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nicely done! pink wafers are the best!
Happy Friday eve
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How is your storm damage this morning I slept through most of our weather this side tbh, it was a bit windy but nowhere near as bad as the night before. 0
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the lid to the recycling bin (that broke off in the last windy night) is nowhere to be found. Council have been informed of it so that if they come without a lid to try and fix it, they won't be p'd off.
And the lid to the outside garden container thing was blown off. So my lawn mower got wet! tch.
Nothing too major - am impressed with my fences tbf, next doors are down.1 -
Hi all... happy to be approaching the end of the week!! Trend app had me down 0.3lb for the week... slow going as I had hoped to go 1lb per week until end of Feb. But I haven't had much exercise this week with all the crap weather! Think I'll need to start hitting the gym at lunch break next week as I need to get moving to lose the weight... TimTams should be all gone in a few more days!!!
On a more humorous note, I dropped my first born and her friend at a secondary school for a taster day this morning... On the way in I asked if they had everything... So phone - check, money - check, lunch - check, drink - check, pen and paper???? Uuuugh - no... Like wtf did they think they were going to do for the day???? Luckily my glove box has a good stationery supply and I managed to equip them for a day in school!! Does not bode well for the future... At least I won't have to worry about sending her to Uni at this rate! I'll be rich when she's older
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@beerfoamy My best mate sent me a pic of her garden in Durham this morning it looks like somewhere in the Arctic Circle, and as usual they haven't gritted any of the local roads.
@amc2509 haha I like their priorities.
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@tinkerbellang83 - wow! we didn't get snow. Ok, am happier now. ouch!
@amc2509 - hah, yeah my brain semi-stopped after, 'I dropped my first born' lol. Made for fun sentence. And their priorities are fine!
pens and paper will be at the school? teehee, kidding 1 -
@tinkerbellang83 - wow! we didn't get snow. Ok, am happier now. ouch!
@amc2509 - hah, yeah my brain semi-stopped after, 'I dropped my first born' lol. Made for fun sentence. And their priorities are fine! pens and paper will be at the school? teehee, kidding
I did have to double take that too lol0 -
Ha Ha!! That's given me a giggle!!!
Almost home time and it's LASHING outside.... At times like this I really wish I lived in Spain!!
On an aside I just got text from the wee woman and they got free lunch in the canteen so didn't need money, or lunch!! But they did use the pens and notebooks, lol!!0 -
Ha Ha!! That's given me a giggle!!!
Almost home time and it's LASHING outside.... At times like this I really wish I lived in Spain!!
On an aside I just got text from the wee woman and they got free lunch in the canteen so didn't need money, or lunch!! But they did use the pens and notebooks, lol!!
Where on the North West are you?
I really miss living in a warmer climate, my skin seemed so much healthier and it was far easier to stay active.0 -
I'm in Sligo... it really is beautiful here when the weather is half decent, unfortunately we are nearly always included in the Status Orange weather alerts!! This week has bee particularly miserable weather wise!0
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I'm in Sligo... it really is beautiful here when the weather is half decent, unfortunately we are nearly always included in the Status Orange weather alerts!! This week has bee particularly miserable weather wise!
Not been quite that far up on my travels yet, only been as far as Connemara on the West Side, hoping to get upwards and explore Mayo, Sligo & Donegal over the next year or two. Any recommendations for hikes/places to visit in the area?0 -
Happy Fri-yay, Friday's are my official weigh in day and my trend-weight is down 1.9lbs this week so it's a super-happy Friday. Any plans for the weekend folks?2 -
awesome point to reach!!
anime weekend this weekend. Pizza and lots of anime, maybe a beer or 2
yourself?0 -
awesome point to reach!!
anime weekend this weekend. Pizza and lots of anime, maybe a beer or 2
yourself?
Was hoping we'd get paid today (we got paid 2 weeks early for Christmas last month so it feels soooo long agoooo), but no such joy so with only a couple of euros left in my account, not much exciting:- Cleaning
- More Cleaning
- Exercising
- Watching Return of the King, might also start Star Wars box set too.
- Finally calling my mother, which I meant to do last week
- Getting my lashes tinted/lifted for the first time (a friend does it so don't have to pay til payday lol)
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@tinkerbellang83 Congrats on reaching the 1/2 way point... Amazing loss this week too!
@beerfoamy I'm hoping for a relaxing weekend... Just the one football match tomorrow, really need to do some cleaning and ironing. 3 full laundry racks to deal with and 2 baskets to get washed... I was very low on motivation this week! There will definitely be wine consumed tonight, had to use all my will power not to open a bottle last night as I'm trying to stick to weekend drinking!
Just one hour left in work for the week!!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!2 -
tinkerbellang83 wrote: »awesome point to reach!!
anime weekend this weekend. Pizza and lots of anime, maybe a beer or 2
yourself?
Was hoping we'd get paid today (we got paid 2 weeks early for Christmas last month so it feels soooo long agoooo), but no such joy so with only a couple of euros left in my account, not much exciting:- Cleaning
- More Cleaning
- Exercising
- Watching Return of the King, might also start Star Wars box set too.
- Finally calling my mother, which I meant to do last week
- Getting my lashes tinted/lifted for the first time (a friend does it so don't have to pay til payday lol)
hehe eyelash tinting is ace. Had it done a couple of times. Looks good Cleaning may need to happen too, although maybe only the bathroom as is most used room. Noone is really in the house much during the week!@beerfoamy I'm hoping for a relaxing weekend... Just the one football match tomorrow, really need to do some cleaning and ironing. 3 full laundry racks to deal with and 2 baskets to get washed... I was very low on motivation this week! There will definitely be wine consumed tonight, had to use all my will power not to open a bottle last night as I'm trying to stick to weekend drinking!
Just one hour left in work for the week!!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
One hour?!?! lucky you! and yes to wine whilst clearing laundry. Makes it much more bearable! I think our basket is in need of emptying too - shall sort that tonight
Editted to add: just got new boots! excited!!
https://www.emp.co.uk/p/lace-up-boot/295774.html
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@tinkerbellang83 Congrats on reaching the 1/2 way point... Amazing loss this week too!
@beerfoamy I'm hoping for a relaxing weekend... Just the one football match tomorrow, really need to do some cleaning and ironing. 3 full laundry racks to deal with and 2 baskets to get washed... I was very low on motivation this week! There will definitely be wine consumed tonight, had to use all my will power not to open a bottle last night as I'm trying to stick to weekend drinking!
Just one hour left in work for the week!!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
How did you get on with your 3 separate games last week?0 -
One got moved to 9am.. (I was not impressed!!!), organised a lift for one and was able to make the 3rd due to the early start!!! Thankfully do not need to leave until 11am tomorrow so will get some PJ time in the morning
Just 45 minutes left!! (Can you tell I need to escape!! ) 2 -
Morning folks, any plans or goals for the week.
Mine is to continue and try to find a routine that works to get my cardio/strength training/yoga into the week without feeling wiped out. Did pretty well last week, although I still didn't get my yoga in a couple of nights out of sheer laziness.0 -
morning!
only plan currently is not to keep going to canteen for cookies! lol
zombie challenge this week is 2000 steps (only up counts), 300 crunches and 100 press ups. So that is overarching goal. Have 2 squash games and my usual swims.
Extra goal of starting drawing again. I have until 3rd March to do the thing I want to do. But haven't drawn for over a year and am just finding it difficult to start! (partly because everywhere at home is cluttered and there are no flat surfaces to draw on!!)0 -
morning!
only plan currently is not to keep going to canteen for cookies! lol
zombie challenge this week is 2000 steps (only up counts), 300 crunches and 100 press ups. So that is overarching goal. Have 2 squash games and my usual swims.
Extra goal of starting drawing again. I have until 3rd March to do the thing I want to do. But haven't drawn for over a year and am just finding it difficult to start! (partly because everywhere at home is cluttered and there are no flat surfaces to draw on!!)
What about a clipboard?
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heh, no. I need flat, stable surface to draw. I'd have to put the clipboard on the table kind of thing
What I will do is make a point of clearing table and maybe starting tonight. Then the clutter will not encroach within the drawing area. 1 -
heh, no. I need flat, stable surface to draw. I'd have to put the clipboard on the table kind of thing
What I will do is make a point of clearing table and maybe starting tonight. Then the clutter will not encroach within the drawing area.
Yeah I guess that makes sense I never really had a flat area to sit at when I was at the height of my interest in drawing so used to use whatever I had lying around to draw on, usually a clipboard from work. 1 -
ahh skills!
no, I need clear table, pencils found and at hand, along with spare leads and erasers. Good light and lots of water. Tis not a spur of the moment thing! haha
wish it was, I may get more done!0 -
Getting really fed up of this weather! Yet another status yellow rainfall warning for the north west! So I decided to go for a walk at lunch in case this evening is a disaster.... It looked fine all morning as I looked out from the office, roll on 6 minutes into my walk and the downpour begins! Followed by hailstones which battered me cos it was so windy... took me another 6 minutes to get back inside. So yet again I resort to walking around the building and I'm now back at my desk sitting in wet trousers
On a positive note I feel like I've had a facial and I have completed 22 flights of stairs so far today
So how's everyone else's day going???2 -
ouch! impressive weather there! nice result though - hailstone facial lol
day here is ok, got some actual work which is novel! I am also on a stair challenge this week. Need to go up 2000 steps. So far have done just over 800 in 2 days so am getting weird looks at work when I run up and down lol1 -
All good here, pay day is finally here, so got to stock up on my protein products, ordered some Melatonin as well to see if that will also help me sleep a little better, the Magnesium supplements I take are working well, but have seen a lot of recommendations for Melatonin on the boards, so going to give it a whirl, had to order it from the States though as it's not available online in the UK/Ireland and it costs a bloody fortune over the counter here whereas it's readily available online for $3 in the US.
Also just ordered myself some airplants to make myself a little display for my newly de-cluttered bedroom sanctuary. Something kind of similar to this but in a large round open vase.
@beerfoamy How do you track that they are all upward steps?
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@tinkerbellang83 - that plant thing looks lovely!
stair wise, the stairs at work have 20 steps up. So each time I go upstairs I count 20. Downstairs doesn't count. If I use just the bottom step then, left foot up, right foot up, left foot down, right foot down = 1 step up. Them's the challenge rules.0 -
@tinkerbellang83 Wow.... really like that plant display! I also find Valarium root works well for sleep as I would be really bad sleeper. I went through a phase where I woke every night at 3:03 and would stay awake until almost 6! I generally got up and did the ironing or some other quiet task! I did my online Masters totally during the night as it seemed to be the only free time I had! But Valarium really helps, you can get it in any health food shop... I'm currently averaging 7 hours per night!
@beerfoamy I'm liking that stair challenge... I'm off to count the steps in our building!!! There is a hill climb near me that has 500 built in steps which equate to 104 flights on my FitBit, but I'm guessing that is down as well as up... It's really tough though!
Check out: http://gostrandhill.com/explore/hikes-walks/queen-maeve-trail/0
