AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

[Marshy]

Happy summer solstice to those who celebrate

I'm making stew and bread like the good wife for when my GF gets home. We're having an early tea then going to see the early showing of Potiche. Dunno anything about it but it's French and has Catherine Deneuve in it so how bad could it be? Potiche means "trophy wife".

My mum's brain radiotherapy seems to have gone OK and she was quite perky when I spoke to her yesterday. She hasn't lost her hair yet but there's a wig-making department at the hospital where she can get a wig if she wants one.

I see Amy Winehouse has cancelled her European tour after being booed off stage when she was drunk. I would have hated having to go through all the bad times in public.

Have a good day all!

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

Morning marshy and all you fabbies to come and all lurkers too!

What a nice day you have planned Marshy, wish I could tag along. I agree with your thoughts on the movie. I love a good subtitled movie.

I looked at some of the Amy Winehouse videos and commentaries - ugh. She has just been out of rehab for a month. I recall Eric Clapton being booed as he performed (tried to) drunk. Look at him now! Hell, look at ME now :H:H

Your mom is awesome! Mine wore a wig (she had 2) and it looked good. In fact, I think I still have them :H I saved them for Halloween but when I tried them on, well... I looked disappointly normal. OK, moving on.

I'll celebrate summer solstice but I'm not sure how - I'm sure it won't be eating ice cream though. Maybe I'll get some accupuncture and freshen up my chi.

Off to sweat my arse off at the river. tally ho!

[Marshy]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

greeneyes;1134429 wrote: I'll celebrate summer solstice but I'm not sure how - I'm sure it won't be eating ice cream though.

I've just had some for lunch.

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

Marshy;1134436 wrote: I've just had some for lunch.

bitch

:H:H:H

[Marshy]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

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[Lavande]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

Good Tuesday morning Abbers!

Marshy, thinking about you & your Mum! Glad to hear she's feeling well
There will be no ice cream for me today, haven't had any in many, many years. Lactose intolerance sucks, that is all.

Greenie, I saw Amy Winehouse on the news as well - pretty sad really.

Deter, I'm going to be thinking about your suggestion of a zucchini gingerbread house.
That would make one heck of a youtube video, wouldn't it??? :H

OK, off to the plumbing supply store to see if I can score a drain cover for my shower. Not having fuzzy, warm thoughts about YB lately

Lav

[Kaslo]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

Good morning all you Abstinikis! Oy! Such a morning. Gonna be 28 C here. Whats that in F??? I have no idea. everything has been so wet and cold here!

Marshy, domesticity is a wonderous thing. Wish I had a partner that made stew and homemade bread for me. Alas, this doesnt happen for the shoe is on the other foot.

I remember Amy Winehouse came to a city west of me here, and played in the hotel I was staying in. I was needing to sleep but I came down to hear her. She was amazing. Such a voice, unbelievable. Somehow she has to survive under all this scrutiny, and she is not coping well, that much is obvious. She is just like anyone struggling with AL and other addictions, but her and all the many others are in an industry and at an income level that just breeds the disease. Incubates it. So many did not survive! I wish she was well. I hope she gets well.

Lav, I think you and Dete are on to something. A house made of edible vegetables. A HEALTHY house. Cool. Cant wait for it.

Deter, looking forward to hearing how you like the new cam. and some shots?

DG I would be delighted to have you (or anyone else on here) come to see my garden. My DD and gks live in a city about 3 hours from me. Its over two mountain passes, so not easy to get out of here in the winter. But i see lots of them, really I do. Just wish she was down the road here. Not everyone can live in these mountains, its wet, cloudy in winter, and isolated.

My garden is pretty weedy, and the weather has been so poor that almost nothing is in flower. So I dont know how the tour is going to work very well. Its the first year for this garden. Abotu 10 or 12 in the tour. Each of the little cities out here in the Kootenays has a garden tour date. Must get out there and battle the vegetation. Will try to post some pix on the day before the big event.

Everyone enjoy your solstice day, the longest day of the year. I shall be out there ALL day. I have the cover off the pool too, so I will be diving in every once in a while. Take care, love to all. Kaslo.

[Kaslo]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

More on Amy, being a boozefueled power-singer is part of her schtick, so I imagine its just not doing it for her, like it used to, by now. AL lets you down, as yall know. All that promise of fun, and good times, and feeling great, after a certain point just gets destructive and shitty. I really feel for her, and would not want to be in her shoes thinking, WHAT am I going to be able to do as a performer now? Getting old, lots of competition.... I hope she takes a look at Clapton, and so many others who got out of the alcohol and into some new groove, Lee Gaze, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, John Coltrane, Pete Townsend, Jennifer Lopez, Elton John....not many females....maybe thats significant, I dont know...?

[Determinator]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

AF

zoom zoom!

[Doggygirl]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

Hi fABbies!! More later as I'm zoomin' through lunch and then off for my teeth cleaning (six months already?????sheesh!) But I was just wondering if maybe Amy Winehouse got the same curse as Anthony Wiener based on name?



DG

[bear73]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

I love Amy Winehouse - she is a huge talent. I think it's really sad - it's horrible watching someone fall apart that much in public.

feeling a bit miserable and lethargic this week - restructure/redundancy still looming but trying not to think about it.I think more than anything i haven't exercised enough this last week - missed gym session again today after work (although I could still go) and I've been driving to work not cycling due to heavy rain. At least I am skating tomorrow evening and eating fruit and veg,may try to go to the gym BEFORE work on Thursday.

Not too sure what I make of 'rational recovery' book - I really like the SMART stuff and 'the small book' but rational recovery I found a bit stark,and negative in a way, a bit ranty - I do like the independence of it all though and the ' only you can change it' approach. I also find bits of AA really helpful as well.

Glad to be af - off home to see parents this weekend - big drinkers but last few times i've been there i've been af and they don't make a big deal of it - they know I'm af this time too.anyway - off to mooch about and be lazy

[Loppy lugs]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

Evening everyone.

Feel desparately sorry for Amy Winehouse. It feels as if there isn't enough her to go around so she abuses substances to make her feel bigger and shine brighter. Wish she had never met that toe-rag Fielder-Civil.

My mum had the most beautiful little pixie wig when she was ill. She didn't tell many people that she was ill and she kept getting compliments about her wonderful new hairstyle.

Didn't mean to sound sniffy about not talking about the detox yesterday. Detox same as usual, sweaty and trembly but got over it very quickly so must have cut down a lot more in that last week than I thought I did. It is more their approach to after detox that seems to go in the face of conventional wisdom. But as the chap said when I tried to point this out... "and if it worked so well for you why are you here?" Good point well made I think.

I'm not sure I can explain this well but the idea seems to be that since you can't avoid alcohol you shouldn't try but you just don't drink it. Also that triggers are not about alcohol they are about something else and you deal with these one at a time. Hence no substitutes. Normally I would have cleared all alcohol from the house before detox but this time the fridge is full of beer and there is a bottle of vodka in the freezer because I have people coming at the weekend. Oddly it doesn't bother me at all.

There is more to it that this but this time I seem quite calm whereas before you might remember I used to have the most paralysing panic attacks. Anyway early days but I am hopeful.

Hope evryone has had a brilliant day.

Take care

[Determinator]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

made it to my hotel early, got in a bunch of pushups (puff pant) and off to the local Thai restaurant which is within walking distance. woo hooo!

it was creepy making this drive today. last time I was on this road I was woefully hungover and shouldn't have been driving at all.

Loppy I'm so glad you're ok. if at any moment you feel tempted please dump the booze immediately. and since you have guests coming over having them please take the 'left overs'. you deserve to be healthy

you know, maybe Amy Winehouse has an enormous opportunity to help educate the world about addiction/recovery and making hard decisions. we'll see what she does with this. Alcohol attacks us all, both great and small that's for sure.

ok, off to have a nice curry

be well loves

[greeneyes]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

Determinator;1134717 wrote: you know, maybe Amy Winehouse has an enormous opportunity to help educate the world about addiction/recovery and making hard decisions.

What fabulous insight!! You're absolutely right!

[LVT25]

AF daily - Tuesday June 21st

"But I was just wondering if maybe Amy Winehouse got the same curse as Anthony Wiener based on name?"

Now that is funny! :H:H

I didn't see Amy's performance. Kaslo is right though, it seems to go with the territory. Many have been unable to perform they were so wasted. We heard Marshall Tucker in concert and it was absolutely terrible!

I'm tired. Spent most of the day spinning my wheels. Running here and there. I did get to go to yoga yesterday since it was raining. I can hardly walk today!:upset:

I should go out and plant another row of beans and corn. I also bought some plants I've never tried before simply because I have empty spots in the garden. Cauliflower, brussels sprouts and Kohlrabi. I hope we don't get any hail nor an early frost.

Kaslo--I would love to come pull your weeds. That is all.:h