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Hello everyone, My fair stint is over so I am back to the land of the living. .... Until next time. Was AF during my time so I feel really proud of that. I did come home and use a bit of my tincture for arthritis relief and relaxation. My own I use total for the night about a teaspoon. I finally got brave and got on the…

@MissMay ENJOY!.....Promise next time you come this far west you let me know sooner LOL. Mint Julep yum drank two last night Plan to be AF tonight and for the next 4 nights at the fair. However if the opportunity comes up to volunteer to leave mid afternoon. I will be all over it. But later in the evening, naw. I would…

AF last night so I feel I am doing well Thur-Sunday will be tons of fun selling tickets at the fair. I am finding I like the looser schedule not being a float. At least being the morning person I can/do get told I can go home. This is usually between 6pm-8pm. Perfect day for me But working does trigger my desire to drink…

Happy Easter Well one leg of the fair work is done. The Spring fair is no where near the scale of the 'state fair' when that opens in the fall. I think Blake Shelton will be preforming then? dunno will have to go look. I did get to watch a few 'jumps' from the 'dock dogs' it is amazing how far out they can run, jump and…

@Lilylady3k wonderful idea's. I am keeping a journal and one section has now been added for prep ideas.

Oh just one other thing! Read this sign while driving....... STOP PARKING, KEEP DRIVING, ACCIDENTS CAUSE HUMANS. Read this on a facebook post that really made me pause Life is too short to spend it at war with yourself

AF last night but did not sleep well Could be lack of exercise this past week. @globalhiker Yes Greenwater is such a small dot in the road 2 tour buses would take up the entire town of gas/convenience store, tourist store. Oh wait I think there is a snowmobile rental place across the street with the forestry department. It…

Well AF last night, DH is murmuring about going out for dinner on our 'real' anniversary date. Today I am just not feeling it. Maybe tomorrow I will. @dawnbgethealthy I don't think you really missed much. Our retirement goal was to be done with DH business by Jan 2025. That was a deadline we agreed on Dec 2019. Well he has…

Whoopee Monday is done! LOL So all you organizer type gal's and guys LOL guess what I am doing? Inventorying all the food we have in our home, then will be organizing. I know this sounds pretty odd right?? DH over the past year kept buying food for longer term storage, (enough to last a year in his dreams). Then putting…

Wow miss a day (or two) and you all go wild! @globalhiker Girl if you can get the recipe for that mocktail I neeeeeeeeeed it so much LOL All my favorite flavors. @dawnbgethealthy Mr. Rainier is pretty much in my back yard. I just need to drive to a tad higher ground and it is in my face. (I live in what I refer to as the…

Yep AF last night. @MissMay Gee I guess had I been paying more attention I would have known about Vegas! Send me a message on the dates you will be there. You know flights from SEA to LAV are sometimes really cheap (less than $200 round trip) if you take the less than desirable flights. It is only a little over a 2hr…

Oh man I just forgot to Post my Post and it went away.....sad @MissMay I think I did not know what your destination vacation will be. Where ya goin? AF tonight and I just realized this is been 1 yr and 2 months +/- since I joined this thread and I have been reflecting. I no longer stress during the week being AF I am…

Hey guys thought I would check in AF Saturday, not Sunday we went out for a mid day lunch/dinner and I had a few beers. I spent part of today looking at homes for retirement. We still are debating on which state we will land in. We have kinda adopted the idea of find a central location and rent for a year while we explore…

thank you @MissMay for starting all of our monthly threads. Thank you to all for the support with the MIL saga. I am so surprised I did not/have not turned to alcohol for 'support/comfort/hugs' the usual list. I stayed 22 of 31 days AF in March. We went out for a late lunch early dinner yesterday and I had two beers…

everyone seems to be doing well for the end of the month! AF tonight. So on track for 22 AF days this month

It is perfectly acceptable to feed the PMS beast. How else is a girl to survive? Thank you for asking about my MIL. Right now I really don't know. DH (he wont ask family questions) has tried called the facility she is staying at to get either no answer or someone hung up. His dad is absolutely no help (he is 94) and his…

Well a bit behind but playing catch up on posts Not a great 3 days but I did not over do. Plus for me. Friday 2 beers, Saturday 2 Whiskey (late day), Sunday 2 beer with friends. I will be AF the rest of the Month. So I will round out with 22 AF days for the month. Acceptable for me. @MissMay I am so glad you had a blast…

Hello to all AF last night, tonight we are going to make the trek to Seattle instead of Friday. MIL is still in hospital and I think they are looking into some type of rehab center/live in care. I know it seems like I am out of touch with what is going on and I AM. The dynamics are too much for here. Anyway we will go…

So today was my run around day of errands. So glad that is done. My MIL fell again and broke some ribs. We are going to drive up and see her on Friday, plus bring supplies. They live about an hour with regular traffic, Friday driving up will take approximately 1.5-2 hours. DH came home tonight to let me know he purchased a…

great job @MissMay, I liked that you used a canvas square and the colors are wonderful. When you get around to pour a glass of that I will have one with you. I have been AF these past few days. Been on a weird cleaning kick. This am it was the glass on the stove door. Then put a baggie with vinegar over DH shower head. I…

Thanks to all of you on the tips on the frozen veggies. The cost for fresh is getting crazy here but trying to make frozen work is really going to be a challenge. And yes Wednesday was a crazy day. So now we just wait on the window to be replaced. I was watching tik tok and this video of a man about to make a 'drink' or…

Nothing planned for DH and I tonight. We went out last night since I changed my mind on cooking and I had 2 beers. My grown up excuse for a not a great day. I was pretty out of sorts all day yesterday. First the phone call from DH saying someone had broke the drivers side, passenger window on his truck and stole a tool. He…

@MissMay Please note: your words......HIS CATEGORY. He would be the one with the category being wrongly projected. Some quark he picked up as a kid. We know You will be the fun one, being able to 'people' watch instead of the 'watched' people. Have fun

Hello to all AF last night, 10AF days out of 14 days. I will most likely be AF the rest of this week. Today is a rather boring day. Has anyone had success roasting frozen veggies? Just curious. I have seen if I use a little oil, seasoning and a hot oven that would work. I am skeptical since frozen=added water molecules.

Good evening to all AF tonight and last night. After this weekends over indulgence, I am ok being AF for awhile. However when you have a slight bug, coupled with what I can now identify as a hangover (it had been so many years since i had one-teenager really) I guess my cutting back this past year from a daily black out…

Hello to everyone, we are back from our little getaway. I did drink more than planned and payed the price. Either that or i caught a bug of some kind. You know chills, hot, sweaty, no appetite. I ether have a bug or a hang over that lasts days. We got home about noon and I went straight to bed and have been there ever…

Well doing good today.......except we went out for a late lunch early dinner. I had 2 beers, came home and took a nap and will most likely be awake for most of the evening. We are taking a 2 1/2 day weekend and just going on a mini road trip. This will involve alcohol in the evening, in a hotel room. No drinking and…

Well AF these past few days, but during the week not much of a problem. We are going on a mini road trip Friday afternoon and come home on Sunday. No real destination in mind other than things we want to do. Where we do them we really don't care as long as it is not near "home".' I plan to paint (either using watercolor or…

Sounds really cool, I no longer have any intuit software and then there are times when we pick up alcohol along with other non related items so it would be difficult to separate out unless I did it after each purchase. I keep a detailed spread sheet of all our monthly expenses but I have never really tracked our 'excess'…

Wow I guess I should do a break down but I would have to get it from the app off my phone. But it would be interesting to see. Six week congrats on the commitment! AF last night the stretches between drinks is tending to get longer and less likely for me to chase. this is a good feeling.