gingergirl1961

I've just been in Al Anon too long... lol... needy ppl just drive me batty. I know i was like that myself for a long, long time. But thru Al anon i've gotten much better. I'm just not codependent...

today was a slooooow day... but that's okay. I watched a movie that I had wanted to see when it came out "The Glass Castle". It's a true story about a very successful girl in N.Y.C. that has homeless...

I met w/ the first cousins today. There were 8 of us. We had so much fun. We stayed at the restaurant for 3 hours and planned a cousins' reunion in the mountains for next summer. NONE of us called...

My husband bought like 35 to 40 lbs of peaches. There are just 2 of us. They are ripened on the tree... and do not stay good for very long. My husband is not a project person. He does not really...

Today's meeting was very good. We had a nice group and it's always nice to have a great topic: relaxing the mind and wisdom were the topics. Very good. Anna came today and worked a little over 2...

I actually did another 27 Fling Boogie today. That's a Fly Lady term... I had to scrounge thru the sock drawer / I have way too many socks for the summer / and i dug thru a cabinet... but I found...

I'm glad I have this place to vent bc it is not helpful for me to do so anywhere else... I went to TOPS meeting today. Take Off Pounds Sensibily. There are guidelines about what we can and cannot do...

Stay At Home Woman... no kids / 3 dogs / a hubby /a part time job working at home... but there are days I am very unmotivated.I taught 3 classes this a.m and then went back to bed... but after that I...

Routine is really a life saver for me. I am much more content w/ a "plan" every day... even if it is a check off list of what others might see as nonsense or something that I can just do...

that I was at a basketball game and it was almost Valentines day. I was in my cousin's small country town. I had said hello to a person that I did not know the week before. He was a stranger to me...

Just angry and tired. This is the 3rd wkend my mother has called me with a "crisis"... The first weekend I was at the lake and she left FRANTIC messages on my phone. I understand... it was a bad...

youtube notes:1. decide you are never going to argue w/ a drunk again. and KNOW they are not going to change. 2. I can't control their behavior. They LIE. Alcoholics lie. Broken engagements. They...

it's NEVER enough. it doesn't matter how much you give...it's never enough. when it comes to alcoholics and dry alcoholics in your life they have hidden agendas of what YOU shoudl and should not do...

Since I have started the Fly Lady and using her control journal / daily a.m. / daily p.m. / Zones /... It's like I just am starting to be on automatic and getting WAY MORE DONE. I can't believe it....

had a great day / went back to AFG / hadn't been in a long time even though I'm still keeping financial records for them. / things have slowed down at home and i'm more in a routine/ it's helping me...