The wagon

The WW wagon tends to leave me behind at times of need. Wonder how that works?

I had a good WI today, lost 3.5 lbs, so now have lost just over 30lbs. It just doesn't seem real!

My current weight is now 24 st 5.5 lbs, it's a loss of 2st 2.4lbs. I'll take it!

Got Doodles costume done and dusted! Involved a few late nights and lots of headache meds! lol

Will try to get a pic of it today, as today is the class assembly.

Tonight is open house at Myton, so a long drive (hour and a half one way) to pick up JustAL from work, then the long drive back, as if he commutes on the train he wouldn't get home till 8pm.
He has about a 2 hour commute each way, leaves around 5am and gets in about 8pm. Long day for him, thank goodness the contract ends in a another 5 weeks! lol

Anyway, gonna pick AL up, so we can make it back for the open house. We've already done the NLS open house. These are our only two schools that we are willing to put Doodles in for upper school.
We have to get the decision made tonight, so we can apply onlline. Doodles is leaning toward NLS, as they are a arts college, and he is wanting to take Drama as a main course.
Dad is leaning toward Myton, as they are top in the marks of GCSE's and are a top school, not to mention that is the school that AL went to.
So, tonight will tell.

Mom has not made a decision, except that she wants Doodles to go to a school that he will be happy at, as even a top school can't get good grades out of a child who isn't fulfilling, not only his academics, but his passion and Doodles has a definite passion for Drama, so I'm all for a school who specializes in Drama and has good academic scores.

NLS is a arts college and has just this year built a totally new school, that has state of the art things.
They have professional dance studios', full recording studios, a wonderful drama dept, that has several plays a year to perform.
It is also second to myton in academics, so I'm happy for Doodles to attend there.
But we'll give Myton thier chance tonight to impress. lol

The Wagon is driving by now, so must run and jump on it before it leaves me behind again.

Greek soldiers, Glue and Guesswork

What a title huh?

It all goes together, so what can it be that involves all of those things?

Got any ideas?

No?

It's the dreaded 'class assembly'........(insert Jaws theme tune here)

Doodles: Mum, I'm going to be a Greek soldier in my class assembly!!

Mum: Cool! Do you have any lines?

Doodles: Yes!

Mum: What do you wear?

Doodles: Shorts

Mum: What are you lines?

Doodles: It's a surprise!

Mum: Do you need anything?

Doodles: A sword!

Mum: Okay

Doodles: Oh, and a spear.

Mum: mmmmmmmhhmmm

Doodles: Can I have a snack?

Mum: Get an apple or some other fruit.

Doodles: Heads to kitchen.....

Yelling from kitchen.....

Doodles: I need a helmet, too.

Mum: *rolls eyes*

Doodles: mumbling around food in mouth *need helmet*

Mum: Yep, I heard you.

Mum: Do you need anything else?

Doodles: uh uh

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Next Day (Saturday)

Doodles: Mum, What are we going to do for my costume?

Mum: What costume?

Doodles: For my class assembly Thursday *with a definite 'duh' tone*

Mum: your sword, helmet and spear?

Doodles: yeah, and the armor and cape they wear.

Mum: What armor and cape they wear? You didn't TELL me you needed that.

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2 hours later

Doodles: Dad! Did mum tell you I'm a Greek soldier and get to wear a FULL Greek soldier costume? Mum is going to do it.

Mum: What?!??

Dad: Didn't you know?

Mum: NO! He just told me a helmet, spear and sword.

Mum: *going online to see photo of Greek soldier and what they wear* Oh sheeeesh, I gotta do that? Sam!!! You have to tell me these things sooner! When is it due?

Doodles: The class assembly is Thursday.

Mum: *talking to dad* I'll go Monday to the hobby place and get stuff to make it, that will give me 3 days to make it.

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Sunday

Doodle: Mum, will you have it ready by Tuesday morning?

Mum: What?!??

Doodle: It has to be in by Tuesday morning!!

Mum: *looking at dad* And we had another child, for what reason?!?



Yep, he's done it again! Getting information out of that child is like a leaky faucet.....
take time to get small drips of info from him......
Takes time, a drip at a time.....
Is as annoying as all get out!!!!!!

So, ran to Coventry to the hobby place, picked up some brown felt (for leather looking breast plate....
Gold felt (for gold leg armor)
Tan felt (for contrast leather on skirt portion of armor)
LARGE red felt(for spartan cloak)
Gold chain and stone looking decorations (for above mentioned cloak)
Gold mask (to cut apart for hop lite helmet)
Glue
and HUGE bottle of aspirin!!!!!! (not really, took heavier stuff than that!!! lol)

Spent the afternoon cutting and glueing.
Actually have tunic part of the breast plate done.

Gotta love 'em!! lol

So far the week has gone good WW wise. Been under points most days, but that's not unusual on bad fibro days.

My short hair has been great! So much cooler than my long hair was!!

Well, guess I better head to bed, tomorrow will be filled with images of Greek soldiers in short skirts. lol

Long time no see.....

Sorry for taking so long to write.

No excuse really, have had bad days and good days, though the good are few and far between.

The fibro picks the most inopportune times to strike, and then I'm down for days.

A message for Netster: WW is going good, I am being good. I've now lost 27 lbs since I began, two of those was today when I weighed in.

I really try not to look at the big picture, it's so daunting, but when I see the 27 pounds and know I should be chuffed to have done that, I think what little difference it makes to the next 100 I need to go.

I did a search and found some WW wine for a friend of mine (you know who you are!!!), and now I know WHY I couldn't find it in any of the stores I looked at.
I would wonder down the wine aisles slowly, sometimes more than once, searching each and every bottle of wine for the WW one.
I knew it should be there.

Store after store, I searched.

THEN........

I searched the wine aisle again, frustrated, and decided I'd had enough and would go home and call WW to find out who stocks it, when......

I wondered to the end of the aisle, and glanced over at the little side shelf that holds 'mini' bottles of whisky and such, and there..... right there... in the midst of the little bottles of whiskey and gin, is the littles bottle of wine I've ever seen!

WW wine comes in tiny bottles, no wonder it's low points!! I think it's a glass per bottle!
They are cute though!
So no more searching!! yea!!

After WI this morning, I went and got my hair chopped off!! It was midway down my back, simply because it hurts so much to sit for long and knew what pain it would cause, so left my hair to grow and take over my life. lol

Then last night, I had a horrible horrible headache, and just the weight of my hair was enough to cause more pain, so this morning, I loaded up on pain pills, and found a hair dresser that had no steps to climb and no waiting and said 'cut it off'.

She was ever so good and was thrilled it was naturally curly, so I now have it just above my shoulders and she layered it so the curl would be more defined.

Next time, and next 27 pounds lost, and it's going shorter! lol

Will try not to be gone so long next time and remember to post!!