ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

[Recluse]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Oh...forgot to mention that we stopped off at the Woodstock Music Festival on our way home from Oxford yesterday. It was fun!

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Great - hit the darned wrong button and lost the post - HATE when I do that!!!!

Reccy - lovely to see you - yes, my friend in SF is okay - she said they got quite a jolt and she had her 2 year old and 6 year old grands staying over and they slept through it so that was good .....

Laughed at you saying about the chance of rain 'cos it is a Bank Holiday - I e-mail with a friend in UK and he said that he is going to a BBQ later today 'come rain or shine' - the English way - LOL.

One of our dogs really destroys toys too and I have found some over here that are almost indestructible - if you like I can bring some with me to UK when I come and then post them when I am there ..... let me know. They also do not seem to destroy the ones that are not stuffed for some reason or other. The hard ones that I have got have stuff tucked in between bobbles and it is really hard to get out - hard to explain - I will take a pic and see if I can attach it to a PM - is that possible ?

What fun stopping off at the Woodstock festival ......

I am off to water - I was going to weed but it is already too steamy plus I have an appt with one of the dogs at 8.30 and it is already 7.00 - not enough time for weeding and a shower which I would need after weeding in this heat!!

Back later, hugs XXX

[Nursie]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Reccie where was the festival? I live near the original Woodstock site!

[fennel]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Reccie, yeah...ordinarily, we'd make an offer through our realtor. I want to hold off, though, as it was only the second place we've seen, and our place isn't near ready to be listed.

Mrs. Fen fired off texts to our realtor in the middle of the night, couldn't sleep, and woke me up at three thirty a:m to vent about it. So, I've been awake since then. This is getting old fast.

[paulywogg]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Hey all,today is my day 1 of giving up artificial sweetener,i plan to take some coffee to work and sip it for the caffiene,and have 1 can of regular pepsi for the fizz,i know sugar is horrible but i was reading that the aspartame in any amount is far worse and i drink 3-20 oz bottles of diet a day,i'm wondering if that's why i'm sluggish and headachy?Happy B-day to Claycan't belive it's Monday already sheesh time flies,looks like there's some hope for the site,it must be really expensive to run a site like this,i have no clue,well i hope we all have a good day

[Recluse]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Glad your friend in SF is ok, sunny.

BTW, if you hit the wrong button when posting, you can sometimes recover your post by hitting the back button on your browser.

I'm afraid the BBQ your friend in the UK is going to may turn out to be a rather damp affair! :upset:

It's very kind of you to offer to bring dog toys over, but I wouldn't want to trouble you and I am sure you will have more than enough stuff to pack already without my adding to it. If you have a pic or a link to the toys I would definitely be interested to see what they look like. I'll PM you my e-mail address. The dog toy carnage on the living room floor when I woke up this morning was unbelieveable and I buy the toughest toys I can find!

Hope your weather cools down a bit...

Nursie, fancy you living near to the original Woodstock site! The one I stopped off at was held over two days in Woodstock, England, a few miles from where I live. It has to be said that it was on a somewhat smaller scale than the original Woodstock Music Festival!

[paulywogg]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Hi all,i just lost my post and i'm not typing it again,love you all and have a great Monday

[paulywogg]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

It wan't lost after all haha

[Recluse]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

paulywogg;1698074 wrote: Hey all,today is my day 1 of giving up artificial sweetener,i plan to take some coffee to work and sip it for the caffiene,and have 1 can of regular pepsi for the fizz,i know sugar is horrible but i was reading that the aspartame in any amount is far worse and i drink 3-20 oz bottles of diet a day,i'm wondering if that's why i'm sluggish and headachy?Happy B-day to Claycan't belive it's Monday already sheesh time flies,looks like there's some hope for the site,it must be really expensive to run a site like this,i have no clue,well i hope we all have a good day

X-post pauly. I stopped using artificial sweeteners a couple of weeks ago and now put sugar in my coffee instead. As you say, sugar is bad for us but artificial sweeteners are probably worse. I'm working on reducing the amount of sugar in my coffee now. At this rate there soon won't be anything left that's safe for us to consume! :upset: Hope you manage to get rid of your sluggishness.

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Reccy - I tried the back button and it wouldn't work - well, it did work - it took me back but not to my post !! I am not the worlds greatest typist and have no idea what it is I hit sometimes that makes that happen!

I am more than happy to send you pics of the things that I have for my dogs and really do not mind bringing something or posting you stuff - I always come very light in case I want to bring stuff back. I used to bring a smaller case inside my suitcase - that way I had an extra case when I came back, but do not do that any more !! I hate shopping but do like some of the clothes that I get over there - love Marks & Sparks, and also a shop in the town where my mum lives has some nice stuff too.... I wear clogs and used to bring back a few pairs of those but order those on line now.

Pauly - I agree re artificial sweetener - I have my one can of diet soda a day (sometimes 2) and am thinking I should really change it to regular - although sugar is bad, I think AS is worse. I have honey in my (decaf) coffee. Wish you luck with it .... trying to quit anything is hard! I have a book called The Power Of Habit by Duhigg which was good ...of course I was trying to use it for AL but it might be worth a look at for other stuff.

Oh dear Fen - sounds like you are really getting stressed ..... why was Mrs Fen texting in the middle of the night ? Doesn't she realise that you need to have your house at least nearly ready to list ? Maybe you should hold off looking at anything else for a while until you are nearer being ready?

Off to do stuff .....

[Dottie Belle]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Morning all,
Head full of snot this morning. Gym is fittness evaluation so after that I think back home....I am miserable..I knwo it is the weather. I will pop an allergy pill and see if that helps....yuck

Reccy I cheated on the fajita sauce. I had a jar of Wildtree fajita seasoning that I dumped into the pan. I just did it to taste and it is pretty darn good.

Back later.

[mama bear]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Dottie- PLEASE do not have what I had.....yucky
just talked to boss and she apologized and said I took it all out of context.....still processing...it isn't ringing true....but at least there is peace and I will settle that. The canoe comment was supposed to be motivating...not!!
phone is ringing...gotta run....Sun, when do you leave?

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

That is just plain stupid MB - she obviously took something totally the wrong way, and now knows she was out of line but isn't owning up to it ......

I don't leave until October 8th .....

[Recluse]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Fenny, my apologies, I missed your post earlier owing to the page changeover. Yeah, I can see why you would want to hold off on making an offer if you've only seen two places so far. Still, it does give you a powerful incentive to get on with things if you've already found a place you like. Sorry you got woken so early, that wasn't awfully considerate of mrs fen. :upset:

PMed you my e-mail sunny. Have you ever looked at the Celtic Sheepskin website? They do some nice footwear, including clogs I think.

Sorry about the head full of snot dottie, hope the allergy pill helps.

Glad you got an apology from your boss, beloved mrs bear. It sounds as if she may be trying to backtrack, kind of.

[mama bear]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

My hubs agree with all of you...
Fenny, do you want to look at more places?
you feeling better Dots??
where is Niner?