thu 15 dec af daily

[bear73]

hey all - last day at work this week - yay!
Busy busy busy though - usually it calms down at work this time of year but not this year!

Half day training course yesterday on negotiating/influencing quite good, got boxes after work to box up rest of room - tomorrow is the big wallpaper stripping day.Skating tonight - I am feeling very unenthusiastic about it - worry re knee and also the less exercise i do the less i want to do.

I have been reading 'recovery princess' blog - really good stuff if anyone's interested.
Coming up to 6 weeks this weekend - longest in ages!

[greeneyes]

thu 15 dec af daily

Good morning bear and all to come!

Shout out to FlyAway from yesterday - please hang around!

bear about the wall paper.... I'd rather_________ than strip wall paper.

The _________is up for grabs. Fabbies, please submit your own "I'd rather" for laffs! And it ain't what we usually use to fill in the blank! :H

I think the other girl in the shop that works part time is going to quit. It's hard for her to put in the "sit around" hours to build a clientelle. It IS hard, but she's on a different page than I - she doesn't need to work. When she's there, she always "runs home for a minute". I wonder about that. She once said she doesn't drink during the week but I have heard contradictions to that in stories she tells. I'd like to give her the benefit of doubt, but we alkies, we have an eye for that stuff once we clean up our side of the street. I like her and enjoy her being there, but it will mean I don't share walk-ins on the afternoons she's there - and I like that idea.

Tonight is yoga "OM for the Holidays" (cute, eh?) and instead of paying, you bring something from Sistercare's holiday wish list. Uh-Oh, Now I see there's a little covered dish party after... hummmm why do I feel challenged and shy about that right off the bat? What a great enviornment to meet people and put out that I cut hair next door.... what's up with me on this? An onion layer?

Namaste ya'll! One thing's for sure, besides the fact that I won't be stripping wallpaper!

[universal]

thu 15 dec af daily

Morning all!

Bear, great job on 6 weeks! If you don't want to skate tonight, don't force yourself. Wait and see how the day goes and then decide.

Greenie - so proud of you - look at you building up a clientelle! I can't think of any words other than what we usually put in there so I'll let it pass! LOL

It's rainy and miserable here today. Funny, the weatherman said it was supposed to be the sunniest day this week! LOL. I guess he read the radar wrong!

I am out and about a bit today and then finishing up the tree and wrapping some presents I think. I have 3 more articles to read before I can start my assignment so I'm hoping to do that today and then do the assignment tomorrow.

Okay, I'm off to get coffee in me.......

One thing is for sure,
Love and hugs,
Uni

[4theboyz]

thu 15 dec af daily

Good morning Abbers,

Bear, Enjoy your time off to come, I am jealous!

Greeneyes, my wife does the same thing with her students and a local women's shelter and her workshop is this weekend. Yoga is such a giving community!

Universal, nothing like a rainy day to snuggle up with a warm cup of tea and get some reading done in between wrapping presents!

I get to plow through another AF day despite the computer at work blowing up the other day and still having to load programs and try to calm down my secretary in the process. Gonna see my Doc for the first time this afternoon and discuss my new found sobriety and check under the hood to see just how I am doing!

Have a great day all!

[sunshine_gg]

thu 15 dec af daily

Morning peeps!!!

Pouring rain here, too Uni. I can't believe there's any moisture left in the sky. It'll be one heck of a mess when this freezes over.

I'm about to head off to the barn (2nd coat of finish the wall I showed you last week) since it's mild enough right now. Then back to work. The project I'm working on right now is the first of its kind and I'm coming to the conclusion that I need to charge more money for this type of thing in the future. Aye.

Bear, good luck with the wallpaper.
Greenmonster, have fun at the after-party.
Uni, when you're done your tree you're welcome to do mine.
4theboyz, good luck at the doc.

That is all. Happy Thursday 'n all that jazz

[Lavande]

thu 15 dec af daily

Good Thursday morning Abbers!

bear, coming up on 6 AF weeks ~ awesome!
Take care of that knee, you'll need it for a long time to come

Greenie, stripping wallpaper in our last old (1919) house caused me such severe allergies it wasn't funny. The dust just about choked me to death
If the part timer quits does that leave you alone in the shop?? Then you would be queen of all the hair cuts Enjoy the holiday get together, sounds nice.

uni, you sound good today!

Good luck with the check up 4theboyz!
Because of my hypertension I'm in there every 6 months getting everything tested which is a bit annoying but safer overall

Hey Sunni, I hear you about working for less $$ than you should.......
I think that's a big problem with being self employed ~ we underestimate our own value.
Think I should do something about that for the new year!

OK, work time! Have a great AF day one & all!

Lav

[LVT25]

thu 15 dec af daily

Hello friends,

Thanks for popping in on yesterday's thready Flyaway--if you are bored this is a good place to be at times:H

Wally--thanks for looking at the bright side of Christmas. Mom3, I'm sorry you don't like the season, I'm sure you have good reason. I myself have to try really hard to keep the focus away from my mom's passing 7 years ago on the 22nd. And my sister's birthday is the 23rd, this will be my first Christmas without her.

We have a beautiful "Blue Christmas" service at our church this Sunday evening. It is all about prayer and memories and trying to heal. I am looking forward to that and I hope to spend some time with my friend who just lost her husband.

I keep plugging away at the Christmas decorations, and only put out the ones I enjoy and mostly just nativities and angels. Since my boys are older I just don't do so much santas and reindeers. After Christmas I'll put the snowmen out. I have 3 vintage aluminum trees I take great pleasure in decorating. My son commented last night that I haven't gotten much done--he was talking about the big green tree. I guess I neglected to tell that one I was leaving that to the men in the family. It may not get done, and that's ok.

#1 son was really in a talkative mood last night. Not sure what got into him, but he confided in me some things going on with some of his friends. He is kind of the go to guy for advice and a shoulder. I think it gets to be too much for him, so I am glad he was able to get some of it off his chest with me. I really feel for some of those kids and what they are dealing with at home. Anyway, the conversation turned to some things I had done when I was (alot) younger--I managed to sidestep that one with a little white lie (some things I'm not willing to tell them-yet). Then he told me his opinion on drinking and using pot to relax. And how he is going to parent his teenagers when the time comes. I hope I'm around to see how that works out for him.

Off to get some more housework/decorating/laundry done. I really hope I get the caretakers job. I love my time off in the winter!

Have a great sober day all! And congrats to Bear on 6 weeks!!!!:l
:h

[Kaslo]

thu 15 dec af daily

Good day FABBERS whoo hoop. Fresh snow! Bear enjoy your skate, Uni have a great day, 4 glad things are calmer for you. Hysteria over machinery seems so futile. We steam , they just sit there. Greenie I pick I'd rather....be THIN! I wake up every morning glad to feel clear headed, now I'd like to wake up THIN.

Sunni I'd like to swap places with you. That is all. In fact trade places totally and BE you. So laid back....love it

Finally someone is coming over today. My junior biologist is bringing her newborn. Yesterday was ok I always screw this up, so between yesterday and 14th of Feb will be a year WHOOO HOOOO! Yelling, but not wincing. Yesterday was a crappy day too, till I got to talk to Turn and Sid.

[Kaslo]

thu 15 dec af daily

G'day day FABBERS Fresh snow! Bear enjoy your skate, Uni have a great day,

4 the boyz glad things are calmer for you. Hysteria over machinery seems so futile. We steam , they just sit there.

Greenie, I pick I'd rather....be THIN! I wake up every morning glad to feel clear headed, now I'd like to wake up THIN.

Hey Lav you don't seem hyper tense to me, but I have the same issue, no salt here.

Sunni I'd like to swap places with you. That is all. In fact trade places totally and BE you. So laid back....love it

LVT glad your son is communicating... I found my kids turned away from me for a few years there, it was quite hurtful.

Finally someone is coming over today. My junior biologist is bringing her newborn. Yesterday was ok I always screw this up, so between yesterday and 14th of Feb will be a year WHOOO HOOOO! Yelling, but not wincing. Yesterday was a crappy day too, till I got to talk to Turn and Sid.

[BlondeAFAmbition]

thu 15 dec af daily

Happy Thursday everyone!

I hope you are all having a great day so far. Boy, when you are off of MWO for a few days, it feels like you miss a lot! I'm reading up on my favorite threads and trying to keep up with it all. So I'll just jump right back in here on Thursday's thread and post a hello. As I have mentioned on some of the other threads, I was tied up yesterday throwing a big birthday party at my home for my mother and about 15 of her friends. Lunch went off without a hitch. A few of the ladies brought wine and that was OK since they brought white and I don't drink white wine, and that's a good thing! My mother didn't actually get too drunk and was really grateful for all that I had done. As you know, I was a bit apprehensive about the party and all but I am glad I pulled it off. My mother was very happy with everything and we have some great photos and memories to keep. I do have to repair the relationship with my mother and I feel this was a good start .

Well, I'm off to do "regular" housework today and the rest of the dishes, etc., from the party. I am heading into a super busy work weekend at the store as you can imagine, so this is my last day for some peace and quiet until the middle of next week.

Love to all and I have been thinking of all of you. So glad to have this place to come back to.

Gotta get the rest of my cards out today. It's either do or die if I want to get them in the mail on time for Christmas! Good luck to everyone else during the holiday rush!

Peace,

Blondie

[universal]

thu 15 dec af daily

Okay - shower - check; gone to store and all shopping including stockings purchased - check; tree done decorating - check; library to get books - check.

Time to be lazy - check. No energy left to do schoolwork right now, gonna veg on the couch and read a book!

[Determinator]

thu 15 dec af daily

On my phone again on the side of the road. Just a quick AF hug for all xxxx

[greeneyes]

thu 15 dec af daily

Bravo on the party, blondiegirl! On several levels.

[FlyAway]

thu 15 dec af daily

Stripping wallpaper. Ugh! I once had an old house that had about 5 layers of wallpaper in every room. It took me years to get all of the paper off.

I've been moping around and feeling sorry for myself the last couple of days. I need to get up off my azz and do something. Chronic headaches are killing me. :upset:

[sidney]

thu 15 dec af daily

Got a lot done today. Went to the gym too. But man I am so glad I did not have to strip wallpaper I hope it was dry strip.

House is starting to look like Christmas have to decorate the naked tree tomorrow. And then keep the cat from peeing under it. He thinks it is just for him. It was raining like crazy here today. And freaking warm. Seems like Uni and Sunshine are getting the same dreary weather.

Off work again tonorrow I am feeling strong in that I have not felt the urge to sneak a drink when I am alone. Big test for me since there is quite a bit of Al in the house.

Sorry you are not feeling it Fly. I find once I start moving around I feel better but the first step is the hardest. Having a headache doesn't make it easy.

Take care all...Sid