Like Minded Lushes - January 2011

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  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
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    the phone interview went really really well. I have a contingent job offer for a contract job starting next week. After 20 months of unemployment, I am thrilled!
    Congrats, Robin! how are you going to celebrate?
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,060 Member
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    the phone interview went really really well. I have a contingent job offer for a contract job starting next week. After 20 months of unemployment, I am thrilled!
    Congrats, Robin! how are you going to celebrate?

    bottle of 2000 J Shram sparkling wine from Shramsberg on ice! Bought it in 2002 to have on a special occasion but couldn't drink on wedding because we had a destination wedding. So this is as good an occasion as any.
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 10,390 Member
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    the phone interview went really really well. I have a contingent job offer for a contract job starting next week. After 20 months of unemployment, I am thrilled!
    Congrats, Robin! how are you going to celebrate?

    bottle of 2000 J Shram sparkling wine from Shramsberg on ice! Bought it in 2002 to have on a special occasion but couldn't drink on wedding because we had a destination wedding. So this is as good an occasion as any.

    :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

    Yay Robin!!!
  • HerbieSue
    HerbieSue Posts: 288
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    the phone interview went really really well. I have a contingent job offer for a contract job starting next week. After 20 months of unemployment, I am thrilled!


    So excited for you! This is gonna be your year!!
  • yvonnej1
    yvonnej1 Posts: 904 Member
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    the phone interview went really really well. I have a contingent job offer for a contract job starting next week. After 20 months of unemployment, I am thrilled!

    Woohoo, I'm so happy for you, you really deserve a lucky break. Does that mean we all get to toast you with our favourite alcoholic beverage? :drinker:
  • mcdebbie
    mcdebbie Posts: 940 Member
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    I'm toasting tonight! :drinker: Congrats!
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,060 Member
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    thank you guys for all the good wishes. I am just so relieved to finally have a job again. Toasting with the $100 bottle of J Schram tonight. Ironically I will only be on the job for 3 days before I leave for a week for the wedding. they are totally cool with that though so I am happy. I can enjoy vegas now that I know I have a job to come back to.
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
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    thank you guys for all the good wishes. I am just so relieved to finally have a job again. Toasting with the $100 bottle of J Schram tonight. Ironically I will only be on the job for 3 days before I leave for a week for the wedding. they are totally cool with that though so I am happy. I can enjoy vegas now that I know I have a job to come back to.
    oh, right, Vegas! I am going Jan 20-22 to see Social Distortion @ HOB, staying at Luxor. Have a great time at the wedding, I know you aren't doing to strip/casino stuff...
  • jojoworks
    jojoworks Posts: 315 Member
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    I'm so getting into this group right now. I sing/work in the most popular gay bar in my town and so there's almost always a drink in my hand. I'm a singer in the Friday Night Diva Show, which is a variety show with drag queens and drag kings and live singers and sexy dancers - it's so much fun. I've set new rules for myself with my drinking - switched to calorie free mixers alternating water with each cocktail, and remembering to dance on the dance floor whenever I can to burn off the extra. My current favorite is gin and diet 7-up with an extra lime squeeze. It's almost a gin and tonic, but without the extra calories. On Saturdays I'm just kind of all-over help - running ice when the bar back is busy or whatever, but sometimes I'm the Jell-o shot girl and people are always wanting to buy me shots. And we definitely don't use sugar free Jell-o. I've been telling them I can't drink while I'm working but I'll be sure and save it for later. So, it's not the drinking that really gets me....it's when I get home with all my friends and everyone wants to order pizza and there's very little else in the house to eat because I always forget to go grocery shopping....

    But, so far, I'm down 5.2 pounds since January 1st. Just gotta keep at it, right??


    wow, what a wild and crazy life you have, sounds like fun! I can see how it can get out of hand calorie-wise and planing-wise, but planning may be the best thing for you.....learning the right groceries to have on hand and telling your friends "go nuts with the pizza, I've got some chilie all ready to heat up".

    good fun and good luck!
  • jojoworks
    jojoworks Posts: 315 Member
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    thank you guys for all the good wishes. I am just so relieved to finally have a job again. Toasting with the $100 bottle of J Schram tonight. Ironically I will only be on the job for 3 days before I leave for a week for the wedding. they are totally cool with that though so I am happy. I can enjoy vegas now that I know I have a job to come back to.

    CONGRATS and HUGS!!!! what an enormous relief! I was laid off a year ago and 3 months later a company that I'd worked for 8 years prior hired me back! I thanked them again today for hiring me, I'm still feeling incredibly lucky. So, enjoy the wedding and I hope your job provides you with at least what you need if not what you want!
    JoJo
  • sillygoose1977
    sillygoose1977 Posts: 2,151 Member
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    the phone interview went really really well. I have a contingent job offer for a contract job starting next week. After 20 months of unemployment, I am thrilled!
    Congrats, Robin! how are you going to celebrate?

    bottle of 2000 J Shram sparkling wine from Shramsberg on ice! Bought it in 2002 to have on a special occasion but couldn't drink on wedding because we had a destination wedding. So this is as good an occasion as any.

    Fantastic! :flowerforyou:
  • maffydavison
    maffydavison Posts: 51 Member
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    Absolutely! Just keep at it. I am purposely having a 'Dry January'. I had every possible taste and cocktail I wanted over the holidays, so it's actually nice. My problem with wine (which I love) is that I find I eat more after I've had a few glasses of wine. My blood sugar spikes and I just want to eat everything in the house. My husband likes wine, too, so it will be back in the food log, eventually, but just getting started here after the holidays, so I have some time to work up to it. Moderation in all things is so hard for me!!

    5.2 pounds already? That is terrific! Keep up the good work!
    ~Maffy
  • maffydavison
    maffydavison Posts: 51 Member
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    I'm so getting into this group right now. I sing/work in the most popular gay bar in my town and so there's almost always a drink in my hand. I'm a singer in the Friday Night Diva Show, which is a variety show with drag queens and drag kings and live singers and sexy dancers - it's so much fun. I've set new rules for myself with my drinking - switched to calorie free mixers alternating water with each cocktail, and remembering to dance on the dance floor whenever I can to burn off the extra. My current favorite is gin and diet 7-up with an extra lime squeeze. It's almost a gin and tonic, but without the extra calories. On Saturdays I'm just kind of all-over help - running ice when the bar back is busy or whatever, but sometimes I'm the Jell-o shot girl and people are always wanting to buy me shots. And we definitely don't use sugar free Jell-o. I've been telling them I can't drink while I'm working but I'll be sure and save it for later. So, it's not the drinking that really gets me....it's when I get home with all my friends and everyone wants to order pizza and there's very little else in the house to eat because I always forget to go grocery shopping....



    But, so far, I'm down 5.2 pounds since January 1st. Just gotta keep at it, right??

    I just realized that replying to your post went to the bottom of the list, so my congrats didn't make any sense...

    5.2 pounds already? That is terrific! Keep up the good work!

    :)

    Maffy
  • onefunnybroad
    onefunnybroad Posts: 15
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    I just realized that replying to your post went to the bottom of the list, so my congrats didn't make any sense...

    5.2 pounds already? That is terrific! Keep up the good work!

    :)

    Maffy

    Thank you!!! :D
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,060 Member
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    I just have to tell you all that the celebratory champagne is absolutely devine.smiley-eatdrink060.gif
    and worth every calorie.:happy:
  • Cando055
    Cando055 Posts: 306 Member
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    Congratulations, rj!
  • msamcoates
    msamcoates Posts: 261 Member
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    Congrats on the job and enjoy the bottle!!

    I had coconut rum and pineapple yesterday .... and now its the weekend .... so my realistic goal is to not get drunk ..... my unrealistic goal is to only have 1 drink per day!

    Best of luck everyone and Happy Friday!
  • Just_Dot
    Just_Dot Posts: 2,289 Member
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    0 last night, although I really, really, wanted one. What helped is that I had a 9:10 volleyball game and then when I got home, I was so tired, I went straight to bed. I don't know if we'll be able to keep to our "sober week" promise though...the weekends are so hard, especially when the neighbors aren't being sober with us.

    So, with that in mind, DH has an idea to pick 3 or 4 sober nights a week and then stick to them. That way we're not confined to this night or that night and we don't have to sequester ourselves from our lives because we don't want to be tempted. Yes, I know we could just hang out with our friends and not drink, but we have no willpower...isn't that why this is my home? :drinker:
  • mikeyml
    mikeyml Posts: 568 Member
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    I definitely belong in this group. I just don't feel relaxed until I've had a glass or two of whiskey on ice in the evening. I used to only drink on the weekends but somehow alcohol has crept into the week days as well. A few weeks ago I switched over to liquor from beers with a really high calorie content (think chocolate stouts). I don't know if I did myself any favors but I figure it's a start. I'd like to get through this weekend without a drink but I don't know if it will happen. Wish me luck haha.
  • nisijam5
    nisijam5 Posts: 10,390 Member
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    Sunday, 0 drinks
    Monday, 0 drinks
    Tuesday, 0 drinks
    Wednesday, 8 drinks
    3:30 PM, 1 pre-shopping flirtini with GF...6:30 PM, 34 oz Sam Adams at the restaurant with hubs...8:00 PM, let the good times keep rolling, 3 more bottles of Sam at home...doesn't a normal person just STOP???
    Thursday, 0 drinks

    I felt like crap from all the drinking the prior day...so no exercise and stupid card cravings....jeez, even a monkey learns

    Friday goal, 0 drinks
    Saturday, weigh in
    Sunday, start the week all over again

    Total: 8 drinks for the week

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