Milann’s mutterings through retirement

WinterWarrior

The photographing is a great idea. I’m similar in that I log it all on nutracheck and if the calories are too high then I have to keep cutting it down until it’s acceptable…and then I weigh it out. Although, saying that it hasn’t made a difference for 2 weeks, so I am reducing my calories from the standard 1400 down to 1300 to see what happens next! 

The sun is lovely today here too ☀️

RelievedSheff

Must be the day for washing van bedding. I stripped ours off and it's in the wash now 😀

Onebrokelady

I hope the lace up brace works for you and you don’t have to wait too long for it to arrive x

milann

I’d planned on making a ruby wedding cake as a surprise for a friend of Dh (and myself) I knew they were going away next week after we come back and Dh thought the actual anniversary was whilst they were away. So I had plenty of time to do the cake when we came back. Anyway on Saturday afternoon at about 3 pm we were sitting having a cuppa and Dh pipes up ‘oh I know what date the actual anniversary is’ it’s a couple of days time 😳 if I left the cake until we came back it’d be well over 2 weeks and we’d have missed the boat 😵‍💫 So action stations were taken and fruit cake was made Saturday…..force fed copious amounts of alcohol on Sunday. Marzipanned Monday morning. I mixed all the icings before I went to sit in with friends relative whilst they went to the hospital. Monday evening when I arrived home I started to ice the basket work on the cake - let it dry overnight and assembled it all yesterday. In between I made red roses to go in the basket. Phew…..I got it finished in time for the icing to set overnight so he could take it into work today. I will post a photo but I’ll wait until we come back.
As a consequence I’ve done no tidying or sorting the van. I’ve got a busy day today then……and I’ve woken up with the sore throat from hell.
Were supposed to be going in Millie tomorrow at 8 am…..think it’ll be a tad later. We’re back on Tuesday and ds is staying nearby at the weekend so I’m looking forward to it.
I went to sw this morning and have lost the 1 1/2 lb I’ve put on over the last couple of weeks….it would have probably been more had I not eaten my body weight in icing sugar. 

I’m trying to take the gel polish off my nails myself as I needed to chop my nails to make the roses. Hopefully I’ll not mess my nails like I did last time. I just didn’t have chance to go where I had it put on.
Right I’ll probably be back some time next week. Bye for now.

beanielou

Enjoy your break. 

WinterWarrior

The cake sounds amazing. 

Will your gel polish peel off easily with a hot water soaking? 

Sunshine_girl2

Enjoy your break , will wave from further up the coast . Cake sounds lovely, well done for getting it done . 

RelievedSheff

Enjoy your break.

Sun_Addict

I remove gel polish at home by roughing off the surface with a nail file then soak some cotton wool in acetone nail varnish remover, stick a bit on each nail then wrap with bits of tin foil. Don’t peel it off or you’ll damage your nails. 

Have a brilliant time. 

milann

And just like that we arrived home yesterday.
I managed to get the gel off my nails ok. I filed the surface and used a nail polish remover with foil as directed by the instructions and Sun Addict 👍. I was quite pleased that I managed it without picking it as I messed them up big time last time I did it. 

I was ready to go on Thursday morning but felt absolutely rubbish with a sore throat. I dosed myself up and the sore throat turned into an awful cough. I actually stayed in the van all day Friday and sent Dh out with his bus pass for the day….he had a whale of a time. Saturday afternoon we went out for a ride along the coast and got out for a short walk to a cafe for a  cuppa. It had turned into a streaming cold by this time. I felt very sorry for myself 😵‍💫 Ds came on Sunday and we met by the seaside….I’d have told him to stay away but he’d booked a hotel room.I managed a walk frequented by several coffee shop and cafe breaks. I was back in bed by 8 pm. Pretty much a repeat of Sunday on Monday, but I did feel a bit better,  then we came home yesterday. We did call at a NT place half way home for dinner which was lovely . So it was a bit of a washout. My chest was like a rattle snake. I’ve not had a cold for years but it was a humdinger.
I’d intended phoning the doctors this morning at 8.30 but nodded back off to sleep. I decided I didn’t fancy trying to convince the surgery I needed an appointment…..why do I always feel guilty trying to get in the doctors. I went to the chemist to see what the new service where they can prescribe something is any good. The chemist was lovely - asked me lots of questions and said he couldn’t prescribe anything I hadn’t already tried and my chest sounded as if it needed looking at. He told me to go next door to the surgery and tell them he’d sent me and I should be seen that morning 😳 I wasn’t convinced but the receptionist asked if the doc couldn’t see me could I get to a respiratory clinic a couple of miles away. Anyway she filled the computer paperwork in and within half an hour I saw the GP at my practice and have now got antibiotics…..can’t say they’ve done much yet. I was very impressed with the service. Can’t knock it at all. I wonder what would have happened had I phoned at 9.30….I suspect it might have been after Easter 🤷🏻‍♀️
The recipients of the cake were thrilled. It was a bit rushed and I can see faults but I was pleased with the overall effect. There was a label with names on on top of the basket too.