Sizzling September

[SnoopyC]

Good morning...

It's Thursday and my campaign of taking care of myself is working well. I ordered Senior All One vitamins (remember the All One here?) and will take that for a month, eating carefully, and invited my husband out to dinner in the city, eating outside. It was relaxing and beautiful. Tonight after work I have to decide what to wear for the wake and funeral, and do a little laundry and pack. So, over the weekend I probably won't be on this site.

Lav, that is so sad to hear about the progressive MS. Sometimes it happens, with all kinds of illnesses, nutrition is just not gonna be enough. I was talking to someone, yesterday, who had been through some hard years, and we agreed that those years come, we don't know why, it just has to be endured and managed the best you can. Wonderful you are there for the emotional support. Hope you get to do something fun today. How's the weather? Just beautiful here.

Dill, hope you are doing well and enjoying the weather.

Cyn, you drive yourself really hard, I have a feeling you love getting things done. Sounds like a fun night out with your husband, it's almost like you live two different lives! I found out my husband is going to be gone on business for a few days in October, and we are not usually separated. I won't like it much, but what can you do? Whatever you want, right? Haha.

Pauly, allergies are not fun, I had to take some Allegra yesterday, something was going on, itching and welts, so that took care of it. Sorry about the anxiety,that is hard to deal with. Hope you have a better day today.

Well, off for more coffee and to read Mick's jokes. Have a good one.

[Lavande]

Good morning Star & everyone

Weather is nice here, 55 now & heading up to 77 for a high - sweet!
I am liking having a little more time to myself since the kids have returned to school. Gives me more time to do the stuff I want to do, haha!!

Star, glad to hear your self care plan is working. We really owe it to ourselves, don't you think?
Once this weekend & the funeral are over think about staying on that plan. You deserve the best, always :hug:

Hello to Dill, Pauly & the hard-working Cyn. I hope everyone is OK!
If anyone is interested the MindBodyGreen website had a posting on Facebook yesterday about quinoa. It was 11 quinoa bowl recipes - yum

Have a fabulous AF day everyone.

Lav

[dill]

Hello dear friends,
Star, I am glad you are taking steps to take care of yourself. I am assuming Mr. Star will accompany you to the funeral which will be a great help too. Will both your children be able to afford the travel and be there? I find that the grief is offset by being able to be with family and sharing loving memories. I do not have a very good memory so I love hearing memories of others as they rekindle my own and help me reach back to happy moments. I hope you wilI have lots of memories shared with your loved ones over the weekend and that it buoys your spirits. I will miss your posts over the weekend but will be thinking of you and sending you love.

Lav, I am so terribly sorry to hear about the extremely progressive nature of your niece-in-law's MS. Did you mention if they have children? If so what ages? So sad. They do seem to have many more drug therapies for MS available. Maybe she will have some help that way. My nephew (age 9) was diagnosed with MD 3 years ago and it has been heart-breaking for all of us. My brother has had some really hard times these last few years but as Star says, we must endure.

Pauly, Louie's dad sounds like an idiot, saying a two year old only takes naps if they're bored. I don't think 2 year olds get bored! If they get overtired they get cranky and impossible, we all know that! I'm sorry, but I have to say it again. Louie's father sounds like an idiot!

Cyn, I had to take a nap after reading your post! LOL! You keep a pace I no longer could. I don't know that I ever could, really. You need to practice mini self care minutes when your life gets that busy. Make sure you take moments to breathe or focus on a yourself and the life forces and energy inside your body. For instance, take a moment to "feel" your hand (or foot or arm, etc.). Not by touching it, but by focusing your mind on it, where it is, what it feels like at that present moment. That was a meditation technique I learned a few years ago altho I'd have to look through my old meditation information to remember who I learned it from.

Nothing but clear skies and smooth sailing here. I love this weather! Mr. D and I are goingt to amble over to a local auction house that recently opened up in our little town to preview the items in the auction. We aren't looking for anything in particular, just an experience.
Have a great af Thursday everyone.

[treegirl]

Good evening all -

Star - I'll miss your posts, too - but will be thinking of you and sending support. Travel safely. Your plan is really great - good for you. And I agree with Lav - sounds like a good plan to keep going after you return.

Lav - so sorry about your nephew's wife. It is a good reminder to savor every day. I saw the quinoa recipes - can't wait to try them out...

Dill - in the midst of things I have been a starting to be a very good 'noticer', which I think is helping me come back into myself after all these months of craziness. After an early supper I was outside working (a little) on the house, and looked up to see the MOST amazing colors in the sky: lavendar to deep blue, golden to deep orange. Quite a sunset. Then a little later saw the 1/2 moon shining brightly. I feel so lucky to be able to see the world.

Pauly - good luck with anxiety, hope you feel better soon.

Gosh I don't feel like I was so busy, but I guess so. I actually slowed down a lot yesterday, except for making a ton of veggies and some baked chicken for Mr T to take back to his rental. He is feeling a bit better, but needs to understand that what he eats actually has an effect on his health and immunity. Change will only come from me cooking some things for him, so I'll do my best. Star, Mr T and I have had to do these long working-times apart many times. It doesn't get much easier...just about when I've finally found my work groove and am getting my stuff done, he shows up for a day or two and it all goes to you-know-where in a handbasket. Oh well! It's good to have another human around occasionally - otherwise I get to talking to the dogs all the time...

Stay well and happy all -

[SnoopyC]

Good morning...

Up before 5 am, I am not surprised. Anxious about the next few days, but peaceful, too. Everything is taken care of the best we can and now the several hour drive to where I grew up. Luckily, the weather is just perfect, could't be nicer.

Dill, my kids are coming, and all their cousins, and some other family, so that will be the silver lining, to see everyone again. When we were younger, we were a closer family, and had so much fun together. Hope you had fun at the auction with your hubby. Any other fun plans this weekend?

Lav, I will keep up with this self-care plan,and over the weekend too, I just feel so much better. Sleeping soundly, high energy (till nighttime) stable mood. Focusing on gratitude throughout the day and letting myself be joyful is getting stronger as I practice. You told me, and it works. How are you doing? Nice to have more time to yourself. I will check out those quinoa recipes. Thanks.

Cyn, you are so funny, am I busy. Yes! You are and it is your life and you get so much done and enjoy everything, your home, work, relationships. I love the way you are into nature and really let yourself notice the beauty of the world and appreciate the beautiful property you live on. Right now more than anything, it is the sounds...so noisy outside. I love those sounds. This time of year is the best.

Pauly, hope you are feeling better. This is so weird, but remember the other day when I broke out in welts and felt itchy? (TMI right?) The only thing I could figure out is that I had bought these chicken breasts and they were huge, I mean so big, and I wondered if they were filled with antibiotics, chemicals,who knows what? So, I threw the leftovers out and have felt better since. I don't know if it is food for you, but isn't that so weird? I am going to have to go to a store where the meat is chemical free or something. Seriously. So, just thought I would mention it. I took Allegra, and that helped, but now it is two days later and I am fine, no need for more Allegra. What the heck.

Peace-

[paulywogg]

Morning friends, Star,you sound very good my thoughts will be with you this weekend, good you get to see some relatives,you mentioned the all one the other day,funny cuz I recently bought it too,tastes yucky! I like a vitamin powder that natures bounty makes but I read it has soy in it and some other unfamiliar ingredients tooDill,Louie's dad is an idiot,turns out more of an idiot than I previously thought,this guy text me at 3 a.m yesterday saying he wished I would drink so he'd have someone to talk to!guess he must have liked me puking on his car and shoes last time I drank,hmmm,Cyn,you're sounding good too Lav,what's on the agenda today? I love quinoa,I like how it goes both ways,sweet or savory,I need to cook a batch up its been awhile, hope we all have a happy,safe,Friday

[Lavande]

Good morning friends, happy Friday to all

It's a little cloudy at the moment but I think the sun will show up eventually. Grateful to be done with the excessive heat & humidity.

Star, sleep can really be difficult in the over fifty age group. I have noticed many Facebook friends complain about the same thing. Of course adding an extra layer of stress doesn't help much.
You sound pretty good regardless & I hope this weekend brings you some comfort.
I am more convinced than ever that our food needs to be as clean & healthy as possible. I am perfectly happy going meatless most days to be honest. Paying extra for organic meats is probably best. We have been buying free range chickens from our Amish friend for a while now. The chickens are small, not those overly bloated things you see in the supermarket. I've been trying to convince my carnivore spouse that eating less meat is probably a good idea anyway.

Cyn, working shift work all of our lives meant that we were never usually home at the same time. That probably led to the development of the weird relationship we have, haha!!!
Glad you took some time to notice the sky
By the way, I not only talk to the dogs but I talk to the chickens too, LOL

Greetings Dill & Pauly, hope you are both OK.

Time to get to Curves.
Have a great AF day everyone!

Lav

[dill]

Hi all, just a quick check in for me today. I clicked on a thread called "I'm leaving My Way out" and read two posts before my head began to hurt and my eyes began to cross. Blecchh. Who needs to come on here for pointless drama! I'm glad I have you guys!

Nice day here again today but it looks like we'll be in for rain this evening. Hope we all enjoy a peaceful, af Friday night.

[paulywogg]

I agree Dill! Too much drama but if I were a poster in the meds section, I'd probably consider leaving too,one poster is being really mean to some members and I can't imagine how that helps,I reached out to one via p.m.just to support her in all of that mess,what a shame

[Lavande]

Hey Dill & Pauly,

Funny, I was just thinking the other day that I never look in the General section or Meds section anymore. Never look to see what the Moderators are talking about either. I tired of all the drama a long time ago. I'm happier just trying to stay in touch with friends I have made here & on the Daily thread. Keeping unecessary drama out of my life has been a big part of my sober plan for going on 7 years & I'm not about to change that now :hug:

[dill]

Ha! Me too Lav! I got caught up in some of the drama here once or twice in the past. I realize now how silly I was to let it scoop me up. It definitely was not my reason for being here! I was looking for support, advice, ideas, etc. on how to quit and stay quit. The drama was hurtful and confusing and I simple walked away from it by not posting on those threads anymore. Lucky for me the troll did not follow me to other threads! Also I found support from others that made me feel better and helped me decide to remain on MWO.

Pauly, it's nice of you to be the one giving that moral support. I didn't stay on that thread long enough to understand who was causing the problems and who was being victimized. I just got in and got out!

Lav, keeping unnecessary drama out of my life is critical too. I have enough on my plate as it is! I never was one for drama tho. I am a natural born "peacemanker". It goes with the territory when you are trying to stuff emotions and stay on an even keel! LOL!

Thinking of you Star.

Hi Cyn, hope to see you later.

Did I mention Mr. D and I went to a forum on Thursday about drug issues in our county? There was an excellent speaker there from Ohio State Uni. giving a presentation on addiction/alcoholism. I actually learned things I didn't know already which surprised me because we've been immersed in this stuff, as you know! LOL. Anyway, I'm glad we went.
I am part of one of the groups that helped put it on, so I felt pretty good about that, too.

Looks like we might have rain today. I hope it doesn't spoil my gson's football game. We will be going to the game and bringing the kids home with us after for an overnight. Fingers crossed for nice weather. Have a nice af Saturday everyone!

[treegirl]

happy Saturday all -

Star - thinking of you, so glad that you'll have family all around.

Dill - I have never checked any other site except our own homey one here. I feel privileged to be a part of this group. I have forgotten to say that part of my self-care plan is to be close to water nearly every day. Thank goodness for our adorable little lake close by. I drop by there even for just a few minutes as often as I can; nearly every day. Just soaking up the water energy is a good thing.

Lav - I'm going to do some Quinoa cooking today, along with a pumpkin custard that I love. I make it with goat's milk and brown rice syrup, and it's so eggy that it's a good breakfast treat as well. I'm trying to get a rotation of recipes that I can get together quickly and get a system in place. Re-inventing the wheel each day is tiring! It helps that it's cool enough to use the oven now...

Pauly - hope you get some good rest soon. As Lav said, sleep is an issue these days; it's on the top of my gratitude list when I get a full night's sleep! I'm sorry that you have to deal on a daily basis with people who are actively drinking to excess, that must be hard. Gotta pull on your blinders and ignore that energy, right?!

Take care all, and enjoy whatever your Saturday brings. (PS Lav - if I had chickens I would talk to them too!)

[treegirl]

PS Dill - great about the Forum your group sponsored. I wish all communities would do the same. We are in the thick of drug culture here, even though (or because) we're in the middle of nowhere. So sad... Thanks for being pro-active.

[paulywogg]

Hello friends, Dill,what kind of things did you learn at the forum?was there a lot of people? I agree with you all about staying out of the drama,just that thread was showing up in the little box and I clicked it cuz I'm nosy I guess,I don't usually read the meds section cuz I don't take baclofen and don't really understand it anyways but I don't think that just because its not my way of quitting, I still think people on a forum should be supported not brought down by harmful words ya know? Still in the 100's here and even though I love the heat,its getting on my nerves,I want fall in the air and my warm clothes,there's pumpkin spice everything but it still feels like July, weird,well off to get myself ready for work, hope everyone has a nice Saturday

[Lavande]

Greetings friends.
Never had a chance to check in today even though I've been up since 5:30!!!!
My 4 1/2 yr old grandson apparently like to get started EARLY!! What a bugger, LOL

Star, I hope this weekend is going as well as possible for you.

Dill, my drama free lifestyle necessitated me blowing off some toxic friends & relatives. I've mentioned some of them here. It's a choice I made & feel comfortable with, no regrets.
Drug use & abuse knows no boundaries. It's right here in cow country too. My son has been on plenty of medic runs right where we live as well as on his regular job in DC. There are 2 colleges not far from here where drugs & alcohol cause a lot of damage to young lives. Anything we can do as a community to help has to be a good thing. Good for you & Mr D!

Cyn, clean eating is what keeps me going these days! I don't mind spending extra time figuring it all out. I actually enjoy the research Cooking & baking in the cooler weather is not so bad. I think my chickens are starting to perk up a bit with these cooler temps.

Pauly, sorry you are still dealing with summer heat, ugh. I would never survive living out your way. You must be an extra strong individual, ha ha!!!
My niece has been on Baclofen for the muscle spasms with her MS. But it's not working so she is going onto newer meds. Baclofen was intended for that use. The off label use of that drug is confusing, to say the least & it does not come without side effects.

Have a peaceful night everyone!

Lav