Maybe you should just put your finger in your mouth! (lol) Never worked for me ... but I have thought about it a few times, when I can feel my diet unraveling ...

Whatever the question is bacon is the answer (unless you need a good, stiff drink).

Problem is I’m not dieting....going back to thumb-sucking won’t work because I need both hands to stitch....hmmm...
Maybe bacon is the answer? Need for extra meat protein?
I just finished eating 6 ‘buffalo wings’...
Maybe I just need a stiff drink and take myself to ‘the beach’ for a bit of cabana chair relaxation🌴🌴

Oh, Sunshine! Lead me! I will follow! LOL

Here VCESS, hold my arm and I will lead you down to the beach where Bermuda is. You can't sit in the turquoise and white striped chair 'cause that one is mine. Oops! Pay attention and you wouldn't stumble. Stop eyeing that cabana boy! Oh. He is the one bringing the drinks. OK. Here we are. Hi Bermuda. Are there bacon snacks to go with these drinks? Here comes the server again. Lets order snacks and VCESS said she would pay for them. Wow. Sure is nice here with the breeze blowing and the waves looking good. This was a swell idea.

Chocolate and wine!

Ahhh...hi Sunshine and VCESS!
See you both made it to ‘the beach’ ok. Bacon bits and cream cheese with crackers and those miniature toasts are right there. Forgive me if I don’t get up, the beach and the breeze are feeling wonderful. Listen to that surf!
Ummm...where is my bottle of Corona with lime slice? There it is, half buried in the sand next to me...think this is what I needed girls....
Mkhanes!! Hi! Come join us! :)

Can I join you? I absolutely NEED to get to the beach and relax! 🌴

Bermuda my mother would have said you must be either in love or pregnant if you are having food cravings. It didn't work for me as I was unable to have any children so I don't know what my excuse was.

Come on and join us Marym... pick out the color of your cabana-striped chair and relax....you too Deidre!
For those of you wondering about ‘the beach’ ( notice the quote marks)who are either new to the ECS chatboard, it started some years as a mental relaxation technique I commented that I go to when I have periods of stress. I went to a ‘relaxation technique’ class a college was providing to students to help them visualize a calming scene and breathing/ muscle relaxation that can be done before, during and after exams. For me it works. To give you some background on ‘the beach’: Long white sandy shore that runs for miles in either direction with tropical plants, palm trees leaning over the beach at intervals to provide areas of shade and the waves moving up onto the sand giving that hissing sound as it runs over the sand.
Very few people along the beach with pockets of friends sitting in their cabana-striped lounge chairs, that have small walkie-talkies attached to them, so you can order any and all kinds of crossstitch charts, kits, floss, needles, etc. FREE OF CHARGE. Your supplies are brought to your beach lounge-chair within 30 minutes of your order. (Orders come from a 60,000 square foot cross stitch warehouse that you can NOT see from the beach). You can also order food,snacks and beverages of your choice to be brought to you by the handsome young men and/or beautiful young women that also bring you your cross stitching supplies. I go to ‘the beach’ to relax by closing my eyes and mentally putting myself there. I don’t live there 24/7; one does have to live in reality, but it does provide rest and relaxation. Anyone can come to ‘the beach’...just pick out what colors you want your cabana-striped chair to be. 😃