AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

[greeneyes]

Morning abbers!!

Another beautiful day in afland!

Fig your night out was great! Well done! I could feel your excitement over it! It is interesting to observe how normal people drink. I was actually surprised that everyone drank so little.

Chief I hope your day is a bit better today and nights a bit more peaceful.

bear, hoping you're having a good vacation; wonder what a barge holiday is?

Big hello to raven.joy and doglvr!

jackie, maybe if you treated a holiday like ODAT it would be easier. I guess I'm so old that holidays aren't about drinking a lot anymore. Used to be when I was younger. There was always a holiday party with lots of drinking. Now if you drink a lot it seems to be an individual thing, not a group thing. 2 months is great!

dill good to see you back! Let's see if we can nudge the trudge into a trot! :H

hula, I know what you mean about the stuck feeling. I haven't looked into this but plan to: "Getting Unstuck" by Pema Chodron. I was envious of uni even having a plan. I don't even know what I "really want to do".

Mstall good luck with the nic free! I smoked like I drank. Well almost. I didn't smoke in the mornings. Ugh! You'll be so glad to be free of all the paraphenalia too. Can't find a lighter, tobacco crumbs in you purse and on your lipstick, just having to "tend" to the habit. You'll be SO glad!

Hello det, don't we get some pics from dex at burning man? You must be really pining by now :l

DG, a nun, hun? All solo. That's really something, isn't it. I keep pondering that.

Hi R2C, keep at it!

Hi marshy, pamina, LVT, anybody I may have missed.

Have a great day. I think I have chainsaw fever! The pruners yesterday just got me going!

[Marshy]

AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

Ah... the abbers awake. I've been at work for five hours already :H

Agree with you Greenie and Fig about being surprised at how little other people drink. I always assumed everyone was getting as drunk as me... not that I cared as long as I was having too much.

DG - your sponsor sounds great!

OK, back to my desk chains...

[Mstall]

AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

Morning Greenie and Marshy!

Thrilled to be here 30 days AF and starting day 1 smokefree. I will sign up on Quitnet and get started there today also.

I want to thank you both and everyone else here for their support and inspiration. I could not, would not have done it otherwise.

off for a fast walk for my old dog and then a 4 mile walk for old me. hee hee.

have a wonderful weekend all!

(guess it's time to update my quit smoking date in my signature)

[Determinator]

AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

top of the morning ABland!

quick shout and scoot. off to see an AF friend. back laterish

be well

[LVT25]

AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

Hello friends and happy labor day weekend!

Getting ready to head to my sister's house for our family reunion. Always a little tense getting everyone ready to get somewhere. Especially when they're not too excited about it! But I'm trying to "KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON" like my sticky note reminds me. It is my son's 15th birthday he was a preemie born on labor day--can't believe it was that long ago.

MStall--everything that Greenie said. Even though I quit smoking (also used Quitnet) June 1 last year, I had a couple of ciggies 1 year ago today when my in laws were here. So, officially I have been totally NF for 1 year!! And it feels great!!! It is super hard at first, but it does get easier!! It does!

Have a great one!:h

[DogLvr]

AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

Good Morning (late) all .

Chief - hope you're feeling better today.

Fig - congratulations on last night - I think waking up clear-headed is a pretty big treat!

Greeneyes and R2C - good to see you two again.

LVT - Labor on Labor Day?? Way too funny.

MStall - Congratulations on your 30 days - what a great milestone :goodjob: - and great luck stopping smoking!

Bear - have a blast on your vacation - i assume the barge is like a river cruise?

Det - have a great weekend!
Hey everyone else I missed -gotta take my doggies out for their walk - Oh how I wish I was at the beach.

Going to do a 5k race tonight - so that will keep me away from too much temptation on my Saturday night - even though they have the beer tents flowing freely - I'm not typically in the mood - usually I am just trying to catch my breath!

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

Late afternoon hello to all Abbers,

So many here today - that's great
Expecting the kids & grandson momentarily, just want to say Hi.
Weather is beautiful, couldn't ask for much more.

Mstall - congrats on your 30 days - Woo Hoo On to your next project, huh? Good Luck! (109 NF days for me). Still dreaming about smoking...............

Have a great evening everyone.
Lav

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Saturday, 9/5/09

Hi UnHung AFers! Late check in here. Greenie thank you for kicking things off today. I can't wait to hear more about what you did with the chain saw today. Be careful if you decide to combine a roof AND a chain saw activity. There is special equipment for that! :H

Boy I hear you on realizing how little the normies really drink. Especially in me and Mr D's age group (29 + LOL!) there aren't many people I would call "middle of the road" drinkers. People seem to either drink little or none, or go totally over board as I used to do each and every time. It really makes the totally overboard thing stand out. I'm glad those days are behind me. Mr. D is at a dog training event this weekend where there are several totally over boarders participating. Mr. D said he is not looking forward to that aspect of things especially since he is "stuck" there camping. I'm glad to be here at home doing my own thing!

Fig, :yougo: on your dinner out last night! I love the observations in your post last night. GREAT JOB! You sure made me smile. We CAN do this!

Mstall, :yougo:CONGRATULATIONS ON 30 DAYS SOBER!!:yougo: And congrats on Day 1 of NFness. Once you get past the initial suckiness part, you will be so glad to get free of that one. Greenie that was a good reminder about the paraphenalia management, and also the crumbs in the purse and all those little things. Yuk. I love my freedom from Nic! YOU CAN DO IT!

Hi Lavande, Marshy, Deter, Doglvr, LVT, anyone I missed today, all I missed yesterday, and anyone yet to come. Is that all encompassing???? I'm off for a sauna and then some Netflix. I was in a ballet sort of mood so I have one DVD about the Ballet Russes and another one that sounded rather racy about the "men of ballet." That one should be good. Based on how quickly I fall asleep, we'll see how many weeks it takes me to actually get through both DVD's.

Ciao everyone! See you unhung on the flip side.

DG