One Step at a Time - December 2015

[fennel]

Nora, thank you for being my rock. :hug:

[fennel]

Liz, I think this time of year is just plain hard. We are supposed to be thrilled to be with family, but the stress is on because we are supposed to shop and decorate and...be with family!

Hang in there. At least we have this place to come to for support. :hug:

[Lizann]

Cross post fen. Glad your back safe and sound. So sad for you all. I'm glad they appreciated you being there. This sure is much more difficult around this time of year. I hope you can unwind a bit now and do something for you. :hug:

[Lizann]

Thanks fen. Yes I agree I'm glad were in this together. Good luck tomorrow! I'm so happy for you! Keep us posted? I'll say a little prayer for you!

[fennel]

Thanks so much, Liz...I will certainly keep you all posted. This could be a really great opportunity for me.

[NoraC]

I was posting really quick from work when I wrote that about the rock. I was hoping that Fen understood. Fen sent me some beautiful Petoskey Stones that she had polished. She sent some in various stages - from unpolished thru partly polished thru completely polished. Just beautiful, beautiful and I still have them. I love to just look at them and hold them. They bring me peace. I was trying to send Fen some of that peace.

Fen - :hug:

[NoraC]

Thanks for the update Nora,I could never leave here,I consider too many peeps here almost like family,that sounds kinda dumb but its true

Doesn't sound dumb to me at all. I do consider so many of you as my family. You stick with me thru the good & bad. I know I can come here and tell you the truth no matter how bad I look. You love me the way I am. I don't know what I would do without you. :hug:

[NoraC]

Hey Rusty - I just saw your post about why Sunny-GG left. Drat - I wondered. I had been playing Words with Friends with her. I should start that up again. Great that you keep in touch with her. I agree with Liz that you are a ray of sunshine here. Thank you. :hug:

Mama - glad to hear from you. Hope you had a good dinner with your parents.

Liz - I want a little one around too. Glad that today was better for you. I know what you mean about the drinking thoughts but also feeling nauseous. It's really weird but even when I think about drinking, my throat gets weird. Don't know how to explain it but it's just a sick feeling. ???

[NoraC]

Fen - so excited about the job interview. This just sounds so promising. All fingers, toes are crossed and so many good thoughts are going thru the universe right now.

[NoraC]

Liz, I think this time of year is just plain hard. We are supposed to be thrilled to be with family, but the stress is on because we are supposed to shop and decorate and...be with family!

Hang in there. At least we have this place to come to for support. :hug:

You are not kidding. I'm trying to run around and get things done but boy it's not easy.

Thank goodness we have each other.

[NoraC]

Fen - I'm so sorry to hear about B's Mom. That just breaks my heart. The thing is that there isn't anything they can do to make it easier for her. My Mom wasn't at that stage yet when my Dad passed. But, I think that it certainly made her decline quite a bit in a short period of time. Is her Mom living at home?

I was making an ugly Christmas sweater tonight. Some of us are wearing them to work on Thursday and I bought one and bought random bells, plastic candy canes, etc to glue on it. I set up a little table by Mom and I put the sweater out positioning things on it to glue them on. Mom asked me the same questions over & over the entire time that I was working on it. What is your boss going to think? Is everyone doing it? Going to have to take a picture. I just answered her each time. But, it just made me so sad. I love her so much and she's fading away. Sorry - didn't mean to make this about me.

Was sad that you know all the hymns and the mass. Too many funerals!

[fennel]

I forgot about the petoskey stones, Nora! They are beautiful, aren't they?

Wish me luck today...

[fennel]

You'll have to post a pic of your ugly sweater, lol...although, so many Christmas sweaters are already ugly enough- I can't imagine how all the candy canes, etc. will enhance yours. : )

[NoraC]

i forgot about the petoskey stones, nora! They are beautiful, aren't they?

Wish me luck today...

good luck.youve got this!

[paulywogg]

Hey all,Fen,you're in my thoughts today can'twait for Christmas to be done! Ive spent so much damn money and it still keeps getting spent I was thinking about us last night and I'm proud of us! We're all staying off the booze and quit being relapsing douches! I'm excited for us,I know there will always be something going on,there will always be thoughts but we're doing great,I hope we all have a Wonderful Wednesday