Like Minded Lushes August 2013
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Sat - 3 drinks0
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Thursday - bottle of wine and a vodka cocktail
Friday - pint of a yummy Belgian ale, a Magners, and a bottle of wine
Saturday - pint and a half of Wit at lunch, crappy chardonay at a lame neighborhood fest, 40 oz. of Land Shark at the baseball game, and a vodka cocktail after the game. I made Eric and I each a second cocktail, we took them up to bed, and decided we didn't want them. They're still in our fridge.
Sunday - 0
Weekly total = about 20-21. That's actually not terrible considering Saturday was sort of an all day event. And I never got super hammered all weekend.
This week I plan on another 0 tonight. Tuesday we may be doing dinner with friends which means at least a couple drinks. Wednesday is book club, and Thursday Eric will be at one of his fantasy football drafts, so I may drink wine and watch crappy movies. Then Friday we head to the NC mountains for the holiday weekend! I really shoudl abstain Thursday to gear up for that. We'll see.0 -
UGH Monday again :grumble:
Friday-1 beer before heading to the inlaws and 3 small glasses of wine at in laws then 2 small glasses when we got home.
We had such an amazing time downtown saturday. We hit a few bars on the way to start the scavenger hunt and we were feeling pretty good by the time we started. Then we hit a couple of bars after the scavenger hunt. So all total.....5 beers before hunt and 5 cocktails after. Then a beer back in the room. Then yesterday we kept it going and stopped at rock bottom on the way home had lunch and two beers then another beer while we walked to the market and then lots of pineapple vodkas and sprite throughout the rest of the day!
I am sleepy today!!!!!!!! I'm going to try for another dry monday-thursday!0 -
Sun - 6 beers
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Party was awesome...I was a total slug yesterday and enjoyed all the leftovers.
Switching to packing/vacation mode this week. Need to find all of son's dorm stuff since we will drop him off at college at the end of our trip. I can't believe summer is over. It went way too fast. :ohwell: Hopefully I won't be a crying mess when I drop him off this year...should be much easier than last since I know what to expect. He starts his RA job the day after Labor Day...other students dont show up and classes don't start til the end of Sept.
But we're looking forward to a few days vacation with him before. Hitting up Santa Barbara, Monterey/Carmel and maybe a day trip to San Francisco. Otherwise we're going to spend some time in Santa Cruz and get to know the city there since we usually just do drive bys to do drop off/pick ups.
Hope everyone has a great week..I'm gunna try to get in some exercise before we leave. I'm avoiding the scale! :noway:0 -
Monday-0...even though Len was working OT...i still managed to abstain...although I did have lots of chocolate peanut butter
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Monday - 0
Tuesday - shooting for 30 -
Saturday - 2 rum and diet, 3 margaritas
Sunday - 0
Monday - 2 hard ciders0 -
Hello dear lushes. I survived Alaska. Doug and I are kind of on each others nerves right now because the trip just wasn't what we had hoped. We did do some serious drinking though. we had 4 fifths fo vodka, one fifth of Crown Royal and the equivelant of 12 bottles of wine. oh and one fifth of irish cream for the coffee every morning. Man that sounds like an awful lot of booze. Oh well it is how I survived the rain.
Sounds like things are just cruising along here.
I am glad your party went well Syd.
I hope you survive the heat wave Kim.
Renny I am glad you are posting with us now.
I need some zeros like Diana, Kate, et al but I am not quite ready since the tension is still on at home. It will pass once we get back into the swing of things.
I put a down payment on our fake grass for the back yard. (the dogs are just too hard on the real stuff with all the rain and it is a small yard.) I am looking forward to a whole lot less mud this winter.
I am glad to be back. I hope I was missed a little
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welcome home mama lush! you were missed. I'm sorry the weather didn't cooperate for your trip...that sucks. But it sounds like you kept up with your lush status/title.
I cleaned out the house of all the leftovers...i was sick of looking at them. I told the guys if the brownies and cake pops werent gone by today i'd throw those out too. I don't even like sweets all that much but I had a frickin cake pop for breakfast yesterday. those are much needed wine calories for cryin out loud!
Son is all packed up for college. Exercising today and a few errands..then time to start a bit of a vacay. Booze has been moderate. 1 glass of wine while watching breaking bad. I'll probably have another tonite.0 -
I am glad to be back. I hope I was missed a little
We sure did!! Glad your home safe and sound. Stupid rain!!!!!!!!
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Robin- Nice to have you back! My older brother just got a job in Nome AK. Very remote and rugged place. Perhaps I will visit.
Sydney- What a great party!
Looks like some are going for the zeros this week. I did well last week keeping the boozing to Thurs, Fri, Sat and just one drink Sunday. Yesterday- well let's just forget about yesterday. Will go for zeros Tues - Thurs.
:flowerforyou: For you all!0 -
Okay, not drinking tonight is not going to happen. My SD card corrupted and all the video from the rafting (with very close up eagle and mama moose) the horseback riding and everything in between is effing gone:explode:
I am tired of crying and i need a drink.
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Okay, not drinking tonight is not going to happen. My SD card corrupted and all the video from the rafting (with very close up eagle and mama moose) the horseback riding and everything in between is effing gone:explode:
I am tired of crying and i need a drink. :mad:
That really really really really sucks hairy donkey balls (quoting the eloquent words of Syd)! I would soooo buy you drinks if I was there where you are. I would tell you that you have those memories stored in your head but that is a load of BS. I guess this only means you have to go back and hopefully the weather will be more cooperative and you and Doug can make up.
Tuesday - 2 glasses chardonnay0 -
:flowerforyou: Thanks Robin. And nice to have you back. It is really important for me to post on here. I know people understand.
Sunday: 3 or 4 - and then I became melancholy and wrote 2 poems. (I know! who does that?!) I am not even a poet.
Monday: 0
Tuesday: 0
Aiming for more zero's.
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Oh Robin
So sorry!!! I know I would die if I lost pics from my hawaii vacation!!!!!!!!!
Renny, alcohol expression....I tend to tap into my emotional side when drinking too...good thing, bad thing! Hope your melancholy is better :happy:
Another day another zero!!! Set the wrong alarm today, missed my morning yoga and jog....I'll get some yoga into tonight though. Len is working OT again tonight (if the weather holds out) I shall sip on my diet dr pepper and ignore the urge to drink my boredom away :bigsmile:0 -
Robin, that does suck hairy donkey balls! Sounds like a good reason to drink to me!
Renny, I used to get real drunk and write quite a bit myself.
Hi to everyone else!
Mon - 0
Tues - my leftover vodka pineapple from Saturday night that has been in the fridge ever since (yes I drank it), a cucumber kolsch and red wine at dinner, and nothing after! So 3.
I got a little pissy with my husband. He said on the way home, "we probably shouldn't drink anything, huh?" And I said, "it's up to you". So we didn't stop for a bottle of wine. We got home, I put the baby to bed, came down and he had cracked open a beer. There is pretty much nothing in the house I want to drink right now. Except Kettle and I refuse to mix that and I wasn't feeling a martini. I ended up making him feel guilty, so he put the open beer back in the fridge..... :blushing: In retrospect, I could have drank that other vodka pineapple from Saturday night. Oops.....
Book club tonight. Probably 3 glasses of wine. Probably shouldn't have much more since I have to drive home.
Still on the fence about whether or not I want to drink Thursday while I'm home alone. That usually is a good time to drink.0 -
Still on the fence about whether or not I want to drink Thursday while I'm home alone. That usually is a good time to drink.
I HEAR THAT!!!!!!!!0 -
Still on the fence about whether or not I want to drink Thursday while I'm home alone. That usually is a good time to drink.
I HEAR THAT!!!!!!!!
I don't know what it is.... When I lived alone a few years back, I loved nothing more than drinking a bottle of wine, watching whatever I wanted on TV, and at that time, smoking as many cigarettes as I felt like with no one giving me any *kitten*.
Speaking of smoking, in the last almost 6 weeks I have had 2 or 3 cigarettes on one occassion. I was only a smoking drinker, but was smoking more than I liked. I just chew nicotine gum now when I get drunk, and it seems to do the trick! Yay me.0 -
Sounds like everyone is rolling along with their plans to go for 0's or moderate. Except Robin who deserved to down several over her lost pics :flowerforyou:
Good for you on the cigs better. The gum and patch were a lifesaver for me when I quit years ago.
Vacay officially starts today. Road trip so not much drinking yet....gunna get some exercise in before.
Won't be back til next Wed, but as usual I'll check in via my phone. :drinker:0 -
Vacay officially starts today. Road trip so not much drinking yet....gunna get some exercise in before.
Won't be back til next Wed, but as usual I'll check in via my phone. :drinker:
WOOHOO Syd! Although I know this vacay is bittersweet for you! Enjoy your time together!!! xoxo0 -
Very busy day at work. then off to the car dealer for my free oil change but it took an hour and a half and they were fools so now I am finallly home but I don't know about drinking. I have a lot to do before bed and I am already exhausted.
Enjoy the trip Syd
better-go you on the no cigs. I quit 5 years ago.
Renny- poetry is poety no matter what the inspiration
later lushes!0 -
Monday-0
Tuesday-0
Wednesday-0
Thursday-I am planning another zero BUT I may have some wine, ehh we'll see!0 -
Mon - 0
Tues - 3
Wed - 5
Had 4 glasses of wine (instead of 3) at book club, and tried out my homemade cucumber infused Svedka once I got home with low cal cran and a splash of pineapple juice. It was quite good. It tastes a lot more earthy than the store bought; less sweet. I then considered staying up with Eric (his fantasy football draft started at 10:30....) and having another cocktail but thought better of it, read a chapter, and went to bed. Glad I did.
I think I'm gonig to attempt to abstain tonight. May have one or two cocktails, but there will be no wine as I will drink the whole bottle.
It's my Friday! Off to the mountaints tomorrow afternoon for a long weekend. Yessss......0 -
In Santa Barbara...I remember why I lived here for 5 years...so gorgeous. Several vodkas last night but I feel good. Driving the rest of the rest of the way up California today...more vodka tonight I suspect. :drinker:0
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driving thru the central california coast and there's nothing but grape vines for as far as the eye can see. I'll try to post a pic when I get back.
I'm thinking of my lushes. I might have to have some wine tonight.0 -
It's proving to be a very difficult month for drinking. I am off to girlfriends for mojitos in a bit anyway.
I did decide to abstain from drinking at the casino even tho I packed the flask. I also decided not to crack a bottle of wine yesterday. I am off the next 3 weekends and they are packed with fun things to do.
Sept 3rd will be crack down week when the kids are off to school. Daughter leaves for good in 2 days. Oldest boy is finally attending college locally and the two youngest go back the 3rd. The days will be mine again although hubs works from home now.
Ashley - good job on the cigs....liquor & cigs seem to go hand-in-hand
Syd - enjoy the scenery!!
Robin - free = nightmare in my book
Take care peeps...:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:0 -
Well i said I might have some wine and some I had...almost a bottle. Len was working OT and I was bored, so.....
Monday-Wednesday: 0
Thursday: WINE
Friday-probably some more wine and maybe a shot or two.
It offically my bday weekend. Tomorrow we will be at my parents for filet and crab legs. Sunday, Len and I are going to partake in some day drinking in phoenixville. Pville is a cool area, when we first moved up to the area there was nothing worth going for, but now there is LOTS of bars and restaurants. So we'll do drinks and apps at as many places as we can. We will probably end up taking a cab home...fun times to be had :drinker:
Monday we will bottle our scotch ale that has been fermenting for about 6wks. And maybe catch a movie!!
YAY long weekends!! Enjoy everyone!!!
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This is obviously a hard week for us lushes going for zeros. Only had one, and the rest of the week/weekend we will be entertaining every day. Which for me means booze. :drinker:
Sydney- driving through wine country- grapes ripening up- good smells- great weather- please post a pic for us!
Have a great Labor Day weekend all.
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:flowerforyou: I have sure been doing well during weekdays! Happy about this week.
Sunday - wine
Monday - 0
Tuesday - 0
Wednesday - 0
Thursday - 0
Friday - wine
Long Weekend...WHO KNOWS!!
:drinker: When you do it, enjoy it. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
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