[Fuzzybear]

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We love you here

[bizi]

thank you fuzzy bear and wild coyote!
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[bizi]

I will try to be Alcohol free monday thru thursday this week.
I just drank a shyt load this weekend....no control.
sigh
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[bizi]

This is what self care looks like today:
coffee in the am
Triple tail fish for lunch with shrimp sauce.
Dinner was baked salmon with orange and lemon marinade.
Went to the gym 5 minutes on stair master and 2 1/5 mile with incline at 5.
Watched seinfeld and sat with my heating pillow on my lower back cause it feels good.

took vitamins with night meds.
brushed teeth with electric oral b toothbrush flossed teeth which I had not done in years.
listerine mouth wash with fluoride for teeth.
did some neck stretches
washed face and applied moisturizer to forehead.
applied cream to cuticles took antibiotics 3 times a day for fire ant bite which is healing nicely just have some redness from the band aides
getting to bed late because hubby needed the computer for work so I wanted to post this really good day.
Drank sparkling water and chewed gum and remained alcohol free.
bizi

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by bizi

This is what self care looks like today:
coffee in the am
Triple tail fish for lunch with shrimp sauce.
Dinner was baked salmon with orange and lemon marinade.
Went to the gym 5 minutes on stair master and 2 1/5 mile with incline at 5.
Watched seinfeld and sat with my heating pillow on my lower back cause it feels good.

took vitamins with night meds.
brushed teeth with electric oral b toothbrush flossed teeth which I had not done in years.
listerine mouth wash with fluoride for teeth.
did some neck stretches
washed face and applied moisturizer to forehead.
applied cream to cuticles took antibiotics 3 times a day for fire ant bite which is healing nicely just have some redness from the band aides
getting to bed late because hubby needed the computer for work so I wanted to post this really good day.
Drank sparkling water and chewed gum and remained alcohol free.
bizi

Sounds like a great day!

WC

Go bizi go!

[bizi]

Thank you so much for your support friends.
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[bizi]

our choices were steak, pork or chicken
We chose the Montreal shaved steak hash.
It had 10 items: shaved sirloin steak, montreal spice blend, lemon-garlic crema( which was a dressing), butternut squash, Kale, grape tomatoes, yellow onions, apple cider vinegar, pecans, green onions.
the montreal spice blend featured paprika, coriander, celery seed and dried mustard.
All of the produce is organic which we like.
Jeff and I cooked this together and it turned out great,

we both really liked it.
I think tomorrow will be the pork meat balls.
remaining alcohol free so far this week like I said I would.
Each week that goes by is easier.
although, am I going to constantly think about drinking on the weekend? Like I can't wait for friday to come?
I can't believe that we leave on our trip a week from tomorrow.

I am not ready mentally for this.

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[bizi]

178.5 arg!
dinner tonight will be curry and pork meat balls.
sounds good.
Cooking these meals together has been interesting. gives us something to do.This last company is good.
It is called green chef.
Have a great day!
bizi
I have had drinks at noon too and then sneaking a couple at fat pats after work, hubby says he can always tell.
bizi

Your meals certainly sound yummy, bizi! That's nice you can cook together. I"m usually the sole cook in my household. Hubby occasionally helps me with things like peeling apples, but not too many things beyond that. He always claims ignorance on how to do things. Plus, I am like 10 times faster than he is.

[bizi]

Originally Posted by BirdDancer

Your meals certainly sound yummy, bizi! That's nice you can cook together. I"m usually the sole cook in my household. Hubby occasionally helps me with things like peeling apples, but not too many things beyond that. He always claims ignorance on how to do things. Plus, I am like 10 times faster than he is.

let him help and take your time. let him know how much you appreciate his help. This will build his self confidence. just my thought.
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[bizi]

still af monday thru thursday for the past 5-6 weeks don't remember when I actually started doing this program.
It is really working out well. Yesterday I had some cravings while coming home from work earlier than I thought. That is always the witching hour...wanted to stop at fat pats for a couple of beers but then thought about my plan and my friends who are helping me be accountable like you guys. and the other forum I post on called HAMS. It is a place for people who want to moderate their drinking. I have a guy that helps keep an eye on me and gives me encouragement too. His mane is arty.
We are not going to trivia tonight. Going to a concert instead...a jazz band starts at 7.
I work late tonight so jeff may prepare our last meal with out me.
last night was good not great, the recipe called for too much water.

the dried mushrooms were rehydrated in water and we were supposed to use all of the water later in the dish. Jeff ended up using half the water. And in the end it was still too much liquid. It made everything sort of bland. There were a lot of ingredients. It was a curry cabbage and pork meatballs.
It was good just not our favorite. Tonight is a chicken dish with butternut squash again.
I am running late this morning. Got to bed late and missed my shower this morning. I need to run to the bank and order euros. They will be here by tuesday. Got a phone plan for us to use our phones for $10 a day per phone. I will probably leave my phone off unless we lose each other then turn it on.
thanks for the kind words of support.
bizi

[Nammu]

Your doing good bizi......enjoy your trip

[bizi]

It was a drinking day for sure.
2 truly drinks at home after work before the concert then after the concert (it was a new orleans band, big jazz traditional jazz)We enjoyed the concert very much. went back to our friends house to visit
and I drank 5 shots of gin....double martinis. I really like gin...he had these great olives stuffed with almonds and red peppers. came home around 11:30, but got to bed after 1am.
Stayed in bed until 10am this morning, slightly hung over. onto my second cup of coffee.
weight was 178.4 so no change there...good!

I forgot to tell you, because I worked late, jeff cooked the last meal from green chef. It was labor intensive.
Chicken tenders with butternut squash and tomatoes, red onions and garlic and pesto rosemary/garlic herb blend. balsamic vinegar with dijon mustard topped with feta cheese.
It was delicious!
The best meal we have had.

I need to get into the shower. We will go to chris's po boys for our traditional gumbo for lunch. I work this afternoon out of town for a husband and wife in a little town called Iota.
It takes me an hour to get there. Jeff is going to the foot ball game this afternoon with his colleagues from school. They are all in the music department and get to walk in with the band. They love being able to do this. Not sure what I am going to do. I will probably do some more research for our trip. Looking at metro maps is confusing.
Have a great weekend yall!
bizi

[bizi]

I always check in with the family before going out of town to provide foot care to this husband and wife. I tried to call their daughter with no answer so I called the house. The caregiver there told me that their son died on thursday. He was 64 years old and had downs. And had an anyerism that burst. They took him to the hospital and he died peacefully.

Every body loved timmy. He was an alter boy at his church every other saturday for decades. He loved to color and give/get hugs.

I called their daughter again and left a message to call me.
She called me back and cried telling me the story.
She told me that her mother was agitated(Alzheimer patient) and her dad was crying off and on. So they are grieving. We rescheduled the appointment for next month. my heart breaks for this lovely family.

Jeff just left for his cook out and going to the foot ball game.
I am still wondering what I am going to do. My friends are all busy with their families. I think I will do some reading up on our trip and maybe try to figure out maps etc. Later I will get dinner somewhere. I am thinking about getting my nails done for the trip. I have one thumb nail broken all of the way down to the quick so it looks funny. all of the rest of my nails need to be shortened but they look pretty this length. I will see if they can dip them in the acrylic the make them strong, my other thumb nail in cracked all the way into the quick and catches on things.and looks terrible. Maybe they can fix that one too. Think I will go do that now.
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[bizi]

Spent the whole afternoon at a nail salon.
Got a manicure and pedicure.
They fixed up a torn nail and made me a new one. then a tip for my thumb nail that was completely torn off.
I had gel polish put on them they look so good, clear polish on my fingernails.
The toe nails are a color that I brought along, a dusty rose color, and they turned out great!
It was a husband and wife team. He spoke great english, she not so much.
They are Vietnamese and go to a church out of town, about an hour away. All of their friends go to this church so they see them weekly.
We talked shop a bit. I was there a long time.

Ate at chipotle for dinner, choriso bowl (onions and peppers, tomatoes and sour cream and cheese) that I brought home and heated up because they are always cold when I eat there.
I am having drinks but nothing like last night.
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[bizi]

cooked talapia fish for dinner tonight with green beans and mushrooms.
lemon pepper it was very good.
looked over our plans for our trip.
things are falling into place,.
It is intimidating with all of the foriegn words....
sigh
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[Fuzzybear]

(((((((( Bizi )))))))))

[bizi]

Thanks for the hugs fuzzy bear! hope you are ok today.
hugs back at cha!
((((((HUGS)))))
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[bizi]

Jeff woke me up around 8:30 but I went back to sleep.
Finally got up at 9:45am.
It felt good to sleep in but then I was achy from being in bed too long.have arthritis and
feel achy when I first get up, including my feet.
Need to get going....missed my 10am appointment that I can easily see later. so that is good,
a dementia patient who doesn't know me. So I did not have to call or anything else for that matter.
Now to just get going and dressed and lunch before my 1pm appointment.
I have 2 new clients today both will pre soak as their nails are long.
2nd cup of coffee and still in jammies.
3 days until we leave!
need to finish packing....
my older sister gave me a new travel bag as an early birthday present.
It is huge! I can put way more into it than my other one.
It is almost too big! I guess I don't have to fill it up.
It is a vera bradly one. and blue and white.
I look forward to being alcohol free this week!
Too much this weekend.....sigh
have a great day!
bizi

[bizi]

some one said I could put souvenirs in the bag?
I want to be able to comfortably put it under my seat,

have access to it easily: book, food, water, neck pillow etc.
I doubt that I will be able to sleep, hubby is such a light sleeper.

I cooked a good meal tonight in the crock pot.
curry pork and chick peas malsala(an indian sauce), roasted corn, multi colored peppers and (spinach and tomatoes added last before serving.)

When I tasted it , was really bland so I doctored it up a bit,

spices and yellow curry and spicy seasoning and salt!!!!
It tasted so much better! hubby liked it.
I think I could make it again...I think.
I have a couple of calls to make and do some laundry,

scrubs for tomorrow.
So I better sign off.
AF tonight, thank goodness!
bizi
I am thinking about not drinking in paris and then drinking in prague.
I just announced to hubby that I was not drinking in paris because I don't like wine. his response was " you could drink mixed drinks"

sigh
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[bizi]

Thanks for listening wild coyote!
(((((HUGS)))))
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[bizi]

This might sound weird but I think I will put my old carry one bag in my new bag so I can store the big bag over head and take out the small one so that it will fit nicely under my seat. have snacks, water, book, wet ones for refreshing and my pill box so it remains flat...don't want it opening up and spilling every thing out...it is in a plastic bag too.
Yesterday I went to the walk in clinic to get some ambien for the flight. Got enough for jeff and I picked up just 4 pills. I wanted something to take for the long flights. Jeff said he was not going to take that. Oh well I have more for later if I need them.
10mg of ambien. I have taken them before and done scary things but that was drinking alcohol and not going to bed. stupid!

my left foot is mysteriously hurting, along the pinky toe but on my foot not toe. It was hurting for days and I sure that I had broken it. Was going to go to the walk in clinic and have it exrayed but the pain went away yesterday so I never mentioned it while I was there. today it is painful again.
sigh
jeff said "great so much for our walking".
need to get ready for work. Had meant to get up early to take a shower...did not happen so I will make my hair work out.
(it will be a bad hair day).

Had lunch with friends yesterday so that was fun.

Need to get going have to get my morning ritual done before first client, I will call them and tell them that I will be late....like usual. I don't want to get done at 11 to go to lunch...rather see them at 10:30 so that way I am done at 11:30. and have a good hour for lunch before my client at 1pm.
Anyway.


Have a great day!
bizi

[bizi]

we leave in the morning for europe

be back oct 4th. see you then.

bizi

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Have a great trip!