Morning Gratitude Part 115
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Hev, perhaps did you have extra heavy earrings on that day? 😊
Alpine, I love old barns. There are several on the back roads where I live
Numblady, glad you finally got off the plane. How stressful!
Mags, where are you and how are you?
Brit, Lindor balls. My husband gets me the white chocolate ones every Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Love them so much!
Free, hope you sleep better
Palmer, so sorry about that difficult exchange with your mom. It can be such a hard topic for many families. I’m glad you have the financial means. It was such an enormous stressor for me when I put my dad in memory care. It all worked out but I was worried we’d run out of money. We didn’t, but that’s because he passed sooner than I thought he would 😞
Grateful sonny boy tried lasagna last night. He has sensory processing issues that cause an eating disorder. But he is getting better and is more open to trying new foods. We don’t pressure and we don’t react at all when he tries something new (whether it’s a good or bad outcome). We have to act totally normally so he doesn’t feel weird about it all. But inside my head I was crying and jumping for joy!
Grateful to spend time with the boys watching Total Drama Island and Seinfeld
Grateful the roof repair is done.
Grateful for beautiful weather this week
Alpine, I love old barns. There are several on the back roads where I live
Numblady, glad you finally got off the plane. How stressful!
Mags, where are you and how are you?
Brit, Lindor balls. My husband gets me the white chocolate ones every Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day. Love them so much!
Free, hope you sleep better
Palmer, so sorry about that difficult exchange with your mom. It can be such a hard topic for many families. I’m glad you have the financial means. It was such an enormous stressor for me when I put my dad in memory care. It all worked out but I was worried we’d run out of money. We didn’t, but that’s because he passed sooner than I thought he would 😞
Grateful sonny boy tried lasagna last night. He has sensory processing issues that cause an eating disorder. But he is getting better and is more open to trying new foods. We don’t pressure and we don’t react at all when he tries something new (whether it’s a good or bad outcome). We have to act totally normally so he doesn’t feel weird about it all. But inside my head I was crying and jumping for joy!
Grateful to spend time with the boys watching Total Drama Island and Seinfeld
Grateful the roof repair is done.
Grateful for beautiful weather this week
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Britbird, welcome, congrats on 4 months, and heck yes on Lindor chocolate balls! I'm already thinking of you as 'britbox' ... maybe we're safer with just 'brit' 
Palmer, well done on shepherding your parents through that difficult process. It can be so hard to reverse roles like that, and witness a parent get so upset about the changes ... but it sounds like you're really taking care of them and finding the best option.
Welcome ImValentine!
NL, I hear ya on planes ... no fun being hostage to germs.
Grateful my stomach is starting to settle down after two days of jet-lag upset.
Grateful I slept well last night.
Grateful to find the energy this morning to pack for another trip -- this time to go pick up a camper van I bought in another state. Grateful to remember I can just deliver the van home and don't have to turn it into an "epic" road trip. I'm not wanting to be away from family and support groups for very long, so I'll just make it a quick trip. Grateful to remember to go easy on myself.
Grateful to read all your updates and feel the support of the GP. Love you guys.
Palmer, well done on shepherding your parents through that difficult process. It can be so hard to reverse roles like that, and witness a parent get so upset about the changes ... but it sounds like you're really taking care of them and finding the best option.
Welcome ImValentine!
NL, I hear ya on planes ... no fun being hostage to germs.
Grateful my stomach is starting to settle down after two days of jet-lag upset.
Grateful I slept well last night.
Grateful to find the energy this morning to pack for another trip -- this time to go pick up a camper van I bought in another state. Grateful to remember I can just deliver the van home and don't have to turn it into an "epic" road trip. I'm not wanting to be away from family and support groups for very long, so I'll just make it a quick trip. Grateful to remember to go easy on myself.
Grateful to read all your updates and feel the support of the GP. Love you guys.
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BritBird, so sorry on the mix up with your name. The compliments were for you!! 
Congrats on your sober time. Wonderful! 
So grateful for your support and for the wonderful people here. I wonder, PS, I'll look up martyrdom. I don't like to think of myself that way, but it could be. I feel a lot of guilt even thinking of leaving her. I've been the family scape goat and that still seems to be sticking. I'll have to look it up and ponder the possibliities. I used to think of my mother as acting like a martyr sometimes and it was gross to me. Sometimes we need to consider things that maybe don't make us feel so good. Food for thought.
Love and peace to all our wonderful Grat Packers. I went shopping for myself yesterday. It felt nice to get some things done and get out. It is surprisingly warm in these parts!
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Congrats on your sober time. Wonderful! So grateful for your support and for the wonderful people here. I wonder, PS, I'll look up martyrdom. I don't like to think of myself that way, but it could be. I feel a lot of guilt even thinking of leaving her. I've been the family scape goat and that still seems to be sticking. I'll have to look it up and ponder the possibliities. I used to think of my mother as acting like a martyr sometimes and it was gross to me. Sometimes we need to consider things that maybe don't make us feel so good. Food for thought.
Love and peace to all our wonderful Grat Packers. I went shopping for myself yesterday. It felt nice to get some things done and get out. It is surprisingly warm in these parts!
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CBS - Hoping consult went well. I have to make myself go back to the dentist.
Imvalentine - Congrats on your 7 days! Great to see you here.
PalmerSage - This is such a hard time for your family - MrH & I have both been through it. Who knew trying to do he right thing would be so difficult?
Britbird - Those darn Lindor balls are responsible for at least 5 of my 25 excess pounds. MrH gave me 4 bags at Christmas. Love the white ones, like Fearless. Bags were gone in no time.
Free - I did go for a brief walk - thanks for the encouragement. Will take a longer one tomorrow.
I recently realized yogurt can have a lot of sugar.
Fearless - Why come to think of it - yes I did have my lead earrings on that day, with matching necklace. Phew - I feel better.
Aly - I'm glad you had that shopping trip - it does us good to get away from the stress & frustration.
Grateful the nurse at dr's office said I didn't have to get weighed - to just give her what I usually weigh. I guess she took me seriously when I whined about the scale.
Grateful I passed the cognitive ability test - just barely - too many math questions.
Grateful to avoid the news all day today - and I feel better for it.
Grateful to catch up on the days grats. Love to all.
Imvalentine - Congrats on your 7 days! Great to see you here.
PalmerSage - This is such a hard time for your family - MrH & I have both been through it. Who knew trying to do he right thing would be so difficult?
Britbird - Those darn Lindor balls are responsible for at least 5 of my 25 excess pounds. MrH gave me 4 bags at Christmas. Love the white ones, like Fearless. Bags were gone in no time.
Free - I did go for a brief walk - thanks for the encouragement. Will take a longer one tomorrow.
I recently realized yogurt can have a lot of sugar. Fearless - Why come to think of it - yes I did have my lead earrings on that day, with matching necklace.
Phew - I feel better. Aly - I'm glad you had that shopping trip - it does us good to get away from the stress & frustration.
Grateful the nurse at dr's office said I didn't have to get weighed - to just give her what I usually weigh. I guess she took me seriously when I whined about the scale.
Grateful I passed the cognitive ability test - just barely - too many math questions.
Grateful to avoid the news all day today - and I feel better for it.
Grateful to catch up on the days grats. Love to all.
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Seems like everyone is a fan of the lindor balls then 😀. The Dark are my faves but ill take any that are going if I'm honest.
Lol Aly, it made me chuckle, think Britbox is a TV channel 😄 I've been called far worse in my time!
Lol Aly, it made me chuckle, think Britbox is a TV channel 😄 I've been called far worse in my time!
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Hev, I have to say when I stopped drinking I also decided to stop watching and reading news as often as I had been.
obviously with everything going on there's alot that's we need to know and I certainly want to know some because its so incredibly important, even as upsetting and horrific as it is.
However, I do find it affects me negatively if I watch too much because its so very sad and very little good happening so now I really try to keep it to a minimum.
obviously with everything going on there's alot that's we need to know and I certainly want to know some because its so incredibly important, even as upsetting and horrific as it is.
However, I do find it affects me negatively if I watch too much because its so very sad and very little good happening so now I really try to keep it to a minimum.
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Imvalentine, welcome!
PS, that does sound like a really rough conversation. The loss of independence is such a profound motivator. Keeps people in situations well past when it is safe. I think about myself — I just imagine somehow that it will all be easy or Ill just happily drift off in my sleep which is so unlikely. Ugh. Just so hard. I’m glad you were there for her while she was experiencing some of the pain of it all, even if it was tough.
Turs, that is awesome about the camper van! With as much Wi-Fi as they have these days all over I bet you can stay connected to at least remote support groups from so many places. That just sounds so liberating and cool!
Grateful my husband is doing bike to school with our daughter today. And that he got her a new bike.
Grateful my son was in a really stable good mood yesterday and even vacuumed and swiffered most of the floors (for money of course but still). Grateful that when he is this way it is not just convenient for me and I appreciate it on that selfish level, it makes me relieved he is not struggling. I know there is struggle in every life, but he seems to have gotten an extra helping through no fault of his own.
Grateful his teacher is back and is actually teaching his math class. He was super mature about the fact that he may need to retake a semester and will likely fail his end of course exam today. I know he has worked his butt off to try and catch up now that she is back and that is good enough for me.
Grateful for how happy the dog was when I came home Monday night. She had been outside and not realized I had come home so when she realized it was me she was just kind of beside herself. Just sniffing every inch and spinning in circles. My daughter was really happy too. Just kept hugging me. My son was happy too—but less hugging. I am a lucky lady.
Grateful for chocolate. I like the Lindor balls as well. I’m not as taken in by them as other things but i do still like them a lot. Grateful I still have a sampling of different chocolates from the yummy chocolatier in Union Station.
Grateful for teachers.
Grateful for all of you.
PS, that does sound like a really rough conversation. The loss of independence is such a profound motivator. Keeps people in situations well past when it is safe. I think about myself — I just imagine somehow that it will all be easy or Ill just happily drift off in my sleep which is so unlikely. Ugh. Just so hard. I’m glad you were there for her while she was experiencing some of the pain of it all, even if it was tough.
Turs, that is awesome about the camper van! With as much Wi-Fi as they have these days all over I bet you can stay connected to at least remote support groups from so many places. That just sounds so liberating and cool!
Grateful my husband is doing bike to school with our daughter today. And that he got her a new bike.
Grateful my son was in a really stable good mood yesterday and even vacuumed and swiffered most of the floors (for money of course but still). Grateful that when he is this way it is not just convenient for me and I appreciate it on that selfish level, it makes me relieved he is not struggling. I know there is struggle in every life, but he seems to have gotten an extra helping through no fault of his own.
Grateful his teacher is back and is actually teaching his math class. He was super mature about the fact that he may need to retake a semester and will likely fail his end of course exam today. I know he has worked his butt off to try and catch up now that she is back and that is good enough for me.
Grateful for how happy the dog was when I came home Monday night. She had been outside and not realized I had come home so when she realized it was me she was just kind of beside herself. Just sniffing every inch and spinning in circles. My daughter was really happy too. Just kept hugging me. My son was happy too—but less hugging. I am a lucky lady.
Grateful for chocolate. I like the Lindor balls as well. I’m not as taken in by them as other things but i do still like them a lot. Grateful I still have a sampling of different chocolates from the yummy chocolatier in Union Station.
Grateful for teachers.
Grateful for all of you.
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Morning all.
I will take a few dark chocolate Lindor balls for breakfast please.
I listened to rain all night and am now enjoying a soggy foggy morning with coffee.
I’m grateful I went to the substance abuse specialist yesterday. I’ve had it in for him since my son was a teenager but it was one of the best appointments I’ve ever had. A perfect day to read my assignment “The Four Agreement’s “. I bought it years ago but never bothered reading it.
I managed a whole shower yesterday before going out in the world. I’ve been looking as rough as I felt!
Brit bird I used to be a news junkie and on top of and angry about most of it. I check in now occasionally as it is too depressing and seems hopeless.
Aly I thought my mother strived and was proud of being a martyr then I turned into one! I actually expected my children to appreciate all the things I did for them. I tried to overcompensate for their crappy childhoods and keep everyone rolling along except me! I didn’t like my mother. Now I see her life wasn’t so great either.
Love and peace to everyone today!
I will take a few dark chocolate Lindor balls for breakfast please.
I listened to rain all night and am now enjoying a soggy foggy morning with coffee.
I’m grateful I went to the substance abuse specialist yesterday. I’ve had it in for him since my son was a teenager but it was one of the best appointments I’ve ever had. A perfect day to read my assignment “The Four Agreement’s “. I bought it years ago but never bothered reading it.
I managed a whole shower yesterday before going out in the world. I’ve been looking as rough as I felt!
Brit bird I used to be a news junkie and on top of and angry about most of it. I check in now occasionally as it is too depressing and seems hopeless.
Aly I thought my mother strived and was proud of being a martyr then I turned into one! I actually expected my children to appreciate all the things I did for them. I tried to overcompensate for their crappy childhoods and keep everyone rolling along except me! I didn’t like my mother. Now I see her life wasn’t so great either.
Love and peace to everyone today!
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Imvalentine, glad you saw the specialist. Btw, I love that book and it is on my night stand 😊
Alpine, yes sonny boy has both a texture and smell aversion. He used to only eat penne pasta. The other pastas taste same but have different textures that bother him tremendously. But he’s slowly made it to bow tie and spaghetti noodles. When we had him in OT, the practitioner said he has a combination of three things that have contributed to his eating disorder - heightened gag reflex, sensory processing issues, general anxiety disorder. I believe she hit the nail on the head. We’ve tried the lasagna rolls before but they made him think of crawley critters. Is that weird? Lol. So the look of foods can bother him too
FBL, grateful for your post. Needed to hear that today
Grateful to forgive myself for getting emotional with my boss yesterday. Pressure has been building up. Inside I’m mad because she miscommunication an assignment early on. I spent a great deal of time last week completing this only to find out now the project is completely different. I need to start from scratch. I took the high road, apologized for “misunderstanding” then she accepted full responsibility for not giving clear direction. Which I’m grateful for but a huge amount of time has been wasted. To boot, a coworker is participating in this project with me. She is new. I’m tasked with leading her, and she is going in a million directions. All of this belongs on the whiners thread. Sorry but thanks for putting up with my rambling
Grateful I have a meditation class tonight
Grateful for all of you
Alpine, yes sonny boy has both a texture and smell aversion. He used to only eat penne pasta. The other pastas taste same but have different textures that bother him tremendously. But he’s slowly made it to bow tie and spaghetti noodles. When we had him in OT, the practitioner said he has a combination of three things that have contributed to his eating disorder - heightened gag reflex, sensory processing issues, general anxiety disorder. I believe she hit the nail on the head. We’ve tried the lasagna rolls before but they made him think of crawley critters. Is that weird? Lol. So the look of foods can bother him too
FBL, grateful for your post. Needed to hear that today
Grateful to forgive myself for getting emotional with my boss yesterday. Pressure has been building up. Inside I’m mad because she miscommunication an assignment early on. I spent a great deal of time last week completing this only to find out now the project is completely different. I need to start from scratch. I took the high road, apologized for “misunderstanding” then she accepted full responsibility for not giving clear direction. Which I’m grateful for but a huge amount of time has been wasted. To boot, a coworker is participating in this project with me. She is new. I’m tasked with leading her, and she is going in a million directions. All of this belongs on the whiners thread. Sorry but thanks for putting up with my rambling
Grateful I have a meditation class tonight
Grateful for all of you
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Hev and Britbird, I'm with ya on the news ... I skim the headlines most days but really limit the number of articles I read each week. And no broadcast news of any kind. I just feel like my nervous system does not need, and cannot take, all of that negative input.
Fearless, that sounds like a frustrating situation with the project. Glad you can forgive yourself for having a (totally understandable) reaction.
Imvalentine, I recently read the Four Agreements and found it had some really useful perspectives. Hope you find it helpful.
Grateful to have my road trip mostly planned, and a way to stay safe & communicate with family (GPS/satellite device that allows texting). I rely so much on cell coverage, but that will be sparse on this trip.
Grateful for time with my grandbaby yesterday. Such an incredible process watching him grow & learn words, & learn about the world.
Grateful for SR & the GP!
Fearless, that sounds like a frustrating situation with the project. Glad you can forgive yourself for having a (totally understandable) reaction.
Imvalentine, I recently read the Four Agreements and found it had some really useful perspectives. Hope you find it helpful.
Grateful to have my road trip mostly planned, and a way to stay safe & communicate with family (GPS/satellite device that allows texting). I rely so much on cell coverage, but that will be sparse on this trip.
Grateful for time with my grandbaby yesterday. Such an incredible process watching him grow & learn words, & learn about the world.
Grateful for SR & the GP!
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Britbird - Yes, keeping news viewing to a minimum is going to be helpful. Terrible news comes at us from all directions, & it's TMI.
Numblady - How wonderful to be so missed by the family.
Imvalentine - I'm glad you had a successful meeting with the specialist. It's so good when we can open up & be understood.
Fearless - That is so much to try & cope with. Hoping things settle down for you.
Grateful to work on being so hypersensitive.
Grateful for the Baltimore Orioles that landed in our yard today. Wish we had some oranges.
Grateful for decent health.
Grateful for the wise & wonderful GP.
Numblady - How wonderful to be so missed by the family.
Imvalentine - I'm glad you had a successful meeting with the specialist. It's so good when we can open up & be understood.
Fearless - That is so much to try & cope with.
Hoping things settle down for you.Grateful to work on being so hypersensitive.
Grateful for the Baltimore Orioles that landed in our yard today. Wish we had some oranges.
Grateful for decent health.
Grateful for the wise & wonderful GP.
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Fearless, sounds like you are dealing with a lot of work stress lately. I’m sorry!
Turs, good luck and safe travels!
Grateful to have even just a few moments to pop in. Running late and head is killing me (but not because of booze so that is a win).
Grateful for the marvelous GP.
Turs, good luck and safe travels!
Grateful to have even just a few moments to pop in. Running late and head is killing me (but not because of booze so that is a win).
Grateful for the marvelous GP.
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