AF daily - Thur 3rd June

[Chillgirl]

Good Morning Guys

Went to the premiere last night of Sex in the City with a crowd of girlfriends and had a great night. We all got dressed up to the 9s and even our small town managed a red carpet for us! There was sushi and champagne and in the throng of people a friend who also doesnt drink grabbed my arm and guided us to the otherside of the room where we found some cranberry juice The movie was your standard good fun chickflick escapism....

Its a public holiday here today which in the past would have meant I would hit a beach bar for lunch, drink wine all day and stop off at the bar on the way home. Today however I will be spending in the garden, reading, journalling, listening to my favorite music, floating in my pool and relaxing in the sunshine....
LIFE IS GOOD!

[spuddleduck]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

oh what a life chill, sounds lovely. being good to yourself, love it

[Chillgirl]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Hey Spuds - Im so sorry about the tradgedy in your part of the world, I know when something happens close to home how it affects you, my parents lived in Dumblane.

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Yaaaaawwwwnnnnnnn..........

Chill, that sounds a GRANDIOSE time last night!!! And your plans for today sound devine! Hope you're on the tag end of that cold.

M3, I meant to say I'm glad you're through your procedure OK and the weekend getaway looked great. I hope it motivates you to do more "just for me" things.

DG, that was a very good point about vacations and slow times. We always went camping for a couple weeks around July 4 for that reason. I haven't done sober camping, but I didn't drink much either as I always fished sober. Thank goodness I have THAT much sense. Well actually not as I didn't apply that rule to driving I'm ashamed to say. OK moving on.... I do EVERYTHING sober now!!

Hello spuds and all to come!

I agree with you wholeheartedly chill - LIFE IS GOOD!

Enjoy today's little piece of it!

[Marshy]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Ab fabbers!

I'm feeling so much better now I've got my "extra" work out of the way for the time being and am just back to normal work.

Chill, I've been in my local pool in the sunshine this morning. Fantastic! It was packed though, at 8.30am, and I could certainly do with a pool of my own!

Greenie - that's interesting about fishing sober. What kind of fishing - ie, would it have been dangerous to do it while drinking?

DG - thanks for the advice about taking time off when things are slack. My problem at the moment is not having any slack time (but I know it's good to have the work, so I'm not complaining. Oh wait, I AM complaining :H). I have relaxed about the whole thing so much more than when I first started out, when I worried about not getting enough work, worried about taking time off in case "my" work was given to someone else and I was forgotten about etc etc. Which meant I didn't take any time off at all last year (fortunately I got a lot of work fairly quickly and it's stayed that way). At least this year I've already had a couple of weeks off, and I've booked a holiday for the end of July. I need to book some more time off and stick to my guns about it.

Have a good day all!

[Chillgirl]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Marshy - You can come swim in my pool anytime but with your fitness you would probably cover a length in 4 strokes! Just reading your post on work, I may be wrong but you strike me as someone who probably thrives on activity & being busy, im sure you will find the balance thats right for you.

Marshy;875774 wrote:
Greenie - that's interesting about fishing sober. What kind of fishing - ie, would it have been dangerous to do it while drinking?

Yeah Greenie - sober fishing, whats that all about? :H Unless of course it was shark fishing....

I just checked out my facebook and see that many of the girls carried on last night after the premiere and were apparently doing shots in my local bar at 5am! God when I read it I could almost feel how my head would be if Id been there. I know its not nice to be smug but I couldnt help the smile on my face when I think how bloody good I feel today :H

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

sober fishing :H I guess that is a puzzle eh? I flyfish so I am usually fishing for trout in colder moving water. The trout like to hang out in deep pools, pockets of water behind boulders, base of rapids, etc. I'm IN the water in "wading" shoes that are like men's work boots (think anchor) and sometimes waders as well (serious anchor if you fall and they fill up with water) when in deep water. Falling is easy and unforgiving. People would see my bruised and scabby shins and say "Oh, have ya'll been fishing?" :H So being in fast moving water and climbing around on boulders, etc on shorelines really needs to be done sober.

http://www.flyfishingsmokymountains....tle_river2.jpg

This isn't me, but it is one of my favorite rivers.

[Lavande]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Good morning Abbers!

God Chill, doing shots in a bar at 5 am - what a nightmare!!!! I couldn't even imagine surviving that. Yes I am grateful to be living sober!

My brother-in-law lives right behind us, has a beautiful pool in his yard. Somehow I just don't feel like walking over there right now. He reminds me too much of my MIA spouse!!!! Go figure!!!

Very hot & humid in these parts today. My shop is nice & cool so I'm happy to get some work done this morning. I harvested quite a bit of broccoli last evening so I guess I'll blanch & freeze some this afternoon

Wishing everyone a terrific AF Thursday!
Lav

[LVT25]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

https://www.mywayout.org/community/f1...ion-42775.html

This was an interesting link in General this morning, thought I'd share here.

Just another quick check in. I have soooooo much to do, and frankly I'm tired enough from running here and there and everywhere that I'm having trouble getting started. Last evening I did get some things done outside that badly needed it. I really want to get out and plant a small garden at least. Enough time, wind and rain has gone by now that it needs to be "worked" again as it is hard as rock. Ugh!

The vacation topic is interesting. I get so stressed about getting ready for a vacation and getting where we need to be,that it is a little hard to enjoy. Hubby has been planning with his sis and BIL a weekend together at a motocross. They will be meeting us there. It is about 20 miles from my sister's house. I told him if he wanted to take the camper it would be up to him to get it ready to go--including the repairs on the water line that have been leaking for 3 years. I have been gone so there has been little discussion about the plans. I did manage to get out of him yesterday that we are leaving Friday and coming home Sunday and the place we will meet is 300 miles away. He was still wanting to take the camper but it was looking more and more like I would be the one getting it ready again. I told him it didn't make sense to me to drag it that far for 2 nights when my in-laws have room (granted not alot) and the boys each have a tent, and I have all intentions of staying with my sister Saturday night anyway. Long story short, we are not taking the camper. A part of me wants to, I love camping, but for 2 days, I would be doing set up, clean up, cooking while he drank beer with his BIL. No thanks.

I hope everyone is doing well. As I was pulling some weeds last night the thought of drinking popped into my head. And this time it was--no way do I even feel like drinking!
Yay!!

Have a good one!:h

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Good on YOU, LVT!!! :goodjob::goodjob::goodjob:

BIG GIRL PANTS RULE!!!!

[Marshy]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

chillgirl;875777 wrote: Marshy - You can come swim in my pool anytime but with your fitness you would probably cover a length in 4 strokes!
Nooo, I'm really not that fit. I only started exercising when I got sober, and I have many years of sitting on my arse drinking to undo before I reach fitness, I think. Much better than I was, though

greeneyes;875811 wrote: So being in fast moving water and climbing around on boulders, etc on shorelines really needs to be done sober.

Very wise, Green one. I would never go swimming after drinking either (but that was the ONE thing I wouldn't do drunk :H). Water is such a powerful force.

Lavande;875832 wrote: I harvested quite a bit of broccoli last evening so I guess I'll blanch & freeze some this afternoon

Ah-ha! I feel the "to blanch or not to blanch" discussions coming on.

LVT25;875899 wrote:
Long story short, we are not taking the camper.

Good for you!

[Doggygirl]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Good morning Fabbie Abbies!! Chill, thanks for getting us started today. Wish I could have been there with you to get all gussied up for a night out with the girls! Sounds like a blast. The "old me" would have been right there with the ones drinking shots until all hours. OY I'm glad I don't do that any more! (and I don't blame you for smiling about it when you thought of the hangovers!!)

greeneyes;875811 wrote: sober fishing :H I guess that is a puzzle eh? I flyfish so I am usually fishing for trout in colder moving water. The trout like to hang out in deep pools, pockets of water behind boulders, base of rapids, etc. I'm IN the water in "wading" shoes that are like men's work boots (think anchor) and sometimes waders as well (serious anchor if you fall and they fill up with water) when in deep water. Falling is easy and unforgiving. People would see my bruised and scabby shins and say "Oh, have ya'll been fishing?" :H So being in fast moving water and climbing around on boulders, etc on shorelines really needs to be done sober.


GREENIE's A WEENIE!!! (just kidding) I agree with you and Marshy that water needs to be respected. I can recall a couple of very dangerous situations I put myself in while drunk and I really am lucky to be alive.

LVT25;875899 wrote: https://www.mywayout.org/community/f1...ion-42775.html

My favorite part was his suggested experiment of drink two, and only two glasses of wine at lunch for a week. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm an addict alright - according to his standards. And everyone's standards I think.

LVT, good for you putting your foot down on the camper. No way would I do ALL the work you describe over a 2-night stay while Mr. drank beer. No. Just no. I hope your sister is continuing to get better.

Marshy, it sounds like we are both making a bit of progress on that learning curve to find balance. It's definitely different being self employed that it was planning vacations under and employer. (that was challenging too - just different challenges.)

Mr. Doggy just freaked me out. He is at one of our good clients today. He texted me asking if I wanted a good paying job. Turns out our client is in the market for a manager and they would be interested in talking to me. I can't imagine going back to the grind. But there is part of me that thinks I should consider it. Oy. I will be talking to Mr. D about communicating such things in person rather than texting it!

Anyway...back to the daily thread. Lav, I think I would rather swim in latrine water than go to your BIL's house. I would probably be mad at BIL by extension. If Mr. Lav was coming to my house on Saturday to mow, I might "accidentally" run him over. (are you living vicariously through me now??? ) Anyway, kudos again on your graciousness!

I'm going to try my hand at Mulberry Jam. Sugar free of course. The tree is exploding with mulberries, literally. I was out there picking some and they kept falling on my head. good thing I'm not blond or I would now have purple highlights.

Until later my friends....

UNI CHECK IN!!

DG

[AAthlete]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Okay, guess I'll play the part of the anti-DG today. Think I'd rather be shot in the foot then go to that movie - give me a good military documentary and I'm there though!! J/k Chill - glad you had a great time and it sounds like a fun night out with friends.

Just plugging along in my neck of the woods today. Although I haven't had even thought about a drink, I haven't been working my program as well as I would like and I can feel it. A little more irritable, a little less tolerant, yadda, yadda, yadda. I know what I need to do, just need to kick myself in the ass to get going I guess.

Speaking of, took my son to the doc this week (his teacher recommended it) and although we are still in the early stages of diagnosis it looks like he has ADD. Eye-opening to go through the checklists we are filling out for him, as the great majority of them apply to me as well. I'm so grateful that we caught this early in him as hopefully he won't have to go through what I did , but I'm also fairly depressed because it brought back a lot of painful memories of my childhood and the struggles that I continue to have to this day.

Guess I am living up to the reputation of a stubborn alcoholic - not asking for help when it is right in front of me....Sigh.....Life is difficult sometimes....

[prancy]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

Hi all. Enjoying all the comments and hearing about people's doings. 5 a.m. with shots? That doesn't even sound tempting! That sounds atrocious!
I am on Day 16 here, hearing into a week that has a few challenging spots - a family dinner after a graduation and birthday (everyone drinking) and a Wednesday evening trip to this Polynesian Bar where the only thing on the menu are strong drinks, They don't even serve bar snacks. But the whole family is going and it was already planned. I think I am going to pop over to the bartender and tell him to make me one that looks like it is alcoholic but not to put any rum in it. Then all I will have to do is put up with everyone else. But you know what, usually I would be dreading doing this AF, but it doesn't seem to be much of a problem. Of course, it is 6 days away....... I'll be checking in before I go, you can bet on that! prancy

[Determinator]

AF daily - Thur 3rd June

wel done on the AF'ness peeps!

had a sad start to this day. I've been trying to look after a little baby rabbit that had been abandoned by it's parents (or maybe they are dead I have no idea). just the cutest little thing about the size of a tennis ball. gave it a towel to hide in , and bits of apple. it looked like it was doing ok but then this morning we found it keeled over dead. my poor heart. ugh. why am I such a big softie?

anyhow a trip to the gym helped to lift my spirits and I made a fancy dinner for Dx and I.

I guess I'll call this "Thai gazpacho salad with salmon". will post the details in the recipe section. lets just say it was a big hit.

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