AF daily - Friday April 9th

[Marshy]

Ab fabbers!

Beautiful sunny & warm morning here. They're mowing the grass in the park outside (great big tractor, Greenie! Have you got mower envy :H) so there's the smell of freshly cut grass in the air.

I've made pasta salad (with a tiny bit of feta cheese) to take into work and caught up with meditation practice that I forgot about yesterday. One of those days when I'm so grateful to be sober.

Off to work with a hoppity skip. (Don't think I'll be quite so hoppity skippity when I leave at 10pm tonight :H)

Have a freaky Friday everyone!

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Morning fabs!

Marshy you bet I have mower envy!! :H I thought I'd pass out after mowing the tundra yesterday. It's all weeds so it feels sort of pointless (and annoying). But if I coud ride a tractor!!! That would be a different story!! However, the garage now has that cut grass smell!

I had an interesting dream last night. I was heavily encumbered by luggage. Anybody know about dreams? Oh and I hate to drive in rush hour and so I had a couple hours to kill and had a hard time deciding between buying drugs (huh??) or going to church. I ended up in a budhist place and the (whatever you call the leader) was this skinny guy in sorta like hot pants. No alcohol in the dream though. (LVT, also had my hair cut and colored at a famous place) Odd dream, eh? :H

Lav we had a teeny bit of thunder and a disappointing amount of rain. Buggar. We are parched here and everyone was hoping for a downpour to wash away the pollen.

've got a bunch of work to do but I've found a little authentic Mexican dive that I want to check out for lunch. The "take your Spanish pocket dictionary with you" type of place. There is reportedly a fab Mexican patiserie next door to it, but I'm still trying to stick to no sugar and that sort of thing isn't really tempting to me anyway.

10 PM Marshy...ugh!

Have a great sober day!

[Doggygirl]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Hi guys. Freaky Friday? Oh I hope that's not an omen. I have a Mary Kay presentation this morning at leads group and then a good sized (if everyone shows! :H) Mary Kay party tonight. I HOPE these things don't turn out too freaky! (well, a little freaky would be OK...) :H

I could NOT do this stuff all hungover. And conducting a MK party on Friday night? Without booze + embarrassment and disaster? Would not have been possible a couple of years ago. I'm grateful to be sober.

Marshy, I want some salad! Greenie - a budhist leader in hot pants? Was it Johnny Depp? Bring me a doggy bag from the Mexican place OK?

OK - off to my presentation. Thank you for your continued prayers for Sister. She is so good about getting all the nuns praying for everyone else who needs help. She's pretty thrilled at the thought of recovering alkies all over the globe saying a little prayer for her.

Later!!

DG

[AAthlete]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Hugs to you DG (my fellow Chicagonite) and your sister, and I'm sure you'll do great at your presentation and your party. Have to say though, think I'd rather take a hot stick to the eye then attend a Mary Kay party - maybe it's a guy thing!

Morning everyone else and happy Friday. Anyone is welcome to swing by with a mower and cut my grass! Actually debating about getting an electric mower this year but haven't made up my mind yet. Our lot isn't that big so it should be a no-brainer but it's hard to give up convenience sometimes!

Busy, busy at work so I am off to try and get something done. Hope everyone has a great day!

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

AA, my new mower is a replacement for my electric one. I burned it up last year. (Yes, they do need the fan to operate) The electric was my very first mower and now that I have this one, I find that not having a cord ROCKS!

[nils salveson]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

hello iam new and i dont know where to start.Iam an aussie and i have noticed that this is mostly american.am i welcome here?

[AAthlete]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Course you're welcome! We've got people from all over the world here and of course we've all got drinking in common.

Start by just spending some time reading posts. You can also download RJ's book and give it a read - it is full of great information for whatever your goals may be. There are different forums for different goals, but a great place to start would be the 'Just Starting Out' section, as there are people in a similar situation as you there.

Again, welcome to MWO.

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Hi nils and you are absolutely welcome!! People in the forum are from all over the place. Aussies, brits, south africa, new zealand, singapore, canada netherlands, you name it. If you look in the "Just Starting Out" section, you might check out Newbies Nest or ODAT (one day at a time). "The Next Day Thread" is a lot of Aussies because we are awake/asleep at diff times on other sides of the world. There are threads about moderating (mod) and threads about abstaining (AF). Take a look around and jump in!

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

DG, I've thought a lot about sister. In some realms, it is thought that breast cancer is more common in women than men because of the proximity to the heart chakra and that women have more emotional issues associated with that chakra. I wonder if sister holds pain there.

[Marshy]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Welcome nils! :welcome:

DG- is this the party with your AA friends too and the "how do you know DG?" questions? Should be an in interesting night!

Greenie - I can't get away from mowers now you've brought them up! Just been reading about a robot one that you let loose on the grass and when it's running out of power it finds its own way back to its charging point, and it texts you if it gets stuck anywhere :H Great excuse for leaving a party early - "I have to go and rescue my mower".

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

:H:H:H

Looks at phone.
"It's my mower."
"Sorry, I've really got to go."

[LVT25]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Hello friends and welcome as well, Nils.

Wow, you guys are up and posting early today--2 pages already! I was up pretty early myself to help my son bottle feed our calf. I like being up early, I can get more done, but I really don't like being around other people that time of day. I am not in good humor, and it tends to put a damper on my day when someone tries to give me shit so early. :H

Otherwise, I'm looking forward to getting some personal stuff done today, then send hubby off to visit a friend in Colorado and #2 son to a friend's house, #1 son is having a friend over to keep me company for the night. I have 2 netflix movies I'm going to watch. Yay, me!

Greenie, I have some strange dreams too, but it sounds like yours are bits and pieces of your subconscience coming to the surface. Especially if it involves hair. Wouldn't it be fun if we could visit other's dreams? I am curious about the budhist leader in hotpants!:H The no alcohol is a good sign I think.

All of this talk about mowers has me considering investing in a really good mower for my sons and I so we can build on our lawn care "business". Son is not that interested, and I don't have that much free time, so I think I better let go of that one for now. The mowers I'm interested in and that we use at the cemetery where I work are called v-traks. They are green and riders of course. But pretty pricey!!

DG--I was thinking about your friend and what would I do if I found out I had cancer at that age. Hope and pray I never have to find out. Hell, I don't know what I would do if I found out I had it at my age! Cancer sucks! Which brings me to the subject of ButterButt! I found out on facebook, a friend I haven't seen in years is making all-natural creams, etc. Dr. Oz says we are polluting ourselves and our environment with all of the products we put on our bodies. I just spent over $100 on Beauticontrol products (sorry DG) to try to slow down the aging process of my skin. (I guess I am experiencing a little mid-life crisis) But I am going to order some ButterButt too, and see how I like it!

Ok, I'm rambling. I better get busy. Wishing everyone a great sober weekend. Lav- I cannot believe it is that hot where you are! Send some of that my way, I won't mind, but I know what you mean, a little spring would be nice! :h

[Lavande]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Mid-morning greetings Ab Fabbers!

Butter Butt - not on my face LVT :H
That's a scarey thought! I have sensitive skin - lots of allergies so I use very little stuff on my skin.

DG, I do wish you good luck with your Mary Kay efforts today

Hello & welcome Nils! Please visit us in the Newbies Nest as well!

Greenie, if you want to borrow our tractor - come on up! It's kind of large, haven't been on it much myself. Cutting all the grass around here is a real allergy killer for me :upset:

Greetings to Marshy & Leelou.

I have some work awaiting - better get to it.
Have a great AF Friday!
Lav

[bear73]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

hello everyone - all sounding very Springy out there - it's lovely here - blue skies, nice cool fresh air, birds singing and lots of green.

Back to day 1 for me here - after visiting parents - but am still smoke free so held to some of my goals.

Firmly back on the af wagon now and removing the possibility of having a drink from my mind - it's the shall I shan't I battle that always gets to me.
If there is no 'shall I ' option I can concentrate on the evening and what I am doing.

One more week off work for me - bliss - but it's going fast! I'm going to weight watchers on Mondays from next week and am firmly committed to shifting the weight this time.
2 friends have recently lost the amount I want to lose and look so much better/confident. I very much identify with the overstuffed feeling, I have recently turned 37 and feel I need to just do it - I've spent YEARS yoyoing,feeling bad and I want to end that once and for all.

Skating training for the next 3 days - from next week I will incorporate a running session and a weights/core session to my weekly programme.
The idea of running outside at the moment is very appealing so I want to make the most of the fresh air/blue skies.

[momof3]

AF daily - Friday April 9th

Happy Friday to Monthly Abs folks new and old (not in age but in experience of course). I don't find myself here at MWO much but like to check in from time to time to see what you are all up to. It is good to hear that the great majority of you are still AF and enjoying your lives.

It's hard to believe that my 2 year anniversary will be coming up this month. The time has flown by. I feel as if I have grown more in these two years than I did during my entire time of drinking. I am truly amazed and humbled by the horrible and crazy things that alcohol does to your brain and to your thinking. It takes a long time to detox from that.

Unfortunately, my only brother whom is addicted to pain meds and valium has not found his way out. I have come to believe that perhaps there is no "bottom" for him. He was kicked out of his apartment last month and now the community mental health center is looking for residential care for him. It is hard to watch but as I have said to him, he must dig down deep within himself to crawl out of this. He has the support, but it is ultimately up to him. Problem is, he has created such a mess out of his life that there is not much for him to look forward to. Rambling here but so tragic.

On a more positive note, I have continued my "no sugar and no starches" crusade and lost over 15 lbs! I'm going to have to take my runner picture down though and replace it with a picture of me doing yoga since this seems to be my new love. Haven't given up running totally yet but it is not as compelling to me as it used to be.

Be well all. Marshy, Greeneyes, DoggyGirl, Lavande, AAthlete, Raven.joy and others...it's great to read about all of you doing so well...I can feel your busy, positive energy!

M3