af daily sat 9 july

[bear73]

Woah is that the date?
I was up early - loving new drip coffee machine - not loving cat vomit first thing.

Derby team has split - very very sad week - much crying.Followed my gut - people been treated badly - it is like the end of a relationship.:upset:
I need to get going and get to gym before I am off to watch a bout

see you all later day 9 af - lots of drinking thoughts - it makes me sad to drink/depressed/fat/broke/lethargic/unhealthy - great!!

[Doggygirl]

af daily sat 9 july

Good day fABbies!! Bear, thanks for getting us started. I hope your trip to the gym fires up the necessary endorphins to help you feel more optimistic about life, yourself, etc. Did you say on yesterdays thread you are planning to skate tomorrow? Does this mean some of the girls you roller with are still practicing? Is there a possibility for a different team or new team? NO DRINKING!!! That is all. :b&d: (the whip can cross the boundary of YB's behind to other behinds!!!)

P3 - Strawberry lemonde sounds fABulous!! Good for you making that choice. I hope you have a nice relaxing weekend! I know the job thing will turn out wonderful because there is an amazing power in panty hose.

LVT - MUFFLER??? Prairie woman indeed!

Kaz - so how WAS the massage? (P3 - MAKE THE APPOINTMENT!)

Greenie - we have been rather ruthless here expecting contractors to properly correct any accidental damage caused. Twice we had incidents resulting in leaking water from the upstairs bathrooms to the downstairs. All damage fixed. You are right - that is what their insurance is for. But of course you will not need to go there as the owner of the carpet company will indeed have some fabulous tricks up his sleeve!!! I too was ...petS???? I didn't know/remember about your cat! They really are impossible if they decide to start peeing in the house.

Lav - so happy about Lily!!!

GarlicMan - would LOVE your spicy meatball recipe! And you are right that no panty hose will be expected with your outfit. What goes with your outfit are called "tights." Yellow ones. Let us know where you add the snake skin. :H

Mylife - I hope you get the pictures figured out!

TDN - I hope your weekend is productive and calm!

Hello to anyone I missed and all yet to come!!

I anticipate a relaxed weekend of puttering. I'm looking forward to it! And of course, one thing is for sure....

Where are Peace Seeker and DogLvr and our other newbies / returnees??? Where are those plans??? When the :crowned: asks us for our plans.....well.....

DG

[Guitarista]

af daily sat 9 july

Greeting's Fabber's!

Sorry about your team Bear. Hang in there and great going on day 9!

DG, in answer to your question a week or so ago about what my community work involves, i work as an outreach worker with folk's with mental health issues, like depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and more. I have 6 folks, or 'clients' i work with, and i meet people in their homes, on the street, wherever, and we are a goals based service and voluntary. Some goals might be a person getting up the nerve to walk into a big shopping centre alone to shop, catching public transport, or it might be getting off the grog/other drug's, gym, employment, socialising, housing, independent living skill's like cooking at home, nutrition, health plan's, tweaking med's, giving up smoking, getting a doctor who listen's, liasing/linking with services, lot's of stuff depending on what the person wants to do, and then we work together and break the goals down into achievable chunks. Much like we do here with ODAT etc, and booze. Varied work and people. I love it, and it keeps me on my toes. Challenging though, and that's okay.
Hope i'm a better person for having the honour and priveledge of sharing peoples very personal journey's.

A safe, sober and magical weekend to all.

[mario]

af daily sat 9 july

Good morning bear ,doggy girl & guitarista and all who drop in here today, hope you all have a lovely sober happy day :-) I am.

[greeneyes]

af daily sat 9 july

Fabarinas!!

Bear thanks for the start (still wanting indian food). Hear your pain on the cat vomit. Mine puked up a hairball big as a ...
There once was a cat from Enis,
who puked hairballs big as a ...

:H:H on the garage floor and it BLEACHED IT!! It is white there instead of gray!!! Anything that comes out of either end is some of the most toxic stuff in the universe.

cat in younger days - hogging the dog's bed

G, your job sounds wonderful!! I bet you really shine there! :h

Mario how far are you riding your bike these days? I need some inspiration to ride my road bike. Pumping up the tires would be a good start I reckon. :H

DG, I think I'll putter too, after I go to a carpet store. For the room attached to the bathroom, which MY insurance is paying for. But long as I'm there I may look around for LR, DR, hall possibilities just in case the universe bestows new carpet upon me via tileboy's insurance.

M3, my back was killing me all night last night - my back pain was even in my dreams. How is yours feeling now?


Off to yoga!

[papmom3]

af daily sat 9 july

Good looking cat there Greenie. Too bad he's relegated to the garage but I remember you talking about his pee problem last year and if he wants to live to a ripe old age garage it is. Nothing worse smelling than cat pee I think.

G-your volunteer work sound very fulfilling and rewarding. Good on you! And good to see you too!

DG-power to the pantyhose!! :H Love it!! And I do love your idea of papin' out the basement in pink. Not sure it will do anything for resale value but I guess the walls don't have to be pink now do they! I'm thinking pappasan chair in pink and black cheeta pattern or pink butterfly chair, pink shag area rug, black side table, black crate covers (just can't do the pink thing to the boys!!) and some cool botanticals on the wall curtesy of Kas of the Great North!!

I have lots to keep me busy today thank goodness. I started out with WW where I am up 2.4 lbs which I knew was the case. I spent most of this past week worrying about the interview and as usual, used fast food and sugar to deal with it. Our meeting today was very good and I feel remotivated. Even tho I have E-tools, I did break down and buy the 3 month diary. Sometimes all I want to do is just jot down what I have eaten and not be bothered with finding it in the database or creating it. That I save for the end of the day. If I find I am using the diary more than the e-tools I will cancel that subscription. If it turns out to be one more tool in my arsenal than money well spent. I do know that when I track I lose, even if I don't exercise so that is my focus for this week. Feel free to hold me accountable if you want!!

Well off to the yard waste recycle place and to feed the kids. Beautiful day today but will be getting warmer I fear. TTYAL. :l

[greeneyes]

af daily sat 9 july

Well, I never made it to yoga. Changed clothes for the river. Never made it to the river. I'm tired. Really tired, like crash & burn tired. I recognize that I rarely give myself time to recharge so I'm going to change yet again and go to friend's pool to hang out and water their back yard while they are on vacation. Read some in my book and splash around in the pool.

Pappin' out the basement in pink...:H

Cat doesn't have to live in the garage exactly. He can go in and out during the day. I just close the kitty door at night because he gets into trouble outside at night hunting and scruffing with other cats that come around. When he was in the house he spent most of the time under the bed covers. Not really a "light up your life" sort of cat. :H

[papmom3]

af daily sat 9 july

Greenie-I'll be down in 10 hours to join you! That's about all I feel like doing today despite my mile long list!!

LOL for the not light up your life cat!! Some aren't that's for sure! Come visit me and I'll introduce you to a really cool cat. I swear he has an aura around him!!

[Lavande]

af daily sat 9 july

Good afternoon Abbers!

DG - I need that :b&d: today!
YB has not shown up with the chicken feed or cut the grass or capture large black snake today as promised. Why the hell make a promise if you don't intend to keep it - that's bullshit!!!

Oh well, I had to wake my piggy swissy at 10 am for for 10:20 am vet appointment. She's such a lazy ass :H

Greenie, that's a fat cat you have there

bear, have a good AF day today!

papmom, I'll embroider some throw pillows for your pink project

OK, time to get something - at least one useful thing done today!

Lav

[DogLvr]

af daily sat 9 july

Day 5

Afternoon all - I made it through last night thank god. I ended up working til 9 - 4 hours later than I wanted to; then met friends out for dinner - everyone eating at the bar - but the club soda was refreshing! My plan today so far so good - went to the office to clear up a few things, then a killer class at the gym - cleaned the house, and off to the baseball game tonight - we can bring our dogs tonight - so that will be great fun!


DG - I made it!

Bear - sorry about hearing a team is breaking up - that sounds like an awesome outlet for any stress or aggravation - usually a drink driver for me.

Mario - your avatar cracks me up
Greeneyes - enjoy the pool - you can do water yoga!!
Hi to all the rest - I'm reading all the posts - just can't keep up like you guys!

[greeneyes]

af daily sat 9 july

Lav:H he was then. I'd never had a cat and thought you just kept their bowl full of kibble. Now he's sort of a scrawny crotchety old man. But I tell you what, I don't have to wake him up in the morning. (a guard dog that sleeps till 10 AM :H:H)

Dropped my damn phone in the pool. Any bets on whether I can score a free new one?

[Lavande]

af daily sat 9 july

Now you know I wanted the new security system installed :H
Both of my dogs are getting too old to really give a damn about anything!!!!

So, where do you get a free phone??
Believe it or not but my son (more than once) has gotten his phone wet at a fire scene & actually found a way to dry it in the microwave. Google it

Still waiting on YB..........
If & when he shows up I'll be sending him out of here in tears......
I'm so tired of being jerked around. He needs a damn haircut!!!

[Guitarista]

af daily sat 9 july

Just a quick hello to the Luscious Lav!

Hope you're going great aside from YB fiasco's.

All good here.

[Doggygirl]

af daily sat 9 july

Hello all. I had a thing happen in my pea brain this afternoon. I wanted to come here and report it as I think I need to, and I think that will help me clear it.

Some stinkin' thinkin' started a couple days ago. It's been really hot here as in so many places. The thought occured to me that an O'douls would be good. Now I don't have a big issue in general with AF (nearly) beer. I drank some on occassion when I first got sober - really as a crutch to help me get through social events that I couldnt' skip. I haven't had an AF beer in....probably 2.5 years. It is also something frowned upon in AA. And AA is more important to me than AF beer. And I like to keep in honest in AA so I just haven't gone there since joining AA.

OK - back to the stinkin' thinkin'. Thoughts occured to me yesterday that I should buy some O'Douls and have it around in case I wanted one on Saturday. Interestingly, that thought did NOT occur to me while I was actually in the grocery store and was in the best position to act on it! (:H)

Today dog training was going on and I went out to say hi. Most of the people usually don't start popping beers until later - after training. But they were shooting the breeze with a guy who came by to check out a dog that is available for adoption. So that much standing around and jabbering - well - I'm sure in the old days I would have been pouring drinks too. I was of course offered a beer and declined. Later I was offered a beer and I said "I might go get some O'Douls." I was sort of shocked when that came flying out. Mr. Doggy told me later that he was too and a bit concerned. (not because it's AF beer but because it's any sort of beer and I havent' gone there in such a long time!!)

Anyway, the Universe as usual took excellent care of me. I was totally blocked in at both ends of the driveway so had plenty of times to think about it. I didn't go get any O'Douls. Not today.

I could imagine circumstances under which I might drink an O'Douls in the future and it would be OK. If I was mentally choosing and AF beer from a list of other AF beverages (and at the spur of the moment without prior thought) I would not be concerend. If the thinking was "let's see.... Diet Pepsi, water, iced tea, O'Douls, club soda...hmm...O'douls."

In this case, the fact that it was a recurring thought over the couse of a few days.....that was a bit jarring. I totally know I made the right decision to stay away from it for today.

Mean time, the dog trainer is going through divorce and has been separated quite some time. A woman started coming to dog training several months ago who seems a really nice match for him. They finally hooked up a couple weeks ago. They are very cute - like teenagers. BUT....today he got totally shit faced. He's been on good behavior lately but those early beers today got the better of him. 1) I hope he gets home safely, especially since he has his teenage daughter (not yet of driving age) with him. 2) I hope the new GF doesn't see this and run scared. (I would!)

Drinking - my own or other people's - hasn't been this closely on my mind on a Saturday in a long time. It's uncomfortable. I'm just glad I didn't drink. It was a dog training Saturday in early September 2007 that I relapsed. Food for thought today. AL is cunning, baffling and powerful that's for sure. Guard is up.

ONE THING IS FOR SURE!!!

DG

[greeneyes]

af daily sat 9 july

microwave huh. Bummer, too late. I really liked my old phone. In fact I'm going to google it now - they have my phone & it's open till 9

Nah, I think I fiddled with it too much before taking the battery and stuff out. I'll just keep the new (free) one. I got a free one at the phone store. I don't text or use internet on it so it's just this plain little phone. Apparently there is a BS upgrade charge of $18 which I'll call and have removed. I signed a 2 year contract and they want ME to pay THEM $18?? I don't think so.

I wish you didn't need YB to do anything for you. :l

DG, you were smart to listen to take of the universe's opportunity to rethink that AF beer. I agree that was just not sounding right. Sounds like permission trying to wedge it's foot in the door.