HARMONY !

Womble hi 5 to shiney!!!!!

Thank you hun for being there.....It's because of people like you that I could come back here!

Sounds like you had a very relaxing time away....just what was needed!

Back to the mayhem today I see!

Sue xxxx

Hi shiny

Just a couple of things I need to say , hang on there's one more to come ! , firstly for the 1st time ever I av started to read my diary from the beginning and am currently just under halfway through , the support I received is unbelievable but only now av I realised how much support u av given me since I started my diary , for that I really can't thank u enough

Now the serious stuff , x factor ! Fp loves Ella and av to say I can't disagree , just had to explain why u av changed ur name from dusty dairy or fairy dusty ! To shiny , fp thinks it should be shiny fairy ! And av to say sounds good to me

Here's the big one though fp says her user name would be moshi girl if she had a diary , not sure if I need to explain but will anyway moshi monster's are the in thing for kids these days

Sending u the biggest hug ever just for everything u av brought to my life said it once prob be more but I will always be eternally grateful to u

Take care

Castle2

Have a good lunch out with your Dad Shiny....and thank you for getting me back in the land of the living ipad...!!

No amount of airlplane mode was booting it this time and had visions of wasted day down at the apple shop....lol

Hope the family is sorted nnow your back!

hugs

R and D xx

Ha ha, thanks Shiny, I understood only too well. Sounds like you're so calm and relaxed at the moment you could fall down, long may your serenity continue.

Take care Shiny have a lovely week.

Steve Spice

Yo,

Well yes I am feeling pretty good today .

Had a nice meal out last night and then lunch out with my dad and youngest today .

Caught up with the housework , now chilling in prep to go back to work tomorrow .

Once again the holiday did me so much good , batteries recharged . Heads in a good place , renewed engery into my life .

Amazing what 6 days of silence and a few good nights sleep can do .....

Firmly entrenched back in the middle , ready to continue my journey ...

Shiny xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

hey shiny ..

thanks for posting....

I know that on the noise front I don't miss that racing sound as it was so invasiive so if thats on every day then it must feel like a wasp going round a tin bin for you.

I know you said your hubby does gamble every day...Im not sure what to think about that as I would have liked to think people close to you could shield you from that whislt you are in recovery...but I guess people don't stop drinking around alcoholics..(although tbh I would if I knew someone was struggling with drink)...

I'm guessing you must be building up some immunity from the noises that disturb you but I guess after you have been away in silence and then come home you must hear it all again but be in a stronger position to cope with it if your rested..

Funnily enough my pal last night said she has a real low tolerance to noise..

The only thing that drives me nuts is Dots feet clipping around on laminate flooring....arrrgghh..

off to try and relax .... ; )

R and D xx

Hi Shiny,

Gave me a giggle on your last post......This chick is deffo "back for good"

On a side note...saw Robbie at knebworth a few years ago....believe me he is even better in the flesh!

Womle off to groom her furr whilst singing "angels"

Hugs

Sue xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

well thanks for the post to me thread. hoping ya got this gambling bug stuffed away better than i do. lol yeah wouldnt take much to beat me track record cause i blow it every time. oh well always next check.

Yo,

Thanks Rach and the W

re my husband , as I have said before he really really does not get addiction.

He can not understand why you just do not stop .

Also I was never into racing , or sport . So I do not think he feels it would effect me , we do not talk about it . It's like he blanks it out . If we try to talk about it , he shuts off . Maybe it's tooooooo close to home . Who knows .

My recovery is about me , selfishly , I take myself away from situations that make uncomfortable , or make me feel threatened . At the moment it's working , short of leaving , my family there is no other answer.

Any one reading this , this is in reply to Rachs post .

Felt I wanted to say how things are .

Still as happy as I was earlier , still middling ,.....

Off tooo watch the X now , with a big box of chocs and my lovely youngest at my side , snuggled up in her bed, our mission, for the next hour ....

Rating and Slating .......... Love it !

Shiny xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Glad to see you are back well rested and ready for anything that life throws at you. You have defo had me thinking about getting away recently. I usually enjoy my work bur recently I find myself looking forward to the weekends more and more. In fact, I am already counting down the days until Christmas holidays.

Controversially, I am not a fan of X Factor. My wife hasn't really taken this one on either, which is great news for me and my weekend evening T.V. viewing. One of the many cost cutting measures we have taken in light of my wife getting paid a pittance for maternity leave was to cancel the sports channel. This is killing me. The Ryder Cup Golf is on today and I can't watch it. I have been dying to phone up all weekend to put it back on but I am trying to lead by example at the moment. No doubt my wife will come home with a new pair of curtains or such like non-essential item next week and all my discipline will be for nothing.

New baby sleeping through the night and mum and dad have returned to eight hour sleeps. Such bliss.

Tomso.

Hi Shiny... am glad that book helped. I think that anyone who is an Hsp recognises it as soon as they start reading. I am definately an Hsp. Is good to read that your in a fairly good place within yourself and that you enjoyed your hol. Onwards.. S.A 🙂

Good mornin shiny

Good to see all is well and had a good break , all comment av been passed on to MG and taken on board for the next comin weeks , sneaked a bit more info out of u with the newsagent didn't know that , believe me I will give u a job at mine to come and do my news and mags , a lady who does mine is on long term sick and dread to think how much money I av lost through returns not been done properly , we use Menzies up here and there a mare just send everything not in our range the less u ring and complain the more they send and tryin to get credit off them is hard work , afraid it will only be minimum wage but will throw as much tea and coffee and choc biscuits ! Hopefully the choc biscuits will sway u lol

Also read with interest bout ur better half and intrigued has u don't mention him often and only recall bout he likes a bet on the horses , again it shows true testament to ur recovery esp in putting urself 1st whilst around to u close at home reminders are there for u to see

Like u though my favourite time is snuggling up to my daughter and gettin absorbed in somethin we both enjoy the closeness and the bond is special and somethin that nothing in life could beat

Take care my such special friend

Castle2

Yo,

thanks for your replys chaps , as always never ceases to amaze me the kindness and support that another person can give 🙂

Right thats me. Holiday officially over. Back to work

Have no doubt. I will be faced with a multitude of hr issues to sort out. Enough emails to keep me busy for most of my day. Stressed staff fighting for my time to sort out one dilemma or another .......

But you know what. Today I feel good. And what's morei have set myself a challenge that I will feel the same when I come home . They will not get me down, work that should of been done but hasn't will not get me down . Today I feel in what ever mood ...

Long may it continue......

Laters

Shiny xxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Shiny,

Thanks sooooo much for your post on my diary. The healing power of the words, "I totally get what you are saying and I feel the same way" is magical. I got up feeling low again today. First thing on my mind was the weight of all of my shortcomings. Then, I opened up my diary -- saw your post, and got such a huge lift!! Thanks Shiny, my virtual twin!! 😀 -joanxxxx

P.s. glad you enjoyed your holiday and most of all that you feel recharged and ready to trudge on!

Evening,

I just want you to know I owe you a great deal. You say my diary is hard to write on these days, I think that's just a massive compliment and I do feel very safe right now. However, I mentioned yday I had a period of real suffering and I would say you more than anyone helped me through that. You knew exactly what to say then and it was always spot on. The thing is I know you are here and if the trauma returns you pretty much have my back. If I have returned even 1% of what you have given I would be immensely proud.

Today I wasn't sure what to write either.

I hope Thank You covers it!

Flagg