Surfbabe Wipeout

taxi73

enjoy your meal

Surfbabe

Report time - had a lovely evening on my birthday with one of my closest friends who only lives a mile away but we don;t often get together just to chat.

Have lots of decisions to make regarding the sale of my mums property and have put first bits in motion.

Had a reply from Open University :eek: I need only 60 credit at level 3 to finish my degree without Honours or 120 with Honours - so big decision to make - have found a course that looks interesting but am nervous that I wouldn't come up to scratch !!!

Am spending tomorrow sorting garden out at mums bungalow and Sunday DH and I are going to Anglesey Abbey

Surfbabe

OK - so restart for Diary - 50 day Challenge starting today - we go off to Morocco for Christmas in 50 days time so if fits in well


1 Aim to lose minimum of 7lbs
2 Make sure I exercise every other day (with walking etc in between)
3 De-Clutter Wardrobe
4 Get Filing up to date
5 Organise Christmas Cards and Presents
6 Scan at least 20 photos into laptop each week
7 Declutter other areas as necessary
8 Cook proper meals all the time !
9 Carry on feeling positive about things
10 Enrol on OU course

Think thats it !!

Off to work now - have a good day -

hypno06

That lot will make such a difference if you manage to get it done before you go away! I look forward to reading updates

taxi73

Wow everywhere I read on here is a 50 day challenge....loads of interesting stuff going on

Surfbabe

Well the 50 day challenge got off to a good start. I moved an empty (!) chest of drawers out to the garage so i could access the chest of drawers underneath it - I know have the spare printer sitting on that in the snug so I can easily connect my laptop and start scanning photos in. I have decluttered my wardrobe and got rid of absolutley everything I don;t wear. My chest of drawers just has underwear in and I have another drawer with all my teaching shorts and tops. So mission accomplished on one challenge.

Made time yesterday morning to dry hair properly and apply make up properly and had lots of comopliments - something I'm not very good at accepting so need to work on that one!

Didn't spend anything yesterday and don;t aim to today either.

Off to work shortly - have a few more things to do first though

Hope everyone has a good day

taxi73

sOUNDS FAB

Surfbabe

Okey Dokey - Days two and three of 50 day challenge

Have made time each morning to dry hair properly and do make up - a small thing but it works, confidence wise and also stress wise (not sure why but I feel more positive)

Filing is nearly completed but it did result in my losing my purse - so a mild panic this morning at work when I couldn't find it :eek: - Rang DS and asked him to look - he couldn't find it so a quick drive home (8 miles) and there it was under the pile of clear plastic sleeves

Eating sensibly is going well - proper meals cooked for three days, exercise consisting of 100 side bends each morning and 5 mins jogging on the spot. Have given up with Shred atm as it was putting a lot of strain on my knees and ankles which I can do without :rotfl:

So tomorrows plan is to look at what I have put aside for Christmas and to work out what I need to get ( too much knowing my luck!)

Double_Trouble

You are doing well on your challenge - the days are flying by already

DTxx

Surfbabe

Right - haven't posted for 13 days - stuff happening that its been hard to put down in writing.

so......... where to start ......... all results back from Doctors and everything is fine, means I'm not going to have to have a camera shoved down my throat (well not at the moment anyway).

Had a good long chat with the doctor who is lovely and I'm sure I bored her rigid as I was talking faster than a fast express train.

Basically - I seem to have got back on track - what happened with my mum was unavoidable, traumatic but the upshot is she died, she had faith and wasn't frightened of dying and there is nothing I can do or could have done to change that. I can't change the fact that the r##dy Church Pensions Board seem to have complete control over the sale of the property even though they only own 32% of it, I can't change that they will get 32% of the sale proceeds even though they only lent £25K (should get about £50k back) so there is not point in getting in a state over that. I can't change the fact that the housing market is lousy and we have had to drop the price by £40k so far. I can't change the fact that my sister is dealing with things less well than me and that she is also dealing with a poorly son and the doctors in the USA can't find what is wrong - I can still be concerned but I can't change anything - all I can do is stay positive that things will turn out ok. I can't change the fact that its me that has done all the running about since Mum died - but with DS in USA and DB has MS I have to get on with it.

Bombshell dropped yesterday by DD that she is really unhappy with her Uni course and has realised that she really wants to teach - reassured her that the biggest hurdle was telling me and her dad - she was so worried that we would be cross/angry/upset and feel let down - we don't - whatever she decides we will support her - thats what parents do isn't it. There is no point in her making herself ill by stressing over this - so some big decisions to make - one of which maybe that she finishes her degree and then goes into teaching but she has to make that decision.

Had DD & BF home weekend before last - with sickness bug - which DS then got in the middle of last week - trying to move a 6ft 5in bloke that has blacked out and then starts trhowing up is no easy task !!! Luckily DH and I haven't got it !

My 50 day challenge is sort of going OK - don't seem to be able to loose any weight despite my best efforts so that is something I will have to find a positive in somewhere.

Have decluttered wardrobe - I have less clothes left than DD has left after taking her stuff to uni :rotfl:

Have started Christmas shopping - checked with DB only to find he had already bought his children what I was going to buy !

Anyway - that is enough of my ramblings now I 've bored everyone silly - I am thinking poisitively about things and that can only be good.

Off for a walk into the village to pick up the tablets I should have got last week - good job I only ran out today

Have a good one everyone :T