One Step at a Time - December 2014

[sunshinedaisies]

Morning everyone ! Gosh I do love when I was AF the day before - getting up is so different - even though I rarely drink enough to have a hangover, it is still a totally different 'feel' to me when I get up! Great!!! And I even did stuff yesterday evening finally that I have been meaning to catch up on - some e-mails so yes I so agree about doing nothing when I drink.... WHY do I do it then? Won't today that is for sure - my nights rest is so much better when I do not drink ....

It is pouring with rain here - so we have to close all the doors to all the rooms and then catch each dog as they are in the kitchen and dry them off - they love being dried off so that is no problem - except they all want to be done ALL the time - have to watch out for those muddy paws while I am doing one dog as the others will try and paw me to do them some more !!

Dottie - sorry about your friend - I bet the memorial was so hard for you all .....

Meggie - Call the Midwife has finished - I think MB is watching it on Netflix..... how is it going with the tapering ? Are you to the point of quitting yet? I am loving how good I feel when I do not drink - that has never really happened before to me - usually I just try and stop and do not feel any different but for some reason this time I am feeling lots better when I have not had any ... good to stop me from starting again!

MB - have you thought about trying the vape - I couldn't believe how easy it was for me to quit smoking with it. And I never even crave one now - if I did want a puff I could have one as the vape is still there, but do not even want that - it is really amazing to me.

Hi Lizanne - if you do not mind me asking, how much did you drink and what did you drink when you were drinking ? I take it that you have stopped again?

Hi Pauly - good for you saying no to looking after Louie when you were tired and needing a nap - it is good that you do say no now and then or else you will be SO taken for granted !!

K9 - I agree with MB - why not go back to your church ..... and also do up a room - go through the stuff in there and get rid of a ton of it - we all have way more than we need - I love having clear outs (although hubs hates it - LOL) and make the room into a sanctuary for you.

Off to the gym this morning then running errands - possibly putting up the tree this afternoon if hubs goes out - and then ironing ! I have a huger stack an it isn't getting any small daily !!

have a great day everyone, Hugs to all, love, Sun XXX

[Lizann]

Good morning! A rare Friday off, YAY me! Going to get started wrapping gifts and see who still needs what. Tomorrow is St. Nicholas day, which even though my kids are big we still celebrate. Kids leave their shoe outside their doors the night before and st. Nick comes and leaves treats. Even Lucy leaves her slipper outside! Running today as well as we are doing a 5K tomorrow. Worried about hubby as he has issues with asthma.

Sunny, I enjoy your posts so much! Ok so when I first started drinking it was wine which started with a glass a night and gradually increased. I started about 10 years ago and NEVER drank before that. When my middle daughter started her "teenage stuff" .
Then I started with the vodka, thinking it was less calories and more punch. Did that for a few months and ended up in ICU with pancreatitis! Stopped for months after that and slowly went back to wine thinking I could stop at a glass or two. Nope! I was most recently
Drinking a bottle of wine a night. What is that about 4 glasses. I had a good buzz but not usually a hang over. Feeling good right now and clear headed. Why oh why do we do this to ourselves when we feel so good without?

K9, I think going back to church is a food idea. How about a book club? It would be interesting to hear about your dating escapades if you decided to do that. Just know, I am feeling that void in my life, just as you are. We need to let them go and watch them thrive, we did our job. It's so darn hard! Feel free to pm me if you need to.

Dottie would love to see your pictures. You do so much for the church. Are there a lot of members?

How is everyone else doing? Happy Friday my loves"

[paulywogg]

Hey all,bleh woke up at 1 am with horrrible cramps,took 1 advil and 1 advil pm to get back to sleep,i hardly ever get cramps that bad,now i gotta deal with woman shit on top of being sick,just lovely! K9,i know that guilt,i try to put it on the backburner of my mind but it creeps back,i'm devestated i drank so much in front of my kids,but i was in denial then and thought i was just having fun,stupidass! i agree with the others in going back to your religion,i used to have a couple of sisters come study with me when i needed it,(you know tbey make house calls)it may just lighten your loadhello to all,i'm still groggy from the advil pm,back later

[Dottie Belle]

Morning all,
Liz it is a small church that is why I am involved with so much. The few of us do most of the committee work but I do enjoy it and yes losing our friend was very hard...he was only 63 and just gave up....so sad.
Off to the gym then back to church to clean up the kitchen..we were just too tired to finish last night....meeting tonight.
I have to slow down and take some time for me.....maybe a pedi or yoga class...not sure but I do know that this is a crazy time of year...

[K9Lover]

Good morning everyone!
I slept SO good last night...being AF will do that :happy2: So I TTFP again today!
Liz - My daughter knows ALL about my drinking. I was very honest and open with her about everything. She even went to Ala-Teen for a while. I asked her if she was moving out because of my drinking and she put her thumb and finger close together meaning "a little bit", but then she assured me that wasn't WHY.
Mama - I started Call the Midwife last night and I loved it. That will be what I watch this weekend.
I have to do a 2nd course online today before I go to bankruptcy court on Monday. I am gonna try to sneak it in here at work, I did the first course on my iPad but it's so annoying.
Pauly - Out of curiosity, who did you call when you wanted a study? I was raised a Jehovah's Witness and we are known for making house calls. LOL
Ok, gonna try to sneak in my BK course so I can get the damn certificate.
Back later peeps....TGIF!!!

[K9Lover]

Well apparently the course is supposed to take 2 hours and I finished it in 8 minutes. LOL So now I am just leaving the window open and pretending to do it all over again. HA

[Dottie Belle]

K9 curious what the class is about????? And this is a requirement before they OK the bankruptcy????

[mama bear]

I am watching Call the Midwife on Netflix, Meggie. Season 3 just loaded. I love it.
I go from motorcycle gangs and murder to delivering babies.......wack-a-doodle!!!
I am so glad I no longer deal with "Aunt Flo", Pauly. I used to be miserable.
8 minutes!! Yahoo!!
Dots, I think hubs had to some kind of debt management class....
I haven't seen my oldest, Grant, for three days.....but at least he still lives at home.
Nora - where are you??? Are you and Fenny done with us??

Is Downtown Abby on Netflix?

[mama bear]

Sun - I've thought about the E-Vape...just haven't done it

[paulywogg]

K9, i think i told you before that i was half-assedly raised JW?anyways my aunt and/ someone else would come by,sheesh maybe i should start back up too,but i feel like a hypocrite cuz we celbrate all the holidays,was gonna do my e-cig this morn but needed a real one after all that mess last nite! but i'm gonna use it for as long as i can today,i have no smokes left and the butts are all soggy outside from the rain so thats good i have no back-up emergency smokes atm,i'm wondering if Fen is offended by something?someone should ask,Recs unfriended me from f.bi think he's sick of ua all haha

[paulywogg]

*sick of US all

[K9Lover]

Pauly - I had no idea about your background of being JW! I am trying to get re-involved with it, it does make a difference in my life when I am active. My daughter got baptized in 2012. We don't do Holidays or any of that. My parents are extremely involved. My dad has been an "elder" as long as I can remember. And I feel like a hypocrite too, smoking and drinking and all that. I have talked to the Elders about it, but I have to stop before I'd feel "right" about going back, ya know?

Dots - It's just an online course that tells you how to manage your credit. I am slowly clicking through the pages now...I think I am at 58 mintes...so one more hour. LOL

Mama - I am like you, I go from murdering Bikers to nuns and midwives. LOL Downten Abbey is NOT on Netflix, I rented the series from the library. I finished Season 4 and am now waiting for Season 5 which I have requested. Someone just mentioned that show Arrow...is that a good one?

[Recluse]

K9, i think i told you before that i was half-assedly raised JW?anyways my aunt and/ someone else would come by,sheesh maybe i should start back up too,but i feel like a hypocrite cuz we celbrate all the holidays,was gonna do my e-cig this morn but needed a real one after all that mess last nite! but i'm gonna use it for as long as i can today,i have no smokes left and the butts are all soggy outside from the rain so thats good i have no back-up emergency smokes atm,i'm wondering if Fen is offended by something?someone should ask,Recs unfriended me from f.bi think he's sick of ua all haha

No I didn't pauly, now why would I do a thing like that? We are still FB friends! :happy2:

[paulywogg]

Hey Recs,didn't see you on my friend list,is everything o.k with you?i only ask cuz i truly care,not being nosydamn my hair is taking forever to dry!! ready to cut it but i know i'll feel uglyK9,i know exactly what you mean about quitting first,but maybe it would help,we can hide it from others but HE knows ya know?

[Recluse]

All is well with me thanks pauly, just keeping a low profile at the moment. I hope you'll be feeling better soon.

Hi to everyone else. :happy2: