One Step at a Time - December 2015

[paulywogg]

Actually Liz,come to think of it those"move ins" happened in the drinkin days,now my home is my safe place and if the kids tried that now I wouldn't be able to handle it,maybe if i lived in a mansion and the house had wings I'd consider but I don't so I won't

[mama bear]

Good Morning Loves. I am working at home. Nursie...I am so sorry if I didn't comment on your presence...welcome back dear friend and we are here.
Hubs is being very quiet and is on FB a lot. They are trying to determine the cause of death. Someone drove him home and poured him into bed and I think he vomited and choked, but no one knows for sure.
I am ready to get back into my routine. Christmas was lovely, but my wallet and waistline need to recover. And there was booze everywhere. I indulged, but did not over do it.
Love you all...

[mama bear]

Clay's girlfriend stays over sometimes., not very much.

[Dottie Belle]

Morning all
Well it seems I have missed a lot. I will have to read back more pages to catch up.
Heading out to the gym shortly. Then with Jon today and watching the football game tonight.
Cold and really dreary here. Depressing time of year in a lot of ways. But I am NOT eating myself into oblivion....or drinking either...although the last part has been on my mind a lot. Missing hubbs terribly....sigh..

[NoraC]

Morning all - I'm back at work but wanted to check in.

Wish I had some advise for you Liz.

Mama - so sad about hubby's friend.

Pauly - hope you have a great day.

Ok - off to get busy. Going to be productive today. :rotlf:

[mama bear]

Hang in there Dottie. You are loved.

[fennel]

Mama, I am so sorry about hub's friend. Definitely sounds like alcohol was behind his death. Ugh.

[fennel]

Liz, that would bug me, too. Frankly, I can't imagine banging anyone in the same house as my mom...just yuck!
The more you allow it, the more they'll think it's okay, though. I can't believe that nobody asked for your permission.

[fennel]

I am thrilled to report that I got a job offer this morning, cleaning at the fancy home for seniors. Great benefits and very good pay for that sort of job. All I have to do is get a physical tomorrow and pass a drug and t.b. test. I am SO NERVOUS over my housemate's excessive use of weed, but I have to trust what Nora said is true. It won't show up in my system.

[paulywogg]

Woo-hoo Fen

[fennel]

Thanks, Pauly and Molly...
I am so relieved! The sooner I get settled in that job, the sooner I will get my own weed free place, LOL! I love my friends, though...I don't know where I'd have ended up without them.

[NoraC]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy for you.:bravo::welldone!::woohoo2::celebrate:

[Lizann]

:yay: Fen! So happy for you! I'm sure it'll all work.
Mama, so sad about hubs friend.
Dottie, sending hugs your way. I'm sorry you're missing hubs, so.
Pauly you do sound happy about going back to work. I go back tomorrow. It's just like you said. This situation happened very insidiously. We were vehemently opposed to him sleeping here and hubs actually made him leave on several occasions. But he's like a bad rash(sorry Nora) just creeping in more and more. On one hand I know she's home, I know neither one of them is partying and she is safe. I love CJ, she's always been a handful though.
Anyway Erin, Mark and I went into NYC today. Had a wonderful time and walked a lot. According to my jaw bone we logged close to 17,000 steps. We had lunch, shopped and went to ground zero and the freedom tower.

[Rusty]

Good Morning and Happy New Year, Friends!!!

It's been a crazy fun and busy last few days, so today and tomorrow, it's paperwork and planning for 2016!!

Nursie-stick with us, sweetheart! We want to help you any way we can!

Fenny!!!:welldone::sohappy:Congratulations on the new job!! Whoo Hoo!!! I think just having a reason to get up in the morning will do so much for your confidence and take your mind off ex Mrs. Fen. The elderly residents will TOTALLY love you! We do, so they will, too!! I have to say, though, Fen, you are a model for all of us here. Any one of us could have used what you went through with the divorce as a reason to drink, and yet you have remained AF. What I admire most about you as despite the devastating effects (financially and emotionally) is that not only are you not drinking, but in EVERY single post you show concern and care for others on our thread. That is REALLY hard to do sometimes when your life seems like a wreck, but you are not a self-centered person, and I really respect and love you for that. Self-centered people get very little if any of my time. ;-)

Mama-so sorry about hubs' friend, and ugh...how tragic that it sounds like AL was the cause. What a waste! My waist line (well, I don't have a waist anymore...LOL) and wallet suffered big time this holiday season, too. Time to going back to the budget.

Liz-I agree with you on the boyfriend and the bed situation. How tacky...that took a lot of balls for him to do such a STUPID and DISRESPECTFUL. Ewww!! CJ must like those bad boys, huh? Your reaction would have been my reaction as well. Good thing you and hubs stand your ground. Sounds like the trip to NYC was fun. If I lived closer to you, I would have invited myself along. HAhaha. Really...I would have!!

Pauly-I get it about wanting to get back to work. I think it's that we crave our routines and a sense of normalcy, right?

Nora-Yup, I agree with you that if you weren't married, you and I would get in a big cat fight over Mr. G's affections. He posted on another thread that he goes COMMANDO!!! Be still my beating heart!! How am I supposed to work today with that lusty thought spinning through my naughty brain all day. Hahahah!!!

Did you all know that Nora has about 155 AF days under her belt?? Isn't that wonderful?!! GREAT JOB, WOMAN!! We are all so proud of you here.

A shout out to Red67, Skendall, Samstone, Techie, Mr. G (my marriage proposal is still open, ya know!), Sunshinedaisies....who am I missing...and anyone I missed, happy Tuesday!!

[mama bear]

Lizz - I hope I didn't diminish your concerns about CJ's boyfriend sleeping over...I get it and I respect your fears. Trina stays occasionally....maybe once a month. But we have never asked them not to, so the boyfriend is being very disrespectful.
I have never been to NYC.....I would love to go.
YAY Fenny on the job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And, yes, you should pass the drug test.
I woke up at 5 and am ready to go back to bed!!
Lovely post as always, Rusty. G man has always been quite the hottie around these parts.