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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2015 9:02:00 GMT -5
Yes Angelina, I've put you on the spot and started a Tassie thread over here at our new home. I didn't think you'd mind. <G>
There are many good, fun discussions in your TnT thread on the old forum. Since that forum will remain online for another week, maybe peeps who have contributed to that thread over the past year can copy and paste some of their favorite posts from there to here? Just a thought so the whole thing isn't lost.
For that matter, it's a good idea to move any discussions over here that people don't want to be lost.
We have a week to get that done.
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Post by Mark_LA on Aug 23, 2015 13:03:36 GMT -5
I'll start things off in the new TnT Thread by extending my condolences to you, Angelina, regarding the recent loss of your mother. We're meant to outlive our parents, but their passing is never easy. I'm sure you did everything you could to make things easier for your mother. Now, do the same for yourself!
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Post by angelina1512 on Aug 24, 2015 7:02:05 GMT -5
Hey everyone,
it's good to know that this site doesn't look that scary. I have been visiting the SC and they seem to be going to a totally different site. The ones that have just quit smoking in the last couple of days are really scared and stressed, last thing they need really.
nice to know that TNT will survive but a shame we will lose everything on the other one. I don't have time to read it all, so if anyone has nothing to do and wants to copy and paste,by all means go ahead.
im going home tomorrow yay, I'm so ready to go home. Have mum in her box, ready to fly away:-) have got a letter from the crematorium just in case they won't let mum fly first class:-) my sister was horrified to think I would put her down in cargo for the trip.
anyway will message on both site when I get home. Thanks PJ for starting this and thanks Firplace(Mark) for your nice words.
love to all
tutu/Angelina
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Post by angelina1512 on Aug 24, 2015 23:50:30 GMT -5
Hey everyone,
I am back home in Tassie. Have unpacked, mum here in penguins office. Clock is hanging, clothes away and I'm sitting having a coffee.
the weather was just beautiful when we landed, sun was out the shining, it was warm, it was glorious.
soooo nice to be home. I need sleep, need to shop, need to get back to normal.
im not sure now I have buried my mother, if I will ever be the same. I was her baby, nearly 55 years old but always the youngest.
if you read this and you still have your mother, give her a call, say hi how ya doing. Tell her she has done a great job raising you, tell her all the things you would want to say, but don't leave it too late.
no parent is perfect, but they were/are your parents. I had a chance to tell my Mum how great she was, how lucky I was to be her daughter. I now have her wedding ring that she wore for 65 years, I wear it with such pride.
so now I will live life, mine isn't perfect as you all know but I will make the best with what I have. I have an amazing husband who loves me, truly loves me, would move heaven and earth for me.
So let's make sure this site survives, hopefully they will find us and we can tell them life is so much better sober.
tutu
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Post by BetterDaysRJ on Aug 31, 2015 0:03:33 GMT -5
Angelina,
OK Darlin it is time to get this Thread moving on, so give us some updates!!!
RJ
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Post by Dana on Aug 31, 2015 11:51:01 GMT -5
Come out come out wherever you are!!! Hear them crickets? Well, I wish I could tell ya a story while we wait. But I'm afraid I'm just not that good a story teller. I could go on and on about my day - the mundane of it all, and bore you all to tears. Which reminds me, when I was wandering aimlessly about the old corridors I came across an old post of mine that talked about the mundane, and how much I had missed it so. I created a lot of turmoil and angst in my life, mostly within myself, that I had forgotten how to enjoy all the blessings that were mine that I felt I did not deserve. And what a gift it is to be in that peaceful place of appreciation of all the ordinary and mundane now. Well there I went off on a tangent. I'm procrastinating because I have work to do that I don't enjoy. Bahumbug... Tutu!!! Come tell us a story!!
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Post by gwampa69 on Sept 2, 2015 19:18:11 GMT -5
Hey Dana Life is full of mundanity (is that even a word?). After all the drama and trouble I caused myself, I'm rather enjoying the day to day trivialities. Feel like a story? Here's one.
Once upon a time, there was a man that didn't appreciate the simple things in life. He fought everything tooth and nail, found fault in everyone around him and over time became an extremely unpleasant person to be around. Eventually, he even hated being with himself which is tough when he had to do it 24/7/365. The only good thing about this man was his love for animals. He loved animals because they never seemed to judge him. And certainly not in the way he judged others or himself. He felt secure around animals because they didn't scare him with Constant evaluation and insight. They were not a mirror in which he saw his own flaws. Animals were pure. Humans were rude, manipulative and distasteful. He couldn't relate to them and saw himself as an outsider especially when in a social situation.
One day, he was walking down the street and he saw a dog. The dog was limping on a broken leg and carrying half a pastrami sandwich in its mouth. The man walked up to the dog and stooped down for a closer look. In a gesture of uncommon kindness, the man picked the dog up and cradled it in his arms. At first the dog struggled but after a bit, the dog calmed down. The man stared into the dogs eyes and whispered in its ear. He took the dog and sat on a park bench in the bright spring sunshine. Exhausted from pain, the dog fell asleep on the mans lap. After a while, the man fell asleep as well. He slept with a slight smile and he looked peaceful to those passing by. As he slept, his hat slipped from his head and fell to the ground next to the park bench. As people walked by, they saw this poor man with a sleeping dog on his lap. They saw his crumpled hat on the ground and began dropping coins and dollar bills into it. This went on for an hour or so. As the sun became obscured by clouds, a breeze came up and blew leaves around his bare ankles. The scratching leaves woke him. As he straightened up, a young woman was dropping a quarter into his hat. The man looked up and startled the woman. He asked what she was doing. He was immediately suspicious of the woman because she was so close to him. He thought she was trying to steal his hat. The man jumped up and the dog fell off his lap and hit the ground with a thump and squeal. The woman apologized and walked sheepishly away as the dog limped into the park. The man looked after the woman. He looked after the dog. He began to weep when he looked down at his hat. After a while the man picked up his hat and walked off down the street reconsidering his view of the world.
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Post by Dana on Sept 3, 2015 7:57:14 GMT -5
Oh no!!! That poor dog. My heart breaks for the dog. I thought you were going to rescue the dog! They are so pure, like you said. They don't have any ulterior motives, authentic. No hidden agenda - they are the ones who know how to enjoy the simple things in life. The basic necessities like love and food and play.
You really are a great story teller Brett! I hope your first novel is in the works, I'll buy it! :-)
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Post by doodoodotdot1 on Sept 5, 2015 7:59:42 GMT -5
Oh ok there is a Tutes thread. I'm still getting used to this place. How are you Angelina?
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Post by angelina1512 on Sept 5, 2015 22:56:52 GMT -5
Hi everyone,
well I thought that you all need some uplifting so here I am. Well since my last visit here I have had a lot go on. It was my mums birthday and since I had been doing so well, wham that one knocked me down. But I got through it, I'm still not smoking so I thought you all would be proud of me.
I got an email from Mark, he said that I need to do a TNT update as this place was a bit slow. I have been on the forum for smoking and I can't keep up with that one. So many people so many posts. So I'm giving that one a break at the moment and I'm coming back here.
penguin got pneumonia when he was in Melbourne after the funeral, I had to get the ambulance to him one night. So I have been looking after him, working, same old same old.
My sister did it hard on mums birthday but is slowly picking up the pieces. It's a strange thing losing your mum. Some days I will wake up and think, oh I need to ring mum, oh shlit, that's right she's dead. I thought I would be ok, mum 92, time to go, but in reality, it's my mum. The one who would always be there for me. She was a very positive person, always saw the good side of people, but if you did happen to cross her, holy shlit look out.
now I have been busy painting, now it can't tell you why yet BUT I have such a big surprise to tell you all soon. My lips are sealed till then, but I am so excited, thinking about it nearly makes me pee my pants lol.
so penguin and I are both good. I can't remember much about what has happened since I came back expect for my exciting news which I can't tell you yet. Oh you must be all busting at the seams to find out what it is. Oh I'm not pregnant lol if that is what you are thinking. now I think we all need to get Into this forum and start talking. Where are petuny and KKlove?? Have seen J post keep going strong. So I will keep you all up to date. Sparrow, I loved you story. Maybe start a story column, maybe we have other talented writers here as well.Dana thanks for putting in so much effort, I would have helped but my heart hasn't been feeling up to it. Mark/Jeyu! where the hell are you??? Have you been off riding again, horse and cart, or just car :-))
angelina ballerina in her tassie Tutu. She is back:-))))
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Post by Dana on Sept 5, 2015 23:08:14 GMT -5
Hello there angelina tutu!! I was just about to hit the sack, but wanted to tell you first how good it is to see you! I am SO proud of you for not smokin' and not drinkin' - what with everything you've had going on, and walking through it sober and smokefree... now THAT is FREEDOM. And you are back here to tell how it was done. You are an inspiration! Think people will follow your journey with awe and wonder, and full of hope - to witness someone come out the other side of all you've been through, without drinking or smoking - they'll see it can be done! Awesome! It's good to have you back. :-)
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Post by angelina1512 on Sept 5, 2015 23:20:44 GMT -5
Hey Dana
thanks. Full member, should I bow now lol. Should we call you queen Dana :-)
im not sure why people even like to read what I am doing or not doing but I got pressure from a few friends, to get back on here. i haven't worked out how to even post a reply properly but I'm sure I will get the hang of it. Change shouldn't be stressful, change is sometimes good. Moving to tassie, if I look back, wow what an adventure.
i haven't even thought about bringing over any of TNT. I think important stuff like you have been bringing over is great. We have had some great wisdom here, some of them don't post anymore. Sad but life goes on.
The other night I got some really upsetting news, about my blitch of a sister, you know the bully one. I won't go I to details but it rocked my socks. I was so upset I though fluck I might just have a drink and a smoke, just to pliss myself off really.
then I dawned on me, not the drink or the smoke would help the situation, in fact it would just make all of it worse. Not only would the situation not change but on top of that I would hate myself for letting something get the better of me and allow me to think that drinking or smoking would help.
i still have moments when I think OMG just one smoke. BUT I know like drinking you/I just can't have one smoke/drink not now not ever. Not one puff ever. NOPE not one drink ever NODE. JFDI. JFDI.
angelina/tutu
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Post by angelina1512 on Sept 5, 2015 23:27:35 GMT -5
Hey mark SC,
i see see you log in but you don't say hello. HELLO, how ya doing:-) tell me what's happening your way. I know you don't check you emails much, still waiting for a reply on my last one :-))
so drop by have a chat fill us in like Sam did. I miss having you here.
angelina/tutu
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2015 23:31:27 GMT -5
Hey Tutes, Good to see you back. I was starting to get worried about you. You are an inspiration as Dana said. I'm going strong, using the one drink not ever rule myself.
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Post by jeyu0422 on Sept 6, 2015 5:12:44 GMT -5
TuTu, Great to see you back! You're the glue that held the old place together and this place could use a little glue as well. I can't wait to hear about your big surprise! Mark/Jeyu
JFDI
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