heard gas would be up to 8 a gallon in time. We are also having a problem of Atlanta taking water from us and putting us into drought. hmmmmm sounds scary....still I'd love to have a meet down here. We have plenty of tents and motels. Lets start talking about it....bird

[toughintexas]

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Hey All! Welcome Out, this is where you will thrive I'm sure of it, so hang in with us! Mama Bear, you are so strong and so wise, I know Papa is so proud of you all right now. I totally hear your words about getting things in order, we need to do that also at our house, things are spread here and there betw. the house and pharmacy, I'd be so devastated, I'd be stuck in neutral. Are you staying at your daughters that you usually stayed with during the week to help with the baby bears? I know Papa used to say you helped them during the week, a few hours away I was thinking? That'd be the best for all of you I'm sure! Bear Jr./Mrs., so glad to see you here also! I talk to our "Bear in the Air" all the time, I know he is watching over us, I also know he sent that lightening bolt down to zap me too....only instead of real lightening, it was more like a shove into reality! I did fine in Baltimore the last 2 visits, even went by myself last time, all was well.... My check-up went fine, didn't have to have any CAT scans, or MRI's, so that was a positive, will have to wait for biopsy results for a few more days tho...anyway, I talked to More2, and I was fine then....that night, my friend that stands our stallion, was coming in for us to have a girls night, she's been doing foaling and breeding and needed a break from all of that, so she left hubby in charge, and came into Baltimore to meet me. We had a fab room with an awesome view of the harbor, and we dropped her bags in, and went to a cool Latin restaurant down the way. We were having a great time, eating some incredible food, and having a couple of drinks, she barely drinks at all, so its easy just having a couple with her without explanation..she's never seen me have too ever, and has no idea I struggle. Anyway, some guys were really after us, and kept sending us drinks over, she's been having some real hubby issues, and knew one of them from her former firm, so she was talking to them, and not drinking, and I was just chatting, and lost count of how many I'd had...just let my guard down, and was just talking and not paying attention....I'd been mod'ing really well, so I guess it sure hits you hard and fast after you've lost some of your "resistence" so to speak...well, I really did it up good....I don't remember getting back to the hotel, sure don't remember all of us having a night cap in the hotel bar, and sure don't remember falling in the bathroom, busting the back of my head on the bathtub, slamming my chin on the toliet lid, and biting completely thru my tongue....My friend freaked out, cuz the cut on the back of my head was bleeding alot, and she couldn't see it very well, my tongue was bleeding everywhere, so ends up, Bear got my attention by zapping me in the bathroom for bad behavior! Talk about a "slip", and a slip literally....OMG....I have very lil recollection of the crew of EMT's and firemen in the room, but remember telling them I wasn't going to the hospital unless I had too...they cleaned the cut, it was superfical, but hit just right to make it bleed alot, I didn't know how bad my tongue was til the next day to find it split in half towards one side... We had a spa day planned for after lunch, so thankfully we got to sleep in, and I spent the entire morning apologizing, and asking what the heck happened, and feeling like I wanted to shoot myself and jump into the Chesepeake Bay...sooooo disappointed in myself! I made it to the spa, it helped with the major headache, and she left after that to go back home, and I forced myself to take a long walk...wanted to just walk and cry, but held off...I felt so bad, I hadn't been able to eat breakfast, and we'd been at the spa for several hours, so I went to get a Kobe beef burger, and had to have another glass of wine just to quit shaking, such a diaster....I went back to the hotel, propped up in front of the view, and just asked God to please heal me, and to have Bear send me his strength that he used to stay outta this nutso pattern... It really scared me to death, and scared my friend too, she thought it was funny the next day, but she didn't have any idea what it meant to me...It seems everytime I think I have this beat, it sneaks up on me! It scares me alot, because I don't want to be this way....I had another friend picking me up at the airport, and by then, my tongue was so swollen and painful, I had to show and tell her, I left out the alcohol part, just said I tripped coming in the hotel door, and nose dived....she had to take me to the oral surgeon Thurs. am., and they had to IV sedate me, cut the necrotic tissue out, and cut the flap hanging off, and put in 4 stitches....lemme tell you how that feels...magnify a tiny ulcer that drives you crazy on your tongue, times 10,000 times...can't hardly talk, can't eat anything of substance, and its a constant reminder of being a complete idiot! My hubby had to have some inj's under IV on Friday, so we've been a real pair....of what, I'm not sure! Nibs called me and I'd just gotten to sleep early in the am, was in so much pain, I couldn't sleep, so had just fallen asleep in the am, and couldn't even talk to her, slept half the day yesterday....Anyway, I'm just so bummed out. I didn't see that one coming. I really need to just go AF, period.... I need to make anabuse work for me, think I'll try it soon as I'm sure the alcohol is out of my system, I've felt shaky and lousy ever since...travelling back in pain and all, didn't help at all either. Ok, so, I've confessed! D and DX, glad ya'll are having a wonderful trip, my hubby and his 2 grown kids and I did that trip about 10 yrs. ago, to the same places...isn't it awesome! Glad you both are having a wonderful anniversary trip, nobody deserves it more! More2, glad ya'll had fun and nobody needed medical attention...whew...Bird, that's so cool you and Cowgal got to meet up! Pic was great! Nibs, I'll call you tomorrow, maybe I'll be able to talk better, have numbing gel on my tongue! Cindi, sorry you are struggling too, maybe we should have a group Lenair session! Luv, did Zak make it all night? lol Hope Brit had a great time at the dance! Morrison, holler anytime via the phone, and let us hear from you every now and again, I'll try to call you tomorrow too, I need a pep talk! Love and hugs to you all....Remember Bear Family, you are in my thoughts and prayers daily, I sure wanted to talk to Bear the other night, so I looked up and talked to him above the Inner Harbor...I know he said..."you are never a failure, unless you quit trying"..."you laid another egg, look at it, walk around it, figure out why, and learn from it"....I'm praying for myself too! Love you all soooo much....your retarded, held back in kindergarten, flunked outta school, gotta take summer school, friend! Geeeezzzzzzz........ I gotta get my routine back down and in order from being sick so long, having foaling and breeding season, and get back to doing what I was doing when I was doing so good, change is something that may bite me in the butt, when too much happens too fast I guess!

[Niblet]

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Well said Sweetie :l
Bear would say just that Hon... We all know that.

[Determinatrix]

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Hey Everyone! I miss you all.
Internet access is pretty limited so I let Det do most of the accessing.

I am glad to hear everyone is getting on okay. We all sound busy, but happy.

BearFamily - thank you for continuing to keep in contact with us. It really does help to have you here.

Love you all and thinking of each of you. We are having a fantastic time relaxing and exploring.

xoxoxox
Dx