Saturday Roll Call

Good Morning,

I don't care what time I go to bed, I am always up by 6.  

We went to Cracker Barrel last night for dinner. I had grilled catfish. I love it.

Today, I am making a fruit tray, and a pickle and olive tray to take to our daughter Annette's house for a Birthday party for Morgan. I wi**** were warmer, so we could sit out on her deck, but..........

Dawn, Have I told you lately how great you are doing? I really admire you for having the courage to help yourself out of a bad situation. When Liv graduates on Tues., pat yourself on your back for raising such a great child.

Connie, it is so nice to see the excitment in you.

Have a great day!!!

Hugs,

Hello everyone

I am relaxing after a stressful week.  But not for long I will be running some errands.  I want to get more house plants.  And I want get some Summer clothes.  So that's the cards today.  I think I will drive out to Aurora for this.  There is more out there.  I also have some cleaning and organizing to do. I also just want to pick up a bunch of flowers to brighten things up inside!!! 

Me and some friends were talking about going to the Taste Of Glen Ellyn but they keep forecasting rain...so I don't want to go if there's rain.  We were mainly going to listen to music...the entertainment.  And I don't want to sit in the damp cold!!!  No fun there.  So I am hoping I can find someone to watch Godzilla with me.  It looks like some action adventure fun to me!!!  I used to watch that on TV when I was a kid...brings back fond memories of after school fun.  Ahhhh...those were the days.

Today is an anniversary of sorts for me and Chris.   I don't why it's taking me so long to get over this.  I am getting impatient and irritated with myself.  It's not like we were together forever...it was a year.  My God...just get over this...I tell myself. 

Dawn-  what a great milestone for you.  But then I always believed you could do it!!!

Sharon and Nancy and Christine....it's so nice to have you guys posting on the board again

Well time to relax again...see ya later.  Have a good day

Good morning friends, 

We are off to the shop to do some arranging and later we will meet with our web designer and get the logo finished. We also have knitting today. I'm working on a hat made from cashmere, silk and possum fiber from New Zealand. It's  so warm and soft. I'll post a pic on FB when I'm done. 

I found an app called Argus which is similar to fit bit since I've now lost two of them. This is on the iPhone which is always in my pocket.  Saves the cost of another fitbit!

Have a great day!

Connie

Connie-  I agree with those Fitbit.  You can lose them easily.  My Fitbit is the one you wear around your wrist and I have yet to lose it or have it come loose.  It's very secure.  I love it.  The ones you clip on are just not secure enough.  Just a suggestion if you ever want to try a Fitbit again

Happy Sunny Saturday!

I was able to spend the day with the babies yesterday. Something that has been happening lately when I do this; I stay for about another 45 minutes to an hour after my son-in-law gets home and we sit and chat. Over the past 8 years our relationship has evolved from, "who the heck is this guy" to "friend". We seem to really like each other. That is an accomplishment. I say this with real love, because I love him like I birthed him. But to like him too is a lovely extra.

I am working on some issues that have kept me from God the way I need to be with Him.

Because i feel safe here and because I just need to finally say it to someone else besides myself; I shop for the wrong reasons to the point of it being an issue. I have always had issues with money. Personal issues. I think it goes back to the way my mom parented me in this regard. I tend to overbuy things.  I am like a binge drinker or binge eater only I do it with shopping. I go long periods and buy nothing and then all of a sudden I buy one type of thing constantly. At Christmas-time it was kitchen stuff; bowls, serving platters, green pans etc. Last fall it was decorating stuff for my kitchen. Recently it was magazines about gardening. I am ashamed of this. I also do this with food sometimes, or with books. I realize that these things then become too big for me to house in a normal fashion. (who needs 35 bath towels) so I put them in places I can find room for them and then forget about them. Recenlly my daughter told me she thinks I am a hoarder. I was horrified. Hoarder?????? Isnt that someone who has so much stuff that you cannot walk around in their house, or someone who cant use their house because its so full of junk? Isnt it a junk palace? If you walk in my house it doesnt look like the hoarder houses on TV. But then I started to pray and asked God to show me what is going on and I realized something. "I AM A HOARDER". I am working on this and know God will heal me. But the way I got to this point is not good and I need to deal with those issues. Hoarding is only a component to the real problem. I need to dig deep and figure out what that is. I believe it relates to my weight issues as well.  

G and I have discussed it and he seemed relieved that I brought it up. He has tendencies to keep lots of junk around and he knows he also has issues. We are hoping to deal with some of the common areas like the garage together. It overwhelms me to think of keeping everything to prepare for a garage sale, I just take the stuff to goodwill.

G is at his dad's today so his mom could go out for the day. I am commited to doing something positive in regards to this hoarding issue. I've prayed about it, told you guys and now I am going to oragnize and deplete.

Thanks for listening my dear ones.

Hugs,

Sharon

Sharin u and I should be twins! We r so much alike!!!!!!

Sharon, you are not a hoarder! You take things to goodwill, you dispose of things. You have a reason to buy things.

I have at least 35 bath towels, 6 sets of sheets for 1 king size bed, I only have 1 set for each of the twin beds. I love buying different wine glasses, and dishes. As well as serving peieces. And I have enough jewelry making stuff and scrapebooking stuff to start my own shop. I guess what I am saying is we all buy to much stuff. I also go to the grocery store every week, for whatever. My mother did that too. Hers was because they grew up during the depression, mine, because she did it.

Huggers,

Lisa and Carla,

I love you. You are ikes sistas from another mother.

Hugs!

Hi again, I've done it with shopping, clearly with food, yarn and with fantasy. I received a huge amount of help from Overeaters Anonymous and even though I still overrate my way to surgery I never binged  again like I used to. I also gave up soap operas, romance novels and fantasy relationships ( like my own private soap opera in my head) through working the 12 steps. There are meetings of Shopaholics Anonymous in the Chicago area. I highly recommend working some 12step program. It's saved by life and my sanity. If you struggle with any of the concepts, message me and I'll share what I've learned in 33 years in program. 

Connie

Thanks so much for the remarks. In CR the goal is to get a sponsor and get into a 12 step program. As always, Connie u r right on. Hugs, Sharon