MAE - OK time to get cracking! I am waking an hour later each day - its still very early but my body is adjusting to the time zone. I want to go for a decent walk today but that will depend on weather as even for a hearty old toughie like me - its too nasty here at the moment to go out unless you really have to.
PPQP - so I am feeling for you being in the horrendous rain/ floods in Alberta - its getting quite a bit of coverage here - as are also the dreadful floods in India. But it is monsoon season there (nope not in Canada!) and sadly thousands always have died in the monsoons but its only getting a lot of coverage now with the news-worthy-ness of extreme weather.
Anyway glad you are safe and sound PPQP.:goodjob:
Lav - you also get a thumbs up for :goodjob:by-passing the booze at your social 'do'. Yes it always surprising to realise what the normies drink - or how little they drink AL. But the whole scenario can change rapidly if you get a bunch of different people in the mix. Not necessarily alkies but those who like to let rip if the chance be given (even for some 'social drinkers'). I bet Bear knows what I am talking about - as do you all
Bear - its now getting into the early evening in the UK - so be bloody careful with the twilight zone esp on a Saturday night. You can do it - its just 24 hours at a time and a chunk of that is spent horizontal - even if you are listening to snores. I too have endured the latter and its been an issue in my relationship with G. (my partner). We sleep in separate rooms - not because we hate each other but so we can get decent rest. They don't print that in Marie Claire do they!:H
Mick - yes I enjoyed the pics, they are good at getting the brain cells activated. Hope your weekend is going well. Barmy (or balmy) summer lined up? We have months of winter weather still but the spring flowers are already popping up especially the rhodos and the blossoms.
June - all the best with your social event. Yes it is awkward at first but such a relief to not make any stuff-ups or at least if you do - you can clearly remember them. And also I found that now I can accept invitations that only a year ago I would have shunned through a) knowing I couldnt drink in public b) fear of what might happen if I did drink in front of others. Now I can pick and choose but I am comfortable in not being a social butterfly because thats not me and I get bored with sitting at tables talking about wine and food for hours. Or pretending to.
SF and Running Courage - good to see you again.
Cinders - well looks like we have our work cut out for us on the home front but I dont have a recovering from surgery husband like you, nor the family woes it seems you have been coping with. Or the kids tearing around the house! My Mum died about 17 years ago - which still really cuts me up as we were very close. Your AA group sound supportive. Gosh you pack a lot into the day!
Lavande - I take it that its sticky and hot where you are?? Hope all is going well this weekend. We have to do a survey of our big garden to see if the storm has done any serious damage - as there have been lots of slips near us.
OK - this should get the show on the road. I have tea here for all and am about to make the coffee. Pancakes later folks.
Stay safe and sober in your timezones. I am not standing on my head anymore Mick!
:H:H
PPQP - so I am feeling for you being in the horrendous rain/ floods in Alberta - its getting quite a bit of coverage here - as are also the dreadful floods in India. But it is monsoon season there (nope not in Canada!) and sadly thousands always have died in the monsoons but its only getting a lot of coverage now with the news-worthy-ness of extreme weather.
Anyway glad you are safe and sound PPQP.:goodjob:
Lav - you also get a thumbs up for :goodjob:by-passing the booze at your social 'do'. Yes it always surprising to realise what the normies drink - or how little they drink AL. But the whole scenario can change rapidly if you get a bunch of different people in the mix. Not necessarily alkies but those who like to let rip if the chance be given (even for some 'social drinkers'). I bet Bear knows what I am talking about - as do you all
Bear - its now getting into the early evening in the UK - so be bloody careful with the twilight zone esp on a Saturday night. You can do it - its just 24 hours at a time and a chunk of that is spent horizontal - even if you are listening to snores. I too have endured the latter and its been an issue in my relationship with G. (my partner). We sleep in separate rooms - not because we hate each other but so we can get decent rest. They don't print that in Marie Claire do they!:H
Mick - yes I enjoyed the pics, they are good at getting the brain cells activated. Hope your weekend is going well. Barmy (or balmy) summer lined up? We have months of winter weather still but the spring flowers are already popping up especially the rhodos and the blossoms.
June - all the best with your social event. Yes it is awkward at first but such a relief to not make any stuff-ups or at least if you do - you can clearly remember them. And also I found that now I can accept invitations that only a year ago I would have shunned through a) knowing I couldnt drink in public b) fear of what might happen if I did drink in front of others. Now I can pick and choose but I am comfortable in not being a social butterfly because thats not me and I get bored with sitting at tables talking about wine and food for hours. Or pretending to.
SF and Running Courage - good to see you again.
Cinders - well looks like we have our work cut out for us on the home front but I dont have a recovering from surgery husband like you, nor the family woes it seems you have been coping with. Or the kids tearing around the house! My Mum died about 17 years ago - which still really cuts me up as we were very close. Your AA group sound supportive. Gosh you pack a lot into the day!
Lavande - I take it that its sticky and hot where you are?? Hope all is going well this weekend. We have to do a survey of our big garden to see if the storm has done any serious damage - as there have been lots of slips near us.
OK - this should get the show on the road. I have tea here for all and am about to make the coffee. Pancakes later folks.
Stay safe and sober in your timezones. I am not standing on my head anymore Mick!
:H:H
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