Re: Re: To gordy and Pam Marsh

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Hi Pam and Gordy-

Wow two great stories and great vacations. I loved hearing about Pam's waking to the ocean sounds. When I go to Mexico sometimes i sleep outside on the rooftop patio and i hear the ocean , i love it. Pam I had margaritas on my vacation this summer, i have a little dump it and make a fresh one later on, not too much but a little was nice. I find more now that i am a designated driver since i really dont drink much, I never did but I do love my margaritas and red wine.......................I am glad Pam that you got to bond with your sister and had a good feeling of life and all of the fun you had there and the love you knew that was waiting for you upon your return with all your boys here at home.

Gordy I really admire all that you have done to improve your lifestyle over the years, your upcoming birthday of sobriety is amazing and I commend you ! Your still hanging on with your weight loss goals you are committed to yourself and i think that is as good as it gets in life ! Glad you got your duck activites going and you had fun with that. I hear Canada is pretty and one day I plan to see that for myself.

ColleenPamela A Marsh wrote:

Gordy, thanks for sharing your story about Canada. Iwould love to go there some day. Maybe that will be mynext trip.I can tell you that the Bahamas was wonderful,absolutely breath taking, relaxing and I got spoiledrotten. I did not want to come back but I am gladthat I did.The beach was so great. Turqoise and you could seeright through the water. I would go to bed at 3:00 ambecause I coul not sleep. The people were great and Idesired to be out and about with them but they had towork. So I would go to be at 3:00 am and wake up tothe sound of the ocean water washing up on the sand. Irose at 6:00 am.I spent a lot of time on the beach just reflectingback over my life and this weight loss journey I amon. I did not manage to lose any weight, I am stillat 150 with 20 to go

to goal. Not too bad for being 7months post op but I did lose more inches. I am now insize 8 petite and some of those are slightly big. The music takes you to a place where you are carefreeand lets not talk about the attentive men there. Nomatter what the reason..whether they truly adored youor if it was to get a free ticket to the US, I reallydid not care as I knew I had a husband and two boys tocome home to. I just took in all that I could. To bepampered and just waited on regardless of what it was,was very unfamiliar but yet welcoming. I never gottired of hearing how beautiful I was. My nic namewhich was given to me by a very handsome Bahamian manwas pebbles. He said I was beautiful as a flower,lightly scented with a fragrance of a spring/summerthat could never end. That I was soft (not sure whyhe said that as nothing physical or anything remotelyin that

capacity took place) and that I had to behandled with care because he could tell I wasdelicate. Boy, that really blew my mind. I embracedit and life went on the beautiful island of theBahamas. This was a great trip for my sister and I tobond. She is 27 and so very much beautiful. Hersmile was so radiant and everyone commented about hersmile. On this trip, I learned that I can drinkalcohol without any problems so I indulged in thecoconut rum a bit....well a lot. I figured its only aweek and then back to normal. We are not drinkers inmy house so I knew this was strictly a vacation thing.I did however realize that it took two sips only withthe first drink and I was three sheets to the wind. My buzz quickly wore off. Pretty soon I was takinganother drink, then another. My sister and I met somelocal Bahamian folk and we eat and toured and gotaround free of

charge. It was great. One of thegentlemen there has a father that workes at theAtlantis on Paradise Island so he treated us to anight stay there and took us on tours of this tiny 21mile island. I just had a blast and took about 4rolls of film to record my memories of my trip.I am looking forward to returning to the Bahamas maybenext year or the year after since my husband and I arerenewing our vows in 2007. It will be my wedding thatI never had. I am so excited and have already startedlooking at invitations, location, cakes, flowers,gowns, etc. It will be in New York and anyone is morethan welcome to come. As soon as I get the locationnarrowed down and a place reserved, I will let you allknow. I would love to have my family here there tosupport me. I guess I have rambled enough. Take careand thanks for listening.Pam MarshIf you have not been to Nassau,

you got to go. We --- Gordy wrote:> Hi Pam....> > Glad to hear you had a good time in the Bahamas. > I've never been > there but want to go someday.> > There were a few very cold mornings in Canada> (around 20 degrees) > while I was lying there on the ground at O-dark> thirty waiting for > the geese to fly that I was wishing I was somewhere> like the Bahamas > or Hawaii but Heck....I was still having a fun time.> There is > something about a cool, crisp morning laying in the> blind thinking > about life and all our tribulations while enjoying> the environment > that makes it all worthwhile !!> > I don't know if I ever mentioned it here on the site> before but the > major reason I do these annual hunting and fishing> trips is to reward > myself for staying clean and

sober, smoke free and> for working on > myself a little at a time weight wise, etc. One> thing for certain is > if I was still using, drinking and smoking like I> did I would more > than likely be dead or incarcerated and not able to> enjoy anything. I > have not had a drink in almost 26 years (my AA> birthday is the 29th > of this month).> > I made the trip with four others this year. we were> a little early > for the geese in the area we hunted as they hadn't> migrated down from > the north in large numbers yet so we only managed to> bag a dozen but > the duck hunting on the prarrie potholes was nothing> short of > awesome. We bagged 89 ducks, 12 partridges and> several sharptail > grouse. All in all it was a great hunt, the numbers> could have been > better but then for me it's not all about

the> numbers but more about > enjoying the experience and the environment. Its's> probably a good > thing that I feel that way becuase I don't think I> could hit the > broad side of a barn. Trust me those ducks didn;t> have a thing to > worry about from me.> > Take care of yourself Pam,> Gordy> > > > > > > > Gordy if you are out there, love to hear from> you.> > > Take

care.> > > > > > > > Pam Marsh> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > > http://mail.yahoo.com> > > __________________________________________________