July Jamboree ~ Week 3

[spedteach]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Morning,
Running this morning before 5, trying to beat the heat but no luck. It rained last night so even here in the desert it's humid. Have been up since 3:30. Too hot to sleep, just restless.

About the news, I know it's abysmal but I can't pretend things aren't happening. I have family on the Gulf coast. They're living that oil spill everyday. I try not to overreact to what's going on. And to know the difference between things I can control and things I cannot (like the serenity prayer).

Sooty, what is a courgette?

Rebirth, like Lav it's been a long time since I indulged in a Krispy Kreme although as a teacher, they always seemed to be around. Melt in your mouth comes to mind. But like a lot of people on this thread, weight and diet are always issues to be dealt with.

Dill, sorry about your blues. What exactly is SamE? I love Cokie Roberts from National Public Radio.

Off to jury duty.

[Chillgirl]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Sped - I cant believe how early you get up, what time do you go to bed most nights? I would love to change my body clock to go to bed earlier and get up at 5 so I can enjoy a few cool hours in the morning. I have started to set my alarm clock some mornings but usually hit snooze.....!

A courgette is what we call a zucchini over here.

[dill]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Sped, my daughter is on the Gulf Coast and I can't make myself stop listening. I even live stream a local radio show out of New Orleans to keep up on it and the affects on the locals. That's just one of the many depressing things on the news. I won't stop tuning in, but I really do need to shift my focus away more than I have been.

Sooty, I never plant zucchini because they just seem to go wild! However, I have a cucumber plant that thinks it is a zucchini!!:H I made some lovely cucumber sandwiches the other day. MMMM.

Lav, I'm loving the Daily OM website. Thank you.

Rebirth, Krispe Kreme is a huge favorite around here, but I, like others on this thread, try to avoid them!!! It's too easy to eat a whole box!

Off to the library.

[ladybirdheart]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

I too have a hard time with the ?news?. I have always felt that I must be a witness, that I can?t turn away from it, that I need to understand what exactly is happening underneath all the talking heads and vested interests and covering of backsides. It?s not that I have the illusion I can fix things but I don?t want to make them even the tiniest bit worse; I want to be a memory keeper and a voice; so many things have gone on throughout history that people have turned a blind eye to, I am a compulsive witness. I can?t do it so well anymore, I don?t know if I reached some point of just not being able to stand it or what. I know it makes me want to drink if I get too close.

On a personal front, today feels easier, not so weepy and laden with sad images. I can?t face boxing up Teddy?s stuff (he has a lot of stuff for a dog, everybody liked him and gave him bandanas and beds and fancy treats; he has a handmade two story dog house). I am going to do some therapeutic house cleaning and errand running and just get on with things. There are so many things to be thankful for and today the images I have are sweet. Love, Ladybird.

[rebirth]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Just popping in quickly while cooking.

LBH Its been over a month since my cat died and I still cant get rid of all her collars and toys etc. I still have two cans of cat food in the cupboard. Find it still very hard to get rid of them. You are very strong..x

On a lighter note. TOO LATE! Krispin kreme doughnut addiction has started. I cannot stop thinking about the cream filled ones. My bum is already looking bigger. Time to wear stretchy trousers....
x

[Lavande]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

LBH - I'm the same way with the news especially since the 911 tragedy! I just feel the need to know what is going on, I know I can't fix anything.........
Glad you are doing a bit better today.

rebirth - try to think of the Krispy Kremes as artery cloggers because they truly are!!!!!
I stopped buying them when I read just how unhealthy they really are. They do make good coffee though

I'm fooling around here & not getting my work done.
I should be ashamed but I'm not

[Rusty]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Hello from Montgomery, AL July Friends,

Sorry I have not posted or even read your posts since last Friday. My laptop died. Now I'm at a FedEx Kinko's using their computer until I get a new one. The last laptop I had died because I spilled an enormous glass of wine all over it!:H I so did not want to fly out today to go to work....I was enjoying my relaxing vacation.

I realized earlier this week that I never really told you guys that on my vacation in Maine last week, I noticed my previous hard-drinking cousins have really slowed down, and a couple of them are now AF. Imagine that!!!!!

Sooty-I love Warwick and Kenilworth Castles. I have a picture of Warwick Castle framed and hanging in my newly renovated bathroom. Beautiful scenery to look at it while visiting the loo!!!

Dill-I was a producer and anchorwoman for NPR back in the 80's and I had a chance to meet Cokie Roberts....great lady.

Lav, how is your finger? Time to start wearing those Kevolar oven mitts while chopping vegetables.

Ladybird-I'm sorry about your dog-I don't know what to say, I just wish I could give you a big hug!:l

Sped-I always manage to get out of jury duty-not something at all I'm interested in doing!

Hello to Rustop, Star, Chill, Rebirth and all to come! Have a wonderful AF day!

Love,

Rusty

[dill]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Hi Rusty, I wondered where you had got to!

Sped, SamE is a supplement that is a mood stabilizer/elevator. It's supposedly widely used in Europe with success but of course, not FDA approved here in the States. Like I said, I am not sure if it was helping me or not. I will give it a few more days before I decide if I want to start back on it.

Had a good day today!

[spedteach]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Dill, It's hard having family and friends on the gulf. The summer after Katrina, I spent 6 weeks in Mississippi working for Habitat for Humanity. Have been reading some about Haiti. About how the relief poured in and now 6 months later it has slowed to a trickle. I am lucky; mobile and financially secure enough that I can actually travel to places to offer what ever help I can. Have been thinking about looking into what I could do in Haiti. Have a good friend who works for Physicians without Borders who has been there many times.
About the SamE, do you order it on line? Is it herbal?



Rusty, a reporter for NPR. I'm so impressed. I am a religious listener of NPR. I'll bet Alabama is steamy.

Rebirth, I have been thinking about Krispy Kremes all day!

Did get nixed for jury duty today. It was a DWI trial!

[Rusty]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Sped,

I admire you working for Habitat for Humanity. What an unselfish person you are! I have a friend here at home who is wheelchair-bound who helped build a HFH house in my community.

So you got nixed off the DWI jury. Good thing, right? They don't pay jurors enough anyway.

NPR....an excellent listening choice. I used to produce "All Things Considered" when I was in college, and then I was a national newsreporter for the UPI Radio Network. It was NOT glamorous and the pay was abysmal, but if was fun.

It's 99 degrees here and I am about ready to jump in the pool. Then, home tomorrow and off to South Carolina on Wednesday. SOOOO sick of airports, airport food, blah, blah, blah, but at least I have a job!

I've missed you guys!!!

More tomorrow,

Love,

Rusty

[rustop61]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Good morning everyone

Dill - Hope you are feeling better. I am taking SamE as part of the supplement package I have been taking the last few months. Overall they all really help with cravings and I noticed a difference when I stopped taking them. My mood is better but then I always feel better when I am not drinking. Plus I have been trying to loose weight the past few months and have lost a stone so that makes me feel good about myself as well. Hubby is still fishing in Russia. He fly fishes for salmon. We have been to some wonderful spots, Alaska, New Brunswick, Yellowstone and west of Ireland. He would like to go to Argentina, I told him I would carry his bags!!

Lav - Hope you finger is healing nicely. How did your tomatoes turn out, maybe you said but I missed it.

Rusty - Your job sounds really interesting. Know the travelling can be a killer though.

Rebirth - I have been a stay at home Mom since I had my second daughter. Before that I worked in Banking, Insurance and my last job was in a Government Agency. Sometimes I miss it but am glad too that I had the opportunity to rear the girls myself. I did the whole full time job, creche thing after my first daughter was born and it was damn hard.

Sped - I too admire you for Habitat for Humanity.

Star - Hope work is ok and that you are enjoying wearing all your new pairs of shoes.

Sooty - Enjoy your folk concert today.

Chill - Love your daily affirmations. I must write them down.

I will be missing in action the next few days. We are going to London tomorrow am for two days so that my daughter can visit some universities that she is interested in. We are also going to see Billy Elliott in the west end. It is on her exam sylabus for next year but I am looking forward to seeing it.

Rustop

[Chillgirl]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Rusty - Im so glad your vacation went so well, isnt it funny that the hard drinking cousins are not so hard drinking any more! I swear I seem to be surrounded by people all cutting back on their intake and its wonderful.

Sped - I just googled Habitat for Humanity, that must have been an amazing experience and has got me thinking...

Rustop - Your husband does pick interesting locations for his fishing, I have to say that Argentina is one of the places on my bucket list. Have a great time in London.

Lav - Yes, do tell about the toamtoes..... Im a tomato freak! I could eat them with every meal, yum.

My builders were here all day yesterday but so far havent shown up today, i will try to treat this as a game and their obvious strategy is trying to catch me out with the suprise element :H

I had a recurring dream last night about my ex asking me to come back, I hadnt had it for while and it always unsettles me a bit. The funny think was about this one was although I said yes I was more concerned about the mess his girlfriend had left behind and about getting stuck into cleaning the place up! Typical me, i am a complete neat freak!

[sooty]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Morning everyone from a very wet and windy wales. It is hammering down - just the day for a train ride and wander round the shops before the concert. It is so miserable - dark and dreary!

Dill I hope you are feeling more cheerful - what have got growing in your veg garden now? My tomatoes are very green but the blueberries are turning a light purple colour!

Lav how's the finger? Hope you're able to do everything you need to without pain.

LBH hope you managed to get your house cleaning done, I hate housework but it is a good feeling when things are looking fresher. I shall have to have a big purge next week before daughter's return from Thailand, she loves things tidy!

Rebirth - so glad that I've never discovered those Krispy Kremes - they sound lovely

Rustop have a fab time in London - I haven't seen the show but its supposed to be wonderful. Do tell us all about it when you get back and have a safe trip.

Sped, Star and Chill have a good day - hope the dreams go away!

See you all tomorrow and I'll tell you all about my adventure in the rain. One thing I do know for certain - it'll be an AF adventure
love Sooty

[rebirth]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Morning all,

Chill - I use to have many reoccuring dreams of my husband returning to my life. They have always been disturbing. i am glad that it's been a while since my last one.

Lav - Woke up this morning thinking I need to calm down on the sugar. I have become obsessed with it. i guess it's my addictive nature...the last thing I want is to put on unecessary weight. So thank you that you reminded me how unhealthy they are. STILL very delicious doughnuts though and I may just have the odd one every now and again.Ha ha

Sped Charity work. How admirable! it's something I have never done but can imagine it's very good for the soul.
I travelled to India a while back and the country shocked me. It opened my eyes and put alot of my life into perspective. To see children in slums was a wake up call. To see them happy was a further wake up call. It showed me how "processed" and unatural I have become.We become so obsessed with material wealth and superficial needs and desires.These glossy magazines telling us to be a certain size and certain look..that you have the car, the big house, the latest technology blah blah etc...No wonder people are so unhappy. It's so stressful to get these things!!
And we dont' need them either ( to a certain extent).

Rusty - How did you lose your weight? No eating krispin kreme doughnuts I gather? I relate to the struggle of combining motherhood and career. I am a single mum and self employed. I find it extremely hard to balance the two. If I focus on business, I neglet my son and vice versa..

Happy AF tuesday everyone x

[Stargazerlily]

July Jamboree ~ Week 3

Good morning all. First, if you get a chance, go to the Just Starting forum and read the thread about the liver failure. It scared the heck out of me. It seems that you can be damaging your liver with no visible effects until it is really serious. That thread was a great reminder that long term heavy drinking takes it toll physically, besides the emotional aspect.

Work yesterday was hard in the morning, I actually felt sick, but I guess that's how you know you had a good vacation, right? Anyway, by afternoon I was getting back into the swing of things.

Dill, good to hear from you. It is hard to get balance, being informed yet not letting the bad news bring you down and rule your life. If you get a chance, read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I really enjoyed that story and so did a friend of mine. Easy read and such a good story, but a weird title.

Rusty, what interesting jobs you have had. Your schedule sounds grueling, a very busy lifestyle. No matter what we do in life, there are pros/cons. Changing the subject, I also have noticed that many heavy drinkers my age (late forties, early fifties) are either quitting or cutting down. The individuals who continue to drink in the same way are clearly killing themselves. It is really scarey.

Chill, I love to analyze my dreams. What is your interpretation of the dream you shared? You would like to get back with your ex but don't want to clean up his messes? You know that if you get back together you will have to deal with his girlfriend? Your feelings about getting back together are ambivalent? I had a dream that I looked in the mirror and had this huge double chin, it was enormous! What the heck does that mean?

I am going to wear another new pair of shoes today, and I am looking forward to it. I am grateful I have a job, husband, kids, home, health, and love in my life. I am also grateful to all my friends at MWO. Have good AF day.