Army May 2021

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Hey Rusters
..this diet lark is very complicated..and it is very comparable to addiction in Joe's case..cos we're on hols I bought some chocolate and biscuits..omg it's like someone pressed a button in his head..he is literally snaffling EVERYTHING he can find..if I'm going to buy milk he's asking for ice cream.. if anything needed he wants goodies. I go to bed earlier than him..watching Outlander again on DVD ..I hear him clearing out the fridge. It's hard and seems wrong to be saying no to an adult man but I know he REALLY doesn't want to put weight back on him..he's like a 'dry drunk' of sweet stuff..definitely not dealing with the underlying cause of junk eating and imo as unlikely to quit junk as I would be unlikely to quit drinking if I wasn't treated...it sounds like your system is treating diet the right way tho

That is exactly how I experience my sugar addiction. So much like my alcohol addiction that I dare say it is pretty much the same thing. I am like a two year old on the stuff. It's embarrassing. Interesting that he doesn't have a problem with the drink, Joe.

Evening all.



An Irish fairyland, where to start Bridgepoos, she has been one busy lady.

First jab is good, second even better, life can begin to return to normal, whatever that was, or maybe not. Perhaps we collectively have learned a few things over the past year or so, I certainly wish that the case. Personally for me I would say it has been humbling.

Work? I see it now as a means to an end, trading our valuable, limited time for money is just what we have to do, until we don’t. So for me that is making the most of it, no point in wasting good energy irritated by what I can’t change today, but change is coming.

It's the most soothing vlog, KTAB. I watch it last thing of a night and it makes me feel like the world is a good place.

I'm happy with my decision to go part time and for-go money for peace of mind. That's my takeaway from all of this. I am a dyed -in-the-wool homebody and I will always be.

Very well said Tabbers. I totally agree.

The current crisis here is that Mr M has found his shiny WHITE tracksuit bottoms that I promptly hid when they arrived. Honestly, I am unclear how they even made it into a shop. He looks like hes going fencing, but the stained worn out hoodie confuses that look. He has promised not to go out in public, but its only a matter of time. :hopelessness: Sigh...

That really made me belly laugh. You need to put a kind of child filter on Amazon purchases, like Nanny Net. Anything that contains the search words 'shell suit' 'track pants' 'men's lycra' should be blocked and an alarm sounded.


Today I found myself indisposed to work and took a sick day. This came about after an early morning viewing of the Irish Fairy Land Cottage Channel. I felt that my time would be better spent in the garden and making herbal tea, and so it was. It also satisfied my ongoing contempt for my employer.


As these thing tend to go, I have been offered another job in training. It's full time and a considerable jump in pay. I would be working with a bunch of acknowledged knobclouds.

I think it's too late though. I've got my sights on simplification and the well is poisoned. Besides, I spend 3 hours re-arranging all of my collected seeds alphabetically, and by sowing times. So I'm committed now.

[starty]

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Bridge, absolutely DO NOT take the full time money job, I could almost promise you will regret it. Having a simple life, living frugally for us home bods is totally the best feeling in the world. Also, from bitter experience, I have taken jobs purely for the money and it has never ever been worth it How many hours per week is your part time gig?

[starty]

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The current crisis here is that Mr M has found his shiny WHITE tracksuit bottoms that I promptly hid when they arrived. Honestly, I am unclear how they even made it into a shop. He looks like hes going fencing, but the stained worn out hoodie confuses that look. He has promised not to go out in public, but its only a matter of time. :hopelessness: Sigh...

:egad::harhar::harhar:

[mollyka]

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Oh Mary!!!! I belly laughed too...and as an addendum to that..Joe.. so proud of no belly packed a suitcase of all his fancy gear...cannot describe how rural this holiday is...by saying the only thing I miss from home are my wellies :congratulatory:
Joe and addiction...hmmmm..well his dad was an alkie and his determination to not be like him was almost a form of addiction in itself..he spent so much time thinking about when NOT to drink..and when he wasn't he wanted to..also a bit like a dry drunk..typing on phone so tricky ..wonder do anyone else know anyone with that relationship to drink?
Anyway on our way to another peninsula and a run on the beach...and maybe....just maybe...a swim :-))))

[rustop59]

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Good morning everyone. Thanks for the laugh lol. I have two cousins who’s father was an alcoholic but they were so put off they never drank and stayed teetotal all their lives. Must be such a relief/ease for Joe to have alcohol completely out of the picture. I’m just like him with the sugar too. Hubby gave me an Easter egg and I was off to the races for weeks. Have put the brakes on it now.

Beautiful morning here too. Think I will spend it in the garden. Just had a lovely walk so feel the need to be outside. Good idea about the part time Bridget, you will not regret it.

[techie]

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Hola Army. Just back from my trip to Lake Tahoe & Yosemite. Very exciting time but I’m exhausted. Not injuries to report other than some spider bites. Hope all is well. Blessings x

[IamMary]

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Hola Army. Just back from my trip to Lake Tahoe & Yosemite. Very exciting time but I’m exhausted. Not injuries to report other than some spider bites. Hope all is well. Blessings x

Welcome back Techie, you needed that trip.

Im with Starty [MENTION=9170]byebyebridgetjones[/MENTION], sounds like you have a happy balance now. There will be loads more opportunities down the line, see how this goes for a while. I think your focus should be on alphabetic seeds.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Bridge, absolutely DO NOT take the full time money job, I could almost promise you will regret it. Having a simple life, living frugally for us home bods is totally the best feeling in the world. Also, from bitter experience, I have taken jobs purely for the money and it has never ever been worth it How many hours per week is your part time gig?

The more I think about it, the more it is a bad idea. I will be working 21 hours a week and I am absolutely gagging to start the new arrangement in July. Money will be tight but I don't care. I'll eat rice. Then I'll review in 6 months when I have overcome the decision fatigue and go from there.

Hope you had a great time hiking, Techie.

I'll leave you all to wake up slowly and walk your pooches in peace.

[rustop59]

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Good morning everyone. Pooches walked and an absolutely beautiful morning here. Good plan Bridget, bet you will not regret it. Glad you had a great trip [MENTION=11089]techie[/MENTION], Yosemite is beautiful, we were there a few years ago.

Here writing my shopping list for the dreaded grocery shop. Went to a shopping center yesterday, first time in months. Very low in stock and not able to get the same polo shirts in M&S that I have been buying for years. Changed world indeed.

[mollyka]

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Welcome back Techie..good you survived intact ;-)

Think if you'd made your mind up to part-time Bridge ..you're right to stick with that..many moons ago I had a dream job..heaps of money ..easy hours EXCEPT....nearly 4 hours a day travelling to and from..had a gaggle of small babies and rarely saw them Monday to Friday..made my mind up to stay at home for a few years and rear them..my boss offered me a transfer to our local branch at the very last minute and I was SO tempted but thankfully stuck to my guns..best decision I made..went back into work force when older ones were old enough to mind themselves a bit....
My only problem with part-time is that in both organisations I worked in folks who aren't there 5 days a week are sort of side-lined..wouldn't bother me now but when I was younger it may have.

Heading off to Valentia Island now..bit of a misty day but it'll be grand...how's everyone?

[fickle]

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Hello Army,
no time to read back, just reporting in.
I've got to the bottom of many things including my 'thinking problem' (i think!)
so hopefully now my next AF stint has a chance of sticking.
Wow :thumbsup: is all i can say
and sending you all the very best :love_heart:
:dancegirl:

[brit]

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Just checking in. Oh Molly I am beyond jealous of your trip to Valentia Island--We had so many fabulous holidays there, cycling around the island and eating fresh seafood at the pub.

[mollyka]

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Just checking in. Oh Molly I am beyond jealous of your trip to Valentia Island--We had so many fabulous holidays there, cycling around the island and eating fresh seafood at the pub.

It's gorgeous over there -- we had been looking at a house on the island with direct access to the beach from the back garden - a little slipway for a boat and all -- gorgeous - but at the time we felt it was a bit remote.. today we were looking at one up on Lough Currane -- twice as remote -- sort of lost what we should be doing tbh... think we're thinking of holding our whisht for a year or two until something hits us in the face...

fabulous take-away last night -- getting another one tonight -- feck all that cooking lark!!! thought they were closed all week - it was only Monday and Tuesday apparently!!

How you feeling MrsA -- still getting out and about a wee bit? Sending hugs your way xxx

[brit]

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Oh Molly sounds wonderful.
Trying to get out every day but the nights are so lonely. However, I am so lucky to have support and my health.
Sadness is sometimes so overwhelming.
Thanks everyone for listening(reading) and caring!

[mollyka]

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Oh Molly sounds wonderful.
Trying to get out every day but the nights are so lonely. However, I am so lucky to have support and my health.
Sadness is sometimes so overwhelming.
Thanks everyone for listening(reading) and caring!

Nights are always the worst when we're sad aren't they?! I dunno if we spoke about audio books at night did we? I'm sure I did cos I'm a great advocate of them -- any old shite will do -- it needs to be much simpler than something you would actually read cos you have to be able to gloss over lots of it even sleep through chapters -- that's why I find the old classics the best -- the ones that I know the story well like Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights --- just enjoy the words and the rest of the world get closed out somehow.. I will also listen to historical non-fiction - periods of history I'm quite familiar with -- then it doesn't matter if I sleep through the odd old war or something ;-) really anything that gets you through the nights until they start getting easier... a colleague of mine listens to poetry -- I've never tried that cos I'm very particular about poetry - if someone read something in a voice I didn't like I'd just get mad!! Take care sweetheart and we are always here.. just waiting for when you can come and visit xxx