Good morning All. Coffees on.

[Maddee]

Good morning.  Glad to see you all here.

Ready for a positive productive Saturday.   Laundry, exercise, and a run to the dollar store are my plan to start. 

Take care.

[Cyndee]

@Willow - Sounds like a good time at the meeting 

 

@Ms Maddie - Positively positive, have a rockin' Saturday 

[TommieAnne]

Coffee with fresh bread from my nearby bakery. Mmmm. I'm in such a good mood, starting to feel better about myself and able to express my hidden inner self more, mostly thanks to the support and encouragement from all of you. You have my warmest thank you's, hugs, and deepest appreciation.

TA

[tracy_j]

3 hours ago, TammyAnne said:

Coffee with fresh bread from my nearby bakery. Mmmm.

 

 

You have got my mouth watering there lol. There is nothing like fresh bread!

[Donnie_1961]

Logging out now. I think I've done enough damage. It's 9:28 pm on the second of my three days off. I'm not sure I like losing an hour to daylight savings. I'm still going to feel like I've lost something. I know it's just an hour. But at my age every second counts.

 

Good night.

 

Be safe. Be smart.

[ShawnaLeigh]

OMG I just woke up at 350am and thought it was Monday morning.  I went from zero to hero in a panic as I had no clothing picked out or ready for my first day fully presenting female at work and it will be my first early AM makeup “attempt”.  Lol.
I’m planning to give myself an extra hour until I can get better and quicker at makeup.  

Luckily I realized it’s Sunday and I still have 24 hours before I need to go to work. 
Holy crap what a relief!

 

[TommieAnne]

I was a good "doobee" and set clocks ahead, went to bed early, now up early and enjoying the huge full moon beaming in the window while sipping my coffee.

Rumors of me being a scatter brain are only mildly accurate!

TA

[Cyndee]

Good Morning, up with  the coffee, we checked our smoke alarm batteries  Still on call for work, but grateful this weekend was shorter by 1 hour 

 

Have a lovely day

 

C

[Donnie_1961]

5 hours ago, ShawnaLeigh said:

OMG I just woke up at 350am and thought it was Monday morning.  I went from zero to hero in a panic as I had no clothing picked out or ready for my first day fully presenting female at work and it will be my first early AM makeup “attempt”.  Lol.
I’m planning to give myself an extra hour until I can get better and quicker at makeup.  

Luckily I realized it’s Sunday and I still have 24 hours before I need to go to work. 
Holy crap what a relief!

 

Congratulations on your impending milestone.  I remember what it felt like. At first getting ready can feel like a chore. You want to be flawless.  After a while it becomes all part of your daily routine. I still fuss. I have my cell phones alarm set to go off at 3pm so I'll have plenty of time to shower and put myself together. I don't apply much make-up, less is always more.

When I worked for a call center I wore a blouse,skirt and high heels to work everyday. I got my nails done every week at the Salon. They looked nice but caused me to make a lot of typos on my computer keyboard.

I hope you have a wonderful First Fem Day!

 

Be safe. Be smart.

Edited March 8, 2020 by Cyndee
fixed typo :-) C

[JustineM]

Good morning! Kids actually let me sleep til 9:30 this morning. (Ah the life of a parent!) Relaxing with my coffee right now. Movie in a couple hours then possibly a nature hike later. Have a wonderful day.

[KymmieL]

Looks like the only day this week I get to sleep in is Wednesday. Worked early today, and also tomorrow. then Tuesday I have my appointment at the Denver VA. but nothing Wed. 

 

I cannot wait till the day I am going to work as my true self. Soon enough, I hope

 

Kymmie

[JustineM]

Well a follow up, went and saw Onward (cute movie but kind of a sad ending) and instead of a hike my wife surprised me with a trip to Sephora. Got a couple different primers to try and ended up with some free mascara. 

[Debra Michelle]

Finding out my husband is doing well after his heart bypass,found this out on Thursday.Plus he is doing well on quitting smoking learning the benefits.It has been one step at a time for him on this.Coming back to work next month and he has seen I have been doing great running everything by myself.Did get my 2019 Ram 1500 back from the dealer yesterday,had a misfire code fixed under warranty.Found the wrong lifters were installed on the left side on the front cylinder

[Jani]

1 hour ago, Debra Michelle said:

Found the wrong lifters were installed on the left side on the front cylinder

How can that be the case?  I hope what they did solves the issue.

 

Haven't been here and posting much lately as I've been well under the weather recently.  I think I'm on the mend now. 

 

Jani 

[Debra Michelle]

49 minutes ago, Jani said:

How can that be the case?  I hope what they did solves the issue.

 

Haven't been here and posting much lately as I've been well under the weather recently.  I think I'm on the mend now. 

 

Jani 

Learning some of them were built wrong from the factory,Mine doesn't the MDS and it had these lifters in them.It has been fine ever since I got it back

 

[MetaLicious]

Have had a busy weekend, and today was packed full of activity - laundry, shopping, mean prep...  There's been some downtime, but mostly on the go since 7am - oops, make that 8am.  I wish we would drop this habit of messing with our clocks twice a year!  I've been having a hard enough time getting a good night's sleep without having an hour slip away during the night.  After getting the eight-year-old off to bed, my wife gave me a good-night kiss, and to my delighted surprise, she called me Misha! It felt so nice.  I thought I had found a good name that fit me, and now I know I have.

 

6 hours ago, JustineM said:

Well a follow up, went and saw Onward (cute movie but kind of a sad ending) and instead of a hike my wife surprised me with a trip to Sephora. Got a couple different primers to try and ended up with some free mascara. 

That sounds so awesome!  I've heard good things about Sephora.  I would love to do one of their tutorial thingies.  I tried eyeline for the first time yesterday, and I plainly need much more practice...

 

5 hours ago, Jani said:

Haven't been here and posting much lately as I've been well under the weather recently.  I think I'm on the mend now. 

Well, I am glad you're feeling well enough to be online.  Being unwell can be such a drag.  I am just beginning to feel like I am actually winning against my own illness.  I was starting to worry that maybe I had one of those antibiotic resistant strains...

 

6 hours ago, Debra Michelle said:

Finding out my husband is doing well after his heart bypass,found this out on Thursday.Plus he is doing well on quitting smoking learning the benefits. ...

Good for him, and ggod for you!  I know it is SO very hard to quit, but it really is best in the long run (and the short runm for that matter).  I wish both of you the best!

[ShawnaLeigh]

Aaarrrgghh

Cant sleep.  
Alarm going off in 2+ hours.  
Im Excited for my first real go out in public as my true self.  Going to be a full day at work too and I will need to roam the hospital trying to locate different pieces of medical equipment to test and inspect.  So I will be very seen by many everywhere.  No hiding in my office anymore! Nervous a bit too not gonna lie.  

I just hope I get out of the door without my wife starting in on me.  
She is NOT a morning person in the best of times but she is already mad at me from our talks yesterday and I’m kind of hoping I’m still getting the silent treatment.
Plus my new morning routine has me up well before her and she claims I wake her way to early before her alarm.  From the other end of the house.  umm   Ok.  

So anyways. Wish me luck.  
 

[KathyLauren]

Sorry to hear that things are rough on the home front.  But I am wishing you well at work.  You have got this!  Enjoy your first day of work as yourself.

[KathyLauren]

Zzzz***. Up at 4:15 this morning to catch my flight to Montreal.  A heck of a time to get up, but it’s for a good reason.

[Charlize]

Hope you have a great day Shawna.  I remember the stress as well as the slow acceptance by others but mostly by myself.

 

Today we are forecast to have a warm sunny day.  I'm cleaning up after sugar season.  That is a long process of cleaning the evaporator and other equipment in the sugar house, then off to the woods to pull taps and flush the tubing.  Between that a plumber coming for some work in the house and a farmyard full of hungry goats with their kids i'' be a busy gal.  I'm getting a bit old but certainly am enjoying life now.

 

Hugs,

 

Charlize

[KymmieL]

Shawna, don't worry, you will rock this. Good luck Just be yourself.Walk around doing your work like you own the joint. What anyone says doesn't matter. you are being your true self.

 

Kymmie

[TommieAnne]

8 hours ago, ShawnaLeigh said:

Aaarrrgghh

Cant sleep.  
Alarm going off in 2+ hours.  
Im Excited for my first real go out in public as my true self.  Going to be a full day at work too and I will need to roam the hospital trying to locate different pieces of medical equipment to test and inspect.  So I will be very seen by many everywhere.  No hiding in my office anymore! Nervous a bit too not gonna lie.  

I just hope I get out of the door without my wife starting in on me.  
She is NOT a morning person in the best of times but she is already mad at me from our talks yesterday and I’m kind of hoping I’m still getting the silent treatment.
Plus my new morning routine has me up well before her and she claims I wake her way to early before her alarm.  From the other end of the house.  umm   Ok.  

So anyways. Wish me luck.  
 

Good luck! But I believe you've got this!

Sleep continues to be difficult for me, too. Too many things bouncing around in my head. Bizarre dreams when I do sleep only to be disturbed enough by the dreams to awaken with a start. Almost every night.

But morning coffee clears the cobwebs, the sun is coming up without supervision and life goes on.

TA

[Donnie_1961]

Happy Monday! ? Back to work tonight after having 3 days off. Looking forward to it cuz I'm gonna go a little different tonight. For the first time in 2 years I'm not going to wear a wig. My natural hair has gotten long enough to run a curling iron through. It took me about an hour.

Hope it looks alright.

Y'all have yourself a rooting-tooting day!

 

Be safe. Be smart.

 

[Willow]

Hi everyone 

 

I had a hard time getting to sleep last night. I suppose the nap I took in the afternoon didn’t help.

 

got up at 8, been getting up at 7 so really no change.  But made coffee and had some took my morning shower back n our bathroom for the first time in a week.  New tile floor is finally in.  Still have work to do, but it’s clean and fully functional again.  
 

sorted laundry and started the washing.  Cleaned the kitchen, emptied the dishwasher, vacuumed just a lick and a promise.  Anyway despite taking a day off from working in the bathroom I’ve had a productive morning.

 

hrt I’m taking is finally taking hold.  Body hair is growing much slower than it used too. I think there is the beginning of breast changes but that could be just wishful imagination.

 

@ShawnaLeigh I wish you a great day at work.  I’m sure everyone will be accepting and if they aren’t that’s their loss, not yours.

 

Willow

[KathyLauren]

@Donnie_1961OMG, you look gorgeous, girl!!  I’m sure you’ll have a great day.