The future is bright for 3Dogs and it's about time too

3Dogs

Goodnight petal - don't watch telly for too long, hope you have a good sleep and a good day tomorrow - see you late tomorrow night

I'll not be long either, just got to update NSd's etc - then ZZZZzzzzzz

3Dogs

All 33 Chilean miners have now been rescued Well done to everyone involved

savingwannabe

3Dogs gosh you went to sleep so late!! Jolly good news on the Chilean miners. Have a good day everyone.

3Dogs

Morning SW - yes I went to bed late but I got up late too and it was worth it to see the faces of the miners, their families and the rescuers as each of them came out of that capsule - WOW

Have a good day everyone - it's a cool but dry day here on the Fens - hope it's good where you are

savingwannabe

It is beautiful here. I was ill in the night too so i spent all morning in bed and just got up again so much for an early start on my marking. Just decided to delay decorating by a week. I have so much to do in the last week before college i wont be able to cope if i have to manoeuvre around chaps painting stuff especially when they are here so early and dont leave till late, yuk. Also i still haven't had a chance to decide on my colours I will do it next week.

I feel assertive. Well for me this is assertive. Back late i hope you have a good day. Hooray for the miners. Life is good.

3Dogs

:mad: :mad: :mad: We've just finishing showering the 3 doggies and they aren't the only ones who are wet!!!! Actually Mr 3Dogs did the showering - I supervised and applied the shampoo but I still managed to get wet. The dogs have to be showered twice a week at the moment but the good bit is that the shampoo has to stay on them for 10 minutes - lots of fun there then :eek: We kept them in the shower tray with a gate across the entrance until time to rinse them off

Then, as anyone with dogs will know, they just love racing round the house, rubbing themselves dry on the furniture and carpet. Well they've done all that and now they are all fast asleep after all that excitement

3Dogs

So, the story so far - part seven:

During 2009 we continued with our Sl*mm*ng W*rld diet and kept going to class. We had trained as helpers, generally doing the weighing in, but I also filled in on the pay table too quite often. We really enjoyed the classes, the other members got great inspiration from our losses and I really loved advising people, passing on my knowledge. We considered one of us being a consultant and went to one of their recruiting seminars but it is a franchise and you needed over £1000 to start, plus, I now know, you have to pass a credit check as you are handling money of course and neither of us would have passed that check. Anyway, my health was too unpredictable to commit to 52 weeks of the year, and my concentration was not good due to the medications I was on.

By 23rd November 2009, Mr 3Dogs had reached a 7 ½ stone loss, weighing in at 12 stone 11 ½ pounds, but wanted to lose 8 stone and get to 12 stone 4 ½ pounds for his target, so he continued dieting. My weight loss was slowing right down, with me losing one pound then gaining one pound, and only losing half a stone more by the end of the year, making 3 stone 7 pounds lost. We had bought a vibration exerciser where you stand on a vibrating platform while exercising, which multiplies the effect by 10. I used it for a while then stopped due to illness, then started again, then stopped because of pain. So I was still not getting much exercise overall, which did not help with my weight loss.

But Mr 3Dogs seemed to struggle to get further weight off, until I suggested that he was aiming too low and would not be able to maintain an 8 stone loss, so he decided to settle for 7 ½ stone loss and set about getting back to 12 stone 11 ½ pounds, having gone up above this over the previous few weeks. He achieved this at the end of February 2010 and everyone at class was delighted for him.

Meanwhile his bladder cancer check-ups had continued, firstly at 3 monthly intervals and then at 6, with all of them coming in as clear, which took some pressure off us about the cancer returning. He had a cystoscopy in April 2010 and his specialist was so pleased he said that he would not need to see him till 12 months time. Great news!!! :j :j

Going back to the debt situation, I had heard Martin Lewis talking about debt and bank charges, etc on Radio 2 and had started looking on the MSE site, but it was not until Sptember 2009 that I had actually registered for the site, in order to receive the weekly newsletter. I gradually started ready some of te guides on the site, and I then moved onto reading some of the forums. As 2010 started, we were getting lots of phone calls again and letter after letter. The pressure was building again, but it took a chance comment from one of our creditors to release the pressure valve ..................................................................................

....................... to be continued

beanielou

Never a dull moment in your house then 3Dogs!

ETA: In relation to the dogs that is.

beanielou

Cant wait for the next episode 3Dogs

Tixy

You wash them indoors :eek::eek::)

I'm afraid my girl only ever gets washed outside (and preferably at my parents house). My excuse is she is too big for indoor washing but really I cannot face the whole house being soaking wet.
So she has an outdoor one with buckets and a hosepipe, and then has to run around outside for half an hour to get the vaguely dry, then it still takes 3 bathsheets to get her dry