Pseudo- poor you, that sounds nasty. Hope you can get it clean, bleach always helps with that! Studying at OU sounds like a really good idea; can you get a student loan to cover the tuition fees or not as you’re working? Even OU seems to be pricey now… son is 17, he was looking forward to the trip, his last one with cadets as they have to leave when they’re 18. Because they’re going to Germany they’ve planned more fun & touristy activities rather than all the usual training, but means he won’t get to pass any more tests which they normally would do, which means although he deserves it, he won’t be able to get any more promotions… he was hoping to get to Sergeant.
Jean- extra caravan time sounds good! I can’t help you with clothes clearing- I still wear stuff that’s nearly 30 years old! I don’t think they’re dated, others might disagree! (son & friends like the idea of being well off, son’s friend’s parents are very rich, so he’s into expensive cars & travelling… they’ve got big ideas for the future! But Dubai is out for quite a few years from what we’ve found out anyway!) Glad you had a nice meal!

Morning all! Cooler & still rainy here, thankfully managed to get all the last minute washing done, now ready to iron & pack, lots to do today…
Pseudo- what degree would you study, & what job would you like at the end of it? What degree have you got already? It would be a big life change, & little free time for you… I’d find either psychology or Early Childhood studies really interesting to do, but doubt I’d ever use it enough to justify the cost, wouldn’t like the hassle of a career change now…
Yes, youngest is still dead set on getting into the army, not sure it’ll happen unless they change the vetting procedures though- it’s outsourced to another company currently, who rule anyone out with any past medical problems, saw an article recently which said it’s being reviewed as they can’t recruit enough & people are being turned away because of childhood illnesses which they’re free of now, hopefully it’ll change before he can re-apply. Not sure what else he’d do, possibly work as an instructor with youngsters at an outward bound style place, think he’d need something outdoorsy & practical, & there’s a PGL place near us.
Have a good day everyone!

Morning All…

A rainy start and I think all day before the dry warm weather hits us again tomorrow…
A lazy day for us….find a book off my shelf…

I have a small patch of carpet to be fitted near my bedside drawers, before the fitters come tomorrow luckily I have a piece enough to do both sides of the bed hoping it works…I have new drawers to go on top so not such a problem..possibly see a bit at Steves side…I may stitch it together his side…

Hedgehog..
It’s a scary time when they are not sure what they are wanting to do, at least he has his ideas, Grandson has no idea at all, only what he doesn’t want to do that list grows 😂

I am going to be hard on my self with the clothes..I hope..the piles are unbelievable I can’t understand how much I have…you just wear your favourite or daily things…watch this space, it’s scary..😬

Pseu..
I didn’t realise it was just storm rain what a worry..the drains will be full of leaves and dust after nothing to flush it away…a very mucky job…I wouldn’t fancy putting my hand down, don’t mind plunging and digging with a stick..gross and stinky…

My daughter lived in Dubai for 20 years, although she had a whale of a time, very glitzy, meals out and lots of fun, her hubby did lots of golf and made it to Vice Captain of the Emirates Golf Club……she kept her feet on the ground with the unreal world she knew they lived, the children arrived and she did what we all do, bed early then to work at 6.30..they worked very hard 10 hours a day, 5 1/2 day week..time for her to be a Mum now in Louisiana…she really misses her job…

Dave..
I will try and take yours and Steves advice..enjoy F1 we will be watching on catch up later…

Jean x

Not been up long I stayed up to watch City play Bayern,so didn’t go to bed until 4am,I was fiddling around with the new sound system got it working but couldn’t pair it to Alexa,so I went online and contacted the firm who makes it, they said my remote is an old one,I said I have only had it 8 hours, they said they would send me the new remote to sort it all out.

Minols good to have you back,we have just had chicken so I cut up the legs and wings and mix them with iams for Heidi,she loves it😁.

Minols that sounds idyllic, being somewhere remote, watching eagles, wonderful!

I did a bit of a clear out this morning, too bags to go, but includes towels and bedding so not all clothes.

Jean, stitching carpet must have been tough on the fingers!

I’ll be with you both fasting tomorrow, might de a b2b if it goes well.

Hedgehog…
Have a lovely holiday hope all the better weather comes back, I think it is. Forget keto and enjoy your break…safe travels…

Pseu..
The carpet took about a hour stitching I use a carpet needle which is a curve like a letter C, it is easy but faffy..I have one bag ready for charity, although like you house things and a couple of dresses..I am trying..

Jean x

Morning all, grey today but fingers crossed it’ll brighten up.

Jean, not too bad with a carpet needle then. I sowed a load of badges onto my hiking bag recently but only had a normal needle, it was really tough and my fingers were red and sore by the end… should have had the right tool for the job! 😀

Had my coffee with cream, the plan is not to have any more calories today, so just tea, water and squash. Maybe an oxo cube if I’m really struggling this evening. We’ll see how it goes.

I’m also debating jogging this evening, depends on the weather.

Grass warranted a proper cut and strim…front straw like and dead…
X

Surviving well so far… But about to hit the bovril, so the test will all come at tea time for the boy’s!
Mx

Just caved and made myself a gorgeous wee caesar salad. Decided to go early before I got too hungry to hopefully stop eating. I’ll be back cooking for the boys in 20mins but none if it is nibble food fortunately so 8vll put the news on the radio to distract me.

The day has been straightforward so far, but I know the back end of the day is the hardest part… I’ll need to check on the app and see if I ve enough cals for a few strawberries this evening.

Hope everyone else has managed their day well.

Mx

Evening All…

I have pieced the other side of carpet and refitted to the edge of wardrobe….we are both really pleased with the out come just waiting for two chest of drawers on Thursday….then all finished…we are half way through the clothes but now finished for the day, both shattered..

We have finished eating….we had omelette with salad so that’s it now until tomorrows breakfast..

Hope you all hold out…keep strong Minols no nibbling other peoples food…Pseu keep out of the kitchen no grazing tonight..Dave shame on your music system hope the next one is better…

Hedgehog..
Hope you have got settled in your accommodation enjoy your holiday…

Jean x

Hi all

Weighed in on Saturday, stayed the same but never mind these things happen. Went out for meal Saturday night, main was ok but pudding was lush strawberries, cream, meringue and ice cream. I too am on a FD, I have gone over a bit, taken some of my clients out and I had coffees instead of tea 🤭 Have been using under my cal allowance over the weekend, so will see if it balances out by next Saturday.

Got to run, daughter can’t get boiler working so going to have a look at it for her.

Hope all the FD have had a good one xx

Well, that’s me done. Liquid only, 100 calories in total from my morning keto coffee. I’ll likely be carrying on until tomorrow dinnertime at the earliest (aside from another coffee), but since I find the day easy I’m just pleased the ‘danger zone’ of this evening has passed. I won’t be asleep for a few more hours but the animals are fed, the doors are bolted, and I shan’t be going back downstairs until morning.
Didn’t jog. Planned to, considered it, decided nah. 😛
Hope everyone else has kept strong. 😀 See ya tomorrow.

Morning everyone.

What is up with the weather?!! In Swansea we were forecast sunshine, instead there was torrential rain. I had to go out the garden to scoop leaves off the drain to try to save my kitchen from another flooding, and despite wearing a coat I was soaked to the bone in seconds. I drove twenty miles to work, blue skies and sunshine here! Luckily I had a spare pair of trousers to change into but my bra, knickers and t-shirt are all soaked and clinging to me. Very unpleasant.

Who’s fasting today? I’m going to see how it goes whether to do today too as a b2b, or whether to just hold out until dinner time. I often spend a chunk of the evening whilst I’m watching TV looking up recipes, last night I was looking up office furniture, going to change one of my spare bedrooms into an office so I have a self contained study area, and I think that helped keep my mind off food. I did find myself standing by the fridge a few times but I didn’t cave.

HH, your holiday spot sounds lovely! I’m jealous.

Morning All..

A rainy start but beautiful and sunny now…my back garden I have lovely grass…front still dead??

Off out later shopping a few bits to do…things are looking better up stairs clothes are finding their home…

My poor daughter In Louisiana…after her 18 hour drive home, her first day back she was tired and she looked exhausted ….she came home to pots in sink, house left not too tidy, hubby away in Europe not thought to clean up before he left…she was leaving the general cleaning and washing her bedding, ( she has a thing about clean sheets) cases to empty later…going to start sorting and cleaning today….5 pm last night they had a very big thunder and lightning storm, a power cut in the area and a huge tree branch 20 foot long fell on her house and garage and took some of the roof and guttering off..her lovely neighbour Rodney is an absolute treasure, he left work brought a couple of guys with him, they chain sawed the tree up, put plastic on the roof to make her water tight, got the power guy to see to her house her lines down and under tree…I am frustrated and too far away to help…I haven’t spoke to her yet she will be in bed…

Dave..
All this music don’t upset the neighbours..lol

Santana..
Don’t be disappointed when the weight stays the same..at least it’s not up….I am in the same boat…hope you sorted your daughters boiler…

Hedgehog…
Glad everything is lovely…the weather is always changing up in the lakes…get the right clothes on and it doesn’t matter…enjoy…..the tub sounds lovely…..have a good walk today…

Minols..
Have a good morning and meeting….keep strong and clean up…lol

Pseu..
Hope your undies have dried out…and your weather settles down….a project in hand for your new office..

My weight isn’t moving at all 10 days and I am the same weight ☹️ Every day…

Have a good day all…

Jean x

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I never have music on loud,don’t have it on that often really,if I am doing something in the kitchen I just ask Alexa to play something.Got my soundbar up and running,words are much clearer now,not changed the bass or treble yet, something to play with when Denise is in bed.Phone paired to soundbar,got to work out if I can connect Alexa next.

Morning all.

Well, I managed to keep yesterday as an FD, bit higher than I typically like but at 280 cal I’d say it counts. I’ll probably stay fasting until about 6, so that’ll be about 57 hours in total. What I find with FDs is that it’s not so much about hunger as about wanting to have some texture/flavour. Maybe I should look into more flavoured chewing gums.

I got my figures done in the end, turns out I’d been doing it right all along but the way it was written just threw me off completely and made me doubt myself. I hate maths.

Jean, awful what’s happened to your daughter’s house! Have you managed to get hold of her yet? Do insurance companies move quite fast over there to get things sorted?

Well done on the clothes purge! I really need to be tough on my jumpers but I keep thinking ‘but this one is a different colour… this one is thicker… this one has a nice print… How many jumpers does one person need? And it should be easier to be strict with them in the summer!

Anyone fasting today?

Morning All..
A lovely morning…a low day for us as we have had a couple of larger meals the last couple of days…

Off to the charity shop, one bag, a picture and one coat…I am trying… get rid before I change my mind…thoughts on a few other things…

Still haven’t spoke to daughter, she is staying with a family who her two boys play with, children having sleep overs etc..she has had them over for a few bbq meals and drinks….people have been so kind to her….no electricity so no AC, too hot…I think the roof man and electricity company are coming today, they have to apply for permits before they can start work which have now been passed.. insurance said they will pay out but she doesn’t don’t know if they will cover it all…still it has to be done no choice….she is sad her tree has now gone, it was a beautiful tree at least a couple of hundred years old…too close to her house for me!…at least they are all safe when the branch it fell…it chose the best place to fall and not on the middle of the roof…..that’s the good thing…

Pseu…
I did laugh at you and your jumpers..’how many does one person need’…I don’t have any 😂..I put a thin fleece on in the house but very rarely…

Hedgehog..
Hoping to speak with her today, we both tried each other but kept missing the call..

Swimming in a river…it must of been blxxdy freezing….did you come out blue….lol…..enjoy your day..

Jean x

Very quiet on here this afternoon, going to speedway later,not had much to eat today, only wheetabix this morning and having grilled chicken breast with Mediterranean vegetables,so very low.

💤💤💤💤💤💤Wake up😃

Afternoon all!
Sounds like Dave & Pseudo have done well fasting! Have eaten way less this holiday than I usually do…
Tipping it down here…but there’s a roof over the veranda so can still sit outside, and we’ve seen kingfishers! Always wanted to see some, & now I have, one thing off my bucket list! had a good day out & a very long walk at Derwent water. We’ve done lots of thinking while in the peace & quiet, so have definitely decided we want to look for a lab puppy (boys keen on a German Shepherd. Dave- sorry, Heidi sounds amazing, but I nearly got bitten by one yesterday when we made a fuss of him, the owner assured us he was friendly first!!) And have seen an advert for pups which sound ideal, family dogs, they have all parents & grandparents available to see, done medical checks etc., so have emailed the owner… only 3 though so might have all gone. Fingers crossed!!

Hi all… Sorry – don’t know where yesterday and today went! I guess I’m out of practice juggling boy and work.

Jean – your poor daughter… What a nightmare. You must wNt to just rush back.

I ve been cooking everything from scratch and experimenting this week – much to the boy’s disgust! Made a delicious leftovers pie tonight – the pickings of a roast chicken carcase with a sauce made up of last night’s casserole whizzed up, leftover roast kumara from Monday, stock from the carcase and a suet pastry… I feel quite ‘mumsy’!

Well tomorrow the boy can have shop made dinner as I’ll be fasting and having another tasty salad.

Better get him out of the bath – we’re on the last of narnia books this week.

Mx

Morning All…

Up early my drawers are here between 8am and 9 am…an early worker..

Fasting day for us ..no thoughts or discussion on food yet…yawn…

Daughter is back in her house, no TV or WiFi till Friday….a very quiet house playing old fashioned board games 😂…the children have been sleeping at their friends, daughter and pup have stayed with her new next door neighbour for two nights but all back home now….she said..she felt at breaking point…I think in theory..she has had a bad 10 weeks with one thing and another….things hopefully can only get better…until next week when all children are changing schools for financial reasons, there will be tears…

Hedgehog..
How lovely seeing Kingfishers..so beautiful…I have only seen them twice..once on the Norfolk Broads and the other time they were diving for fish on a beach in Goa..

Lovely when warm like this if wet to sit outside in the fresh air, the accommodation sounds good and well though out…at least you got out for a good walk…

Minols..
Busy being mumsy and cooking…lol

Santana…
Have a lovely holiday..where are you going to… always nice to hear…forget the fasting while away be thoughtful if you can and enjoy yourself….it’s a way of life jump straight back on track when back…..we are in our caravan on Wednesday for 4 days at a steam rally…..good luck on the meds..

Glad you sorted your daughter out easier than mine…

Have a good fast day…

Jean x