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[SlipperyPete]

Bruun's Titting UP

Doggygirl;1192612 wrote:
ETA: I DO like "Brutus." Pete, can we ALL call her Brutus????

Sure, but I'll be collecting a 5 cent tax every time you do!
JK, it was actually what she told me she wanted to be called, so feel free!

So I watched Cool Runnings last night, and it was as amazing as ever
If anyone decides to view it, I want you to look in the mirror afterwards, and then tell me what you see.

[Bruunhilde]

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Bambam, I'm really fighting not using the F word to address you, because it rhymes so nicely with Brutus and all.

I'm baaaack, and really looking forward to catching up with you all. My cyber family, really feeling the love these days, you are a haven like no other for me. Hugs and love to you all!

DG, funny you ask, I have a woman doing some work in my house today and she mentioned she was constipated so I made her a drink to fix her up. Magnesium fizzy, sorta. Ever hear of Calm, the magnesium drink?

I'm having a vitamin C EmergenC drink and some ferritin because I am SO exhausted, had one of those perimenopausal days where you have travel and meetings and bloody accidents all over the place to the point where you just want to cry and throw your clothes away but you're in the airport bathroom and have to just thank the angels that you are wearing black. Sorry guys if this girlstuff is too hard to hear. Brutal, was yesterday's name. Oh and Ru, I was almost one of those dead people, some Montana dude ran a red and we had to go into oncoming traffic to avoid him. Like going to Disneyland, that was, fun!

Cool Runnings and The Other Guys? How can I rent them, can I stream them in some sort of pay by movie site? I don't have netflix or Amazon's service or anything. Love the recommendations of feel good movies!!!! Yay!

Is, you're sick? You okay? :l

Ginger, call me Brutus or Brew or ... sober? Sober soon, I promise.

Ne, you really don't want to talk about alternatives for beloved Goose? I don't believe it for a second. You adore that puprug.

[RudyB]

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shiiit! it just took FOREVER to get my son to sleep! (guess it doesn't pay to give an early bed time just 'cause i want time for self. but i really did think he was ready for bed at 6 pm!)

bruuun! so glad you won't be on the next episode of 'medium!' good heavens how horrid! eek. you paint a light-hearted picture of your almost-crash, though.

and the monthly, funny you should mention that, too. i thought mine was on the way, that that would maybe 'splain the extreme fatigue i've had the past couple days, but, alas, that is not the mystery's resolution. it's still 10 or so days away. ergh. so i'm going down from 180 to 160 to see if that works, and i'm going to bed much earlier. should i also try that ferritin? i haven't been anemic in ages.

i've been thinking of you lots today. first, because of your reporting your list of things to do a couple of times. those lists are constant, aren't they?! i was doing same, round and round my head, earlier today. laundry just keeps coming in cycles, and so do dishes. call the bank. toss the compost. get some greens from all the way in the garden. buy and fix shower nozzel. and curtains. take camera and boots for repair. fascinating, isn't it? maybe not. but universal, yes!

second reason i was thinking of you was about the movie thing. only feel-good one i could come up with is, of course, in spanish. it's called 'viva cuba,' and it is the sweetest tale of friendship and loyalty between two youngsters in cuba. half the fun is understanding a bunch of it without reading the subtitles, even though it's that fast caribbean spanish. (helps that i've seen it a dozen times; i show it to my students.)

tonight my son and i were watching 'hoodwinked' (the very clever modern twist on little red riding hood), but it was totally stressing me out. couldn't handle it. evil wolf and bad cops and oh so much suspense.

last night on 'the office,' there was a fire so they had to evacuate the building. an impromptu game of 'lost on an island' or somesuch broke out. one question was 'what five movies would you bring?' one gal said 'legally blonde.' her friend said he didn't know if they could be friends anymore. then his new and delectible girlfriend showed up and said 'legally blonde' would be one of her choices. kinda reminds me of our mentions of 'white girls.' so glad we're all still friends!

can't help you with the renting/accessing movies. i stream on netflix for about seven bucks a month, right onto my laptop. it's especially sweet to watch it in bed, all tucked in with earphones and pillows. udder'n'at i didn't even know they still had rental stores. the one in my town closed down months ago.

how does the f word rhyme with brutus? (is this one of those frequent moments when the completely obvious is completely hidden from me?)

yes, bruuun, you will be sober soon. i see it happening. i just keep thinking about how much happier you'll be. i will devote a zap of good energy to you every time i have one of my many moments per day of feeling exstatically grateful that i'm now free of the evil demon that was threatening to destroy my life. i really will, and i am sure that it will help. you are going to be so happy, bruun, when you're free, too. wait and see...

ok, oh dear, it's heading toward late. i'll sign off now. one email that shan't be epic, and off to dreamworld.

hugs and light and lots of love from rudyworld.

xo ru roo

...i just pulled a half-eaten, browning apple from my purse (a small vinyl wnyc.org tote - very chic). fruit flies swarmed after it. (thought you'd get a kick out of that!)

[RudyB]

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bruun, murphy's cautious and half-joking theory on my night sweats and very red, tingly face (any of you have that w bac?!) is that i'm pre-menopausal. possible, as i'll be 42 on december 12 (plug for self, that), and my doc says that happens sometimes this young, but he doubts it is happening in me. my cycle is still like clockwork, and he just didn't think so for whatever other reasons. but your mention of being perimen... made me think to ask you: what are your (other) symptoms? i forgot how old you are?

is, sorry 'bout the medical crapola. hope the fates summon some good health for you soon! and so glad that we can bring a smile to your face. 'tis good to know you're here.

love to all, again.
rudy

[LadyLush]

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Hey y'all!

Rudy,

I am 51 and I am having night sweats like crazy! I swear by Evening Primose Oil, 1000mg. morning and night. I know when I don't take it because my moods are crazy too.
I absolutely love the avatars. DG, your's is great!
I had a bad week but back on track.

Love everyone!

LL..:l

[RudyB]

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HEYA LUSHIE! welcome back to us, and to a better week!

thanks for reminding me about epo; i have some (!) but had forgotten what it was good for. i'll take some right now, even though i've eaten nothing since midday. totally weird, i have no appetite! sometimes that happens for me late in the day (guess that's partly how i stay so skinny), and i'm so totally fuckin amazed that that doesn't lead me to drink. used to be that i'd stay hungry just so i'd enjoy the drink more. granted, i'm not even hungry, but something wild is going on with my body chemistry, and i don't mind it one bit!

well, as you might've guessed if you looked at the timing of my posts, that email was epic, and i'm getting dangerously late in my approach to the bed, so i shall really sign off now.

nitey nite, lovelies. sleep loose.

besones!
rudy

[GingerDust]

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Bruun, glad to see you are back. You will be sober soon. I don't doubt that. I really related to your "perimenopausal" experience. It less resembles a normal period than the hours after giving birth, IMO. But at least you were wearing black.

I think one of the funniest movies of all time is Stripes. It's an oldie. A Beautiful Mind is one of the best feel good movies, I think.

Hope everyone has a good day.

[redhead77]

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Your story of the airport and what you went through, is what I go through every month. And often, I'm wearing white, as this is what we wear. :upset:I don't think I'm perimenopausal, I'm 35...36 in less than a week, but my periods have been irregular lately. They're normally so regular you could set a watch to them. This makes my whole bleeding thing even more disasterous. I'm going to attribute the irregular periods to my weight loss. But I am overdo for a check of my female parts. Can't keep up with all the doc appts lately. :H At least you didn't have wicked PMS, did you? I have terrible PMS, maybe even PMDD. At least this month it seemed I did. I PM'd someone (during the drama), a caustic PM. It was one line, but it really cut to the chase, if you can imagine. I then deleted stuff on my thread, and I even asked the forum moderator to delete my entire thread. I sobbed for much of an entire night. It reminded me of when I would drink while depressed. Except I didn't have a drop of alcohol in my system. Crazy and scary even. The next morning I woke up with my period and things have been normal since (my version of normal ) . Luckily, the powers that be didn't listen, and my thread was still here. I'm hopeful next month will be better, as I won't be on steroids and quitting smoking, and all the other things, when I'm PMSing. Even so, be on the look out for weird behavior on my part...and then let it go. It doesn't last long. :H

I'm hopeful you'll be sober soon too, Bruun. Have you given HDB any more thoughts? It really does work for many, my friend. I know you have issues with your BP. What's that been running these days?

I was thinking of my favorite feel good movie of all time. I think it would have to be Romancing the Stone. I also enjoy Office Space for a good laugh. I haven't rented a movie or watched tv in months, it seems. I would like to rent some good movies, but I find myself on here, when I have personal time, after the kids go to bed. I answer emails, do research on the computer, listen to tunes. It rarely seems to be tv. I have tried to watch one of my favorite shows, True Blood. I don't like it as much, now that I'm sober. It's gotten pretty weird lately. There are vampires (cool), werewolves, fairies, witches...no one is human. Guess it's time to cancel HBO, and save myself some dough! I do appreciate all the movie suggestions, for when I'm ready to watch one.

Anyway, I'm glad you're home. And I'm glad we can all gather at Brutus's roundtable, whenever any of us has the time. This thread has all sorts of interesting tidbits and useful info.

Hi Luscious! Is, I hope you feel better soon. You bring a smile to our faces too.

[Isolde]

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redhead77;1193082 wrote:

Anyway, I'm glad you're home. And I'm glad we can all gather at Brutus's roundtable, whenever any of us has the time. This thread has all sorts of interesting tidbits and useful info.
Agreed!! :H

redhead77;1193082 wrote:
Hi Luscious! Is, I hope you feel better soon. You bring a smile to our faces too.

:l

[Bruunhilde]

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Gross-out alert, boys!

Hallloooooooooooo!!! (Isn't that a quote from Pooh?)

A wealth of information and supportiveness, this campfire. Keep it coming, join one and all. Oof, I'm tired this week.

Red, my PMS has always been physically and emotionally incapacitating and unpredictable. I had my period for a whole year once, and another time didn't have it for a year, same with my sister. She could always tell when I was OTR because my face would be dead white, she said. My pattern started getting more predictable (with in a week or two) in my 30's tho. Can't you wear colored scrubs? My nurse cousin does - she has the emergency bloody hell monthly too - I'm usually working at home or doing a day trip where I can manage it somewhat. I'm sorry you're going through it - my mom was a nurse in white too, she used to use two jumbo tampons at once (something I can't fit having never had six babies).

In retrospect, my biggest mistake was this: I was feeling physically awful, everything hurt, worst cramps in memory all day, exhausted, yet so thankful I was able to catch the earlier flight. Guy next to me offered me a free drink coupon, I had a Heineken, felt much better instantly and didn't remember until I stood up that my main strategy for managing this type of situation is avoiding blood thinners during the hard days unless I'm home, in which case I take them to hurry the bad part along while I'm home. The alcohol (one beer) thinned my blood in 27 minutes so that when I stood up, it felt like my pelvic floor had collapsed and I was saying fuckfuckfuckfuck all the way to the ladies where it was as bad as it gets except at least no red trail from the gate to the ladies. Can you imagine that? I was checking my feet en route. Great news is the suit is a Misook and goes in the washer! Horray!

Okay, enough grossness. Sorry for the graphics.

Viva Cuba? I would need the subtitles although I understand its fun for you avoiding them. I remember first time I saw Pulp Fiction was in Paris, it had french subtitles which was fun, since it was in English and I took French in highschool and a little in college. Sometimes I watch the subtitled version of English language movies just to laugh at the interpretation of the subtitles, there is alot missed.

Thanks everyone for the movie and the idea for Netflix in bed, that sounds good on a cold winter night although my bed is for sleeping there is no TV in that room for a reason, to help promote sleep. But the laptop gets toasty warm and that's kinda like a bedwarmer, huh?

Okay, healthy me for the day: This AM I poached my last free range egg in raw milk, yummy, and had raw milk with Scharfenberger cocoa in it with a little stevia and coconut oil. Yum. Gave the pets some coconut oil last night and they loved it. Then I ran to the post office where apparently my River Pharmacy package has been sitting since Sept 27 and stopped by the store on my way home and GUESS WHAT ROO? I bough kombucha, they let me taste it and they have it on tap. It was sweet so I asked, it has sugar and juice in it. Oh well, at least I didn't see the mushroom mother. So I bought 16oz and a double wheatgrass shot, and two more bottles of kefir and more whole raw milk.

YUM.

Last, the F word that rhymes with Brutus is Fetus. Petey doesn't want to have that as his nickname for some reason. Although he is a young'n. Can't blame him tho. Bambam is better.

LOL
:l

[Doggygirl]

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Hi Brutus!! Welcome home! (well, I'm late - better late than never?)

Bruunhilde;1192708 wrote: Ever hear of Calm, the magnesium drink?

I actually HAVE some of that!!!! My wonderful thyroid & other hormone doctor tests my RBC magnesium every six months. So I supplement that out the wazoo. Well, stuff DOES come out the wazoo with plenty of magnesium! At any rate, last round of blood work in the spring was the FIRST time it's been in the range of normal since we started all this shortly after I quit drinking in 2008. I :h my magnesium!!!

OMG after reading your horror story (and while traveling! :egad I am grateful that the bloody business is in my past. Now if the hot flashes could just be in my past, life would be perfect. Or pretty darn good.

I believe in your soberlicious abilities Brutus! I too am sending you HUGE vibes to be able to put down the drink and walk away.

I made the mistake of going to the mall today. (when I should have been studying, which I need to start RIGHT NOW!) Well, I had to go there to return a few things. But of course the sales always catch my eye. I have enough clothes for three people to wear. I have to be careful - I really think when I gave up drinking I moved on to some other compulsive behaviors. Oh well - at least I'm not likely to kill anyone while shopping. I don't think so anyway. So long as nobody tries to grab the last one in my size.

Fetus. I like that. :H:H

Hello to Lushie and Is and Ginger and Ne and Fetus de la bambam, and rudyb and Red and anyone I missed. Lushie, I hope things are better this week for you!

Zoom zoom..... off to study human development.

DG

[RudyB]

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heya, all. i'm really going bac to bed in a second, but have to chime in, bruun, that i think the sugar in kombucha is gone by the time it's kombucha; the fermentation eats it all up. but i'm not sure if that's good enough for you. maybe the fermenting itself isn't good? but that can't be so, given all of our chatting -i mean banter- about fermented foods!

still trying to think of another movie...

xo ru

[redhead77]

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Brutus,

Thanks for sharing all you did! I know it might gross some of the boys out, but it is an unfortunate reality for some of us. To answer your question, I have one other color I can wear. It's not super dark like black or navy, but I guess it's better than white (except you can't use bleach then.) I can never tell when I should wear the other color lately, as I've been irregular. I'm glad I'm not the only one around here with raging PMS. At least we can be thankful we don't live together, so our cycles won't start coinciding. Two tampons for me will never happen. I am a big believer in kegels. They're great. You can do them in the car, while you're talking to someone, whenever. There's no reason not to do them, especially for women who've had kids. It fixes everything right up! I can imagine your experience on the plane...too easily. It's interesting what you say about blood thinners and alcohol being one. I've never thought of it that way.

Okay, I'm out of time. Off to work. I couldn't make it to Ru's thread. I wish I could write this stuff as fast as the speed of light, like many of you folks. Hope you get some rest this weekend, B.

[Doggygirl]

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I like the open nature of this thread! Ladies, just think what you have to look forward too. After the time of excessive wet stuff, you will get to experience the "dry hole" syndrome. Sigh. If it's not one thing it's another.

GOOD MORNING BRUTUS! :cupajoe:

[RudyB]

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hi bruun, mornin all! you might envy or hate me when i report that my worst pms is that day of deep depression, then a couple of days of light blood. way less than when i was a teen. i'd like a happy drug for that day of down.

since you asked, doggy, i'm going to be in a race tomorrow! my first ever! row row row... and today i get the whole day to myself, to write and to clean. son's going to an apple-ssquishing party with his pop. whoopee!

have fun, all!