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victory

Morning:Dlovely and sunny here and that always lifts the spirits:D

kpc what extension are you having?

vix such a little bit of choc in a week does not matter;)

victory

vixarooni wrote: »

But then at the same time i dont want a full time job because then i cant shop with them in town on a weekday or go out on a monday night. Life is a bit complicated.

That so reminds me of my eldest son's part time job stipulations:rotfl: it can't be the local shops incase some of his mates come in and see him and take the mickey:rotfl:it can't be at weekends because then he won't be able to go to the football matches:rotfl: it can't be too soon after school because he needs time to relax:rotfl:or too late at night because of school the next day, it can't be too far away because he does not want to spend out loads on buses:rotfl: the kid has no chance:rotfl:

sarymclary

Hezza - sorry to hear about your MIL, and hopefully once your DH has recovered from the shock himself, he may be able to talk to you about it. Does your MIL know that you know? Perhaps she has sworn the sons to secrecy so that she can carry on with life 'as normal'. I have a good friend who when diagnosed with breast cancer asked only one thing of me, please treat me the way you always have, and keep making me laugh. Each person reacts differently to a diagnosis like that, and I believe the patient with the condition deserves the right to choose. I am sure in time your MIL will feel more of a need to talk about how she is feeling, or how she is coping with treatment, etc.

Granny - thanks for doing the chart, and apologies for not posting early enough. I think holiday weight gain shouldn't really be counted. I did weigh myself, but then forgot to come on here. Not that it was good news, I've gained 3lb!!! I'm am SO feeling those pounds, and they actually feel more like 12lbs, as I've put it all on around my middle, so my trousers are tight, I have a big under boob roll of fat that is so proud of itself it's insisting on pushing itself forward at every opportunity (ok, so maybe I can't hold it in all the time)! Worst of all, OH has noticed. 4 weeks ago I was doing fine, and I was 'in the zone', and now I am just not being careful, or being plain careless about my eating. I am aware of it, and know I have to tackle it. The only thing in my favour is that I am cycling most days, and am doing an average of 3 miles a day. Not today though, I felt very light headed yesterday and couldn't think what it was, but today I have woken up and I'm deaf in my left ear, well apart from an occasional high pitched tone, so I reckon I have a mild infection there.

Well done on the brilliant losses guys, there are some impressive ones this week.

Vix - I'm sure you'll eventually find the right thing for you. Remember, your uni friends won't always be at uni either, and they'll be doing the 9-5 the same as everyone else one day. It's good to realise how special those days were. I try to tell my boys how school is probably going to be the easiest days work they'll ever do, with more friendly faces around them than they'll ever have again, but of course they don't believe me.

Victory - That's just 16 year olds for you, eh? I only found that stopping pocket money completely motivated mine to get off their bums. They still have to do their chores too. Eldest is lucky enough to get some EMA, but even he has admitted that's not enough (plus I hang onto his cash card so he can't fritter it away), and is hoping to get a p/t job with his girlfriend's dad. My 15 y/o has been sleeping through his alarm before going off for his paperround, and there's a really keen 11 y/o who's doing this own round, then going back to the shop to pinch my lad's round too! There's a motivated kid for you, eh? The 11 y/o is earning double money each day, and my lad's getting nothing!

Missy™

I weighed myself again today and it's back inside my maintain range (so I've sneakily amended my sig even tho it wasn't an 'official' weigh :rotfl:).

Dinah - it could be worth trying to up the calories a small amount as others have said, though I tend not to make any changes based on just one week's results. I've gone from maintaining on approx 1200 cals/day last summer, to maintaining more or less the same weight on approx 1900 cals/day now. Unfortunately it's not true that I've upped calorie intake and LOST weight, I've only maintained

Granny welcome back! You know that gain's only temporary! Trust you had a wonderful time?

Next week is the end of Q3, time to review those resolutions/goals again and maybe set some new ones for Q4? Who's in?

katiepoppycat

lol victory - tell your 16 year old to get himself across to maccyds - I worked there from being 17 and absolutely loved it - everyones young, the work is more interesting than you think and the social life that goes with it rocks.

extension is a single storey out the back to give me a kitchen diner. v excited!

victory

sarymclary wrote: »

Victory - That's just 16 year olds for you, eh? I only found that stopping pocket money completely motivated mine to get off their bums. They still have to do their chores too. Eldest is lucky enough to get some EMA, but even he has admitted that's not enough (plus I hang onto his cash card so he can't fritter it away), and is hoping to get a p/t job with his girlfriend's dad. My 15 y/o has been sleeping through his alarm before going off for his paperround, and there's a really keen 11 y/o who's doing this own round, then going back to the shop to pinch my lad's round too! There's a motivated kid for you, eh? The 11 y/o is earning double money each day, and my lad's getting nothing!

Oh don't you worry about that:D the payments or pocket money given to him monthly have stopped (he had a years notice that at the age of 16 they would stop) he still has to do the chores also. We have just changed his bank account so that he is the sole owner of it (previously it was under OH name as guardian) so that if he does get a part time job he has a bank account to put the wages in.
Yesterday with 5 mins to spare before the shops closed my eldest wasted spent £100 on two items:eek: he said and I quote 'I have so much money I don't know what to do with it':rolleyes: oh the young:rotfl:
Your 11 old deserves it for the motivation:D

kpc he knows about maccys we keep telling him that if he does not knuckle down at school he will only get a job there lol but then again who are we to complain when he keeps coming home with distinctions, for all that time on the xbox he seems to be pulling in the grades very well

missy I'm in but wasn't Q3 going to Q4 if you know what I mean? I thought the last Q went up to xmas because mine was to get rid of the fat bulging repulsive looking stomach that I have that looks hideous in my xmas dress ready for the xmas ball on dec 5th ha ha but if that was Q4 aim, not sure then what Q3 aim was?

victory

I just got a phone call from my youngest school, isn't it strange how your heart stops when they ask for you and mention your son's name, immediately you stop listening and fear the worst?:rotfl: Anyway, he has speech therapist appointment come through for the 1st October, they are ongoing investigations as to why he cannot read/write/speak very well, dyslexia has been ruled out, he reads like a pro some days and others you would think he was 4:rolleyes: anyway the teacher has said to me that I am relying too much on the tests because sometimes they pick nothing up and should not expect to have a name for it, well I will battle away until I do, even his teacher said he had nil to zero chance doing the 11 plus, at least we are both on the same page with that one, as to the why he cannot so much as pronounce names in a story book and makes them up no idea.

I went into town with some broken old pieces of gold, handed them over and he said I will give you £50 for it, yes please, especially as we do not get paid until wednesday which seems a life time away, all spent now on food, bit and bobs so that was a bonus, going overdrawn is not an option nor is going without food:D

Hezzawithkids

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

Hezza, hope it works out okay for your MIL. She sounds lovely. Do you think she needs someone to talk to? If her boys aren't talking perhaps she could do with a friend like you?

FFM

Thanks for the suggestion but I dont think I'm supposed to know about it . They are an intensely private family (unlike mine who talk about anything and everything) and I can just imagine her asking her boys not to share the news with anyone, even us. Mind you I'm willing to bet that her other son has not only told his wife but his kids too (as they dont seem to have the same attitude towards - or respect for - keepng things private), the next thing one of my nephews will email my DD and let the cat out of the bag. She already suspects that something is wrong and we keep telling her that everything is fine. This would be a dreadful way for her to find out. All I can do for now is send out the positive vibes and keep praying.

victory

Crumbs how a day can turn out eh? Firstly my brothers best friend has died in a bike accident and he is distraught as you would expect, friends since school, then talking about school my mum bumped into a mum of an old school friend and she tells me that one of them is a drug addict and the other is crippled with arthritis having to have 24 care and injections for the pain, uhm how it turns out eh?:rolleyes:

hezza it would be a dreadful way for her to find out, my grandad did a similar thing to your MIL and only told the barest of minimum people and left my mum, his daughter out of the whole truth, when she eventually found out it was a terrible shock and she never forgave the secret keepers, a family divider it has been.

katiepoppycat

hmmmm, i'm fascinated by the widely held belief that a jab at mcdonalds is no real job at all. My part time job led me to work experience in one of the world's top ten advertising agencies, as well as 3 months at the head office in a pr role. The guy I worked for at hte time who had started instore just like me at 17 is now the head of international communications . . . if you want to you can REALLY go places there.


not having a go at you victory in the slightest btw! you should have seen my mum's face when i first announced I was going working there!