Morning me luvlies!
Its St Patrick's Day here now and although even yesterday I saw groups of drunk female students in short green couture (joke! more like rubbish bags) I won't be celebrating the day. We never have in our family and its not because of my Scots heritage (we wouldn't even know when St Andrews was). My partner G. comes from a huge line of Irish Catholic boozers and they don't celebrate the day either. Mind you the generations have been in NZ since the 1840s. But the vultures of commerce are onto St Paddy's of course! So don't worry Pauly - plenty of people take the day in its stride but it must be crazy in Vegas.
Over the past 48 hours I have organised and spoken at a workshop, been a samosa cook, baked one of the best cakes in my life, made a Mancunian style cheese pie, been the Easter Bunny in the forest of a former lunatic asylum, chauffeured giggly and carsick teenage girls - along with all the usual tasks. Would I have done this when I was drinking? Yes I would have - but I would have rewarded myself with a lot of wine, probably burnt the cake and myself and been a grouch at the end of it all. I was very knackered and did have a wine 'twinge' for a few minutes but tossed that aside and collapsed in bed with some DVDs, icecream and chocolate. I don't usually do the latter so it was a treat. Also find I don't pig out on such food as much as when I had been drinking. No guilt.
Mick - todays your Trotsky-off day (aha another titbit for you to find a joke for) and you have redeemed yourself by sharing that you bring the wife brekkie in bed on her day off. Thats lovely. G. did it once - only once - because I refused to eat a raw egg (he immersed the egg in a cup of boiling water to save time on cooking it), toast with mould on it, and lukewarm coffee. The guy says he loves me - so love can be very very blind I guess.
Blondie - as you know many people have high cholesterol without the booze - and despite a healthy diet. The jury is still out on high vs. low vs. good/bad cholesterol and there are many many dietary myths about this - and the causes of heart disease.
LTLW - another day AF? Great isn't it? Sorry about your wee doggies. Soon the spring flowers will be poking through the ground where you live.
SL - I don't worry too much about Fridays now. For those of us with kids (like you) the work doesn't cease cos its the weekend - in fact its usually more chaotic. Maybe try to find ways to make it easier for you so you can have some time to do your own thing - or crawl away in a cave and sleep - whatever works for you. I keep food really basic on Friday nights and try to get time for a DVD/book/internet window shopping etc. But if I was younger and without a family i would probably want to go out - not sure how that works for trying to be AF. To be honest i think it must be bloody hard.
Lavande - are you being Super-Gran this weekend - anyway I bet you are coping and enjoying it. I thought of you when I was cooking for the offspring and her mates. Its exhausting but its a way I can show my love. Sounds similar for BHOG too - welcome!
PPQP - hope your event went smoothly and that your Dad visit went that way too. getting any warmer yet up there in Canada?
OK - I need to get some more coffee, Sunday papers have just been delivered and I need some healthy food.
Have a great Sober Sunday!
Its St Patrick's Day here now and although even yesterday I saw groups of drunk female students in short green couture (joke! more like rubbish bags) I won't be celebrating the day. We never have in our family and its not because of my Scots heritage (we wouldn't even know when St Andrews was). My partner G. comes from a huge line of Irish Catholic boozers and they don't celebrate the day either. Mind you the generations have been in NZ since the 1840s. But the vultures of commerce are onto St Paddy's of course! So don't worry Pauly - plenty of people take the day in its stride but it must be crazy in Vegas.
Over the past 48 hours I have organised and spoken at a workshop, been a samosa cook, baked one of the best cakes in my life, made a Mancunian style cheese pie, been the Easter Bunny in the forest of a former lunatic asylum, chauffeured giggly and carsick teenage girls - along with all the usual tasks. Would I have done this when I was drinking? Yes I would have - but I would have rewarded myself with a lot of wine, probably burnt the cake and myself and been a grouch at the end of it all. I was very knackered and did have a wine 'twinge' for a few minutes but tossed that aside and collapsed in bed with some DVDs, icecream and chocolate. I don't usually do the latter so it was a treat. Also find I don't pig out on such food as much as when I had been drinking. No guilt.
Mick - todays your Trotsky-off day (aha another titbit for you to find a joke for) and you have redeemed yourself by sharing that you bring the wife brekkie in bed on her day off. Thats lovely. G. did it once - only once - because I refused to eat a raw egg (he immersed the egg in a cup of boiling water to save time on cooking it), toast with mould on it, and lukewarm coffee. The guy says he loves me - so love can be very very blind I guess.
Blondie - as you know many people have high cholesterol without the booze - and despite a healthy diet. The jury is still out on high vs. low vs. good/bad cholesterol and there are many many dietary myths about this - and the causes of heart disease.
LTLW - another day AF? Great isn't it? Sorry about your wee doggies. Soon the spring flowers will be poking through the ground where you live.
SL - I don't worry too much about Fridays now. For those of us with kids (like you) the work doesn't cease cos its the weekend - in fact its usually more chaotic. Maybe try to find ways to make it easier for you so you can have some time to do your own thing - or crawl away in a cave and sleep - whatever works for you. I keep food really basic on Friday nights and try to get time for a DVD/book/internet window shopping etc. But if I was younger and without a family i would probably want to go out - not sure how that works for trying to be AF. To be honest i think it must be bloody hard.
Lavande - are you being Super-Gran this weekend - anyway I bet you are coping and enjoying it. I thought of you when I was cooking for the offspring and her mates. Its exhausting but its a way I can show my love. Sounds similar for BHOG too - welcome!
PPQP - hope your event went smoothly and that your Dad visit went that way too. getting any warmer yet up there in Canada?
OK - I need to get some more coffee, Sunday papers have just been delivered and I need some healthy food.
Have a great Sober Sunday!
Glad you have had a good day with the teenage girls......my teenager is in bed sick today.
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