af day Wed 2 Jan

[treetops]

Morning Abbers around the world! I am drinking tea at the moment - quiet time while others are still asleep and then we hit the road again - its going to be an amazing day.

Your posts for New Year's Day (hi there Blondie, TDN, Mick, Lavande, Kuya, Porquoi - also Det, Nurdl, Mr G, SL, Can Too, Catbuddy and others) - seemed quite calm with lots of looking to the year ahead. Even with that damned Aussie heat Blondie endures and the freezing cold many others have at the moment. Not so long ago I used to think of different types of AL drinks for the seasons (or weather because as Kuya knows there are no fixed seasons here in NZ) - you know G and Ts in summer, red wine in winter etc etc. I even have a vegetarian cookbook that does it that way (tastefully matches the drinks with the seasonal food). Oh well AF drinks work just as well.

I don't do New Year's resolutions anymore - but being sober and feeling positive about it - is definitely top of my invisible list. You guys really help with the positives - but we are here for warts and all. :h

better get packed up. Hows old doggie TDN? Mick - I love your new Avatar! Hope your sleep patterns get into sinck Kuya - but everyone's are a bit f...ked at this time of the year in NZ - with holidays etc. I find that once school starts it 'normalizes' the daily routine. The clock dictates.

[Mick]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Mornin team...and how are we today?Well today is the first day back to work for a lot of people over here....hmmmm..now its holiday looking forward time!

Tea and coffee on the go ..we all sticking to our New Year plans and goals?

Afternoon treetops..how are you today?How is the trip going?

Good mornin to you too blondie...and how are you today?You working?

Hiya PPQP..and how are you today? what plans have you got for today?Any work in the community going on?..and of course you have got this legal bunch to sort out...go for it!

Affers KY...woweee impressed with the avatar...very smart..How are you matey?..believe you me..I certainly dont think you have a dumb brain!!!!Any plans today?..whatever it is ..hope you get it sorted ..you know where I am :l

Morning greenie..nice to see you ..coffee? Well did you get the yoga mat out?

Hippyman ...and how are you doing?What are you up to today?

Mornin TDN...hows the doggy?..and how are you?Did you go for your walk yesterday?Yep saw some of the names you put on your list...hmmm wondered what happened to them all ? Shue if you are there somewhere ..dobra utro ..

Good morning Lav..wishing you all the best..coffee for you?Well is that you back to normal now?Watching the kids?and all the other "little" jobs you seem to do!

Good morning Cat buddy..well must say that was the fastest start I have ever seen anyone going for a run do...the enthusiasm was absolutely bubbling over....not :H

SL..morning to you? and how are you today?Are you back at work today?...dont forget ..your year ..we can do it :l

Mornin Rabsy...is it back to skool for you today ..or are you skivin?If the latter then what are you up to?

Hi Kaysea..lovely to see you ..all the best for 2013

Good morning Cantoo ...felicitations of the season to you too....now how do you like that one!!:How is the ankle?As for March ..you will be fine!asfor injuries..yesterday I was playing at doing grown up thing like using a screwdriver..tightening up something, screwdriver slipped and went straight into the base of my finger..must have hit the bone because it has got that dull ache to it..and there is a perfect posidrive cross mark too...so its back to no sharp objects for me!!!

Hiya Kas...wow look at you..nigh on 2 months ..what an achievement...so nice to hear from you again..hows work behaving?

Righty ho peeps thats me ...be good, and stick with it

I went to the Doctors the other day, and he said, 'Go to Bournemouth, it's great for flu'. So I went - and I got it.

Went to the corner shop - bought 4 corners.

A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: 'I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.'

I've got a friend who's fallen in love with two school bags, he's bisatchel.

'So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red rose and says "Your eyes sparkle like diamonds". I said, "Waiter, I asked for a-ROMATIC duck". '

I'm in great mood tonight because the other day I entered a competition and I won a years supply of Marmite......... one jar.

A blonde, wanting to earn some money, decided to hire herself out as a handyman-type and started canvassing a wealthy neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house and asked the owner if he had any jobs for her to do.

"Well, you can paint my porch. How much will you charge?"
The blonde said, "How about 50 dollars?" The man agreed and told her that the paint and ladders that she might need were in the garage. The man's wife, inside the house, heard the conversation and said to her husband, "Does she realize that the porch goes all the way around the house?"
The man replied, "She should. She was standing on the porch."

A short time later, the blonde came to the door to collect her money.
"You're finished already?" he asked. "Yes," the blonde answered, "and I had paint left over, so I gave it two coats. "Impressed, the man reached in his pocket for the $50. "And by the way," the blonde added, "that's not a Porch, it's a Ferrari.

Two bored casino dealers are waiting at the crap table. A very
attractive blonde woman arrived and bet twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude."

With that, she stripped from the neck down, rolled the dice and yelled, "Come on, baby, Mama needs new clothes!" As the dice came to a stop she jumped up and down and squealed... "YES! YES! I WON, I WON!" She hugged each of the dealers and then picked up her winnings and her clothes and quickly
departed...

The dealers stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know - I thought you were watching."

Sam : You know what, it's really easy to get a divorce in the Middle East. A man is just required to say "I divorce you" to his wife 3 times and it's done!

Jack : It's even easier in the US. All a man has to say is "Yeah, that dress makes your butt look fat" once

One night a man walks into a bar looking sad. The bartender asks the man what he wants.

The man says "Oh just a beer".

The bartender asked the man "Whats wrong, why are you so down today?".

The man said "My wife and i got into a fight,and she said she wouldn't talk to me for a month".

The bartender said "So whats wrong with that"?

The man said "Well the month is up tonight"

[blondie]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Morning Mick and Treetops
Heat has abated to a more manageable 35 or so!
Not working Mick but lots of people still on holiday here due to it being summer too.

Congrats on the AF milestones, Kuya, Hippy, Catbuddy and Nurdl, and everyone else!

TDN how's your dog today? Hope he's doing better. We just lost our 16.5 year girl a few weeks ago due to a large blood clot. Very sad, but she had a great long life.

Hi to everyone, Det (any more Yule logs:H), YAH, RC, Kaslo (stunning photos!), PPQ, CanToo (Nanooks of the North ), Lav, SL, et al.

Got to buy some appropriate gear for my kayaking lesson; shark repellent would be my first pick!

Will read back on your jokes now Mick
Have a fun af day peeps

[RunningCourage]

af day Wed 2 Jan

G'day affers.

Thank you for coffee Mick... I may try and cut down on my coffee intake. It's quite high. But I'll take an extra bikkie if that's ok. Got any choccie ones?



Excuse me?




You say what?




You ate them ALL over the crimbo period?!





:upset:





Sorry? OHHHHH.... you finished the last off because you hurt your finger doing DYI. Well, ok.... will let you off.

Cat - good to hear your running if you're huffing and puffing about having to run as opposed to huffing and puffing because you are running. I MIGHT go for a wee 5miler before lunch. MIGHT.

Cantoo - how's the injury. Hope it;s soothing soon. DON'T go running, y'hear?

:hiya: big hi to everyone else. Day 2 of the new year. Day 32 of sobriety. And we are all over the crimbo period *phew*... BIG WELL DONES TO EVERYONE. It aint easy. But it is possible. More than possible.

Mick - don't start teaching again until Monday ... but before you blow yer big horn [insert joke here] about me being a lazy bones.... I've been doing work from home... real boring stuff like writing a "strategy" But least I be doing it from my bed :H

Off to do something else. Have a great day folks.

[porqoui]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Good Morning TT, RC, Blondie and Mick....thanks for the coffee, I'll have a refill please.

I agree with school "normalizing" the daily routine TT. As I'm finished with kids and school for me it's work, which starts again on Monday. I do like my routines.

Mick...We didn't hear squat from the lawyer on the Dec 31st deadline so we don't know if they've complied or not. Will find out where we stand later today.
Made a commitment to get physically active and started with Day 1 yesterday. Felt good to be doing something just for me. Going to plan out my "daily" route today.

Happy New Year Blondie...from one of the "Nanooks of the North" :H If "Shark Repellent" is #1 on the list, I'd be cancelling the kayaking lesson. Good Luck.

I too will be doing a bit of work from home today RC. Although mine sounds more fun than yours...I've got to design a "poster ad" for my up coming St. Patrick's Day Comedy Dinner Show. I relate it to coloring as a kid, and I loved doing that.

Good Morning to all who haven't poked their heads in yet. Have a great AF Wednesday...PPQP

[ThreeDogNight]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Very quick fly by, as I am out the door for work. Will chekc back later tonight.

In the meantime, wishing all of you a good AF day!

TDN

[Lavande]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Good morning Abbers!

Some sun, temps just below freezing.......typical January day!

I have work waiting for me as well but first a trip to Curves is in order
I've been decreasing my cookie intake little by little ~ don't want to go into shock :H

Greetings to TT, Mick, blondie, RC, PQ & everyone stopping in today!
Wishing everyone a great AF Wednesday!

Lav

[porqoui]

af day Wed 2 Jan

:hallo: TDN & LAV ..... Enjoy your day....PPQP

[YoungAtHeart]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Happy Jan.2nd, everyone! I had the laziest day I can imagine yesterday, and it was totally exhausting. I'll be glad to be getting back to the routine today.

I watched the video mentioned on the Dec. 31st thread. Definitely one to download; it was so uplifting and the tune was so catchy!

Thanks for getting the thread started TT. I agree with you about NY's resolutions. It is much easier to stop and start things when you feel like it, not by the calendar. But we all have our new AF life to be grateful for in the new year, and that's what I'm doing--feeling grateful.

Hello, Mick. Did you really eat all the biccies? (As an American, I'm assuming that means bisquits or cookies?) I'm getting used to these interesting names for stuff.

I am so envious of all of you who are exercising. Will you all send some motivational vibes my way? Pullleeeze? Thank you.

Hi Lav, TDN, Rabsy. PPQP, I hope you get some news today about your legal stuff.
Hi to CanToo, Blondie, Kaslo, and Kuya. Have a good AF day!

[Determinator]

af day Wed 2 Jan

hidy ho to the unsung, unhung heros of the AF dimension!

TreeTops, thanks for the nice kickstart

Mick, loving the humor as always

the sun is making the snow twinkle so majestically today. loving the view.

working like mad so can't play for long.

be well loves

[scottish lass]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Very quick accountability check in - in the office, back at grindstone - so many emails to sift thru:upset:
Got any hob nobs Mick??? Could do with a couple for my cuppa!
Good to see all, feeling good about my plans so far...thanks for all the encouragment - will check in later....feels like Monday, which means Friday will come nice and fast!!

[Turnagain]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Greeting FABBA-DABBA doers!

I'm with the rest of you RE: New Year's Resolutions....it's not the date that matters so much. YAH's focus on gratitude really resonants here. That's just a great thing any time. I am sure grateful to have this place and to have you peeps to come to every day. Thank you!

Kas...Greenie and Caysea....it was wonderful to see your POP ins over the holiday. Is there any way I could talk you into popping in a little more often?

JACKRABBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!

(Good thing that was a cyber shout. I think I sprayed my monitor! ew.)

okay back to work and then maybe later I'll move some slush. Det, our snow is no longer sparkling majestically or otherwise. The majesty melted about 4 days and 8 degrees ago. Maybe tonight I'll find a new orange avatar - time to put the holiday decor away, eh?

[CanToo]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Quick check in. Still at work and I'm almost done year end :-)

I think I did all the right things for the knee (ice - then soak for the muscles). Doing much better today.

I'll be taking it easy tonight, but on the wait list for spin Thursday, back to gym on Friday, photo hike on Saturday and training new treasurer on Sunday (even though there's a 15k hike and a xc ski trip out there for Sunday).

Good to see so many names out there right now! It's going to be a good year for us all!

CT

[TheSunFlower]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Just a quick stop in.

I did find a good therapist. She is all about living in the present and making positive plans for the future. I told her my whole ugly past.....and she said "good, now we don't need keep reliving that...its over". Not all of it had to do with drinking.....it was my unabilty to cope with shitty things that have happened......that actually turned out to be good things. There are still some things.....I need to stop clinging to....that I don't even really want anymore. I cried....and she asked me how I felt about all that garbage....and I just said...."it makes me feel like shit". So I now have accountibity with her....I am to send her one thing a day I did positive for myself.

Today I woke up dreaming of doing yoga....but, moderate anxiety. Uncomfortable enough for me to consider not going to work. But, I went to work. And found a lunch "restorative" class. It was amazing the positive effect it had....and not one wince of anxiety since then.


Looks like everyone is doing well. I did look at the 12/31 thread and did not see the video that YAH mentioned.....I need to relook.

[scottish lass]

af day Wed 2 Jan

Evening all - day at work done and dusted! Started to think of stopping at the store on way home to pick up fresh food for supper (one of my 2013 aims - home cooking and fresh food) - all of a sudden I realised that I was not thinking about stopping to get wine and what else did I need. It was enlightening, but I decided to not stop at the shop and invite temptation in! So home cooked food that had been frozen, not quite as good, but not chance of other things getting in my trolley, so nice and safe!

SF - good for you! Sounds great. If I can ask, how did you find your therapist? I looked on line and it was daunting...gave up, I asked a collegue who works in the field and they were no help....not sure where to turn...

Hope everyone else had a good day and are safe, warm and content....:l