One Step at a Time - November 2014

[Recluse]

I'm here, sunny! Afternoon everyone! :happy2:

Sun, I hope the pie turns out well. What made you decide to get the treadmill? Do you not get enough exercise walking gus? I am glad your A/C has been fixed, but it's outrageous what they charged you for it, no wonder you feel "had". Sorry about the dog accident. How do your other dogs let you know when they need to go out? Amy runs back and forth between me and the door, I am not sure she would know what to do at night so I always send her out just before bedtime.

Mama, thank you for the update on nursie, I'm glad she's ok. That's great that the kittys are getting on well together. And I loved the mouse costumes! Have fun at the football party! :happy2:

Niner, I hope you are feeling a bit more at ease now that the bankruptcy is in progress.

Nora, thank you for getting up at 4am to start the new thread! Did your fitbit arrive? The slowcoaches at Amazon haven't even despatched mine yet. That's great that you're getting some rain at last. How is your neck now?

Fenny, I was most impressed by your handiwork with the pumpkin! :happy2:

Kradle, sorry about the money worries. I'm glad you're enjoying the choir practice though.

Pauly, I really don't know what to say about michelle being a webcam girl, but I guess it isn't making you happy. Have you talked to her about it? Sorry you blew your 40 days. If it's any consolation, I screwed up too. Went to the supermarket late on Thursday night after swimming and they had heavily discounted whisky on offer. You can guess the rest. Apparently we had the warmest Halloween on record, but yesterday might as well not have happened for all I knew about it. Oh well, at least I have no desire to repeat the exercise anytime soon.

Dotts, sorry you've got a grump coming on, I 'm not awfully keen on cold weather or the time change either.

Hi to anyone I've missed. Hope everyone is having an enjoyable Saturday. :happy2:

[sunshinedaisies]

Dear Reccy - thank you so much for your swift response via e-mail for the recipe - it is in the oven as we speak - or as I type .....

I am so sorry about your lapse - is this the first in a while ? I have no reason to talk about lapses to anyone - I constantly do it ..... just get so fed up with it and wonder if the merry-go-round will EVER stop. Even if I do not drink enough to give me a hangover - I still sleep like heck and waste half my day drinking then go to bed early. I am SO fed up with it. SIGH. BTW - SIGH is going to be my epitaph!!!! LOL No I need to be more positive than that .....I used to be so positive that folk called me Pollyanna - I heard my hubs saying to my eldest daughter that I am very moody these days - it made me feel so bad. I know that things have not been good with me for about the past 9 months but hate that he would say that - I have never been a moody person so that really does upset me ...... where is my Guinness - yeh right as if that is the answer.

I am talking to myself here and need to stop. Back to the kitchen to clear up after making the spinach pie - it looks and smells really good. Thanks Reccy for the recipe ....

Hugs to all, Sun XXX

[sunshinedaisies]

Reccy - sorry - I didn't answer half your questions - hubs has been calling and is talking to the owner of the AC company and wants to know why one day we are charged $87 for an hours work then charged $250 for 35 mins work .... he is not usually the one that deals with this stuff but I am fed up with dealing with it ...so am leaving it to him this time.

Gus always comes and 'nudges' me at the bedside if he needs to go out in the night - but we always put them out before we go to bed - although last night I went to bed really early and hubs didn't let them out again before he went to bed ..... the middle dog that has no problems to speak of, always 'goes' when we let her out at night and has never had to let us know - so I am not sure! The one that had the problem last night is the one that was the mum of the OTHER one (if you follow) that we have and so she was in a puppy mill her entire life. How on earth is she supposed to know how to let anyone know she needs to go out? although I do vaguely remember her huffing at me in the night - so shame on me. I should have known that something was up simply 'cos she did that ...... mea culpa !!! Poor dog .... she tried.

Gosh - the spinach pie really is looking and smelling good ......

love and hugs, Sun XXX

[Glass Half Empty]

Got to shampoo the carpet now as our scardiest rescue ( the one that is the most scared) had an accident in the night - she doesn't know how to tell us that she needs to go out .....she gets so upset unless she is being stroked by me that I have no idea how we are EVER going to teach her .....

Sunshine - this breaks my heart but you are an angel. What a lucky little baby he/she is to have been rescued by you! I'm sure with your care he/she will learn in time.

[sunshinedaisies]

Sunshine - this breaks my heart but you are an angel. What a lucky little baby he/she is to have been rescued by you! I'm sure with your care he/she will learn in time.

Glass - that is so sweet of you. We have had her since LAST September. It has taken this long for her to trust me - I hate that someone made her feel like this but am so happy that she does trust me now - when I went to UK she pooped for the first three nights and I felt so bad both for her and for hubs ..... but there is no way to let her know that things are okay ..... I have actually been taking her to a trainer and that has helped enormously - not with training but with building her confidence. I knew when I went to UK that it would be a few steps backwards with her.

[Dottie Belle]

Spinach pie??? OK I want the recipe too.
How do I set up a pop up for the PM's. I have missed a few myself...
But I am getting used to the site.....
Train show was nice but we didn't buy anything, so not like us. WE went to lunch/dinner at Fridays. They keep changin the menu and not for the better...last time I think for them.
Going to read back.

[paulywogg]

Aww Recs and Sun,what to do?i was going so strong and then madness! i told my daughter i felt like drinking before i drank,i text other daughter,they tried to talk me out of it but,who can stop an emotional freight train clear on the path of self destruction?NOBODY! we only have ourselves and each other,boohiss! will i always take the easy way out?which is odd cuz in all actuallity its harder

[paulywogg]

X-post Dots,i love Fridays but for some reason their service is soo slow at any of the ones here

[Dottie Belle]

I found the way to set up pop ups for PM's under settings....yeah for me!!
pauly I remember that so well...sometimes I miss it but then again I don't...so I go to the gym and try to work it off there...I should be a size 0 by now....

[Recluse]

Glassy, that was a most unhelpful post. You are entitled to your opinions (which I happen to disagree with), but some opinions are best confined to PMs or not expressed at all. We don't generally welcome controversy on this thread.

[Glass Half Empty]

Glassy, that was a most unhelpful post. You are entitled to your opinions (which I happen to disagree with), but some opinions are best confined to PMs or not expressed at all. We don't generally welcome controversy on this thread.

Recluse, I decided to delete my post, not because of your censure, but for the same reason I took so long to decide whether to post it or not in the first place. There are a few things I could say in response but I'm feeling hurt and angry at the moment and I know from experience that it's best not to post when one feels that way.

Also, Glassy is what my friends call me.

[Kradle123]

Glassy please, please try to remember that we are all damaged in some way.
That's we are all here. Feel better. :hug:

[Glass Half Empty]

Glassy please, please try to remember that we are all damaged in some way.
That's we are all here. Feel better. :hug:

Thanks sweetheart. You're a lovely person and a kind friend.

[sunshinedaisies]

Oh dear ..... I was hoping that this could have gone away this morning - I am the typical ostrich! Glass - I am sorry that you felt the way you did. I agree with Kradle in that we are all damaged in some way - or else we wouldn't be here. Heaven knows I have been struggling for so long with this - but I know that ONE day I will get it right .... in the meantime we all just keep trying our best .....

I am up early to go into work - just going in for a few hours. My ribs ache from doing 'core' work at the gym - LOL and I didn't do much either - amazing !

Oh and our Fridays here has closed - hopefully opening again next summer. Dottie - Reccy gave me the recipe for the spinach pie and it is delicious ! Both of us tweaked the recipe to our own preference but the basics were still there and it was really good. I will try and send the link in a PM otherwise you will have to PM me your e-mail and I can send you the link that way ....glad that you managed to sort the PM thing popping up - unless it does it is very hard to see that one has one !

Pauly - hope that you are feeling better today?

I need to go and sort some food to take in to work with me .... back later. have a great Sunday everyone,

Hugs, Sun XXX

[Glass Half Empty]

Oh dear ..... I was hoping that this could have gone away this morning

It has