Re: Good Morning Thread

by JGL Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:55 am

philcollins where are you? There is an email waiting for you.

by philcollins Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:51 am

Been shoping, for Christmas... lol

It's snowing, already 5 cm.

by GONEFISHIN' Mon Dec 21, 2015 1:19 pm

pouring bloody rain - I hate rain - give me snow any day! Embarassed

by Grumpy427 Mon Dec 21, 2015 1:24 pm

Trade you i love the rain. Sunny and -2 here today going to be a nice mild Christmas.

by JGL Mon Dec 21, 2015 2:55 pm

philcollins wrote:Been shoping, for Christmas... lol

It's snowing, already 5 cm.

Lucky you...Christmas is meant to be white not BROWN or dirty green.

by anlauto Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:52 am

I'll take rain over snow any day....You don't have to shovel rain...

by JGL Tue Dec 22, 2015 5:57 am

Good morning, rain is almost ok any day but Christmas day. Went down to -2 last night so we got a light dusting of snow and everything is beautiful this morning but it wont last long unfortunately, temp is going to warm up with a warm air flow from the south...in the summertime these are nice to get but this time of year, not so much.

by philcollins Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:21 am

Got almost 10 cm since yesterday santa

by Grumpy427 Tue Dec 22, 2015 8:28 am

Good morning, I am beat didnt get to bed till 12, up at 4 then back to bed at 6 Some days this job is really nuts. lol anyway, its going to be a mild Christmas here, hope it get sunny soon, i am getting depressed from all the cloudy weather.

by JGL Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:41 pm

philcollins wrote:Got almost 10 cm since yesterday

we got like 5 to 7 last night but the heat is coming.

by Grumpy427 Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:44 pm

Forgot its my 21 yr sober AA birthday today.

by JGL Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:47 pm

Happy 21st birthday.

by Grumpy427 Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:39 pm

Thank you its the best gift i ever gave myself.

by philcollins Tue Dec 22, 2015 4:53 pm

Happy birthday. Good job.

by JGL Wed Dec 23, 2015 4:06 am

Good Wednesday everybody, 0 last night and 0 this morning, I figure this white stuff won't last too long as it is supposed to reach 2 or 4 today, it is cloudy also.
Have a good day all.

by anlauto Wed Dec 23, 2015 5:03 am

Grumpy427 wrote:Thank you its the best gift i ever gave myself.

The gift was also to the people around you, your family, your loved ones, your kids if you have any....

My Father had 12 years sober with AA when he died....but sometimes I feel it was too little, too late.....he was drunk from when I was 5 right until I was 25....I wish I had spent more time with him when he was sober, because I certainly didn't has much of a Father growing up.

Now I'm 50.....I drink on occasion, maybe once twice a year....I'm certain my kids will have a better example of a Dad then I did.

Cheers....

by Grumpy427 Wed Dec 23, 2015 6:31 am

I sobered up when my Daughter was 3 and my son was a new born. They never knew me as a drunk. My Father died a drunk, he was robbed of 20 years of his life by drinking the way he did. Like you Alan i had a lot of anger and resentments towards my family. I am grateful that I took the last 21 years to work on all that. I have a great sense of freedom now from all of that.

Cheers to you as well.

by JGL Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:05 am

Most of our dads in their generation were involved with too much alcohol in some way, it almost seems as it was a requirement back then. I don't know if it was the depression or what.
Most mothers must have been very patient.

by Grumpy427 Wed Dec 23, 2015 10:53 am

Yes JG i agree, it was a Mans world. lol i do know some mothers that drank hard with the hubby, made for a bad house hold.

by GONEFISHIN' Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:31 am

Grumpy, don't know you but proud of you. My dad died at 56 - he served in England, Holland, and Belgium, lied about his age at 16. Between the army and his upbringing, made a lot of bad choices, checked out of this world probably not realizing that alcoholic diabetics shouldn't drink. I pretty well stick to my 1 glass of red wine in the evening, my brother about the same.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all, keep the shiny side up!

santa

by Grumpy427 Wed Dec 23, 2015 11:37 am

Oh trust me i made my share of mistakes, At the same time i was given a chance to change my life and i took it. I am on the temporary sponsor list for anyone coming out of our local treatment centre. I also don't hide the fact that i am in recovery, makes it easier for some people to approach me if they need help with this.

by JGL Wed Dec 23, 2015 12:07 pm

Grumpy427 wrote:Yes JG i agree, it was a Mans world. lol i do know some mothers that drank hard with the hubby, made for a bad house hold.

I heard those stories too, I had an aunt like that, although now that I think of it her drinking was Mainly after he was gone.

by JGL Thu Dec 24, 2015 5:33 am

Good Christmas eve morning, cloudy drizzle too warm for this time of year, we sure did not have this weather 50 years ago. That was the time when we spent the biggest time of the day outside playing in the snow. +3 already this morning and it is only 9:30ish over her. Have a good day and
HAPPY HOLLIDAYS TO ALL.

by anlauto Thu Dec 24, 2015 6:03 am

Going up to 12*C on the PLUS side here in Ontario....no complaints cheers

by JGL Thu Dec 24, 2015 6:32 am

Yeah I can imagine, no white stuff and kids playing with their video games which are not good for them but keep them out of our hair.
The difference between being raised in a city or close and me (10 minutes from the city) but in the country.

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