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Good Afternoon Crackers! Apologies for my absence but I have been busy last week... Like you Bracken I've been working hard in the garden. I have cut the grass for the first time (which I can't recall ever doing mid April!) but the hillsides are now a glorious green. The promised rain did not arrive until the weekend, the…
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Spurred on by you Bracken I did 10,539 steps yesterday which I'm very pleased with as I was just walking around the house and garden, doing chores. However from all the weeding I've done, I'm feeling as if I've done several full work outs with Jillian, the pain every time I go to sit - LMV at this rate I really will have a…
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Well done Bracken! You have inspired me to go and hunt out my new pedometer and set it up, it is time!
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Good Evening Crackers! Did you know it is depression awareness week? There is an interesting article in the Guardian by Tim Lott; 'darker than grief, an implosion of the self, a sheet of ice, no matter how you describe it this is a terrifying state to be trapped in.... in a serious state of depression you become a sort of…
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Good Morning Crackers! Today it is very spring like here in Austria. I must make the most of it as we have rain forecasted for the rest of the week but we need it after so little snow this winter. My husband has been ill (cold and chest infection) so we didn't work over the weekend and if we are housebound this weekend it…
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P.S. And yes - I was eating the chocolates I was given!
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Good Evening Crackers! LMV - oh I can't believe what I'm reading.... You go skiing and stay on your feet, and then you trip and badly whilst at home. I hope you are back on your feet so to speak, very soon. Next week I'll meet you on the dance floor! I'm all talk and no action, I came back to an ill husband with no voice…
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LMV - I watched On Keeping Younger with Angela Rippon this morning in bed, with my cup of tea! All very enlightening and mightily relieved to hear dancing with Rosemary is better for us than shredding with Jillian!!!! I am full of good intentions that I'm going to start salsacising again Thursday! I also tried out the…
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BM - just very pleased to have you back with us.
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Morning Crackers! Bracken - I had thought you'd gone rather quiet on us of late and for good reason, it is now clear. How very worrying for you. Hopefully now your family doctor has read the report and is aware more treatment is needed, she will be more prepared at your next appointment on Tuesday to reassure you and…
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Bracken we must have been posting at the same time! Ooh I do feel for you and the snow. And I do apologise I fear I may have mucked our site up by posting my huge cake photo until we start a new page!!
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Good Evening Crackers! LMV - that is indeed the book, I find it very useful for not everyday baking obviously! The nut and chocolate slice I always make at Christmas, is also in this book. Ooh just the word chocolate is turning my stomach at the moment!! The cake is now all gone and I was very sensible and the many boxes…
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HA! LMV how do I make my photos smaller for next time?!!!
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This WAS my birthday cake!! Although LMV that photo looks rather yummy. My recipe comes from a book called 'Chocolate' Kitchen Library printed 20 years ago and is made with dark chocolate. PB - I'm learning less is more and I no longer bother to decorate the sides as it just becomes too sickly and rich... Be good Crackers!
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Well LMV your review for last month got me thinking... I too did very little exercise and I didn't calorie count - quite the opposite in fact! So all in all, I count myself rather fortunate to be starting this month, 4 pounds from my target weight and not a whole lot more... But I also think it's still something of a…
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Evening Crackers! Well I'm blaming the cold I caught from my Mother for not being in the zone last week, combined with demanding family house guests and far too much cake - it didn't end well... However this week, is a new start and has been much better. I'm fully fit again and have cleaned the house from top to bottom…
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Bracken - we too have snow forecasted for the end of this week - not impressed either!
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PB - Glad to hear that you have a good trip to York and did very well with only a 1 pound gain but very sorry to hear of your friend's loss. I don't like being hugged or touched but a thoughtfully written card or note would 'touch' me and would be thoughtfully appreciated I'm sure by your friend.
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Evening Crackers! Home, sweet, home.... The daughter is home with me for the Easter holidays which of course means various Aunts and Uncles of hers especially those with a religious connection.... wish to see her. The first with her family arrived the day after we got back (ringing to let us know late in the evening) which…
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Good Morning Crackers! Well I can't remember an Easter EVER when I lost weight but this year I did! And I did treat myself to some chocolate but after abstaining for Lent the first mouthful of dark I found it rather rich! So I managed to continue being sensible over the weekend keeping to small satisfying amounts. I'm…
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P.S. Thinking further about your carrot cake Bracken, perhaps the answer next time would be to enthusiastically accept a piece so as not to offend the host but declare you can't possibly fit it in now and could you take it with you (serviette ready in your bag) and then give to a neighbour/sister!
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Good Morning Crackers! Another quick pop in but I just wanted to say how amusing I too found your post Bracken especially the poison line and I agree with PB you should save it for a future writing piece! PB your Easter celebrations sound very serious (as I believe they should be) and moving. In my village it is a huge…
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Afternoon Crackers! A quick pop in.. I stayed the same today not really surprising all things considered and with Easter next weekend I'm aiming to maintain this week also. On a positive note I am 4 pounds lighter than this time last year and I am only 3.6 pounds from my target weight - however having read today the…
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Morning Crackers! Well I've registered my weight gain as I want to draw the line - the daughter remained the same weight on our return from Winchester whilst I was 2 pounds heavier (and still am!) So minus a sandwich or 2 equals stay the same PB, indulge and turn a blind eye like me, means back to the drawing board!!…
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Well done Bracken! We have snow forecasted as I mentioned on the other thread so I would have been snow clearing tomorrow instead I shall have to make do with walking the shops!!
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Evening Crackers! PB - hope your meeting was successful? LMV - so pleased to have been of help! But if one can't indulge on your birthday weekend, when can you? What did you wear out to dinner? Did you decide against buying a new dress? How far off are you now from fitting into your Cracker dress, you must be close? Well I…
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Evening Crackers! I found myself educating the daughter on the subject of common sense last week - one stressed out daughter; she had been invited at college to an informal little social gathering to be awarded a Principal's commendation (for working above the standard) all well and good but had felt obliged and under…
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A belated happy birthday from me too! I have just returned from Winchester absolutely shattered but in a good way & I'm having a lovely cup of tea & catching up on the posts. Whilst we were away I just got the daughter to log me in daily on her phone so as not to lose my logging in days very sad state of affairs! However…
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LMV - was there no 'ice skating' ?! Lucky you having a beautiful day, it was at least dry here in the south for a change but it's so grey... However I did walk down to the local shops and back up again with my groceries which is the most exercise I've done. I'm off to Winchester for the weekend tomorrow as the daughter is…
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PB - I can't write much as I'm using my father's tablet & I hate this one finger typing - however I wanted you to know I was thinking of you (& that I won't moan again about my husband/boss) & that I second all that LMV has said. You've done it before & you can do it again. There seem to be so many ghastly bosses about…
