Morning everyone, a horrible rainy day here and it’s a FD also. Plan on finishing off writing my Christmas cards to help keep busy.
Jean a sad situation with your daughters not nice for you especially now. Hopefully they will resolve their differences. Sounds like you’re getting on okay with zoom – have never tried it. Hedgehogs good that your mum seems to have sorted out Christmas. As usual you have a busy day planned.
Dave annoying about Currys.
Minols enjoyed watching day one.
Have a good day everyone whether fasting or not today and keep safe.
Nana x

Good afternoon, miserable day here. Nothing from Curry’s so it will have to be tomorrow now 😲.Three weeks until my weigh-in. Not confident but hope for the best. Going to see Denise’s mum tomorrow and shopping at Sainsbury’s so will have to find time to go to Curry’s of it ever turns up.

Afternoon!
Took mum into our little local town- weather awful but she still decided to go…round in circles about what Mum’s getting for Christmas, same conversation, she gets in a tizzy about what to get, tell her to get everyone amazon vouchers, she’s happy then, a few minutes later she starts worrying again! I hate it that she’s spending so much time worrying 😖 I can’t help her though, if I try to organise her she cries & says it’s all too much, she can’t cope, if I say let me do it for you she cries & says she has to do something for herself, can’t win! Came home & ate biscuits!!
Sorry, got it off my chest though!

Evening All..
A very rainy day but not really cold….

Christmas is sorted Sam my dog walking friend is coming for the day with Twiglet a whippet. She has lost her parents, sister is down south somewhere with no one else. It seems stupid us both on our own, she has been very good over the last couple of years with lots of support for me.
I feel more uplifted, Steve wouldn’t want me to be sad and on my own.

After two days of not talking my daughter has rung me as if nothing has happened, no talk of Xmas..but that’s ok.

Minols..
Hope you and your cycle are not hurt too much…a few bruises possibly..and your poor back…
That’s two of us being 7 today, my optician said I was like a 7 year old, answering questions before he had finished asking them 😂…new glasses needed but no injection for my filling at the dentist which was a bonus.

Dave..
Hope curry’s order arrives…fingers crossed for weigh in….keep positive..hope Heidi sleeps through too..

Hedgehog..
Your mum does get in a muddle and upset..good you can keep her on track..sort of…such a worry…shame that she can’t just forget about presents…it would be easier for you.
Hope you can sleep through tonight with Xena and she settles..

Nana..
Well done on your fast day..lovely meal…

Another day another dollar, Friday yet again….Saturday will be 8 weeks since Steve passed away…💖

Jean x

Morning All…
What a wet day, soaking wet down to my boots!!…I have put lagging on my CH pipes which run outside the garage , it was taken off for painting and I have just realised before the temperature drops and freezes…it would stop my water and heat…15 mins job it went better than I thought.

I have lost 1 1/2 pounds, unfortunately for me the wrong direction!

Nana..
Lucky you having snow, I would like to see Charlie in the snow, in the two years we have had him, no snow.
Well done on your pound off…Sam coming at Xmas is making me think of baking etc..upping my mood a bit. Steve would be pleased.

Popping out for a bit of shopping, hair colours and a new blanket for our bed, upped my duvet weight but still a bit chilly..we both will benefit 😂

Minols..
Hope you feel ok today not aching too much..

Jean x

Good evening everyone, been to see Denise’s mum today so not had chance to come on here. Still no delivery from Curry’s, was out on hold for half an hour so I hung up in the end.I will go to the store again tomorrow 👿.Just took Heidi out and she tripped up on the pavement,fell on her side so she’s covered in muck,not sure I can get her into the bath.Good fast day around 700 calories so far. Well done Nana,how much have you lost now, don’t think I will be close to what you have lost but you never hope you are not in too much pain Minols.

Better get the hot water bottles out HH.😁

Evening,
Minols, hope your back is improving. I woke up with sciatica yesterday…unbelievable… my neck/shoulder pain is only just starting to improve 😡
Back on the diclofenac but not convinced its doing much. Too painful to stretch at the moment, hopefully it will start easing before Sunday, as we are driving back to South wales and I don’t fancy 4 to 5 hours of discomfort and not being to move.

Finally was able to register mum in laws death today, luckily over the phone, so that unlocks the other stuff.
We are meeting a housing officer on Monday morning and we have the British Heart Foundation coming on Friday afternoon to collect some of the larger items from the bungalow, which gives us the rest of the week to sell, move or ditch the rest of the stuff, sort out Bank etc, clean bungalow etc.
Its going to be another tough week, but it has to be done quickly, so bungalow can be handed back before Christmas.

Goodness knows how my weight is going, lost the plot, but hopefully I will reach christmas eve lighter than the beginning of Oct….

Jean, so sad that your daughters are falling out. I’m sure they are thinking of you but they need to respect your wishes too and what really is going to the best for you x

Dave, I can’t believe Curry’s are still stringing you along 😡

HH, hard for you with your mum, whatever you suggest could be wrong sadly.

Nana, well done on more weight loss and more importantly, you have snow!
Hope we get some so I can see Tara in it!

I won’t be going to see my mum on her 90th birthday this week as we will still be in South wales, so will have to make up for it at some point next year 😔

For tonight I have had pizza from the pop up wood fired pizza oven in the village and red wine….

Final of I’m a Celebrity tonight and then bed probably x

Morning All…
What a beautiful day, a bit chilly but sunny..walked with my coat open..so different from yesterday.

A lazy morning breakfast while watching James Martin, I do enjoy him…..must start moving a cleaning day, bed changing…

Kay..
Sorry to hear your sciatica is playing up, hope it holds well for the journey it’s so painful……
A bad week ahead for you, lots of sorting out to do, I think with the virus lots of things easier than normal to do across the phone instead of trailing around..you both will be in a daze at the moment…not a good Christmas for you both too …it’s easy to say, maybe you expected it, but it doesn’t make it any easier as I am well aware.

Hedgehog..
Yes the blanket did make a difference lovely warm and cosy, Charlie still needs his blanket on the other side so I can wash his easier…coat all dry today, first time ever so wet…
Hope Mums visit goes well today..will you be gaming with her?

Minols..
How are you today…aches and pains, are you more back to normal?

Have a good weekend everyone..

Jean x

Think it was Nana who ordered the Chinese takeaway and its Dave who has the curry problem, or rather Curry’s 😄

Still struggling with Curry’s,I went round to the store again and they said do it online, they couldn’t help in the shop.I tried to call them but after 30 minutes on hold they hung up. Apparently they have been doing similar things to lots of people. I tried to log in on Curry’s website and they said my email address is not recognised even though they have sent me 4 emails.

Afternoon everyone, not much happening with me . It’s a horrible foggy day with an outside temperature of 1°C at the moment. Sausage casserole in slow cooker ready for our evening meal.FD planned for tomorrow.
Take care everyone and stay safe.
Nana x

Good afternoon, finally got my Curry’s delivery 😁.I cancelled it last night and it came today, so will wait and see what happens.Fast day today had 60 calories in drinks, nothing else. Could eat an horse now but will settle for baked potato and baked beans.

Hi all.
Opticians this mornign to renew an old contact lens prescription. Decided I’m going to have some none-computer time over Christmas, and want to be able to wear a face covering without steaming up.

Managed a reasonable fd yesterday…so obviously woke at 3am and got on with some work! Managed to wait, though until 6 befoer I had toast and honey!

Jean – not surprised taking Steve’s ring to the jewellers got you upset – but I think it’s lovely that you’re getting it re-sized to wear yourself.

No school work this year – although all 1500 angels finally got delivered yesterday, along with a wee video message and a zoom angel nativity I did with some of my young women – hysterical…but not a patch on a kids nativity.

I have nearly 3 whole evenigns off this week, and I spotted a wee on-line ukulele course…the boy got a uke a few years ago when they were all the rage at school – didn’t last, so I’ve purloined it and signed up! Had to squeeze a last minute meeting in last night before it, but tonight I have the joy of finishing my tea, kicking back for a couple of hours and then strumming along like I’m George Formby…just NO cleaning windows!

Mx

Morning all!
Sorry I’ve been awol, 24hr bug, all better by yesterday afternoon- but yesterday’s lounging about taking it easy wasn’t good for the waistline as nothing to distract me & being ravenously hungry…so I ate far too much! Today hopefully will be a FD!
Wet walk with Xena, asda delivery in a bit, & must catch up on the jobs that didn’t get done the last couple of days…

Evening!
Minols- hope all the angels & the messages go down well, that’s a huge amount done, well done! Enjoy the ukulele course- do you ever not want to sit & veg?! You always have a project!
Dave- glad you’re pleased with your new toy, after all the wait! Hope your fast day goes okay, keep strong!
Jean- how’s your day been? Are Sam & Twiglet coming to you for Christmas, or you to hers? Has Charlie had any doggy friends back to play? We looked after a friend’s dog once & Josie was very put out, although she loved playing with Gem at the park!
Fasting okay but will definitely be nearer the 800 rather than a 500cal day. Cooked stew & dumplings for the family & I had a salad 😇 I’d like to do another tomorrow…
Have spent the afternoon doing the Christmas cakes & enjoyed pottering with them 😀 Decorating all 4 differently!

Evening …
I have had a bad three days or so, maybe the numbness has left me and hitting me more…

Minols..
You are always busy looking for new things to do…just settle down and rest up..good idea on the contacts.

Dave..
Enjoy your sons buffet tomorrow make the most of it…hope grandson is soon on the mend..

Hedgehog..
Sam is coming to me, very hectic at her house when I went in for coffee..boys play fighting, humping each other, very noisy on the hard floor….hope the boys settle down or I would have been better on my own!
We had Oreo in for 10 mins, he was fine, Charlie was so fussy to have him visit….testing in case I was dog sitting him in the future.
Long time since I decorated a cake..nice when you can faff about..

Jean x

Good morning everyone.A bit warmer today 5°C.The sun is trying to come out. Denise is busy in the kitchen so I will take Heidi out for her walk.

Evening everyone, haven’t posted for a couple of days but haven’t been doing anything different. My fast day has not been as low as I’d have liked but I was so hungry and cold at lunchtime that I caved and had soup and toast so around 950 calories today. Strange how some fast days are easy and others are like today was.
Jean glad you’re feeling a bit brighter today.Good to get your posting done. December seems to be going quite quickly. Hope you enjoyed the chicken wings.
Dave was the buffet good.
Hedgehogs my mum always used to make mine and our daughters Christmas cakes for us and all though I now make them no matter how I try I can never decorate them as lovely as she did.
Hope everyone is doing okay and staying safe.
Nana x

Evening!
Dave- glad the buffet was good, any leftovers?! Will you be seeing MIL tomorrow?
Jean- glad the walk helped, & hope the chicken wings were good! Thanks for the heads up on the post- certainly seem to be piles of sacks at our little post office at the moment! Thought I’d done all ours & then remembered one more still to do…
Nana- I find the same- some FDs easy, others really hard. Finding them all hard at the moment, I think I got used to eating more on holiday!
Got 2 cakes finished today, a bit more to do with the others. FD gone okay, have bought some Grapenuts cereal for tomorrow, haven’t had that for years!

Afternoon!
Nana- well done to you, you’re so consistent! That’s a great loss altogether!
A very wet walk with Xena, hubby was up today when I got back, but he had to pop Mum’s before breakfast as she had done something to her lights! Turned out a bulb had gone, she said she’d changed it & the light wasn’t working…she hadn’t put a new bulb back in! Good job she hadn’t got hold of an electrician!
Got the Christmas cakes finished, I can tidy up my table now!
Nonfd for me…

Afternoon All…
Visited daughter today for lunch, I nearly turned round as a bit upset…no talk of Christmas and SIL very sheepish, not really talking to me, a lot more than usual… stayed two hours then thought I better leave not over stay my welcome, Charlie was a good boy as normal.

Just sent away for a couple of tee shirts with 3/4 sleeves, just to tidy myself up.

Nana..
Chicken wings were nice, I do enjoy them…good when you are not fancying anything..daughter bought me some haddock fish cakes from M&S, she thought I could give them a try…well done on the weight loss you are always consistent.

Dave..
Sorry to hear grandson is back in hospital….possibly sent home too soon..hope he’s ok, it’s a worry.

Hedgehog..
Your cakes look fantastic, have you been to classes?…the decorations are very very good…good hubby sorted mums lights out…..

Jean x

Hi everyone.
I opened the page earlier…got caught up, and have just finished zoom service…so I’ve told the boys to pick me up and tke me out for soup.
Always good to catch up on the chat.
Nana delighted for you on the weightloss front. It’s so tricky when it takes it’s time, but looking back – how brilliant to be 8 and half lbs lighter! I was talking to one of my sisters the other day, and we both concluded that half a stone can make such a difference to breathlessness, and mobility…need to get myself motivated, but you give me hope!

Mx

Very wet here, managed to take Heidi out when the rain stopped. My grandson is home again from hospital and my daughter said he’s ok. It’s so dark here, the barometer is off the scale😩. It’s not cold though. Made the mixture for the Yorkshire puddings, it’s in the fridge now waiting to be used. Has HH said Germany going into lockdown from the 16th of December until the 10 of January.I think we will be similar after the easing of the rules at Christmas.Saying that here in Manchester were in lockdown anyway.

HI all

Local place does good soup, and lighter than my usual bacon roll!

HH – we have a different tier system, but more crucially, no travel between areas pretty much, except the very lowest. The good thing is that those really rural and island areas that are practically clear right now can both stay clear and pretty well continue to function as normal – although there is a strong tendency to keep pretty controlled about lost of mixing, I guess.

We’re in tier 3 just now – shops and cafes (v. imp to yours truly) are open, but no booze and nothing after 6ish, I think (but I’m not often out socialising anyway…it’s cold and dark!) Church here open with distancing and no more than 50 (20in teir 4), no singing and shorter services…so we’ve gone with a fortnightly service in the afternoon, and the main event remaining on Zoom – lots of people who aren’t out and about prefer that, those that are out working don’t want to put others at risk, so have stuck with zoom too cos don’t want to bring any risk to more vulnerable people, so Sunday afternoons are a quiet, gentle, reflective service, with a lot of frailer people who can’t access zoom or don’t find it so helpful. They generally use the weekly printed service, but would get really isolated without the forthightly trip to the building.

Really looking forward to the nativity next week! I parcelled out several key elements to particular households, and just told them to film it! Got some really interesting things! Wise men zooming grandparents (Herod!), epilogue done as Smith and Jones (!), puppet show shepherds…we always do it as ‘come dressed as…’, so I’m sure most people will. And a whole load of people have particular bits to read…but no-one knows the whole thing except me, so everyone should be able to enjoy most of it as a ‘show’. Can’t wait! Toying with inviting some of my English family…after all, they don’t need to leave the comfort of their armchairs!

Meanwhile…giving some serious thougth to how to build some motivation and discipline over the holidays to get next year to be healthier than this year has been…typically, had to eat a load of jaffa cakes while I contemplated! Could be worse, could have been custard creams!

Mx