Stay sober here Weekender Thread! Dec 5-7
 

The best way to get somewhere is to start heading in that direction. Seems simple enough. But for this alcoholic when I first came to understand I had a real problem a week seemed about as far into the future as I could handle. And even then that seemed long at times. Day by day.

We had a weekender theme proposed by Nonsesical. "What do you hope to accomplish in 2015?"

I thought about that a bit and I don't honestly know. I do know only one thing matters. Only one thing can stop me. Drinking. Or I should say not drinking. It is the teetering point for everything else I want to do.

So picture what you want the new year to be. Try to visualize being sober every day. What do you want 2015 to be for you?

If you don't know no worries. Jump on the sober bus and ride with us this weekend. What are you up to? What is on your mind?

*Ring Ring*

Welcome to your sober weekend!!!!

:bus:bus:bus:bus:bus

AAAAHHHHEEEIII!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgjOSGTDoy8

a second late for shotgun!

I just want to get through the next four weeks. I'll think about 2015 after xmas.

My plan for 2015 is to do some travelling and a charity sky dive

Riding the roof

In

Too funny Lunar(tic)!!!! :):):)


Haha! I saw that LB.... Sooooo close!

goofy I know - I was cleaning in kitchen and logged on just to get shotgun -
I NEED TO GET A LIFE!

In!

Charity skydive, Wolf? Hm. Sounds fun. I used to do those back in the day :)

My favorite was dressed as an elf, jumped in with a guy dressed as Santa. We jumped into a rodeo arena. So many things wrong with that jump, :lol:

We barely survived.

LB... For $5 I will tip you off next week. Deal?


Actually I was later than normal. I got all busy at work. Someone actually came to my desk and I told them not now. I need to get this in at noon. I shooed them away.

CONGRATS LB on 5000 posts!

BiMinin and I are approaching 4000! Of course she did it in half the time! Lol

Dang it! No shotgun. I want to keep working on being me. And finish kitchen remodel.

I had an idea for a lighter sub topic on here. I have all sorts of grocery items I've bought because they seemed a good idea at the time. Marinated artichoke hearts, spinach spaghetti, etc. I was thinking we could have a cooking thread using those random ingredients which we are unfamiliar with, curious about and maybe even nervous about using. Expand our horizons.

So, I'm in. Saving seat for Olive. She can't post from work anymore.

Sober 2015 sounds blissfull.

I was thinking this morning that you must have been tipping off Turtle. But look, he's not here yet.

5000 - LB - you talk as much as I do.:a122:

Love the idea Ruby! We have had cooking weekender thread before and they were fun!

Those two things go great together. A pasta tossed in a little olive oil with the hearts and maybe some other veggies to compliment. Mmmmmm.

I also use the hearts in a tomato based chicken type stew. I use mushrooms and the hearts and sun dried tomatoes. Tasty!

Thanks for the heads-up text, Weasel!
I just sent the $10.00 we'd agreed upon to your PayPal account.

In!

I flung the theme idea, so I ought to participate, eh? (No worries if you're new to sober living and you can't think too far ahead. I couldn't have then, either.)

I'd like to launch a new career. There are a lot of moving pieces to that, some of which are beyond my control, but I am steadily working toward it and I hope to see it come to fruition in 2015.

This is an old chestnut, but I want to lose weight. I dumped 20 pounds within a few months after sobering up, but I have been sitting at the same weight for a while. I need to kick start the diet and exercise regimen. I need to break up with my two loves - eating and doing nothing! I hiked the Grand Canyon last week, but it wasn't easy and I hurt for days after.

I want to be shotgun at least once in 2015! :a122:

I'm in for the weekend, as well I love the cooking idea!


I OFTEN think about that weird pantry food leftover thing, good fun!!!

for Nons new diet....google David Bradley Chocolatier...they do take orders and deliver...I have never tried it, but i hear their Chocolate Bacon is heavenly
Attachment 25633

Non made me think. I have gained weight since quitting. I want to give my bikinis one last hurrah before I am totally too old.

Weas, the chicken stew thing sounds good. I was thinking that shrimp would go well with spinach pasta and hearts.

I'm in! I just want to survive with my sanity intact in 2015. I've got coconut milk in my pantry. Somebody bought it for some Thai soup 5 years ago. Think it's time to throw it out?

I saw this recipe in the F&F section and thought you all might enjoy it...I would add some chopped garlic and basil

This is perhaps the most famous recipe created by Marcella Hazan, the cookbook author who changed how Americans cook Italian food. It also may be her easiest. Use your favorite canned tomatoes for this and don’t be scared off by the butter. It gives the sauce an unparalleled velvety richness.

Featured in: Tell Us Your Favorite Marcella Hazan Recipe.

Vegetarian, Tomato, Italian

5 5 28

Rate this recipe
Ingredients
•2 cups tomatoes, with their juices (for example, a 28-ounce can of San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes)
•5 tablespoons butter
•1 onion, peeled and cut in half
••Salt
Preparation
1.Combine the tomatoes, their juices, the butter and the onion halves in a saucepan. Add a pinch or two of salt.
2.Place over medium heat and bring to a simmer. Cook, uncovered, for about 45 minutes. Stir occasionally, mashing any large pieces of tomato with a spoon. Add salt as needed.
3.Discard the onion before tossing the sauce with pasta. This recipe makes enough sauce for a pound of pasta.

just finishing lunch - thanks Ruby.
sauteed garlic with some ancho pepper, and leftover chicken that was cooked with italian herbs yesterday, added my dried tomatoes threw in artichoke hearts and olives

tossed it with angel hair pasta with olive oil and grated parm - black pepper - my leftover lemon half was petrified tho, couldn't even zest it. :(
in hindsite - I have capers! next time mmmmmmmmmmmmm

artichokes have been in pantry since ,,, hmmmm,,,,,,,,, they're still good.

yeah, 5000 posts - I do need to get a life.

Hey Weekenders!! :)

Not much on this weekend, Xmas work night out on Saturday, having successfully survived last year, this should be routine, a year later most at work have realised I don't drink anymore, its become the accepted norm now on work nights out, birthdays, marriages etc, funny how we can carve out a new perception of ourselves through repetition.

What would I like to achieve in 2015? I'm not sure, but I do know alcohol will not help me to achieve it, in fact it will prevent me achieving all that I can be in 2015!!

Let's make another Sober weekend happen, so much support here, if you're struggling then post, if you're winning then post, if you've slipped then post, we all had our first Sober weekend!!

Let's do this!! :ExeJump:

I had healthy lunch from home but was asked if I wanted to join pepple ordering out so I ate my carrots and had meatball sandwich. The bikini dream is slipping away.

Your lunch sounds good Brain. Gilmer, google coconut milk safety. The expiration dates are mainly good guidelines but not set in stone. Tomato based ghings I might give pass because they are acidic but I would think coconut milk might be ok. I think I have a can I bought for a thai soup too. I will check. Sitting in car in parking ramp, dawdling on walking into office.

Best to face it. Walk will count as exercise:)

I was googling Groucho Marx quotes for something I had heard before. I found this on the site and liked it. Thought I would share.

I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.

Groucho Marx

Read more at I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it... - Groucho Marx at BrainyQuote

Reporting in for a totally incredible sober weekend!

funny Ruby, I too was looking for something but I came across one of mesaman's home movies. That is you isn't it MM?

Damn! Can't hide squat on this Internet thingy! You got me!

Trying to repair Satellite Dish glitches. See all on here laters, Gators...

Awesome, Brain! I love following the maze of googling for one thing and finding another and then another. I learn such interesting things that way. Like the Dorothy Parker quote "a hangover is the wrath of grapes".

I think that I will follow the earlier quote I posted and make of my day the best it can be which is to clear off the paper fort I am constructing on my desk. So sadly, I must put aside my online research and work.

Heading to play BINGO at the local hall tonight with a coworker who insisted I go. Who am I to disappoint?

BINGO!!! ... just practicing...

Me. Oh, that was a rhetorical question weasel? I don't have enough sobriety to sit and play bingo. Not sure I ever will. Though I can imagine myself rolling through the tables scoping out the grannies in another 35 years.