Army Christmas Week !!!

[satz123]

Molls have you a fancy way of doing it ? They all hate it here.
I love it just roasted or boiled.

[satz123]

yes satz, i know you have. thought id underline it.

Thanks Rox :hug:
My work here is done :bow:

[satz123]

Off to collect me bird ------ :llama:
Mr S is driving me NUTS !!!! Buying SHITE what no-one eats or wants or uses in the name of nostalgia -
Look where the fecking nostalgia of going to the pub or guzzling at home most days at Christmas got us.
He has just asked me there are we going out tonight ????????????????? FFS !
Makes me fell like a 'stick in the mud' still.

[GlitzyB]

Afternoon army slept till nearly 11am today as i was up late last night watching mindless tv. I'm going to my sister tomorrow for dinner so no cooking or baking here. I'll a veggie main and my catoon of veggie gravy and i'm set. Cleaning here and may a last trip to Tesco and the pharmacy if i don't well it can wait. Just looked out and saw its raining a lovely bright start. Christmas weather in Ireland lol.

[Mick]

back from sunny tenerife....oh joy....Molls...can honestly say its the best hotel with the best scran ,best views pleasantest staff ..I have ever stayed in while out spainsvillle way...that coastal path that was all rocy from the barcelo to los gigantes is a proper path now..methinks will be going back pretty soon...anyways stop that mad thu-ing with the bunnet on whizzin round ..its makin me dizzy Just wanted to say folks ..all the very best to one and all on here ...I wrote a wwe verse on the abs fred this morning..the sentiment and wurdz to it apply here too ..have a good one

[NoSugar]

Have had serious mixed messsages in the last 2 months from my young'un -- I would preface this by saying that I don't think she has any problem as such with alcohol -- she perceives that she has because she says she makes 'bad decisions' when she drinks -- so she quit -- fot the last couple of months -- norra bother on her -- and the underlying message (to me anyway) was 'look how easy this has been - what's all the fuss about' -- she went out last night and had four drinks and is DYING -- actually DYING -- can't get off the couch like dying!!!! and the message that I'm NOW getting is 'how could ANYONE be an alcoholic if they felt like this all the time' -- so now it's gone from being so easy to being weak willed -- it's like (in my very roundabout way) they are relating their drinking through ours --
feck none of that makes sense reading it back -- but it started with me thinking that's why MrS and lots of other partners make us feel that way?

Hi, Molly
Is it possible that she's not thinking about you at all and that you're thinking that she's thinking all this? Yesterday I was convinced my daughter was upset about an interaction with another family member and I started building a big story in my head and started resenting the family member for hurting DD. So I texted DD and tried to call her but got no responses. So, I really started mucking around in who must have said what to whom and how DD was probably too upset to talk to me... I kind of knew what I was doing at the time but still kept thinking that way to the point of being really pissed off with the family member. Turned out my daughter had turned off all sounds on her phone during a work meeting and forgot to turn it back on. Nothing had been said or happened and she was fine. I gave myself a stomach ache for nothing.

Best wishes to all the Army for a season of peace and goodwill. Thank you for being here. :heart:, NS

[sunbird2]

^pm here and Christmas Eve.

Hope your Christmas eve is Magical!
Twas the night before Christmas......
Lots of Love to all my friends in the Army!
Off to my Sister and Hubby with Dennis, my son, for Christmas Dinner...did I mention it was too hot here to have it midday?
The Gammon looks great, the pudding is made...hope they survive the car ride! Presents all wrapped...now what else...

[satz123]

celery is the business girls --- best flavour veg and best smell while cooking ( barely blanched really!)
well look -- the relationship people have with drink is bizarre -- could it be that MrS WANTS to portray non-drinkers as sad and lonely and stick in the mud - to normalise what they all do?
Have had serious mixed messsages in the last 2 months from my young'un -- I would preface this by saying that I don't think she has any problem as such with alcohol -- she perceives that she has because she says she makes 'bad decisions' when she drinks -- so she quit -- fot the last couple of months -- norra bother on her -- and the underlying message (to me anyway) was 'look how easy this has been - what's all the fuss about' -- she went out last night and had four drinks and is DYING -- actually DYING -- can't get off the couch like dying!!!! and the message that I'm NOW getting is 'how could ANYONE be an alcoholic if they felt like this all the time' -- so now it's gone from being so easy to being weak willed -- it's like (in my very roundabout way) they are relating their drinking through ours --
feck none of that makes sense reading it back -- but it started with me thinking that's why MrS and lots of other partners make us feel that way?

I get it Molls :hug:
It's always OUR fault - one way or another .....
My DD is also watching the alcohol - and then it's a subtle - " I HAVE to - it's in the family " - an excuse.
Now young Satz has proved the point that it IS in the family

[JackieClaire]

I'm NOW getting is 'how could ANYONE be an alcoholic if they felt like this all the time' -- so now it's gone from being so easy to being weak willed -- it's like (in my very roundabout way) they are relating their drinking through ours --

It takes practice.

Thing is we don't feel like that all the time........well not in the beginning. You know when you wake up with a banging hangover and say the fateful words.............Never again!!..............the realisation that I had a problem slowly dawned on me when I knew those words would never come out of my mouth again, because I knew I would.....over and over....and as I progressed I wasn't even waiting for the hangover to end I was drinking to 'cure' it.

[JackieClaire]

Spoke to Jenny this morning and she was a lot brighter. She could even laugh at the situation.

Edit: Just heard her fiancé is going to take it slowly but he's going to fetch her

[NoraC]

MERRY CHRISTMAS, ARMY!!!!!!! :hug: :hug:

[IamMary]

Evening army. Flying visit.. Will read back later when things calm down here.
Ready for bed now!

[blink]

food poisoning. merry christmas.

[Guitarista]

Merry Xmas to my favourite Wan's and fella's. A legendary thread and place of solace and reality for me. Thanks for being around. G X

[IamMary]

Happy Christmas G, hope your hanging in there!

Kids all in bed Molly - wide awake - they all came flying down the stairs, one of the girls left the water on and plug in, water fecking everywhere, right out to the landing!! I am so tired now, I am delirious! How did I pull all this off pissed!

Cant do without celery.. seriously.