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We do East coast time as well, but that's cause that is our time zone! :D The last two years, we've fallen asleep on the couch and just happened to wake up just before midnight.. ;) We always have filet and lobster tail on New Year's Eve but New Years day is right back to vegetarian eating and much, much healthier…

Merry Christmas lushes! Syd- your son is very wise and I liked his article very much :) I'm definitely glad to slow things down a bit... :#

Awww, one year olds are adorable! Christmas Eve at my house this year, Christmas day at my brother's house- should be interesting. Down to 70-some days till our big family cruise...time to buckle down!

Great job Syd! Keep it up! B) Mon-0 Tues-0 Wed-0 Thurs- 2 glasses red Today- planning a zero.... Happy Friday!

You can do it Syd! Great job on the truck repair Gary! Drank a little too much on Thanksgiving, been a while since I did that! Back to zeros now... :#

I'll be cooking here....my company always gives us a fresh turkey from a local turkey farm so I always try to cook on Thanksgiving. Syd- glad to hear that no fires where you are! I think I've only had 5 beers all month so I'm still going along on minimal alcohol.... :#

Gary - not only is my lush card lonely, my husband has been lonely without his drinking buddy! Good thing its November... :# Syd - that is the thing with family...small doses is best! :p ;)

Hiya! Quiet around here...I'm 28 days in and still no alcohol :# it's actually been easier than I expected and I figure I've probably saved about $60 this month and dropped a couple of pounds. But, I'm not giving it up permanently, just going to be more aware for sure :) don't want to be a Debbie Downer on a lush…

Halfway through the month- staying strong and surprisingly not missing alcohol that much. Probably the day that was the hardest was last Thursday when we went to a Red Wings hockey game- I've never gone to a live hockey game and not had a drink! Glad to hear the FIL is feeling a bit better Gary! Great job on the 2lbs Syd!

Gary - so sorry to hear about your FIL - that is rough on the whole family. Robin - hope you feel better quickly and regain your energy! Syd - welcome back from vacay! :) So, I've decided to do a sober October...need to do something to jump start some weight loss and to break some bad habits! But don't revoke my lush card…

Oh Syd, that stinks!! And also is alcohol abuse!!! :o :'(

Have fun on your trip Gary, sounds like fun!! We just got back from our 5-year anniversary trip. We visited Mackinac Island - I haven't been there in years, still beautiful! Then we stayed in a lighthouse, just outside of Marquette in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - that was amazing! It's a bed & breakfast working…

Good luck Robin! Fingers crossed for you

Hey Syd! I've never done any meditation but I've heard its supposed to be great for stress relief, kinda like yoga...2 things I keep meaning to do but haven't... :#

Gary- Holy smokes! Glad your son found found out that vital info ahead of time! Glad he got home safe!! Any news from Kate? Keep thinking about her and Lenny in Hawaii! Syd- vacay weight is so worth it! ;) Just plugging along myself- glad the long weekend is almost here, sad it's already labor day! Where the heck did the…

Happy Birthday to Doug! Another Leo! My husband's birthday was Saturday the 11th, so alcohol was flowing... :# Glad Doug's surgery went well.

Glad you're feeling better Robin!! Syd - I love your new pictures :) Gary - how was the wine?? ;) My daughter and I drove out to Grand Rapids, MI for the color run this weekend. My first 5k :) We also did an escape room - super fun! and a murder mystery dinner. We had a great time. My downside - once I was back home, drank…

I second the Sauvingnon Blend - my fav is Oyster Bay...more of a grapefruit citrusy dry white wine...yummy!

Friday night I only had 1/2 can of beer -who have I become?? :o :# My husband has been working outside rebuilding our pond, bad timing with it being so H-O-T here !!! Temps have been upwards of 100...lots of sweat going on! Syd - an ice cream drumstick sounds delish! Enjoy downtown!! :) Gary - the important question is red…

Good to hear from you Robin! Glad you're feeling better and hope you continue to feel better! I was doing really well with moderating but this last week, not so much :/ at least it hasn't affected my weight too bad...this week is a new week!

Good luck with the reunion Gary! When it comes to family, I always remind myself I didn't pick them- I'm just stuck with them... :D Great job moderating Syd! I did pretty good yesterday myself- nephews grad party (again with family!) Just 2 beers all day!

Enjoy your trip Gary! Syd- I can gain two pounds thinking about food! :# not to discourage you against exercise, just sayin' - 2 lbs isn't too bad, especially when you're having fun! ;)

Mederating pretty well here - zeros during the week, even on Friday! Saturday had a few and probably one today...working my butt off around the house today! No big summer plans over here, September is our anniversary, I'm sure we'll do something then. Still trying to recover from my big 50th blowout back in May! ;) :# I…

Still doing well with the moderating... Saturday-1 drink during the horse race cause we won our bet :) Sunday -1 glass red wine Mon & Tues -0

Gary - glad your doggie is ok, that must have been super scary!! Kate - Happy Anniversary!! :) Mon-Thurs - all zero's - miracles do happen! ;) Friday - just 1 beer, whoo-hoo - look at me go! Hahaha Have a great weekend all my fellow lushies!

Finally moderating well! Monday -0 Tuesday - 0 Today - plan is 0 o:) Kate - glad you guys are safe! Welcome back Robin, sounds like your trip was fun! NOLA is on my to do list...

Just got back from our Baltimore trip, time to dry out for sure!! Tons and tons of walking but lots of drinking too! It was so bad that we got distracted on a walk to a specific bar by another bar....we went to the oldest bar in Baltimore called "the horse you rode in on", its so old that Edgar Allen Poe is reputed to have…

Happy Anniversary Robin!! New Orleans is on my bucket list and of course you cannot possibly be expected to not drink there!! :)

Doing sort of ok with moderating - had a zero yesterday and planning on a zero tonight...so that's sort of ok! :p I figure I'll be drinking when we go away for my birthday weekend but we'll also be super busy so I'm hoping the two will balance each other out.... :D Diana - sadly, I spend WAY too much time on the fail…

Hey Syd- Happy Birthday! Mine is next week so I can relate...how are those zeros going? ;) Not so much on the zeros here but moderating pretty well...working out again at least so that's something...just plugging along...