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Post by bop on Oct 27, 2015 12:09:10 GMT
I went on a 5 mile walk with the dog and enjoyed the autumn colours and tried to catch falling leaves  |
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Post by corkwing on Oct 27, 2015 13:24:49 GMT
I try to do a long bike ride every week. I've got up to 30 miles, and I've been losing a pound a week since I've started.
Unfortunately my wheel broke and Kermit had to come and rescue me.
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Post by serrakunda on Oct 29, 2015 16:08:48 GMT
Facial, massage, read a magazine for one whole hour !
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Post by lankelly on Nov 1, 2015 7:46:46 GMT
Oh I like these posts, jealous trying not to be! of facial...massage...chocolate..which singer songwriter was it elderberry? Sounds lovely.
So for me, I have reserved a reduced cost annual membership at the New sports centre opening right opposite our street. Out of our budget at moment but even so but it's a part of my fit/stress plan to swim daily and find myself before I disappear on planet adoption with fiery balls of asteroid heading our way..
Proximity of centre leaves no excuse, it's a far cry from our family beginning seven years ago, 30 mins drive away from a pool in rural bliss.
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Post by serrakunda on Nov 1, 2015 10:37:02 GMT
Lankelly, if there is a 'luxury' I will not give up its my gym membership, it has saved my sanity on many occasions, I've made a good friend there, it's my space. And the coffee shop is a haven !
Good for you,
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Post by lankelly on Nov 12, 2015 22:29:35 GMT
Today my bike came out of repair shop and I rode it to a meeting 're childminding then home... feeling that gleeful sense of freedom that comes with two wheels or a sail. Not cycled regularly for a decade,(the flat lands of Cambridgeshire, unfortunately we now live on a long steep hill in the Peaks.! Now where's the nearest boat club, ?I want to raise a sail.!
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Post by corkwing on Nov 13, 2015 5:36:37 GMT
Sail away, Lankelly! The thrum of the wind in the sheets; the burble of the water under the prow...
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Post by esty on Nov 15, 2015 21:18:50 GMT
Sounds wonderful Tokoloshe is that why you ended up where you are?
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Post by serrakunda on Nov 19, 2015 19:55:57 GMT
Fate tokoloshe
You were meant to find them
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Post by corkwing on Dec 7, 2015 8:26:24 GMT
Went to an aquarium.
Saw young ladies taking selfies with turtles. (Don't get selfies: never been tempted to get a picture of myself obscuring something interesting).
Watched penguins being fed and had chat to their keeper afterwards.
Saw jellyfish being fed - a first for me!
Sat in cafe while the wind whipped the sand along the prom.
And all without any of our kids, but with Kermit, my favourite person in the world!
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Post by bop on Dec 7, 2015 10:47:31 GMT
We had a child free 24 hours - went to a local city, did a bit of sight seeing and shopping, Xmas party night, overnight in a hotel and then lazy Sunday morning before picking kids back up about lunchtime.... First night off on over a year (had to cancel the last two times and Storm Desmond and transport issues tried to stop us this time, but we still went!).
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Post by larsti on Dec 7, 2015 23:22:22 GMT
Have been to cinema with a good friend twice in last 3 weeks.....Suffragette and The Lady in the Van.
Went to Xmas 'do' of a professional organisation DH belongs to. Had a lovely evening
Yesterday evening met up with 6 other ladies who live in my road. We all contributed to a lovely meal and I made a new recipe for the starter. We try to meet up a few times a year but apparently it had been a whole year this time  So all resolved not to leave it so long next time! Left feeling blessed to be part of that group of lovely ladies. All busy in our own ways and all very different. |
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Post by elderberry on Dec 8, 2015 7:49:15 GMT
Lankelly, sorry it took me a month to see your question about the singer-songwriter.
His name is Sam Baker, he comes from Texas. He's a bit of an acquired taste, I think, but he makes me very, very happy. He's also the nicest guy in the world -- he's very liberal with his hugs -- and a poster boy for overcoming adversity and making a life out of what you're given.
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Post by serrakunda on Dec 10, 2015 19:59:25 GMT
Went to Birmingham Christmas market on my own, not sure it's a good idea to quaff mulled wine at lunchtime!
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Post by damson on Dec 10, 2015 21:47:13 GMT
Celebrated my birthday by having lunch out with my friends. We've not been able to get together for weeks due to foster children and work. Great to see them, and grand to talk non stop for two hours with people who get it and know the back story. Dear DH ferried, and even shared a coffee at the end |
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Post by serrakunda on Dec 12, 2015 19:40:05 GMT
Another mulled wine......
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Post by jmk on Dec 13, 2015 7:01:42 GMT
Glad to see you are getting into the Christmas spirit Serrakunda  |
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Post by serrakunda on Dec 13, 2015 9:16:02 GMT
I am doing my best Jmk!
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Post by esty on Jan 22, 2016 10:13:24 GMT
I am sat in Maccie D's eating an egg mc muffin without the bacon and a toffee latte. Feeling quite virtuous as back on 5:2 and it's starting to take affect. Just about to finalise new kitchen before goingm to another care team meeting to talk about ..... Transport.
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Post by damson on Jan 29, 2016 20:10:01 GMT
Met a friend in London, went to the Monet garden history exhibition at the Royal Academy on her Friend of RA ticket so could actually see the pictures Then ate a greedy meal with 0 calories |
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Post by esty on Feb 3, 2016 20:16:59 GMT
Been out with friend and horses on trailer over to Weardale. Rode along glorious stone and grass miners tracks, up and down hills in glorious sunshine, listening to my friend's tales of her erratic lovelife! Brilliant! and for an hour I was without phone reception. Terrible but actually lovely that no one could phone up about any services, or lack of, to do with Big Fish!
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Post by bop on Feb 5, 2016 18:50:26 GMT
After a tricky week, both kids have gone to camp for the weekend and Mr Bop and I are off out for a nice meal.
They are supposed to be away two nights, but both are evry wobbly atm so we've agreed to pick them up tomorrow lunchtime if they are struggling....hoping they have lots of fun!
Bop
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Post by damson on Feb 5, 2016 21:44:06 GMT
Got a new job, and been out for supper with DH and DD to celebrate |
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Post by mudlark on Feb 5, 2016 21:49:00 GMT
Congratulations on all counts!
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Post by corkwing on Apr 7, 2016 10:28:47 GMT
A lady in our church died a while ago, leaving behind a part-finished patchwork quilt full of memories that she had been making for her daughter. Kermit took it and finished it off. We'd not expected anything in return but the lady's widower bought us a package at a hotel. So we spent the night in a suite at a 5 star hotel. We had a four poster bed, bottle of champagne (shame neither of us drink) and a rose on Kermit's pillow at turn down time. Probably the best meal that I've ever eaten in the evening. (Quail to start; red mullet on crab linguine; a beautiful tarte tatin with gorgeous creme fraiche ice cream, plus complimentary canapes, smoked mackerel pate and a blood orange sorbet between the starter and the main course).
Wish I was rich: I could live with doing that again!
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Post by lilyofthevalley on Apr 7, 2016 18:30:13 GMT
I bought a funeral package for myself! It's a load off my mind!
Lily
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Post by mudlark on Apr 7, 2016 22:04:14 GMT
Lily I felt the same when I finally bought( for the first time) life insurance last year...... I think we need to get out more...that hotel Corkwing went to sounds nice........!
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Post by serrakunda on Apr 15, 2016 18:43:40 GMT
Had my eyebrows done
And indulged myself with a rather nice, up cycled shabby chic dining table and chairs
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Post by jmk on Apr 16, 2016 16:39:35 GMT
Photons please, of both furniture and the eyebrows |
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Post by larsti on Apr 16, 2016 19:55:23 GMT
DH and I went for a posh meal to celebrate 30th anniversary
When we go out we usually like to go to theatre or cinema but we both said we should eat out more.
We went to a Rick Stein fish restaurant and everything was absolutely delicious. We had 3 courses which we don't normally do. Fab!
Also I have done some gardening. I have always liked watching/listening to gardening programmes, visiting gardens, reading about gardening, but not really done much.....too overwhelmed with the inside of the house at times.
The new house had a large patch of empty earth at the front. No idea why. Previous owners must have weeded it but there was nothing growing there. Now there are clumps of aubretia, 6 pots of tulips (not in flower will be red), a couple of forsythia bushes and a dogwood, some lily of the valley and some bargain tete a tete daffs. Today I bought three hardy geraniums in packets. Dash helped me dig in some grit and 'organic matter' first and helped plant a couple of things but I was glad when he got fed up and went indoors so I could have some solitude |
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So all resolved not to leave it so long next time! Left feeling blessed to be part of that group of lovely ladies. All busy in our own ways and all very different.
