Just needed to be heard for a little while

whitewing

I love this time of year to reflect on what I would like to try over the next few years. So, inspirational articles to remind us to dream are great finds:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/11273518/The-healing-power-of-the-Dartmoor-pony.html

whitewing

No WaS?

Hope you and WaSp are not too poorly.

Have a lovely evening, everyone. We are back from family now.

mellymoo74

I managed a slice of Turkey and some carrots today.

Would love to sleep bit tired of not getting more than 2 hours and then being a zombie it's not like I'm not physically exhausted

Hope you all had a good Christmas

whitewing

Well done on xmas dinner, mellymoo.

mellymoo74

Thanks whitewing just having a lemsip bloody cold.

hopefully feel better soon. Gotta vivofit band hopefully can use this to up my food intake

Waves_and_Smiles

Well done on the Christmas dinner, melly! I do hope that cold clears up soon.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful and peaceful day. By 2am last WaSp and I were fighting for who was going to get to the bathroom to be sick first, not quite in the plan. We spent the day in bed watching dvd's. sleeping and drinking water but by midnight we both felt much better. Sooooo, Merry Christmas for tomorrow! We have decided today didn't happen and are doing everything tomorrow instead! I haven't even opened a gift or eaten a thing and neither has WaSp, tomorrow we plan to make up for it. It isn't too bad, nothing wrong with two Christmas Eve's!

Pyxis

Good for you, Mellymoo, on the food count! Hope you feel better today! What's a vivofit band?

Oh poor you and WaSp, WaS! I wonder what you'd eaten, to make you both so sick? Or perhaps it was that gastroentero bug that's been going round.
But yes, Christmas Day reprise today! I did that once, when due to circumstances, Christmas Day was utterly dire, as I knew it would be, so had planned to do it all properly on Boxing Day, and it worked! Stopped me feeling too resentful, too!
So have a Lovely Day!

Happy Re-Christmas Day!

Pyxis

This is the regular re-post of the Thread Etiquette......

Pyxis wrote: »

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Here is the suggested THREAD ETIQUETTE. By following this etiquette, all posters, whether new or existing, will feel safe, unpressured and respected..

- This is a thread for support. We have discovered some good friends on here, but we promise always to welcome and include new people, and not to be cliquey.

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-If someone thinks that too much pressure is being applied, they can post the trigger word PENGUIN and flag up the fact that they believe there's a potential for someone feeling too nagged to do something. ANYONE could post PENGUIN if they felt there was a danger that suggestions were being enforced too much.

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(Harmless example follows here):-
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This is a penguin. A nasty, crotch biting penguin (CBP).
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IMPORTANT: It has been ascertained that some posters to this thread have found that there are certain subjects which act as triggers, precipitating a worsening of their condition.
To protect these posters, you are respectfully requested NOT to discuss these subjects on this thread:-

Religion. (Please note: it is recognised that everyone is entitled to their beliefs, and we respect those beliefs. It is only because of the fact that religion does act as a trigger for some posters, that we exclude it from discussion.)
N.B. Please don't even mention the name of the religion.

The afterlife. The reason for this is explained in this thread by one poster, and there will be others for whom this is a trigger.

We ask and thank you for your co-operation in this matter.


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It should be pointed out that if anyone is feeling very distressed or close to a crisis, they do not have to worry about what they are posting, or whether it is a penguin for someone else or not. In a crisis situation, just post! We wouldn't want anyone to feel that they couldn't ask for help in case it's a penguin! The penguin thing only applies to a general discussion situation.

- More suggestions please.............We stress that we are suggesting that we AGREE some Thread Etiquette to HELP people who might feel anxious about posting, we are not trying to IMPOSE rules, just relating this to facilitating groups, so that people feel safe and able to participate as fully as they can.

whitewing

Happy Christmas, WaS and WaSp, and Happy Boxing Day, everyone else!

mellymoo74

Thanks all
A vivofit band is a exercise watch doobery hoping I can use that to up my calorie intake not ideal but need to do something.

Didn't go to sleep till 8.30am bin up since 11 am knackered.
Happy Christmas day WaS