AF Daily - Sunday October 25

[Doggygirl]

Hi all you lazy bones! GET UP!!!! Well, OK. It's Sunday so sleep in if you want to. I got up early as usual but am thinking of our bath robe discussion from a couple days ago, and thinking that my ancient pink one sounds like great attire to wear when...um...watching the Bears game....um...or taking a nap!!

Just wanted to get the thread started. Last night was a big night for me but AA related, so I posted the details in the appropriate place for a change!! Now I am off to the last day of farmers market for the season. I'm going to miss that a lot!

Strength and hope to all and especially to you who are newly AF or struggling today for any reason. Alcohol never makes things better, only makes things worse. It always helps me to remind myself of that anyway.

Rock on AF and Happy Unhung Sunday to all!

DG

[peacenik]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

morning abbers!
hi dg, thanks for the "kickoff"~

i'm jealous you are going to the farmer's market...yesterday was the last day for the big one that i get to sometimes during the season in a city about 125 miles away. i picked up a watermelon, pickles, peppers and my daughter got kettle corn. the tomatoes didn't look too good, so i skipped them and i have enough onions for a while, so i left lighhanded.
you asked how i feel about sequins...did you see the boots i got from born? let's just say those are my idea of fancy shoes! i can't even wear high heels, and i feel silly in sparkly stuff. i did love it when my daughter was little and she wore sparkly shoes...she had red ones, pink and light blue-ish ones and some really nice clear sparkles. too cute.

i'm off to read about your aa experience...i know you were going to speak, so i am excited to see how that went for you.

have a good one all to come!!!
:h

[maslow23]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Hi Everyone.
I hope your day goes well. Thanks for the responses to my rant yesterday. DG--You ROCK and again, I love the bolded statement. Today seems better, but that can change on a dime. It's going to be the first Sunday in a very long time I won't see my kids. My wife says she's too busy and needs to shop for groceries. I just laughed it off, because she doesn't have an outside job (being a mom is a job) so she could do that any day or just let me have the kids while she shops. I think she just wanted a reaction. Well, she got one. "Do what is best for you" was the response. Oops, another rant. Thanks for your patience.

Maslow

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

I pulled a dryer sheet out of the arm of my natty pinky roby. :H

[peacenik]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

better that than an old used kleenex!

[maslow23]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Hey DG,
I just noticed you are going to watch DA BEARS game (or take a nap). I will be watching as well. Let's hope for a victory. Peace and Green-too funny. I'd rather have the dryer sheet!!

[Marshy]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Hi all,

DG - not only did I sleep in but I had an extra hour because the clocks have changed here today.

Peacenik - 125 miles to the the farmer's market? That's dedication! There's a French market near me every few weeks, where French producers come over with their cheese, meats, sweets, booze (!) and more different types of garlic than I've every seen. I always go and drool over the cheese and end up buying far too much of it. Yum!

Maslow - sounds like you're having a hard time but well done for staying calm.

Yesterday I had one of those "wanna get drunk tonight!" feelings. I was at work, fortunately, so after a while it just went away. I think it was just a sudden burst of stress, maybe. I only get those moments every few months, I think, and luckily I'm always somewhere I can't act on it - at work, on the bus, whatever. And it fades after a while. I hope it never happens when I'm actually around booze.

Anyway, I've been for a long swim today. That always makes me feel better.

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

What fucking time is it?

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Peace - 125 miles to the Farmers Market?? Are you :nutso:????? (no, you don't have to answer that!! ) The egg man would only part with 2 dozen eggs for me. I should have been smart and tried for another dozen or two from the other egg person. Lots of people were out stocking up today!!! Egg Man's farm is not too far from where my parents live so I will just plan a monthly trip there for eggs and chicken and stuff. He'll do 4 dozen when you pick up at the farm if you call in advance. Even that will not be 125 miles!!!

:yougo: GO BEARS!!!:yougo: Maslow we have a calendar on the fridge with the schedule so I can tell when the games are as Mr. Doggy could care a rusty hoot about football. It's one of those schedules that realtor types give out. This one showed todays game starting at noon. Now that I know it's at 3, I can GUARANTEE I will nap! It sounds like you did an awesome job staying calm and responding appropriately to the circumstances, even though I know it's a huge disappointment for you not to see your kiddos today. My sponsee is staying with family right now and they are quite a crew when it comes to manipulative behavior and such. Sounds like it's sort of just "business as usual" for them to always be trying to get a rise out of one another. She has started saying the serenity prayer (a LOT) and says it is helping. It helps me a lot too - I have a brother that can get to me just by being alive - he doesn't actually have to *do* anything. For me, I also have to remind myself that I did a lot of crap when drinking that brought out the worst in others, and also created damage in these relationships. That went on for years, so I can't expect people to give me a parade and standing ovation over a short stint of sobriety. You are doing GREAT. Keep trudging along one day or hour or minute at a time. You will not regret the effort you are putting in now to lay a solid foundation for a better way to live.

Long winded again.

Greenie - you OK? It's fecking 1:28PM in my zone according to my 'puter.

Peace and Greenie - definitely the dryer sheet over the snotty kleenex. LOL - I was in the grocery store line yesterday and a lady in front of me asked if I had a kleenex. All I had was a slightly used one - which is what I told her and she wanted it anyway. I would have used my sleeve rather than some stranger's slightly used one. EWWW. I can't believe I actually handed it to her but was standing there on the spot and not thinking fast enough to figure out how to NOT give it to her LOL! Oh well, truth be told we share all kinds of germs anyway. But still...EWWWW for sharing in that fashion.

Marshy, sorry that the drinking thoughts have been knocking on your brain. Glad they are just thoughts and not actions! Do you have netball tomorrow night? The market you described with the cheeses sounds awesome. I LOVE cheeses. Is it legal for cow farmers to use growth hormones in the UK? I don't think it is - I think they are not legal in UK or Europe. I wanted to buy some cheeses from the farmers market here, but he only had US cheeses which DO have growth hormones and antibiotics unless they are specifically labeled as free of those, or organic. I figure I do NOT need any growth hormones for sure. :H Did you figure out what you are going to do with your parent / holiday dilema? (should probably go check that thread if I want to know, now shouldn't I!!)

Picked up a final batch of veggies from the farmers market and also some honey crisp apples from a Michigan guy. These apples are ginormous! Makes me wonder what they are watering the trees with to make THAT happen. But they sure taste good.

Well, I think I'll do sauna and shower and get ready for ....ummmm....the Bears game!

DG

[LVT25]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Hello friends.

Maslow I want to say great job for not reacting negatively to your wife. The subject of relationships and our reactions to people fascinates me, because I constantly struggle with it. I still cannot decide if the things my hubby says and does are intended to get a rise out of me, or if it is just the way he is. A little of both I guess. I was thinking last evening after we arrived home from son's football game, and then some shopping--UHG--that I spend a great portion of my time and energy simply trying to please him. Most of what I say or do depends on how he would react, and unfortunately I think I'm training my sons to be the same way. Why don't I just learn to be myself and if he doesn't like what I say or do, so what?? It is just easier and more comfortable to avoid the conflict I guess.

Speaking of sequins, I found a pair of tennies at the Goodwill store that had sequins all over them and of course thought of DG and Greenie! In hindsight, I wish I would have bought them to go with my plastic silver Elvis pants I bought. I'm not sure what to do with them either, but they looked like the start of a good halloween costume!:H

And, finally, I am proud that I came out of a test of my true sobriety when I survived a shopping outing at Walmart on a Saturday afternoon. OMG that place makes me crazy bitchy--esp when hubby and kids are with me! I think if anything could drive me to drink--that kind of experience would do it! It wasn't my idea BTW!

I'm enjoying a quiet day so far, the guys all went hunting, so Sam and I are enjoying the peace. (Of course the dog is a source of conflict with hubby and I) He gets to come inside and chew up ANOTHER 50 cent toy from Goodwill while no one is here to bitch about it!

Hang in there everybody!!!:h

[peacenik]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

www.peopleofwalmart.com

for you lv!

dg, rmember i live miles from nowhere...you've heard of b.f.e? i live 50 miles PAST that!

[Marshy]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Doggygirl;744302 wrote: Is it legal for cow farmers to use growth hormones in the UK? I don't think it is - I think they are not legal in UK or Europe.

I didn't know, so I had a look and it's a whole big issue between the US and Europe. Cheese wars! Sounds like something out of Monty Python.

France targets Coca-Cola in escalating 'cheese wars' - Telegraph

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Hello Abbers,

No time today to check in til now! Been busy on kitchen duty. Baked cookies, meatloaf, etc. Made a big pot of turkey stock for soup........

Everyone sounds good, I like that!
Life is getting a little better each day. I think I'm finally getting used to this AF life
Change is good!

Have a great evening one & all!
Lav

[SAUSAGE]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Evening all

Please help me folks, I'm really struggling, I've just blown my AF run of days, and just drunk 3/4 bottle of wine, I really hate myself. I haven't even really got a high from it and I know i'll feel rubbish in the morning. I just can't motivate myself to get a run of AF days together any more (and yet i'd previously managed 8 months before) Don't know what is wrong with me. I'm so fed up.

Bye for now

Sausage

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Sunday October 25

Sausage, no matter what you think of yourself right now...... I think you are a lovely child of God and I send you all the love and support that I have to offer. :l