Bright light, bright light!!

scubaangel

ZTD wrote: »

Whoa! We have rules at my work about harrassment...

If you eat lettuce and live in a cave, you don't actually live to be 200.

It just seems like it...

Its weird they actually buy more coffee, hot chocolate and cake than almost any other group of people on site....then again the gym complex is right next door. Still it's sweet of them to try and help since I have spent the best part of the last year trying to decrease my mass - although I refuse to diet so just eat 1/4 of the cake instead of 1/2 like before

Then again if I listened to them and actually took some of them up on the offer of a team of personal trainers putting together a nice 'easy' work out plan for me (and then attended the gym to complete the workouts) I might have shrunk more rapidly but that would have been no fun, but possibly cheaper than keep trying to run outdoors in winter (£6 on running gloves vs £5 a year token gym membership fee...)

ZTD

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

yep - plus I'm not about to spend all my spare time in the gym, and spare money (!) on memberships and personal trainers....

To me, personal trainers are shoes that only you wear...

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

I'll spend it on galaxy counters and full fat coke instead..:D

I've just eaten a bag of those - don't reckon much to them.

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Ooo, dunno about a burger...but could go for a chip salad kebab about now *dribbles*

Chip salad? Is that chips with onions?

scubaangel wrote: »

although I refuse to diet so just eat 1/4 of the cake instead of 1/2 like before

You only taste the bit of the cake in contact with your tongue. So cut it up really, really finely.

Lemon_Tree

ZTD wrote: »

Whoa! We have rules at my work about harrassment...

If you eat lettuce and live in a cave, you don't actually live to be 200.

It just seems like it...

we have rules as well, can't tell the old bloke that he's an old fogie but he's allowed to berrate us about exercise, diets and all things along those lines.

Northern_Lassy

scubaangel wrote: »

those bloody weirdos who come and talk to me at work about exersize plans and healthy eating. *shudders and reaches for the last bits of chocolate brownie*

My OH worked out that a least 50% of my calories come from Lambrini...It's made from fruit tho so I reckon it must count towards my 5 a day ???;)

Knitting_Nora

Evening all

For those of you on the edge of your seats waiting for the next installment of 'depositgate', I thought I would let you know that I've had a snotty note back from the letting agent (full of typos...amazing that such things annoy me almost as much as the content!).

Anyway, short version is that I've decided to give up the fight and accept the deposit reductions - underpinning Banwa's previous musings about the fact that sometimes it's better to draw a line in order to move on.

You'll be impressed to know that (if my calculations are correct), I will be getting an amazing £18.20 back from my £1200 deposit. I'll try not to spend it all at once.

Of course, if my calculations are wrong, then I probably owe them another month of rent or something!

Anyway...moving on....

Knitting_Nora

ZTD wrote: »

I've just eaten a bag of those - don't reckon much to them.

It's funny - there are certainly better chocolates on the market, and even from Galaxy itself..but I can't get enough of the counters...totally addicted.

Chip salad? Is that chips with onions?

Erm...sort of, yes. Basically, large pitta bread (grilled and sliced open), chips and whatever salady stuff is around (usually onions, toms, cucumber, lettuce and red cabbage). Drown it in salt and vinegar and...*dribbles* nom, nom!

Lemon_Tree wrote: »

we have rules as well, can't tell the old bloke that he's an old fogie but he's allowed to berrate us about exercise, diets and all things along those lines.

Stick vaseline on the bottom of his zimmer frame...;)

Northern_Lassy wrote: »

My OH worked out that a least 50% of my calories come from Lambrini...It's made from fruit tho so I reckon it must count towards my 5 a day ???;)

Of course it does - don't ever doubt it.

banwa

Knitting_Nora wrote: »

Anyway, short version is that I've decided to give up the fight and accept the deposit reductions

It sounds like the right thing to do to me, you will have been the honourable one and they will not. I would make it clear though that you will not contest it any further only if they can confirm that all transactions between you are complete and you have to have no more dealings with them.

But grrr anyway. I am a firm believer though that what goes around, comes around. The universe will get them back.:mad:

RosaBernicia

I have just dismantled and reassembled two 2m bookcases without instructions and apparently successfully. Despite doing this in a hallway at 10pm.

If only either the agent or landlord had bothered to mention the gate in the back garden it wouldn't have been necessary :mad:

Let's hope they don't turn out quite as evil as yours. Will make use of my grumpy vibes by sending them in your agent's direction

Rosa xx

Knitting_Nora

banwa wrote: »

But grrr anyway. I am a firm believer though that what goes around, comes around. The universe will get them back.:mad:

RosaBernicia wrote: »

Will make use of my grumpy vibes by sending them in your agent's direction

Rosa xx

:rotfl:Oh, you're both fab - I have this wonderful image of the Lettings people and LL falling over their own feet etc., tomorrow and not knowing why!!

I swear - I'm seriously considering framing that bloody cheque when it arrives!!

*except I'm not, I'm going to bank it and buy a couple of bottles of prosecco with it to celebrate the whole thing being over*

Knitting_Nora

Good morning 'verse...how the devil are you?!

Here in Nora-land, it's all good - because it's payday!! :j

Yay...wooohoooo...*cartwheels* Guess what's even better....I miscalculated my assumed pay...and there's a little more in there than I expected.....whoop, whoop!! :beer:
Did I mention that it's Payday!! *runs up to the inside of your pc screen and smooches it* Yoooohoooo, payday!! *cartwheels away*

Oooo, I'm feeling all tingly and positive about this month (ahem..it may be the lack of sleep, but just go with it...).

It's a busy month all in - starting with a lunch with a good friend today as a birthday treat for her. And I'll be getting out the necessary funds for my spending pots so that tomorrow I hit the ground running with my first NSD *dons her lycra, and sasheys (read 'wobbles') up to the starting line alongside Missus Freeby*

I'll also be doing more work on Nora's Thoughts - website is built (lord, was that a learning curve!), and I'm now onto the content side...knitting up a storm, 'models' and photographers all sorted, just need to do some more glass and we're off and running. Still hoping to get it live by the end of this month.

What else? So glad you asked....off down to kent later this week to spend some time with a lovely friend - who makes the best chocolate cake you've ever tasted....nom, nom..;) We'll be working out how we can take over the world (and make money from it) while keeping her baby company, and gossiping over tea and cake in her lovely farmhouse kitchen...*contented sigh*

Then I'll be spending a week back ooop north (ok, the midlands...but I'm a southerner so it's north to me!) with lovely friends and wide open spaces...lots of knitting time - plus a chance to catch upp with my knitting circle and a good source of yarn close by (cheaper than down here).

Then back to celebrate my birthday with friends...we're off to see The Muppets at the cinema....can't wait! :T Whole bunch of us adults (hovering around the late 30s range)...so we're dragging along a six-year old as cover.

What else...oooo, it's a busy month! Lunch with old friends near their home in Surrey - and an introduction to a new craft shop....:T

Then wedding-y stuff with one of my oldest friends...:)

Golly, I'm going to be quite pooped by March!

Oh, and in the midst of that I should hopefully get that bloomin' cheque from Tescos, the cheque from the landlord *rolls eyes* and if I'm reeeeeeeeaaaaaallly lucky, a sniff of my redundancy offer.

It's a new morning my MSE friends, with a new month starting tomorrow - and there's the faint wiff of potential in the air.... come and play!

Nora.x