One Step at a time - May 2015

[Dottie Belle]

Morning all,
Up way too early. Going to an event downtown with a friend and she needs to be back for a sports event with her kids so off we go. I couldn't sleep anyway so I just got up. It is daylight so at least that is good.
Back later.

[mama bear]

Dottie - I am so glad you are getting out.
Obama care would have given 1200 monthly payments and 12 THOUSAND annual deductible. SO we are self funding, buying a catastrophic policy for hubs and the boys and paying tax penalty, Ugh!
Enough of that...
Bret and I ad a nice steak and some wine. We did not go to the cigar bar coz I was pooped. I am peacefully having some coffee while he snores next me. Gotta get the laundry going in a bit

[mama bear]

Nora - what are you reading? Every time I go to Orlando I am surrounded by Disney stores and I think of you....I need to find you a Mary Poppins shirt!

[NoraC]

Hello everyone - I slept in today!!!! I didn't wake up until almost 10:00. It was great. I woke up at my normal 6:00 but I got up & went to the bathroom and went back to bed and SLEPT! Then I got up and went on a walk with hubby. I am really going to have to get going if I'm ever going to get 10,000 steps on my Fitbit. LOL

Mama - I hope that you relax today. Right now I am reading 'Just Needs Kilin' ' by Jean Schwartz. I've just been reading random mysteries and I am downloading from Amazon. I had Kindle Unlimited for free for a month and was just reading lots of books. I screwed up and didn't cancel it so I got charged this month. I was going to cancel right then for the balance of the month but I'm enjoying it so much, I decided to keep it for another month. I did just get 'Still Alice' which I want to read but am waiting for a bit. I know that one is going to hurt. :sorrow:

THanks for the offer of a Mary Poppins shirt but you would never find one in my size. Drat. Oh well...........

[NoraC]

Dottie - hope that you have a good time at the event. I am so glad that you had fun last night.

What is everyone doing today?

I am working to try to get over this debilitating depression that I have been in for the past months. I know that it is nothing like what Dottie is going thru and I have told myself that 1000 times. But, that hasn't helped me crawl out of my hole. ???? Anyway, I am trying. I am coming here & posting which is a MAJOR help. (Sorry that you all have to listen to me ramble :newhere I went to the dentist, I went to the optometrist and I have an appointment on Tuesday for a physical. That is huge for me. I am playing all these scenarios in my head about what the Dr is going to find. Cancer, liver damage/failure, diabetes and on & on. So, it has been so much easier to be an ostrich because then it isn't there. Right? Wrong! Anyway, I am trying. That's all I can do for the moment. One Step at a Time, right?

[Glass Half Empty]

Hi Steppers

Sounds like you have a lot going on at the moment, and I’m thinking of you all.

Nora I was going to say I was offering you a hug from downunder but that just sounded wrong! So just a normal hug from me.

Hugs to the rest of you too, especially Dottie and Pauly. Mama - you sound busy! I hope you're enjoying your new job.
xxx

[paulywogg]

Hi Glassy! So good to see you was gonna pop in on the undies to say hi but I'm shy haha, hope all is well with you Nora,maybe some exercise will help your funk? I think you said before that you already take meds for it,can I be nosey and ask which one? Funny thing is you never seem depressed to me,you seem pretty happy at least on here,Dots, glad the meet up was fun off to tame a hyper toddler, back later gators

[NoraC]

Glassie - so GREAT to see you!!!!!! I keep meaning to go over & stalk the Undies. :hahaha:

Here's a hug for you :upsidedown: :hug:

[NoraC]

x-post Pauly - I take Lexapro and I also have Lorazepam for anxiety. I tend to hide the depression and just curl up into a hole and hide.
Have fun taming your toddler. LMAO - I miss having a little one around.

[Glass Half Empty]

:upsidedown:
Please feel free to come and stalk us. Cross cultural communication can only be a good thing! And let's face it, you can never have too many downunder hugs.

[NoraC]

I've had a lazy day since our walk this morning. Haven't even hit 5,000 steps today. Oh well, I don't care. It's been nice to chill. I've been getting more & more anxious this afternoon so finally went & took a Lorazepam. Don't know if it's because back to work tomorrow, not drinking or what. But, I keep looking at the clock to see if it's time for bed yet.

I never did hear back from K9. I hope that everything is going ok with her & Sierra. I just feel so sorry for them.

I've been looking into volunteering at a hospital. I might just go ahead & apply but I'm not sure that they will have anything with the hours that I am available. I've been thinking about doing this for years and never really looked into it. So, we'll see.

I'm still hoping to get the Disneyland passports. That will be something to get me out of the house at least a couple times a week. Fun, walking, spending time with hubs & sometimes son & girlfriend. So, that's something else positive.

Mama got me thinking today about Mary Poppins so I think I'm going to pull those books up on my Kindle and start reading them again.

I hope that everyone has had a wonderful weekend!

[NoraC]

Rusty - are you working at home this week or are you going to be traveling?

Mama -how long are you traveling this week?

[NoraC]

Oh Rusty - I just read and you're staying at your Mom's until Wed when you fly out again. How close do you live to your Mom?

[Rusty]

Good Evening, Friends!

Hi Glass!!! Great to see you! I love the people on the Undies Thread. I've had a not-so-secret crush on G-Man for the LONGEST time!! LOL ;-)

Nora-how sweet of you to ask about staying with my Mom. She turns 88 on Wednesday, and she lives a little over an hour away from me. We will be celebrating her birthday on Saturday when my sister and her husband have a big BBQ and pool/hot tub/sauna party. One of my brother's and his wife will be there with two of their three kids so we should have a great time. We always do! LOVE LOVE LOVE my family. I am one lucky woman. Volunteering at the hospital sounds like a great idea...and with your personality, you are bound to provide needed comfort to the patients and they will so appreciate it...no matter what role you embrace. I envy you looking at Disneyland passports. I assume you live in LA, or near there??? When I was in San Diego, I went to the Zoo and just loved it...If I lived there, I would get a season's pass just to be able to walk in that beautiful place. Good for you for having a lazy day. So glad you have the Lorazepam (sp?) to help with the anxiety. I took Lexapro for a while after my dad died but my GI system could NOT handle it...and I just couldn't tolerate it.

Pauly-I saw on another thread that you will be celebrating your 25th wedding anniversary soon. Congratulations!!

Mama-I hope you had a restful day and I am glad you and hubs had a nice date night.

Dottie-good for you for getting out...you have made huge progress.

Liz-can't wait to hear about your weekend away with your husband. You needed a break. HUGS

Big waves and hellos to everyone else. I am scrambling to get some paperwork done before I go to bed tonight. Hope everyone had a peaceful Sunday.

[NoraC]

Rusty - so glad that you can celebrate with your Mom. That is so special. We are so lucky that we LOVE our families. I have certainly been blessed.

Mama - how are Clay & Trina doing? I'm sure that it's hard. They are still so young. But, I'm sure it's heartbreaking. Was it Clay's idea to break up?