In this episode, I share how I have added a bottom line behavior to my list, “No raising my voice.” I use the principals learned in recovery how to go one day at a time and not raise my voice to my daughter. I have to learn other ways of expressing myself without yelling. I can not promise that I will not yell forever, just like not drinking, but I can go for the next 24 hours without it with the help of my Higher Power.

In this episode, I share about a recent gardening and landscaping consultation with a homeowner about the question of pine straw vs mulch. I shared my experience with how expensive pine straw can be and how groundcover is a more cost-effective way in the long run. I also shared my favorite ground covers. Consider Snow-N-Summer Asiatic Jasmine.

In this episode, I share about how vague I handled my finances and how I got myself into that mess. We were advised to set up about a dozen bank accounts and label each of them as a fund. Car rotation funds, vacation funds, household funds, play money... it was just too much.

In this episode, I share the correct order for landscaping from start to finish. Sleeving, Hardscaping, Light Grading, Irrigating, Planting from trees to small ground covers in size order. Biggest to smallest. Then drip irrigation, mulching, and finally sodding.

In this episode, I share about a Big T item for me. There was a sexual traumatic event that happened to me when I was a young bog and I want to heal from it. I need to tell that boy that it is all going to be ok.

In this episode, I share how it dawned on me that I was people pleasing the plexiglass cutting guy at Lowe’s. What a silly issue! Why couldn’t I have said, “No thank you. I need a straight cut piece. I’m not buying that?” Instead, I paid for it and let my ego say “Oh, I’ll make it work.” I’m grateful for the awareness of the codependent behaviors because now I can change.

In this episode, I share how I received a letter today in the mail from the Department of Treasury wanting you look at 2017 tax returns. They have some questions. That was the exact year of when I hit rock bottom. Today, I can see the powerlessness of my overspending, debting, my over eating, drinking and drugging. So grateful to be sober and solvent today.

In this episode, I share about being mentally crippled and physically shutting down when I tried to confront an issue with a loved one. I realize just how powerless I am over others.

In this episode, I share how I was exploring the route of going to sell jelly and pickles for a company that was going to be 100% commission and drive around to local farmers markets and farm stands. So glad that did not workout.

In this episode, I share how I needed money in college and went to any length to get a job. Not coming back to the dorm until I had a job lined up.