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[Pavati]

Goodnight, Gloamers:

Just made the mistake of checking work email before bed (so annoyed with myself for doing so), and I will be dealing with a crappy situation with a major asshole first thing Monday morning. Thankfully, I am getting better at detaching from situations like this, and while I am stressed and annoyed, I know I'll have a clearhead to deal with it all.

But I choose to be happy right now. Life is pretty good.

Happy birthday to those 17 year olds. My son will be 16 and driving in April. How did that happen?

Xo
Pav

[treetops]

Oh dear, Pav - never a good idea to check work emails late at night. You get a good night's rest if you can.
Well I bombed out as the Domestic Goddess tonight.:cuss: Tried to make a zucchini crusted pizza and well you know - lots of tasty mush! I am beginning to suspect that some recipes on the internet deliberately set out to sabotage us wonder women - at least a recipe from a book usually has some quality control!

[patrice]

Hi all,
Hope the day is good. My day was busy, hot and so tiring... I've been eating really well, no alcohol, sleeping well, on holiday for the last week, taking supplements.. Mmm I think I need to get the hormones checked... I've been listening to lots of podcasts on functional health and lack of energy seems to be related to hormones. I really don't think I should be feeling this tired after only 1 day back at work.. Or should I? Anyway, is it a good idea to get a thyroid and hormone tests?
Pav - I never open school emails on a Sunday and if I do, I always wish I hadn't too!
TT - didn't realise you were a vegetarian.. Great to be one in NZ, lots of choice.. Here also pretty good. There is a supermarket here that often has NZ stuff like ETA chips, tip top ice cream and they also have Krispie biscuits sometimes. It's great, they also stock really great Waitrose stuff from the UK and some US Stuff like popcorn .
I'm becoming a bit of a food freak.. I found this fresh coconut milk in 1 cup tubes and I mix a quarter cup of chia seeds overnight in a jar, then add berries and roasted pumpkin seeds. It's like a set yoghurt.. Surprisingly very filling. And I just take it to work in the jar and eat it out of the jar! No dishes involved!
Tonight is actually a night when I could have had wine, despite all this healthy eating, meditation and stuff, today I felt grumpy and glum.. I didn't go down that route and I'm glad about that..
Anyway girls, I might find some good trashy stuff on TV and head off to bed
Xx
Pat

[scottish lass]

At work - sending hugs to Pav - crappy situations on Mondays stink!
Happy birthday to the birthday Mum TT! Your day to celebrate too.
Pav - my 16yo is not driving yet, but we need to get on it - will make my life easier, but I am not jumping at the bit for sure
Hi to Pat, Nar and DB too
See you later!

[narilly]

Hi everyone, Pat that recipe sounds good. I have been changing my diet a lot too. I am eating low carb high fat and so I have to try new things.
TT, I was going to make zucchini crust pizza too. I will have to look into it a bit more to prevent sogginess.

Pav, that sucks about checking your email. I hope your day went ok though.

Big hug SL

Talk later.

[scottish lass]

So - had the Monday blues today - driving to work and really in a funk - recalled my post yesterday about thinking my way into a better mood - so sat for my commute with a goofy grin plastered to my face - by the end of the day I am feeling somewhat better, but still stinking Monday
My troubled employee who knows he is in hot water pulled more nonsense on Sunday - I mean really??? What the heck! Luckily I did not see that last night at bed time, but I must have had some clue as to what was waiting for me at work!
Zuccini pizza crust - sounds like an oxymoron - really ladies:egad: - pizza is pizza!!!

[little beagle]

My favorite pizza is shrimp and veggie. Thin crust for low carbs. Very light cheese for low fat.
Had an off day today. I woke up to 5 messages from my brother. Seems a gentleman i briefly went to school with is trying to get in touch with me to make amends. Well that opened a can of worms. I have to admit that I vaguely remember what it's about. But it tells you how messed up my life was then that someone did something so bad to me that 30 some years later they feel a need to make amends and I can only vaguely remember it. I have sincerely tried to forget and put that crap behind me and all day all I could do was remember. And then hubby got into a snit because I was in a bad mood, stormed off into the spare room and acted like an ass all night. Ohhhhhh!!!!!
Well tomorrow is another day.
Dottie don't overdo. I saw a thing on facebook about putting down a tarp when it snows and then taking it up to expose the bare ground for little dogs who need bare ground to do their business, a cleaver idea I thought.
We are cold here tonight. I could use a little extra warmth in bed tonight, but both doggies are with me and I am wearing my socks. Now before you laugh, remember I don't have central heating and just 3 space heaters for this house.

[treetops]

Hi there and thanks for the congratulations SL. I don't do birthdays very well and to be honest I am more than a little weepy today. Of course I wanted to spoil my daughter but its a school day. I thought we would have a family meal together but she has just texted to say she won't be home for dinner as she is going to see a play with her school friends. I had cooked some of her favorite things - chicken lasagna (I don't eat it) and fresh strawberry cake plus tiramasu. The outcome now sucks for me - but its her birthday. I always get it wrong!
Pat - glad that you didn't drink - its weird how those niggles creep up even when you are doing everything right - i.e. eating well, thinking positive etc, - thats the nature of the beast. Going to bed, reading a good book, watching tv, a dvd, eating - diversions - you did the right thing. A bit like I have to deal with my sense of sadness and loneliness now. This is also now what used to be my drinking timezone and in the past I would have used this as a huge excuse to get plastered. And probably make my daughter feel guilty, and pick a fight with my partner. Truth is, I am pissed off and I will be pissed off with him because he just does not understand the amount of labour and love that can go into cooking - he will see it as what it objectively is - food. Since doing his cooking has got me behind in my paid work - I'll now focus on that - to at least salvage something for myself! Sorry to rant. One of those moments.

[NoSugar]

I just read a few pages and it seems like we've all got a range of challenges - work, family, reappearing boyfriends (!), life changes, imperfect health - and all of us are responding with normal feelings of frustration, confusion, hurt, and resentment but... NOT DRINKING! How cool is that??? We're dealing with life on its own terms without taking the easy way out! We are tough, aware, committed and WE SHOULD BE PROUD!

[scottish lass]

Gloamers rule - Gloamers rock! We are the greatest and we will survive (cue Gloria Gaynor:sohappy we are the Gloamers.
Huge hugs TT:hug:
Hmm LB - blasts from the past

[scottish lass]

Dottie - (and Dotties friends) - just read your post on the steppers and I am so dreadfully sorry about your husband. Please take so much care of yourself, my thoughts and prayers are with you.....

[Dottie Belle]

I am totally devastated. He was my world and strength...I dont know how to go on.....I want to drink so bad...
I have a friend from church here spending the night...I am grateful for her.

[treetops]

So very sorry for you Dottie. You will be in such shock and grief. Good that you have some support with you XX

[patrice]

Dottie, I wrote on the Steppers thread too, I'm so sorry for your shocking loss...I'm so glad you have your friend with you at this time
Xx

[available]

Dot i am so very very sorry to hear about your husband. Sending you strength and love and hugs. I am thinking of you at this time. He would not want you to drink Dot.
xx