af day Tues 19 Feb

[treetops]

MAE all! Its a glorious morning here - sunny blue sky, warm but not too hot. Am typing this while sipping coffee - any one care for some. I had the tea poured hours ago.

Kuya - hope you are a bit more rested after the yukko-ish day yesterday. I stayed up too late - reading some old threads on MWO and then thought about my friend's death, and my own and others' mortality. I have always thought about such things - so its not surprising.

PPQP - yep, cooking gets very boring - its sometimes deciding what to cook esp with us all having different food regimes, plus I like variety and to have reasonably healthy food (but don't obsess). Cooking used to be one of my 'sipping wine' times - oh, yes, I could cook up a storm and the food was pretty good. Of course I was never hungry when it came to serving the food. Fortunately I actually quite like cooking and so giving up my liquid booster has not been an issue for this. I also promised myself the new kitchen if I quit and did not need a liver transplant!

Patrice - my friend was not ill - it was a sudden untreated infection in another country.

Mick - you will have to say good morning to the rest of the crew - as I have a paid job to get to (and need the $$ for the kitchen)
But take care all you lovely people!

[blondie]

af day Tues 19 Feb

mae abbers

TT so sorry to hear about your friend. I tend to obsess about death which isn't good!

PPQ - you should be a walking dictionary by now. And 50 the new 20 - oh I hope not! :H

Cat - thatnks for congrats. Did I miss something about your pain? Anyway, hope you're better today.

Patrice - I do think you'll be struggling to shop here (and eat out. Yikes!)

Morning Kuya - still getting swims in?
CanToo - Hope you had a great birthday

Hi to Lav, Mick, Mollyka, RC, Nurdl, SL, SF, Pauly, YaH and everyone (I thought I did pretty well with that list without looking back )

Bad dreams got me off to a grumpy start this morning (and my first instinct was to cheer myself up with some Zero; but I didn't!)

Have fun today !

[patrice]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Hiya all,

Another exhausting day at the chalkface and I'm just so tired again...but I'm going for a massage soon.

I always have one every Tuesday. It's not the light, relaxing Thai-style one but the Chinese Traditional one.. lots of painful accupressure and trying to get the knots out of my shoulders and back. Often doesn't feel that pleasant but I always feel amazing the next day and for days after. I have been having these massages for about 6 months now and when I first started some pressure points would always be SO painful.. I asked the massage therapist what these points were... mmm he said.. Liver, Spleen and Brain!!!! Too much heat he said. He asked if I drank alcohol. I lied and said 'rarely'. He looked very perplexed..

Take care guys, hope you all have a great MAE!!
Patrice

[teezah]

af day Tues 19 Feb

MAE to all abfabbers been and to come

Lovely day here. Going to try to make an effort to stop "drifting" today. I'm doing the essentials, but not running as tight a ship as I usually do. So today I'm going to make an effort to do a bit more - not so much as to become a crashing failure tho' !!!

TT - So sorry about your friend's sudden death. I can totally relate to you thinking on mortality - I do it too. I have a good friend dying of stomach and liver cancer that is non alcoholic related. All we can do is enjoy and live the moments of life that we have xxx

xxxxx

[Mick]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Well well, here we are again..back in the land of the freezing!! mornin all ..and how are you?Just jumped on the scales this morning...bloody glad I dont drink..what with that as well it would have been brutal!!! Put on a mere 7lbs!!..cant say I wonder why...ice cream and raspberry trifle and cake etc..oh well time to pay the piper now as they say.There was a workers strike in Tenerife sud airport ..as well as a go slow..never seen anything so funny..a queue for the ladies toilets ,and the cleaning lady was blatantly doing everything not to let people in..those toilets were immaculate!!! took her over an hour to clean..and then she blocked them off as she had wiped the floor and it needed 15 minutes to dry!!!
Right here we go ..tea and coffee available but..got to catch up on a lot of the posts yet ,but managed to read some when I was away, but got to look into the detail bit more.

Morning..or mae as it now seems to be the standard phrase!!! TT..well done on starting the thread..excellent work ..means I can go away a bit more often !!! how are you?all you need is a repertoire of crap jokes then you could be me!! well done anyway.

Mornin Blondie..oops same as..another mae !!! how are you today?
Think there is a stage in all our lives where we start to worry about our own mortality, I certainly did and still do sometimes...but it is something that is going to happen so why ruin your today wondering about tomorrow?its short enough as it is so crack on and enjoy it

AhA ...mornin Ky the great ....and how are you today mate? yep flew back into Manchester last night and there it was in all its glory as soon as you get off the plane as if it was Manchesters only thing..a wall size poster of the Rovers Return....baarf!!!
What you up to then? glad the wedding went ok for you Frosty and chilly over here this morning...listening to the news report..they reckon it will be -10 on Wednesday ,,deep joy! you still skinny dippin over there? need to drop by sometime ..as you do he says dead nonchalantly like!! what you up to? Need to look at this diet drinks a bit more ,I drink a lot of them. oh yes ..what are you doing Mrs clever coming out with words like this? serendipitous ??? :H

Mornin..jeez another one!! mae Patrice you ok? anyone from the norf on here??welcome to the madhouse ..seen you around on a few of the other threads.

Mrs McGinty ..and how are you doing? i will drop in later and have a wee natter with you..suffice to say it was brill..you will really enjoy it Molls ..hows the rest o the clan? ok I hope

PPQP...mornin to you ..and how are you doing? got to catch up a bit but looks like you have been a bit busy too..and this legal stuff will soon be history too.Any plans for today? hope you have a good day

Good morning Lav.. the wanderer returns ! and how are you today? Is it a kid free day today whilst you feed the rest of the world? Heres a big brew for you ..a weeks worth in a cup!! have a great day.

Mornin cat ..well how was your lazy day?? go on..lazy!!! heres another coffee to go with your book.Took my kindle on holiday..read 8 books !!Trouble is once I start a good book I struggle to put it down!!

Mornin Tezah you ok? musta missed something ..your last post..looking for support? you wont get better than here or in the nn..the ramblings mutterings and diatribes of the general populus on this thread will definitely help you.

SL...how are you doing? No we aint going to give up on you .but...seems to me that you give up on yourself every now and again..you need to get that strategy thought out a wee bit more...yes you have done eally well so far, but ask yourself honestly..are you happy about it?
Must say though I do agree with Kuya...you need some accountability ..remember what we said youre not only your daughters mother ..you are also her friend..that works both ways..why dont you ask her to help you ..you dont have to go into minutiae detail unless you want to..but it may also give her a focus..also think you have got a wee pice o paper in your purse..read it next time read it before you drink....
so dont give up ..we aint...oh and by the way this is about you not your ex..it is quality of life for you and your daughters..think of that first and foremost :l

Morning Det..wow you sound a lot chirpier !!!! well done mate

Right peeps ..for the off...I will sort out the pics later on..so just to finish off TT here the missing bit!!

Mother to daughter advice:
Cook a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
But teach a man to fish and you get rid of him for the whole weekend.

An ugly fat woman, a gorgeous young hot blonde, an American man and a Canadian man are all riding together in a train car.
As the train passes through a tunnel, the distinctive sound of a loud slap is heard.
When they emerge from the tunnel, a bright red handprint is on the face of the American.
The fat woman thinks ?that dirty American grabbed that blonde in the tunnel and she slapped him!?
The blonde thinks ?that dirty American must have tried to grab me, but grabbed the fatso by mistake and she slapped him!?
The American thinks ?that Canadian bastard felt up that blonde and she slapped me by mistake!?
The Canadian thinks ?I can?t wait ?til we go through another tunnel so I can slap that stupid American again!?

A man owned a small farm in Maine . The Maine State Wage & Hour Department, claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.
?I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,? demanded the agent.
?Well,? replied the farmer, ?there?s my farm hand who?s been with me for 3 years. I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $150 per week plus free room and board.
Then there?s the half-wit who works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally.?
?That?s the guy I want to talk to ? the half-wit,? says the agent.
?That would be me,? replied the farmer.

1. Only in America??can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance.
2. Only in America??are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink.
3. Only in America??do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.
4. Only in America??do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet coke.
5. Only in America??do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.
6. Only in America??do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.
7. Only in America??do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won?t miss a call from someone we didn?t want to talk to in the first place.
8. Only in America??do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.
9. Only in America?..do we use the word ?politics? to describe the process so well: ?Poli? in Latin meaning ?many? and ?tics? meaning ?bloodsucking creatures?.
10. Only in America??do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
11. Only in America??can a homeless combat veteran live in a cardboard box and a draft dodger live in the White House. (This was popular when Clinton was in office)

How many American tourists does it take to change a light bulb?
Fifteen. Five to figure out how much the bulb costs in the local currency, four to comment on ?how funny-looking? local lightbulbs are, three to hire a local person to change the bulb, two to take pictures, and one to buy postcards in case the pictures don?t come out.

A little girl asked her father, ?How did the human race come about?? The father answered: ?God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so all mankind was made.?
Two days later she asks her mother the same question. The mother answered: ?Many years ago there were monkeys, and we developed from them.?
The confused girl returns to her father and says:?Dad, how is it possible that you told me that the human race was created by God and Mama says we developed from monkeys??
The father answers: ?Well dear, it is very simple. I told you about the origin of my side of the family, and your mother told you about hers.?

A 6 year old and a 4 year old are upstairs in their bedroom.
?You know what? ? says the 6 year old. ?I think it?s about time we started cussing.?
The 4 year old nods his head in approval.
The 6 year old continues, ?When we go downstairs for breakfast, I?m gonna say something with ?hell? and you say something with ?ass?.?
The 4 year old agrees with enthusiasm.
When their mother walks into the kitchen and asks the 6 year old what he wants for breakfast, he replies, ?Aw, hell, Mom, I guess I?ll have some Cheerios.?
WHACK!
He flies out of the chair, tumbles across the kitchen floor, gets up and runs upstairs, crying his eyes out as his mother is in hot pursuit, slapping his rear at every step. Mom locks him in his room and shouts, ?You can just stay there until I let you out!?
She come s back downstairs, looks at the 4 year old and asks, in a stern voice, ?And what do YOU want for breakfast, young man??
?I don?t know,? he blubbers, ?but you can bet your fat ass it won?t be Cheerios.?

A police officer came upon a terrible wreck where the driver and passenger had been killed. As he looked upon the wreckage a little monkey came out and hopped around the crashed car. The officer looked down at the monkey and said ?I wish you could talk.?
The monkey looked up at the officer and shook his head up and down.
?You can understand what I?m saying?? asked the officer.
Again, the monkey shook his head up and down.
?Well, did you see this??
?Yes,? motioned the monkey.
?What happened??
The monkey pretended to have a can in his hand and turned it up by his mouth.
?They were drinking?? asked the officer.
?Yes.?
?What else??
The monkey pinched his fingers together and held them to his mouth.
?They were smoking marijuana??
?Yes.?
?Now wait, you?re saying your owners were drinking, and smoking marijuana before they wrecked.?
?Yes.?
?What were you doing during all this??
?Driving? motioned the monkey.


1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
?If you?re going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning.?
2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
?You better pray that will come out of the carpet.?
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
?If you don?t straighten up, I?m going to knock you into the middle of next week!?
4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
?Because I said so, that?s why.?
5. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
?Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you?re in an accident.?
6. My mother taught me IRONY.
?Keep crying, and I?ll give you something to cry about.?
7. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
?Shut your mouth and eat your supper.?
8. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
?Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!?
9. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
?You?ll sit there until all that spinach is gone.?
10. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
?This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it.?
11. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
?If I told you once, I?ve told you a million times. Don?t exaggerate!?
12. My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE.
?I brought you into this world, and I can take you out.?
13. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
?Stop acting like your father!?
14. My mother taught me about ENVY.
?There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don?t have wonderful parents like you do.?
19. My mother taught me ESP.
?Put your sweater on; don?t you think I know when you are cold??

[kuya]

af day Tues 19 Feb

MAE Abbers ,

Well Mick.....you arrived in style lovely to have you back !
I still don't know where you get these jokes from......but boy I love 'em.

TT .... Sorry to hear about your friend and that it sparks off the mortality issue. Apparently most of us just push it to the backs of our minds. We must do, or we couldn't have drunk so much eh?

Not swimming ATM, after a few cool days the pool is too cold for me cos I am a wimp. Maybe tomorrow. Also still tired from my wild weekend.

I've always hated diet drinks except when mixed with vodka.....so basically have drunk a swimming pool's worth per year ! :H:H:H

Giving up that caffeine must be hard, I used to drink eight cups of coffee a day and quitting that gave me fierce headaches. Only have one in the morning now, but very strong.

Right .....orf for me wanders,

Laters

KY

[porqoui]

af day Tues 19 Feb

MAE ALL...

TT...thanks for kicking us off and yes please, pass the coffee. Tea won't cut it this morning. What a great goal...a new kitchen, don't think you need to worry about the transplant. How awful it was an infection while out of the country. Just adds to the stress of everything. Have a lovely day, keep pocketing those $$ and AF days and you're next decision is going to be "What am I going to cook for my inagural new kitchen meal?"

Blondie...bad dreams will do that to me too. I've been told that you can choose to wake up happy if you want to. Still haven't figured out how to do that but haven't needed to lately as I've been waking up confident and ready for the day. Hope you have a good one.

Patrice..."he looked very perplexed." :H I bet he did. It'll be interesting to see how those pressure points heal as you move forward AF. I have never had a massage and after that discription I'm glad I haven't lol.

TZ...good for you on planning to move forward instead of drifting, and doing it sensibly. My sobriety really depends on me growing a little everyday, otherwise I get complacent and that can lead to all kinds of trouble.

Mickster...glad you're home safe and sound. Sounds like you had a loverly time and can't wait for you to sort the pics. I'm still pumped over the presentation on Saturday and our next meeting is Monday so lots to organize for that. Everyone seems "gung ho" to have everything up and working for the 2013 planting season. Fingers crossed.

KY...you wild woman you. May take all week to sort yourself out again. I have quit drinking diet coke but I still love the taste of sweetner in my coffee. Just not the same with regular sugar. Have fun wandering.

IT work complete on the rental laptop, went quicker/easier than I thought, probably 'cause I wasn't having a drink for every blue screen that popped up! Another meeting with the "pleasure skating rink" people, they are nervous about their pond being decreased in size when in fact we want to increase the area, just move it over a little, so all should be fine with that.

Time for cup #2 and follow in KY's footsteps. Have a great AF Tuesday all and all to come...PPQP

[teezah]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Mick;1465348 wrote:
Mornin Tezah you ok? musta missed something ..your last post..looking for support? you wont get better than here or in the nn..the ramblings mutterings and diatribes of the general populus on this thread will definitely help you.

I'm doing really well, thanks Mike. I'm getting loads & loads of support but was just looking to broaden my horizons as i was only posting into the Topa thread or here. Kuya kindly suggested the newbie nest - thank you Kuya, and Jackie Claire the Army. As I've been around the block once already I've kind of fledged the nest for now (do intend to go back there once my wings are dry!) so am going to pop into the Army when I have spare time. xxx

[porqoui]

af day Tues 19 Feb

This quote by KY was reposted by someone on another thread....I have never heard it and thought I'd share it with all here....

"It's like sitting next to the ocean, so peaceful.

Sometimes sand will get down your crack, sometimes a seagull will poop on you, but the peace of being free from this dreadful compulsion is awesome."

It's the peace I'm most grateful for....PPQP

[Lavande]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Good Tuesday morning Abbers!

Some sun at the moment but rain moving in later, oh well. I have plans to meet my daughter & grandaughter later to walk through the conservatory at Longwood Gardens

TT, so sorry to hear about your friend. We never know what's waiting around the corner for us do we? All the more reason we owe it to ourselves to live our best life possible.

Greetings blondie, patrice & teezah!

Mick ~ 7 lbs? Wow buddy :H
Glad you had such a nice time on vacation!

Greetings Kuya & PQ!

I'm looking forward to a pleasant day with no painful massages - too old for that BS :H
Have a great AF Tuesday!

Lav

[sunshine_gg]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Morning Fabiosos.... pardon my ignorance, but may I request a translation for MAE? Thank you, kindly

TT... so very sorry about your friend passing.

Well, the weekend was a great success. Mr. Wonderful is turning 60 tomorrow and I managed to pull off a surprise party for him on Sunday. He accepted my daughter and Peanut showing up out of the blue on Saturday night without much question. He also thought, my son/fiance/peanut #2 dropping by on Sunday was plausible (although he did wonder why they looked so nice). Then, the only company he did expect for Sunday arrived, so that was alright. When my friend and I were on the way to the barn, another couple arrived and came with us to visit the monsters and we all walked in together, claiming we had met them as they were admiring the barn. He shook his head, and said "Wow, too funny... no one ever comes to see us!" Then, the next person walked in and the cat was out of the bag In the end we were about 15 people... not sure what happened but a few I had counted on, didn't show. Oh well, they missed a great time, lots of food, wine, jamming, laughing. Both of my kids, one friend who's abstaining for lent, and myself were the only people not drinking... but nobody cared and I bet, we felt a lot better than the rest of the lot in the morning. Still, I had a case of ADD (Ambition Deficit Disorder) yesterday.

Well, that was that and now it's time to trek to the barn for morning chores. It's snowing again, too :upset:

Have a fABulous day, everyone!

[Mick]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Tezhah ..was going to say if you are going into the army..watch out for the mad oirish ...waste of time saying that tho..its like the first battalion o McCalpines fusiliers there!!!:H:H:H

[Lavande]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Hey Sunni, glad to hear you pulled off the perfect party
Congrats on your AFness too - good job! I'm sure you did feel better than most the next day so taking a little time off is OK.
Just rain here, no snow & I'm not complaining

Mick, just exactly what the hell are you talking about? :H :H
You foreigners drive me crazy :H

[Determinator]

af day Tues 19 Feb

whew, checked into another hotel after a big, yet productive AF day. I'm really concentrating on getting good sleep and it's helping tons. also getting great results unwinding in the evenings with kava kava and no side effects.

good to see you all, would comment more but I'm off to bed for another early day of travels

be well

[treetops]

af day Tues 19 Feb

Glad to see you are relaxed Det. Just watch the use of kava esp if using AB as kava affects the liver. I guess you are taking the tablet form (kava kava) but thought I should mention this esp as you are on AB.
Hugs and sweet dreams.