[bettie]

Hey Kathryn,
The dancing should be a blast! I think I would laugh so hard I wouldn’t learn a thing!
I wear a dress almost everyday for work. I find that since I have gained weight ( UGGGGGG!!) that they are more flattering than a skirt. I dislike slacks, to fit my behind the legs are always too big and i feel like an elephant!
I’m sure Brea would not let you down and you look beautiful!
bettie

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
I am trying hard not to have a frowney face .
Jen has not heard from the job she interviewed for . I tried to put a positive spin on it-no news is good news.
Last minute customer approached my co partner to open new accounts. $450 thousand dollars, just walked in the door! He will make his new money goals with just one customer plus make some cash on the deal. I know it wasn’t meant for me and I am supost to say Good on him and know God has something better intended for me. I am trying to be positive which is not a strong point for me. I have put in some good loans and a few good accounts so I need just to be grateful.
God Grant me the Serenity……..

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
Yes it is normal to have storms however unusual to have one in the early morning. We need the rain so bad but too late to save the crops for the most part. 106f for Larry today! Only in the 80’s here but the humidy is awful.
I stay in the water once i make my big splash. I have a huge beach towel to wrap as soon as I am out. I love the water, always have. I almost drown when I was 5. I had a life jacket on wrong and was floating down stream upside down! My cousin jumped off a clif and dove in and rescued me. My mom was screaming not to let me go back in the lake. My dad said shut up and let her go back or she will never get in the water again.
My dad was such a smart guy!
I should get moving and do a little workout. I haven’t in over a week and I wonder why I can’t keep weight off. I want it all but don’t want to work for it. Guess it doesn’t work that way.
bettie

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
Woke to a storm this morning, a big one. I’m sure there will be some trees down when I leave for work.
Carole I posted on your thread. I feel your pain and I think I am "qualified" to say I know how you feel today. Thats the worse part of being a cg, we think we have hit our "bottom" and are ready for recovery and then we find we can easily find a new "bottom". As Ken would say, "If you want to get out of a hole stop digging." ( I think that was Ken! )
Time for another coffee and off to work.
bettie

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
Dragged my sorry butt  to the pool. Ahhhhhh. I should do that more often. Neighbors were at the picknic tables. What a shame. I have lived here longer than almost anyone and I have never made a friend here. How silly is that? My sister socalized a bit when she lived here but I have never had a neighbor in for coffee. I’ve lived here almost 20 years! Even when my friend who lived downstairs who passed away never came for coffee. This is a 12 unit building. I know the names of 3 people.
Maybe I make bad coffee??
bettie

[bettie]

Hi Guys!
Oh Carole I can be quite ignorant about computers but I am learning. My tablet is an Android but I am sure that the ipad is quite similar so maybe i can be of a little assistance. Ouch on the toes! Ouch Ouch!! Good choice on taking a nap
Yes Deb it does fit in the purse-lol!
CC after the last 2 trips I took lugging my old lap top I started wanting something that would be easy to carry with me. The money spent was the same amount I would have on a Casino trip. I think this will last me a bit longer.
Very glad London has the olympics. My plan was to rent out my condo and leave town for 2 weeks. I don’t like big crowds.
Gonna be hot today and all week. Need to figure out what I am going to wear to work.
bettie

[bettie]

My brother called. I took him out for breakfast then went shopping.
I got my Tablet!! it will be so nice to have it on my Trip!!!!!!!!
I’m so excited!

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
No Carole, I don’t think it’s the trip-although being happy can trigger urges.
I had a conversatation with someone from my past who proceeded to tell me how wonderful I have always been to him, how I never made demands from him, how I had made him very happy. In a "normal" relatationship that might be a good thing-but since our relationship was all about him it created some light bulb moments about me and my co dependency. If you are the type of person who enjoys using people look for a person with low no self esteam. I looked at me and decited I didn’t like what I saw.
Another possibility for my mood is the 18th aniversary of Jen’s accident. Thank God she is still here.
So I had a great therapy session today with my step buddy. Somethings are good to revisit. Looks like I am back to step 1 for a while and thats ok.
Cleaned for the kitties and I am going out to look for that tablet pc. I’ll have something to show for my money besides a gambling hangover.
bettie

[bettie]

Well the site is back up. Thanks Harry-as I suspect you may have had something to do with it being repaired!
Urge city today. I am home, plan to stay home. Maybe I will go clean the cat boxes.
bettie

[bettie]

Hi guys,
I am totally wiped out today. On Fridays I work 9 hours then go to my meeting. I was out of the house 14 hours yesterday. I get home exausted then i cant sleep.
I am looking to buy an ipad like notebook/tablet. If anyone has a suggest i am open to suggestions as i will go impulse buy one.
Gonna jump in the shower-maybe i will wake up..
bettie

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
Waking up to the news about the shooting at a movie theater in Colorado. So senseless! Why do people think violence will solve or prove anything? Young people seem so desensitized to the reality that dead is DEAD. What could a 6 year old at a movie have done that justifies being shot and killed?
My heart is heavy today. God please help us.
bettie

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
Guess I should post-it’s been a couple days.
Cleaning today, I didn’t sleep last night. Painful joints and muscle pain. I restarted taking the stantin drug I had been taken off earlier this year. I thing I am having another drug reaction so I’ll stop taking that one again and if no improvement I’ll be back yet again to the Dr.
The teller that I had words with Tuesday was off yesterday. In days past I would have complained about her to anyone who would have listened ( gee I wonder if thats where my impression of having a negative attitude came from??) Not today. I can see where my OCD kicks in and won’t let things go so instead of worring what anyone may have been told I am not concerned. I did nothing wrong, I have nothing to defend. If my boss brings it up then I’ll have something to talk about. "Other people’s opinion of me is none of my business."
bettie

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
Oh i am just seething! I had a run in with one of the tellers today. One of my regular customers-A Doctor who had done a lot of business with me popped over to my desk. I was just wrapping up work on my last customer and he came to inquire if his wife had ordered checks. Ok, two munite job. The teller had sent a customer over to wait to reorder a lost debit card. She starts ringing my phone, being loud and telling the customer in the lobby it will be just a minute. She has the nerve to walk over to my desk, tell me AND MY CUSTOMER excuse me, someone else has signed in and they are waiting. My customer starts apoligizing- Oh I am so sorry, I didn’t know etc! I just looked at her and she scooted back to the teller line. I told my customer he had no need to be sorry and please have your wife call me about the check order.
I proceeded to the teller line. Excuse me XXXX, don’t you ever come over to my desk and say anything to a customer I am waiting on. "Well he just sat down with you and that customer waiting was getting mad". AND? We take customers out of order – and what I needed to do for him would have only taken two minutes aside from the fact that that is MY judgement call to make- NOT YOURS! She has the nerve to say to me "well thats why our customer satifaction score is so low" Really? I mean REALLY? If this girl ever waited on you you would understand my reaction.
So I did my best to let that go-the asst manager did a few things to tick me off. The Manager snuck out-he never intervines when there is an issue with staff. I guess my teller friend went running to the manager about what happened-about the customer who was so upset-putting her spin on things so he dumped it on the assistant to discuss with me.
When the asst manager aproached me to discuss the matter I did my best not to explode. She tried to lecture me and i stopped her-you have only heard what the teller said-you don’t know what happened. I proceded to explain the waiting customer was in no way upset-he even applied for a credit card with me and we had a nice sales conversation. The teller somehow felt the need to tell me my job-which is unacceptable to me. She was like-oh, I didn’t know-oh, she really said that? I told her to talk with the teller manager-who was witness to the whole confrontation.
I have a headache.
bettie
 

[bettie]

 
Hi Guys,
Found this on SH and thought it was worth a repost! That anonymous guy/gal sure is smart arn’t they??
A Step Poem

I took one step, began to moan
I can’t do this one on my own.
I took two steps, began to pray
Restore me God, please now, today.

I took three steps, gave up my will
Maybe God loves me still.
I took a fourth, I looked inside
Nothing more would I hide.

And on the fifth, I said aloud
I’ve done some wrong, and I’m not proud.
I took six steps, and got prepared
To lose the defects, I was scared.

Now I’m at seven, take them away
My God, for this I do pray.
And on eight, the list was long
Amends to make for all the wrong.

I took nine steps, put down my pride
Amends made, I will not hide.
Ten steps I take, each day I pray
I make amends along the way.

And on eleven I pray to know
Each day His will, which way to go.
I took twelve steps, I’m like a bird
To others now, I spread the word……..

  (Author anonymous) 
 
 
 
 
 

[bettie]

Hi Guys,
Well Larry everyones experence is different. The only one of the 20 questions I ever say no to is " Did you ever gamble to get money to pay bills". I was such a lousy "unlucky" gambler I knew if I ever really NEEDED money I was doomed-and guarenteed a loss at the casino. Some where I started gambling for gamblings sake-when I have gambling thoughts now it is not about winning money-it’s about a night out, a drink, and my love affair with the slot machine. How stupid it that? My last few "adventures" into gambling cost me so much more than money-it cost me self respect. Thats one thing I find hard to come by-and most certainly can’t buy it. You have to earn it. NOT gambling earns it, so simple yet so hard to get into this cg head of mine.
Carole I really do like to fly-it’s the getting to the airport, security,gate assignment-that stuff makes me a nervous nelly-sorry nelly!~lol!~ It will be fine. I just have to compulsively tell myself that over and over and over…..
Took my niece to see Spider Man. Her pick and it was fun being there with her. She is so quite! I took her to the store said get what ever u want and she picked a pair of mens sport shorts. I told her thats what happens when I only see u once a year-u get what ever you want so don’t be shy! Jennie was good about taking her places. I gave her all my cash money ($50) so she could pick stuff up if she wanted. I hope she enjoyed herself. I was in the delivery room when her mom had her ( my brother Frankie was too scared! lol!). I loved her the moment I saw her! She was such a little mischief maker before my brother died. I remember her shaking a whole bottle of baby powder in my other nieces bed room! What a MESS! She has changed alot after loosing her Dad. The fact that she is 20 now may have something to do with that too.
bettie

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