July Jamboree - week 1

[Gaia]

July Jamboree - week 1

Chill,
Congratulations again on six months!

Lav - sorry to hear that the dinner was uneventful. At least, did you have something nice to eat?

[rebirth]

July Jamboree - week 1

Thank you for your lovely warm welcomes and congratulations chill on your six months of sobriety.
Hi Gaia!

[techie]

July Jamboree - week 1

I be jammin! Thanks Chill gril.

[girly wirly]

July Jamboree - week 1

ooh can me n my guitar jump in and jam?

[cyntree]

July Jamboree - week 1

Thanks, Chill for the start-up and re-welcome. CONGRATS on 6 months 'done and dusted' as our friend would say. (Love your new avatar!) Also congrats on 30 days Rebirth, and welcome - there is solace, ammunition and joy in these pages, and I missed them while away.

Took a pic of desert sunrise this morning -- we'll see if I can get it posted here (don't hold your breath!)

Wishing all a great AF month, and I'm starting mine with a pledge for an AF thursday.

Cheers -

[Lavande]

July Jamboree - week 1

(((cyn)))
Where have you been or shouldn't I ask?
Good to see you & hope you glue yourself to the rest of us this month

I should be very tired tonight, did't sleep much last night but here I am.
That's OK, I won't get into any trouble here, right

See you all in the AM!

[cyntree]

July Jamboree - week 1

Hi Lav! Thank goodness you wrote tonight, I was starting to think that by posting I had scared everyone away!! As to where I've been, see below, which I posted last night at the end of the June week 5 -- I forgot that no one would look there today! I'm thrilled to be back in the fold, and have been trying to catch up on everybody's life....still at it....
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Dear Ones - Here I am on the last day of June, saying hello for the whole month. I see from my login that I haven't been here since May 11th - please forgive my absence. A combination of work and travel have kept me spinning day and night, and I very foolishly let MWO slide. For a time I was out of computer contact: an 18 day trip to celebrate my husbands special birthday (mid-decade one) which was life-changing (Chill, part of the time I was in Spain - close, but no cigar!). I have returned with a plan to alter my work, and am excited by the new verve that I feel. More than anything, 'balance' was the word of the trip, and I am savoring the idea still. Much to tell. I've already completed 2 more trips since the return from Europe on June 7th, helping my Mom grapple with getting herself and her house ready for a downsizing transition. Just returned from Princeton NJ (Lav - was I close to you at all?) where I journeyed to celebrated HB's birthday on his day. I am sick of airports and security lines and arranging for dogcare, but it all must be done. 3 more trips before mid-August....

I have had a bumpy AF time in these last weeks, so I am thrilled to be starting a new month, and grateful to be back in the fold, if you'll have me.

In the meantime, I was at least able to catch up on this week's activities - will have to read backwards to catch up with everybody - LBH, what's this about a cast, and how is your eye? Lav - hope your dinner tonight went well.

And PS, my heritage is Scots/Irish/Welsh. On the morning of my 50th birthday, I awakened in Dingle, and as we drove towards Shannon in the dawn light, the mist was rising everywhere, and I thought that perhaps we were floating through the hills and dales. I hope I never forget that feeling.

Cheers to all -

[Stargazerlily]

July Jamboree - week 1

Welcome rebirth, of course you are invited to post and become part of this thread.

Cyntree, so good to hear from you. Sounds like you have had alot on your plate. Balance is the key to a good life, I am always trying to find that in my own journey. Too much of anything is not good. I think that is one of the mysteries of life. We only appreciate home if we work, and visa versa. Same with other activities. Same with people. I love my husband, but too much time with him and I am ready to hang out with someone else. I love to travel, yet when I get home, I am thankful to not be traveling. So, hope you can work out something for yourself.

Dill, there is a good thread on General Discussion regarding a book club you might be interested in. I am going to be following that thread and reading the book, which is an Oprah book. Some of Oprah's books are great. others I am not really crazy about. Just finished reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and really enjoyed it. Right now I am reading a heavy duty book about Thomas Jefferson, and it is very academic and deep. So, I have to have something lighter to read at the same time. I love large print books, the Jefferson book has really little print making it hard for this ole lady to read. ( Notice not old, but ole).

Lav, sorry your dinner did not go better, but happy you two hooked up and at least broke bread together. Life changes us and our expectations of each other. Someone had talked to me about being willing to "settle." At my age I will settle for what I have. What are your thoughts on this?

Just found out we were invited to go out to dinner Saturday night and then to see the fireworks in our community. I hope it works out. I love the beauty and excitement of fireworks. Summer is the best.

Today is Friday and having worked hard all week, will finish up today and look back at a sober week, well done. What are your plans for the weekend?

[dill]

July Jamboree - week 1

Welcome back, Cyn! It is great to have you back in the fold!
Welcome girly wirly and techie!
Congrats on your 6 months, Chill! That's awesome!
Redstar, I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil some years ago and really enjoyed it. Then I watched the movie directed by Clint Eastwood. It was good, but, as per usual, the book was better. A girlfriend of mine was in Savanah vacationing at the time the movie was being made and was in the bar when Eastwood and some of the cast came in. Very exciting for her. I am almost done with Cold Sassy Tree and have picked up a paperback of Twighight because I have heard so many talking about it. I must say, I don't get it. I don't find the book interesting and I may not finish it.
Lav, sorry the dinner was anti-climactic, but at least nothing "bad" happened!
Hi Rustop, Rusty, LBH, rebirth, Giai and all else who stop in. Let's pledge and AF Friday!!!

[Lavande]

July Jamboree - week 1

Good morning Jammers!

Well, How shocked was I to open my eyes this morning & see that it was almost 9 AM?
I haven't slept that late in decades!!!
Last night I sat down with my new CD 'Breathing Magic Into Forgiveness'. It is a guided meditation designed to transform inner conflict to inner peace by Anna Casper, Reiki Master & Spiritual Teacher. The music was beautiful & so relaxing. I found it on the DailyOM website. WOW!!!!
I feel good after that wonderful sleep! I know I really needed it.

Cyn, I knew there was some reason I checked in late last night.......glad I found you
I love to travel myself but it is good to return home to rebalance too!

Red, at this age the thought of settling is OK with me. I know that I have matured enough to put the kiddy dreams away & be happy with & grateful for what I have. My issue has been trying to adjust to doing it alone. I sometimes feel as if I'm dealing with the reality of sudden death. People disappear from your life in all kinds of ways, don't they?

Dill, I had no expectations Wednesday. It is obvious he is stuck in his injured child mentality, not yet ready to move on. It is very sad, I wish things were different.

Well, here's to a fabulous Friday!
I'll probably check back in later

Lav

[cyntree]

July Jamboree - week 1

Great to catch up with you, Lav, Dill and Star (I'm stuck on Red!). I have many tales to tell of transformation of one kind and another, but it will have to wait. I have been so moved by the tales of the last 2 weeks of June, and many ways that I want to connect to those stories -- can you tell me how to see the end of May and beginning of June, too?

Lav - how did the smudging work out? I like the idea that you are cleansing the place of old, negative energy. Have you thought about changing the setup of some of the rooms? That was a piece of advise to me from a therapist years ago, and it is really remarkable what breakthroughs can happen when you 'own' your space in a different way. RE: mowing....I have friends with a lot of acreage in MA, and my friend swears that her HB is much more in love with the lawn tractor than with her. In fact, they have named it 'John, Dear'.

Dill - I loved thinking of you on the porch enjoying you lightening bugs. They don't live in the desert, and I think that I'd forgotten about them, until we saw them at night on the farm in Tuscany where we were staying! When I was a little girl I called them 'tail-light bugs'.

Sped - your road trip is so inspiring. I grew up in NE, and my family had a cabin on the Platte river. I used to be fascinated by seeing the ruts on the paths that still existed from the Mormon trail. I LOVE Willa Cather, and once went on a pilgrimage to New Mexico to follow the footsteps of the character in 'Song of the Lark'. By the way, if you are in Chicago, I think the painting 'Song of the Lark' is at the Art Institute....seems like I made a pilgrimage there as well. Everybody - if you haven't read this book, I highly recommend it - a real 'portrait of an artist' kind of book, based in the late 1800s, taking you from Europe to the dwellings of ancient peoples.

OK - all for now, or I'll have the world's most humungous (sp?) post.

Happy AF Friday!

[rustop61]

July Jamboree - week 1

Hi everyone

Late check in for me. Have had a busy day, with walk, hair appointment, meeting a friend for coffee and then chauffering the 16 year to do her pony and then meet her friends.

Looking forward to putting my feet up and having a nice cup of tea. Hope you all have a great AF week-end.

Rustop

[dill]

July Jamboree - week 1

Hi Rustop! Better late than never! Glad you had such a nice day. I had a day of catching up with a very old friend and her hb. It was fun remembering stories from our younger times.
Lav, Does he show any sign of moving back home? If he isn't careful, you're going to get used to life without him and then what?
Cyn, to see threads from weeks past, click on the Monthly Abstinence section, then at the top of the list of threads you will see numbers off to the right. Those are pages of past threads. Click on the number 2 and you will probably be able to fine more of our June threads. You can go back a really long way!

[Lavande]

July Jamboree - week 1

Cyn,

Smudging not done yet!!
I ended up ordering some some nice looking smudge stick online. They were supposed to be shipped with 48 hrs. It dawned on me last night that I still don't have them (Duh). I emailed them & promptly received a UPS shipping notification......I guess they needed a reminder I am looking forward to chasing the negative energy out of here. I made quite a few changes around the house last year when he did a similar run away from home thing. I've been thinking & looking around for something else to do - haven't decided yet!

Hi Rustop - glad you had a good day!

Dill, I'm going to nail his butt to a chair tomorrow (if) he shows up & insist on a return date or insist he tell me out loud that he does not plan to return - ever! This is getting absolutely ridiculous. Yes, I am getting dangerously close to getting used to life without him. Time for a decision I think.

[spedteach]

July Jamboree - week 1

Hey everybody,
Finally I am in Indiana, kind of helping my son move in. My son who evidently owns very little...sheets, towels, at least the condo has furniture. We've been to Target daily since I got here. No internet service yet so have to run over to Borders (books) in order to post.
More later.