1/31 Morning Coffee

I hope everyone had a great weekend!  It's snowing yet again in Minnesota......We aren't getting dumped on all at once, which I prefer......LOL  NOOOOO, it has to snow almost EVERY day!  I finally have enough accumulation in my driveway to call the plow guy!  I have nothing new to report on the dating front....

I did find out the douche bad daddy #1 got a job........of course it's at the McDonalds in town so we wont be going there anymore.....which is good!  He has supposedly found Jesus and has "changed"....I've heard this tune before so I don't really believe it.  I've been watching his FB page and keeping up on his daily posts and have noticed that the majority of his friends have gotten sober and are now these rightous christian types......sorry if I offend....So maybe it will help to have them encouraging him....As much as I believe he'll always be a f-up I hope for Aura's sake he turns his life around.  I've noticed that recovery takes many addicts from one extreme to the next.......why is that?  I'm sure I'll never understand that way of approaching life but I guess if it works more power to them.  I've always been a believer that we choose our own paths.....we reach many crossroads in our lifetime.....there are those people who will choose the path of least resistance and have little to no success in life and there ae those that choose the path that is ladden with challenges you have to overcome.......I have always chose the latter of the two......while he has always chosen the path that will lead him back to where he started from......the bottom......I hope this time around he meets the challenges in the road and doesn't crumble under the pressures of "real life" and resort to his old ways of drugging the pain and fear away......If we don't challenge ourselves on a daily basis we will never know what we are capable of.......

Have a great day everyone!

Hey Heather darlin, it's still January!  :)

It was a LONG night!  Thanks Lee!  

 "If we don't challenge ourselves on a daily basis we will never know what we are capable of......."

Heather, that comment almost brought me to tears.  Your post was so appropriate for me today. I'm dealing with the me who wants things to be easy. My current problems are so ordinary, some plumbing not working (in the condo, not me), slowing weight loss, money crunches, mother declining, issues with a friend, all part of life. When I deal with them directly, I feel so much better. Thanks for reminding me.

Have a great week. 

i'm glad my post help you put your current problems into perspective.......I think it did for me too.....After i posted this I went into the kitchen and washed ALL the silverware.....I've been seriously neglecting my home and have been chosing to ignore the hurricane of mess around me rather than facing it one room at a time like I know I should....I'll be finishing the kitchen today and chosing a room for tomorrow....I just can't continue to live in this mess!!  It took me awhile to realize that a major source of my unhappiness is this unhappy mess I've let build up in my house!  Isn't amazing how one simple thought can open our eyes to the world around us?!?!

hey sunshine!! I've missed chatting with ya on FB...

I hope for everyone's sake that he is true and genuine in his change...if he is true to himself, the rest will fall into place.

I agree that if we do not challenge ourselves, we become stagnant. I am always in 'challenge' mode....lol....bwhahaha

LOL......Dirty you crack me up!  I think if you had a day where you weren't challenged you'd go FIND a challenge!

Hi Heather and all!  Yes, its still January... I think we're supposed to miss the brunt of the storm sweeping through the plains - which is ok with me.  We're usually the ones getting dumped on. 

I'm still off this week and next.  I'm cleaning out my bedroom - have already taken 3 garbage bags of clothes to the thrift store and still have 3 bags of shoes, and another 5 bags of clothes...

I'm also "transitioning" some stuff over to BF's place.  Seems I'm there half the time and wish I had "this and that".  He's been saying lately he wants only one place to go home to, which of course is his place.  Told him that will happen eventually but it will be gradual... AND I'm buying a condo.  He thinks its just for my son to live in, but I told him I plan on being there too and I like the idea of having a place "in town".  He lives 45 minutes from me and my work.. so I'm the one doing all the driving with these gas prices skyrocketing....  Looks like I'll be getting a lot of motorcycle time this summer if that's the case. 

Anyway - he made the comment about me moving ALL my stuff there - I had to laugh, there is NO way all my stuff will fit there!  Lets start with the closet - LOL... I know he means well... but.. its really not realistic.  I have a 1400 SF condo - he has a 1200 SF house... they're both full of stuff... I can do the math and it just doesn't fit.  AND I'm NOT getting rid of any of my stuff....  Ok - done venting!!

I'm resting for a moment.  May have overdone it a bit today.  Waiting for son to get home from college to help me load up my car.  I know when to ask for help... plus I took him out for lunch today so he feels amicable towards me still today - LOL...

Heather - I hope you can get your house organized.  I definitely know when mine is clean I feel much calmer.  Yep - that's on the list for later this week too. 

LOL........Jody he may be your perfect man......but he is still a MAN......selfish, unaware, and just plain stoopid....You'll whip him into shape......

You need to slow down a little with the lifting and moving.....you don't want to hurt the new breastesess!

Yea... I got a lecture from him too when he found out what I had done... so I made him help me with the rest of the bags today. 

Little sore today.  Its a rest day... working on condo buying papers so that keeps me down...

Now - tomorrow though, no promises.  This place REALLY needs a cleaning...