Nice to be 'home' again!:hug:

Michele, you look after yourself right now, at this point in time! Don't do what I did and put it on hold... My dad was a tough old thing - 81, and diagnosed 7 years or more ago with a prognosis of 18 mths. Well he fooled them! Then when he hit the final stages, he wanted to die at home so he had palliative care at home and the district nurses told us that they usually last about a fortnight, at that stage. He managed 6 months! He only really lost consciousness in the last couple of days, but he had no pain at all, the whole way through and all his marbles. Sounds like you have one of these tough dads too - they're the best!
:)

I've been aiming at the 10,000 steps a day the last 3 days. I have PCOS which means very slow weight loss - even going full out, doing an hour's aerobic exercise per day 7 days a week on top of my 10,000 steps and strict strict dieting, only lost half lb a week - most weeks, nothing (or not enough to register on the scales!) so I'm doing away with scales this time. I lost nearly 40lb and am guessing I've put 14-20 back on. I've only gone up one dress size but it doesn't look good! Lucky I threw away all my old clothes so I hae nothing above size 14 (although my bum is bigger than the rest of me!) - which means I have to diet or be naked! Glad I did that now!

Hello everyone

It's lovely to be back.

Phatphoenix I am so sorry to hear about your dad. You must be lost without him, and the pain of grief is sometimes so physical. Your in my thoughts, and that extra stone will go. Thank you for your kind words.

Well I'm up not showered just lazing around the house, I've stripped the beds
ate scrambled eggs on toast since i've run out of olive oil

Not sure if I ever told you all but my house is on a chalk mine this was only discovered a couple of years ago. Anyway after much big investigations the council got a massive grant and are filling the mines. It's a massive massive job but it means my house will be worth something again thank god. Anyway there are big huge wagons outside and cranes and god knows what annnnnnd
some really handsomme men working out there. If I only had enough cups I'd be over there with drinks and biscuits suppose I could give them childrens beakers but they might think I was a bit strange.

Like Phat I'm going to get into this gently. I know I've put a few pounds on but I can still get into my clothes but I can feel extra fat around my middle it always lays there.

Have a good day my friends

Michele

ww Miche - Sorry to hear about your Dad. I thought it would be something like that as you had gone quiet. Hopefully the 'claret' (blood) has done him good! Iti s understandable that you have been off the rails food wise. I am sure birthday cake and pizza are just the ticket when you are down. I know . I comfort eat too (but not for the same reasons as you). YOur Dad will soon be necking back the Guiness!

AHHHHH (swear words x 6).

Wouldn't you know it? I am waiting to hear about the result of a job interview - I have been waiting 2 days. I guess no news is good news but would you believe my usually rather silent mobile has had one boss ringing (he knows not to ring my mobile), 2 x a loan company tested me, my SIL insists I rang her!! Then today she texted a joke to me. I got her back though. I gave her the lovely job of telling me I am redundant.

Yes I know it sounds awful not telling her myself but it is the timing. I wanted to wait until I had left (and hopefully had another job on the horizon) then I would go down and tell her all hat had been happening. However I can just bet that if I leave on 5th and go down on 8th to my parents - my Aunt who rarely rings me at work will decide to ring, hear a message on my work phone to say I no longer work there and before I have gone through my parents door will have raced round causing sparks to fly on the pavements to tell the news (she loves spreading bad news- the only time she does something quick!)

I have two more interview to go to on Monday and then I suppose will have to try agency work but I am not happy about it cos last time - where they sent me could not understand how I can do ordinary secretarial work just because I work at a teaching hospital!

Hi Girls :wave:

Michele, I'm glad that your Dad is on the mend :) that must have been damn scary :fr: hey, have you never heard of polystyrene cups :lol3: get your butt out there ;) hehe.

Clydegirl, hope the tooth is better :D where is Chris? boozing with her Ma? :lol: she'd better not be eating too many goodies from home :lol:

Peacock, I'll keep my fingers :crossed: for you ;)

Well, just off for a shower then off to the mall :wave:

hi girls just decided to join in with your lil chat and wud love to add that i stopped doing exercise vids and instead i started going round my mates house nearly everyday after school to do street dancing as we are doing a charity show at xmas and need to be the best :) and thankfully ive lost more weight than i have ever with those damn exercise vids that i hated so veerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrvy much! and i am feeling very happy! :)
oh but its my birthday tomorrow and i am dreading eating that cake! its choclate and i have decided to let myself have a thin slice :)
oh and we are going out for our dinner and having a 3 course meal so i will try to have a light lunch that day and a light breakfast so i can eat decent food ... not salads! (well hopefully not since this meals costing alot!) :)

:wave: Hello Harry! Street dance eh? Sounds brill!

Oh my legs hurt! I think it was super-setting at the gym and being a Trojan at kickboxing. I ended up teaching the ladies again :mad: They have no respect, it's a PITA. We are thinking of closing/merging the ladies class. They do not deserve us :snooty:

Not sure how much weight I've lost recently, but my arms are getting dents again and my new jeans are a bit loose, which is mildly annoying, but there you go! Nothing a belt can't handle! Hopefully I'll be back in my skinny jeans and will be able to wear vests without looking laughable, just in time for winter and cosy cardigans!

I've got a tournament on November 11th and I'm hoping to look a little more ripped for that... We shall see, I ain't busting guts over it, the training is more important. In fact it might be more fun to look like a whale but to sting like a bee... ;)

Hi Harry and Welcome!

Street dancing sounds good! At least you have fun whilst exercising!

Enjoy your birthday - just go easy the next day!!!!

Welcome Harry and have a good birthday.

Does anyone have a lateral thigh trainer? I decided to purchase one. I already have the original stepper. I looked a right mess on the lateral thigh trainer. Realised how little co-ordination I have. I can't manage the bungee cords and do the steps at the same time. Hope it gets easier. I just ended up laughing at myself yesterday.

Hi Girls :wave:

LOL Frus you make me laugh :lol3: whats the deal with these so called ladies that you have so much respect for? hehe

Happy Birthday Harry :hb: enjoy yourself ;)

I'm so glad i'm back posting here ;) you girls are such a good influence on me :yes: I did a 20 min Pilates workout this morning (first time in years :eek: ) and then I walked for 40 mins on my :tread: doing the weightloss program which consists of 2 mins aT 0 incline then 2 mins at 10 incline and you know what I ENJOYED it :faint: whats up wi' me? :lol3: I've got to get my weight down because NOTHING fits me :yikes: and I REFUSE to buy bigger size clothes :nono: that AIN'T an option!

Ok i'm off for a shower then I might apply for a couple of jobs :dunno: i'm getting sick of being a housewife :lol: :wave:

Hello ladies,

Hiya Michelle:hug:missed ya!!So sad to hear about your dad hopefully he'll be on the mend soon. He's definately a strong Irish man.

How come every here is so poorly? Mind you i was reading in the newspaper that people are the most sick on September 6th, or maybe it's just this month.

I also had a terrible cold and even got a coldsore too, but now thats all cleared
up. I've only been managing 2 meals a day i havent been snacking at all. My baby still didn't come back yet.:( I miss him like mad now. Just anticipating his come back. Missed his birthday and everything. I haven't been a happy bunny recently as i also found out that the man i was going to marry 2 months ago is now getting married but im getting over it. I'm just trying not take my old insercurities into this new relationship now.

Sorry to hear bout your tooth clydegirl hope everything goes well at weigh in.;)

Hello Harry!!

Peacock, 2frus and veggie all aof u ladies get well soon.

Cat - you make me laugh:D

well done on the running, its the one thing I've never been able to stick with. i have just started using the concept 2 rower at the gym, its not so bad with an mp3 which I have to stick into my bra so that it doesnt fall out. At least my boobs are big enough to hold it there! Im taking the kids to pitch and putt tomorrow, I was going to drop them off then find somewhere to have a coffee but I think id be too tempted to have some cake or chips instead.. Im trying to have a cheat day on Friday, and then be good for the rest of the week. I had all of my cheats tonight - chocolate and wine.. will see if I can hold out until Monday..

Hello everyone

Thank you for your kind words and a very big hello to the newbies lovely to see you and I look forward to reading your posts.

Dixiechick do be careful putting that MP3 player in your bra I used to the very same thing with my son's Ipod oh he would have had a stroke if he'd known where I kept it. Then last Christmas I got my own Ipod I continued putting it down my sports bra but I must have sweated so much that the bloody thing conked out. How nice it must have been for the blokes at Apple opening it up finding my sweat and Palmers Cocoa Butter no wonder they sent me a new one.

My life seems to have resumed some normality. I'm feeling less tired. I've yet to return to the gym but I have been walking.

Providing my father is ok I go to Ireland on Thursday for the weekend on my own. I will stay with relatives and no doubt hit the pubs and back horses since there will be a big race festival on. The Listowel Races.

I'm going to be a healthy girl today.

Have a good Saturday

Michele

That will be a nice break Michele :) I've never been to the races :dunno: the nearest I get is backing something in the Grand National :lol: and I have'nt done that for years. My Dad was always at the bookies on a Saturday afternoon. I could never understand the terms to be honest :dizzy: Palmers Cocoa butter?? jeez its a wonder the bloody thing did'nt shoot across the room like a bullet LOL :lol3:

I went to the pub last night :cheers: it was'nt planned but I ended up having a good night :dizzy: drank far too many Stella's and Buds and i've got the headache to show for it :( oh well i'll live :shrug: I can tell I did the Pilates :eek: I can feel it in my legs today but its not too bad. I should try something different, don't know if i'm up for trying taebo though :yikes:

I am so p*ssed off at the moment. Family stuff has been mental all week (will try to explain when I have the time), and I just got into the house with the intention of opening a bottle of wine, collapsing in front of the tv and not doing anything for the rest of the evening or tomorrow other than hitting the supermarket for supplies and doing some washing (I've barely been in the house since Tuesday and really need some clean clothes!), when my dad calls. The idiot went to the airport on the wrong day, so is coming back over here tonight. That's not so bad, but I know he'll want to go over to his mother's again tomorrow, and I really can't face leaving the house. Let alone staying awake for another hour without wine for him to get back to Leeds to pick him up. I just want some space to get my thougts straight and make some attempt to regain my sanity, not him being around on the first free day I've had in what seems like ages.

(On the plus side, I was staying with my other grandparents last night - not one family crisis but two, he was dealing with his parents while I dealt with mum's - and managed to drag myself out for 17 miles this morning. Not as long as I had planned for this weekend, but a good effort in the circumstances).

Oh and a word of warning about Tesco value scales.

I'm not obsessive about weighing myself at the moment, I don't have scales at home, and I just weigh in when I go to the gym. Because I'm making the most of the last remnants of summer and exercising outside that's not very often at the moment, but on Thursday when I went up there I was roughly 10.5 stone, which is where I've been for a while.

My dad, meanwhile, saw some scales for £3 in Tesco and thought he'd get them as a present. That man's mind works in strange ways. I think he wanted to weigh his case to go back home, and decided to dump the useless tat on me when he'd used it.

Anyway, out of interest I stepped on them. 12.5 stone. There is no way on earth I've gained 2 stone in 3 days. As soon as he leaves those things are going in the bin.

Good morning to you all

Cat hope your feeling a little better after your night out. It's so good at the time isn't it.

Helen families they'd drive you up the absolute pole. Hope your feeling a little less stressed today.

Well I've just had poached egg on toast and afterwards I had this almond cakey thing. That was my treat for the day. Had great intentions of going to the gym but I just feel too tired. Probably go out for a walk later I may even put on my sports bra and try a bit of running outside.

My little brother Patrick says he will take me to the airport on Thursday our car is up the creek and we are currently looking for a new one. He is a sweetheart I emailed him asking him and I said "Patrick being your older sister and having always looked after you I wonder if there is any chance you could take me to the airport" I then swiftly added he would need to call for me at 3.00am!!! Didn't the little dote say yes. I always say it is great being the eldest and the only girl in the family.

I just rang my father I said how are you, he said fecking terrible girl, he then went on to tell me about his bowels and stuff he holds nothing back these days!! Anyway I says I will call round later and I will watch the All Ireland Final with you it's Kerry v Cork so he says that will be great but I'm having a few pints first oh I absolutley give up. I don't mind him having a pint at all but tomorrow he will be having a camera stuck up his backside so I think he should be resting himself.

Peacock I meant to ask how is the job hunting going?

Have a restful Sunday

Michele xxxxxx

I love Michelle's father. Of course the little package I have to send him is still sitting here, I'm such a spastic person I always forget about errands and things. I still have the address just need to get my sorry self to the post office, I will say that they are open really stupid hours. Like they are closed today on Sunday, why when everyone else is off and could actually make it there?????

I'm mad at myself, I should be doing a long run today but of course I went to the sox game last night so I'm a bit hungover. We won 10-1 though, so I had a few extra beers in celebration!!!!

I'll just switch my running days this week and today I'll take a long walk, it's beautiful out.

Helen hilarious about the scales, you sound stressed, I hope all is as well as it can be right now.

thanks guys for the birthday wishes :)

oh and kn1ghtbabe how is the lateral thigh trainer coming along seen any changes yet? i have seen it on the telly lots of times thinking wether to buy it or not and i found out my gran had bought one but she now needs a hip replacement so she aint using it and asked if i wanted hers i said no but if its got good results i might re consider her offer?
lol have fun with it

Hello everyone

Belated birthday greetings Harry.

Redsox girl you are so like myself.

Well this evening myself and two friends cycled 13 miles oh I feel almost size 0 like!! It's weird because I still do the same thing I used to do as 11 year old riding my bike I always used to wonder why I always had a sore throat after cycling to school I then I sussed that it was because I would ride three miles with my mouth wide open, and strangely enough I still do that to this day. Oh how attractive I must look when I pass people on the track we follow on our bikes.

I'm just about to bid for a velvet Gap jacket on Ebay so I must bid you all adieu.

Goodnight godbless
Michele

hi there the story about the scales made me smile, i have a pair of tanita which i think are fairly reliable, they say I am 12 stone, but the ones at the gym say I am 12 1/2 stone, could my trainers weigh half a stone? I'm feeling a bit blue today, just got to work and found out that a wife of one of the guys here had a heart attack and died last night. she was under forty and has two children. so it has made me think I should be losing weight to get my heart healthy not just because I want to wear size 10 jeans..

Ah Tesco, dontcha just love em?

I'm just pestering more people to sponsor me. For those of you who don't know, I work for a charity that designs and manufactures one-off equipment for disabled people. And I'm also completely insane (but not as bad as Helen) and am going to run the Great North Run in September and the Amsterdam Marathon in October.

Sooooooooo you guessed it! I'm looking for sponsors... So if you'd like to sponsor me, even 20p, then go to www.justgiving.com/jenniferfee

Thank you very much in advance. We all appreciate it!

I've just spent the last 10 minutes e-mailing and messaging all my friends and e-mail contacts to sponsor me, so I thought I'd ask here too :D

good luck with the Great North Run - won't be long now for this years will it? I usually forget all about it, try to go into Newcastle and get swarmed by people and stuff, haha

Just under 2 weeks now. Really starting to get excited :)

:yikes: <---- Michele on a bike?? :lol: that is SOOOOO funny. I always consciously shut my gob because I imagine i'll swallow some critter if I don't :faint:

Well i've been a right lazy :moo: this weekend :kickcan: went out on saturday night and got :dizzy: so I was feeling even worse yesterday than the day before :lol3: feel drained at the moment but intend to do some exercise shortly :yes:

Ahhh! Miche - you Dad is a love, isn't he? I was not in work yesterday (Monday) so apologies if he has already had the camera thing put you-know-where. Hope it goes/went ok for him.

I also loved the bit about your mouth open when you are cycling. I have a habit of opening my gob when showering with the result that my insides get a shampoo treatment too - all the time. I don't know- I gues I have full volume shiny bits inside now! Tastes yuck though. I am always going on about people moaning when the shampoo stings their eyes "Well don't get it in your eyes then", but I guess I am the same swallowing shampoo. Ugh.

Thanks for you good wishes on the job front. Well what do you know? I have got an offer!!! Amazingly really cos I had two interviews yesterday and thought I did crap. I was so tired. The party I was not invivted to but it was in the street somewhere on Friday night did not end until around 4am Saturday morning. I then had to get up early both weekend days to sory out stuff at work. So by Monday afternoon (I guess I have had trouble sleeping anyway with the job worries) I was yawning my little head off. If anyone had asked me my name they would have had a blank response! You know when the interviewers ask you questions that you know you should answer but you go blank? Like if somethign went wrong in the office what steps did you take to improve it? Well I thought I was rubbish anyway. However. The new job is the same company but different division and site. Apparently they cannot employ you for 5 weeks after you leave if you want to keep your redundancy. I explained this in the interview and said the thing is, if I think a job is right for me I have to go away and think do I take the job and leave the money or what. Well they understand and are happy to start me in mid November!!!! Better money, I keep the same email address and only a bit of tube travel! I at last could give mum some good news so she could sleep well too!

Oh ! Forgot to say - as well as me thinking my performance int he interveiws was crap - I had a loose suit on. I had bought a 20 and due to ministering cottage cheese to myself (yuck, blugh!) had lost a few kilos. Well of course didn't my waist fitted trousers become hipsters so of course my top had to ride up too. Why don't I just walk around with my belly hanging out!!! Thankfully a few pull ups sorted it out!

Hahaha :lol: Congratulations peacock :D on the weightloss and the job ;) I hope you enjoy your nice long holiday until you start. :yes:

I've been online for the past TWO hours looking for a job :( trouble is its either retail or cleaning..ugh! and they usually want you to work shifts :dunno: so that means evenings and weekends and I don't want that :nono: its so frustrating. Oh well, i'll keep looking :shrug: time to exercise :tread: Have a Nice Day :wave:

Hello elveryone

Great news about the job Peacock, and well done on the weight loss.
My father had the camera thingy unfortunately they had to take two more biopisies as one site looked irregular and the report said they were concerned they may be malignant changes. He gets the results on October 25th. I fretted like mad yesterday evening and felt very teary and my father seemed a bit low. However this morning I rang him and he sounded great and was just about to eat a big bowl of stew that his sister has made him. A pot of stew that may I add could feed the whole of Ireland its so big, and it will stay on the stove for 3 or 4 days and my father will say the taste will get better every day. He also went on to say and I quote I wont' be having any fecking operation up my arse. I said look dad lets wait and see what the biopsy says it may turn out to be nothing. He said he could almost fancy a pint today so he must be feeling much better anyway.

I went walking today with Mandy and another girl. Mandy is lovely and tall and the other girl is even taller I felt like Jeanette Cranky I had to walk so quick to keep up with their big leggy strides. We were out for over an hour. So I'm feeling very saintly now, and I managed to give my husband the slice of choccy cake I was given today.

I won the Black Velvet Gap Jacket on Ebay.

Yesterday I bought a top from Next its nice kind of smocky even though I am fed up with the whole smocky thing and it has a blue knitted shrug over the top. I was trying it on yesterday and Conor (the big fella) says in a whispering voice your 43 mother your 43. Cheeky sod isn't he.

Just trying to decide what to take to Ireland.

Goodnight godbless

Michele

:crossed: for your Dad miche.

Oh I am in a state. Went out for an 18miler yesterday and had to get the bus back after 4 miles because my knee was playing up. So I wallowed in the bath for an hour or so, then knitted for the rest of the afternoon, then went kickboxing with my dodgy knee.

:censored: Then some :tape: dude kicked me in the shin. I swear this guy is about 6'5" and about 25 stone and kicks like a mule! :faint: So I could feel this bruise coming up while I was sparring with him, I was surprised it wasn't bleeding, because it felt like it was! So I got an instant bruise, but then when I got home I had a lump the size of a tennis ball on my shin! :tantrum:

Oh and I was also doing some padwork without gloves and I was letting out all my frustration and I've skinned my knuckles. My hands look like I've been street fighting.

Oh AND the stupid stupid A4 was closed for just about the whole stretch that I ride along from 4pm till well after 8pm!!!!! There was nothing on the radio travel about it either! :?:

Good luck Cat90 searching for a job - frusrating isn't it? Is it retail and cleaning you are lookig for or is that all that is on offer at the mo'? Hopefully something will come up soon.


MIche - I hope things go well for your Dad. He has quite the fanclub on this site. Don't tell him - his head will swell!! Mindyou so have your boys! I grineed when you talked about your little brother - I bet he is taller than you. I bet he towers over you. Don't say you felt like Jeanette Crankie - ugh! those two always made me feel a bit urgh!

2frus - get that bu**er back! Kick him hard girl - we are right behind you. Well several miles but the thought is there....Just let us know when the scarey man has gone!

Peacock well done on the job front and the weight loss.
I was offered a job back in Feb this year. Needed police check before starting. Police check finally came through Sept 1st. But have I started? Have I :censored: Had my induction, then someone noticed I have a conviction on my police check. Something I noted on my application form so my potential boss knew. It's my boss's boss that is moaning about it. The arrogant woman cancelled my medical and said she would need to see me for an explanation. So saw her Monday with my potential boss. We both explained that under the Rehabilitation Act my conviction is SPENT. She told my boss she should have spoken to her prior to offering me the job as she wouldn't have let her offer me it. Cheeky mare. Now awaiting to find out if I can have the job. She was meant to let me know yesterday. If I can have the job I then have to await a medical before getting a start date. If I don't get it I intend to take it further as I have been waiting since Feb to start and have therefore not looked for alternative work.

Sorry just realised how long the post was. Am getting frustrated at home.

Poor you KB

My sister had to wait ages when she had a police check for her job it was so long she had to get another job while waiting. She had to be checked out going back forever as she declared an arrest at a nuclear base.

I've just trailed round 3 chemists with my prescription finally got it in Boots. I was beginning to think it didn't exist.

Morning Ladies :wave:
I've been up 'before' the crack of dawn this morning :yawn: feel like i've been up for hours and its still only 8.30am :lol:

peacock, No i'm not looking for retail or cleaning :lol: but that is basically all you can get over here unless you're prepared to travel downtown :dunno: and i'm not because my car only gets about 9-10mls to the gallon :yikes: its not just that though, you end up being stuck on the highway in the infamous "crawl" and i've been there done that so not looking to do it again anytime soon :nono: i've applied for Admin and office work before but I think they expect you to have qualifications up the ying yang and I don't have any :shrug: just loads of experience ;) Well, was talking to hubby about it earlier and he said they want drivers at an auto parts store that he goes to so i'm up for that :yes: i'm not really fussed what I do I just want something to keep me occupied for a few hours a day :D its only minimum wage :eek: so its a good job i'm not looking for a career hehe.

Ooh Eck Frus :yikes: look out Lass :hug: kick that bugger in the ghoolies :tantrum: that'll slow 'im down :devil: if I were your Mam i'd be putting a stop to that sport :lol3:

Michele, your Dad's right about the stew :T I always like my hotpot the next day because the gravy thickens up :T its lovely. I hope he's ok :D

Kb, thats ridiculous :tantrum: you stick to your guns :D don't let her get away with it.

I'm still here, and just about holding onto my sanity. My grandmother is now in hospital but, thankfully, seems to be improving. My mum might be coming over tomorrow, or on Saturday, or some other time she's not thought of yet, but I'll cross that bridge if and when I come to it.

Still running, although it's taking a fair mental effort toget out there at the moment, I just want to curl into a ball, drink wine and eat chocolate. The running does actually make me feel better than that would, but it's hard to persuade myself of that before I actually get out there. There may have been a bit of comfort eating going on, but it's nowhere near as bad as it could have been, so I'm not going to stress too much about it.

:hug: Take it easy Helen. Hope the faaaaamily sort themselves out!

I have also been comfort eating - yesterday I made a stupid pineapple and ginger upside down pudding, which was fairly dissapointing! I was expecting better. Perhaps I should've used more pineapple.

Then I am in two minds about training tonight. On the one hand I could go, do some punches, do some kicks, try not to get kicked in the shin again :censored: and potter about. Then I have the ladies to contend with who are griping about me teaching class last week because apparently I didn't warm them up enough... So 10 minutes of skipping isn't a warm up??? Perhaps if they actually SKIPPED rather than stood their looking at the rope then they'd be warm. :tantrum: It's a joke!

I've got some jeans on today that I bought from America 4 years ago. They are a bit tight, but they make my arse look good! ;) I'm surprised at how tight they are, they were hanging off this time last year... Well maybe 18 months ago... :(

Right I am off to find some motivational reading to G me up for kickboxing. I was thinking this morning that I should just go and give it 110% and sod em all, sod the bruising and the pain and the scabby knuckles and just go for it. So that's what I am going to do, rather than letting insecurities and fears take over and make me stay at home, I'm going to take them training and whoop their ***!

Hope kickboxing (and the knee) were OK.

I'm having a night in trying to prepare myself for the hellish weekend which is probably coming up. I'm looking forward to the running parts of it, because it means I'll get some time alone and some peace and quiet! (Unlike the part where my journey home from a race which is about a mile away will probably take me via Humberside airport and Blackpool...)

Hope everyone has a good weekend. Today begins the construction of our conservatory so no enjoyment there. Not sure I'll have the time or the energy to use the exercise equipment. But will no doubt build up plenty of steps. Got a couple of lads coming round to help us at dinner time and then we all off out for a chinese tonight to thank them.

:carrot: :carrot:

I finished 4th woman in my 5 mile race this morning. It was only a small race, but that's the highest I've ever finished. I'm just a bit gutted I didn't finish 3rd - I know I'm faster than the person who did (she's just joined my club), but because I wasn't really targetting the race I ran yesterday and got a bit drunk after work, so I had to run it with tired legs and a hangover, and finished just behind her. Still, there weren't any prizes anyway so it doesn't make a huge amount of distance. I'll survive. I was a bit slower than I wanted, but it was off road which I wasn't expecting, and it was still a PB so that's something.

Then I managed to take a 315 mile detour on the 1 mile journey home. I drove to Humberside Airport, picked my mother up. Took her to Blackpool, visited my grandmother in hospital, transferred her cases into my grandfather's car for her to go and stay with him for a few days and then drove home :faint:

Tomorrow I'm off to London, and hoping to get a long run in when I get there. I'll see how I feel though, if I'm too tired I might give myself a rest instead. then a conference on Monday, and back home on Monday evening. I won't even get a rest next weekend because it's the GNR!

GNW for me.... :(

I have ordered new shoes for it, hope I get them in time!

I've been totally spoiled so far this weekend - I went shopping and bought lots of stuff yesterday and I treated myself to an ostrich burger for lunch, then we went to a friend's for dinner and he cooked.

I managed to sprinkle my own nuts on to a yoghurt for breakfast but I'm being cooked for again this afternoon and a possible meal out or not depending on everyone's energy levels this evening :)