Originally Posted by ub40fan

Hi guys


Lacey - in jeans - way to go girl - i am also in jeans (but only cos I bought a bigger size LOL)

Chippy - I know what you are going through, I have had to bite my tongue so many times when my other half has gone fishing instead of getting stuff sorted for the application. In the end I made a list of what needed doing and bargained with him that if he did one thing off the list he could go fishing. As I said to him, it's not just me that will benefit from the forms getting done, we all will, and the sooner we do it the sooner he can have his boat!!

Oh and by the way girls, my bathroom that he fitted at Easter is now complete! He finished the grouting put the coving up and also put the new shelf in last weekend.

I have just had a horrible morning.

I was all set to go and get weighed and then go to the gym when the phone rang.

The phone rang, the travel agent I booked my ticket through yesterday called to say she had got it wrong and I my stay in the states needed to include a saturday night to get the good price she quoted me. Well, that gave me a bit of a headache to say the least! Options appeared to be

1. Fly out a day earlier than Steve and stay overnight on my own (not likely)

2. Pay about £1000 to change his ticket as we had a non flexible one

3. Pay an awful lot more for the seat I had booked.

I insisted that it was their fault the computer hadn't told her this at the time I booked it, I called them back twice to make sure we had the same dates and flights as the girl booking my husband's flight, so it was her problem and she should sort it out!!

She said she would look at changing hubbys dates as she had contacts at BA, so I told her to have a go. I also told her we had already booked the hotel for the Sunday night not the Saturday. She said the company would sort that out too!

Meanwhile middle child told me he could hear "purring" in his roof . His room is in the extension and there is no access to the space above it so I had to go outside and look. Well, it was only a flipping wasps nest in the eaves :scared: . Phoned the council and they were here within an hour. cost me £38 for the priviledge of getting some wasps murdered, but well worth it.

Travel agent phoned me back to tell me that Steve's flight had already been changed, so I called his company's flight booker only for her to tell me she thought I had wanted the saturday booking all along. It turns out I would have been flying on my own anyway if the travel agent hadn't had to change my flight! What a completly frustrating morning.

anyway, went and got weighed and I have lost 3lbs, hopefully I am now on the right track and I plan to keep going.

Off I went to the gym to have a nice workout. Got on the treamill intending to do 2kms today, after a km I had to give up as I had cramp in my feet. I never get cramp, and in my feet too. It was so painful.

I did go and do all my other exercises though, and I tried to get back on the treadmill at the end of that, but it was no good. I am going to have a swim tomorrow to make up though, and I am going to get back on there on Friday morning.

Off to do the ironing now, oh deep joy.

Take care all


Shirley

Originally Posted by Flutterscutter

Ahh well, i guess you've all heard about it then. Never mind.

A hello would have been nice though

Originally Posted by ub40fan

Hello

sorry, had lots going on, but we usually do say hi to any new bods on this thread, it was an oversight if we failed to welcome you

Please come and talk to us again

Originally Posted by Flutterscutter

Thanks for that. Sorry for what i said.

I'm just feeling pretty sh*tty at the moment and feeling sorry for myself. Its the middle of the night and i been up sick (think i might have food poisoning)
But compared to the poor woman with the breast cancer i shouldnt really complain. So i'll crawl under a stone (quietly)

Originally Posted by lynnlovessun

Hi hope you are feeling better soon - take it your in Oz then?

Lynn

Originally Posted by Flutterscutter

Thankyou.
I dont do illness very well lol (in fact i'm horrid)
Normally bright and breezy

No not in OZ yet we are in NZ. Should be there either Nov or Jan. Heading to Central Coast.

Ive already lost a bit of weight but fell off the straight and narrow for a while. I am lucky i didn gain anything but still have a fair way to go to get down to what i'll be happy with

Originally Posted by Flutterscutter

Thanks for that. Sorry for what i said.

I'm just feeling pretty sh*tty at the moment and feeling sorry for myself. Its the middle of the night and i been up sick (think i might have food poisoning)
But compared to the poor woman with the breast cancer i shouldnt really complain. So i'll crawl under a stone (quietly)

Originally Posted by lynnlovessun

Shirley - well bloody done!!!!!!! 3lbs is excellent - you keep it up and you will be there in no time! My class manager says we should aim to lose 7lbs a month so you are well on track for that - its amazing that i can take less than a year to shed a lot of stones.

Proud of you!

Lynn x

Originally Posted by lacey21

Well done guys and I know how you feel I stayed the same this week but I am glad about that cos I have pigged. Anyway ohippy, I understand about the husband I have one who is just the same. He can't get excited about Australia and even my little lad is getting hacked off at the mention of it so last night I said, Right, what if we go over and have a reccie. 'Errrr, yeah, money and all that SO I found some cheap flights and we might be going over before we put in the application. Just to show them what they are getting excited about lol.

The flights are not bad, they are with Malaysian Airlines and are costing about £2000 for 3 of us. We have to have a stop over night though in Kala lumpa (Oh I can't spell that!)

What do you rec, should we stay or should we go, hey! we know a song about that don't we lol lol

Hugs Lace x

Originally Posted by lacey21

Take me what tablets Heather!

We are deffo looking at it but apparently you can't put your visa in while you are in Australia so that will have to wait till we come back. We are hoping to go either wait for it..........................22 Aug or in Sep / Oct sometime. I don't like flying so I will be on the Kalms tablets lol
Any suggestions would be great. as soon as we say we are going the diet is on properly lol
Lace x

Originally Posted by ohippy

The L-5HTP tablets supress your appetite too Lace !! I only put on 2lbs in our fortnight trip where we ate out for three meals every single day ! Pricey, but worth it for no jet lag and no weight gain

We flew with Singapore airlines and I felt humungous - the air stewards are stick insects !!