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Afternoon Crackers! Well Crackers this is becoming a very quiet thread - I do hope it is just the heat that is keeping you away Bracken? PB - I trust that nothing is troubling you and BM - I hope that you are just busy enjoying yourself with your family in the UK? We are having very mixed weather hot days followed by heavy…

Good Evening Crackers! Are we ever satisfied with the weather?! What a difference a week makes... I had to check when did I last post the words 'Off to the garden' as it has rained ever since... And I mean poured on and off everyday. I've been unable to go into the garden as it's been so wet and I was desperate to cut the…

Having returned from the garden for lunch, as I was burning calories fighting with the lawn mower I realized I never mentioned exercise either Bracken - you probably do the most out of any of us; walking Nellie, looking after your horse, gardening, cycling and I do so admire you whenever I hear you have done a circuit of…

Morning Crackers! Well put BM - I second the above. I am on my way to the jungle but I just wanted to quickly add Bracken - your book sounds most interesting and I hope it is helping you on our endless journey and please tell us more. Personally I think you must have been a very conscientious and hardworking teacher who…

Good Evening Crackers! Well I really don't know how I managed it but somehow instead of returning to Austria heavier than when I left I have lost 0.4lbs!! All the more surprising when I tell you everyday I indulged in something I would avoid in my normal everyday life!! When I'm on holiday I go intending to enjoy myself…

Good Afternoon Crackers! It's only been 2 weeks since I last posted but it feels more like 2 months.... BM - I'm glad you filled in the missing gaps as my vivid imagination was working over-time! However please confirm is this the 'daughter' who got married when you had your successful 'operation wedding outfit' or is…

Good Afternoon Crackers! In my 'Challenge Group' one of the ladies has lost over 100 pounds and her husband when asked how she did it innocently replied 'No faddy diets or anything, just eating right and exercising.' And she saw red!!! I thought to myself well that is what I would say. However another lady pointed out "it…

Good for you PB! And has the decorator left?!

Good Afternoon Crackers! How lovely to hear from you BM. Well I had to giggle at your comment 'well you must be so fit' as I was at the doctor's yesterday for my annual medical.... I was sat, dressed and the Dr asked me to breath in deeply - don't ask me why but I couldn't relax and do as he requested and all I could do…

Good afternoon Crackers! Well if you've seen the pictures of the floods in Germany and France - you'll know we've had lots of rain in this neck of the woods... after the warmest winter on record we're now heading for the wettest spring. However this week so far, it has been dry in the day and then heavy storms in the…

Afternoon Crackers! I was lying in bed this morning when I heard the bread man, tooting his horn as he drove his bread van around the village - a bit like an ice-cream van! Farmers are early risers but I'm a night owl so I was still tucked up safely in my bed! However it reminded me of my late mother-in-law who always had…

Good Morning Crackers! Very strange 'dieting' week for me.... Thursday evening I succumbed and ate the last of my birthday chocolate, 2 bars of white chocolate and I don't even like white chocolate! Thankfully there is now no more chocolate lurking in the house. The following day did my weekly food shop only to find myself…

Good Afternoon Crackers! It's a beautiful sunny day here in the mountains. The local outdoor swimming pool officially opens for the season today so I could just pop on the bikini and lie out! On Sunday I was out walking with the husband and realised this time last year, was when my husband took the unflattering photo of me…

PB - after sleeping on the situation hope you are still feeling relieved and preparing to move on. And keep those 5lbs lost off!!

Oh PB I'm so sorry to read your dreadful news - I do feel for you. Stay strong you are better than that job and those horrible work colleagues.

Afternoon Crackers! Bracken perhaps you and I should take over this blog and rename it 'The Weather'!! It is not so much cold here today as grey, damp and drizzling - absolutely miserable! My husband assures me we too have sunny weather coming tomorrow oh yeah... However I finished all my mowing yesterday (10,294 steps),…

Good Morning Crackers! Thankfully it finally stopped raining and on Sunday we were blessed with sunshine for the BBQ. On the menu Bracken there was a whole suckling pig, pork chops, rack of pork, sausages and grilled turkey with ginger and lemon and the grilled vegetables were courgettes, peppers, mushrooms and there was…

P.S. Whilst the field is as green as my profile photo sadly the sky is very grey!!

Good Afternoon Crackers! I can confirm your rain Bracken is very much with me! It has rained now almost non stop for the past week so it's very green here but cold. My many beautiful tulips are struggling to hold their heads up high which is a great shame. However whilst the rain has kept me out of the garden I've been…

Bracken - I was only wondering yesterday if you were back on your horse again yet. The temperature has dropped dramatically again here so for my walk today I had to get back out my cords to wear, the good news they are loose once more on the thighs hurrah! Managed 8091 steps.

Good Afternoon Crackers! Just a quick pop in as I'm on my 'lunch break' but I have to paint a shutter before my friend arrives for our walk... Thank you for your kind thoughts PB/Bracken. I certainly have no complaints about the state of the health service here in Austria. Although I didn't see the specialist until a week…

Bracken we were posting at the same time. How lovely to have you back with us too! Since PB has also posted that just leaves you now LMV!!!

Good Afternoon Crackers! I received a (dieting) email from Becks this week which got me 'thinking'.... Quote:- 'Thoughts are just thoughts. Thoughts are not necessarily facts and just because we think something, doesn't necessarily mean it's true. Some thoughts are 100% true, some thoughts are 100% false; and some are…

Busy long weekend working very hard - fingers looking very thin! Rained all day yesterday hard so was spared my Sunday walk with the husband and then today we had a power cut in the evening just as I was about to salsacise! However I have managed to do 9931 steps walking around the house.

I ended the day on 11,385 and I didn't walk to the village! However I burnt a fair few calories digging my car out of the snow... fortunately the roads were clear.

I got my count up to 6632 with a salsacise. Today will be better as I have to walk to the village to get food!! So I shall be able to log downhill and uphill! It's quite pathetic but watching the calorie count go up as you log, I suddenly get this urge to exercise to get it down again. I can't believe how this tool has…

Since I'm logging my food on here (don't normally) as I want to know where my sugar is coming from... I'm also posting my exercise - I've set myself the task for a week but they didn't have snow clearing so I logged in weight lifting as it might just as well have been! Yes we have snow - not impressed!! My tulips are…

Evening Crackers! I came across a great quote today in my 'Feel Fab at Fifty' style bible!! 'People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do for a husband or a wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.' Erma Bombeck I have finally (after last year's…

Good for you Bracken, somehow I do feel encouraged knowing I'm not alone with all these gardening chores!! Along with counting grams of sugar (for the time being) I have started to salsacise again, in a bid to slim the thighs and to get my fitness levels back up again. Yesterday I did 11,197 steps because I had my last…

BM - congratulations! Hope that is now a weight of worry lifted from your shoulders....