Jump In June

[Lavande]

Jump In June

Hi all,
I'm still here too!
Do we have any July plans yet?

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

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Hi all just a quick one, Lavande a huge well done on your 3 months AF, that is really great, you should be so proud of yourself.

In answer to your question I haven't thought that far ahead yet.

[dill]

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Hi, Jumpers! We have been through 4 AF Fridays in June (well, for me, 3/4) and today is our 4th AF Saturday. We can do it!

My bike is cleaned up and tuned up and ready to ride! I haven't had it on the road in years! I bought a little bike bell, so I am planning on hitting the local bike trail very soon! Usually I am walking on the bike trail, and a biker will come up behind and yell, "on the left!". Soon, it will be me coming up behind a walker, ringing my bell!! Cha-ching, cha-ching!" LOL

What's everyone else up to these days?

[Lavande]

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Good morning Jumpers,

Nice start to the day, clear & sunny with much less humidity, thank goodness! Looking forward to some productive outside time

Be careful on your bike Dill! The last time I was on a bike my daughter was still in high school (she's 32 now). To make a long story short, we collided, I ended up on the concrete with the entire right side of my body skinned..........ouch I think my bike went out with a garage sale.

Somehow or another I've been blessed with my son's Golden Retrievers again for a few days. Didn't I just do this? Entertaining 4 dogs can be exhausting but keeps me out of trouble!

My bumper crop of raspberries is keeping me busy as well. I'm just picking & freezing them right now until I figure out what I want to do with them. I'm going to be drying a lot of the leaves for making tea - love raspberry herbal tea The bunny rabbits left my basil seedlings alone this year so I'm going to, hopefully, have lots of pesto in my freezer this year too

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend.
What are we calling ourselves for the month of July???

[sooty]

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good afternoon everyone, not many days left in June and lets hope we all jump through to the end.
I've been to the gym this morning and feeling very lazy now in the heat, will go for a walk when it cools down.
Here's to an AF saturday and weekend for us all
Sooty

[dill]

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Hi, Jumpers!

I had a lot of thoughts yesterday about drinking, but I pushed them back. It is getting easier. I hope you are all well and that you meet your goals for today!

How did it go with the raspberries yesterday, Lav? I froze a quart and a half to add to the quart we picked on Tuesday. I have been picking fresh green beans and have too many to eat, but not enought to go to the effort of getting out the canner. I have never been a fan of frozen green beans, but I think I'll experiment with it with this batch.

KTAB, your avatar is a motorcycle engine, so I wondered if you are a biker?

Sooty, good for you going to the gym! What kind of exercise do you do?

[Lavande]

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Good morning one and all,

Slept well for a change, having difficulty waking up! An extra cup of coffee should do it

Dill, the raspberry harvest is coming along nicely. I have about 10 qts. in the freezer right now, still many more to pick. I don't know how many qts. I've given away. Mr. Lav planted these canes 4 years ago, they are an old fashioned variety (a little thorny) but boy do they ever produce fruit. I think our 'special fertilizer' is the real secret. The bedding from our hen house provides lots of nutrients - if you know what I mean..........we also dig it in the veggie garden too, the asparagus was fantastic this year. I don't mind giving the veggies a quick blanch then freezing them. Getting the canner out seems like such a hassle. I'm a bit lazy in that dept. Mr. Lav cans the tomatoes himself. Any veggie that we don't grow we pick up from our Amish neighbor. He sells enourmous heads of cauliflower for $1. Can't go wrong there!

In my sparetime this weekend I am dog sitting for my son again. I call his 2 Goldens 'The Insanity Twins', ha ha. They are extremely energetic, tons of fun. So, I'm back to having a 4 dog household until Tuesday evening

I seem to be too busy to have any drinking thoughts these days, wish I could say the same for the smokes, but I'm getting there, 40 days today.

Sooty, I haven't seen the inside of a gym in many years, good for you. I think I'm getting enough exercise hauling myself around here tending to the gardens, dogs, chickens, etc.....

Hope you are all having some good, relaxing fun this weekend. I'm thinking about a pitcher of raspberry lemonade later - yum!!

[sooty]

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hi all jumpers, i do envy you all those raspberries they are my favourite and so expensive to buy here in the uk.
I go on various aerobic machines in the gym, treadmill, stepper etc and then try and do a few light weights. its pretty boring but ok if there's something absorbing on tv. I'm lucky I got myself a gym buddy - probably wouldn't have gone yesterday if she hadnt been going.
Just seen the weather forecast for uk and its going to be Hot!!! and we're not used to it .... dont think i'll be going to the gym too much this week!
Hope everyone's doing ok - I'm feeling pretty strong and determined to get to the end of June.
Will we be July jumpers or something else? We could jive, jig, or even have a july jamboree!!
Hope everyone's had a good sunday.
Sooty x

[Lavande]

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Sooty,

I love the sound of July Jamboree. Shall we put it to a vote????
Maybe Dill, KTAB & others will let us know what they think

[dill]

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I like the sound of July Jamboree.

I'm getting off to a slow start today. I slipped yesterday, I'm sorry to say. I really, really regret it. I am going to write about it and save my writing to read the next time I think just one glass of wine would be alright. I feel grateful that I have the perspective of how good I feel when I don't drink. All the AF time will help me get right back on the wagon. This quitting is so difficult after drinking daily for so many years. I wish I had the determination that you have, Lav. For some reason, I haven't been able to totally 'let go' of al yet.

Anyway, today, I jump back in to the AF life to finish out June feeling good.

I hope you all have a good day.

[Lavande]

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Good morning Jumpers,

Hope everyone is rested & ready to go this Monday morning!

Dill, I think you have plenty of determination! You have motivated me since I first arrived here at MWO. Have you given any thought to the possibility that just maybe you could be a good moderator? You know, the average person that's able to sit & enjoy a glass of wine now & then......... Maybe that is your destiny and that would certainly be OK.
Somehow after my first 30 AF days I just knew, deep down in my soul, that was it for me! I was sick & tired of making an idiot of myself, that really was the root of my determination. I don't like being in the spotlight and I had inadvertently been making a spectacle of myself for years. I've always been happier to just blend into the crowd, you know?

Well, today all of my attention is directed to the pain in my left foot
My granddog 'Jack' stepped on my foot last night, I'm pretty sure he broke my small toe! Mr Lav wanted to take me to the ER but I said no - this nurse will heal herself. It's bruised & swollen but not displaced. There's nothing much that can be done about it anyway. I have my foot iced & elevated, taking Tylenol, etc. Guess the rest of the raspberries will just have to wait a few days, ha ha. 'Jack' is a full grown Golden but doesn't know exactly how big he is - still wants to behave like a puppy......... I believe he learned a few new words last night............oh well.

Wishing you all peace & blessing today.

[dill]

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Lav, I envy your certitude. That is what I am lacking.

Have you given any thought to the possibility that just maybe you could be a good moderator? You know, the average person that's able to sit & enjoy a glass of wine now & then......... Maybe that is your destiny and that would certainly be OK.

This is the problem. I want to be one of those people. So, when I slip, it is always with the intention of just having one drink, like a 'normal' drinker. But, as soon as I have the one, I'm seemingly unable to stop. Pretty common story around here!:H So, I'm really better off staying AF, but.... You have a different drinking history in a way that would work for me to quit, too. If I had made a spectacle of myself repeatedly because of al and knew that I would do so again, I would quit out of embarrassment! I have, instead, been a person who drinks at home and alone. The only people that I have made a fool of myself in front of is me, and Mr. Dill.

Oh, well. I am certain of one thing. I feel 100% better when I don't drink!

Do you think anyone will join us for July? It seems we lost a lot of folks along the way here in June! I'm in for July, though, if you are. You and Sooty checking in daily has been a help to me. Maybe we can get some more to join us again in July?

[Lavande]

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Dill,

I did do my drinking at home and my audience was mostly my husband, adult children & their spouses. For me, repeatedly making a fool of myself in front of them was utterly degrading. I just kept doing it over & over again, couldn't (or wouldn't) stop myself. I'm really trying hard to not dwell on those memories anymore but I don't want to forget either. I don't want to kid myself into thinking I can suddenly morph into a normal drinker - I know now that I can't. My last assinine performance was Christmas Eve when I literally fell on my ass and couldn't get up! It took until March to completely give it up but I needed that learning time. I've learned that it is just easier to give it up all together than to try to stop after just one drink........... AND, I do feel 100% when I don't drink as well

I think we can at least get Sooty, KTAB and probably a few others to join us for some July Jamming!
Starting to sound real good to me

[sdlovespackers]

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Hey All June Jumpers!!

Went over to MN for my ex's grandfather's funeral....got back Saturday night and then had a wedding to go to....been yet another busy weekend!!! Brad (my ex) and I sat up one night until 3AM talking...kinda like old times....he said he was very glad I was there. I drove over with his mom....you'd think all that would be strange...but it really wasn't. Just sad....made me think we really gave up on something pretty special too easily! Hind-sight, right?? Is that how you spell it:H

So it sounds like everyone is doing well...and Dill I don't know anymore what "normal" drinking is....I think you only drinking twice in June or whatever...is beyond what most people would call normal drinking, ya know. I think drinking has just become such a norm in and of itself in our society...I doubt most people even realize how many days out of a month they do drink al. I think you're very hard on yourself and you don't need to be....I think sometimes saying "I'm done drinking...no more"...is really hard and almost self-sabotaging....there has to be a better saying...like I'm going to do my best and be my best everyday but realize I'm only human and allowed to make 'mistakes'...it doesn't make me a bad person! I dunno....just thought I throw my .02 out there (as Chopps would say)!!:l

Lav--you continue to do amazing and you are an inspiration (as well as Dill) to me!!! I need to get back here and get myself in check....these social events and things are killing me...and now the 4th of July weekend...I'm leaving tomorrow to go out to the cabin....I pray everything goes well....I'm usually WAY better at staying away from al when I'm around my dad...but we will have a whole house full of family and I know what that means.....(((big sigh)))...In the words of Dill...this is hard!!!

Sooty--I'm with these gals July Jamboree sounds great!!! Wonderful idea!!! And I should also follow your example and EXERCISE!!!! I just do so well at sitting!!:H You know what it so strange...when I don't drink I gain weight...when I do drink I lose weight...probably because the al tears up my body and makes me so sick the next day...I have a very, very icky tummy....everything upsets it...al is the worst!! Why then, huh??? UGH!!

Yeah...let's get the July thread started...although I won't have access to a computer until next Sunday I will be with you all in spirit!!!! I'm starting classes July 6th...hopefully this too kicks my butt into shape!!!

Have a great Monday everyone!!!
SD:l

[dill]

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Lav, I'm sorry if forgot to respond to your injury report! OUCH!!! You poor baby! I broke my little toe last January, so I know how bad it hurts!:upset:

Wowzers! Fell on your rear on Christmas Eve and couldn't get up? Yep, that's some strong motivation!!! I have fallen, too, but luckily, not in front of anyone!

Hey SD! Glad to see you back!!! I'm also glad you are going to jam with us in July. I hope Pnut joins us, too. Looks like none of us made it completely AF in June, but we are still better for trying!
I feel for you going through some of those emotions with your ex. Must be difficult. I have no wisdom to share on this one!:l

Later.