Fabulous Friday-Whats New????

well- it's 3:20 am EST and i am watching "the national tree".....went to bed tooooo early again and was up at 130.....brody had his nose snuggled under my armpit again...what is with that dog??

today is jeans day at work-as always -and i am getting ready to iron my denim snowman shirt --the only catch to the jeans is that we have to wear something with the bank logo---but my bank shirts are short sleeved and it is cold in michigan!!!!!! duh! so....the iron is heating up and i will conquer the shirt before i doze back off for an hour!

so what's new with you? friday will be work.....i'm loving the customers as they get into the Christmas spirit....next friday; we have a bank wide open house and we are all decorated for that...now if we could ditch the country music on the radio for some holiday tunes.....

then saturday nite, mom and i are going to a local rodeo--whooo hooo-cowboy type ppl!!!!!!!! a friend's grandson will be riding a bronc and so we are going to see him,,,i may have to check out the bull riders tho!will be my first live rodeo--cool!

well; it's brrr cold and i wanna get back under the afghan with roxie to watch the last of the movie....oh- we had about 4 " of snow yesterday am here and in the 20's...i think almost another inch this morning...so far...

drive safe stay warm and grab a hug! prayers too!

Mary and I are home from a decent trip to Vegas.  Brought $800 with me, fully intending to spend every bit of it.  Gambling was good enough that I came home with almost $400 still in my pocket. 

Word to the wise for anyone going to Vegas.  Don't use the Ex Caliber.  Was not impressed with our stay there, but it was a place to lay our heads.  Will find someplace else to stay next time.

Hope everyone is fine.  Have not read anything about what has been going on while we were gone.  Have not gotten on the scale yet, but will in the morning.  Hope it was good to me.  I did pretty good with my eating and got LOTS of exercise walking.

Good Morning Margo, George & The Gang of you not yet up to post. . .

So glad it's Friday, been a week of craziness at work and was not expecting it to be, hoping today will go as I planned (lol), I need to clear away all the filing and so on, as the new person is taking over my desk on Monday and I am moving into the Client Services Rep spot, the front desk person job, greet 'em and so on. . .  oh well, it's a job and I, unfortunately, will still be working for one of the people in my office that I'd rather not deal with, but again, it's a job and I know if she has her way, she will find a way to be paired with someone else, as she has been riding me again about everything, she is just a sad sack person, a true case of misery wanting company, while I hope that she gets pregnant soon, so that she will leave, I feel sorry for any children she has. . .  oh well, perhaps she will be a better Mom then a boss. . .One of the good parts of this new position though is that I will be working an 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. schedule, since I am an early riser, it makes perfect sense to me and hopefully there will be opportunity for overtime.  I am still applying for other jobs, perhaps 2011 will find me working somewhere better suited to me.

On another note, I have asked my roommate of the past four years to move out and it is sad, but necessary, something I have contemplated for some time, but which has become glaringly obvious of late that it is time she moved on.  I have another good friend interested in the room (which is actually a big room that is like a studio apartment), who will pay me the rent I need on time.  I gave her 60 days notice.

Well that about sums of my life, my day and I am simply looking forward to the weekend beginning!

You all have a wonderful day and as always, I wish peace and strength to all facing lifes more challenging things.

Laureen

L- keep those big girl panties on--you rock!!!!!!!
i'm certain the decision was not easy.....i support you on it tho!!!!!!!!!!

Dang- that is hard to do isn't it Laureen? I had a feeling that was what you were struggling with, though you never said it. I'm proud of you!

Good day all. Real cool here, but sun should be out.

Went out again last night to a Perkins for dinner. Even got the early bird senior discount. Their turkey dinner and stuffing is delicious. Brought home half and will have it today for lunch.

We have to go back to VA for flu shots today and also get more stuff at Walmart. I will hold on to hubby so he doesn't get lost again.

Sober 30 days and I feel so good about that.

Love my new short haircut...went out a total of 5 times yesterday a new record for me in a long time. Went to hot tub and visited with people too.

Thoughts and prayers to all. Thanks for the support.

Monica,

You know the saying "Can't see the forest for the trees?" Well, I don't know if you can see it or not, but each day I say to myself "Our Monica is finding her way back!" Each day you sound more like our Monica of old. . . Still capable of "Stupid Monica Tricks" (Aren't we all?) but also capable of taking care of herself, loving herself, becoming whole and healthy again.

I always want life to be fair, just and EASY. . . . My friend, it just isn't is it? However, we can do a lot to help ourselves and make it the best life we can. I see you doing that again. How I have missed you and I know I am not alone in being so happy to see you stopping by each day. You inspire me in your walk and remind me that I have much work still to do also.

There you go Monica! You can conquer that anxiety- one day at a time! I know it's not easy... I still remember that stuff!

Good for you, Monica, 30 days sober! I'm so proud of you. And getting out five times. I had an aunt, my godmother actually, who had agoraphobia. She could only go out in small areas at certain times. It's tough to overcome. Take it one step at a time, one day at a time (not saying that's what you have). You are doing well to conquer your fears.

So when can I tak you out to lunch Im only about 10 minutes away from where you are monica. carla