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[FiveNotions]

Now Carleeta, remember what the British NHS says about drinking .... rather than drinking that dangerous stuff, wine ... take those pills ... so be sure to turn up with a nice big bottle of the pills, instead of the wine ... saves on the corkscrew, too ... now you all can sit around that beautiful crackling fire and instead of sipping a good red cabernet or some such, just pass around the pill bottle, with a chaser of filtered/purified water ....  

[Carleeta]

Now Carleeta, remember what the British NHS says about drinking .... rather than drinking that dangerous stuff, wine ... take those pills ... so be sure to turn up with a nice big bottle of the pills, instead of the wine ... saves on the corkscrew, too ... now you all can sit around that beautiful crackling fire and instead of sipping a good red cabernet or some such, just pass around the pill bottle, with a chaser of filtered/purified water ....  

lol lol lol...ya right..lol lol lol...One sign of an animal coming too close and it's a lot better to grab the wine than pill and water....lol lol lol....

[Carleeta]

9:37 pm...I'm positively home from the mountains. Such a heart warming day with family. There were a few surprises unbeknown to me; friends of mine were invited which I had not seen in almost a year. It was positively a wonderful. My grandson had a ball. Lol lol lol. He slept well there and his mom and dad were able to rest a bit because everyone took turns walking, holding, feeding and changing him. Oh yes we tried getting him to view the wildlife, and sure enough none were in sight....lol lol lol..

I'm positively blessed to have such a loving family...

[TryinginFL]

Carleeta

 

Your times with family sound so loving and wonderful!  I know that everyone enjoyed the food as well!  (I know that I would have!! )

 

You are so fortunate to have them so close to you - you are so blessed.

 

Liz

[shoshee10]

I had a decent time at the Shrimp Festival yesterday....thanks everyone for you supportive posts!!!  I am positive that it was good for me to be out in the sun all day!  And, damn, there was some awesome shrimp dishes there!  

[Carleeta]

Shoe, this is positively wonderful news. There are times we shock ourselves. .lol lol lol..It's always good to try and do something we think we cant. I'm so proud of you! You are a strong individual. You even enjoyed the shrimp. You had to look stunning with all you accessories. ...yipeeeeee

[shoshee10]

Thanks Carleeta!  *blushing*

[FiveNotions]

oooh, shrimp festival! I'm so happy you went Shoshee, and ever happier that you had a good time! Now my mouth is just watering... shrimp dipped in drawn butter ... raises my cholesterol just to think about it!

[Carleeta]

I positively made it to the dentist today....Yes he was upset because it's been a year since my cleaning. Had my cleaning, which was linger than usual (of course you all know why...too much red wine...lol lol only kidding). Took X ray's and he feels my tooth pain is caused from my bite being off, therefore he ended up with filing down the crown I had put in a year ago.....then he tells me I have tmj...lol lol....okay now that I know that...lol lol....He wants me to bring in my mouth guard (which I'm supposed to use at night) so he can adjust it......Ok ....All I can say is my teeth are positively clean.....yipeeeeee, now I need to work on relaxation for tmj......lol lol

[FiveNotions]

Carleeta, you do know, don't you, that one of the rather common side effects of Cymbalta (while on it) is teeth grinding and TMJ ... also, I think way back when I first joined, I read a post someone made to the effect that even once we're off the poison, we may continue to grind teeth and have TMJ ... because it's now become a habit ... automatically occurs while we're asleep ...

Also, remember, if you'd just take those alcohol replacement pills like a good girl, you'd avoid those pesky red wine stains on your pearly whiles ...

[Carleeta]

FiveNotions, I did forget cymbalta could cause the tmj. ....Thank you for reminding me.....omg how could I forget this...

Drink white wine anyway....lol lol lol lol lol... those replacement pills are still amazing me....lol lol

[FiveNotions]

Kinda' like Gracie Slick's song "White Rabbit" ... (Jefferson Airplane) ...
http://www.azlyrics....hiterabbit.html

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall

Here's a link to the live performance at Woodstock on Youtube (ah, good memories ... positive ones ...I was 16 at the time ... tried to sneak off and go to it with a couple of friends, cuz my hometown was relatively close ... no go ... my mom busted me as I was putting things into my little backpack ...

[Carleeta]

FiveNotions! Omg, yes White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane, Woodstock 1969, and I was there. Yes I was 15 years old and seen things I will never forget. The image is still very clear in my mind. That Woodstock was the best ever, Then I went to the 1999 Woodstock in Rome , New York when I was 45 years old...Saw Willie Nelson twice now at woodstock. Seen the same things there with the exception of no rain in 1999 and lots of rain in 1969.. Lots of people doing lots of experimenting. Wonder how many ended up on cymbalta!

[Carleeta]

It's positively that time of night again. I'm tired and need to call it a night. Took two online tests for the lab which positively exhausted my brain...lol lol lol....it's been a long time and I needed to think hard about the answers...lol lol lol....Lots of acronyms....wow. I remembered a good 70% of them and guessed on the other 30%...lol lol l l l....I passed with 3 wrong.....yipeeeeee. ...still positively scored in the low 90's....I'll take it...lol lol

Have a wonderful evening to all my forum friends....

[brzghoff]

my positive is getting to go on a short camping trip with my husband. it was only one night based on time constraints. it is a very special campsite - its all evergreen - spruce and fir trees - looks and feels like canada. there are only nine sites and you must walk up a very steep incline to reach them. all cars are parked at the bottom. once you get all your gear up you must keep all food related items in the designated metal "bear box" at your site. yes, there are bears. i thought about how much carleeta would have loved this place (yuck yuck!) we really enjoyed ourselves even though the weather was pretty rough. we had winds of about 25 mph with much higher gusts. our tent stayed up but it sure blew around! it rained off and on. at bedtime the bottom dropped out and it rained and rained and the wind howled but we stayed warm and dry. my anxiety level was pretty normal through it all! it pays to have the right equipment. the view from our site was incredible, if i figure out how to attach an image i'll do it. it was awesome seeing the clouds moving in through the valleys below - we were above it all. 

[brzghoff]

It's positively that time of night again. I'm tired and need to call it a night. Took two online tests for the lab which positively exhausted my brain...lol lol lol....it's been a long time and I needed to think hard about the answers...lol lol lol....Lots of acronyms....wow. I remembered a good 70% of them and guessed on the other 30%...lol lol l l l....I passed with 3 wrong.....yipeeeeee. ...still positively scored in the low 90's....I'll take it...lol lol

Have a wonderful evening to all my forum friends....

 

 that's because you are so smart! congrats!!! we need smart people like you in the lab working on all the ebola stuff to keep us safe!

[brzghoff]

i tried to post a pic from my trip but the system said i am not allowed to post "that image extension" in this community. it didn't say what kind i could post. <sigh>

[Carleeta]

brzghoff, I wouldn't go as far as to say I am smart...lol lol lol.  It's just a matter of remembering everything....lol lol lol.  

[Carleeta]

brzghoff, uncertain myself exactly how to get photos on here, always a different message.  What I do know it the file should be a jpg file or something like that...lol lol lol

[Carleeta]

Brzghoff, here we go, its a jpeg file....lol lol lol.  and all this time you thought I was smart.  Certainly not when it comes to these things.......lol lol lol

[ShadyLady]

Hey, Brz Would love to see the pics! I went to Mt. Mitchell when I lived for a short time in Cullowhee in 2000...think I mentioned that to you and you told me you were close to Asheville. Beautiful area and the Blue Ridge mountain range took my breath away! I'm sitting outside and it is 94 degrees here!! Would love to see the colors of fall and for the days to start cooling off!!

I did see the blood red moon at 3:25am this morning, trouble sleeping! It was spectacular...starting to feel some life after reinstating to Prozac last Tuesday. Whew...today, life is good;) i am blessed in so many ways and working on keeping my focus 'in the moment,' and not looking back in the past with regret and worrying about the tomorrows that never come...for me, that's big progress, Baby!!

[brzghoff]

Brzghoff, here we go, its a jpeg file....lol lol lol.  and all this time you thought I was smart.  Certainly not when it comes to these things.......lol lol lol

 

actually i was trying to post a .jpg didn't work the way it does on any other forum or email or web site or anything else i post to. i then found TM's old post about how to do it and followed his instructions to a "T", still did not work. maybe the feature has been disabled out of fear of malware. i notice that in the editor for posting here there is a feature called "my media" but no explanation anywhere how to get media into "my media" so you can share it. 

[brzghoff]

Hey, Brz Would love to see the pics! I went to Mt. Mitchell when I lived for a short time in Cullowhee in 2000...think I mentioned that to you and you told me you were close to Asheville. Beautiful area and the Blue Ridge mountain range took my breath away! I'm sitting outside and it is 94 degrees here!! Would love to see the colors of fall and for the days to start cooling off!!

I did see the blood red moon at 3:25am this morning, trouble sleeping! It was spectacular...starting to feel some life after reinstating to Prozac last Tuesday. Whew...today, life is good;) i am blessed in so many ways and working on keeping my focus 'in the moment,' and not looking back in the past with regret and worrying about the tomorrows that never come...for me, that's big progress, Baby!!

 

 

glad to hear you are doing so much better! i got up at 5:45 this morning to see the blood moon, but it was so foggy i could barely see my hand in front of my face. 

 

i remember you telling me that you lived in cullowhee for awhile. western north carolina is a beautiful part of the country.  i guess in so cal its the santa ana winds right now? 

[Carleeta]

It's positively beautiful outside with the sun shinning. It's a bit chilly here as it just reached 60 degrees at today's peak. Needed to get the fireplace going this am a bit to get the chill out. Then my home was positively feeling cozy. Positively did a whole "lotta" reading this morning...lol lol lol seems as though I'm tired, although not enough for a nap...lol lol lol..... Decided to look at some Halloween recipes for our upcoming friends and family Halloween party. I offered to have it at my home, although my son and daughter in law would like it at their home. Ok..lol lol...it's positively OK with me because I won't have a mess to clean up...lol lol lol..same family members and same friendd....lol lol....it's all the same to me......lol lol.....I know I'll make homemade caramel corn and I'll roast some pumpkin seeds....other than that, on the scary side of things, I know I'll take a lab latex glove and fill it with liquid jello and freeze it....When frozen I'll stick it in the punch bowl, hopefully standing up.....lol lol lol...

[gail]

 

I did see the blood red moon at 3:25am this morning, trouble sleeping! It was spectacular...starting to feel some life after reinstating to Prozac last Tuesday. Whew...today, life is good;) i am blessed in so many ways and working on keeping my focus 'in the moment,' and not looking back in the past with regret and worrying about the tomorrows that never come...for me, that's big progress, Baby!!

 

Cymsik, that was good to hear! Today , life is good.

 

I reinstated on something else, and it is much better. Got to do what you have to do to have a better life quality. Wish I could do without,

Good to hear from you!

[Carleeta]

my positive is getting to go on a short camping trip with my husband. it was only one night based on time constraints. fortunately its only about 45 minutes down the blue ridge parkway from our house here in NC. it is a very special campsite on top of Mt Mitchell, the tallest mountain east of the mississippi. its all evergreen - spruce and fir trees - looks and feels like canada. there are only nine sites and you must walk up a very steep incline to reach them. all cars are parked at the bottom. once you get all your gear up you must keep all food related items in the designated metal "bear box" at your site. yes, there are bears. i thought about how much carleeta would have loved this place (yuck yuck!) we really enjoyed ourselves even though the weather was pretty rough. you have to expect that on a mountain that is 6683 ft tall. its a totally different weather system up there. we had winds of about 25 mph with much higher gusts. our tent stayed up but it sure blew around! it rained off and on, but we still managed to have a nice fire and fix a nice dinner. at bedtime the bottom dropped out and it rained and rained and the wind howled but we stayed warm and dry. my anxiety level was pretty normal through it all! it pays to have the right equipment. the view from our site was incredible, if i figure out how to attach an image i'll do it. it was awesome seeing the clouds moving in through the valleys below - we were above it all.

...Oh my goodness Brzghoff, you are amazingly brave...No No No, me...lol lol....Tent? Me? Bears? Me? No restroom? Me? No bed? Me?....all a 'no' for me...the squirrels rustling in the fallen leafs scare me in the fall...lol lol lol.....Oh how I admire anyone who could go camping on flat ground, let alone on a mountain...I'm fascinated in the way you are so brave and made this camping trip with keeping your Anxiety level at a good pace. I stopped at the point where you stated you had to leave your car at the bottom...Right there I knew my car was my escape. .lol lol lol..To top this off my nephews wedding was two weekends ago and they exchanged their vows on top of a mountain where family and guests used a ski lift to get up there. Although, I could not attend this beautiful event do to another family event I was committed to, I assured them there was no way I would take a ski lift, fully dressed with dress shoes because I know one of my shoes, if not both, would have definitely fallen off...lol lol lol...and to boot they were all sleeping in tents that night for another party on the mountain the next day. ...If I did attend this beautiful event, I surely would have stayed at the bottom, brought my binoculars, viewed the wedding, went to the reception that evening, found a hotel (even if it was 50 miles away) with as many luxuries as I could find....lol lol lol....I'm an outdoors kinda person with indoor facilities. ..lol lol lol....my type of relaxing get a way is making sure I don't cook, clean, or make a bed....lol lol lol.....Too funny about me and the bears...lol lol....it's true though...lol lol

[TryinginFL]

Carleeta

 

You are a hoot!!

[brzghoff]

on the scary side of things, I know I'll take a lab latex glove and fill it with liquid jello and freeze it....When frozen I'll stick it in the punch bowl, hopefully standing up.....lol lol lol...

 

i love this idea!

[brzghoff]

...Oh my goodness Brzghoff, you are amazingly brave...No No No, me...lol lol....Tent? Me? Bears? Me? No restroom? Me? No bed? Me?....all a 'no' for me...the squirrels rustling in the fallen leafs scare me in the fall...lol lol lol.....Oh how I admire anyone who could go camping on flat ground, let alone on a mountain...I'm fascinated in the way you are so brave and made this camping trip with keeping your Anxiety level at a good pace. I stopped at the point where you stated you had to leave your car at the bottom...Right there I knew my car was my escape. .lol lol lol..To top this off my nephews wedding was two weekends ago and they exchanged their vows on top of a mountain where family and guests used a ski lift to get up there. Although, I could not attend this beautiful event do to another family event I was committed to, I assured them there was no way I would take a ski lift, fully dressed with dress shoes because I know one of my shoes, if not both, would have definitely fallen off...lol lol lol...and to boot they were all sleeping in tents that night for another party on the mountain the next day. ...If I did attend this beautiful event, I surely would have stayed at the bottom, brought my binoculars, viewed the wedding, went to the reception that evening, found a hotel (even if it was 50 miles away) with as many luxuries as I could find....lol lol lol....I'm an outdoors kinda person with indoor facilities. ..lol lol lol....my type of relaxing get a way is making sure I don't cook, clean, or make a bed....lol lol lol.....Too funny about me and the bears...lol lol....it's true though...lol lol

 

 

TFL is right carleeta, you ARE a hoot! i would have absolutely loved going to that wedding!

 

as for the cars being at "the bottom" depending on which site you are using, (they are one after/above the other) you can be anywhere from 20 feet up to about 500 ft away from your car. so its not very far, but... you walk up steps that are wide, but very steep. we were about half way up. we have gone to this campground area for over 20 years. our fave site is at the very top - yes its a haul, but one up there, the site is very private. as for bathrooms. yes, they have an incredible structure - a giant log cabin - made to withstand 100+ mph winds. not that anyone would camp up there under those circumstances, but it has to be able to put up with all kinds of weather no matter what. the restrooms have two toilets and two sinks each. nice and very clean. feels very cozy actually. it is heated and everything. but no showers. 

 

i feel more safe and secure out in the woods and in natire than i do in an urban settingl i am way more fearful of people than wild animals. not that i am scared of people, but if i am walking in the dark alone in the woods, i am not worrying about bears. 

[TryinginFL]

Brz

 

Out of 'likes' again, but loved your post - sounds homey and I agree about walking alone - rather the woods than here in these cities! So happy you had such a good time - sounds great!