af daily sat 22 august

[bear73]

wow - cant believe I'm first on here.well successful eve smoke and al free - bf and firend's oh drank beer and bf smoked but I didn't do either!day 7 for me here - friedns over tongiht who will drink and smoke but i have my af drinks, and if worst comes to worst will go to bed!
I feel so much better than last sat with my hangover,feeling of failure- am buzzing today!off to do big food shop, gym and making dinner for friends later.
cleaner came yesterday so house looking lovely and clean(decided that was my treat for stopping smoking!)
good day all - I LOVE being af - feel calm, rested energised positive all at same time got up at 8am today hope all feeling positive today

[Marshy]

af daily sat 22 august

Morning all,

bear - congrats on surviving the temptation. I couldn't do that so early in my sobriety. Up at 8am? I've been up since 7 AND been at work since 9. Someone has to keep the economy going while you lot are out enjoying yourselves I'm getting a wee bit fed up of working Saturdays actually... need a holiday, I think.

From yest: All Apols, re the sexist PE thing. When I was at primary school, way back in the 1970s, I was desperate to play football at school and was told I couldn't because I was a girl. I didn't understand it then, and I don't understand it now. And, strangely, school was the only place that ever told me I couldn't do something because I was a girl. Never had that anywhere else. Anyway, you're out of there now and the world is your oyster!

Ho hum. Better get back to what I'm paid for.
Have a good day all.

[Doggygirl]

af daily sat 22 august

Good morning Ab Landers! Bear, thanks for getting us off to a great start today, and congrats on Day 7 AF. I'm with Marshy - you have my deepest respect to be able to be around smoking and drinking at this stage of the game.

Marshy I'm ready for a holiday too. I vote we go hoboing around Europe with TG for a few months!! TG? Can we come with you?? (a girl can dream!)

I have much catching up to do after a busy week and not much time here to keep up with everyone. Hello to all and :yougo::upset::l:H:hmay you have whichever smilie is appropriate for your week!

My seeds planted last weekend did NOT wash away in the monsoon style rains which was my excitement for the week. (no comment on my dull and boring life style these days!) I had a real pile up of tomatoes so yesterday cleared some of the backlog by canning 12 pints of salsa and 6 quarts of plain tomatoes. I also dehydrated some mushrooms and zucchini chips last night. Life is good. Then I went out to the garden and holy schmoly there are more quarts of tomatoes on my counter waiting for me. I think there will be a Tomato Giveaway at the AA Club today.

Gotta run - hope everyone has a great day. Greenie, I can't wait to hear you are outa da hole.

Strength and hope!

DG

[greeneyes]

af daily sat 22 august

Morning abbers!

Sister coming today. Going to race around with the lawn mower and then vaccum cleaner and do something in the food arena. As det says, " zoom, zoom!"

[LVT25]

af daily sat 22 august

Hello friends!

I had to use a whole sheet of notebook paper to write my to do list this morning. I hope to get at least some of it accomplished this morning! I turned down 2 other requests in order to get some of "my" stuff done. Unfortunately I didn't get all of my mowing done yesterday, so I need to go to work for awhile anyway. Sent hubby to the motocross with the boys, so at least I shouldn't have to run them around!

Not much else comes to mind right now. The drinking/smoking in laws are coming this week, but with nearly a year under my belt, I'm not concerned--and looking forward to it.

Better get busy--keep up the great work! :h

[Mstall]

af daily sat 22 august

Morning all you abbers! Inspiration abounds in this thread with all the soberness and smoberness going on.

onto day 16 and will be taking my daughter to do some clothes shopping for school and lunch. a girly day for us.

Have a wonderful sober Saturday all.

[Sweaty Betty]

af daily sat 22 august

Hi Bear, DG, Greenie, Marshy and all to come.

Bear - I love my cleaner!,
Marshy - are you working on a SUNNY saturday? that would be tragic.
DG I must gave mentioned my tomato seedlings? I have a little pot of them, apparently I need to thin them out when they get two sets of leaves??
Greeny - I am a master at the 'illusion of tidy', you sound like you're doing the real thing.

Its 10pm on Saturday night and I have 1400 words of a 2000 word essay due tomorrow night. It'll get done, but I'm very 'stabby' about it. Its a new unit and I have no real idea what they're looking for. What's great though is I haven't hit the gin, and I haven't given in, even though its study for 'pleasure' -masochism springs to mind....... I just want a pass, no distinctions for this one, just a pass. Have had a coffee and will plough on

I started a Yoga course today which teaches not just the Asanas, but the philosophy behind them, was interesting, VERY chilled out teacher. I really think Yoga helped me a lot in my challenges with AL, highly recommend it.

OK, back to best practices in primary mathematics teaching. Happy Saturday!

Bets
xx

Hi LVT and Mstall, cross post!

[Lavande]

af daily sat 22 august

Hello Abbers,

Happy Saturday, wherever you are

bear, I'm so happy for you, congrats on your 7 days. That is a major accomplishment, good for you!

Marshy, don't work too hard, OK?

DG - I mentioned 'dehydrator' to my husband last week. Guess what arrived at my front door yesterday? Can't wait to get started

Greenie, enjoy your visit with your sister, sounds nice!

LVT, wishing you a happy visit with your in-laws. Maybe you can make them smoke/drink outside?? Do they know you have nearly 1 year AF? You should be one happy & proud woman

Wishing everyone a great AF Saturday.
Lav

[lilmea]

af daily sat 22 august

Good Morning ABer's

Everyone is sounding very busy and productive today. It was suppose to be nice and sunny here today so I made lots of outdoor plans. Instead it is rainy and chilly. So change of plans. When all else fails, I can always do laundry!

Hope everyone has a good week end.

[Marshy]

af daily sat 22 august

Sweaty Betty;699256 wrote: Marshy - are you working on a SUNNY saturday? that would be tragic.

Yes, and I'm getting grouchier by the minute :durn:

[Determinator]

af daily sat 22 august

Happy Saturday ABland!!!!!!!!!! woooooooo! it's the weekend!

Bear, thanks for todays nice start, and big kudos on lucky 7.

I'm just thrilled to see all the positive and happy AF energy here this fine day, I love this section of the forums so much.

did some work on the car last night which is unusual for me as I'm not very auto-inclined for a guy. but I did save a few hundred bucks now back in my drinking days i was far too shaky and got way too upset/angry to work on my own cars. I'm now fully functional (to steal a phrase from Data in Startrek).

Dg, I'd loooove some homemade salsa!

Lvt, your hubby sounds like a great guy.

well, off to the shower, then off to the movies with my shweetie

be well

[hulagirl]

af daily sat 22 august

Oh, everybody is so "up" today (except Marshy...work will not fill your whole day). I can just feel the AF vibes as you all zoom zoom through the day. I just applied for a 4 day workshop on Maui over the fall break. Wish it were only three, but if they're paying....I'll take it. Look forward to an adventure in learning more GIS geospatial technology. It is such a beautiful morning here, trade winds have blown the humidity from approaching hurricanes away. Two hurricanes fizzled before passing their energy on to the islands. I plan to take doggy for a hike on a trail that I swear was used as a scene in Tropic Thunder (which was filmed on Kauai...gotta see it for the scenery) It's an easy hike, slight elevation gain, hopefully not too muddy and about 40 min. End up at a most breathtaking view.
Aloha

[Gold]

af daily sat 22 august

Happy Saturday everyone,

Well done bear, I don't think I could do as well as you being with people drinking unless it's at a restaurant or something. A cleaner sounds a really good reward for giving up smoking.

That's interesting Marshy bout school being the only place you were told you couldn't do something, rather goes against what school is supposed to encourage

Good job your tomatoes aren't triffids DG!

Hope you're having a good day with your sister greeneyes.

I know it makes such a difference to a day when you're not running kids around all over the place LVT.

That sounds a nice trip mstall, I presume your daughter is still quite young.

Best practice in primary mathematics teaching that surely focuses the mind SB. I would like to start yoga but I'm not sure which type to go for, any advice?

Lavande, what a wonderful husband.

There's always plenty of laundry I find lilmea

Well done on fixing the car det, I wouldn't know where to begin and I am sure I have mug written across my face every time I go to a garage.

[hulagirl]

af daily sat 22 august

it's not all about me

Hey Bets, I took all my master's work on-line. There was always the glass or two (or three) of wine to break the writers block. yeah right. Completed the masters program but too untogether to make national board certification. I'm sure I would have gotten a whole lot more out of it if I could have been sober.

Bear, do you think it would help to have a "no smoking" rule in your (nice, clean) house? Just a thought to help you on your AF, NF journey. Good for you so far.

[Gold]

af daily sat 22 august

Hi hulagirl,

Sounds like an interesting workshop. Is that your field GIS?