Army Thread Saturday 14th December

[DreamThinkDo]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

Morning Satz and JC; no manners today :blush:, but lovely seeing you, though

[DreamThinkDo]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

Somewhere here on the site is a wise-woman well; JC, Molly, Byrdie, Lav, NoS and a few others know where it is, and every so often they dip into it and come up with exactly the right words. You have no idea how much I appreciate them.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

Oops wandered orff after them words of waffle or wisdom.............just type the way I talk...but without all the F bombs.

Had to nip of and make a cake for Mollymoo's son as well.



And did Satz say 4am, when himself came in.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

Hope you're going to take some time for yerself, Molls.

Just made coffee if anyone wants one.

[satz123]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

I'm back - I neve rcomplain about the weather but.............
It's SHITE out there. Cold, driving rain & wind..... graveyard was hell !
now ..................
This lot have missed the train into Dublin - ( by sitting around all morning & afternoon ) so guess what I have to drive them in :egad:

Ye know what - i'd drive them to feckin' Belfast to get rid of them :H

[anon]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

satz123;1598926 wrote: I'm back - I neve rcomplain about the weather but.............
It's SHITE out there. Cold, driving rain & wind..... graveyard was hell !
now ..................
This lot have missed the train into Dublin - ( by sitting around all morning & afternoon ) so guess what I have to drive them in :egad:

Ye know what - i'd drive them to feckin' Belfast to get rid of them :H

Oh heck:upset:
Mine are out for the day.

[sweetpea29]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

DreamThinkDo;1598857 wrote: Somewhere here on the site is a wise-woman well; JC, Molly, Byrdie, Lav, NoS and a few others know where it is, and every so often they dip into it and come up with exactly the right words. You have no idea how much I appreciate them.

Hear hear Dreamydoo!!

Molls and Jacks don't either of ye ever dream of leaving here :l

JackieClaire;1598850 wrote: Just bringing this post over from last night so I can give my 2 pennorth.



Ahh me lovely.... let's start with one of these.:l

Funny you should mention sitting round with your 'special' drinks and the bit of craic. When I first gave up drinking one of things that was at the back of my mind was that I would never again sit up half the night drinking me red wine while my favourtist uncle in all the world would shovel down the brandies. We would sit for hours putting the world to rights, laugh about me as a toddler, him as a young pitman.......you name it we talked about it.
Now last Christmas although it was daytime and were drinking endless teas, we still managed to laugh, cry, put the world to rights, on and on and on. It wasn't until maybes a day or two after that I realised we didn't need alcohol. We needed each other.

It wasn't until after he died in July that that would be my last time with him. Still talk to him all the time in my head though.

Dunno why I've gone off on that tangent........think what I'm trying to say is we can have magic moments with a simple cup of tea.

Thankyou so much Jacks and you Molls last night for yer words of wisdom:l

Guess I got a little scared last night. Found a bottle of Hennessy (t'was empty thank feck!)in the cupboard whilst clearing them out last night. That one bottle brought on a whole host of feelings, you name it, fear, anger, sorrow, self-pity, anger again, fear again, 'ah fuck-it' notions. The fear 'what am I to do this Christmas with no brandy nor baileys nor wine?' Thoughts like there's no feckin way I will be able to do it AF. Molls ye mentioned grieving and that's nearly what I was feeling too. Grief for those days in the past where everything and everyone was warm and fuzzy. Feck me it were not nice.
The sensible part of me brain saying 'sure ye don't need booze' and to be sure, I don't, another part was shouting 'BUT!!!! IT'S CHRISTMAS!!- ye hafta have a wee drink'
Its nearly like not needing that extra Ferrero or some seconds of dinner/dessert- sometimes we just have them 'just cause', ach I dunno....

Anyways, remind me that I cant have just one, ever, end-of. NO.
Suppose I need to change me thinking around from deprivation to gratitude mode. Hear that from the wise ones on this site- just need to try put it into practice I guess.

Jacks the way you spoke of yer uncle and how youse used to sit up half the night putting the world to rights reminds me sooo much of Dad and meself. Know this Christmas is gonna be particularly hard on ye:l:l

Thanks again ladies- it does help sometimes to put these feelings, thoughts 'out there' as such. Knowing ye two are on me side helps no end too xx

[sweetpea29]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

satz123;1598926 wrote: I'm back - I neve rcomplain about the weather but.............
It's SHITE out there. Cold, driving rain & wind..... graveyard was hell !
now ..................
This lot have missed the train into Dublin - ( by sitting around all morning & afternoon ) so guess what I have to drive them in :egad:

Ye know what - i'd drive them to feckin' Belfast to get rid of them :H

:H Nah Satz, ye don't wanna send them up here. There's bombs and shite!!:egad: Much safer they are down that direction

[sweetpea29]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

How rude never said hiya to rest of yis :hiya:

MrT- hope the braai goes well and goodjob on getting the cub to do the pool maintenance:goodjob: We never got pocket money as kids but still had to help around house. My job was the bathroom- took major pride in it so I did!

Sylv- we always think we've done worse in interviews than what we have. You'll have lost nothing in going for it no matter the outcome.

Congrats Pinky on the 2.1 :wd:

Happy Birthday to Molls' Simon

Hiya Dreamy- did ye ever get the housework done?! Good idea on not opening door to visitors- like yer style

MrsA- are yer family staying with you for the Christmas? If so hope they is helping out with meal and stuff.

Gonna off and do me mental age test. Imagine it'll put me in me teens.

[sweetpea29]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

For anyone interested- me mental age is 24- just knocked 11 yrs off me actual age! If only it were that easy, eh?!

[satz123]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

sweetpea29;1598939 wrote:



Thankyou so much Jacks and you Molls last night for yer words of wisdom:l

Guess I got a little scared last night. Found a bottle of Hennessy (t'was empty thank feck!)in the cupboard whilst clearing them out last night. That one bottle brought on a whole host of feelings, you name it, fear, anger, sorrow, self-pity, anger again, fear again, 'ah fuck-it' notions. The fear 'what am I to do this Christmas with no brandy nor baileys nor wine?' Thoughts like there's no feckin way I will be able to do it AF. Molls ye mentioned grieving and that's nearly what I was feeling too. Grief for those days in the past where everything and everyone was warm and fuzzy. Feck me it were not nice.
The sensible part of me brain saying 'sure ye don't need booze' and to be sure, I don't, another part was shouting 'BUT!!!! IT'S CHRISTMAS!!- ye hafta have a wee drink'
Its nearly like not needing that extra Ferrero or some seconds of dinner/dessert- sometimes we just have them 'just cause', ach I dunno....

Anyways, remind me that I cant have just one, ever, end-of. NO.
Suppose I need to change me thinking around from deprivation to gratitude mode. Hear that from the wise ones on this site- just need to try put it into practice I guess.

Jacks the way you spoke of yer uncle and how youse used to sit up half the night putting the world to rights reminds me sooo much of Dad and meself. Know this Christmas is gonna be particularly hard on ye

Thanks again ladies- it does help sometimes to put these feelings, thoughts 'out there' as such. Knowing ye two are on me side helps no end too xx

Sweetie :l:l I am with you on ALL of that and am in exactly the same boat
Had same thoughts last 2 days .......................
Plus young Satz home I have to socialise more - people are calling etc etc - so can't hide. :upset:

The house is AWASH with drink & people drinking it . It 's very hard !

[satz123]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

sweetpea29;1598940 wrote: :H Nah Satz, ye don't wanna send them up here. There's bombs and shite!!:egad: Much safer they are down that direction

Ain't no bombs Sweetie - and sure I'm sure you'd LOVE to have them LOL :H:H

[spiderwoman]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

Thanks for the encouragement folks, I don't think he wants to appoint anybody internally to the three roles, hence the odd technical questions but he's a very unpredictable man our leader, I'll find out on Wednesday.

House now sorted, a bit thank goodness, did something I've never done today and bought 2 upmarket microwaveable meals for dinner tonight, I'm knackered and I decided at 11am there was no way I'm going to cook! OH is in charge of dinner.

[spuddleduck]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

am struggling.. any dvice

[sweetpea29]

Army Thread Saturday 14th December

spuddleduck;1598963 wrote: am struggling.. any dvice

Hiya Spud

Not sure Im best one for advice m'dear, but am about now awhile if ye wanna chat. Are ye struggling with cravings or what?