Joyful June - Week 2
Evening everyone
Mylife - Alaska! Wow, i would love to go somewhere like that, I imagine wide open spaces and lack of people which is bliss to me.
Lav - Im with you on the peanut butter and today I went mad at my parents house and had two pieces of cheesecake & double cream. :no: back to the new regime tomorrow..... Hope YB is ok, is he as lacking in communication with your kids too?
Papmom - 6ibs at ww, way to go girl! Thats what I call a result.
Rustop - Fishing and horse riding, your family sound like a wonderful classic bunch of guys!
Star - Interesting what you say about your joints and diet. Im really going to seriously clean up my act and see if there is any improvment. Im still a bit shocked at having arthritis at 46 and in my feet which will be so debilitating if it worsens. I've also just started taking 1500mg of glucosamine. If anyone has any other alternative tips for arthritis I'd love to hear them.
Cyn - You conjured up some beautiful images for me of you painting the same garage doors your Mum was painting when you decided to make an appearance in this world. I saw in my mind a movie drama spanning decades a lives lived and generations moving on. I hope these memories for you are a comforting nostalgia and not too painful. They are wonderful to have, I still remember at 15 breaking my heart when my parents sold our family home. In my early life due to circumstance we moved something like 8 times in 2 years and I know its had a huge impact on me and is why a home is so important to me.
I have a nice story to tell you. As a toddler I played with the son of good friends of my parents. Over the years as families we spent holidays together and he was as close as I had to a brother. As teenagers we lost touch then at 18 he invited me as his date to his University prom. We never spoke again until we met on a train 7 years later. By that time I was dating my husband and he had married but we went for dinner and caught up. Then I heard through my parents that he'd gone to live in Geneva. I of course then married and moved to Portugal. About 3 years ago I found him on facebook and we have been in regular contact ever since, sharing our ups and downs. Sadly this year his 24 year marriage broke down and I encouraged him to try again harder as from experience the grass is rarely greener.
Yesterday out of the blue he sent me a strange email saying he'd been wondering how the hell he could ask me out on a date! The email included a link to a restaurant in Paris which he says is the most romantic place he has ever been and would I join him there for dinner on the 8th July....!! I think he has been watching too many romantic movies and I politely declined saying I couldnt possibly make it over to Paris in my present circumstances. So instead he has booked a flight to come here and take me for dinner on that same weekend?! We havent seen each other in 20 years and I cannot imagine for one minute there being any romantic chemistry between us, but boy is it quite a story!
To be continued.......
Evening everyone
Mylife - Alaska! Wow, i would love to go somewhere like that, I imagine wide open spaces and lack of people which is bliss to me.
Lav - Im with you on the peanut butter and today I went mad at my parents house and had two pieces of cheesecake & double cream. :no: back to the new regime tomorrow..... Hope YB is ok, is he as lacking in communication with your kids too?
Papmom - 6ibs at ww, way to go girl! Thats what I call a result.
Rustop - Fishing and horse riding, your family sound like a wonderful classic bunch of guys!
Star - Interesting what you say about your joints and diet. Im really going to seriously clean up my act and see if there is any improvment. Im still a bit shocked at having arthritis at 46 and in my feet which will be so debilitating if it worsens. I've also just started taking 1500mg of glucosamine. If anyone has any other alternative tips for arthritis I'd love to hear them.
Cyn - You conjured up some beautiful images for me of you painting the same garage doors your Mum was painting when you decided to make an appearance in this world. I saw in my mind a movie drama spanning decades a lives lived and generations moving on. I hope these memories for you are a comforting nostalgia and not too painful. They are wonderful to have, I still remember at 15 breaking my heart when my parents sold our family home. In my early life due to circumstance we moved something like 8 times in 2 years and I know its had a huge impact on me and is why a home is so important to me.
I have a nice story to tell you. As a toddler I played with the son of good friends of my parents. Over the years as families we spent holidays together and he was as close as I had to a brother. As teenagers we lost touch then at 18 he invited me as his date to his University prom. We never spoke again until we met on a train 7 years later. By that time I was dating my husband and he had married but we went for dinner and caught up. Then I heard through my parents that he'd gone to live in Geneva. I of course then married and moved to Portugal. About 3 years ago I found him on facebook and we have been in regular contact ever since, sharing our ups and downs. Sadly this year his 24 year marriage broke down and I encouraged him to try again harder as from experience the grass is rarely greener.
Yesterday out of the blue he sent me a strange email saying he'd been wondering how the hell he could ask me out on a date! The email included a link to a restaurant in Paris which he says is the most romantic place he has ever been and would I join him there for dinner on the 8th July....!! I think he has been watching too many romantic movies and I politely declined saying I couldnt possibly make it over to Paris in my present circumstances. So instead he has booked a flight to come here and take me for dinner on that same weekend?! We havent seen each other in 20 years and I cannot imagine for one minute there being any romantic chemistry between us, but boy is it quite a story!
To be continued.......
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