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Keep up the good work Kathryn! I envy all of you who can post and think of such interesting things to say! All of you who have the ‘gift’ make the boards interesting and fun.
I am off to bed and glad the weekend is over!Hi Kathryn, I was going to tell you that Americans do not usually have potato chips with meals but sometimes we do with sandwiches and hamburgers if there isn’t a side like potato salad, french fries or salad. Biscuits are like a heavy bread that is made with baking powder instead of yeast. I make mine with buttermilk too. We usually have them at breakfast and they are especially good covered in gravy (sausage gravy or milk gravy) or with jam or honey. Yes, we Americans like to eat!
Vera’s colorful story gave me a good laugh…especially since it was all in fun. Not sure what happens if someone gets caught trying to gamble after self banning, but the ‘fear’ of getting embarrassingly escorted out is a strong deterrent.
You’re doing great Kathryn! 23 days is amazing.
Sherry
LDG May 10, 2009 (Mother’s Day)Happy dance for your 3 weeks! Wonderful!!! You are such a motivator too by posting on so many threads. I haven’t joined in on the group therapy because of the times…I probably wouldn’t be much good at work if I was online at 2am. You’re doing great and I am so glad you’re here with us.
Hi Kathryn, an Indian Casino in Washington State is a regular casino owned by a certain Indian Tribe. They are not government run and do not have the same laws and regulations because they are on the Indian Reservation and the Indians are a soveriegn nation. Really not much different from any other casino except they don’t have the strict government control or taxation. …at least that’s the way I see it.
Hope your weekend is wonderful.
SherryKathryn, I had to laugh, not that your husband went ballistic and put a damper on your evening, but because I know how quickly our feelings of love and adoration for our mate can turn to irritation and anger. Hope your husband is treating his family better today and a spark of that love is back for you.
Leading seperate lives…my husband and I do that too. We both work all day and he is busy with farming stuff evenings and weekends. Made it easy for me to spend all Saturday at the casino as long as I got home before him, he didn’t have a clue. He still doesn’t know how often or how much I gambled and I will probably never tell him because I don’t want to see his feelings quickly change to irritaion and distrust!
Have a good gamble free day.
SherryKathryn, it’s refreshing to read a post about a wonderful husband. They are few and far between! It took me two tries to get a decent one…maybe I was a lot more careful with my choice in my 40s than I was at 19 years old. Glad you got a good one on the first try.
I feel the same way about GT. I am thankful for this site and all the wonderful people.
It’s bedtime for me so it must be afternoon for you. Enjoy your day.
Good night,
SherryKathryn wrote: I remember being at the venue and losing all the money in my purse and then going to the ATM machine. On removing my money i would walk back in there like i hadnt been in there at all, like i was just arriving all over again. Then i would lose that lot of money and do it over and over again. It was like every time i walked back into the gaming room from the ATM I was starting over and i hadnt just lost $100,$200,$300 (and the rest)"
"What a weird feeling… it was like groundhog day ( you know the movie?)"
Kathryn,
I never thought about it like that but it is so true… I remember all too well the anticipation of putting ‘new’ money in instead of the reality of what was already lost…until the way home. I like how you described the insanity!
It’s afternoon there and almost bedtime here. It’s amazing how the internet brings us, half a world away, together.
Enjoy your day.
SherryDay 12 today? You’re doing great. You’ll have the memories of kinder with your son forever. You made a great trade with your 4 hours! And owing half as much on your car service is an extra bonus! Life keeps getting better and better.
My day was work, make dinner and get on the computer. Nothing exciting but Oprah is on in a few minutes and hubby will be feeding the cows and horses so I will have the TV to myself. Hubby is not an Oprah fan!
Kathryn, keep finding the enjoyments you’ve been missing and I hope you have many pleasant surprises.
SherryKathryn, your daughter’s 18th birthday brings back memories. My youngest is 29 next month and it seems like yesterday that she turned 18. I babysat her 1 year old and 3 year old the last two weekends and wonder where all the time went. I am so happy that I could ‘be in the moment’ with my beautiful granddaughters and not rushing in to babysit after being in the casino all afternoon, or tired from gambling the night before or planning on gambling when the kids got back. Gambling robs us of our family life. I am so happy you got to be 100% there for your daughter on her special birthday!
Great horiscope….relax and prepare for a GREAT future.