Well I've been back from Bristol for two weeks now and I must say I'm totally knackered! Been trying to get back into the diet and gym routine but I'm not being very successful, though I have now officially lost fifty pounds after I attended our Weight Watchers meeting with Pauline last Monday(that's after putting a FEW pounds on whilst in Bristol) I'm looking forward to my next trip 'down south' which is around mid December. We have sorted/ordered most of the pressies we'll be getting for the grandchildren this year, I think they will like them!
I've been working rather hard since going back to work, it's getting busier day by day in Newcastle city centre. Just worked twenty hours overtime Saturday and Sunday and looking forward to having tomorrow (Tuesday) off. Sunday should have been a nice 17:30 until 23:30 shift but I got a call at 13:00 asking me to start at 14:07! not even time for Sunday lunch! Luckily I've got a six hour shift tonight so I could be feeling better by Wednesday.
Managed to get myself a shoulder pulley on line for a shade over £8. It was postage free and was supposed to take 7-10 working days to arrive, it came two days later which is great! So now to add to my busy schedule I have to sit and do my shoulder exercises but I have to admit I can feel a difference in my range of free movement already.
Something has just entered my pea like brain which totally contradicts what I typed earlier in this piece and that is how good I'm feeling since losing the weight, it's because I'm sat here with a dressing gown on that used to barely fit me and now looks huge on me, well what a bummer! I now need to contact the Doctor's surgery and make an appointment to get my blood tests re-done some time soon too.
Monday 17 October 2011
Tuesday 4 October 2011
I forgot to.....
I forgot to say yesterday the weather was absolutely fantastic 21-24 degrees everyday, plus after a weigh in this morning I've only put on a couple of pounds which is great, soon get that off with a session at the gym later.
The journey home was good too, not too much traffic and the weather was still good, only passed through one tiny bit of rain that barely wetted the windscreen. The car performed great, we used just under half a tank of fuel coming home, average 77.8 mpg, and just over six hours travelling but that was with two stops of over half an hour each.
The journey home was good too, not too much traffic and the weather was still good, only passed through one tiny bit of rain that barely wetted the windscreen. The car performed great, we used just under half a tank of fuel coming home, average 77.8 mpg, and just over six hours travelling but that was with two stops of over half an hour each.
Monday 3 October 2011
Home again................
Back home again in Sunderland after what seems like a 'whirlwind' visit to Bristol to see family. Everyone seemed in good spirits and content. Thomas has started school and has made plenty of friends, as we missed his birthday in July we took him to 'The Entertainer' toy shop just outside the Galleries Shopping Centre and bought him some new trains for his Thomas The Tank Engine wooden train set. I think he was very pleased with what he had as he took them to bed with him the same night. Isabel is getting along nicely, her speech is wonderful and she appears to have a very logical mind. Noah's speech like Isabel's is great and he's very bright too!
Pauline finally got to see a lot more of Bath, though I did find the 'open top' bus tours a bit disappointing, she also got to visit Cheddar Gorge again. We had a nice surprise when we went to pay the hotel bill too. We originally booked a five night stay which would have cost us £305.00 but about a fortnight ago I had an e mail from Brains Brewery with a special 'book a night get a night free' deal for September. I naturally cancelled the booking I had and rebooked starting a day earlier. Anyway I went to the reception this morning expecting to pay £305.00 as one night was free but hoping it would only be around £250.00 (2 nights at full price in Sept so 2 free nights allowed) only to be given a bill for just over £200.00. The manager had given us 3 nights free as the offer had been repeated for October, so that money has paid the diesel bill.
We did go to The Bear pub in Hotwells last night hoping to bump into an old mate of mine but there was no sign of him so we went to Ashton Gate and gobbled down some KFC, it was lovely I am now waiting to see when I can arrange my next visit, hopefully before or around Xmas.
Pauline finally got to see a lot more of Bath, though I did find the 'open top' bus tours a bit disappointing, she also got to visit Cheddar Gorge again. We had a nice surprise when we went to pay the hotel bill too. We originally booked a five night stay which would have cost us £305.00 but about a fortnight ago I had an e mail from Brains Brewery with a special 'book a night get a night free' deal for September. I naturally cancelled the booking I had and rebooked starting a day earlier. Anyway I went to the reception this morning expecting to pay £305.00 as one night was free but hoping it would only be around £250.00 (2 nights at full price in Sept so 2 free nights allowed) only to be given a bill for just over £200.00. The manager had given us 3 nights free as the offer had been repeated for October, so that money has paid the diesel bill.
We did go to The Bear pub in Hotwells last night hoping to bump into an old mate of mine but there was no sign of him so we went to Ashton Gate and gobbled down some KFC, it was lovely I am now waiting to see when I can arrange my next visit, hopefully before or around Xmas.
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