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Hello everyone This is a long post so skip around. It is not earth shattering news, just my rambling DH and I went out for a latesh lunch and I had 2 beer's yesterday. My choice. I could have said no but the devil was on my shoulder yesterday. I was returning from my first trip to my OH rheumatologist, took xrays, bone…

Hello everyone! Yesterday, 1 glass of red wine med day while playing domino's with DH LOL .....Anyway that was my big drink for the day even though it was only a 4 oz pour. Neighbor brought over some beef & dumplings so I scraped the leftover veggies stir fry that was planned and we ate that...oh it was yummy. But she made…

Hello everyone just checking in Yesterday 3 oz of wine while cooking dinner. That is a new one for me, usually it is with dinner. But then I was done. It feels good. I did go on a shopping spree (lol such as it is in the land of corn). I found a blouse and a sweater then I drove home (45 min commute each way). It was…

@ahoy_m8 I read your post and it really resonated with me. Not so much about your year but the overall message, made me sit up and go hey......so reflecting So happy December 1st. DH and I headed south to one of the few grocery stores that will almost with certainly have the foods we are searching for...."Jungle Jims" if…

So I am still feeling great from Thanksgiving......I did make my beef bone broth as well as pint jars of turkey stock. All have been sealed and put away in our garage for later. LOL about being tired of turkey. We did not have any left over per se but I have 3 more frozen ones in my freezer. But I may just slowly thaw them…

I would love to find an Amish outlet if you will. Unfortunately the majority of the Amish population is 2 hours + north of me. We bought quite a bit of furniture from them this summer/fall. But I never saw really anyplace to purchase bones. Or specific markets that were not catering to the tourist. I did not stay AF…

Good evening/day to everyone Doing good with LA, not totally AF but so So SO much better than past years. Each day I do with either a small glass of wine mid day or skip it all together. Depending on what we have going on. Have 14yr granddaughter with me until Thanksgiving. Picked her up Saturday morning. We are starting…

Thanks to everyone for the insights on the eating/elimination type short term diet type thing. I am still looking at the recipes for the first 10 days. There are things I know I will not eat. So I will have to duplicate some meals which is fine. For example for me I do not like squash, ....butternut, spaghetti, zucchini,…

I have a quick question for any of you that watch what you eat (I watch it go in and can't stop myself sometimes LOL)...anyway I picked up this book by Michael Symon Fix it with Food at my local library. It talks about food and relationship with pain/discomfort with your body. He talks about a 10 day reset. So 10 days…

Just a quick fly by waving at everyone. .... LA is still more LA than A days for me that is a win. Has been a great few days

Well hello everyone! So much to catch up on! The trip west was great 90% of the time! A days well yes I did have them each day, but always in moderation. First night off the plane, arrived on west coast late (plane delays), it was raining, dark and we had to get rental car and drive to hotel (40mi). By this time my body…

OMG the pictures....I have swooned and want to go so bad now. It is on my bucket list! Today will be a travel day so heading to the airport soon. We are flying back to the PNW for a weekend visit. Fly back home on Monday. My pictures could in no way compare to Greece. Unless you are a tight knit family playing card games…

@RockinRobyn672 Back in the PNW like near you there were/are so many micro breweries that it is overwhelming. And so many tap houses that keep anywhere from 30-50 rotating taps ...but back to your question, my grocery store go too's are by Elysian, Spacedust and Skankdust. I really like them bitter/hoppy. Yesterday and…

Hello everyone We did go out for our agreed upon 1x weekly lunch and beer out, then home for the nap. I stuck to my 2 IPA's and I am good for a while. In the olden days I would get up from that nap and continue on until I went to bed too squinty eyed to remember. And I can certainly understand the extra energy when not…

@MissMay We currently live just outside of St. Paris (haha) in Champaign County....talk about karma. Of course we would find our perfect retirement house in a drinking county. BUT there is not really established eateries within 25-30 miles. !5 miles west you will find .....for your shopping pleasure. Walmart, Kroger, Aldi…

Good eve to all or day whenever you can jump on to catch up! As I sit here with my 1/2 glass of wine for the evening. I am so sad, in our move (cough cough before) most of my stemware slowly went to the glass bottle in the sky So I am now reduced to whiskey tumblers, 2 IPA beer glasses and 1 red wine goblet. Sheesh we are…

@MissMay No wonder you won 1st place..you rocked that costume. So had to check in and doing well, I did have a few sips of white wine with dinner so I feel good about that. So while I have been gone, .....the 4 month drama with our brand new dishwasher ..installed on July 5th. has finally been authorized by Samsung that I…

Well hello everybody, Thank you Miss May for starting the threads each month It is great to see a lot of the gang from earlier this year(s) I know I have pretty much gone underground these past 4-5 months but I promise you have been in my thoughts. I would even log in to see what was happening through out the months.. Yep…

Hello everyone, Again I was/am playing catch up but wanted to let you know I did read all the posts Love the garden pictures! So sad about your ole homestead @MissMay We are in the middle of our interior home being painted. Well most areas, I opted out of the hall closet and laundry room LOL. It is looking brighter…

So happy life is starting to resemble some sort of normalcy. As we move closer to "unloading the UHaul" day (Friday) I can already see the "bumps" in the road between DH and myself as to decor in our new home. Granted we are moving in with just our bed, dresser, chest of drawers and 2 night stands.....2 very small rolling…

Well folk guess who sees the light at the end of the tunnel???? I am almost back LOL. It has been a whirlwind of stress, emotionally draining and physical exhaustion. However it looks like it will all be coming together. So much to tell and so much to read and catch up on here! Was I AF, not in the least. But these past…

Hello everyone Yep still hanging around and still managing my A days. Right now it is usually a few days a week although this past 7 days it has been more like 2 beers while we eat out. We flew back to WA last Tuesday. We have been finishing packing up our home. and still have more to do. The dilemma is what to leave out…

Wow I can not stress enough how this group has helped me take alcohol from the "first thing" I concentrate on my life to "back seat", not gone just not revolve my 'fun'. This moving journey was scary. My focus was when, how, can I travel--drink--sleep--these past 7 weeks so far...the answer this thread!! I can't always be…

Hello to all my LA friends LOL I am alive and well and things are moving forward with our move. Just spent the past week in AR going to a kindergarten and high school graduations...I know what an age difference. We head back to OH on Tue-Wed. then fly back to WA to finish packing and hit the road for the final move. I have…

hello to all, two glasses of wine tonight, not planned but still nothing over the top. Tomorrow we hope to enjoy a few walk/hikes. Saturday we are taking teen grand daughter and grand son to the zoo and the weather will be great! This is short tonight. I am tired and hope to be able to slip into bed early...xx

Thank you all for the input on the treadmill's. I am still shopping and comparing notes. AF today, but house buying is turning out to be stressful. Too much story to write here but know my mental state has had its ups and downs. Caused by our realtor LOL I can giggle now. hugs to everyone

Well today was an 'explore' day around my sisters area of OH. We went looking at furniture that we may/may not want to purchase. Since DH spent his entire adult life refinishing fine furniture and piano's ...oh boy talk about picky. If I like something he does not, what he likes I do not. So let the games begin LOL. We did…

So yesterday went out with a bang on my end.....Don't know what possessed me but I had a few shots in a coffee mug LOL how boring is that???? New month, not start. Thank you @MissMay as always. Will be AF I hope for the next few weeks before we fly out of here. We actually went to a bar today for lunch and it was no…

I am so looking forward to this month! Some travel back to 'almost no longer home state' to 'almost future home state'. But while staying at my sisters home, is pretty easy to be AF. They rarely have any drinks, DH will have his usual when he wants it (whiskey) but bless him, he can take it or leave it.....(Sh**t not me…

Good morning to all today Was not AF yesterday. For the first time on this journey and leaving WA we went out for a burger and beer. I was too stressed to do that while traveling so we would have a sip of wine in our hotel room. This was heaven for me. Got to go back to sisters where we have a 'kitchenette' , bathroom and…