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I thought I'd start a discussion where we can check in with members and use this space to keep in contact. It's a space to be able to say how you really feel and it's a space for the good, the bad and the ugly moments in our lives.
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@TAB
All good !!!
Safe travels and thanks for putting a smile on my face
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TABSenior Contributor
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Hiya .... 😊
My dad's generation grew up on Vegemite in hot water drinks .... if you get stuck @TAB .... probably an acquired taste tho ....
Wouldnt go too well with car seats, if that's your thing .... lol ....
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
@Former-Member .... I don't find questions about my day nosey at all .... and I love hearing about other people's day too .... even if it seems mundane to them, it's a "breaking of bread" together .... life is made up of every day simple things mostly, with bigger, more exciting events happening at times.
That's where mindfulness is something we all ought to practice, mi or not .... and try to make our living space around us a little more beautiful or appealing, step by step, and work out our favourite place to stop and take a coffee-break - sitting on the front steps, on a chair-swing under a tree, curled up on a favourite couch, in the car by the ocean ....
Use a coloured marker to write your shopping list or to-do list ....
Pin photos onto the front of the fridge ....
Keep your favourite mug on the kitchen windowsill and bung some flowers from the garden into it when you're not using it ... what my mum used to call a posey ....
Buy a bath towel, a big one, in your favourite colour ....
Lots of things you can do to keep you in the moment.
Have just done some housework and am about to go out with WH, S2 and D3 ... walking 15minutes up the road to a coffee-bar .... that is a coffee shop during the day that becomes a bar at night .... but not a seedy one .... it's like a community lounge room with three big TV screens set at different programs .... usually soccer on one, a fashion parade on another, and music video clips on the third .... sound off cos there's pop or jazz music playing .... lights dimmed, candles on tables and general chatter .... age groups from mid teens (ID required for alcohol) through to young-oldies like us .... nobody drunk .... not a real raged party environment .... more like a restaurant, although different coffee bars attract different clientele and have different "flavours" of decor and music.
You can order coffee, cold drinks, snacks, whatever .... so I'm in the Greek Beer Garden if anyone wants to join me .... 😊 .... they've got wifi ❣
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BlueBaySenior Contributor
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TABSenior Contributor
Well the car seats wasn't from my imagination @Faith-and-Hope 
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TABSenior Contributor
Hi @Former-Member ..arguments are normal, arguments on alcohol are expected .Arguments with alcohol, underlying issues on partners turf at holiday silly season? ..can I get odds on that ? ..Sounds like there's things to be worked out and if someone doesnt share parenting and has to run from their nest at the pub .. hmm dunno. Try not to feel bad about it. Dont blame yourself. Sure the 'gels'can give you some advice
yes trip ok. Car in one piece still. near 1000ks yest, all be ok it was just the wrong thinking before I left
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TABSenior Contributor
@Faith-and-Hope yes time for another towel here, was right colour, didnt 'pill' in washing machine, very absorbent, thick, bit rough which i like ..just right ..seems to be dying, time for a new one
.greek mate used to say went out every night of week til all hours was just normal in greece he said
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
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