AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

[Lavande]

It's my turn to wake everyone?????
OK - WAKE UP!!!!:H :H

I hope everyone has a terrific AF Thursday! I have a full day of work waiting for me and my DIL & 2 grandsons coming for dinner. No time to entertain AL today

Lav

[universal]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

I'm awake, I'm awake! LOL
Had a nice relaxing day yesterday at the pool. It looks like it is going to be a dull and rainy day here today so I think I will be staying on my deck reading and inside relaxing most of the day. I brought up the first season of Dexter so I will probably finish watching that. I have seen it before but alas, I was loaded almost every time we watched it so I don't remember much. It's nice to be able to be sober and remember what is happening!

I am sleeping well but tired in the am. I think it is the seroquel that my doctor has me on. I need to start taking it earlier so I don't feel hung over when I wake up. But it works well with my anti-depressant so I cannot go off of it.

I have some weights and a skipping rope here so I may do some excercise as well, get that blood flowing. Boo had his surgery yesterday and the poor thing has the cone of shame around his neck. My BF said he isn't happy - I asked him if he would be happy if he just got his balls cut off! LOL

Anyway, that's my day - AF as usual! Just did my prayer and meditation so I'm good to go!

Hope everyone has an awesome Thursday!

[ItsJustMe]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Good Mornin? Lav and Uni (and the rest of the gang that shows up today!)

Not a whole lot new to report. Made it another evening and so far so good. Got a big ol? temptation Friday that I need to start on a plan now. Mrs. IJM will be out all evening for a girls night out. The boys always have plans on Friday. So I will be all by myself all evening. I?m thinking I need to stay away from home during the witching hours. Not sure yet what to do though. I?ll figure something out because I have come to realize AL is NOT my friend at all and I don?t want to play with him any more!

M3 ? I?m all packed and ready. Hurry up. I have my speedo packed and I am a total vision in it! :H :H :H

Pap ? sorry to hear about the lack of response from the potential job. Sounds like it?s time to pull up stakes and see what else is out there. I know something will come along soon that will be a great fit for you. I can almost see the near future post from you about finding the perfect job! When you do, remember you heard it here first!

Det ? There are four Brittany Spaniels that have taken up residence in my home. Therefore, I often use ?dog crap? as an analogy since I am exposed to it so often. Also, there are three other human residents in my home but I am the only one that knows how to use the pooper scooper. Go Figure!

Doggie ? you are a better person than me ? remaining calm while dealing with issues with the rent-o-dump! I the kind of person that everything has to be dealt with and I am all out of sorts when it?s not. I constantly worry ? even worry about worrying. I know that is unhealthy but that is the way I am wired. I wonder if there is some way to rewire me!?!?!?!

Greenie ? I have a message for your insurance company. Please be sure to deliver it to them exactly as follows. Ready?. ? :finger: ?. You can tell em it is from IJM!

Ok, off to get working. I have a freaking 2 hour meeting that starts in a few minutes. I hate hate hate meetings!

IJM thought of the day: Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup?

Have a great day all!!!!

IJM

[papmom3]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Yeah Yeah, I know-I'm supposed to be working!!

IJM:

ItsJustMe wrote: ; I wonder if there is some way to rewire me!?!?!?!

IJM

I think it's called meditation, hypnosis, etc. I'm kind of getting the hang of meditation when I can truly sit still for 10 min. Check out the Chopra Center-Lav says there are great guided meditations there. I am also a new ferverent fan of Daily OM. Here's today's thought:
DailyOM - Nurturing Mind Body & Spirit. The classes they offer and the music you can listen to are pretty amazing. All on one site!! You can quiet your mind but it will take some work.
Very funny about the Greenie's suggested response to her ins. co. I didn't even know we had that "smilie" :H
About tonite-good for you for recognizing that you can't be home alone (someone might try to kidnap you!!). Would you consider going to a movie? Have you checked the paper to see what free events are going on in your town/city? Try something you've never done before!! If you hate it you can leave (and go somewhere else AF) and never do it again!! Life is waiting for you IJM!!

Morning Lav!! Good to hear you have a busy busy day ahead!!

So, when I got in to work this morning, here is what was in my inbox:

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, Karen is her (Nikki's) boss (and my exboss). Please please tell me that they want me so much they want to get the salary just right!! I really don't know what to think about this response. I have 2 other apps in but haven't heard anything but it's still very early (except job 3 has been posted since end of june and I applied early last week). Job 4 was posted last friday and knowing how the state works I don't expect anything to happen fast.
OK, gonna go concentrate and try to meet my self set goal for today then it's on to Maine tomorrow afternoon-Whhheeeeee!!!

[Barbara1234]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Good Morning,

What is the Chopra Center? Sounds intriguing. Is it part of MWO? Where do I find it?

Have a great AF Thursday all.

[papmom3]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

here ya go Barbara:

Emotional Healing Arts Meditation Workshops | Chopra.com

[Treya]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Hi all you lovely abstainers,
It's a great day to bake a cake. My grand daughter is one year old soon. The last time I tried a birthday cake was when her dad was about 9! I may be a leetle out of practice! lol
Treya
Meanwhile I definitiely feel like the new girl in class. Everybody else is talking about stuff I don't have a clue about. :H:H

[Kaslo]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Good morning Fabsters!

Pap I read this, and as a boss (32 years) I can see this is a case of typical summer doldrums in the management department. They have no concept of time in this case, and you are probably so anxious, time is going super slow for you. If I were you I would just relax and consider yourself hired and you'll work it out later. It often takes months for salaried positions to be formalized. I think it is nuts myself, personally, but while you are waiting for these mofos (excuse my French) to get it together, you can see if something really totally cool comes up. Maybe just write her back and say you consider yourself hired, and the details are forthcoming. Have a nice end of July! They will love that. And it makes a point. Just my opinion though.

I am sort of out of touch with who is doing what right now. Had no internet for the last few days. Traveling the height of the country south to north and back again over 4000 kms then across the vast interior of this huge province takes it out of you. Marshy thanks for the kind words re my mom, though. Glad to be home, but duty calls. Please forgive the absence of discussion.

Back in the Kootenays, here is the Arrow Ferry.



Kas

[papmom3]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Thank you Kas for your great insight about the other side of the table. Unfortunately I don't have a clue about the salary but do know that the original salary they were going to offer (before I applied) was 10K lower than what I'm making now and that is totally unacceptable. I would love to say what you suggested but I can't because if they don't meet my bottom range I can't work there. That's where we're hung up-on the whole salary issue and no one seems to be able to have some ba__s and throw out a number so negotiations can begin.
I am moving on as of right now. If they contact me next week with an acceptable number and I am free to take the position, great. If not, too bad for them.
Really must do some work! Welcome back Kas!! Pic is awesome!

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

fABbies! Lav, thanks for starting us off today! Busy day here as well. I too have no time for AL today!

Uni, it's a rainy one here today too. I find myself wanting to curl up with a good book! Maybe if I get my stuff done ealry. Thank you for the reminder that I need to get my excercise groove back on!!

Barbara - hello and good to see you pop in! Hope you decide to join us more often!

Treya, good luck baking the cake. Are you going to try all the fancy frosting decorations? PICTURES!!!!!

Kaz, I bet it feels good to be home!!! I need to start a photo album of all your gorgeous pictures!

P3, it sounds like maybe they are working on your salaray issue - or that the hiring manager wants to work on it anyway. I'm sure they have to have all the HR people 'round the table to make a salary exception? I think you are wise to keep putting other irons in the fire. Who knows - maybe in another week you will be trying to decide between 2 offers!!!! Boss lady must have heard M3 coming, hence the over due satatus update! :H Are you going to the trial this weekend?

IJM - my own favorite tool for peace of mind is the serenity prayer. When I am upset or worried about things, it is almost always because I am either 1) trying to control something that is outside of my control, in which case I need to just let it go from my thoughts or 2) needing to muster up the courage to take some action that I am procrastinating. Sorting out which category a 'worry' fits into then allows me to determine the appropriate action. This was not easy at first. There were times when I would be so upset or worried about something I would say that prayer a 100 times in a day. But over time, just working things through that "decision model" has become habit and I enjoy a far greater peace of mind today then I ever thought possible. That is what has worked for me anyway.

Busy day here setting up the new companies for the rent-o-dump business and all of that. Fun fun.

Off shortly to visit Dad and then pick up the produce at the farm. I'm having a hard time using it all up. Probably because these wonderful vegetables are not made of sugar.

One thing is for sure..

DG

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Boy we are missing a lot of fABbies today! HELLO! HEllo! hello!

Hope everyone is out there getting the maximum possible out of life today!

One thing is for sure..

DG

[Lavande]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

I'm BACK! :H

Had a super busy day, it was good!
I was going to put burgers on the grill for dinner but it started raining
I just used my trusty grill pan on the stove top & had delicious turkey burgers with my DIL & EB. Baby Will is not eating burgers yet :H I ended up wtaching the boys for 2 hours while my DIL went to try out a karate class. OH BOY, that was fun

I didn't let an email from YB this morning screw up my entire day. Remember the security system he promised to pay for? Now he wants me to pay half. I told him NO and he needs to start keeping his damn promises! He thought I should pay because 'I'm enjoying the new system'. WTF? Smoke alarms are not luxury items in my book. Protecting your joint investment is a necessity. He chose to not live here, I'm not paying for his choice :mad-door:

More heatwave on the way I hear, yuck!

Hope everyone has a good night!
Lav

[Determinator]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

my goodness, slow day in ABland I see.....I guess I'm a tad late to get the party started but I'm super happy to be home with my dear Dx.

Made a stellar salmon salad on a bed of arugula, with fire roasted corn and tomatillo spiced with cumin, hot chiles, lemon juice, and scads of garlic. Arrriba!

no sugar in the house thankfully

Papmom, good stuff! I have some Chopra podcasts and guided meditations that are very nice.

well, one thing about being insanely busy is I never even thought briefly about AL. wow, just realized that. interesting.

be well friends zzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily ~ Thursday 7/28

Det, can I come live with you and Dx just to eat your food? Happy to hear you are home safe and sound!

Lav - YOU GO GIRL!!! :yougo: That is all. Yes, I think you SHOULD pay for half of your massages, pedicures and manicures since those are luxury items. :H But the smoke alarm??? YB all the way. (should I talk to YB about his half of your luxury items????? :angel

DG