One Step at a Time - November 2014

[sunshinedaisies]

Dotts - glad that you helped with your friends mum - and that she is settled - my MIL moved into an assisted living place a while ago and she loves it - she is totally independent right now but help is but a push of a button away - plus if she needs more assistance, she can move into the larger building rather than stay in her own house, so hopefully your friends mum will love it ....I think it is just the change that they hate initially - I know I do !!

Hi FT - glad that things are going well for you..... and the g/f and you have mostly had a long distance relationship haven't you ? And yes they are hard to make work -

Kradle - so proud of you for not drinking with all that is going on - good for you.

Hey MB - hope work goes well today for you. I am off today and really need to start some painting that I bought the paint for a couple of months ago - and prepped the room too - so MUST get on with that -

Hi to everyone else - off to get some breakfast .....

Hugs, sun XX

[Lizann]

Home today:welldone:. So much to do! Food shopping is first on my very long list. Then I have to find a hotel in Boston! Erin is taking me to a patriots game on the 23! We just love boston. I'm pretty excited hoping it's not too cold though.
FT those long distance relationships are hard. I tried it once back in the day and had my heart broken. Alls well that ends well and I am happy with hubby. Your princess will come too, hang in there
Sunny, may I say, you are always so sweet and encouraging . You always seem to know the right thing to say. Thanks for being here.
MB, kradle, k9, fen, Pauly, Nora, Dottie and anyone one else I missed, love you all! Happy hump day!

[Dottie Belle]

Morning all,
Very cold here. Took the doggies out this morning and they didnt want to stay out long either....
Off to the gym then laundry. So much to do....dust bunnies need to be gathered up too...
We are considering just fostering Finn...5 dogs is a lot even for me...he is a good boy and he needs some young boys to play with. If we find a home for him they can pull another dog from the high kill shelter and we could help them...hard decision to make but there are so many dogs that need to be rescued....sigh
sun I don't get an exercise high rather it allows me to work off my frustration...pumping iron for me releases stress....
Welcome home Lizann.
FT checkers are so much fun...what I remember.......

[K9Lover]

Btw,i am a year younger than K9, but i guess i'm not much of this group anyways,hope everyone has a good day

You are absolutely 100% part of this group girl! Don't you go around saying things like that or I will send Mama over to kick yer butt. LOL!!!

[K9Lover]

Hi Everyone!
First I had to scold Pauly for not feeling like a part of the group, then I had to read back. LOL
Well, Sierra is moved. I spend most of Monday evening crying and staring at her empty bedroom. Went to bed at 5:30. Yesterday I mostly just laid around and read a book and took a loooong nap thanks to Librium. Managed to stay up until 7:30 last night. Her little chihuahua is so sad, she KNOWS what's going on. Monday night I heard her crying so I went out into the living room and she was just sitting there whimpering. I took her into bed with me and Forrest and she actually stayed all night. Last night she joined us too. I'm glad, I don't want her just laying in an empty dark room all alone. I have gone WAY out of my way to make that demon dog happy. LOL I must say, she is starting to like me...I guess when you only have ONE choice there's not much of a decision to make. HAHAHA I do miss Sierra HORRIBLY but she says she is happy. My parents are going a bit overboard on wanting to fill every spare minute of my time, I had to ask them nicely to give me space and let me adjust. I am the type of person that is fine sitting at home enjoying a book. My moms surgery went great and now both eyes are done. She is 74 and this is the first time she's every had anything medical happen (this plus the cancer scare) so I'd say she's been pretty lucky.
I hope everyone here knows how much they mean to the group. I know we all have our own things going on, but we are always here for each other and if you need to come here just to ramble, then do it! I don't want to see anyone disappear, we ALL have something to offer to each other!!
Mama - How many days until 'Tucky gets back? That should be interesting.
Will check in later....PLEASE don't disappear anyone, we need everyone! :heartbeat::heartbeat:

[K9Lover]

p.s. No drinking for this gal. Forgot to mention that. Would I really be in bed at 5:30pm and 7:30pm if I had been drinking? LOL I also haven't had much of an appetite either though :egad: And that is NOT like me at all!!!

[mama bear]

I am so glad to see you Niner.....you have been on my mind. I am proud of you and her poor chi must know you have an empty place in your heart
It's nice and in the low 70's here...I love this weather.
Tucky comes back Wednesday...I am filled with dread
Enjoy all your errand Lizz...I have a few million to do myself
5 doggies IS a lot Dots!!
Hope your spirits are better SUN...XO

[sunshinedaisies]

Sunny, may I say, you are always so sweet and encouraging . You always seem to know the right thing to say. Thanks for being here.

Lizanne - that was so sweet and of course had me in tears - LOL.

When are you going to Boston? I went there once - it was my first time in USA and I was looking for a rubbish bin and finally saw a blue one - there was no writing on it - it seemed an odd rubbish bin to me but I popped my rubbish in it - I found out a few years later that it had been a mail box !!!!! But I do not remember there being any writing on it ....

Dottie - I understand about the five dogs - to me, three is one too many but we have them now and I wouldn't change that..... it is very cold here too and tomorrow supposed to get down into the really silly stuff .....and snow forecast for the weekend but I do not think it will actually snow .....

Kradle - anything now that is still in the garden will be gone within a day or two although I am amazed that the parsley is still hanging in there .... I might dig it up and bring it in but to bring plants in to my house is almost giving them a death sentence !! I am great with outside gardening but woe betide any plant that enters my house .... I have (had) an avocado plant that sprouted on my compost heap and it has been great all summer - brought it inside and within 10 days it was losing leaves to salt burn so I have taken it to a girl at work for the winter who is good with indoor plants and then will have it back next spring !!

MB - thank you for the texts - you are so sweet. I really will be fine though - I just need to get my head on straight and try and work this out ..... but thank you for being there for me ... naturally it got me in tears !!! That seems to be mainly how I am spending my days right now ....but I will sort it .....

K9 - glad that you survived the weekend and you will be fine without Sierra - look on it as an adventure !! She will come home and you will wonder where your peace and quiet went to and sigh a sigh of relief when she goes back again - I know that you cannot see that happening right now, but the day will come .... as a mother of two girls in their late 20's and early 30's, I speak from experience !! You WILL survive !!

Dottie - I have not been very good at doing the pumping iron on my own so am thinking about having the trainer for a series of sessions .....I injured myself when I did it on my own. Totally overdid ..... so watch this space ..... and I so wish I could get that runners high but walking .....

Got to go - hugs to all, Sun XXX

[Dottie Belle]

sun they are saying 25 tomorrow morning with a chance of FLURRIES later this week...we got the snow blower out of the shed and got some gas on the way home from the grocery. We have a trainer. It is great. No thinking and they wont let u do anything stupid....at least that is what they are supposed to do..check their education and certifications. I have found that if they only have training from the gym where they work run the other direction. Our fellow and a BS in exercise/ sports training and is really good about substituting exercises if we feel sore or whatever we are complaining about. Paying someone makes us more responsible about going...
Going out to empty the last of my potted veggies and put them in the shed for the winter...so sad....

[sunshinedaisies]

It is hubs birthday in two weeks - maybe I will buy him a snow blower! Sort of like him buying me an iron - right ???

Just walked the dog and am going on the treadmill now ......

Hugs XX

[mama bear]

good one Sun!!
Dots...that sounds like the way to go as far as training

[fennel]

Pauly, I'm sorry I was cranky with you. Please come back.

[fennel]

Sun, like Dotts, I don't get a runner's "high" when I work out. It's more of a stress relief thing for me, too. Plus, you get a general sense of well being when you've pushed yourself so hard. The trainer might be a good idea.

Please tell me that hubs didn't get you an iron for a gift! :egad:

Dotts, it's 23 degrees here and windy right now, which makes it feel much colder. I can't believe that we're getting walloped like this again so early in the season.

[fennel]

Niner, couldn't Sierra take her chi with her? I'm sad for the little critter. Dogs especially seem to fret when their people are gone.

[paulywogg]

Oh sweet Fen,you weren't cranky with me at all,i have nothing but love for everybody here,i just think it's best for me right now to stick with my smaller thread and focus on staying sober and making myself a better person,not like i can't do that here,but sometimes hearing of drinking a few sets my gears reeling,and i certainly wouldn't want anybody censoring themselves,this is in fact where people are supposed to be honest about that,ugh,don't know what i'm trying to say but it's defo none of you,it's my issue nobody else's