Less Alcohol ~ DECEMBER 2021 ~ One Day At A Time
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globalhiker wrote: »@Womona - what about making mini-quiches in a nonstick pan - like a muffin pan? You can make different kinds and add spinach and red bell pepper so the look has green and red specks... very holiday-ish. And anyone into working out loves eggs. I'd make one tray with sausage bits in it and one with vegs. I'll bet the "healthy" people will hit the sausage ones first
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My other go-to is just boiling 2 lbs x-large shrimp and making a shrimp cocktail platter.
Enjoy!
OMG that’s such a great idea! Thank you!3 -
Well, after church, a zoom call with family, and a super long and much needed nap today, I finally got my floors washed and some Christmas decorations up! Lights are on the tree, and we’ll put up the ornaments when the kids come home. A little more decorating tomorrow and I’m done. Yay!
No alcohol for me tonight either. Double yay! Finally.5 -
Good eve
1. @MissMay thank you so much for the Christmas vibe and I love love love the snowflake. Please add that to the gallery
2. I found my Christmas decorations. Sometimes DH can throw me off my game when he moves things and oops.....forgot to tell me 11 months ago.
So not much going on today at our household. I did get in a nap then the grind of the week starts at least through Wednesday. I have the holiday meals planned and most things bought. Need to wrap a few last minutes things.
Then I am going to start to look at travel plans for the spring. Just what I need a week away.4 -
Interesting! A Mocktail Box Mixology for non-alcoholic cocktails with everything needed to make that month's recipes.
https://www.weareraisingthebar.com4 -
Hi : - )
Going for my usual goal of 16-20 AF days, Diary style
Friday December 17 - Drinks. Prosecco and cheese followed by Beef Vindaloo, chicken pakora, and another drink.
Saturday December 18 - AF. I had an awesome time shoveling and stuff, felt like having a drink afterward (cocoa with bailey's and grand marnier) but resisted because I didn't want to be puffy for the holiday party that begins at 9pm Sunday night.
Sunday December 19 - Drinks - 2. It is going to be challenging over the next couple of weeks with plans to meet up with different friends for drinks. I plan AF for Monday and Tuesday.
Rolling Total: 13AF days out of 19 days.4 -
15/19 days AF. I wasn't planning to drink last night, but one of my feral cats has been very sick and hadn't improved much since seeing the vet on Thursday. I couldn't get him back to the vet over the weekend and I was just consumed by worry that he would take a turn for the worst before our appointment this morning. I had a single (admittedly large) glass of wine strictly for the fuzziness.
Fortunately, he improved overnight, even jumping up on the bed at 3:00 AM to nap with me. This morning he has no fever, so they gave him a shot of B12 and told me to stay the course. No wine tonight!
Tomorrow will be another story. I am flying out to spend the holidays with my sister and her family. I am a nervous flyer to begin, so I will probably be half-drunk by the time I board.
Once there, I have no illusions about staying sober. I will be 16/27 days by the time I get back.
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Received a call this afternoon from a client I was with earlier in the day.
"Wanted you to know I just tested positive for COVID" she said.
Merry (blank) Chirstmas 😭
I'm having a drink
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Another AF day (2 in a row!). Annoying day at work, is love a drink, ans even have enough calories for it, but I really need to get back to sleep I through them night again. Alcohol messes with that, so I’ll just not do it.
@Mouse_Potato glad the cat is feeling better. I can only imagine how worried you were. Good luck on the flight and on your trip. Don’t worry about being AF, being mindful about it is a big step forward.2 -
@MissMay
Fingers crossed you don't get it. 1 -
AF last night and I also did my first Caroline Garvan workout (youtube). It's the real deal.
I hope nobody here catches Covid. In the U.S., the at-home 15 min test kits are now available. Some communities are giving them out for free otherwise they should be for sale at the pharmacy. I'm grabbing one or two.
I gave up...the way this is going, it's possible I will catch it spending Christmas with 2 family members in health care who see lots of sick patients and one is a teacher with lots of unvaccinated kids. This gang is going to church (not me) where they will sing with a thousand plus more people, most who just got off a plane from a colder state. EEK!3 -
Wanted to add what's my "easy" how to boost my immunity during the holidays game plan. I committed to myself to do this:
1-Sleep more (add an hour in the morning)
2-Meditate 10 min after exercise
3-Laugh more (funny movies at night) - yes laughter is supposed to increase white blood cell count, who knew?
4-Drink 2 Pellegrino litres a day (I bought a ton in preparation).
All of the above should help me be at my best. The idea is to focus on something easy and do-able. Yes I will delay drinks as much as possible too.4 -
Hi : - )
Going for my usual goal of 16-20 AF days, Diary style
Friday December 17 - Drinks. Prosecco and cheese followed by Beef Vindaloo, chicken pakora, and another drink.
Saturday December 18 - AF. I had an awesome time shoveling and stuff, felt like having a drink afterward (cocoa with bailey's and grand marnier) but resisted because I didn't want to be puffy for the holiday party that begins at 9pm Sunday night.
Sunday December 19 - Drinks - 2. It is going to be challenging over the next couple of weeks with plans to meet up with different friends for drinks. I plan AF for Monday and Tuesday.
Monday December 20 - AF - Planned AF for Tuesday.
Rolling Total: 14AF days out of 20 days.4 -
@MissMay - Prayers that you don't get covid but if you do that it is a VERY LIGHT case.3
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globalhiker wrote: »AF last night and I also did my first Caroline Garvan workout (youtube). It's the real deal.
I hope nobody here catches Covid. In the U.S., the at-home 15 min test kits are now available. Some communities are giving them out for free otherwise they should be for sale at the pharmacy. I'm grabbing one or two.
I gave up...the way this is going, it's possible I will catch it spending Christmas with 2 family members in health care who see lots of sick patients and one is a teacher with lots of unvaccinated kids. This gang is going to church (not me) where they will sing with a thousand plus more people, most who just got off a plane from a colder state. EEK!
My daughter's inlaws are now quarantining since her brother in law caught covid this weekend and tested positive with symptoms on Monday. He lives with them since he just graduated in May and is working here.
Her best friend's parents also now have it and her friend is now in quarantine since she saw her mom Sunday before being tested.
Then my daughter started sneezing at work today and they sent her home to rest ... I think it is just allergies but we'll see.
My sister is a teacher and 6 of the teachers were sent home testing positive at school on Friday. My sister tested negative. Crazy times.
Definitely omicron is circulating fast around Houston area.5 -
Wow,
It sounds like sounds like "a virus is arise among us" I hope everyone tests negative. So far I have dodged all bullets but that can change anytime.
I just a small vent. Please skip to stay in a good mood. I am feeling a bit like the Grinch. Really skip and stay happy. When I write things out it helps me put it in perspective.
When out to eat. I know restaurants are in places short staffed. This place has a separate bar and restaurant areas, we sit in the bar. So I was really wanting the local chain's version of a bloodymary. So off DH and I went. This particular drink comes with 1, sometimes 2 skewers of cheese, celery, tomato, onion etc. setting on the rim, and a 2oz pour of a blonde ale beer. When serving this drink you normally get the drink, the small beer, skewers on top of the drink, a plate and flatware. It's like a baby meal with your drink.
She brings DH's drink and some of mine. I get the drink with the skewers on top. OK now what do I do with the skewers and where is the little blonde pour? Finally catch her eye after she waits on 3 more tables (I counted), comes over and I ask for the 2oz pour and a plate and flatware. She gets the plate and flatware telling me she is waiting on the keg to be changed and how she is sooo busy. Another 5-7 min go by and I am nursing my drink and suddenly she looks up and the light goes off, she forgot the baby drink. Finally bringing it over and takes our food order. Food arrives delivered by the kitchen. I just had a sandwich and fries.........No ketchup brought or asked if wanted or if everything looked fine.
Given the track record of the bar staff of two, I walked to the server station and grabbed a bottle of ketchup and sat down, I just did not want to wait for the fries to get cold. Then our waitstaff rushes up saying she would have got that.....yeah right. Now this bill comes to almost $80 for two lunches and drinks. How much would you tip? Was I being too picky? And no the place was not packed at the end of the lunch crowd on a Tuesday afternoon. The bar area had two waitstaff in there working, she was the main bar tender. The other side of the restaurant had a bar and staff to take care of that side.
Now I feel like a real a** for venting like this, it really does sound petty. Sorry it was just a bug me thing.
On to better things, my lights are up and look great, food purchased to host Christmas eve and Christmas day dinner. Just need to pick up a little bread on Thursday.
A few more gifts to wraps and I am looking forward to fun. The following week we want to get a way for a few days but the weather is not looking promising.
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@globalhiker are you doing EPIC or one of the other Caroline Girvan workouts? I did EPIC I and am now on week 2 of EPIC II. I enjoy most of the EPIC workouts (especially upper body) though I have to modify some of the lower body exercises ... can't do lunges as I have knee problems and it tends to aggravate them. I don't do the HIIT ones either as there is too much jumping around in most of them. I appreciate the no talking workouts as it would probably annoy me to listen to someone for the full session.
Still on track for AF until Thursday evening as we're meeting some out of town friends for dinner and I intend to have a drink or two.
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Hi : - )
Going for my usual goal of 16-20 AF days, Diary style
Friday December 17 - Drinks. Prosecco and cheese followed by Beef Vindaloo, chicken pakora, and another drink.
Saturday December 18 - AF. I had an awesome time shoveling and stuff, felt like having a drink afterward (cocoa with bailey's and grand marnier) but resisted because I didn't want to be puffy for the holiday party that begins at 9pm Sunday night.
Sunday December 19 - Drinks - 2. It is going to be challenging over the next couple of weeks with plans to meet up with different friends for drinks. I plan AF for Monday and Tuesday.
Monday December 20 - AF - Planned AF for Tuesday.
Tuesday December 21 - Drinks. Not planned. I did the 6 minute wait 6 times and then caved. Planned drinks for Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Rolling Total: 14AF days out of 21 days.5 -
Hey ppl, I’m just feeling great as I’ve not had any alcohol all this month. I’ve made the right choices and kept myself going. To stay away from alcohol in Dec is way beyond than difficult and I’ve managed to do it so far. I hope to make it a clean month, but will give myself a bit of a cheat day on Christmas Eve 😊.6
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Hello to everyone!
Now that that silly ole rant is behind me....
I made my first batch of gummy bears today. I have to say they turned out pretty good looking. Another round of sugar hanging out at my house!
I do have everything set for entertaining Friday and Saturday. The hostess with the...and all that jazz. I am tired just thinking about it.
I am not going to pretend I will not have a few drinks both nights but most likely it will be some long sipping times to make two last the afternoon through evening.
Just in case I don't make it back here until after the weekend, I wish you all a very merry Christmas. Be safe
xxoo6
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