Frump to Fab - Sizzling Summer Solstice to Awesome Autumn Equinox

WelshWoofer

LL - hope the estate agent visit went well?

I AM NOW OFFICIALLY ON HOLIDAY FOR ALMOST 7 WEEKS!!!!:j:j:j

Finished work at about 2pm today (kids went home at lunchtime) and bang on time the sun came out!
Just back from taking the dogs for a good walk for an hour around the water park and nature reserve - still very mucky from all of the rain. Bit of mud never hurt anyone though.
I'll have a bit of a sit down and then go swimming to do my 50 lengths later.
Had a few choccies today from the kids (only 3 Heroes) but I am trying to be good so will swim extra fast to burn them off:rotfl:

Now the summer projects can begin in earnest - I'm going to a comedy and curry night tomorrow evening and to the gym with 2 school friends on Friday so that's the social stuff for this week sorted. Then I'm going home to Wales for the weekend to take mum's dog back and see my dad on his birthday. Will try to take some exercise things with me to keep up the momentum (and counteract being force fed by my mum!).

A nice little gesture by my neighbour this afternoon too - she bought me a bunch of what I think are gladioli (I'm not exactly Alan Titchmarsh!) to say thank you for mowing her lawn and offering to help with her dogs whilst she's having a hard time with her depressed heavily pregnant daughter.
We've never been really close (in fact I wasn't that keen) but recently we've been chatting more and seem to be getting along ok. Probably buttering me up for when there's a screaming baby next door:rotfl:

Right, the dogs are kicking their bowls around the kitchen - I take it that means its canine tea time!

maman

:jfor the school holidays ww. It's a great feeling and you sound really set up for it. Gladioli are those long flowers that Dame Edna used to throw around. I'm sure you recognised them right!

I am in awe of you and sparkles with your fitness programmes. I was conscious that my legs ached after just walking around Oxford yesterday:o. As a result I googled Couch to 5K for snails today. Only joking, but like LL it's what I probably need. Putting the snails to one side, where do you actually find out about the programme? I'd like to see it written down and all I could see was the facility to download the podcast. I'm better at taking in written information than listening to it. Any links would help.

Hope the estate agent's visit went well LL. Do let us know. I remember working in offices when I was a student. I loved being in Personnel but loathed the Pay Office with a vengeance. It's not the paperwork or the maths as such, I'm fine with that. The Personnel Office had a lot more people coming and going with queries etc whereas the Pay Office just seemed to be endless filling in of forms.

Have done some fabbing today. Showered, slathered, defuzzed, filed my feet and took nail polish off and blow dried my hair. I don't know why I bothered with my hair as it's gone all wavy after being out in the rain.:( I'm glad you've got some sun ww, ours is gone. I'm so glad we made the most of it yesterday. I'll do my nails later.

Back soon.

Hewie29

Hi all

Have to post or I'm gonna start knicking OH's chips, mil is over and she always gets chips for tea but seeing as I'm being good I had something to eat while they were out getting them, but its the smell mmmmmm.

I did banish fat boost metabolism last night, can say its different to shred more aerobic and I am feeling it today, not sure I will get any exercise done today depends what time mil leaves.

Thanks for the comments on my list, just hope that I can get most of them done, it would be good if I could.

Have a good evening everyone

lessonlearned

Meant to say great list Hewie.

WW:j:j six whole weeks of freeeeeeeedom!!!!!

Well sitting here in my bright and shiny immaculate house, the estate agent was very impressed. I've not lost my touch I can still dress a showhouse.;) He agreed the house is pretty well sale ready no need to do a lot of work - just the fencing and a quick rejig of the kitchen. I should manage that by the beginning of September.

However, I really need to weed out some of my possessions if I am going to downsize so tonight I shall make a start on my desk.
I've also made a start of sorting out my kitchen stuff, a cupboard a day till it's done.

Very tired tonight - I forget I'm no spring chicken. I must learn to pace myself.

Early night tonight.

WelshWoofer

Maman and LL - Couch to 5K
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml

This has the plan written down but I would recommend you get the podcasts as they save you having to time yourself and I find that if someone else is telling me to do something I'm more likely to do it (even if I am swearing at the ipod by the time the run bits are coming to an end:p).
You don't have to run if you're not up to it yet - just walk faster or trot during the "run" phases. It soon gets a bit easier although I'm stepping up a week now so know I'll struggle again at the beginning.


Just back from swimming - 50 more lengths done:T
Think I tackle the next Couch to 5K run tomorrow - my first proper day off

lessonlearned

Thanks WW - Oh dear does that mean I'm all out of excuses now.

Savvy_sewing

Evening, its been a strange sort of day for me tody. I am suffering a bit more with my shoulder/neck, and put it down to extra sewing, driving and the paperwork I had to do the otherday for my ATOS and then a lot of chasing for the missing funds etc. So the stress makes me worse.
I woke this morning rather jaded and felt dreadful. Took DGD to school and the other mums in the playground noted that I looked rather out of sorts. They can see it im my face. Anyway I did feel UGH, and I was off to collect DS from my parents home where he has been dossing, and take him to sign on etc. On the way I went for my hair dressing appointment,(and got his cut too). I had 6 minutes in the Suntanning booth, and started to feel happier almost immediately. By the time I had had my hair washed, massaged with the conditioner etc, then dried and straightened, all the gloom etc over me was really lifting.
I had my hour of councilling, that went by so fast. But the councillor pointed out once more that I had changed. We were investigating the fact that I was once again trying with the relationship with my EXBF, and why I was finding he was being so different this time around. He said did I think it was becuase I had changed so much? I hadnt thought about it, but I have.
I am no longer pesimistic about my illness. I am optimistic as often as I can be. I have changed from a washed out granny, who was in his words "grey in face and in clothing". To someone who is bright, bubbly and intelligent. Optimistic and capable.
Those were really nice things to hear actually, and not something I would have used to describe me. However I actually do believe him.
I have reverted back to the old me. I may be much older, but I am feeling that the drepression, the stress, the problems with the twins, lack of working, the trouble DS was in 4 years ago etc had all squashed the me that was.
Perhaps I feel a bit like a butterfly coming out of a caccoon. Except I used to be that butterfly before..
I am not saying that I am cured, and that I will not ever be depressed, stressed or my illness will not fluctuate, but that I am learning the right coping mechanisms, and I am no longer beating myself up about the things that are not within my control. (Thats hard to do at times).

Anyway, so at the moment I do feel so much more FAB then I have done in many a year.

WelshWoofer

Go MooLoo!!!!!:j:j:j:j

fedupandskint

It was a 45min bike ride for me to incorporate some hills for practice and improving my riding. Lots of freewheeling though as a reward downhill!

Happy with that after the one hour dog walk in the sun which was lovely instead of the usual rain and grey clouds that have been around for a long time.

Tomorrow will just be Shred if I'm up to it in the morning and its my last day on L1, yeah! Plus the usual dog walks as its a long day at work tomorrow. Left overs for tomorrow's tea all parceled up ready for when I get back home.

Off for a shower now to get fabbed up ready for bed!

lessonlearned

Just a quickie to say Well done Mooloo - Keep up the good work.

I know the idea of "Fabbing" our way out of grief/stress or whatever may sound simplistic and of course it's only part of the picture. Some of you may need meds or counselling too.

However I still say it works - I think perhaps because it helps just to "Focus on You" - not all the time - that would be selfish but just a little now and then.

It's amazing but little and often is the way forward. It helps to lift the spirits and make us feel stronger. And of course this spills over into our whole lives - not just how we look.

I would never have got through the last couple of years without it.
Now look at me - ready to move house, start a business. I'm raring to go.

By the way - the Estate Agent's valuation was exactly the same figure I had in the back of my mind. I've still got what it takes.:D
Whether or not it sells is entirely another matter.

Right back to work - I came into the study to shred some papers.

A bit of TV and then an early night.

G'night all x