[icandothis]

[chubbycat]

Hi ican
I love your posts.. you are one strong person.. i love the things you say
Chubby

[icandothis]

Hi all,  I was going to start a new thread for the new year, but once again I need to ask for prayers.  I am on my way to Cleveland Clinic today.  This is a very good hospital, and I am grateful for that.  My brother, who has an aneurism in his aorta is having tests today.  If the tests go well, he will have surgery tomorrow.  I am feeling better and am feeling much more optimistic. 

[desdemona]

Dear (((icandothis)))! I’m thinking of you and your brother, and hoping that the tests go well and that your brother can have his surgery. Carole

[sherry123]

Sending prayers for a successful surgery and full recovery.

[icandothis]

My brother has made it through surgery and is recovering, as am I.

[desdemona]

So good to hear that (((icandothis)))! Carole

[sherry123]

That’s wonderful news!
 

[icandothis]

Trying to get back on Recovery Road.

[cat438]

Hi (((ican))) just catching up on your thread and I am so sorry that you have been through so much.  So happy that your brother is through his surgery.  You really have had a rough time of it and have pushed yourself to do things when you were probably emotionally distraught and not allowing yourself to feel the pain.   I deal with sick children not on a daily basis, but I remember one of the children passing away, and I said to the doctor I don’t know how you deal with it.  What she said always struck with me "if you don’t feel the pain then you don’t feel the joy".   We have to allow ourselves to feel the pain of grieving for a loved one and not try and bury it.  I will remember you in my prayers.One day at a time my sweet lord…

[neva]

That was a pretty pricey fix for your car!  Hope that’s the end of car troubles for you.  My car is getting old and I worry about repairs coming up but I don’t want car payments either!

[icandothis]

I have been struggling for some words to give so many of you who are struggling.  I love words, but I am at a loss.  Please don’t give up is all I can think of…

[icandothis]

Happiness Project Update:  January..was able to excerise at least 4 days a week and continuing it into February.  Also, seemed to be on an organization frenzie…cleaned out my ******, dresser, refrigerator, kitchen cabinets, 1/2 of the basement (still A work in progress)  February..what resolutions to make?  Thought about Love as the theme.  Ended up thinking that the most important person to love is myself….so I made this month’s theme Acts of Kindness to Myself.  Funny thing:  Haven’t followed through on one thing…

[icandothis]

Hubby grilling steaks…check
Spinach Casserole, baked potatoes…check 
Listening to Dixie Chicks…check
Snow storm brewing..check
Happiness?…I’m thinking…check!
 — 2/8/2013 12:51:51 AM: post edited by icandothis.

[desdemona]

Dear (((icandothis)))! I had to laugh out loud when I read our description of the concert, because I have experienced that with my granddaughter. She wanted me to drive her and her friend to a "MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE" concert in the city, so I agreed to go with them. The first band that played was so incredibly loud that even putting my fingers in my ears didn’t even make the noise level something tolerable. Every single song sounded like screaming and before their set was over, I told my granddaughter that I would wait for them in the car, so I never heard the band we had come to see. I don’t think I missed much to be honest! The things we do for our kids and grandkids!! Great that you choose the haircut over the casino! Who knows what could have happened had you not!! Carole

[neva]

I lost the post I just wrote to you. I agree that cleaining out clutter makes us less stressed…maybe not while you’re working at it but a clutter free living area give us a serene home.  It’s good to read that you are taking care of yourself…or at least trying too. Hope you’ve followed through on at least one of them. Have a wonderful weekend. 

[vera]

All that cleaning and de cluttering is what I planned to do at the start of the New Year, Ican…
ten years ago!!!
Multiply that clutter by ten now and think of how bad it is! They say a cluttered house is indictive of a cluttered mind!
Gambling is the cause of all this clutter.
Conclusion?
No gamble-no clutter, odaat!

[icandothis]

Thank you Carole, Neva, Vera,  Carole, My daughter came to dinner recently.  I told her that next concert, I would be more prepared.  She told me that there wouldn’t be another concert. Can’t say my heart is broken.  Maybe we can go shopping or out to lunch.  Anything but another concert!  Neva, I am not sure where to go from here on this project of mine.  I am going to try to focus more this next week and figure out where to go from here.  I did buy Omega 3 *****.  Vera, so glad to see you posting.  I am not sure where all this cleaning out and sorting is coming from.  It’s like i’m nesting, but there is no baby coming.  At least I am 99.9999 percent sure there is no baby coming! lol 

[cat438]

Hi Ican, so great to read your happy posts.  I hope that you continue with the love yourself for February.  I think that is a great idea.  I am exhausted just reading about all the stuff you have been up to decluttering.  I am needing to declutter as well.  I start to do some of it but I never seem to get it finished.  I get overwhelmed because I want it all done NOW!!!  I know that I need to break it up to manageable projects, but I don’t, then I think, where do I start.  I then think to heck with it and go watch TV LOL.  Although, in my defence I have been busy at work, as well as helping organize a fundraiser in support of a friend, so I think by the time I get home I am just plain tired.  It is strange I think it is accepting that I am 60 now and I can’t keep going like I did in my 30s.  I have actually done some decluttering and I will continue to slowly get it done – one day at a time – the same as not gambling.One day at a time my sweet lord…

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