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@sheba2011

Chilly here in the ‘burgh also. We will be getting your rain tomorrow. Been looking online today for Christmas gifts. I really, really don’t want to be in the stores. When I still worked, I had all my shopping done by November 1. I hate sitting in traffic, looking for a parking spot, rude, pushy people, etc. And now with the virus, who knows when/what/where for shopping. I do money/gift cards for family, friends and teens. But I’ve had the same mail lady and hair stylist for 20+ years and running out of ideas. May just go the nice bottle of wine/liquor – we all need that for the year it’s been!🍷🍾🍸

Taking pies and wine to mom’s. She ordered her turkey from a local restaurant to help support the business. I know we will have enough to serve 12, that’s how mom always does it!

No bones for Jake but I know he will get a bite of everything else. He will be in heaven just smelling it all!🐶💗

Pushing Buttons

When somebody continues to open our old wounds on purpose, they must be told that their behavior is no longer welcome.

We’ve all had our buttons pushed to the point where we feel we can’t take it any more, and chances are, we’ve all pushed somebody else’s buttons, with or without knowing it. The button pusher may not be conscious of what they’re doing, but in the end the buttons belong to us, and we are the ones who must deal with what comes up. The more we take responsibility for our own feelings and reactions, the less tender these buttons will be.

We’ve all had the experience of having someone snap at us, seemingly out of nowhere. This happens when we unconsciously push a button in someone else we didn’t even know was there. This can happen with a complete stranger and sometimes with a person we’ve known and been close to for years. We ourselves may have a relationship with someone whose buttons we secretly like to push. Buttons are just soft spots that have been touched one too many times, and they symbolize some pain that needs to be acknowledged and healed. This may be a wound from childhood, or some recent trauma, that we haven’t adequately tended. Whatever the case, when our buttons get pushed, the person who most needs our attention and caring is us, and blaming the button pusher only distracts us from finding a true resolution to our suffering.
At the same time, if someone continually opens our wounds so that they never have time to heal, we are well within our rights to set a boundary with that person.

Compulsive button pushers, who seem to find pleasure or satisfaction in hurting us, are not welcome in our personal space. In the end, knowing where our buttons are enables us to do the work necessary to heal. Freedom comes when we deal with the pain behind the button, thus disconnecting our automatic reaction to being pushed.

@kittengirl,

Cherie,

Good Morning in S. Cali wishing you and the children a safe Thanksgiving. 😘💕

Happy Thanksgiving I hope your mother is able to join all of you on this day. 😎

Here is to better days ahead. 🌹😘

@shoelady60,

Good Afternoon in the burgh. 😘Thank you for the shout out on the win in your
post last night. 😘😎 My brother is doing fine with the loss for his team.

Well getting everything in order for the Holiday. I am on speed dial because I do
this every year even if I have gone to other relatives homes for Thanksgiving.
This year I will be missing my dad. I have something to tell you later along with Oodie.

I hope you have a great time with your family. Don’t forget Jake’s Bone. 🤣 Very rainy
and chilly in OZ today. 😎

@71flowerchild,

Howdy in Texas! I am wishing you and hubby a safe Thanksgiving I am not sure
if you are in Texas or New Mexico it does not matter just enjoy the season. 😘🌹

Sending wet OZ hugs and pets to Jewell and Little D. 🤣Poppy is wagging his tail of course.

@taci,

Good Morning in Cali and Happy Thanksgiving Week. Enjoy the season with the your
family. 😘💕😎

@oodiebom,

Good Afternoon in Florida. Wishing you and hubby a safe day. I hope your Turkey
is ready today. 😎💕 We all will be cooking tomorrow. I will have hubby and me.

I am taking a plate to my step-mother and Poppy will get the turkey bones. 🤣

I plan to watch Yentl again I have many classics on Blu Ray. Oodie I will tell you
something later and it is important. No worries. We are cold and rainy in OZ today.
Happy Thanksgiving Week. 😘

@loaf,

Happy Thanksgiving Week. I hope all is safe. 😘🌹I can smell the turkey now. 🤣

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