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grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

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Debilyn · ~*Service Worker*~

I am one of those annoying positive people most the time. the only place I really let it out is here, and its venting isn't it?

I know if I focus on the stuff that many call problems it might send me to that pit of depression that i avoid at all costs.

You are funny, in away I believe how you handled your whining was very comical and healthy. Its like when I trip over something, or yet again Augie my farm pig dug thru the bagged recycle becuz I forgot to put it out of snouter reach.. I think oh well, another story to tell!

Hugs! you can whine, vent, gripe, whatever to me anytime! (debilyn secretly puts her earplugs in..) (c:

I MUST add, Cathy said "a peanut buttter cup" as in ONE. Everyone else added an s I saw! lol I even read her one and thought just one, are you nuts!!!!!????

-- Edited by Debilyn on Wednesday 14th of August 2013 02:22:35 AM

Mimi3 · Senior Member

I think you may be right!

Come to the meeting:)

~HUGS~

Cathyinaz · ~*Service Worker*~

I have those days....so I say look out world Cathy's whining again. I guess we need them sometimes as long as we can have a positive resolve in the end. I think it would suck if it was everyday.

Hey I got it! Eat a peanut butter cup....chocolate does wonders

Off to the store I go...

(((( hugs )))) we love even if when you whine

it's cool!

Jerry F · ~*Service Worker*~

If the peanut butter cups don't help go to the market and walk thru to the back where the dairy is located...go over to where they display the cheeses and stand there and browse them all. If an attendant comes over to help ask them "Which of these cheeses go best with whine"? ...get it and go home. ((((hugs)))) smile

I love Swiss....holes and all.

neshema2 · ~*Service Worker*~

grateful2be wrote:
Maybe that's how we get to gratitude sometimes? Just by allowing ourselves a day of whining? Don't know now. Maybe tomorrow I will?

-- Edited by grateful2be on Tuesday 13th of August 2013 07:44:44 PM

I have my bad days and my good days....I don't try and hide any of it....I honour my feelings, whatever they are and strive to take Xtra care of me when down....Like lately its been bad...So I am taking Extra care of me.........U R ok...U R human

PP · ~*Service Worker*~

Oh I think a day of whine is soooooo cleansing, and, I agree with Cathy on the peanut butter cups, my drug of choice. I think I will have a bit of a whine, too. I was in a car yesterday with 4 other ladies, driving for way too many hours, in torrential rains sitting on the "hump" in the backseat which created great discomfort for my 60 year old behind. Thankfully, we stopped at a gas station as we were driving on fumes...the driver likes living on the edge. This station was a little slice of heaven (not) but, hey, it had the goods I wanted. I practically fell over the ladies getting out of the car to buy (you guessed it) peanut butter cups. Since this must have been a high crime area, one side of the door would not open, as it was bolted shut, but I figured if I pulled hard enough it would open (don't put this obstacle in the way of a mad woman lookin' for her joy). No matter how hard I pulled, it would not open. A nice young man came up behind me and opened the other side. I muttered , thanks, found and bought my peanut butter cups, slid back into my designated spot and tore open that coveted orange package. I licked every last piece of chocolate off of that wrapper.

John · ~*Service Worker*~

I can't stay in the Whine Zone very long... it just gets too yuki inside.

What do I do? I go to a little street front coffee shop and get me a large Mocha Shake, take a seat by the window looking at the main street and all the people coming and going... its a high pedestrian area in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Cooperate suits are coming and going, homeless people are coming and going, street musicians are coming and going, people whose children are carrying colorful balloons walk by, people walking their pets stroll by...... and then looking at my shake with loving eyes I ask myself... what do I really have to complain about today? I take a sip of the shake and the answer comes... nothing.. life is exactly the way its suppose to be, even when I don't agree with it all the time!

I dare ya... try to drink a Mocha Shake and not smile at the same time. smile

John

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

Loved the shares!!!! I went to bed early and awakened at 4:32 this morning to these great replies. Loved all the wit. Laughing now. Faith returns. Everybody gets their chocolate and cheese so nobody gets hurt! Life begins anew. Mimi sees a way out of whine through a chat room. Jerry's dairy aisle actually contains a person to help him find me some cheese to go with the whine unlike our stores where there only exists "We do all this for you," greeters who are really in place to make sure nobody steals but couldn't do a thing about it if somebody did other than wave a wand around they use to check magnetized merchandize. Cathy points to a disciplined method of sweet and salty self-help bars. Neshema affirms me and the day of whine. Paula just plain ole cracks me up - especially the hard pulling on a locked door with OPEN! on her mind. Secretly earplugged Debilyn shows us a day in her life and notices what I didn't see until she pointed it out - Cathy only eats ONE peanut butter cup. Wow!
Hugs, ya nutz! Loved my morning MIP and its peeps!

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

oooooooooooo, good one John. And I love the reminder, too. I figured once I was whining to my shower curtain, it was time to admit it where it would make a difference and then put this old gal to bed. When my kids used to whine, I figured they either didn't feel good or they were just too tired and although they put up a fight for a minute or two, they were fast asleep soon after being put in their beds and told they were loved with a kiss. Nobody was here to kiss me, but the cats made sure they snuggled up on my blankets near me. Much happier today and the posts sure helped. Thanks.

Bettina · ~*Service Worker*~

I have taken my time to join this post and I guess I have to agree with John, I can't stay in the whine zone for long or else its Kaput!

Took many years to get over the complaining habit, I don't want to encourage it.

Now I have plenty to whine about, taking care of my Mother gives me a whole list. I don't get to rest on my laurels, but she sure puts me to the test.

I would be lying if I said I was sad that she is going to my Brothers in Nov. Then all life will be wonderful, right??

I'm sure HP will think of something for me to challenge.

(I use to love the whiners on Sat. nite Live, they were funny) kind of made you look at yourself thru different eyes.

Bettina

grateful2be · ~*Service Worker*~

smile Bettina. You sure do have a lot you could whine about and you don't! You know where to come if you ever do. We have chocolate, cheese, stories and hugs to share with you if you ever have a whiny day to yourself. (((B))) Love to hear from you, too!

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