Jaunty July - Week 4

[Cassia]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Lav - good for you being part of the democratic process. Once I am back in the swing of it, I am going to do the same. I love politics. I totally agree with you - they will get the job done. It's part of being a democracy...these things happen. Still, a bit of urgency wouldn't go amiss.

Hope everyone had a lovely Tuesday. I am very busy at work - it's good to be helping small business though. X

[Lavande]

Jaunty July - Week 4

I'm a regular voter too Cassia
I know a LOT of people who just don't bother to vote......kind of pathetic.

Just posted on another thread that I found my four youngest hens (not quite 4 months old) roosting on the roof rafter in the chicken house instead of their usual roost. I just told the good night & good luck (getting dowsn) & closed the door :H

[Stargazerlily]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Good morning to all,

I am still furious with Congress for game playing with all of our lives, how dare they!!! I hope all Americans say enough is enough and vote certain players out of office. The Republican plan was nixed by financial standards as it was a lie!!! Again!!!! All political parties need to be honest and work for the good of this country. The blame game needs to stop.

I read on another thread that Gearhead died at age 36. I remember reading his posts and feel so sad that he was not able to get and remain sober. It illustrates again why this site is so important and how we are all fighting for health and our lives.

It was a little cooler last night, but the heat wave will resume today. It is summer and a hot one.

To all, have a good AF day.

[Lavande]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Good morning & happy hump day one & all!

Star, so sad about Gearhead, such a young guy. I am grateful for the MWO community.

I'm at the point of praying for the geniuses in Washington. If they don't get their crap together in the next few days we will all suffer one way or the other

I have an appointment an hour away so I need to get myself in gear.
Wishing everyone a good AF Wednesday. Where the hell is our bus driver anyway??

Lav

[papmom3]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Where the heck is everyone????

I thought I had posted some pics from the party this weekend but I guess my blondeness took over because it looks like I only posted them on the daily thread . So here ya are:

View from the deck of the house we were at for the party:



The sunset that never ended:



Still no word from job #2a. I did call but could only leave a message and she didn't call back. Are they playing games with me? I have to think that if they really wanted me for the job they would have figured out the salary thing long before this and made me an offer. I think she's playing games and keeping me strung along in case another candidate doesn't work out. Just my intuition. Something just isn't right.

So, what was everyone up to today????

[sdlovespackers]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Hi All!
Quick post...it got WAY LATE real fast tonight!!! Not sure where the day went?? Anyway...long story short very crazy buy day...which ended with my grill going weird and my son and I not eating until 10:15 TONIGHT!!!! Of course, I didn't start cooking until 8:00....it was yard work day!! Gotta keep the neighbor happy!

Pap3--beautiful pix!! Gorgeous sunset!! Not to cast doubt...but I kinda have to agree with you...something sounds (or not sounds) kinda fishy with this job thing??? I dunno....

Lav, Cass, Star--sorry, politics...:huh: I need to pay better attention I'm afraid!

I REALLY need to get moving and get the boy to bed (and myself)..I'm beat!! A big hello to all to come....and where are y'all???
G'd nite!
SD

[Chillgirl]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Hi Jauntees

Papmom - Beautiful photos!! Sorry about the mucking about with the job, could be she is just too busy with other stuff and genuinely hasnt had time to get back to you. Would be a bit pointless to play games. I hope you hear something today.

Im with SD on the politics front, I stay well clear. All I can do is take care of my little corner of the Universe.

Not much to report from Chillworld, work is ok, the property market is not good so im not as busy as I'd like to be and have no chance of earning any bonus's this year by turning over enough deals. My boss is very laid back and there is no pressure on me. I should be happy about that but I feel frustrated there isnt more to get my teeth into. I keep reminding myself how grateful I am to have secured a job and right on my doorstep. My love life continues to flourish and this weekend Mr B's 8 year old son comes to stay. I havent met him before and dont pretend to be very good with kids. Any tips would be appreciated!

Have a great day everyone......

[Rusty]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Good Morning Jaunty Friends,

Dew-A very belated:bday7: The meal you spoke about sounds absolutely delicious and I wish I had been there to enjoy it with you.:l Some day, if I ever make it to Scotland, I would love to have a cup of tea with you.

Papmom-sorry about the ongoing non-job situation. You must be exasperated by the hurry up and wait game. I know I would be. Loved your pictures! Thank you for posting them. Good job on nixing the champagne, and I feel so badly that your friend did not clean up for the doggies. Very disappointing indeed.

Lav-your story about the hens being on the rafter made me laugh....did they ever come down?

Chill-I'm glad you have a comfortable job even though the market is slow right now. Regarding Mr. B's son....just be yourself....and take an interest in what he likes to do...play football, etc. You have such a lovely personality and you have such a youthful heart, that I'm sure you know all the latest bands, movies, etc., and kids like that. But I will just say....not to make you feel badly or make you anxious, but tread slowly, dear friend....since you've never had kids, and you're not comfortable around kids, his son might pick up on that. I have a few other suggestions and would be happy to PM you if you wish. Even though I've never had kids, I've been babysitting since I was 11 and have 22 nieces and nephews so I guess I can say I have some experience.

Cassia-I hope your husband can get here soon...you must be so lonely without him.

Rustop-I flew United home from Utah on Tuesday and the free United Magazine's main feature article is "Go Green With Three Perfect Days in Dublin." Here are Day 1's suggestions...check in to The Morrison Hotel, have breakfast at Bewley's Cafe, and then go on the 1916 Easter Room. You have probably been to all 3 places. If you want, I'll PM you the rest of the suggested itinerary. It does sound like 3 perfect days in Dublin. The author is from Boston but goes to Ireland whenever he can, and he's not even Irish. :H I'm keeping this article for reference because I WILL get to Ireland someday.

Paguy/John update: He is doing extremely well....he just passed the 1 year AF mark and is training diligently for his first full marathon in November. He said no way could he be training for a marathon and drinking at the same time. He sounds so happy and I'm delighted for him.

SD-a guy on the plane Tuesday said the NFL lockout decisions actually are an advantage for the Packers this season. And guess what? My brother actually asked me if I want tickets to a game! For the last 7 years he's only offered them to our customers so I about fell over when he offered them to me. I would like to see the Pack kick the Bears' butts.

Ok....one last story from my trip to California....I was sitting in a restaurant having lunch and my waitress....a young, tall, beautiful and fake-busted blonde gal asked me where I was from and I said, "Wisconsin." And she replied enthusiastically, "My boyfriend's from Wisconsin!!!!" What town, I asked. And she says, "St. Paul!!!!" :H St.Paul is the capital of Minnesota. When I told her that, she just smiled and said, "That's nice!!!"

Well, I have the day off today so I'm going into the city to do some shopping. I need a gift for my niece's shower this weekend and then I'm going out to dinner with a friend.

A cheery hello to Shelley, Star, LBH, Mylife, Mario, and anyone I may have missed! Have a smashing AF Thursday!

[papmom3]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Good Morning Jaunters!!

Chill-hang in there! With your brain and creativity, I bet you figure out a niche market no one has thought of before that is recession proof!! Re: the son of Mr. B (not son of a B :H)-don't treat him like a kid. I have always communicated with my nephews and neices on my own level (granted that wasn't always my actual age LOL!). Also, don't try too hard. They pick up on that and turn it against you very quickly. Just be your wonderful amazing self and he'll fall in love with you just like his father!

Rusty-too funny about the waitress! I too will go to Ireland someday and they say I have no irish in me. I disagree!!

I'm so happy for John!! I wish he was still on the thread so we could have celebrated his one year anni with him. I so miss his words and stories.
Wasn't there someone else who would have been one year right along with him that has disappeared?

Where has Jolie been?

OK, gotta rush off to work!!

[Rusty]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Papmom!

Great advice for Chill-don't try too hard. Yup, they do notice it and boy, do they turn it against you. Children can be extremely manipulative. I bet Pap is her nieces' and nephews' favorite aunt. I know I am!:H

Also, I wanted to comment how saddened I am by Gearhead's death. Although his name is familiar, I didn't follow his journey. But to die so young because of alcohol is such a tragedy. I think we all have that moment where the light bulb goes on in our heads and we say, "I'm done with drinking and I mean it this time." After I had gone on a binge and then went to my mom's house, reeling with the smell of vodka on my breath, my mother said to me, filled with despair and anger, "It doesn't hurt enough for you to stop drinking, does it? DOES IT?!!!!!!!" (November, 2008) I was overwhelmed with shame, and a huge motivator for me to stop drinking was the fact that I didn't want my family to be staring at my grave someday, thinking, "she was such a nice person...if only she would have stopped drinking....she would still be here." Finally, it did hurt enough for me. I felt like my organs were rotting inside....and when I looked in the mirror and saw that bloated, puffy face....I finally said "ENOUGH." Unfortunately, my mom's alcoholic sister, smart, full of life....drank until she died of a bleeding ulcer due to AL at the age of 54. That's all people say about her, and I didn't want the same thing to happen to me.

SHOUT OUT TO JOLIE.... Come out, come out, wherever you are! We miss you!!

[Chillgirl]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Hi Guys and thanks for the advice. Im going to do as you suggest and not try too hard with little George. Im very very lucky because having been a friend of the ex Mrs B's years ago she has completely endorsed me to George, I know the circumstances are unusual but she and Mr B are still great friends and she is delighted for us both. Next weekend we fly off to France and are taking George with us, he lives in the North of England and we are driving down the night before our flight to collect him. Ex Mrs B has arranged our hotel for us and booked a local restaurant where we are all going out together for dinner! I know this is all a bit strange but if we can make it work it makes all our lives a lot better.

Rusty - loved your blonde bimbo story :H (do you call them bimbo's in the US?) I have to say I sometimes play on my blondness if I dont quite understand something.

Oh we need some suggestions for August name, its the 1st on Monday!!!

[Lavande]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Good morning Jaunters!

SD, I bought a new grill this summer because the old one was so hard to get started ~ it was scarey! Haven't used it as much as I lot because it's been too hot to stand out in the sun & sweay over a grill

Chill, kids these day are very smart! Talk to him about stuff he's interested in even if it means he ends up educating you on the topic Enjoy the weekend!

Welcome home Rusty! There are are some serious dumb blondes out there :H
I ran into one this week in the mechanic's shop while waiting for my car. I know it took all the owner had to not crack up laughing at her :H

Papmom, I think you should make a giant PIA of yourself & call that potential employer. I'm kind of wondering what's wrong with that organization???

I need to push myself to get started on a big job that I really don't feel like doing.......but it's cash so I should be/am grateful, right??

Wishing everyone a good AF day!
Lav

[ladybirdheart]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Hello. I can?t believe how people are stringing you along with your job search, Pap. Having that much control over someone?s fate and not responding to this with sensitivity and respect says a lot. I shall be thinking of you. I am with Star and everybody who gets rattled over politics; I wish I could put things aside but when too many people turn a blind eye we get some really bad and insidious outcomes based on greed, bigotry, fear, and corruption. Although there are wonderful individual exceptions, as a species we don?t handle great wealth and power very well. I have always thought that it is essential to be a witness and to speak out even if it flies off into the wind. Staying aware let alone politically active is hard for me now, however, as I don?t want to drink over the strong emotion that gets elicited, and much of the time these days I just withdraw into my little household and garden where I can take care of things properly and modulate my feelings better. Being alcohol free for me has meant attempting to let go of a lot of outside things, some of which are still quite important to me. I had a brilliant high profile supervisor in my younger days who worked harder than anyone I have ever met to understand the big picture and do the right thing professionally and politically, I adored him. As it turned out, he quietly drank himself to death at days end. We hear so many stories like that here, people not finding a balance or a way to do what they need or want to do, to face things head on without drinking. I am glad that we have this place to work through what ails us and discover new ways to live well. All my best to you Lav, Rusty, SD, Chill, Dew, Rustop, Shelly, Pap, Cassia, Jolie, Dill, Sooty, Cyn, PAJohn, Star et. al. Love, Ladybird.

[papmom3]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Good Afternoon!
LBH-so good to see you!! Your words are beautiful as always. Sometimes its the best we can do to take care of our own piece of the universe!

Thank you all for the words of encouragement. I did get an email this morning. Here it is:

Hi Pam, Hope things are well. Sorry for being remiss in getting back to you. I missed Kathy last week (didn?t realize some offices close at noon on Fridays) and she is on vacation this week and Karen is on vacation next week?.so I am not sure when the 3 of us will be able to get together. I will keep you posted as soon as I know anything new. Thanks for your patience. Best,Nikki

Kathy is the HR person and Karen is Nikki's supervisor (and my ex boss). I've decided that this a case of severe summer duldrums and I'm dismissing them for now. I've got 2 other irons in the fire and although I don't think things will move quickly with them either I can finally relax and stop waiting by the phone for a while. If the above finally come through with a decent salary offer and I am still available, great. If not, too bad for them. I sent a nice sympathetic reply and let her know what my schedule was for the next week. I cannot control this so I am letting go.

Chill- I am soooo happy for you! I can't beleive how nice the EX wife is being!! This is meant to be. Are we invited to the wedding??

Rusty-I've heard your story before but never tire of it. I too am sorry to hear about GH although I don't think I ever read any of his posts. What is spooky is that you can find them still I think if you do a search. I've seen a couple of MACowgirl's over the past year. Very spooky. I pray that everyone on this thread heeds the warnings these deaths give us (and that of Amy Winehouse and the Olympic Freestylist etc) and that we stay together for many more years-healthy and AF.
:h :l

[sdlovespackers]

Jaunty July - Week 4

Hey All!!
Chill--You'll do fine with Mr.B's son...just be yourself...just remember kids LOVE to talk about themselves, what they like to do and things they are interested in!

Rusty--You gotta take him up on those tickets...they play the Bears at Lambeau on Christmas Day!! What a fun way to spend Christmas Day...bet Santa shows up!!:H Also....I laughed SOOOO hard at your dumb blonde story!!!!!! The couple must be real close...sure hope he hasn't taken her home to meet mom!!:H

Lav--I cleaned my grill today...hoping that helps...btw...it was TOTALLY gross and FULL of nasty grease...guessing the problem! heehee... I love grilling..do it every night almost, no matter the heat!

Pap3--I'm glad you at least finally heard something...now the "balls in your court"!!!

LBH--So wonderful to hear from you!! No job is worth coming home to only drown your pain, sadness, and stress. Here's to hoping this school year goes better, or I may just be looking for a new job myself.

Well....I need to run to the store to find something for supper (earlier tonight). Went to my counselor today....cried a lot...hate that. Tried to tell her a little about this site...not sure she totally understood or "got it". Perhaps I didn't do a very good job getting my words out...??? Oh well...I think she understands the seriousness of this drinking tho...without a doubt now....so thats good. Well better run!!
Have a good night....hello to all that follow!
SD