Like Minded Lushes -January 2014
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Monday-0
Tuesday-1/2 bottle of wine
Wednesday-0
Thursday-maybe some wine????0 -
Gearing up for sober February and it is no coincidence I pick the shortest month of the year. Almost made it the full month last year. I was successful the year before. Not sure about this year though, I can tell my heart is not in it. I am really enjoying my drinks lately, but it is not helping my waistline. In the past what I gave up in alcohol I made up in sweets. I will attempt it anyway.
I enjoyed "Breaking Bad" immensely, but Netflix has still not posted the last six episodes so I don't know how it ends :grumble: . Enjoyed "Weeds" even though towards the end it is rather ridiculous. Enjoyed "Orange is the New Black" and I agree the lead chick is annoying and I love when she always gets her *kitten* kicked. Dexter...not so much...far too predictable and having the narration throughout is bothersome to me. i will watch an episode here and there but if I never finish it I am okay with that. I am loving "Sons of Anarchy" a lot. Love the bikes, the eye candy and the grit. Maybe I was a biker chick in another life:huh:0 -
thank god the husband is home. maybe i'll sober up some.0
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I liked Dexter alot. I agree Weeds got stupid at the end. And SOA is probably tied as my favorite show of all time with Breaking Bad. We just started watching the Following its pretty good so far.
Can you tell I watch too much TV? But it goes so good with wine :laugh:0 -
Can you tell I watch too much TV? But it goes so good with wine :laugh:
And, this crappy winter. Now, that we are done with frigid temps - 8" of snow has landed...oy vay.
Still holding strong for the end of the month...2 more days
Diana, I am not abstaining for February - just trying to control it. But, I will be here for some moral support. LOL
I've decided that I will use 4 passes for the month of February: Superbowl, 2 bowling passes and V-day.
Superbowl may be optional because I may need a reserve pass. I be routing for the Seahawks although I think Denver will win. Either way, there are not teams that I super-follow. All-in-all, it's way better than the 49's playing even tho I like hatin' on the QB.0 -
Wed=21 oz margarita, it was over 1000 cals, yikes!
Tonight is supposed to be Weeds watching with the girls. We also watch Girls, and have watched Nurse Jackie, the Big C and with hubs I watched Breaking Bad, House of Cards, SOA, and Walking Dead, and probably a bunch I am forgetting right now, so we also watch a lot of TV. I blame the DVR, damn that was a fine invention I could never live without...
More snow is coming to Denver, I have heard. Darn, cuz I prefer running outside...0 -
Kim, last day WOOHOO!!!!
Monday-0
Tuesday-1/2 bottle of wine
Wednesday-0
Thursday-10oz of wine
Lenny is picking me up from work this afternoon and we are heading to the car deal to, hopefully, pick up his new car. We will most likely stop for dinner and some brewskis on the way home!!!
Tomorrow, we are brewing with SIL and BIL for Len's mom's 60th bday. We are brewing an Imperial Red Ale aged with Irish Whiskey. She is, in fact, a red head, irish and loves whiskey....we are so clever :laugh:0 -
Kate, I wish I was your neighbor...that new beer sounds de-lish...Ron and I are thinking about selling this house for a bigger one. Ohhh, it would be nice to have space for a brewing station.
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: TODAY IS MY LAST DAY!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
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Len and I are thinking about downsizing :laugh: Our house is not big, by any means. We are end unit townhome....about 2500 sq ft. Its just we are rarely home, rarely have people over and its constant work and upkeep. AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT We would love a condo. We are not planning on having kids so the extra bedrooms are kind of a waste. The extra bathrooms are great but more to clean. Maybe someday we'll move to Maui
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Yeah, I haven't had a 0 all week. So much for "trying." I've slacked on my working out too, meh.0
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Have a great weekend lushes! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Good luck to Denver and Seattle this Sunday- hoping for a good game and not a blow out.
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Maybe someday we'll move to Maui
Then, I really want to be your neighbor...0 -
I'm looking forward to a weekend with the husband. The occasional separate trips really do work well for us...I'm so glad he's home
and I'm looking forward to a new month and getting back to a good routine. Bathing suit vacation in March and I'm no where near ready.0 -
Just checking in to say that I may not be checking in for a little while. We had to bring our baby girl to the Ocean State Veterinarian Specialists yesterday for an emergency blood transfusion. She'll have to stay at least a few days. As of this morning she had perked up a bit, actually ate some food and was purring. They did find out that she does in fact have feline leukemia. This may or may not be the cause for her illness. They need to do a bone marrow biopsy, belly ultrasound, chest x-ray and some other blood work to determine if it's the leukemia or something else that's causing her to be so sick and anemic. Unfortunately the leukemia is like AIDS and there isn't any treatment they can provide. The doctor said a lot of cats live long lives with no issues from the virus but if they get sick then they get really sick. Basically they are going to do whatever they can to get my girl to where she can come home but if at any point they can't get her stable and well enough to come home then we'll have to say goodbye
Needless to say I have been an absolute mess the last couple of days. I hold it together when I'm around anyone and then I let it all out once I'm alone. My girl is a one in a million kitty, there is absolutely no other kitty like her and never have I met another cat so, so sweet. She does more for my physical and mental health than any doctor ever could. I'm currently not so patiently waiting for another update on how some of her other tests went today so to pass some time I'm going to go work out. Another unfortunate part of her being at this amazing hospital is that it's an hour and a half away so we can't easily just go see her :frown: This hospital is where we brought our paralyzed girl when everything initially happened with her back and they are absolutely amazing people and I know they will do absolutely everything they can for my girl while they make sure she knows she's loved as well 
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :flowerforyou:0 -
So, sorry, Kat, I am sending thoughts your way:flowerforyou:
I had 4 drinks last night but I think I was within cals or close...0 -
I'm sorry Kat :flowerforyou:0
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Been crazy busy. But I need to keep my count:
M - 0
T - 0
W - bottle of wine = 5
R - 1.5 Miller Lites (weird), a vodka and pom (not porn) and about 1/2 glass of Cakebreak pinot noir. YUM! = 3
TOTAL 8
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Just went back and caught up. Sorry about your kitty Kat.
I just poured my third glass of pinot noir. Book club tomorrow. And Super Bowl Sunday. Hmmm......0 -
Kat so sorry...sending ur kitty good vibes:flowerforyou:
I've had my ten ounces and I'm thinking of having more tonight!0 -
Kat, best wishes to you, kitty and hubby...
I so wanted a beer today but finished up the month strong. I will see what Sunday brings.
You girls are making me jealous with your pours of wine 0 -
Thank you all so much, I really do love you all
Update, we ended up driving to the hospital and spending 2 hours with our girl before having her go to sleep forever :brokenheart: so unbelievably crushed at the moment. It was very bittersweet because we knew she wouldn't ever get sick again but she was actually feeling good and was acting herself which made it so hard to say goodbye. She was an absolute one of a kind kitty and even with 5 fur kids left the house seems so lonely right now I brought her her favorite treats as well as a packet of her favorite wet food and a blanket from our home that she liked. I'm glad we got to spend so much time with her before letting go and that she passed away with us right there and with a full belly and happy heart I was going to go and get a kitty paw print tattoo on my left ring finger but then I found out that we could get a print of her actual paw print with her ashes so instead I'll wait and get a tattoo of her actual paw print I'm also going to find a very special urn for her ashes. I know in time I'll heal and be able to smile more with the thought of her but for now it's just time to grieve.
Thank you all so much for being here and not poking fun at how much I love my babies. I know some people just don't understand when someone loves an animal so much and especially when I say that I was a mommy before having a child 0 -
awww....I'm sorry you've lost your kitty. :brokenheart:
I'm glad you had some time with her before you said goodbye.0 -
awww....I'm sorry you've lost your kitty. :brokenheart:
I'm glad you had some time with her before you said goodbye.
They were wonderful at the hospital. They said take all the time you need and we did. It was so nice to see her act herself and be able to spend time with her like that because if I had had to put her to sleep the night before I wouldn't have spent as much time due to the absolutely horrible condition she was in :frown: I'm also very glad that husband was able to be with us, he sometimes tries to act like he doesn't love the babes as much as I do but he truly does. He said on the way home that he was glad we spent all that money and did everything we could for her instead of just immediately saying put her to sleep and then always wondering. We knew the only thing we could have done was chemo and even that had a higher than not chance of working not to mention she was about 14 or so and I just couldn't put her through anything like that. I would never keep one of my babies alive for myself. We really did have a wonderful time with her, she scarfed down her favorite food and treats which was so good to see because she had barely eaten all week. She was purring and head booping and snuggling like her old self the whole two hours I'm so lucky to have had her in my life 0 -
Kat - I am so sorry for your loss. I am so glad you got to spend some precious time with her. In the past I always let my husband take care of those hard tasks because I never thought I had the courage or strength to do so and maybe at the time I didn't. With our last pet I was there until the very end and it is like a moment of peace and one of the kindest gifts we could give to our pets. May she RIP. (((HUGS)))0
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Hi LUshes. I will get the new thread started soon. I haven't had time today. I made myself a promise that I couldn't get on the computer each day until I had done at least an hour on the dreadmill. I did that this morning and then we had to go to Costco and now I am on my way to the grocery store. I will start the thread when I get back.
Kat , I just wanted to let you know that I am all teary eyed and choked up regarding your loss. Our fur babies mean so much to us. It is never easy. 10 years ago I sat with my girl Darcy as she went to sleep forever. I will never forget the bittersweet pain of that moment. I was so glad she was no longer in pain but I still miss her to this day. You guys were all here with me when I lost Kiera and I am so grateful that you were. You are in my thoughts and may your sweet kitty rest in peace and play in the sunlight where ever she is.0 -
Kat , I just wanted to let you know that I am all teary eyed and choked up regarding your loss. Our fur babies mean so much to us. It is never easy. 10 years ago I sat with my girl Darcy as she went to sleep forever. I will never forget the bittersweet pain of that moment. I was so glad she was no longer in pain but I still miss her to this day. You guys were all here with me when I lost Kiera and I am so grateful that you were. You are in my thoughts and may your sweet kitty rest in peace and play in the sunlight where ever she is.
Thank you so much Mama Lush and thank you Wolf It definitely helps when others actually understand what you're going through because as we know there are plenty of people who just view them as pets and that's it. But to us they are not pets, they are family, they are our babies/kids. Husband and I just picked out the sweetest memorial urn for our baby girl. It's a sleeping kitty with angel wings. You send in a few pictures of your kitty and they custom paint it to *****cat's colors You can also have an engraved name tag so we decided on "Mittens, Always & Forever, 2000-2014" She was older but we decided the dates that we actually had her were a nice idea. Today has been slightly easier, though the other fur babes are taking advantage of mommy being sad and they're getting anything they want. I keep looking in my baby girls favorite spots and expecting to see her and while I take comfort in the fact that she'll never be sick again and all the amazing memories I have of her it's still just so hard knowing that I'll never get to snuggle her again or hear her loving purrs I honestly don't think in however long I live that I will ever be able to find another *****cat with the same unconditionally loving/sweet personality as my Mittens. She more so had the personality of a puppy dog than your typical independent kitty. But that's enough of being down. I've got happy music on and I'm wearing bright colors for my sweet girl which is making this gloomy day we're having a bit more up beat.
Thank you all again, you're all so very wonderful :flowerforyou: 0 -
Better late than never.
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PS It helps if I post this on the thread like I am supposed to.0 -
Fri - 5 drinks0
