Howdee doo all my Cyber Pals,
I hope everyone is having a great holiday and if you aren't American hope you are having a great Tuesday. I went to some friends for a BBQ today. Thought it was gonna be low key. Well I guess comparatively it was low key but still pretty much centered around alcohol. Oh well, that is something I am used to. Unless prohibition comes back it will always be everywhere. No problems though. I didn't drink. I did however drink about 5 Diet Peach Snapples so I was running to the potty every half hour. Finally someone asked me if I was okay...I said, "Of course I am, why?" She said, "Well you have been back and forth to the bathroom alot." I said, "No worries, I just have a bladder the size of a walnut!" LOL...I swear sometimes I wish I could just strap a cathetar (sp?) on and go about my day. LMAO. You men have it so easy! All you gotta do is whip our your Willey and let it flow! Anytime anywhere! Scheez Louise!!! Lucky Buggers!
Bella, are you around the board tonight? Hope all of you are sober and those that may not be that's okay too. Just keep reading and posting and begin again. We've all be there done that!
TTFN my friends. Gotta go do some laundry and a few chores.
Peace and Sobriety and Friendship
Valarie
P.s. I was offered a Vicodin and since reading alot of posts here, I turned it down! Balls!!! LOL I wish I had it now. Oh well...I guess that the fact that I wish I had it is a clear sign that I did a good thing in turning it down! :( :)
Hi Val
happy 4th - hey thanks for sharing all that about your bladder LOL LOL.
so glad you didn't pick up the vicodin - see how quickly its getting into your mind!!! Stay away - a hex on those pills LOL
I am sitting here making myself sick on jellybabies - can't stop putting them n my mouth though.
Hey I had a thought. Back when I was young and beautiful (JK!!!) I used to do a lot of writing. So now for the first time in years I'm thinking about writing again. I thought I'd write a murder mystery this time and centre it around AA. What do you guys think? Do you think it would be OK?
Like I don't think there's much need to worry about me becoming the next JK Rowling or anything LMAO. I did once write a full length novel and submitted it to a couple of publishers, but predictably got rejected.
happy 4th - hey thanks for sharing all that about your bladder LOL LOL.
so glad you didn't pick up the vicodin - see how quickly its getting into your mind!!! Stay away - a hex on those pills LOL
I am sitting here making myself sick on jellybabies - can't stop putting them n my mouth though.
Hey I had a thought. Back when I was young and beautiful (JK!!!) I used to do a lot of writing. So now for the first time in years I'm thinking about writing again. I thought I'd write a murder mystery this time and centre it around AA. What do you guys think? Do you think it would be OK?
Like I don't think there's much need to worry about me becoming the next JK Rowling or anything LMAO. I did once write a full length novel and submitted it to a couple of publishers, but predictably got rejected.
Hi Idgie,
I re-read my post and perhaps I may have given TMI. Too much information as usual. That is just how I am. Hope you at least got a chuckle.
As for the novel....I think that would be fantastic. I for one would buy it. I love murder mysteries. At the moment I am into these shows on the A& E channel. The first 48, Cold Case Files and American Justice. I love those shows. My husband (BTW...we aren't married. I just call him my hubby since we have been together over 9 years.) says that if I wasn't such a chicken I would be a good policeman or FBI agent. I am toooo damn nosey for my own good. I still kind of have an attitude problem toward the police. I think that comes from past drug history and hanging with an unsavory crowd. You learn to hate the police. I don't anymore though. I surely wouldn't want their job. Every day someone wants to kill you if they get the chance. I don't know how it is in Australia but I know the American Police really have a tough job. The kids here have no respect and gang members are getting younger and younger. It really is sad. I really think most of these kids today just need a good kick in the a**. I know I got smacked and I never acted like these kids today. Of course I ended up an Addict and Alchie...so I guess those a** whoopin's didn't help! Ha ha...
Sorry Idg...I got off on a tangent....I think you writing would be very cathartic for you. What was your other book about? Did you ever get it printed, (I know you said it wasn't published) or is it just a manuscript or whatever the word for a book in the beginning stages is?
Happy Tuesday or is it Wednesday there? What day and time is it exactly there?
Valarie
I re-read my post and perhaps I may have given TMI. Too much information as usual. That is just how I am. Hope you at least got a chuckle.
As for the novel....I think that would be fantastic. I for one would buy it. I love murder mysteries. At the moment I am into these shows on the A& E channel. The first 48, Cold Case Files and American Justice. I love those shows. My husband (BTW...we aren't married. I just call him my hubby since we have been together over 9 years.) says that if I wasn't such a chicken I would be a good policeman or FBI agent. I am toooo damn nosey for my own good. I still kind of have an attitude problem toward the police. I think that comes from past drug history and hanging with an unsavory crowd. You learn to hate the police. I don't anymore though. I surely wouldn't want their job. Every day someone wants to kill you if they get the chance. I don't know how it is in Australia but I know the American Police really have a tough job. The kids here have no respect and gang members are getting younger and younger. It really is sad. I really think most of these kids today just need a good kick in the a**. I know I got smacked and I never acted like these kids today. Of course I ended up an Addict and Alchie...so I guess those a** whoopin's didn't help! Ha ha...
Sorry Idg...I got off on a tangent....I think you writing would be very cathartic for you. What was your other book about? Did you ever get it printed, (I know you said it wasn't published) or is it just a manuscript or whatever the word for a book in the beginning stages is?
Happy Tuesday or is it Wednesday there? What day and time is it exactly there?
Valarie
Val - its exactly 12:42 and 3 seconds LOL.
Yeah I used to hate the cops too, esp. as I ran afoul of a couple of nasty ones when I was younger (course I was up to no good anyway). But these days I respect them a lot more.
When we got robbed last year they were so good and helpful.
Yeah my book got printed - on my HP desktop printer LOL LOL. It was a period romance, they aren't too popular these days. I mostly wrote it to see if I could construct a full length novel - which is actually really hard to do.
So maybe I could email you some of my ideas and you could brainstorm with me, that would be good if you like mystery stuff and are nosey :)
my email is: idgie2529@yahoo.com
I think it will be a lot harder to construct a "who dun it" but it could be a lot of fun too.
now I can't remember all the other stuff from your post - I'll have to read it again and edit this.
Edited to say: its Wednesday by the way, we are ahead of you over here - timewise anyway - my H reckons in every other way we are backwards!!! That's pretty good coming from a small town southern boy LOL
So you are pretend married JK!! I've been married 15 years, together for 18 - yikes that's a long time.
I think I need to go throw up these jelly babies now LOL.
catch you soon buddy
Idg.
Yeah I used to hate the cops too, esp. as I ran afoul of a couple of nasty ones when I was younger (course I was up to no good anyway). But these days I respect them a lot more.
When we got robbed last year they were so good and helpful.
Yeah my book got printed - on my HP desktop printer LOL LOL. It was a period romance, they aren't too popular these days. I mostly wrote it to see if I could construct a full length novel - which is actually really hard to do.
So maybe I could email you some of my ideas and you could brainstorm with me, that would be good if you like mystery stuff and are nosey :)
my email is: idgie2529@yahoo.com
I think it will be a lot harder to construct a "who dun it" but it could be a lot of fun too.
now I can't remember all the other stuff from your post - I'll have to read it again and edit this.
Edited to say: its Wednesday by the way, we are ahead of you over here - timewise anyway - my H reckons in every other way we are backwards!!! That's pretty good coming from a small town southern boy LOL
So you are pretend married JK!! I've been married 15 years, together for 18 - yikes that's a long time.
I think I need to go throw up these jelly babies now LOL.
catch you soon buddy
Idg.
Idgie,
Cool....I look forward to reading some of it. My e-mail is VLCHAVIS@HOTMAIL.COM or you can send it to valarie@saundersconstruction.net if the hotmail doesn't go through. Hotmail acts wackey sometimes. BTW I got the time but is it PM or AM and is it Wednesday there? Ha ha...I swear I will get this hemisphere thing if it kills me.
Valarie
P.S. Is Idgie a nickname for your real name that you used in another post? I won't write it in case it was an accident on your part. Just being Nosey.
Cool....I look forward to reading some of it. My e-mail is VLCHAVIS@HOTMAIL.COM or you can send it to valarie@saundersconstruction.net if the hotmail doesn't go through. Hotmail acts wackey sometimes. BTW I got the time but is it PM or AM and is it Wednesday there? Ha ha...I swear I will get this hemisphere thing if it kills me.
Valarie
P.S. Is Idgie a nickname for your real name that you used in another post? I won't write it in case it was an accident on your part. Just being Nosey.
Hi Val
I'll email you in a bit - gotta go to lunch now.
Idgie is my online name I use it most places I'm online, no one calls me that in RL.
Did I post my name somewhere? Oops. Oh well, its not the end of the world.
I'm off to eat and go for a walk in the sun.
back soon
Idg.
I'll email you in a bit - gotta go to lunch now.
Idgie is my online name I use it most places I'm online, no one calls me that in RL.
Did I post my name somewhere? Oops. Oh well, its not the end of the world.
I'm off to eat and go for a walk in the sun.
back soon
Idg.
Idg, Yeah you posted it when you were talking about your family. You can go back an edit it out I think. Enjoy your lunch...talk to you later. Thanks for chatting. I e-mailed a test to you to add you to my address book. Enjoy the sun!
Your Friend,
Valarie
Your Friend,
Valarie
Happy Independence Day from Alcohol from me too! I'm gonna walk down with my BF (who was suppose to be working tonight...but decided to stay home) to the Pier to watch the firework display...it is really a spectacular show, right out in the center of the ocean; they fire them off the Barge. Then off to bed and then well, work tomorrow ~ hope everyone had a great, sober day!
Hey VW,
It sounds romantic too. You have a great evening with your honey. Hope you had a fun filled weekend with your roundup events. Take care and have a great day at work tomorrow.
Friendship and Sobriety
Valarie
It sounds romantic too. You have a great evening with your honey. Hope you had a fun filled weekend with your roundup events. Take care and have a great day at work tomorrow.
Friendship and Sobriety
Valarie
Hey VWGirl's better watchng fireworks than seeing stars huh? LOL.
Has anyone heard this one? I never heard it before. This lady was sharing last night at a meeting and said she had all these health problems caused by PFO.
She said that's what the ambulance officers called it.
PFO = Pissed, fell over.
well we laughed as only a bunch of alkies who's been there can. Even though of course, its not funny when you seriously hurt yourself.
Has anyone heard this one? I never heard it before. This lady was sharing last night at a meeting and said she had all these health problems caused by PFO.
She said that's what the ambulance officers called it.
PFO = Pissed, fell over.
well we laughed as only a bunch of alkies who's been there can. Even though of course, its not funny when you seriously hurt yourself.
Hey Idgie, in cyberspeak, LMAO at PFO, that's too freaking funny. Hope you are having a good day! Val I'm here, watched the fireworks a little earlier. I wasn't able to see them from the patio after all but only had to hike up the hill out back a little ways to get a view. It's kind of humid here tonight (very rare), and cloudy, so it almost looked like there was a kind of halo around them, but then this is the first time I've watched fireworks without being under the influence of something in a very long time so my perception may be off, LOL.
Hey Val did you go to your BBQ?
Hey Val did you go to your BBQ?
Hi Bella,
Yeah I did. The first post on this thread was about it. It went pretty well. No drama to report. Which is good but I gotta say that I do think that I miss alot of the drama that used to surround my life. I have been pretty good lately about not sabatoging myself. I usually do for some reason. Once I figure out that that was what I was doing I corrected it. It's weird to be sober for holidays now. If I made it through New Years the rest of the holidays should be smooth sailing. Where do you live? I am sure you have said before but I am brain dead and can't remember. No need to be specific if you don't want. Just what area or state????
Your Friend,
Valarie
Yeah I did. The first post on this thread was about it. It went pretty well. No drama to report. Which is good but I gotta say that I do think that I miss alot of the drama that used to surround my life. I have been pretty good lately about not sabatoging myself. I usually do for some reason. Once I figure out that that was what I was doing I corrected it. It's weird to be sober for holidays now. If I made it through New Years the rest of the holidays should be smooth sailing. Where do you live? I am sure you have said before but I am brain dead and can't remember. No need to be specific if you don't want. Just what area or state????
Your Friend,
Valarie
Hey Val, talk about brain-dead, I swear I really did read your first post, actually you made me laugh with your bit about going potty! But went to bed before I saw your reply last night... I live in Colorado, on the Front Range. It's usually really, really dry here so the humidity we've been having lately has been strange. I feel like I'm back on the east coast again! I have to say, it was really strange to spend the 4th of July a) alone, and b) sober. Had a call from a friend, "come to the BBQ, we have lots of beer" - nope, thanks but sorry. I was tempted, of course, to sabotage myself & just go. But I turned him down. But it was a pretty peaceful evening at home (except for the fireworks, which sounded like cannonfire) which was nice.
How are you today?
How are you today?
Bella,
That's right...I think I read about you in Colorado. We have family in Telluride,Montrose and Ridgway. Cool. Yeah the BBQ was fun but I am still trying to have fun and not be wasted.
I didn't see any fireworks either. We came home pretty early and we can't see any from our house. There were a bunch of people outside shooting off stuff in the street. They seemed to be having a bunch of fun. At 11:00PM they were still shooting them off. I wanted to go outside and yell, "YOU BALLBREAKIN' BASTARDS, GO TO SLEEP!" LOLOL LMAO..I only was mad because they were partyin' and having a good time. We live in a nice quiet neighborhood and no one is ever noisy...so one day is not a big deal. I was only pissy because they had beer. You did a good thing by not going as you know it would have been too tempting. Kudos to you my friend. Hope you are having a better day today. I am well. Just got home from work. Well I wouldn't really call it work. I handle the HR for my hubby's company. I just go in for a few hours a week. It's pretty nice and I am very fortunate.
Take care my Friend,
Valarie
That's right...I think I read about you in Colorado. We have family in Telluride,Montrose and Ridgway. Cool. Yeah the BBQ was fun but I am still trying to have fun and not be wasted.
I didn't see any fireworks either. We came home pretty early and we can't see any from our house. There were a bunch of people outside shooting off stuff in the street. They seemed to be having a bunch of fun. At 11:00PM they were still shooting them off. I wanted to go outside and yell, "YOU BALLBREAKIN' BASTARDS, GO TO SLEEP!" LOLOL LMAO..I only was mad because they were partyin' and having a good time. We live in a nice quiet neighborhood and no one is ever noisy...so one day is not a big deal. I was only pissy because they had beer. You did a good thing by not going as you know it would have been too tempting. Kudos to you my friend. Hope you are having a better day today. I am well. Just got home from work. Well I wouldn't really call it work. I handle the HR for my hubby's company. I just go in for a few hours a week. It's pretty nice and I am very fortunate.
Take care my Friend,
Valarie
sheesh the board's kind a quiet right now.
CB good for you!! I'm so proud, you did the right thing. But you know that's tough isn't it? We don't tell our friends about our problem and then they unwittingly tempt us with party's and booze.
I had to laugh, I emailed my best friend yesterday that I had something I wanted to share with her next time we were together (we live a few hours drive apart) and she replied and said we could sit down and have a good old confession over a couple of bottles of wine.
Of course she has no idea the thing I want to share is about my drinking problem - talk about ironic.
Val - how are ya girl? YGM.
Idg.
CB good for you!! I'm so proud, you did the right thing. But you know that's tough isn't it? We don't tell our friends about our problem and then they unwittingly tempt us with party's and booze.
I had to laugh, I emailed my best friend yesterday that I had something I wanted to share with her next time we were together (we live a few hours drive apart) and she replied and said we could sit down and have a good old confession over a couple of bottles of wine.
Of course she has no idea the thing I want to share is about my drinking problem - talk about ironic.
Val - how are ya girl? YGM.
Idg.
