My cupboard fillers are too numerous…the huge, catering size, dishes no longer used…a slow cooker…a spare kettle, just in case…a soda syphon…soda stream…all the unused attachments to my food processor etc etc. I would swap all of them for your plate warmer!! 😅

It is great to catch up face to face…

Positives for today;
1. I decided to go with a Just One Thing change. My balance has never been good, (even at school) so I think balancing on one leg…each in turn…would probably be a good exercise for me. So I did 90 seconds on my right leg and 60 on my left. I did wobble considerably at ankle level and thought I would over balance but managed not to…watch this space for tomorrow’s times! ⏳⏲️😂

2. This evening I watched a Zoom talk to one of my groups…all about Downton and Highclere. It was fascinating! 🏰🩱

3. As part of the above, I caught up with a number of friends I hadn’t seen since early December…it was only on screen, but good. 👍😉

Pootle you’ve jumped us over to a new page … 129!

Sunny I’m with you we also have a juicer I never use but do have a great hand held one that’s great for lemons and limes. Fortunately I was never tempted by a chocolate fountain.

Pootle, sorry you can’t have my plate warmer! I have so much ‘stuff’! I understand those huge catering size dishes. I’ve given some to my daughter but still have so many. Slow cooker which we use maybe once a year! Spare kettle we have two! Plus the spare toaster for the toast we rarely make these days! Oh and of course the bread maker from pre BSD days! Did I mention the ice cream maker which I think we used once! Problem for us is that these things are mainly ‘out of sight’ so ‘out of mind’. I really need to get my head around decluttering.

Just one positive today….

✒️📖🔖 I’m returning to Tuesday as the start of my week. It’s only been one week of starting on Friday but I’m totally out of step. So today I restarted. I have taken my weight today and my 31/12/24 weight when we went away so over 2lbs down now.
Onwards for me.

Hope everyone can find a positive no matter how small.

Pootle, balance exercises are very important … not that I’m doing any myself. Let us know how you progress with them though.
V, the chocolate fountain was purchased for a grandchild’s birthday party a few years ago and now resides hopefully in one of my cupboards. However no toaster, no spare kettle, no breadmaker…. there is an ice cream maker though! I do use my slow cooker and steamer, so won’t count them as clutter.

Sooo, my positive/s for today …
🛍🛒 food shopping done …. but better than that, scored some bargains at a local charity shop. Three tops, all quality named brands and also and more excitingly, a pale blue horseshoe shaped glass trough vase, for the princely sum of £1.50. I’m delighted with it and it looks wonderful with hellebore flowers in it.

Was going to try for more than that, but actually it is quite enough for today.
Hope you might take a moment to post a positive yourself … we love to read them.

Down is down V. 😄

Just one positive for me today… 2 minutes on each leg…still a bit wobbly but getting better!! 🤔😁

Sunny, your vase sounds lovely… what a find!
I often look round charity shops and it is amazing what they have. I love hellebores, one of my favourite flowers.

Today:
2 minutes each leg again! Think it is going to be a long process before it comes easily to me! 🦵🦵⚖️

The hazel catkins are out, along with the first snowdrops, a few primroses and one lone daffodil! Spring is on the way!! 😻

Hope you have all found a positive in your day today!

My positives are:-
cough and cold finally getting better
got refund on 2 of the dresses I sent back – funny though, the dresses were £60 each so £120 and they have refunded £118. Got an AI dude called liam on to in for me 🙂
Lost the 2lbs I gained from the baguette so ready for my next loss before Tuesday. Verano, I can understand how weighing on a different day puts you out of sync. I like to be in control and have things in a certain order.

Another positive, just jumped up to check on my daffys (re: the snowdrop comment) to see if they are in flower yet. Not yet but leaves are there. Then as I came back in to finish post the electric went off and on again. Thought I had lost my post but I must have saved it. Hooray.

Have a good weekend.

S-g well done on your loss and pleased you’re finally starting to feel better.

Sunny I’m impressed no toaster, spare kettle or bread maker! I wish! My slow cooker is a bit of ‘clutter’ because I use it so rarely. I just have this thing about meat ‘warming’ all day. Mad but there you go. NOW, a steamer, I use mine all the time, maybe 5 times a week or more. I have recently bought a new one and it’s probably number 7! or even 8! My last two were from Lakeland and both lids had the handles fall off but at least I got a replacement the first time and recently a refund. I had thought about having a ‘steam oven’ as I’m replacing my ovens but I believe they’re a nightmare to clean so sticking with my ‘independent’ steam machine.

Pootle I’m guessing you’re in the south, no need to tell me, but we really don’t have any signs of ‘spring life’ here in the North West.

Positives today …..

✂️✂️✂️ My hairdresser has managed to squeeze me in in 10 days after I had to cancel my Friday appointment. Phew! No need to buy ‘spray colour’ for my roots!

💅💅💅 No toe emojis but had a lovely pedicure today so my feet are looking great. Makes me feel good to look at them.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

We are in West Wales V. A frost pocket, so later in season than the Midlands, (where I originate) but earlier than the North!

My positives for today (I think number 1 is a positive 🤪😬🤔)
1. Our new scales arrived in the post…supposedly more accurate and better than our original digital scales! (According to my husband! 🫣) I think it superfluous. Having started weighing on the old ones, I am happy that I know how much weight I have lost…it is about the relativity of the numbers. But it will be interesting in the morning! 🤞

2. I made a batch of the Chocolate, pear and nut brownies from the BSD recipe book and froze most of them. So I can have a small treat! (Recipe says makes 16….I cut them in half so get 32! Not that I’m mean or anything 😂)

3. Shopping for food today, I treated myself to a bunch of tulips! 🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷😄

So good to see lots of positives being posted. Apologies for not adding any over the last couple of days.
Pootle, can understand you reluctance to move to different scales ….. you’re right, it is about the relativity. And well done on persisting with the balance exercises.
SG, glad you are seeing continued progress. I too like the routine of having a definite a weekly weigh in day. Hope you get the additional refund sorted out.
V, strangely I use my steamer far less than my slow. cooker. I really like slowcooked meats like ox tail, lamb neck and the like.

Well now, being ‘absent’ for a couple of days, means it is easy to find some positives ….
🚗🚘 whilst OH serviced her car, DD and I had a good catch up. Pleased to say she already has a job offer on the table and is hopeful of another during the week ahead
🛋🛋 have purchased and fitted slip covers on our rather tatty but still serviceable two seated sofa. Looks so much smarter than the throw that had been on it
🍽🍛🫂 lovely date night last night … tech sidelined, BSD friendly meal, a good catch up on upcoming plans and even a little dancing too. Really good to reconnect

Hope the rest of your weekend will offer up some positives and hopefully we’ll be reading about one or two of them soon

Hi there, I guess you are talking about things that decorate your cupboards but never use. We have an ice cream maker – even a can of ready made custard that is 2 years out of date (so 4 years old) that I was going to use to make low fat ice cream. Also a breadmaker which hasn’t been used for many years. We do have a spare kettle but it is one that goes on the gas hob and comes in handy when the electricity goes off, which it does often.

My positives are:
1. Put our house on the sitters site about an hour ago, already got 2 applications. Only problem is they are in America and our last sitter had so many problems after his New York to Paris flight was cancelled. Need to ask a few questions. We have had so many lovely American sitters it is a shame we are now wary.
2. Hubby putting up new cooker extractor fan and found the new one has its plug in a different place. Not willing to start gouging out holes in the wall to move it I contacted a local builder, again about an hour ago, and already had a reply, he is coming out on Tuesday.
3. This one is not really positive, I have had a terrible bout of diahorreah, positive is I hope it brings some more weight loss :).

Stay warm

Pootle I think I agree with Sunny …. don’t bother with the new scales! Wish I could balance on one leg full stop!

Sunny sounds like you’re back into the swing of your ‘date nights’ and so pleased to hear the job front is looking good for your DD.

S-g read on another thread you have a ‘repeat’ sitter for your house. Assuming they were good last time how good would that be!

So finding a positive at the moment is difficult as I’m living with an ‘array’ of my kitchen gadgets, pots and pans etc. sitting in front of me in boxes and on trestle tables! Just one more lighthearted find today …. a pineapple corer/slicer! I don’t even like pineapple! Can you better that one for a totally useless object?

Pootle, I’ve just done a balance (and strength) You Tube workout with The Girl With The Pilates Mat and thought of you. Link below for a 15 minute workout – you can use a chair or countertop to aid balance, I’m often close to something just in case as my left side balance is compromised.

https://youtu.be/CiuXtA96IfQ?si=XZY8wsSPEhCPD5vV

Positives today:
Husband cooked a really lovely Sunday Lunch – his signature dish of roast chicken accompanied by lots of low carb vegetables (bought by me😉).
Lots of exercise done today – indoor only but I’ve managed 6miles and over 12k steps. I aim for a daily mix of indoor and outdoor but sometimes it’s only inside.
Had a good night’s sleep last night for a change; hardly anytime awake and, sorry if tmi, no need to make a bathroom trip (no drinks after 7pm seems to be the answer – for now anyway).

SG, glad I’m not the only person with very out of date cans lurking! Hope you get your house sitter sorted soon.
V, think you might win with the pineapple tool … can’t think of anything of a similar level of uselessness which I’m hoarding. 🤭😂
Annie, that’s a very impressive exercise result, quite puts me to shame for sure. I generally don’t drink anything after 18.30 to 19.00 and it’s certainly much reduced any need to get up during the night. Thanks for the exercise link, will take a look.

What a lot of news and positives!
Annie, thanks for the link.. I haven’t watched yet, but will in the next couple of days…I really need all the help I can get with balance! ⚖️
I envy you your husband cooking Sunday lunch, my hubby specialises in sardines on toast… so he is a bit flummoxed now I won’t eat the toast! 🍞

V, I think the pineapple tool beats my most useless items! 🍍😂

I hope you find good house sitters S-G..and get your full refund! Also that you recover from the diarrhoea…that is too drastic a weight loss method.

Sunny, good news for DD’s job… Hope it works out for her! Great idea to have a date night!

Today’s positives for me;
1. The new, all singing, all dancing scales ordered by my husband weighed me at exactly the same weight as my old digital scales! 🥴🤣
2. Celebrating today…5 years since I woke at 4am, realised all was not well, called 999, dragged husband off the bed and did CPR until paramedics arrived. I hadn’t been home the night before, and that day I was going to travel to London for a week. So I count my blessings on the 19th January every year! 🙏
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