One Step at a Time - November 2014

[fennel]

Sun, I hope that you feel better soon. What were you doing in your garden today? Mine has been defunct for weeks, now.

Kradle, I hope that all goes well for you and your family in the next few weeks. When will Mathieu be coming home?

[fennel]

Pauly, for what it's worth, I noticed you weren't posting...but, often people don't want to be noticed when they do so. Were you staying absent on purpose, to see if we would come looking for you?

[fennel]

Liz, I hope things settle down soon concerning hubs and working at home. :heartbeat:

[NoraC]

Pauly... Of course you are part of our group!! I forgot how young you are because you are a grandmother. Sorry about that!

[Frequent Traveler]

Dottie,
Yes I am feeling much better, new job is so much better especially the part about not having to travel so much. Stress level is dropping and I have now been cleared to start my treadmill (walking brisk only) 3 times a week.
It's so far a different world for me being home so much and I am loving it.
FT

[sunshinedaisies]

Good Morning all ..... fen I have been pulling out old plants like peppers that the heavy frost got - that and pulling out weeds that seem to arrive no matter what time of year - emptying the hanging baskets and the various pots that we have, just generally trying to tidy up. We usually leave one area near the bird bath - oh and we have just put the heated one out - LOL - anyway we generally leave that area with all the old stems, so the birds have somewhere to hide near the bath - unfortunately the cat from over the road has also taken to hiding there so I have cleared it out this year.

Pauly - come and post - I do know how you feel - sometimes it seems as if we are invisible on the thread, in fact I even said similar a little while ago - but right now I think SO many here have so much going on that one gets overwhelmed with their own stuff .... I am sorry that you are feeling left out - I would LOVE to be able to say I was the youngest here - oh to be under 50 even !!!!

I think we have one more day before the cold hits ..... although it has already moved in north of us .... Fen, hope that you are all toasty warm in your new abode ?

Kradle - I will have to Google Lamictol. I am not familiar with it. I am going to just keep trying the rhodiola and I have an appt with my therapist Thursday which will help.

Dottie - I laughed when Fen said that she 'got it' - that you are a church basement lady - she must have been wondering why you went to all the funerals! Have to admit that it took me a while to get that at first .....

Got to get ready for work ..... oh and feed the dogs too - I have been trying to hold off feeding them until 6.00 so that way on the days I am not working, they won't pester at 1/4 to 5 !!

Have a great day all,

Hugs, Sun XXX

[sunshinedaisies]

cross post FT - so glad for you that you are clear to use your treadmill - that will make you feel much better ! What news on the g/f ?

[fennel]

LOL, Sun...yes, I think I'm a bit slow on the uptake. Perhaps it's hard for me to imagine our youthful Dotts as a church basement lady! :happy2:

I stripped my garden of plants a few weeks ago and started a compost pile...so nice to have space in which to do those things, isn't it?
Sorry about your neighbor's cat hanging about. I had to quit feeding the birds entirely in my old neighborhood due to the neighbor's cats. Seems unfair.

Glad you're doing well, FT.

[paulywogg]

Hey all,i just don't feel like i have much to add to the conversations here anymore,i can talk til the cows come home,but really i'm kinda just talking to myself here,i wish you all the best,and i love you all dearly,and no i'm not drinking haha

[NoraC]

Hey all,i just don't feel like i have much to add to the conversations here anymore,i can talk til the cows come home,but really i'm kinda just talking to myself here,i wish you all the best,and i love you all dearly,and no i'm not drinking haha

Pauly - I understand completely. I love you all so much but just haven't been able to add much lately. Please know that you are very special and I'm grateful that you are here.........

[Dottie Belle]

Hello all,
Basement church lady.....cracked me up....the committee I am on makes lunch so the folks can gather and talk after the service. Most times I don't know the person who died very well but the families really seem to appreciate the luncheon...ours is such a small church that I am on multiple committees....the same few folks do all the work...typical.
Pauly I don't know if I contribute to the thread or not but is does me good to come and read and babble sometimes. We all have our stuff going on and it is a comfort to me just to have u all here.
FT so glad u are on the mend. The treddie is a wonderful thing.
sun I think we have a lot in common besides the reason we are here....
Fen I took my garden apart a few weeks ago but I still have the mystery root veggie I need to dig up. I am going to make better markers next year.
Nora glad u are here too....we need ALL the support we can get!!
Off to be with my friends mother while they move some of her things to assisted living...going to be really hard on her. Her husband died in March and she shouldn't have been in he house alone all this time but she is very hard to convince....
Back later...

[mama bear]

HI Peeps....Pauly, you matter to all of us. It gets so busy here that it's easier to glaze over details...especially since I am usually posting at work
Dots - sounds like a rough day.....good luck
I texted Nursie and told her we were all thinking about her and sending prayers. She texted back immediately that she loves us and thank you.
Last night was nice, but it was cold and windy, so we did not venture out. I had four beers and did not drive. We had appetizers and chatted and it was nice.
Sun - Paxil is the only AD I have been able to tolerate. Prozac made me a nasty bitch and Zoloft made me cry....
anyhoo...back to work
everyone enjoy your gardening and being good daughters...FT.....good to see you on the mend friend!

[sunshinedaisies]

Pauly - I truly know how you feel - it is hard for everyone to keep up sometimes and when you do not have anything bad going on, it does tend to be glossed over a tad.

I have been in the depths of despair a few times over the past few weeks - but have not said anything 'cos everyone else has their own stuff going on. I have e-mailed one person on here whom I have known for a while about it but didn't post about it ..... I am fed up with the constant merry-go-round of drinking and trying not to - fed up with feeling SO miserable - I used to be called Pollyanna and laugh at that now - an ironic laugh not a ha ha laugh .....

I come here and post just to keep the thread going - I know how easy it is to see a thread disappear. But I do know where Pauly is coming from - and it is probably for those reasons that I haven't posted how I am feeling. I am so totally miserable - right now sitting here with tears running down my face - but no-one can do anything about it except for me. Which is probably why I haven't posted about it.

This is probably not making any sense to anyone ......in my head I know what I am trying to say to Pauly - it just isn't working out very well ... LOL

I need to go and get on the treadmill - back later,

hugs, Sun XXXX

[Dottie Belle]

sun I know exactly what u are saying....I dont know how to help but the merry go round is a really bad thing.....
Maybe the treddie will help...

[mama bear]

Oh sun......I love you like a sister and wish I were there to hug you............