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[quote="CryingBlue;c-47179259" I love all the suggestions for hiking. I love hiking, I live in the PNW and we hike alot. [/quote] Whoop Whoop, I live in the PNW too! Please let me know what area, we can trade ideas on places to hike. AF last night, it was a tough but stayed strong. Whiskey devil has really been annoying…

Good day to everyone AF last night so yeah Still waiting for notification to sigh the building away to 'hopefully' the new owner. DH lets the buyer come in and even lets in his electrician, concrete guy etc. To start the renovation/modifications he needs. I had to remind DH...we haven't signed the final paperwork yet. But…

Hello everyone AF yesterday, I have noticed since doing this lifting routing if I have A the night before I don't do nearly as well the next morning lifting. I am much more in my head convincing myself that I can't do it. grrr. Tomorrow is an off day. but still plan to be AF tonight Oh and BTW the family pictures....Wow…

So yesterday we made homemade pizza for dinner. Because of the heavy snowfall (I mean the snow was super heavy but only about 3" fell) Have you ever driven in falling snow and it is so heavy that it just packs on the side of your windshield and won't fly off. Then the wipers can not move over the whole window?.... Anyway…

Happy Saturday night to everyone LOL @Womona @joans1976 I so hope I can make my goal with the push ups and pull ups. I got my 'pullup bar' yesterday and it actually holds my body weight, DH tried it too. I am committed to give it a try. Heck I will be happy with 1 perfect move than 10 sloppy ones. So we went out for beer…

Ho Ho Ho Ho Hum ho Hoo hehe LOL Sorry sometimes things just keep on going and going. So today we celebrated the official closing of DH business (well a few loose ends) It looks like we will be signing away the property next week sometime. Yeah the homeless did not drive away the buyer (btw I think the buyer and DH are now…

Just a fly by group Stayed AF last night whoop whoop considering.... Even with all the family drama, I am committed to stay AF for awhile (I am not putting a hard and fast number on this right now) Thank you all for your prayers as I (we) muddle through the family drama

Hello to everyone Our Thanksgiving dinner was good. I had 1 glass of wine with my mother and put the rest away. So that was a win for me. Since the holiday I have been AF so things are looking great to finish the month I will try and get on here every few days to read but not sure of posting right now. DH's father has gone…

@MissMay OMG yummy. I found a recipe for a smoothie yesterday....salted caramel, and chocolate of course. It has room temp brewed coffee, chocolate whey powder, almond milk, vanilla and some ice. then a bit of whip cream and caramel sauce drizzled on top. With the perfect glass of course. No new news on our sidewalk…

Oh gosh I am so sorry to not have followed up on our homeless plight! But first let me say I got caught up on all your posts. Lots of good, a bit of bad and some ugly but I think we will get through the holiday. My stress level has gone through the roof. Our unwanted guest have, if you can believe it, gotten even worse!…

Hello to all Wish I could report I have been AF more than A days but I can't. On the positive side....A days would be 1 beer or 1 glass. On another positive.......DH heard a bit of banging on the outside of our building (concrete wall) so he goes outside to investigate. Remember the homeless that have taken over the side…

Hello to you wonderful, awesome, determined to live our best life people! hehe. @Stockholm_Andy I love love love your pictures Anyway, not AF much so far this month. The stress of our homeless, the sale of the building, DH closing his business he has run for 40+ years to retire, His family drama surrounding his parents and…

Hello everyone Popping back in. this month is a so/so start for me. I own it my behavior. Some family drama on DH side lately along with our homeless population and now the finance guy for the buyer of the building is going to visit on Tuesday. Sheesh I hope they don't back out. DH is shutting down working as of the end of…

Whoo Hoo, did not need the fire department today. DH came home early and we went out to local pub for a light meal and a beer. But that was ok. A-1 AF-1 back tomorrow

Goals for this month through the first of the year have 12-18 AF days each month and no more than 2 drinks on those days. Our homeless are still there, today had to call the non-emergency no about smoke, they transferred call to 911...fire department was there withing minutes. Other than that just my normal stress, stress…

I am in for November, less is my goal. @joans1976 Hugs and prayers

Ok I am still alive and onery as ever. The pictures are just awesome....AZ hmm. Wonder if I can talk DH into considering there if there is someplace that does not turn into an oven in the summer. @MissMay We sorta tried the skunk route. We bought skunk oil (5 bottles) and released them all over that area. Wasn't strong…

Thank you all Here is the latest taken today of our 'problem' We are continuing to look at an attorney to go after the city. It is the cities policies that got us and the rest of the business owners on this street left with this mess. LOL the email exchanges are getting to be funny now....they back pedal and say 'we never…

Hello everyone, let me start out saying @Lilylady3k I started with watercolors and if that is your first, you are an amazing artist! Now on the selling of the business building and our unwanted new neighbors. The situation is getting so much worse. We call 311, we call the non emergency police number, and file reports…

Good day to everyone 2 beer yesterday afternoon, only excuse was DH and I were bored, it was cold, raining outside and we wanted to get outside the house. The stress of the selling the shop, with our unwanted guests, DH parents, my mom. Wow can I use excuses or what????? Today my mind is pretty made up to stop this…

Hello everyone 1 glass of wine last night but it literally took 4 hours to drink it, not sure why I even bothered LOL, so I think my anxiety drinking is winding down and coming to an end. so yeah. I am still committed to this 12 week lifting program I started 3 weeks ago. I like that it is structured and is 4 days a week.…

OMG Look at this: This was in my notifications: Ancient Membership Nobody remembers a time when this person wasn’t a member here. I laughed so hard. @MissMay Woza I am so excited for you and your new adventure! What about DH is he finding his footing? I can't wait for the day we are closer (miles wise) to make a trek or…

Wow sorry I have been so MIA, a lot going on right now. From homeless camped still in front of business to MIL falling (93yr old) and breaking her arm and now is in a care facility to my own mom (88yr) still feeling the after effects of covid. Drinking, well this is not one of my better months and I don't know why I…

Good day to everyone! AF last night....close call but I did. I love the AF cocktails ideas! I am going to have to invest in a few more flavors I am thinking LOL I know this is a quick fly by but I am off to do some sheetrock work, fun times. xx

Family dinner over. Was a lot of fun and game playing. Over the course of 7 hours 1 glass of wine with dinner. Today back to M-thur and maybe friday AF. We will see. I am happy with my progress. I kinda feel like I need to take a bit of a pause of being so hard on myself if I have a drink. I am going to think of it as an…

Wow went totally off the rails yesterday evening. We had our beer at lunch (planned) then that evening I don't know what devil perched on my shoulder whispered in my ear but 1/2 bottle of wine and 2 oz of whiskey. This am weight up 1.5lb, feel bloaty and have family coming over for dinner. sheesh. Ok moving on

@forestdweller1 I was laughing so hard I had to call my DH while he is driving to 'said business' to read him your post. Thank you for lighting up my day. Yesterday ...was not a planned drink day but we went out and had dinner plus 2 light beers. I almost look at the beers and almost not alcoholic compared to spirits. ...…

Hello to everyone @forestdweller1 My mom is not tech savvy in the least. The conundrum is many times she 'doesn't ' know what she wants to cook i.e. frozen dinners until she looks them all over. She has no laptop, her phone is very basic....she can not even respond to a text message. She can read it but can't respond, no…

Hello to all! I am getting bad about posting..yikes. The article about drinking. It was for me just like my thoughts in many ways. And like so many of us when it comes to weekend indulges. I can do great M-Th and I am finding now that weekends are usually (just) 2 what I call medium weight beers. I have and can go without…

Happy birthday @MissMay just a year separate us in age! I can be the older sister you almost always wanted LOL Went out this afternoon and had a beer. It was more of a boredom thing for us. oh well. Tomorrow I am starting on some sheet rock work lol should be interesting. As for our homeless folks. @Womona this is a new…