morning (((cat)))

love the colorful peeps!

I have a bumper sticker with that saying on the wall of my office. I feel scared.

And yes, Red, we are getting too old for this.

That sounds like fun Red! That's the kind of stuff I love to do. Be outside working etc.

Hello peeps!

Got up late this morning because my night was long and sleep elusive. A lot has been on my mind and it's hard to turn it off. (Doesn't help for me to be posting on these boards into the wee hours of the morning. )

The good news is that I don't appear to have gotten poison ivy after my yard work yesterday. I ripped out a whole bunch of it. It's the healthiest stuff on the property. I wore long pants and boots and long sleeves and gloves and tried not to touch my face at all. Fingers crossed. So far, so good.

“Our lives improve only when we take chances and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.” – Walter Anderson

Have a good day, y'all.
Red Tomato

An Early Good Morning Peeps -

The dogs have me up for a quick dash outside and a gobble of chow, so I thought I'd stop in to say mornin'. If I'm lucky, they'll let me go back to bed for a little more snooze.

"Empathy’s the antidote to shame. The two most powerful words when we’re in struggle: me too." ~Brene Brown

Have a good day, y'all.
Red Tomato

Morning Peeps!

How's everybody's week looking? I am facing a dirty house and all the laundry I should have done yesterday - plus if it is dry enough, I need to haul some more brush out of the yard. Anybody want to help?

"For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." ~ Steve Jobs

Have a good day, y'all.
Red Tomato

Morning Peeps!

A beautiful-sunny-blue-sky day in my part of the world. I think I'll paint some old flower boxes to freshen them up a bit, then get potting flowers this weekend and hope we don't have another frost. The tomato plants I put out on the deck have already bit the dust. I get a little over-eager for spring sometimes.

"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

Have a good day, y'all.
Red Tomato

(((RED)))

You don't like tomatoes but you grow them? Or do you make sauce out of them.

LOL - I like tomatoes cooked in things - like soups and spaghetti sauce.

LOL! I couldn't eat a tomato until I was much older but liked pizza (still do) and spaghetti with sauce, that kind of stuff. Why is the tomato itself so threatening in its basic form?

I think the threatening part must be when the gag reflex kicks in. -RT

Tomatoes are beautiful and tasty, good for the heart I believe as well.

I hate fresh tomatoes. But I like tomato sauce (given my Italian roots, I'm picky about that, too. Half the stuff out there is way too sweet) and sun-dried tomatoes. Actually, I LOVE sun-dried tomatoes.

But fresh tomatoes - yuck. Even tomatoes that aren't necessarily fresh but still in chunks that haven't had all of the nutritious stuff smashed out, yeah, don't like those either.

What does everyone have against tomatoes!!!!

Hey, I like the ones that have had some sun exposure. I can't like a tomato with a tan?

A tanned tomatoe?

Haha, sun-dried is probably more accurate.

But a tanned tomato would be interesting..Oh, god, I'm going crazy. I just imagined a tomato lounging next to a pool. I need some sleep..

I'm a big fan Scars. Especially the cherry type
ones. I can pick those from the plant and eat them
like sweets, still warm from the sun. Lovely!!

Kash, as long as it is not a spray tan!!!!

Yes AV the cherry ones are lovely as well.

Kashley, When you said that you imagined a tomato lounging by a pool, I pictured a big tomato on a lounge chair with sunglasses on and a big smile.

I don't picture that sleep is going to fix our problem of imagining weird things about a tomato.

But, I like a tomato, fresh or cooked and I love sun-dried the best.

Morning Peeps!

Looking forward to a new outlook on life today as I am having all the windows in my house replaced! Now the trick will be keeping the dogs from eating the workmen while they're here!

"When you have that window of opportunity called a crisis, move as quickly as you can, get as much done as you can. There's a momentum for change that's very compelling." ~Anne M Mulcahy

Have a good day y'all!
Red Tomato

Especially the cherry type
ones. I can pick those from the plant and eat them
like sweets, still warm from the sun. Lovely!!

Oh Yes AV I LOVE those too! Especially when they are warm in the sun!

Actually tomatoes are my favourite fruit. They always have been in all shapes and forms, although funny enough not in the ketchup/tomato sauce on your hotdog form like everyone else seems to like ...hmmm... tomatoes make my mouth water. Think I'll have some tomato and melted cheese on toast for breakfast this morning

B2W

Morning Peeps -

Almonds, dried Michigan cherries and grapefruit juice for breakfast. Some of my favorite things. Yum.

I see T at noon. Had an appt with her on Tuesday as well. I said to her, "I'm starting to feel attached to you and it's scaring the crap out of me." She replied, "Attach! Attach! It's what therapy is all about - connection." So, I needed to see her again this week. Eh!

"A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done." ~Ram Dass

Have a good day y'all!
Red Tomato

((((RED))))

Your T sounds aweseome!

Peanut butter, chocolate peanut butter, a banana and flax for me for breakfast. It's my favorite breakfast ever but it's not helping me to lose weight. In fact, I've put on a couple of pounds but I can't give up the peanut butter.

(((Liese)))

You guys love your peanut butter over there on the other side of the pond don't you!! I must admit, as a kid I ate the stuff all the time too. On toast; or straight out of the jar off the knife! but I haven't had any for ages. All this talk makes me want to go and buy a jar to get reacquainted with it Now; smooth or crunchy? Decisions, decisions.....

what about aversion AND attachment? ugh

exactly, CD, exactly. ug.

Morning peeps!

(At least it is morning in my part of the world. Perhaps I should say g'day instead!)

Cold and rainy today, so a good day to stay inside and get things done - like paying bills and making phone calls. Two things I hate doing. My phone calls have been accumulating for about six months (yes, I really, really procrastinate), so I am going to try hard to get them done.

I've thought a lot about why it is so hard for me to make phone calls. I actually think it has to do with all the times I have called my therapists over the years, left messages and then waited, believing that I was an annoyance and that she didn't want to talk to me. I think all that negative energy has accumulated and resulted in my really strong reluctance to make phone calls. Hmmm...

"When there is a hill to climb, don’t think that waiting will make it smaller." ~Author Unknown

"Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage." ~Alyce P. Cornyn-Selby

Have a good day y'all!
Red Tomato

((RT))

I hate phone calls because I can't "monitor" the other person while they're talking to me, so I can't see whether they're fed up, angry, impatient, etc. I've had to get over that in a major way for my job, but I still have trouble making personal calls. I've only called my T for personal (and not scheduling) reasons maybe.. 4 times in 3 years? It's super hard.

Morning Peeps -

Dinner with the fam tonight. BIL & SIL are visiting from out of town, so we'll all get together. Ten of us including the three kids (2, 4, 16). I'm not related by blood to any of them, but they are my family. I do have some blood relatives, cousins, but I wouldn't recognize any of them if they were sitting right next to me.

"My family is my strength and my weakness." ~Aishwarya Rai

"The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have." ~Ring Lardner

Have a good day y'all!
Red Tomato

How's it going today RT?

Scars are you waiting for the morning update like I am?

Morning Peeps!

A few minutes left of morning here. I overslept! I was up early to make breakfast and lunch for my sweet partner and feed the dogs but went back to bed for a couple more zzzz's. I even set the alarm. Alas...! This was the day I was going to return to my Zumba class. I guess it's gonna be a different day now.

Today - the house is a total wreck because we moved furniture yesterday and I am trying to go through things for my upcoming yard sale. Gotta call the accountant about my mom's taxes and the attorney about probate and meet the appraiser to pick up the report on mom's house. Then car to the dealer. (Rant: the headlight on the Toyota Prius is a complete unit, not just a bulb, and costs around $300 to replace) Then back home to meet the Orkin man who will be spraying for all the warm weather bugs. And then tonight my DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance) group.

See. I really shouldn't have overslept.

"It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you." ~Phillips Brooks

Have a good day y'all!
Red Tomato


(((Liese)))

.

Busy day for you, eh!!!!

((((RT))))

Oversleeping is the pits but you probably needed the sleep.

Morning Peeps!

T & Pdoc appointments today. And maybe I'll go to an OA meeting tonight. Didn't get all of my chores done yesterday, so there's a little catch-up (ketchup? .. RT) to be done. I'm eating raisins in my oatmeal with brown sugar this morning and listening to the incredible news out of Cleveland Ohio about the three women who were in captivity for ten or so years. How does someone survive that? Reminds me to be grateful for the life and freedom that I do have. I am grateful for sweet raisins, the means to get mental health care and my three dogs who love me unconditionally.

Today I am giving you the gift of a five minute meditation by Brother David Steindl-Rast. I encourage you to take the time to watch this: A Good Day

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us." — Albert Schweitzer

Have a good day y'all!
Red Tomato

Morning Peeps!

Today I am returning to Zumba class! For the last couple of years, my routine has been Zumba on MWF at 9am. It's been a good way to get me moving for the day. But for the last several months, my attendance has been very sporadic - partly due to home repairs and construction workers that I needed to "supervise" and partly because I was going to an Intensive Outpatient program. I really need to be back in the groove. I am sure that my body is going to pay for it, and I hope my feet remember the routines.

If you haven't tried Zumba, I highly recommend it as a fun aerobic exercise. I have never been one to exercise, because it is so boring and un-fun. But Zumba - well, let's just say that it brings out the disco queen in me!

The other thing that Zumba does is help my mental outlook. There's something about physical exercise that is good for the mind. Endorphins or something. Oh, and of course there is feeling physically healthy and able. That's amazing! Zumba was a big part of my Cool Thing - my 90 pound weight loss.

"I do it as a therapy. I do it as something to keep me alive. We all need a little discipline. Exercise is my discipline." ~Jack LaLanne

"Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise." ~Sigmund Freud

Have a good day y'all!
Red Tomato

Wow 90 lbs that's practically a person. You should be so proud!

I'm only a dancing queen if ABBA is playing

No Zumba for me tomorrow as it is a holiday, but back again next Thursday.
I love my yoga and tai chi too!