ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

[NoraC]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Sunni - I am so sorry that I never called you back. :l Can't right at the moment. You all were talking about coming home to an alone house....or having alone time. Doesn't happen here. :H

Have you ever read J.D. Robb? I just started 'Thankless in Death'. I had no idea that Nora Roberts wrote these.

I have stopped taking the AB as of Thursday. I will see if that is part of my problem. Hubby knows and encouraged me to stop, he thinks that there is a connection. I'm not sure about that but I'm going to take a break. So, I will be here A LOT!!!!

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Sounds good Nora - my tummy keeps bothering me as long as the AB is in my system which is a few days after I last take one. And no worries about not calling me back - it was probably just as well you didn't - that was the day I was SO upset - that was the day I was down 'cos I was drinking so no worries .....

I tried J.D. Robb and couldn't get into her .... maybe knowing who she was put me off ...I wish I could as she has so many books out and I am always looking for a new author !! I read way too quickly. I just loved that Man Called Ove book - it was just so quirky !!

Writing to my mum ..... and then heading to bed with a book :H

love and hugs XX

[NoraC]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Oh - & speaking of weight/trousers. :H I went thru and got rid of probably 5 pairs of jeans. I put them away because they were going to be comfortable again very soon.

Anyway - when I started going thru things today, I tried them on. Four of them fit but they weren't comfortable. I started to keep them and then decided WHY?? So, that made me happy to clear out a whole garbage bag of clothes. I know that there are many people that would be happy to have them, so why keep them stuck in a drawer??

I'm sitting here with a cold, wet towel on my head. :H I am so hot and keep blotching. Probably from the AB but not sure. I was also blotching when I hadn't been taking it. So, that is another reason that I need to go for a physical. I went out to lunch with my boss a couple weeks ago when his daughter wasn't in and he would have been going alone. I got back to work and had blotched all over my chest. At least it wasn't on my face. It seems to be related to the heat - working in air conditioning all day and then going out into 90+ heat. By the time I get home, I am blotching. So, that is another reason that I am going to take an AB break.

[NoraC]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Sun - I just put 'A Man Called Ove' on my wishlist. It's not on my library e-books yet so I'll have to wait. Looks good though. :thanks:

[NoraC]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Zen & Mama and everyone else...........check out the thread in Need Help ASAP

Best Rehab in Southeast

Do any of you have any suggestions??????

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Nora - please check your e-mail - then I will delete this post!!

[paulywogg]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Ugh,think i'm a party pooper,my old neighbors whose kids grew up with mine invited youngest daughter to a b-day party,i just wanted to drop her off and say hi,give hugs and jet,well of course they know me as party pauly so out come the bud lites and coronas right off the bat,i declined,hubs had two,but they were talking about getting drunk,d.j was setting up,it looked like fun but i just can't trust myself yet,so we left,i just feel like a rude ass cuz they pretty much were begging us to stay,eat and have margaritas,boohiss as Dots would say,i hate being an alkie! i wish i could just hang and drink a few,meh,i'm jealous of normies

[Dottie Belle]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

WooHoo for u Pauly...that was a hard thing to walk away from....You did great!!! and yes boohiss on the whole thing...

[Kradle123]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Checking in...twins are over and I'm hiding I my room with Netflix and MWO... No drinking!!
:goodjob:

..and :goodjob:to you Pauly though I m not certain I would call the people Normies- people who pressure us to drink are probably one of us.
:l:h

[Rusty]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Good Early Sunday Morning, Stepping Friends,

I really like the people on this thread, so I not only lurk, but I read, intently!:H

Nora:

Rusty ? ?Check into Rehab? bar?? Seriously?!?!?!?

Yes, Nora, that's the name of the bar...and it is always packed when I drive by there on the way home from work. But that's Antioch....tacky, and dumpy. One bar after another and all ones I wouldn't want to be seen in...even in my worst drinking days. Even then, I had my standards!:H That blotching on your face must be awful....maybe you had some remnants of AL left in your system and you're having some kind of reaction? I used to get blotchy skin when I was terribly anxious and then I drank. Just a thought.:l

Pauly definitely had one up on me with the name of that bar, "Hubby Day Care.":H Love it.

Fen, sorry I got the details of your vacation goofed up when you were there with
Mrs. Fen. I felt so badly for you because as you know, I'm from Wisconsin, and we have some wonderfully clean lakes, but the Chain 'O Lakes in Antioch is one big cesspool. Good thing you didn't plan on swimming.

Big hellos to my sweet mama bear, Kradle, Sunny, and everyone else, have a lovely Sunday. I'll be back later. ;-)

[Recluse]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Morning!

Sunny, last night was not really late for me, I'm normally up till at least midnight, but don't often post late. Re the tomato tart, I would love to see your recipe if by any chance you were willing to share it (always assuming you manage to track down the missing tail end!). You must be a very fast reader to be able to finish a book in two sittings!

Nora, it will be interesting to see whether stopping taking AB makes you feel better. Don't like the sound of the blotching, I think you are wise to be planning a visit to the doc.

On the subject of weight and trousers, I used jeans as a form of weight control for the best part of three decades before finally buying some scales a couple of years ago. I have worn the same size jeans for donkey's years and whenever they start to feel uncomfortably tight I always take that as a signal to eat less. In actual fact, the pressure on my tummy from the jeans makes me not want to eat very much and within 2 or 3 days the situation is usually back under control again.

Pauly, you did really well to walk away from the drinks, it can't have been easy to withstand the pressure. Well done to you too, kradle on the not drinking.

Rusty, there's a pub in the nearest town to me that promotes itself as being a free creche for husbands. It invites women to drop their husbands off there while they go shopping (just pay for his drinks...). Don't recall the name of it though.

Ok, time to take the monster for her first walk of the day and then I'm gonna follow the footy for a couple of hours. Happy Sunday to all!

[Dottie Belle]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Morning all,
Off to church, lunch and visit dad. It is raining and gloomy. Would have preferred to stay in bed but I am dressed and ready to go.
Back late.

[paulywogg]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Hey all,grr hubs is being a grump! i dunno if it's an s.e of the med they put him on or what,he was being so bitchy last nite i went to bed and watched"criminal minds"re-runs,i hope he's not like that today,it's irritating,i think there is a sort of male menopause too,Nora,did you add me on fb?i'm trying to figure out who it is,i knew Reccie cuz of the pandadid my grocery shopping Friday so i don't know how i'm gonna fill up my time today,still feel like a bum for dippin out last nite,but the parents speak very little english and it is hard to sit there sober and have a convo through the son,but boy i tell you in my drinking days i would hang with them all nite,thinking in my drunkin stupor i was speaking great spanish,even though i was only throwing out the few words i know like"buenas dias" and "nachos,quesadilla,burrito,etc"what an asshole! oh well,good job on no drinkie Kradleo.k let's make it a good Sunday

[sunshinedaisies]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Dots - you are so lucky getting the rain - we still haven't - it went all around us and then came to you !!

Reccy - I too did the same thing with jeans and if they started to feel snug, eased up on eating stuff for a few days, but it seems as us women get older, it doesn't work as easily !!

Nora - odd about the blotching - I have no idea what that might be - not sure if it is associated with the AB - it could be except you took the last one Thursday - well - it could be ...... I am so sensitive to it - can't have anything with vinegar and really have to be so careful!

Pauly - I did laugh at you thinking you were speaking good Spanish in your drinking days - I did that but with German!! My German used to improve with the amount of AL I consumed !! LOL Sorry hubs is being such a grump .... not nice !!

Got to go - just noticed the time - bye everyone !!!

[mama bear]

ONE STEP AT A TIME... AUGUST, 2014

Well done on not drinking Pauly....
The shrimp boil was a big hit bit I drank about 7 or 8 beers and I feel bad about it.
Hubs was drinking too and I had a friend over and she drank. Nothing happened, but I want to get thirty days under my belt. That's my goal.
Yes beloved mr bear, there are leftovers!!!!!
I am tired today from the busyness of yesterday. I think I will got get my nails done and veg.
Kisses to all
Nora, I hope the pain Meds arrived and peles get that physical . AB made me blotchy too, but also gave me bad headaches