The giving up/cutting down alcohol thread part VI

mookiepook

Evening everyone. Wow, some great posts on here today. GC - you're fab, as always. And I love how everyone is so supportive. HB I know exactly what you mean - I had a dreadful month last month in terms of being AF - but since 1st April have managed to stay away from the booze. Isn't it weird? As GC says, you can start afresh any time. That reminds me of a poem I read lately, if I find it I'll post it on here. I'm still reeling from the shock of the vet bill this morning - £85 - nearly enough to drive me to drink ... poor doggie has an ear infection and an infection at the other end (sorry if anyone's eating their tea), came home with a bagful of tablets and creams (eeugh).

honeybear_2

Poor Mookie (i mean the dog, not the person!)

mookiepook

Thanks HB. I found that poem, here it is:
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

budget_babe

Hi Guys,

I am only here quickly tonight.

This blinking plusnet wireless router is not working right :mad:

It is soooooooooo frustrating, ages with no internet and now its playing up. My Ds did say it was not very good. (Thats an understatement).

So rant duly over I do hope you are all ok tonight and getting to where you want to be?

Hugs to you all and I shall try, yes try and catch up.

But I am af and off to bed soon. I know: Living on the edge :cool: reminds me of a song.................

God Bless
Budgie (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

honeybear_2

budget_babe wrote: »

Living on the edge :cool: reminds me of a song.................

Oh you litle rock chick, you...

Just posed this on this site on the DFW forum so thought I'd share:

Oh so many things for me; what APR actually meant, what a credit card really was (ie.more debt!), the effects & timescale of consolidation etc etc etc...

Most of all I wish I'd known somewhere as supportive & non-judgemental as this forum. I can remember admitting to my debts when I was much younger to parents & a few others & getting loads of abuse thrown at me, along with a fair heap of disappointment. The effect on me was that I stopped talking aboiut my debts, hid my spending & it's taken years for me to open to anyone else about anyth.ing financial. I still struggle now.

This site is (pardon the pun) a wealth of information & this site especially is full of such nice, supportive & helpful people. I may have got there late but at least I'm on my way now :A

honeybear_2

mookiepook wrote: »

Thanks HB. I found that poem, here it is:
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

Oh dear, that's a tear-jerker...

Thank you, it's beautiful. I'll print it off & keep on my noticeboard

fedupandskint

I have just converted my weight from kilos to stones and had a bit of a shock when I realised how much I want to lose

I cannot imagine losing a stone - how do you do this?

Exercise yes
Fruit yes
No alcohol yes
Sweets/chocolate/pop/crisps/carbs - yes

Looks like it's the last one then hey ho however I really want to do this as I want to return to this size again

Does anyone else have any tips about how to lose a stone in weight (no jokes please!)

honeybear_2

Sparkles, maybe check out the Losing Lbs not £££s thread? Sorry, I'm not on it so no link but I know other peeps on here use it

Aside from that, hard work & lots of :j

yellowmonkey

Well I managed to entertain the kids today

Took them to a local beach which is accessable from a path from the top of the cliffs
( We are talking 5 miles from the White cliffs of Dover so quite high ).

Mistake #1 was the fact that we did not have appropiate footwear indeed my youngest DD had her new shoes on that we got yesterday and she did not want to get them muddy.

Mistake # 2 not taking any notice of the previous rainfall and not realising that the path down was a mud slide so had to carry DD on back.

Mistake # 3 not realising that the clingy mud sticks to the bottom of your shoes and is not good adhesion when stepping on a large stone

Eventually made it to beach but realising the distance to get to the road home Daddy decided to take a short cut up a very faint path that lead up the cliffs. Strode off like Bush tucker man and desended again an hour later beaten back by brambles, Bees the size of spitfires and terrain that would beat the Royal Marines in exactly the same spot we started from

Swallowed my pride, followed the road I knew and fortified by a Crunchie Ice Cream and 2 Flake cornettos made it back to my car. Would have been cheaper to get a Taxi :mad:

My DDs look at me now with a very distrusting look and were not happy especially when they were impailed on brambles the size of Zulu spears and may take a while to get their trust back

That was my day so having a beer to chill so yet to post AF yet but feeling positive for tomorrow

Edit...No I will be AF Tomorrow

budget_babe

mookiepook wrote: »

Thanks HB. I found that poem, here it is:
The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance.
The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,
as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied
a single moment in all your life.
You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.

Agreed that is beautiful :A

Ms Honey B you are getting your debt down and you are making really good progress. I know what you mean about having the support on here, I thankfully am not in debt. But when Mr Budgie did not have a job some 21 months ago, I think if I had not of found this site then I probably would not have adjusted my spending like I did.

So this site helps people who are already in debt and it helps people who are not in debt, to stay out of debt.

So keep up all of your hard work and realise that your story helps so many other people too. :A You are our very own lovely care bear :A Bear hugs (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Jo happy birthday mate for tomorrow :T and to Mp well done on 2 years af :T Hugs and lots of love to you both. (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Miss P sorry to hear our adorable piglet is a poorly piglet and well done on making the effort on yourself today, start as you mean to go on :T (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Ok I must go, I am balancing on my Ds bed with a lead into my laptop, it is so uncomfortable. Don't know why the wireless won't work?????????

Love n hugs (())
Budgie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Btw where is Winebox and BHB?

Ym and Fedup hugs to you both (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx