Here we can all be heard for a little while

whitewing

I had a dream-filled night and got eventually woken by DS ringing...at midday. So that's today's plans put of the window.

I don't use my degree (in terms of subject) but the experience was very useful. If I hadn't have mh issues and had had a more traditionally supportive family, I would probably have been guided to do a different degree. But I still need degree level of learning for the career I am in currently. (I use 'career' wistfully as I still don't think this country actually considers mothers as having careers).

Greggs is, to me, comfort and celebration. My son used to treat his friends when he was at school. The staff in our local Greggs are lovely, motherly people (to those they like, at least; could have done without knowing about sneeze muffins, code).

I have incorporated some of my martial arts hand exercises onto my treadmill routine so it has more variety. I have come on a long way since I used to have to cling tightly on the handrails at even the lowest settings. The only thing I dislike about my treadmill is the calorie count. It doesn't seem fair - all that exercise, so few calories burned.

Oldestgnome, I will come back to haunt you about tough mudder in about 3 years (if you haven't already done it by then). They have a mini mudder for kids but littlewing is slightly too young at the moment.

calleyw

Pyxis wrote: »

(((((Calley))))) :A We need more people like you in this world!

Not sure on that, Sure a few people would not like the thought of more than one me.

And according to an ex I am mental and nut job!!! Oh right Mr I having a breaking down and can't cope but wont take time off and keeps going to work and even works over time on a saturday!!!

He is more messed up and me. And I think I am fairly normally most of the time LOL!!!

Yours

Calley

calleyw

whitewing wrote: »

The only thing I dislike about my treadmill is the calorie count. It doesn't seem fair - all that exercise, so few calories burned.

They say that is 80% diet and 20% exercise for losing weight.

I know and you work so hard.

Today is strange I am feeling very achey in my joints. Feel all weak and pathetic. But not really done anything for it to be like that.

Oh good news got a wash coat of paint on a bit of a wall :j Things not paned out the way I hoped the last day or two. So think that the colour will get on the walls late tonight or tomorrow. But got to take my bike in tomorrow and buy some paint for the little bedroom.

Just hope my neighbour does not come home tonight so I can paint really late LOL!!!!

Yours

Calley

BarryBlue

Pyxis wrote: »

I despise the ludicrous honours system and regard awards to "lowly" people who do menial tasks like crossing warden or dinner lady to be patronising in the extreme. Likewise the awards given to civil servants just for doing their job.


However, even I know that the OBE in that picture is a military one. The civil one, as would be awarded to a warden etc, has a different ribbon without the central stripe.;)

whitewing

I like awards given as 'thank yous' for jobs well done. I still think my health visitor should have an award. It is very special people who do a job so well and so consistently.

I will be getting a certificate later in the month. In some ways it is just a glorified bit of paper in a nice frame, but it also recognition of something that not everybody on the planet has done. So I will be proud of it, even though it is part of my job.

I am pleased today. When no one was looking, I managed to talk DH into a go on the seesaw at the park. (We didn't break it!). I am not that much heavier than him. Couldn't have done it last year.

Errata

I still think my health visitor should have an award.

Nominate her https://www.gov.uk/honours/overview

Pyxis

Hopefully, this is the correct OBE, Seven-day-weekend.
Apologies for the error. Hope I'm not carted off to the Tower.

whitewing

Errata wrote: »

Nominate her https://www.gov.uk/honours/overview

Thank you, Errata. Very useful.

seven-day-weekend

Pyxis wrote: »

Hopefully, this is the correct OBE, Seven-day-weekend.
Apologies for the error. Hope I'm not carted off to the Tower.

OOOH! Now I have two!

(Just ignore the debunkers ).

Pyxis

Well, fair's fair! I had no idea that there were two types of OBE, so I have learned something today!