Crock – I’m truly sorry that you are in pain with your knee. Can you have surgery soon, or is it a waiting game? Does your leg hurt a lot when it swells, or is it mostly uncomfortable? I know you have said it restricts your exercising, but I hope you aren’t in constant pain with it. It would be great if someone came up with a correct diagnosis. It is all well and good for them to say that they don’t know the reason for the swelling, but I hope that they are still trying to FIND one.
I hope you had a wonderful time at the camp. Was it just a camping trip in general, or a camp with a purpose, like one a group would set up and organize?
Oh, and I don’t think I’ve complimented you on your new avatar pics yet. The difference is amazing! You must be so happy with how you are going.
Brenda – Over $5000 is incredible! I hope you have lots of people on your team helping with all of that fundraising. It certainly sounds like a mammoth task for just a few people. You have set a really high target for next year, is that because you only started part-way through the current year, or do you just think you will know a lot more and will be able to double this year’s amazing amount.
You have mentioned the relay quite a bit. Is this a walking/running type of relay, or something else? Will you be walking/running, or is your role to organize and ensure the smooth running of the event? Sorry for all the questions, but I am just so impressed with what you are doing.
Having work for most of the year would be pretty reassuring I would imagine, but still give you some good holidays. Do you just plan to have the break over the summer, or is that the way the contracts work out?
Lori – What a waste of your time to have to go in for half an hour just to pick up report cards. We always give out our reports to the students the day before school finishes. That way the parents also have the following day to ask questions if they have any. I’m glad you have just decided to pick them up in your own time, rather than trying to beat the clock and get there earlier. Does everyone go in at the same time to get the reports, or do you all have a given time slot? The differences in our education systems are always of interest to me.
I’m sorry that LAWL didn’t turn out to be the right place for you. I hope that you have success with Weight Watchers. I’ve never tried it, but I see the points everywhere I look, so I would imagine it would be fairly easy to keep track of.
I hope you had a wonderful time at the wedding and I can’t wait to see the photos!
Ammi – It’s OK, I’ve been called quite a few different names in my time. Zelma is NOT a common name. In fact I’ve only ever heard of two other people with that name. One was the lady I was told I was named after and one was just last year when I saw a lady on TV called Zelma. I was so thrilled to know I’m not alone. I looked it up one day and found out it is Turkish. Quite an unusual name for someone with a family tree that covers many generations of Australians and then English before that. So I definitely didn’t get the name to follow any cultural purpose.
Thank you SO much for the email. I’ve printed off the pics, with as many others from here as I could get, and they are sitting here looking at me as I type. I have also bought the ingredients for the Shepherds Pie and I plan on making it tomorrow. I couldn’t get turkey, as I was told it was out of season (???), so I got chicken mince instead. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I think you could be right about naps just being needed for recharging the batteries. I don’t think I’ll be too guilty if they continue. A few people at work have been saying how tired they are too, so it could just be a fact of life I’ll have to get used to.
I am only knitting a scarf at the moment. I can only really do basic stitches, but will perhaps look into a simple pattern once I get back into the hang of things. I bought some gorgeous fluffy purple (my FAVOURITE colour) wool today and I want to make a scarf to wear on the Triple B Day with my purple slippers and purple dressing gown. Pity my Pooh pyjamas are pink, but at least it will match the purple.
It sounds as though your bad mood when you woke up could have just been due to lack of sleep. I’m glad you were able to go back to bed.
Thank you for your lovely comments about the school situation. Yep… the mother of the ‘liar’ is the same one who thinks I put too much focus on exercise and nutrition. I keep telling myself that it is HER problem, but it still hurts a little that she may have been telling other people this. She has told this one parent, so who else has she told. I know you are right, and should just focus on the positives. I will try.
Julee – I’m so glad that you tried on the dress and it looked so good. I am just SO looking forward to seeing the wedding photos!
I hope that you get that letter off to Sarah soon. I know it will be a huge weight off your mind once you have that sorted out.
“Walter the Pig” sounds like someone you would NOT want at the wedding, trying to latch onto any of your friends. I hope that Jason just decides to not invite him. He doesn’t sound like a pleasant individual at all.
Well done on getting in those workouts, but I hope you don’t damage your knee too much. It seems as though knees are the ‘failing’ body part with many of us lately. I suppose they have had to put up with a lot of strain over the years – at least I know MINE did.
You mentioned that everything will be finished at work on June 13. Is that just for a holiday, or are you finishing off at your work permanently?
Kayley – I would LOVE to have a garden like yours. Everything that you mentioned sounds simply delicious. Speaking of ‘delicious’, which apples are you hoping to get? I love Pink Lady most, but I also like red delicious, gala and hi-early. Not sure which of those you get over there. Oh, golden delicious are nice too.
I am sure that your friends are going to notice the difference when you go to visit them. It is just hard for you to see because you see yourself every day, but if they haven’t see you since you started your journey then they will definitely notice. Mind you, they may not want to say anything as they may not know if it will upset you or not. You may have to get Andrew or your friend to bring the topic up so that they know how proud you are and how happy you are to talk about it.
I hope you had a good visit with Amber. It is sad when friends drift apart, but great when you can get back together again and it feels as though you had never had the break.
I am impressed that you are still feeling great, even with TOM showing his vicious head. I wish I had cycles like that!
Heather (Waterchiklet) – Thank you for the compliments! I am glad that I can inspire others on their own journeys. That is my goal for the future. As well as maintaining my own healthy weight of course.
I really enjoyed the movie of Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. I was a little worried, as I had read all of the books before I saw the movie and I am often disappointed with the movie version when I read the book first. I think they did a really good job though.
Annie – That is a LOT of inches you have lost! Well done!!!! I wish I had taken my measurements when I started, because it would be funny to work out the total amount of inches I have waved goodbye to.
Isn’t it wonderful to have the measurements AND the scale to tell you that you are doing a good job?
Misti – One million steps!!!! That makes me tired just writing it! Great job! 25000 steps in one day is a LOT. No wonder your feet hurt! Mine would need a good soaking after all that walking.
I’m sure you will have a wonderful time in whatever clothes you choose to wear. From what I’ve heard, there is too much to do on a cruise to worry about what you are wearing anyway.
Luan – Good to see you! Holidays can do a lot of damage to our best of intentions of losing weight can’t they? I am not surprised that you ‘fell off the wagon’ with the sound of all that fried food while you were away. I must admit that I didn’t lose much weight during the 3 weeks we were in the US. We couldn’t really find healthy food all the time and it is difficult preparing your own stuff in hotel rooms. We tried as best we could, but we didn’t do as well as we would have done at home.
I’m sure you’ll get back into it again when you are ready and have more time to organize yourself. It sounds as though you are run off your feet at the moment. Giving yourself a break is probably the best plan. You know all the groundwork, so it won’t be as hard when you start again.
Sharon – Thank you for the lovely comments about my teaching. I know I’ll feel better about things once I sit and really think about them. They are just so fresh in my mind at the moment and the guilt is overruling any sensible thought I may have. I just can’t wait until Monday so I can start to set things right.
You certainly aren’t having any luck with the timing of family visits and TOM’s visits are you? I don’t suppose it would sound right if you asked your family not to visit until TOM left huh? You may get some funny looks.
Well, I’d better head off to bed to read now. I think hubby could be falling asleep on the couch.
Take care all,
Zelma