One Step at a Time - June 2017

[Lizann]

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Glassie, good for you! Can'twait to see what you're up to! Yes dad does know and remember the baby and wedding. He usually asks me how Erin is doing. He did not do so yesterday. He readily agreed to come to my sisters house next week for Father's Day. Mom did too, that's usually a we've gotta talk them into it thing. We shall see. I will call mom later.

Hope you all had a good nights rest. Lucy was up vomiting. She threw up on Saturday and then during the night but is fine otherwise. Last night she was restless and wanted to go out. She ate some grass. I don't know, she's sleeping now. CJ is home and she's not feeling well either.
A sunny hot day on tap here. I will do my food shopping and laundry later and hangout in the pool for a bit. My reward for working hard all weekend.

Wishing you all a marvelous Monday!

[ToMyHealth]

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Hi. Tough night getting to sleep. It was a 2 Benadryl night. Tell you it was tempting to have some alcohol at 2a. Took the 2nd Benadryl instead.
Nora, June is the start of rainy season. Jun-Sept. Normally, that means a late afternoon thunderstorm lasting 20-30 min. And then often double rainbows. This year when the all day rains hit we were glad as we were in a drought. No more. In checking my phone I see I can bike to my workout today, then 40% chance at 1p and 60% by 2p.
Empy, as I saw your pics, I thought how does she do that! Not a tech saavy

Did My oil pulling and now am sipping coffee and finally starting to wake up. Have a long to-do list today so better get started.

[NoraC]

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Good morning

[empyr3al]

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[MENTION=17632]Mr Vervill[/MENTION]

I was asked to prove membership when i tried to join the group on FB, but I will check again. I also understand that if you pay for something you damn well want to follow through. Medication is my motivator in financial terms, for now its free but that wont last forever. The justification is well if you could afford booze you can afford medication which tallies up to 25$ a day when I have to start paying and insurance runs out. The dog is also not cheap, but its something i get permanently (~ 15 years expected life span), so yeah whatever motivates you to change and stay changed.



[MENTION=19302]Lizann[/MENTION], i'm sorry for a change for the worse.

[MENTION=15072]ToMyHealth[/MENTION], I'm a guy and yes I'm tech savvy though this board took a bit to figure out as its not like some other forums. Determination is huge and being willing to make mistakes and try again. Make an album under albums when you click on your name. Should be in the left hand column. Same way you do a profile photo. I call mine Things. When you add the photo you need to follow some cryptic buttons and drag and drop things or it fails and is extrememly frustrating. When you want to add a photo to a thread, click the photo, copy the BB Code at the bottom and Paste it into the thread. Its highly complicated for some reason on the forum. Also I might add Benedryl if you look at it if its in liquid form watch out because it might contain ethanol which is alcohol. I learned that the hard way.

We have a couple severely hot days going on so additional AC window units installed to supplement certain rooms. Its 9am and its 27C (80F) feels like 33C (92F) with humidex. Dog has his water bath. Wishing everyone a happy and sober monday.

[actiongirl46]

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Hi Steppers! This thread has been busy, it took me awhile to read back. It is so nice to hear from all of you. So much going on in our lives.

Camping was really good, warm (but cool at night) and most importantly, no rain. We kayaked for 5 hours on a very curvy river with lots of rapids. Leave it to me to end up on top (!) of two big logs just 200 feet downstream from the launching site! Ha! Luckily I was able to somehow pry myself off and slowly got the hang of it. By hour 4.5 I was doing great. No pictures though as I was convinced I was going to tip so didn't take my phone. It was good to connect with the boys away from wifi and hubs was so happy to be with his little family in the woods.

I got a job offer today and have another interview tomorrow. Whew! My head is spinning. I should be able to make a decision this week. Deep breathing.

Ok, all about me today. I have SO MUCH work to do as this is my last week before summer (could be my last forever, ha ha!) ONWARD!!

[empyr3al]

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[MENTION=21990]actiongirl46[/MENTION] I wish my ex-wife liked to camp. I had it pretty much setup with a huge tent and air blown sleeping bed. I'm sorry she wanted a trailer but that is not camping. My phone is secured to me unless i think I will crush it on a climb. Congrats on the job offers. Its so freaking hot here in southern ontrario. Best of luck wirh the interview tomorrow!

[techie]

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Hello all. Congratulations, AG. Very exciting!

[NoraC]

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I hope everyone had a wonderful day. Exciting news, AG. Good luck with your sleep, TMH.
They started in the kitchen today. I will be so glad when this is finished. We are renting a dumpster so we can get rid of things as we start bringing stuff back into the house. Lots of junk in addition to the pile for Goodwill.

[Glass Half Empty]

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AG that sounds lovely. I often took my boys camping, which wasn’t always easy as a sole parent. We didn’t have a trailer though – it was just pretty much just tents and making a fire to cook food. We had a lot of fun!

[Glass Half Empty]

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AG - the last time I went kayaking I only lasted an hour.
In my defence though, it was in Antarctica and I kept getting terrible cramps in my thighs. And if you overturn there you only have about 3 minutes before hypothermia sets in and you will die so I was a bit nervous, especially when a **** huge seal dropped off an iceberg about 2 metres away and nearly upturned my kayak.

[Glass Half Empty]

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[MENTION=21990]actiongirl46[/MENTION] I wish my ex-wife liked to camp. I had it pretty much setup with a huge tent and air blown sleeping bed. I'm sorry she wanted a trailer but that is not camping. My phone is secured to me unless i think I will crush it on a climb. !

Interesting - so what would you call it?

[empyr3al]

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[MENTION=8902]Glass Half Empty[/MENTION] ... Cottaging. There is no need and its a survival technique if society crushes around us. Know how to make fire, shelter, find running water. Not a truck and gas and a trailer. I guess we should separate cottaging/trailer from tenting. Dont get me wrong I would love a trailer but the amount of use would be limited.

[actiongirl46]

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I hope you sleep better TMH! That is no fun.

Nora, you are almost there! It is going to feel awesome. I would love to paint.

SK your patio sounds wonderful. I hope you have time to enjoy it.

More tomorrow!

[NoraC]

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I don't know what's going on with me but I am so teary. I just want to go somewhere & pull the covers over my head. Maybe not the covers, maybe lay out by a pool with my book and RELAX.

Ok - that is all......had to do something to stop the tears and talking to my friends here helps. nthego:

[empyr3al]

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I'm a guy and I've cried 3 times today. Apparently it is a healing process. Best of luck.

But of course, I had some trauma letting my dog back to my ex wife and seeing her with her BF driving my car. Hugging my step daughter for a minute or more. Honest hug, not just avoidance. Saying "I miss you" and hearing her say it back.

Of course, I'm gonna cry. Empathy is a switch of sorts whether genetic or the way we were raised. Or who we truely loved and still do.