Ha ha RT our official ‘editor’ – love it. Wonder what happened to ADF after all that? I hope he/she is reading and taking it all on board.
Poor Jack is off to the vet this morning to lose his manhood. Grandmother duty to collect him and mollycoddle him until his parents finish work, hoping he is not too groggy as he is a big dog now. Seems a shame to cut off (literally) that pure bred genetic line, not quite sure why it is necessary…think its called the ‘medicalisation’ of our society, extending it to our pets now!
Fasting today, at least until the roast pork with the family tonight (why just collect the dog, when you can stay for a roast as well?), so that will require some willpower and lots of green veggies for me. Tomorrow a funeral for a darling 98 yr old, almost the last ‘aunty’ , just one 96 yr old remaining!
Healthcoach it sounds like your Mum will be in seventh heaven, how lovely that you can visit. We mother hens are never happier than when our chickens are around us!

Hi Nama,
Neutering dogs and cats who are kept as pets can make a huge difference to their behaviour. Male animals recover very quickly from such procedures which only take a few minutes so I’m sure Jack will be fine in no time.
Roast pork is my favourite so I’m jealous but only a little as I went out for lunch with a couple of old friends and had a a very nice halloumi and red pepper hummus “burger” with guacamole. It was delish as was the apple, walnut and salted caramel crumble.
I’m fasting again tomorrow……..

Hi Amazon and Happy,
Years ago I worked for a vet and the three partners used to have competitions to see who could spey an animal fastest! Truly, they timed themselves with the clock on the wall. If the owners could have seen them! I just think its a waste with Jack, he is so placid now! But you may be right, he might be less frustrated! Ooh Amazon your desert did sound yum! There will only be fresh fruit here tonight, I have no willpower whatsoever when it comes to dessert. Luckily the men of the family rarely want it and DIL will be happy with strawberries, she has a very healthy ‘Vietnamese” attitude to food!

Thanks Nama 😉 I wonder what happened to whyamisoshy we all pitched in with our collect wisdom and yeah “nil by mouth” the result

ADF found other threads. Such is life.

Hi everyone,

Another easy FD almost done 🙂

I’ve been sleeping in for the past few days and having real trouble getting out of bed. I had to force myself to get up this morning. It was fine once I was up and dressed and I had a really good workout at the gym which I enjoyed immensely.

Third FD planned for tomorrow.

We put ours off until tomorrow Nama. Family birthday with FAR too many choices. Thanks goodness for fasting!
Is The Crown good? We’ve just worked our way through Outlander. Excellent. P

I’ll check it out. We are going to get your heat too. Come on swimming weather!
Happy fasting tomorrow. P

I hope you used your sunblock RT. The UV has been extreme this week.
Have a good weekend. P

I feel for all Kiwis in the aftermath of this. It will be a long, and expensive rebuild.
The diversion of the warships as a force for good was a much more appropriate use than just parading, wasn’t it.
We’ll send some warm weather over the ditch to you B. P

🌞🌞

Are the Xmas lights out yet Amazon? We loved that aspect of the UK winter last year. 🎄🎄 P

Hi P,

There are plenty of Christmas trees and lights in evidence already. I’ve bought tickets for the Kew Gardens Christmas event which is an evening walk through part of the gardens which is decorated with lights etc. I’ve not done it before and the friend I met for lunch on Wednesday said she has been a couple of times and it is lovely.

I’ve been out for a few things this morning and got the best of the sunshine. I went to Wholefoods Market which is a US business and the place is piled high with turkeys for Thanksgiving which is why I went. I’ve bought a free range bronze turkey breast which I’ve tucked away in the freezer until it is time to turn it into Turkey Wellington 🙂

Happy, I have a black and white tiled kitchen floor which is at the back of my flat so there was often a trail and it never ceased to amaze me how paws could still be wet and/or muddy by the time they had been walked to the front room or even worse into the bedroom and up onto the bed! 🙀

A ‘lazy houseproud person’ – love it, I may borrow that Purple!!
Your cypress pine must have big knots in it to disguise those cockroaches – I remember when we lived in Sydney years ago, the cockroaches were huge monsters!

Just completed my Saturday fast, the week was too busy/social to fit it in sooner! Glorious day here, spent mostly in the garden – feeding, mulching and planting up some pots with salvia, foxgloves and lobelia. A bit late but its been too cold here to think about gardening. I plan to do the same again tomorrow, I may even join you in a 23/1 Sunday Amazon. I find it easy to just have one meal if I have a whole day out in the garden.

My floors improved since the rain has eased and the four legged flokkati rug isnt planting his big wet paws everywhere! I eventually had him most of the week after his surgery – the cone around his neck to prevent him chewing out his stitches meant he could not negotiate his doggy door at home, so he needed to come to Nannas! I had some beef delivered on Friday (bought from a farm) and the driver took pity on Jack and his big sad ‘cone’ face. He gave him the biggest bone I have ever seen! I hope my little grandaughter does not grow as quickly as this puppy – at 5 months he now weighs 20kgs!

Jo seems to be missing in action – hope you are just dancing somewhere Jo, not like you to miss a day posting…..

Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
A quick look around the shops here would suggest that Christmas is coming 😆 who knew when the kids where little I loved it and now that they have families of their own and the partners have parents and friends siblings nieces and nephews we have made the command decision to spend Christmas Day all together as a family every 2nd year on the odd year as I have decreed our family as quite odd 😉 so 2017 will be our year. So this year yfee and I are going to do something we have wanted to do for like forever and that is pack up the esky put in the chairs and a table throw in the quick shade and head to the beach for a Christmas Day seafood Lunch on the beach I am the Director of all things foodie so looking forward to the challenge. Fasting has a long way to go with general acceptance certainly within my family and friends who still pull the face with eyes glazed and rolling back in their heads saying it is not right it’s not healthy I no longer engage in the conversation unless it’s a positive healthy one and not stuff of snake oil doctors witches and warlocks crack pot idea’s and have a negative tone simply not worth it and yet each one would benefit so much from the lifestyle change. But are not accepting to at the very least give it a go and measure the results on a private study of one.
In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision. Dalai Lama
Peace RT

Good Morning,
How nice it is to start the with a nice positive post as the lastest from RT. Christmas tend to defeat the porpoise. A Day on the beach sure sounds nice and relaxing. In the US we have to deal with Thanksgiving first but here in Brazil they already started with Christmas deco.
I am at Brasilia’s airport, local time is 6:22am and my flight to JFK will be at 10pm. I am tô entire day to do whatever.
I thought of getting out of the airport in São Paulo but because I am not familiar with the City and safety perhaps I should be quiet at the airport.
Time to board!
Talk to you later 💋

Morning/evening all.

RT, A seafood lunch on the beach on Christmas Day sounds fabulous 😎
Have a good trip home HCB 🙂

I spent Christmas in Australia 3 years ago and the thing I enjoyed the most on Christmas Day was the hour I had to myself in my friends pool early in the morning. Coming from a country where Christmas falls in the middle of winter it was a rare and special treat.

HCB, have a good journey home 🙂

We are experiencing gales and heavy rain across the South of the UK. Here in London we had a night of heavy rain and high winds but it is much worse in other areas especially along the coast from West to East and in many places especially Devon and Cornwall, flood warnings are in place and they are bracing themselves for another day of bad weather.
It is dry here at the moment and the wind has dropped, but I don’t know how long that will last 😲😱

Have a good one everybody 😜

Hi Purple,

I wasn’t nervous as after the first game I knew he was going to do it. My only concern was that he might be too tired after such a tough week. I’m so happy for him.
Another amazing achievement is that he and his brother are world no 1 in singles and doubles simultaneously. A first!
🏆🏆🥇🥇🎇🎆🎉🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🍾🍾🍾

Monday fast here also P a good part of the routine is it hardly registers at all now and that fast friends is the way of life in a nut shell.
Peace RT

It’s like the Marie Celeste on this thread. Have those MIA fallen off the wagon?

I’ve had a good FD despite being hungry all day. It is amazing how processed carbs awaken the hunger dragon but I’ve managed to lull it back to sleep 🙂

Hi Wiwi,

I was thinking more of people who’ve not been around for a while such as Nicky and Smiffy.

Have a good trip 🙂

Morning/evening all,

We have some blue sky this morning but it is still very windy.

Looking forward to my morning at the gym 🙂

Have a good one everybody 😜

Hi Jo,

as Purple says it’s a good idea not to fast today but eat mindfully. Being very tired isn’t condusive to a successful FD in my experience. Eat something healthy but comforting and try to relax. Maybe you could do some yoga while you are at home.
I hope you get some sleep tonight.

I had a good workout this morning but didn’t have the heart to get in the pool and fight my way through a couple of would be Michael Phelps taking up most of the pool and causing tidal waves with their poor style of swimming.

I’m thinking of going for a walk when I’ve finished my coffee but only if it remains dry as I’ve already had a shower today 😉