One Step at a Time - September 2014

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Liz, what is going on?

[Dottie Belle]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Wow fen the house sure went fast...congrats on that.

I am tired from all the exercise I did today. Hope I can sleep better than I did last night...really strange dreams...must have been something I ate....

[Kradle123]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

That's my kind of junk food, Fenny :thumbs:

And I am absolutely in! I'm bringing the flashlights/headlamps! Late night ghost stories..

Baby cousin sounds well,,,like a baby..f you don't mind my saying... And I think I hear the old Catholic guilt Trip being well planned for her next vacation. You definitely need a fortnight in the fort...:l

Liz what's going on?? CJ difficulty?
Mine came in and spent ten minutes ranting and raving about her twin sister liking everything she does and stealing her ' style' :upset:

Then there was a dramatic pause... and she says... ' Mom? do I smell like Dove soap......'

Sigh...

[Kradle123]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Oh and what a great Ying, Fen- (getting your full price) to your ... Yang...
:l

[Kradle123]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Niner... Try this website - Laptop, Desktop, Tablet, iPad, iPhone and PDA/Smartphone Insurance and Warranty from Safeware

They insure all our devices. It's a little disingenuous but if you insure the tablet now and then call it in broken, they will replace it... Apple wanted hundreds of dollars to fix I the screen.

Pauly I understand the Bleh ... I sometimes feel I invented it:l

Dots you are motivating me so much to get my keester on the trade mill again...feels good:thanks:

Rusty where are you going?? Safe trip.

Reccie:l

Wow just noticed that the simple safe ware web site I put in ...expanded!!

Love you, heading to bed...

Oh, AL check in. Safe and sound tonight but...visions of sugar plums dancing in my head...

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Kradle, you are such a loon.
Fen, screw your bad cousin. If she is homophobic, screw her. And maybe she needs to be told about herself, as does your little sister. I know you don't want to be ugly, but I have found it to be very theraputic to express your negative feelings in the right way. I am not very good at keeping my mouth shut, I'm afraid.
Liz - please report in this morning....
and everyone else...xoxoxoxoxooxo

[Recluse]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Hiya!

Sunny, I'm sorry the public are giving you so much bother. :l

Hope things are less busy at work today, mama. I'm glad you have clementine, you deserve to have your own computer.

Pauly, keep going with the AF, you'll be glad you did and it will become easier if you give it enough time.

Glad the jogging went well, dotts.

Fenny, that was a long hard day you had yesterday, at least it's over with now. As mama said, you are a good daughter. It's not right that your mum leads your cousins to believe that she is a bit neglected, nor is it fair that you are the only one who looks after her. Excellent news about your house though, I'm very happy for you.

Liz, I hope you're ok.

Zenny, are you home yet?

:hallo: kradle, rusty, niner, nora, nursie, tmh and everyone else.

[Nursie]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Morning all,
My son had a great first day of first grade.
I'm feeling bleh too. Not sure why. Happy to not be drinking, but I just feel a little depressed.
I'm sure it will pass as the day goes on.
Gotta get to work!
Oh and I started the book "a man called ove". Definitely a good read!!
Xoxo

[Glass Half Empty]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Hi lovely Steppers

I just wanted to give you all some upside down hugs, especially Fen, K9 and Nora and anyone else who's going through rough times at the moment.

Fen - I know what you're going through is hard, sweetie - but you're doing the right thing for your mom and you'll never have to look back with regret and wonder if you possibly could or should have done more.

:h to the rest of you too.

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Morning, peeps!

Liz, where are you? Please come back and tell us what's going on. :l

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Sun, was somebody rude to you at work? What happened? :l

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Thanks, Glassy...
I know I certainly won't have any regrets over not having done enough where mom is concerned, LOL!

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Part of my issue with family gatherings (mom's side) is that so many of the events are centered around church events- mainly weddings and funerals. I always feel like an outsider in those places, as I'm not accepted by the church, even if I did believe in the whole new testament/old testament bible thingy. Additionally, I'm divorced, and never paid the $ and petitioned for annulment like the rest of my divorced cousins- for example, obnoxious cousin is on husband number three. She's been involved in extra-marital affairs, but since she had her marriages annulled, she's a good Catholic.

Another issue is that I am a true introvert. These events are never fewer than seventy five people. Yesterday, there were a hundred and fifty peeps at good cousin's house, loud and drinking. I slipped out and hooked up with a couple more introverts, but soon people felt sorry for us being out there alone and swarmed us. Often, I will take a long walk at the farm, but it was sweltering hot, and I was dressed in my Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. It would have been misery.

With obnoxious (third marriage awesome Catholic) cousin, my beef was her telling me what I had to do to help my mom- as if I hadn't been down that path with my very stubborn mom multitudinous times in the past few years.

I was furious and worried at having to wrangle my mom over the uneven ground at the country cemetery- where the wind is always whipping and it sucks the breath out of her. Can they not see that this is no place for a person in her condition to be? I was carrying her heavy portably oxy in one hand and supporting her with the other. She is tiny and frail, with osteoporosis. One fall and she's toast. Mom did note while we were at the cemetery that it wasn't her brightest idea, LOL! I hope that next time, I can simply transport her directly to the farm and avoid the cemetery.

My rant will be over, now.

Hearing that we had an offer on the house last night was such an antidote to my horrible day. That, and reading all your kind words here.

:h

[fennel]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Hey, Reccie...how are you and Amy doing? How is the Reccie-mobile?

Nursie, I am glad your son had a good first day of school...first days are scary! Sorry you are feeling blah. Want to join us in the blankie fort?

Dottie, that's awesome that you did that jog/run thingy in such hot weather...I can walk for ages, but run? No way!

Kradle, get yerself a fit bit and challenge yourself with Dottie and me! We're fitbit friends.

Mama, thanks for your kind words and advice. I will send off an email to obnoxious cousin detailing all the ways I have tried to convince mom to go into assisted living...and baby sister does need to hear that she could step up to the plate a bit more. I really did give up on her ages ago, but yesterday just torqued me.

Nora, I hope you are doing well. :h

[paulywogg]

One Step at a Time - September 2014

Hey all,yes a blankie fort for a bit is just what i need,i'm sneaking in doritos though haha,Fen,congrats on the offer woo-hoo! and i think you're awesome for taking mom to the funeral,even though the oxygen situation was there,and i've noticed that alot of older people play the "neglected"card around other people,gramma did that too,btw it's already the anni of her passing a year ago today,feel sad but i know she's with grampaspeaking of homophobes,this wekend is gay pride and i told my co-worker i might go and she said"eww,i can't be around those people"in this day and age i can't believe some peoplle still act like that,hi Glassy,we miss you around hereso yesterday when i was having my horrid drinking thought,i simply drove to the gas station and bought a real coke,none of that diet shit and i felt better,it seemed to screw my head back on straight,OMG,i was looking for one of my fave dresses this morning and lo and behold i found an empty 12 pack box of natural light with a few empties in it! it gave me anxiety thinking of what a liar and sneaky person drinking makes me! plus to have stooped to that cheap-ass beer,i mustaben hammered! gross,gross,double gross,i hate this addiction! and i'm starving at 6:25 a.m gonna go get some nuts or something,have a good Thursday my peeps