nfreeman Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 So far it's a pretty good Friday -- still happy from that win last night. It occurred to me as I was arriving at work this morning that for the first time this millenium (literally!), all of my sports teams might be good this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 1-0-0 I have a wedding tonight and a bunch of family stuff planned for the weekend, very excited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sabres Fan in NS Posted October 4, 2019 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 My wife and I have been under a huge amount of stress for the last year and last months especially. That is not the fantastic part. The fantastic part is ... Tomorrow is my 55th birthday, which is OK. Tomorrow will also mark one year since I quit smoking. Fantastic, if I do say so myself. If all the stress of the last 6 months has not lead to my taking it up again I really think that nothing will. That said, it is an ongoing work in progress. I have not been very tempted, but in those few instances my wife really helped me through them. I had promised her last October 5th that I will not take it up again and for all my faults I am a man of my word and not just to her. After almost 31 years, many of which have not been easy, I would merry her all over again in a second. 7 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeSabresGrr8Again Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 4 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said: My wife and I have been under a huge amount of stress for the last year and last months especially. That is not the fantastic part. The fantastic part is ... Tomorrow is my 55th birthday, which is OK. Tomorrow will also mark one year since I quit smoking. Fantastic, if I do say so myself. If all the stress of the last 6 months has not lead to my taking it up again I really think that nothing will. That said, it is an ongoing work in progress. I have not been very tempted, but in those few instances my wife really helped me through them. I had promised her last October 5th that I will not take it up again and for all my faults I am a man of my word and not just to her. After almost 31 years, many of which have not been easy, I would merry her all over again in a second. Happy Birthday kid. I wish I could quit, just don't have your conviction. Married 29yrs but also lived together for 4 more. would also do it again in a heartbeat. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 20 minutes ago, MakeSabresGrr8Again said: Happy Birthday kid. I wish I could quit, just don't have your conviction. Married 29yrs but also lived together for 4 more. would also do it again in a heartbeat. Thanks. I just picked a significant date and said to myself that's it. I was not a heavy smoker, only 5 smokes a day at the time last year. I had quit for about 20 years when were first married and took it up again during an extremely stressful time ... my wife was basically held hostage in Sarajevo in 2005 and we had to hire and trust a Croatian thug / gangster to smuggle her out and into Croatia. Anyway ... picking a significant day (birthday, or something) may work for you. The folks around here really helped with support and one thing that @SwampD said really stands out ... he said what helped him was thinking of himself as a non-smoker and after the first week that thought in my head carried me through to now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakeSabresGrr8Again Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, New Scotland (NS) said: Thanks. I just picked a significant date and said to myself that's it. I was not a heavy smoker, only 5 smokes a day at the time last year. I had quit for about 20 years when were first married and took it up again during an extremely stressful time ... my wife was basically held hostage in Sarajevo in 2005 and we had to hire and trust a Croatian thug / gangster to smuggle her out and into Croatia. Anyway ... picking a significant day (birthday, or something) may work for you. The folks around here really helped with support and one thing that @SwampD said really stands out ... he said what helped him was thinking of himself as a non-smoker and after the first week that thought in my head carried me through to now. Thanks for the advice, maybe I'll give it a try again sometime soon. Sorry to hear about the Mrs and can only assume that all went well (so to speak as I don't know the circumstance). She's with you and you said you would do it again so she must be a wonderful woman. Must have been hard on you both. Your story sounds like a quote I read once....not sure of the author but: "Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don't give up." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 Hitting the road for Detroit in a few hours with @josie, @sabills and his wife, to see the Black Keys. The four of us haven't road-tripped in forever. We're going to get to spend tomorrow exploring Detroit too, which I'm excited to do since I haven't been there since RIT went to the Frozen Four back in 2010. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabills Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 1 hour ago, darksabre said: Hitting the road for Detroit in a few hours with @josie, @sabills and his wife, to see the Black Keys. The four of us haven't road-tripped in forever. We're going to get to spend tomorrow exploring Detroit too, which I'm excited to do since I haven't been there since RIT went to the Frozen Four back in 2010. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted October 4, 2019 Report Share Posted October 4, 2019 7 hours ago, nfreeman said: So far it's a pretty good Friday -- still happy from that win last night. It occurred to me as I was arriving at work this morning that for the first time this millenium (literally!), all of my sports teams might be good this year. Bills, Sabres, who else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Bump ... Today is our anniversary (31). We plan to have a low key (insert winkie thingie here) this weekend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 1 hour ago, New Scotland (NS) said: Bump ... Today is our anniversary (31). We plan to have a low key (insert winkie thingie here) this weekend. Is that what she calls it or you? Either way you need a better name for it than your 'winkie thing' ? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 Life is good. I am blessed 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsb Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 This is my last working Friday, I will retire next Friday. If anybody thinks I'm going to do any work next Friday, they're crazier than me. In fact I may not do any work all of next week also but I may clean up my desk. I tell you what, it's a bit surreal sending out announcement/good-bye emails, I won't miss work but letting people you may or may not have seen in a while know that they touched your life in some meaningful way is good for the soul and having those same people respond back in the same way, I have to admit to fighting back the tears a couple of times. This truly is a Fantastic Friday for me. My biggest fear is gaining about 25lbs. in the next week with all the lunch/dinner/drinking invitations I've received the past few days. 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 Bachelorette Party this weekend. I need 3 days of sleep, not partying, and since I don't really drink anymore... I'll be the one snoozing in the corner of the winery. Say, do you think they'd make fun of me if I showed up with heating pads and icy hot patches and my foam roller? We're getting too old for weekend long bonanzas. By the time I get married we'll be to the werthers and polident gift bags... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 16, 2019 Report Share Posted November 16, 2019 Nothing since October 25th? That's 2 Fridays ago. Anyway ... at least it wasn't freeze your ass of cold today, but it's only going to last this one day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 Thanksgiving is next week, favorite holiday of the year Also, why does November always seem to disappear? Feels like it's 2 weeks long 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 On 10/25/2019 at 9:53 AM, josie said: Bachelorette Party this weekend. I need 3 days of sleep, not partying, and since I don't really drink anymore... I'll be the one snoozing in the corner of the winery. Say, do you think they'd make fun of me if I showed up with heating pads and icy hot patches and my foam roller? We're getting too old for weekend long bonanzas. By the time I get married we'll be to the werthers and polident gift bags... Wow, it has been awhile. So... that bachelorette party was actually incredibly relaxing. With the exception of me and one other, everyone was married, so everyone was super chilled out, we did goat yoga... and it was the most beautiful fall weather in the finger lakes that whole weekend. Everyone was in bed by 1am. Such hard partiers (these folks USED to be party hardy, so I was worried). Goat yoga. Yes. Most millennial thing I've ever done but also really wonderful. The homestead it was on was amazing- I could live out with some goats in the hills and be pretty happy. But in current news, figured out some previously impossible moves on trapeze, coding is sort of making sense, and I have xanax to get me through thanksgiving if need be... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 2 hours ago, josie said: Goat yoga I’m going to show my wife these pics. She’s halfway through the training to become a yoga instructor and is THE goat whisperer. Every time we go into the barns at the fair every goat in the building takes notice and waits at the fence for her. We’ve talked about doing butterfly yoga in the wildflower meadow and building her a platform in the beautiful oaks in the woods, might have to start a goat barn too?. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spndnchz Posted December 6, 2019 Report Share Posted December 6, 2019 Hello? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabres Fan in NS Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 Is it still Friday? Good. Now I can have a Saturday do-over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 I've been doing a lot of drive-by posting recently and I feel guilty for it but it's because in between posting I'm getting ready to move back hoooooooome yayyyyyyyyyyyyy 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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nfreeman Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 Company Xmas party tonight with spouses/significant others at a really good restaurant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCard Posted December 13, 2019 Report Share Posted December 13, 2019 37 minutes ago, nfreeman said: Company Xmas party tonight with spouses/significant others at a really good restaurant... Let us know who ends up the drunkest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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