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#1149475 08/01/07 03:55 PM
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New Day....New Month....New Thread

Made the decision to include a new attitude.

Although I feel good about the changes I've made personally, I thought about the ways I was "tripping myself up" in my quest for more positive R's.

The ones that stood out the most were;

-Focusing on H & what he might mean/be saying with every encounter & putting a negative spin on it & letting it effect my PMA.

-Focusing on H's "dating".

-Focusing on H & what he might mean/be saying & putting too positive a spin on it, increasing my expectations.

-Focusing on the future & what might happen, also giving my PMA a hit.

Since it all seems to work in a domino effect, today is going to be a more positive outlook together with maintaining the changes until they become so stink'n ingrained that it's difficult to remember when it wasn't always that way.

A couple of days ago when H was here to P/U the kids to take them to dinner, he said something re;finances that struck me as an indication of his intent to remain separate.

Even though there were other things that could be seen as positive, I let that remark sink my PMA. Even if I didn't say anything to him, he could tell o/c.

The next day I had to call him b/c the refrigerator wasn't working & he was a little short/curt with me. I got off the phone pretty quickly & decided I wouldn't call him again, just handle it.

A couple of hours later he called "to check in on what the status was" in a nice, easy going way. I told him it was all under control & "Thanks for asking, I'll let you know how it turns out", in an upbeat, postive way. To be honest, I was thinking how that if he were to want to get back together, it would have to be a pretty different R for me to want it.

As I was trying to salvage what I could by putting food into a tiny refrig. we have upstairs, OM/EA who just happened to be in the neighborhood dropped by. I didn't expect anyone & sure didn't look my best, but he came in & gave me a few ideas on what to do re;frig. He, on the other hand, looked great;at least 10lbs thinner, nice shirt & looked happy. Stayed about 5 minutes, wished me luck & left.

It all left me with the desire to get back to putting the focus on myself, keeping up the positive changes & letting happen what will happen.

Sunny





Last edited by warm&sunny; 08/01/07 03:57 PM.

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Hey Sunny
Keep the PMA going! Better than PMS!
You rock, dont forget it!

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Hi Sunny. All sounds good. Great idea to tweak the tude.


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Thanks Nomo, CVA,

Another lesson learned for me today.

Freezer section worked fine, problem was in the regular food section which only kept cool, not cold & food was going bad.

Repair guy tells me to try a couple of things before he comes, to see if it might fix problem.

Tells me to turn freezer to "3", or in the middle & turn frig section down also.

I'm thinking, "Why would I turn the level down when I want it to be colder? That can't be right", so I do it my way & turn it up to "7" instead. When I wake this morning & check it, it's still not right & only cool.

About 2 hrs ago I turn it down as advised & ta da.....it's a lot colder!

That seems to be the way it works in R's. Turning up the dial is prolly going to put on a lot of pressure & may/will have
an effect you're not looking to have.

Sunny

Last edited by warm&sunny; 08/01/07 05:41 PM.

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Sunny, just counting but we have 4 fridges of some form or fashion in our house ! Yikes! Yes, lower #s are colder, higher is warmer! Could have told you that one, just ask us idiots who spend too much money on stupid gadgets / toys etc.

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I LOVE this!!! I just wrote it on a sticky for my computer, and on the bathroom mirror (which is getting crowded).

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love what, that I spend too much money on stupid gadgets fridges? Or the fact I admitted that we are idiots!

Probably neither, probably something more practical relating to DBinge!


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I assumed it was the dial turning/pressure thing. \:D


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Nomopo #1149798 08/01/07 07:33 PM
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Smack me in the head, that's it!


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It's not ALL about you CVA!! ;\) \:D


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