thu 24 nov af daily

[Lavande]

thu 24 nov af daily

LVT ~ if you need extra eggs

I just wanted everyone to know that I am Not Grateful to be watching the Insanity Twins today :H :H
I should have known something was up when my son called to say Happy Thanksgiving - yeah sure... He forgot that his dogs needed watching today as they head off to the in-laws for the day.
Right now I have one inside & one outside. They are licking my glass door

But I am getting lots of work done :yay:

[Lavande]

thu 24 nov af daily

Hi Det

[Turnagain]

thu 24 nov af daily

I've been up since oh dark hundred doing food prep.....Martha Stewart would not be pleased at the way my cherry pie crust crumbled apart. My hubby pronounced it beautiful anyway. I am grateful for that man and his poor eyesight!

My hungover son called this morning and announced he would be bringing 3 guests. Time to put another leaf in the table and dig up some chairs. These are good problems to have. We'll have 10 at the table now. Good thing I ended up with the gargantuan turkey.

This will also be my first sober Thanksgiving. I'm not even amped or wishful about the wine that's in the house. I am grateful for all the goodness that has returned to my life by being AF.

I am especially grateful to all of you and the support that is shared here. You are courageous, caring people and it is an honor to get to know all of you. This is a special community and we are fortunate to have each other in this healing journey!

Off to tent the browning bird!

I'll be back after the last dish is put away tonight....looking foward to reading how the rest of the day went for everyone here.

xxx

[momof3]

thu 24 nov af daily

Determinator;1214386 wrote: Happy Thanksgiving cats and kitties!

Bear, what a vibrant start to the day, nicely done

Mom3 your description creeped me out because that was also analogous to my holidays most of my life sadly. but sad no more!

Papmom, happy birthday to you dear! I hope the microsoft gods start treating you a tad better

I'm very thankful to each and everyone of you. So there!



off to martial arts practice in the park, then to dinner with old friend who has no family in town (we don't either).

be well

Hey Det, Wanted to respond to your post the other day about the gear with silver in it. Haven't tried it myself. Do you see an appreciable difference?

I'm happy that you found your way out of the drunken holidays too. Most of my memories of holidays are a blur.

M3

[Determinator]

thu 24 nov af daily

Turn, how sweet!

Mom3, yes the silver clothing helps immensely. in fact a training group I work with did an experiment where they wore the same pair of socks ALL WEEK doing heavy training and on Friday night...no odor. wow! and all that without chemicals which is cool.

I'm actually putting on my shiny dress shoes. whats the world coming to? eeeeeeeek!

off to dinner

be well family

[hulagirl]

thu 24 nov af daily

Aloha All, Goal two met--Another hangover free Monday, Goal Three--Not to drink today, a holiday. I can't say I don't miss it and I thought yesterday that I'd make the pumpkin pie in the evening and I visioned drinking white wine. Well, my new job kept me untill 11:30 pm so no chance to drink or cook. I still have the feeling of cooking in the morning and beginning the wine intake for the day. As long as I avoid the wine and beer aisle at the grocery store I'm good. (funny how the liquor side of the aisle doesn't call to me...well not really funny). In my 13 days of purity...I mean no alcohol...I have been feeling so good, happy (imagine) that, and noticing how beautiful the sunset was last night (on my work break) how beautiful the night sky full of stars was when I came home, how wonderful the cinnamon smells that went into the pumpkin pie. I'm greatful to be able to share my life with my husband, miss my kids who've flown the nest, and had a beautiful bike ride along the ocean this morning. Kind of a ramble but you know what I mean...

[BlondeAFAmbition]

thu 24 nov af daily

Hi Abbers!

A bright and beautiful Friday morning here. Just a quick hello to you all. I have today off and then the start of my work week tomorrow morning...early. And I have a feeling it will be a busy weekend now that the holidays are launched! Glad I managed to get black Friday off. Hubs has to work 1/2 shift at the hospital this morning till noon then he's coming home and we'll spend the afternoon together. So I want to get all my house stuff done before that! We're shooting for a walk on the beach maybe and then getting our real christmas tree up. I just want to get that lovely fresh balsam smell in the house! Love it!

HulaGirl...you live in paradise I imagine! I have never been to HI but I always thought living there would be such a dream...perfect weather all year and being able to go to the beach every day. I live in a beautiful area in Coastal New England but it does get bitter cold here starting about this time of year so even though we walk on the beach, we are well bundled up to face it! Well done on a sober TG!

I hope everyone had a wonderful TG yesterday to all who celebrated. I'm about to put on a Turkey breast in the crockpot for our own version of TG dinner today. It's a super simple but yummy recipe...you take turkey breast and coat it with a container (a small container) of veggie cream cheese. Put some chicken stock in the bottom of the crock pot and add onions and some veggies of your choice if you like around the coated turkey breast and set on low for 8-10 hours. It is very moist and delicious. With that, I am making roasted brussel sprouts and mashed potatoes. Prolly another green veggie as I'm living la viva low carb right now...lol. Hubs can have the potatoes. I find that the low carb diet, even though I am not wanting to loose much weight, helps to curb my AL cravings and it helps me maintain my weight. I just don't like sugar anymore...kind of gives me a similar feeling to a hangover. I've been following a low carb lifestyle for a few years (except for adding wine into my diet when I was a drinker). Now I am really low carb as I'm not drinking a bottle of red wine a night...phew! What I'm really happy about is that my tummy has gotten much flatter since I stopped boozing...I always hated the wine belly and bloated face that came with hitting the bottle every night. Glad those days I behind me

Oh, speaking of sugar, my cupcakes were a hit last night. Spiced pumpkin cupcakes with a maple buttercream frosting. They smelled delicious but I didn't try one. Hubs said they were yummy and everyone seemed to enjoy them but most of the guests were too drunk by the time dessert came around that I'm not sure they appreciated all the work I put into making them from scratch...oh well.

Have a super day and I guess my short note to say hi ended up being long-winded but I love to post here!

PS, Pap, sorry I kept saying hi to you thinking you were in New Hampshire when in fact you are a Mass girl! Central Mass is beautiful too. I actually lived out in Westminster years and years ago when I was married to my ex-husband. While it was pretty out there, I am an ocean girl at heart and never felt at home there. So when I divorced him, I came straight back to the coast and have never thought of living anywhere else. The fall was my favorite season out there though...with all the woods and hills. Nice to know there is a member not too far from where I am in the world! Cyber love to everyone near and far!