When I was growing up, we always celebrated Dad’s birthday the same way each year. A backyard BBQ with salmon and then a Black Forest cake for dessert. He loved the Black Forest cake....and it wasn’t till many, many years went by that anyone found out he didn’t actually like salmon! Which happens to be …
Day 11...and that is the motivational message on my Sober Tracker app. “Sobriety is a journey, not a destination”. It’s also such a personal journey. Everyone’s relationship with alcohol is different. One person’s ‘not much’ is another person’s ‘too much’. I’ve been toying back and forth with the ‘why am I doing this?’...and ‘is 90 …
Today is day 10 and I’m fully committed to going the 90 days. I’m a little worried about the girls’ weekend, as typically a weekend like that would be a good excuse for Bailey’s in my coffee (wonder if there’s a good substitute for that somehow?), wine, gin & tonics, limoncello after dinner....and lots of …
Early on in the lockdown here, someone I know who owns a wine shop started a fantastic online wine club. The premise was, 3 days per week we would all meet online and enjoy the same bottle together. The first order, I also ordered another case of ‘luxury’ wines. Primarily as I wanted to help …
I had a moment of panic yesterday and made this account ‘private’ and also changed the name of the blog. I suddenly panicked that someone who perhaps knows me but doesn’t know me well would figure out it was me - and I wanted to protect my anonymity. Without anonymity, I wouldn’t feel safe to …
I’m loving getting up before sunrise and listening to the city wake up! Feeling better this morning than yesterday. Not sure why I was so agitated, but also was having thoughts of ‘why am I doing this?’ And “I’ve gone a week without really thinking about having wine...so what’s the big deal?” But I know …
Got up wayyy too early, but enjoyed the quiet before the sunrise. I wrote, I read...I had my coffee. But then, I just felt agitated. My cat was agitated too for some reason and being overly aggressive and needy at the same time. I decided to make crepes, but didn’t have the ingredients for the …
I woke up at 5:22 this morning. Not sure I’ve ever willingly got up this early unless it was to catch a flight! It’s still dark out, and there are people still outside, continuing their chats that started sometime last night. I’ve done the Week One before...a few times. And each time, I feel better. …
I have had, so far, an awesome day! Woke up at 6 (yikes!) but was able to spend some quiet time waking up before the sun, enjoying my morning concoction of coffee/maca/cacao/tahini and a bunch of other things that make it sound like it would be gross but is totally not! Then I literally rocked …
I’ve found I’m spending a lot of time with my Dad lately. My Dad who’s been gone from this earth for oh, about 7 years or so now? I wish I could remember the times like this...but so grateful to have this photo As I myself get older...and get to that age where I think …
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