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ForeverPositive
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Posted 1/12/2021 5:42 PM (GMT -7)
Hi everyone,

Been in a funk. Feel lethargic and want to sleep all the time. Finding it harder and harder to get out of bed, etc.

To make it worse, I'm starting to catastrophing thoughts again. It is so draining.
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Chotti
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Posted 1/12/2021 6:57 PM (GMT -7)
I’m with you on the freezing weather Karen. When it’s icy no one can drive. Especially on the slightest hills not to mention just plain walk any where. We have what we refer to in the PNW bumper cars on icey roads here. Chains nothing can help with traction. Sorry your hubs dr appt was cancelled. I hope he will be ok and book another at a better time.

Trying to stay positive. It’s time for me to unlock all the hidden potential and energy I have now since most went into helping my son, because the truth is I had been super involved in getting the best help for my son for years. I miss him . Now I have discovered that I have just begun to scratch the surface into other areas of life. Been on the county board for children, teen and adult mental health advocate for my county for years. Always looking for resources , councilors and legal aide. Very hard to find . Now it’s time to turn the page to create a separate thread to nurture other areas in life. It’s a good thing.
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getting by
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Posted 1/13/2021 3:07 AM (GMT -7)
I find with recent events I too have catastrophic thinking. I call it worst case scenario thinking. I think of some of the worst possible things. I think we are all getting this from anxiety.

Chotti, you are pretty good at staying positive. Keep up the fantastic work.

I think we are all going through a super hard time and only time can heal this.

Let's keep our chins up the best we can. Not easy by any means.

Hugs, Karen...
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paul_t
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Posted 1/13/2021 5:22 AM (GMT -7)
Same here with the catastrophic thinking. Not much makes sense when people are so convinced their side is right while offering no rational reasoning. I get a sense of impending doom that one of the many awful scenarios will materialize. Of course, in case like these, it's usually something I never thought of.

Agreed with Karen -- stand tall for now and it will pass, no matter how bleak it might seem...

Best of luck to all.
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Chotti
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Posted 1/13/2021 11:51 AM (GMT -7)
Hi everyone....

The sun is shinning today. Sky is clear. As I walked thru the garden lots of early blooming plants and bulbs popping up. No damaging winds and it’s uplifting to see how beautiful it can be in January.

My garbage area looks like a family has moved in. It’s gonna be cleared out today with the trash collection.

Refinishing wood floors looking so much better. It never ceases to amaze me how some dreary things around the house get so icky ... because I’m so used to looking at it ... or mabe not as mindful as I could be.

Peace, health and healing. Sending super hugs to all....🤗🤗🤗🤗
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getting by
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Posted Yesterday 8:39 AM (GMT -7)
It is lovely to hear about flowers from people in states that aren't as cold as it is here. Thank you and also thank you to Pitmom for sharing with us.

I hope you all are having a good day today.

Damp here and cloudy. Not real cold though as the roofs are dripping.

Take care everybody...

Hugs, Karen...
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getting by
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Posted Yesterday 8:40 AM (GMT -7)
Forever...

I hope that you are feeling better.

Hugs, Karen...
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pitmom
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Posted Yesterday 11:34 AM (GMT -7)
My regrowing red twig dogwood is starting to fade...a bit early...but I'll take an early Spring! The lilac has redish tips, too! Nature does not lie. My jonquils (mini daffs) have sprouted new foliage, as well. So much happening if we only take the time to look! I also see new growth on some of my day lilies coming up already! No guarantees, but I like the outlook.

Ordering a pizza delivered for the first time in months. Getting tired of my own cooking! Really have to watch I don't slip into 'depression eating'...yesterday was yogurt and Pirate's Booty...not good. Evidence came this morning.

Biopsy of the mass was done and results should be back today or tomorrow. MIL is to be discharged today but oxygen has to be set up first. Another hurdle. My partner is so stressed out! I told her I'd let my daughter and grandson have the trailer, I'd move in with her and her Mom and help, if it comes down to it. Time will tell.
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Chotti
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Posted Yesterday 6:17 PM (GMT -7)
Pitmom keeping 🤞for a good outcome on biopsy. You are so creative with all your finds to repurpose things and to update your surroundings. It’s always a good way to help keep a positive outlook , especially in winter. I luv your idea to use waffle shower curtains for Insulation over windows. A great idea to insulate the windows in winters and they look just like curtains. I’m gonna give that a try. Thanks for the idea.

Kathy ... when I lived in Colorado the winters were brutal. The traffic and cities have doubled since I moved to Oregon. I miss the skiing a family fun time. Not doing any skiing now since both hips replaced. The snow here is wet and too sticky. The snow is beautiful but I hated driving in it and scooping it off the driveway and the snow drifts were over the top of my front door. Here it just rains 8 months ... lots of green ....moss grows on everything Ugh! Sending healing blessings your way. It takes time to recover from the loss of a pet.

HT.. It’s turtle time and time to spruce up and tackle the garden chores. I can always tell a good gardener by how many garden gloves they go thru in a month! Glad to see you doing so well. How the fish? It’s always a good way to keep muscles in shape by walking in a pool. I did that many times for hips sporting new shinny components. I read the seasonal grass fires have started, and the weather is crazy there.

Karen sent you pics check your email....stay warm, the winter are gorgeous but cold. Hope you like amaryllis.

ForeverPositive , sometimes for me staying positive and mindful is my daily challenge to stay focused. I was diagnosed with seasonal depression. Never knew there was such a thing till I moved here. Winter’s always dark and cloudy, grey skies. Reminder to take vit-D. Grey sky’s is better than the red skies from last summers fires here. So I can’t complain, we need the rain.

Paul I saw on the news it snowed up north a week ago on I-5. So far we have had a mild winter here in north-western Oregon. Not a hard freeze yet and all the rain lately has made the ski resorts a icy slip and slide. And I found a leak in the patio roof...Ugh...and not ready to fight the moss... double Ugh?

My thought for today’s inspiration... is something I remember what Trina-‘BeNotAfraid’, said she learned from her dog.....” Live like someone left the gate open”.

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paul_t
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Posted Today 6:58 AM (GMT -7)
Hi Chotti -- living with SAD here in the PNW can certainly be tough, given the brief spring and summer and the gloomy rest of the year. I've known people similarly diagnosed whose offices shine bright with the white lights they put in, as per doctor's orders. This seems to help quite a bit, so hopefully your doctor prescribed something along these lines. (Ironically, my own SAD is sad in the sense that the bright summer days tend to be downers, mainly because I can't enjoy them as I used to. The gloomy, rainy days can actually be somehow refreshing and inspiring to me.)

Best wishes to everyone... have a good weekend!
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pitmom
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Posted Today 4:15 PM (GMT -7)
Worked on my office/dressing room today. Put up some shelves and hung a couple of small mirrors to hopefully bounce more light around the room. The only window is awkwardly placed due to a previous owner's remodel. At least now I have some of my 'treasures' on display. I've become a collector of milk glass it seems!

I have a box full of decor items I'm no longer going to be using, so when it stops raining here, I'll put the box out for my neighbors to look through. We're all 'thrifters' around here! Whatever is left I'll probably donate to the SPCA thrift shop. It will be strange seeing my things there when I go to shop...hope I don't buy any of it back!

I'd worried about the large canvas painting of a white egret not working with the French Country theme I have going...but, did a little research and they are in fact making a comeback after near extinction there! So, my beautiful art does indeed work with 'the new look'!

I have a full spectrum lamp that I've used for years to help me battle through winter depression and I take extra vitamin D. Even though I'm out with the dogs every day, so much of me is covered up that I'm sure I'm not making enough on my own. Taking B12 has been helpful, too.
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