Monday Monday

[chrysa]

Gooood Morning MWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

It's a beautiful spring morning her in the northeast. Good day for a new climb up the mountain. Enjoy Muffins.

C

[Guest]

Monday Monday

Go going Janie! I knew you could do it. Proud of ya Miss Janie!
Smiles
Mar

[Prest4time]

Monday Monday

Congrats Janie!

It's trying to be a beautiful day here, but unfortunately we are getting lots of smoke from the wildfires that is blanketing the air.... ewww. Tired of smelling smoke. It usually dissipates later in the day, so that's good!

Woke up feeling fantastic... great night's sleep and stuck to my goals for Mother's Day of just two glasses of wine. Tackling the exercise head on again this week, and after yesterday's eating marathon, I need to!

Make it a great week everyone!
A-

[eustacia]

Monday Monday

Hey, Everybody!

I'm glad that everyone has awakened to a beautiful new day!

A, congrats on the Mother's Day restraint.:goodjob: Yuck with the smoke! Smoke always gives me the worst headaches. I thought that your neck of the woods was always dewy and verdant--never thought about brush fires!

I've been having the weirdest pain the past couple of days, fairly intense pain on both sides of my middle back near where I think my kidneys might be located. No fever. It feels like muscle pain but I'm not sure what I could have done to get it. It is a major hassle to get to my doctor or to even reach him by phone. Ideas, sleuths?

A lovely day to all who have posted and those yet to come!

:heart: E



P.S. Congrats to you, too, Janie!:whee:

[Kitty]

Monday Monday

Hi all,

The sun is trying it's hardest here in Wales not quite happening though. I post in the May newbies thread each day but I think I'll say hi each day in here too.

I started to modify my drinking on April 25th and since then I have 16 af days out of 20 (I'm already counting today as I'm optimistic!)

I know I wouldn't have been able to acheive this without this site. Being able to share experiences with people who know how I feel has been invaluable and so much more helpful than anything a medical proffesional has been able to offer me.

Thanks everyone and I wish you all well.

Kitty

[eustacia]

Monday Monday

Welcome, Kitty!

And be optimistic!:yougo:


:heart: E

[chrysa]

Monday Monday

Congratulations Janie!!

Hi Kitty!

E -- I think you should call your dr office anyway! But maybe, hopefully it is just a cold in teh back. Have you slept in any cool drafts? Still call the doctor.

[sammys]

Monday Monday

Morning gals, Sounds like a call to the Dr. is good advice, and as for climbing and walking today I say GO NOW!!! That smoke smell sucks, I have been in florida a few times and I does stink and make it hard to be outside. Everyone else I say HI! Getting carpets cleaned today so I better get busy.

Sammys

[ducky]

Monday Monday

Good morning all! Congrats to all who succeeded this w/e. I messed up yesterday and am paying the price. Ready to be mods again today though. I am tired of being tired! I am happy to have this board for inspiration. Tx!

[Accountable for Me]

Monday Monday

Good morning Mods!

I guess I am coming over here and joining the lot of you for now. I have decided to try 'moderating' and with that I had 3 glasses of wine on Friday night. Hubby came home from work and asked if I wanted to have a couple of glasses of wine with him. I was apprehensive but I think I have enough time under my belt being AF so I would try it. I had a couple of glasses in April and was able to leave it for a month. So we will see.

It was really nice actually. Neither one of us were drunk (although I was feeling NO pain seeing I haven't been drinking for months). We put our daughter to bed early and listened to some music and chatted. Something we haven't done as most times when we drink together it was simply to get smashed.

I think my goals will be having a couple once every couple of weeks or more. If it does start to spiral I am back onto the AF train immediately.

Mother's day was pretty nice. The weather could of been warmer but our plans of taking our daughter to the park still worked out OK. Nothing too exciting. Mainly a relaxed day which was really nice. I hope your Mother's Days were good as well!

[gypsi]

Monday Monday

Mornin' all -
I am feeling pretty good today. Only had four beers yesterday, got a good nights' sleep, and I am for once up before 11am
I have a lot of decisions to make in the next few months, and it's pretty important that I have a clear head to make them with. My biggest desire is to travel a bit this summer, but in order to get there, I must finish business with the house, Jim's estate, etc. Kinda hard to do when you've got a beer-soaked brain...

I hope that everyone had a great weekend. My son called me within minutes of crawling out of bed yesterday, so mine started off pretty darn good and kept right on going. Had a strange moment when I went out the front door and found a dozen roses in the front yard (Jr's mothers' ashes are scattered out there), but I just simply brought the roses in the house, put them in water, and set them back outside as an honor to Jim's first wife. Although her children have turned out to be a pretty disrespectful bunch, I think she still deserves to be honored on Mother's Day. It also allowed me the chance to honor my own Mother in a way; she passed away when I was eight years old, and is buried back East. As both Jim and Kay's ashes are spread on the front yard, Father's Day should be quite interesting...

Anyhoo, didn't mean to turn this into a book. Hope everyone has a truly excellent day!! :wavin:

[Kitty]

Monday Monday

Hi E,

My bf's a nurse, he's no expert but I asked him about the pain you have and he says if it's an intense pain you should seek medical advise, if only to put your mind at rest.

Hope you feel better soon.

Kitty

[Lucy Van Pelt]

Monday Monday

Hi everyone!!

I have posted so rarely lately, but have been trying to keep up with reading the posts at least. I hope all of you are well. E- go get yourself checked out! We don't want to worry about you :h Prest, I can relate with the smoke - ugghh. We are getting it as well, from the everglades. Seems like the whole state is on fire. Hey, I like your shoes by the way Mother's day was very nice here. We had the parents and some friends over and ordered in some italian food...yum!

Well, I am just popping in to say a quick "hi". I have loads to do today, and still haven't even showered....yikes!!

Son got his braces off this morning-wow. Now he has retainers in his mouth and at 15 speaks with a lisp...poor guy...cant get a break!!!

Later alll

Beth

[optimist]

Monday Monday

Good day to all - I'm happy as a clam watching my granddaughter nap - just don't get to see her often enough - hope that back feels better - probably should call the doc
hugs to all
OP

[MKR]

Monday Monday

Having a dream............................................. ............ Courage.

Visualizing your dream............................................. ... Persistence.

Physically moving towards your dream.......................... Guts.

Letting go of the "cursed hows"................................... Wisdom.

The look on your friends' faces, as they
*****watch you on "Entertainment Tonight".................... Priceless.

Yeah, that ought to light a fire -
**** The Universe

____________________________________

Morning Mods! I have to say, NEVER wanted to be on Entertainment Tonight thank you very much! Simply prefer to lead a quiet, more private life than that.

First and foremost - E, call the doctor!

Sounds like many of you had a wonderful Mother's Day. Glad to hear it!!

I had quite a surprise from the boys and it was such a thrill. 8:30 yesterday morning, I am stepping into a bath and the boys arrive with tools, soil, rose bushes, flowers and herbs. They cleaned a whole area up and planted all of these beautiful flowers and herbs for me. I got such a kick outta that. They also stopped and picked up all the breakfast fixins. My son's fiancee went fishing with her mom so both boys were at the house for hours. It has been a couple years since we had alone time like that. What a pleasant day. Went and saw my mom for dinner so that was lovely too.

I had one rum and coke while at my parents, it lasted me over 2 hours as I kept icing it down. I felt pretty relaxed by the time I finished it. I am surprised my body took that kind of time, now out of the habit that I would come home and shoot one down in 15 minutes!

Good on all of you deciding to do mods for 30 days with an actual plan in place for each day. I think that is the best way to establish new habits. Living a conscious and deliberate life. What could be more calming?

Hugs and Love to all of you . . .Have a wonderful day!
Mary