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(((Aly))) You and your mom are both in my prayers for healing and peace.

Tonight I'm grateful to my next door neighbor for feeding Billie and taking her out after. I have such good neighbors.

Bekindalways

Oh Ally, I'm so so sorry to hear that about your Mom. Courage and strength to you both as you face this.

Tonight I'm grateful for
- getting in a 6 mile bike ride
-my neighbor bringing me chicken piccata
-finding a missing phone charger
-getting some good conversation in with a bunch of the oldsters in my life

Good night all

Astro

Aly, praying for your Mom for healing and comfort, and prayers as well to you, giving thanks that you are willing and able to provide care for her.

Grateful to have a pleasant time at work last night and be around fans who were so appreciative.
Grateful to see in person some classic rock personalities from the 70's, and wow did they perform well!
Grateful I've got a couple nights off coming up, it's time for a break again.

Bekindalways

Sigh. I got thrown off today by something minor so not feeling very grateful but perhaps these times are the most important to try.

Grateful for clean windows and getting in a solid half hour of yoga. Grateful for one of the resident teenagers being lovely. They do grow up and it is wonderful to see. This one has been through some crap and then some.

least

Grateful to my next door neighbor for coming over and taking Billie out for her bedtime potty. Grateful to have such good neighbors.

BKA, sorry your day got thrown off by an unpleasant incident.

Alpine

Bekindalways, I hope tomorrow is a better day for you
Grateful for my cousin that came into town taught me about disc golf (she brought her disks with her on the plane)
Grateful that my pup after his back injury is continuing to improve and has started to run again. He saw a pile of leaves and ran right through it
Grateful for another sober day
Grateful for everyone here.

AutumnTree

Aly, sending you and your mom love and strength! I'm sorry she broke her hip.
Grateful to be single after ending a relationship that wasn't a good fit. Grateful to be very happy and content on my own (well, with two dogs and a cat). Grateful for a weekend at the river house that has a hot tub now .. It felt amazing. Grateful for the drive that had the most beautiful fall colors I've ever seen in person. Grateful for daylight savings....I love it when it gets dark earlier. Good night all!

Fearlessat50

Grateful to check in
(((Aly))))
Grateful to see my BFF who I haven’t seen in a few years. She lives in another state now. Grateful she invited sonny boy on a trip with their family next summer
Grateful to make pecan butter
Grateful sonny boy picked up his guitar and started playing again after a couple years.
Grateful holidays are around the corner

Astro

All of this made me smile, your cheerful perspective lifted me up this morning!

Cheering on your son! I keep pushing through my arthritis pain and tendonitis because I enjoy making music so much.

Grateful that the NASCAR event is over, although some of the crowd can be fun to work and the noise is just energizing, it's just an exhausting event to work and I'm grateful to be done with it for this season.
Grateful for the weekend meals my wife ordered.
Grateful we could sit down and watch Yellowstone together last night.

Alpine

Fearless, oh my gosh..pecan butter...?? Sounds amazing
Autumn, You are such a positive person. Keep being you.. I appreciate it
Grateful for a nice walk with my cousin who us visiting
Grateful for raking leaves
Grateful for a nice warm bed

Bekindalways

Good evening all,

I woke up still glum but my day turned out pretty well.

My sister and I zoomed together to tackle a financial software glitch and figured it out. It was painful and the sense of accomplishment afterwards was lovely.

I finished washing all the front windows which is a nice chore.

Also I pursued my weird habit of digging up thistles on the hillside and it was very satisfying.

As always thanks for all your support.

least

Fearless, I too was going to remark on how nice it was that Sonny Boy picked up the guitar again. I admire people who can play music on whatever instrument, including the voice. I had a friend a long time ago who played the 12 string guitar and played it very well too. I used to love listening to him play. Boy, those were the days...

Tonight I had no one to take Billie out for bedtime potty so I braved it and took her out myself. I connected two leashes, a 6 foot one and a 4 foot one, so I could stay on the porch and hold onto to the railing and she could reach the yard to pee. Glad she cooperated and peed right away. I'm grateful I didn't fall, I was so exhausted from all the walking and my legs were really weak by the time I got upstairs again. Grateful I made it and grateful Billie did her thing.

Alysheba

Grateful for a soft rain (any kind of rain will do! ) tonight. I hope it rains all night.
I'm supposed to take my sister to get a new drivers license tomorrow. I hope it works out.
I need to stop at the grocery store and pick a couple of things up.
I talked to my mom tonight, and earlier. She said they found something going on with her kidneys that they'll do more tests on. They must have had her on some pretty strong stuff. She thought she was in a casino and a restaurant and there were FBI guys around her. I'm praying that was just the meds. I'm sure they are giving her some pretty strong stuff. She never takes anything, so she has no tolerance.
Grateful for all my wonderful friends here. I feel so grateful for the good vibes and prayers people are sending. All appreciated. I think good vibes from good hearted people can make a big difference sometimes.
Least thank you for your PM. I've been late getting back to people, you are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love and peace, esp to anyone struggling or sufferring in any way. 💗☮💫💝💞💖💟💜
Have a wonderful evening!

Astro

Grateful for my days off, and even though it was hard to say no to a client I'm grateful I turned down a repair job so I could have a little time to myself to rest and get some energy back again.
Grateful for the program of AA, it only takes small reminders of where I came from to keep me on track and focused on my recovery.

Bekindalways

Hi all,
tonight I'm grateful for
-getting some paperwork done
-hacking away at some thistles on the hill above my house
-finding a semi-new trail and having a good walk - got in 10 k steps today

Sleep well

Fearlessat50

Autumn, I agree with Alpine. I love your upbeat positive energy
Aly, thinking about you a d your mom
Least, glad you were able to get Billie out and not fall or aggravate your situation. Sending more healing vibes
Astro, it’s so nice that sonny boy just picked up his guitar on his own. He was bored. He’s rediscovering this. I always love the sound of guitar music in the house. I hope you can keep your arthritis under control to keep playing
Grateful to work out an issue with an Amazon order and my account.
btw,, Astro, we are watching Yellowstone too. It’s good! Loving Ted Lasso also. Love him!
Grateful for a healthy diet and lifestyle
Grateful for the books I’m reading

Astro

I will keep playing until my hands are curled into claws I enjoy it that much, even if I don't sound great. A friend sent me an article yesterday about overcoming pain using meditation, prayer, yoga, gratitude, and mindfulness. Hmmm, so many of the things we practice in recovery, right? So that's the next step in my journey.

I'm looking forward to the next series coming up in the Yellowstone story, I think it's called 1888? Looks like a great cast and storyline.

Grateful that life is such an adventure, full of twists and turns, and never a dull moment. Somedays in spite of my tiredness I feel like I can't get enough of this life.
Grateful that I was able to reach out to my next door neighbor yesterday and offer some help and ongoing support, he's been hospitalized for almost two years and has a long road ahead to recover fully.

least

Grateful to my brother for coming over, faithfully every day, before and after work, and taking care of Billie and the cats for me. I wish I could think of a good way to reward him... other than getting better so I can start doing it myself again.

I too always loved live music in the house. My ex/girls' dad, played the drums and there was always music of some kind in the house. When I was a kid my dad played violin and I loved hearing it. There are still some bits of violin music pieces that instantly take me back to childhood cause he played them.

Once I was on a 'date' to a concert and the music suddenly was this piece I remembered so well from early childhood that I started crying. He looked at me kind of like - wth?

Alysheba

I have a feeling, he knows your gratitude, Least. A sweet thank you note is always nice and you can get really nice ones at the 99 cent store. But even if you can get there, telling him thank you and how much it means to you would probably mean a lot to him!

Alysheba

Grateful that I went grocery shopping with one sister, still haven't gone to DMV, despite a lot of opportunity. I'm starting to grow a little suspicious. I wonder if she got it yanked and doesn't want to tell anyone. I sure hope not. A few things aren't adding up and I wondered a while ago if something like that may have gone down. Like I said, I sure hope not.
Then I got a call from the other sister talking about inheritance taxes and how I have to call a lawyer and call also regarding getting some help for housing subsidies, which I don't have, but I have no idea how to go about getting on the list, which I've heard takes 2-11 years. I know I've been on at least 2 years. But I'm going to make some more phone calls. She was telling me all these things I should do, blah, blah, blah. In some ways I can get along better with my other sister, we fight a lot, but we get along better. The other one just makes me blotto! She'll talk until you have Cauliflower Ear too, giving advice. She has her nose in everything. She needs to MYOB I pretty much try to ignore her. For whatever reason she doesn't want me to move to the Southern part of the US. It's a lot cheaper there and I can get a 1 bedroom for a price I can well afford, if I want to keep my good health insurance, etc. and I need a new car. So it's really not her business where I go after my mom passes. If I could get a great place some where around here that is affordable, that would be great, but I just don't feel it happening. I hope I'm wrong. You can't get a straight answer from people who should know. If I had some family I were close with or something, but I really have nothing keeping me here. I don't really even like my sisters. I used to but the years has not done well for our relationship with each other. At least, on my end I am pretty soured and I struggle a lot with forgiveness. But I do pray and hopefully I can get past it.
Grateful to hear from Stella. I have not seen her in ages. She pops in once in a while and says hi and it makes my day to hear from her! Dear person.
Mom is still struggling. It is hard to deal with, esp with all the sister blah, blah noise. 💗
Grateful so much for all of you and for being here. I am so grateful for your posts and your gratitude. Love and peace to all. ☮💫