ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

[NoraC]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Kradle - didn't you post some sites that had chanting & meditation? I am wanting to look into that. I mentioned to my therapist this morning that I had a friend that chanted and she thought it was wonderful.
Let us know how it goes today. :l

[Dottie Belle]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

cori - Dottie, i hope you're proud, as i CLEANED yesterday......felt quite industrious"
WooHoo....now I have to work on my own house...dining room is still full of my folks things that I need to sort through. But it can keep for now since we don't use that room....

[NoraC]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Quote from 'An Absent Mind':

He may not be able to function normally,but he isn't just Saul Reimer, a middle-stage Alzheimer's victim, whose worth is the sum total of the results of all the tests he has taken. He is my father, a man, and a human being.

[Dottie Belle]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Good one Nora....

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

NoraC;1694251 wrote: Oh Kradle - good luck! I understand completely. COMPLETELY! My therapist asked me what my plans were for today. I said maybe go on a picnic but doing nothing. I do not want to go anywhere, I do not want to deal with anything or anyone. :l

Oh Nora and Kradle - I so totally and completely understand - today has been like that for me - didn't want to talk to anyone or go anywhere or do anything - so I didn't !!! Hence not posting either - sorry everyone.

Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible ......

hugs XXX

[NoraC]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Sunnie - I'm so sorry that you're feeling down too. :l I know it's so hard to lose your kitty. :l

[coriander]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Hey sunny, this too will pass. Your pusspuss sounds like he she had a lovely life. Old animals seem to develop a certain grace and dignity when they age.

Dottie, about the cleaning, how come I never look UP until I've finished with the vacuum cleaner!!! Shits me then to see all the cobwebs!!

[Zenstyle]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Hello darlings!!! :h

I'm awake at sparrow fart, it would be coming up 1 a.m. my time... still having a job adjusting to the jet lag.

Reccy, what on EARTH is up with your car?! It's growing a beard?! And, yes, I think it was "goodnight" I was aiming for when I conked out! I just read your reply and my PM to you and laughed my arse off at the ending! :H I got an O2 SIM but I'm switching to Vodaphone when my ten quid runs out - the O2 service sucketh. I'll text you anyway, but the number will change.

Well, we had a very sad and strange happening yesterday. It's a busy road outside our house and Jim was directing me out into the road and he saw the whole thing, I just heard the bang. They'd been doing loads of work outside our house and had put up new lamp posts and a new car park and all sorts of stuff for the primary school (it's right across the road) and this car ploughed straight into one of the lamp posts yesterday morning. I jumped out of the car and Jim and I went running up. A fellow and two girls got there too and the fellow dialled 999. I think the man driving the car had a stroke or heart attack and that's why he went off the road... he was in very bad shape but it wasn't from the airbag or impact, there was something else going on there. I hope he is still with us. ( We are only about 1/2 a mile away from the hospital so that was fortuitous, although it took a bit too long for the ambulance to arrive imho. The cops eventually came after I called them as we didn't want to leave the man's car with his keys and belongings once the ambulance took him (they were meant to come after the fellow that was there with us called but didn't) and they have had an officer in a police car watching the cordoned off "scene" ever since and the car is still there... very strange. Could that be for insurance reasons or something? The man was in his late 60s or so. He was breathing very shallowly and unconscious. I think he has a cat as there was a big box of cat food in the back seat. And an empty suitcase. In any event, we've been saying prayers for him. I drove past the hospital several times yesterday and my thoughts were with him. The police have my name in connection with the incidence and I might try calling them tomorrow to see if I can find out if he lived. :upset:

Other than that, we went to a beach for a walk after the accident and it pissed down on us so that got aborted. We came home and changed jackets and went for a walk in the Castle grounds instead... and it pissed down on us again! It took us half an hour to walk from where we parked and 15 minutes to get back lol! Nothing like a dose of rain to get one moving faster. My hair is naturally wavy and I looked like a drenched poodle when we hit the supermarket on the way home soaked through (they are closed on Sundays and we had to pick some stuff up). Then we took my aunty and Mam out to dinner, had langoustines and lobster... yum. My aunty is exhausted, she's been helping look after Erin (the new baba) and really enjoyed the break.

Erin's mam is doing great. She was very down in the dumps for a few days (post natal depression?) but has rallied round. Her cat is here with them - he's a Russian Blue (called Balloch which is Gaelic for Boy) and he reminds me of a mini MacGregor (a cat I used to have). :h

Sundays are very quiet here... nothing is open, a total day of rest and church going. It's like stepping back in time 50 years when you come here. I'm opting out of cooking and we're going to go to a carvery for dinner. I actually haven't cooked at all since I arrived but I'll start on Monday. I have to clean the kitchen next and want to get that done first. The kitchen is TINY and it's where everyone congregates. Between my mum's recliner in the middle of it, 25lb Jack who is permanently underfoot and smack bang in the centre of everything, his dog bed (he's way too big for a cat bed!), Jim who is 6'3" and 250lbs, and anyone who happens to drop by... there is not much room left for the cook and bottle washer... it's damn frustrating as all get out! My mum has a lady that comes in to clean but I'm really not sure where her efforts have been concentrated... I'm allergic to dust and have been on anti-histamines since we got here. There wasn't even any Windowlene in the house so I at least hope she brings her own cleaning supplies. I expected to have to do a deep clean so it's no biggie, but I'm not too pleased at my mum paying her for a shoddy job.

We're probably going to buy a new bed for my mum at the beginning of the week. She's been using the room I'm in now but wants to change to another room but doesn't like the bed as it's a single. So I think we'll get a 3/4 for that room and put the one that's in there in the room Jim is in. The bedrooms are really small (the whole house is!) so I hope the 3/4 will fit OK. The walls on the house are 3 foot thick and made of stone... it's like a reverse Tardus... looks quite a decent size from the outside and bleedin' tiny on the inside!

Sorry I've prattled on... I've been missing youz and thinking about you all. I'm going to try for some more shut-eye now and will read back properly and comment on your "goings-on" tomorrow. I may go and see one of my mates in the afternoon... I'll see how things pan out. And we'll try for a decent walk again. The weather is meant to be crap all weekend though, dratts.

Have a good Sunday luvvies... I'm out of emoticons so BIG HUGS to everyone... love youz... XXX

[Lizann]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Zen, I enjoyed reading your post. So sorry about that accident. Would love to know how the gent is doing if you find out. I'm guessing they are investigating the accident and that's why the car is still there.
I remember when we were in Germany two summers ago. Everything was closed on a Sunday! We ended up picnicking at a park, then headed to,the beer garden.
Rainy sunday morning here. Will head out to church in a bit. Cjs boyfriend was here until 4am again, night before he left at 4:45 am. Ok could I get some feed back here? Is this reasonable? I happy she's here safe and sound but come on. I let Lucy out at 2 am and he's in her room and sees me walking around in my Jammie's. Whatever!
Had a dream that I was drinking last night. I woke up and I was so upset. It was so real. It's like it's right there, too close for comfort.
Happy Sunday my friends.

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Very quick fly by - off into town to get some food from the Home Land !!! Will try and post properly when I get back ... have a great Sunday everyone.

Hugs, Sun XX

[paulywogg]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Hey all,Zen sounds like the trip is going well,i think if your mom is paying someone to clean they shouldn't be doing a half-assed job! feel bad for the poor guy in the wreck,hope he's o.k,not much going on in my world,up early on a day off but that's just me i've decided,i'd rather be up early un-hungover,than up early with drink anxiety so it's all good,treated myself to a cute pink purse at kohls yesterday,it was 50% off and i got another 20%cuz i used the charge card so it was only 17 bux,very cool,hope everyone has a mellow Sundayp.s Zen,i would DIE if places were closed on Sunday here!

[Dottie Belle]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Morning all,
Off to church then to visit dad. Got him a new lamp, hope he doesn't break this one....
Have a great Sunday.

[mama bear]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Just checking in on a lazy Sunday. Have not read back but will. Hubs and I are watching a movie together

[LavenderBlue]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Just saying hi to everyone quick! I'm still around, just hitting the tired-headachy-unfocused feelings much more this weekend. I know it will pass; and hope everyone is having a great Sunday! You guys continue to be my reminder that I really want to do this and it's so very worth it.

Oh, on a sidenote; it sounds like a small thing but I said no to someone yesterday. It was the sort of thing that I'd used to just say "maybe, sure, yeah sometime" because it seemed easier. Sober, I knew that the answer was "Not up to it this weekend, and honestly not something I'm interested in doing anyway." It felt good, and I know I won't have to feel guilty about agreeing to do something that I'd probably never get around to.

[Kradle123]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Morning everyone- Zen your trip brings me right back to my university days....well, the small houses, Sunday Shut ins, lots and lots of Rain... But I'm so happy you get to be with your mum, making arrangements, finding a bed, keeping the ' domestics ' in line!! :H miss you though:l

Liz, I had a drinking dream once where RJ came Ito my mom and dad's bedroom and found me drinking...it was so real!

Sun are you picking up some Bangors and Mash...? I really loved fried tomatoes & Toast. :chef:

Pauly, I bet Vegas never closes down...like NY! Nice score on the purses!

Mama what movie are you watching? Sounds snuggling and nice...

Cori I just Ieave my cobwebs and tell the kids I creating authentic decorations for Halloween

Well, last night went pretty well, actually. I was incredibly surprised to see that a lot of people who live on her block were actually people I knew from the School... But that makes sense really when I thought about it. So I did enjoy myself and it was a beautiful night. Watching the kids run around, playing Red light Green light and scavenger hunting was wonderful. I haven't done anything like that in soooooo long! I am glad I went. No one was drinking either- only soda and water and juice. I thought at first...' Well, there's goes my excuse ' but actually I ended up happy that we only had the soft drinks...didn't need anything else and you know...Alcohol really does complicate things.... Someone on here has a tag line which reads: I don't drink anymore so that I know when I'm having a good time...' That was certainly nail on the head last night!

Thanks for all the well wishes. Off to go tubing today and hopefully drop the pots... There's more Dungees to be had!!

Lovely Sunday to everyone :h