AF August Angels-Week 2

[Rusty]

Good Morning August AF Friends!

I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Mine was absolutely heavenly. I went to the Parade of Homes with my SIL and spent time with my brother and SIL at the beach yesterday. It was fantastic! We had a wonderful time together. When my drinking was at its worst....they would not come and visit me, but it isn't the case anymore. They know when they come to visit me, that I will be AF.

Rustop-a VERY belated (so sorry) congratulations to your daughter on her achievement at the Dublin Horse Show! :goodjob: My niece also is an equestrienne and I know the time she has to spend riding to win those trophies and ribbons. You are a great Mom and I know your daughter worked hard for that award, and you also had to make the commitment to help in the care of her horse.

Lav-I give my dog the pink Benadryls....because the vet recommended it. One pink tablet should calm down the Insanity Twins...cheaper than a script, I'm sure. I just laughed when you said on the Daily Thread that one of the dogs....Jack....just stood up and belched...and that he has very bad doggie breath. Not too much longer, dear friend....tomorrow is Tuesday and you can return them to their rightful....and grateful owners.

Cassia-wonderful news about your husband...you must be thrilled.

Sped and SD-congratulations on your 50 days!:yay::happy:

Shelley-I know you love to run but that awful heat must be curtailing your running, I would imagine.

SD-I loved the story about your son and how he loves it when you retell his victories to his dad. How often does a kid his age worship his mother? Well, he obviously worships you...and you deserve it.

Dew-how are you? Check in, please!

Papmom-I loved the picture your nephew drew of the Paphut. :l

Ok, I've got a ton of things to do....(I had to check my spelling....I had accidentally typed THONGS-yeah, right....not with this body.:H).

To anyone I didn't include....A cheery hello!

To everyone, have a fabulous AF Monday!

[Lavande]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Oh - sorry Rusty, didn't see this earlier........

I'm thinking about calling the local HS Band & asking them to march these two idiots the 8-9 miles home tomorrow in grand style :H :H

No thong for me either sistah :H

[Rusty]

AF August Angels-Week 2

It's me again....

Ok, since I'm languishing in the last days of my vacation, I thought I would write.

Lav-how many dogs do you have at your house now????FOUR???? Yikes, my sister has 3
2 Labs, 1 Yellow, 1 Black, and a Morkie (Maltese/Yorkie Mix) and her kids had a party last Saturday night and OMG...the dogs were bananas....picture 2 Labs barking WUFF WUFF WUFF every 2 seconds and the Morkie going RAH RAH RAH----RAH RAH RAH.:headbanger:
It was a Three Dog Night!:H Lav, A H.S. band? Why not take advantage of one of your Amish neighbors and ask them to give the Twins a buggy ride home? Wouldn't that be fun?:H

Lav-I thought of you today....you are so in my mind and in my step many days....:h...I know you were very close to your mom and you still miss her every day.:l Although I have given serious thought to doing some weekend volunteer work since I travel so much during the week, I've decided that I will spend as many weekend days as I can with my mother and nix making the volunteering commitment for right now, unless it's something my mom and I can do together. You miss your mom so much and I can't imagine my life without mine. I didn't realize until yesterday....when I spoke to my mom...that when she doesn't see me every week or so...that she REALLY misses me. She dropped a subtle hint to that effect when I spoke to her last night. No need to say any more. I ruined a number of my mother's weekends with my drinking. I want to make up for lost time.

Star-Hope you're ok...please check in, I miss you.

[Lavande]

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I have four dogs here at the moment....
One Golden named Maggie - she is seriously insane, Benadryl doesn't even begin to address her issues. Don't tell my son but I have been known to sneak her a dose of Girl Dog's antipsychotic.
Another Golden named Jack who is very large and just dumb :H He would be no problem if Maggie wasn't around.
Maxie - my Piggy Swissy & Girl Dog who is still wasting away due to a pancreatic insufficiency & some psycho eating issues.........:egad:

My Mom passed away September 1986 - 25 years next month.
It's been a very long time & I still miss her every day so if you can spend more time with your Mom please do so. I get seriously pissed when friends complain about having to do things for their Moms. If I could spend just one day with mine.........:l
I swear hoping to meet her in heaven one day is about the only reason I haven't taken a baseball bat to YB's head I think I should thank her for that!!

[Rusty]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Lav,

Yup, I know what you mean about people complaining about spending time with their mothers. I love spending time with my mom....we can talk for hours and never run out of things to say.:l Yes, she probably is the reason you haven't punched out YB yet.

Yikes...4 dogs! Big day tomorrow, huh?

[Lavande]

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If I just live through all this disgusting dog breath tonight :H :H

[Lavande]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Up bright & early with the Twins

I have some work to do this morning then meeting a friend for lunch
Haven't heard from my son so I don't know if these dogs are leaving tonight or night.....
There is always hope :H

Wishing everyone a terrific AF Tuesday!
Lav

[Stargazerlily]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Good morning to all...

I understand about missing your mother and wanting to spend time with her. I miss my mom and like Rusty, made a committment to see her at least every week and I have no regrets whatsoever. But, I still miss her.

Just work and home, nothing new.

To all, have a great AF day.

[rustop61]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Good morning everyone

Lav - I hope your guests leave today. It is a lot of work.

Rusty - you are right to spend as much time with your mother as possible. As Lav says you will always miss them but at least there will be no regrets. I still having my mother in my life and she has been gone over 30 years.

My oldest daughter went to London today. Not the best of times with all the riots but hopefully she will be ok. She is meeting up with some of the guys in Gatwick and travelling up to London with them. it is worrying but you cant wrap them up in cotton wool.

Had a lovely walk in the woods this morning and have done all my 'runs' for the moment so catching up on MWO.

Have a great day one and all.

Rustop

[Chillgirl]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Evening Angels

Phew..... what a weekend, I'd need to write a novel to explain it all so will try my best to summarize. Thurs evening had dinner with Ken, ex Mrs Ken and the lovely 8 yr old George. Mrs ex was very gracious as it must have been difficult to see her son go off for the weekend with the new girlfriend. France was beautiful! I will post some photos, we stayed in our friends real live chateau complete with bats and Lav, their own version of the insanity twins, 2 enormous & very smelly chocolate labradors!

We ate and ate and ate some more and large quantities of wines was consumed. I never even had a milli second of a pang or inkling and was very comfortable in my own AF skin. Bit by bit I have been confiding more about the seriousness of my drinking to Ken and in return he hugs me tighter telling me how amazing I am to have quit. Its so great to not have this as my secret and I feel such relief to have told him and at his reaction.

On the negative side, France rekindled my wanderlust. And the thought of returning to Scotland and my boring life filled me with dread. Funny you guys were talking about our wonderful Mum's, cause I phoned mine right in the middle of my crisis. She kindly pointed out that I was not a 20 yr old backpacker and that on my limited finance I would be lucky to afford hostels and hot water! Not quite the style in which I have done my previous travelling. I mentioned India and Ashrams and she promptly reminded me how much I love my 600 thread count bed linen and my central heating! :H Gotta love our Mums :l

I also got cold feet about Ken whilst over there, thinking he was far too solid, dependable and secure for my "joie de vivre"! Why oh why would I sabotage the best thing thats happened to me in years, i really dont know?! When we got back last night to the quiet peace of his house, sanity was restored and I felt very happy. He gently said "I thought I'd lost you over there, now I seem to have you back". He has such a lovely calm manner about him, no drama, just letting me be me.

There is just such a huge part of me that doesnt just want to settle for the normal secure life, doing normal everyday things. However, I think with some work I could possibly achieve the best of both worlds. Like I mentioned before, I need to put aside time for the "alternative" me, so I dont get lost.

Lav & Star - Im absolutely convinced you will be with your Mums again as we all will, Lav, I just hope yours doesnt say to you "why in hell didnt you take a baseball bat to YB's head when you had the chance!" :H But seriously, I have no doubt in us meeting our loved ones again is some shape or form and I also believe she is probably still with you right now. Love knows no boundries of time and space.

Rustop - I can understand your worries but im sure your daughter will be over vigilant and stay well away from the trouble spots. The world has gone mad but I refuse to get pulled into the media frenzy, we need to concentrate on the good and there is plenty of that.

Rusty - You sound on good form and I hope your break from work has been the vacation you deserve.

Sending you all lots of love.......

[Chillgirl]

AF August Angels-Week 2

[Lavande]

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Chill - absolutely :h the chateau

Glad your weekend worked out well for you

My son is on the way over to pick up the Twins - I am grateful

[papmom3]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Chill! OMG!! those pics are to die for!! Listen to your mom! You will be fine. You're just experiencing growing pains. Go with the flow and let it all happen. You'll be so glad you did!!

Rustop-special prayers that your daughter and her friends will be safe this week in London. I hope they have the good sense to get the heck out of there if they don't feel comfortable.

Rusty-hope you're enjoying the last few days of vaca. Your sis's house sounds as crazy as mine!!

Star-hope everything is OK. You're coming through as kinda down.

Lav-yea for the ITs going home!! Wish DD could go with them! JK I think.

I hate to say this but I don't miss my mom at all. It was a very painful last few years before she declined into full Alzeimers. She was very mean to me and yes I know it was the disease but we didn't know it at the time. She and I never had a close relationship. I was always Daddy's girl. Now him, I will be devastated about when he goes. Hopefully not for many more years. He just bought a new sailboat so he has to stick around for a while!!

I have a phone interview on Thurs for job #3. This is the position at my current place of work which pays $65K but requires some day travel which I'm OK with. Still no word on Job #2a.

My refi has been approved but of course all hinges on the appraisal which needs to come in at or above what I owe. It's going to be a crap shoot in this market.

My nephew's pillowcase has morphed into a throw. Just couldn't make the monster truck panels work. I think he will really like it but I'll have to work on it at home if I want it to be finished for the 29th. I also can't afford to have it sent out to be machine quilted, nor is there time so I'll be hand tying it.

Must sign off now. Way past the bedtime I promised myself!!

:l

[rustop61]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Good morning everyone

Chill - those photos are amazing. I guess it is all about balance. Go with the flow and as you say try and make time for that other side of you. Not easy but I am a firm believer that what will be will be.

Papmom - that goes for you too. Things will work out, you deserve it.

I find it nearly impossible to get any me time this summer so this morning was a real treat. My daughter had a 2 hour driving lesson so I arranged to meet a friend and go for a walk on the seafront. We started off and ended up doing the whole cliff walk between the two towns about 1.5hrs. The scenery was fantastic and I feel great after it. Bit rushed at the end and we ended up getting the train back but so worth it. My other daughter is fine and the family she is staying with booked all of them into a hotel in the city centre as there was meant to be rioting where they lived. London seemed ok last night but it has spread to other cities. The world is going mad.

Speaking of mad, bet you are pleased to see the back of the insanity twins Lav. Relax today and take some me time. You too Star, know you dont have any vacation time but what about a week-end away?
Dew - hope you are taking care of yourself, sending you lots of cyber hugs and everyone else too.

Rustop

[Lavande]

AF August Angels-Week 2

Good morning August friends,

No time for relaxing today, I actually am behind in work stuff & I HAVE to clean up the massive dog hair left behind by the Twins but I am happy they are gone :H I should take some pics of the dog hair tumbleweeds rolling around my kitchen & living room & the slobber on my glass door

rustop - you mentioned 'balance'..............
so important yet seemingly so hard for some of us to achieve. I identified that problem to YB many years ago & he told me I was crazy. He's a confirmed workaholic & a master at avoiding everything else in life. No wonder I wasn't able to keep up with him....

papmom, I'm about to begin another round of refinance stuff myself. Not especially looking forward to the process. Good luck with interview #3.

OK, time to get the vacuum going & chase down this nasty dog hair