Good afternoon.
Sunny I was looking at hydroponic methods for growing orchids and just wondering if you have done that with orchids in bloom? I have one that I would like to change to hydroponic but it’s in bloom. I have another hydroponic plant that my daughter bought for Mother’s Day. I just find them so much easier to look after. All my other plants are in self watering pots!

Pootle how lovely to have a new puppy and new wipers and chocolate!

I’ve been a bit low lately and one result is a mountain, growing by the day, of ironing. So my first positive today is that I have made a dent in the ‘mountain’!
My blossom tree is in full bloom now.
I have an option on a late autumn cruise, just not sure about the weather in the Med in November but anyway something positive to think about.

Hope you day was full of positives.

Ahh I see we’ve jumped over to yet another new page!

Firstly, well done on bumping us on to a new page of positives, Verano.
In answer to the orchid question, putting them into hydroponics is new to me, but yes, I have one in bloom that I’ve just converted. I can’t really say yet how any of them will fair, as it’s only been in the last week that I’ve swapped them over … sorry not to be more helpful.

Anyway, here are a few positives….
🌼🌼 yesterday was sunny and I was able to get out and do some gardening
🌼🌼 found out a new neighbour is a gardener by profession and she has agreed to look after my garden while we’re away
🌼🌼 more organisation for our road trip completed and OH has serviced the car and replaced parts in preparation for the drive

Have a wonderful Easter weekend everyone and if you have a moment, please share a positive with us.

Quick drop in to post a few positives….
🌸🌸 all garden chores I wanted to do before we go away have been completed
🌸🌸 I have shingles, nitbin itself a positive of course, but was able to get an appointment and now have meds, which are already helping
🌸🌸 packing pretty much done, just last minute things to go in tomorrow
What positives have come your way?

I hadn’t realised how long it’s been since I last posted.
Sunny, happy hols, safe journey.

So my positives……
☀️🌈🌤️ A mixed bag of weather today but the sun is shining now!
🥦🫒🍅 Managing to stick to two meals a day at the moment so I’m really pleased about that.
🧺🧳🧺 Almost caught up with my washing. So now I a start to think about packing!

Hope you can find some positives too!

Just thought I would post here today, not just to bring it back to the top, but as there are over 6800 posts, which probably makes it the longest thread, it would be really, really sad for it to disappear!

So……🌳🌷🌿 My garden is blossoming! Apple blossom has been lush this year. My white lilac is in bloom. A red acer that I thought was dying because it didn’t lose all its leaves last winter is looking magnificent. So all looking really lovely.

🧺🧳📚 Washing and ironing all done. Clothes ready to be packed into their ‘pods’, toiletries, pills and make-up all gathered together so everything is ready to just pack.

👩🏻✂️🪮 Hair cut and coloured with ‘highlights’. So after pedicure tomorrow I’ll be ‘holiday’ ready!

If you have any positives, and I’m sure we all had at least one ‘positive’ today, please post. Let’s not let this thread disappear into the ‘ether’.

Thank-you for hiking the positives thread up the listing again, Verano. Hope you have a wonderful holiday.
I’ve been remiss is not posting for so long, so here are a few from me ….
🌷🌷 good road trip to Turkiye and for once not a single ‘duff’ hotel amongst our overnight stays
🌷🌷 catching up with old friends this weekend
🌷🌷 appointment made to have my hair coloured next week
Will try to make a point to drop in more frequently with more positives, but hopefully others will post too

Thought it about time I posted some positives again and bumped the positives thread up the list. Still in Turkiye and these are the high points that easily spring to mind ….
🌻🌻 was panicked by my Dad having an emergency visit to the hospital, but so grateful that my son and daughter in law stepped in to make sure he had support
🌻🌻 bought a succulent and cactus to go into the rockery area I intend creating here
🌻🌻 visiting with some Turkish friends for breakfast and a catch up on news

Hope to see others posting a positive or two here soon.

I am posting today because this subject has gone so far down under the scam and advertising posts it was getting totally lost. So my positives for today are:e

reported around 25 scam posts – hoping to see lots more genuine posts
doing well on my Fast500 paid for plan in my 7 day trial
having lunch in the garden every day – before it gets a bit colder again.

Hi Sg,
I just wanted to pop on to say well done for reporting all of the advertising, it’s becoming ridiculous. I haven’t posted on positives for ages but will start trying to remember to. Here are a few for today:
I turn 60 tomorrow and weigh lighter than I did at the start of the year so am happy about that.
Some nice presents have been arriving in the post:)
Once tomorrow (and a few treats) are over with I feel in a positive frame of mind to continue the Fast800
online plan which I started off well on but which I haven’t made the most of!
Dawn X

Hi ADD, happy birthday.

What do I have as positives today

lost more weight on the paid Fast800 site
Bought 6 courgette plants – hopefully at least 3 will survive as is normal
Raining so cant plant out courgettes but my tomatoes are getting a lovely drink
Keeping this at the top

Putting this back to the top

Positives are:-
Eye test today and everything is fine. They keep trying to find something wrong with me but at least I am being looked after.
Doing well on paid for Fast800 and not feeling hungry as I did when I tried to get back into the BSD after the holiday. Maybe because it is costing me money and I am being monitored – although by a computer programme not an individual person.
Did 20 mins of resistance training. This programme doesnt bother with aerobics as maintaining muscle mass is more important when on low cal.

Keep on posting.

SG and Dawn, thanks for adding positives.
Dawn, belated happy birthday, hope you had a wonderful day and the year ahead brings lots of good things your way.
SG, sounds like the paid programme is working out well for you. Hope your courgette plants survive and are productive.
My positives are ….
🌸🌸 Dad doing well again and is starting to get out and about now
🌸🌸 have started to move things into our villa, should be moving in, in about ten days time
🌸🌸 meeting up with old friends today, looking forward to eeing them and catching up on news

Hooe you all have a great weekend full of lots of positives x

Positives

Lost 3.5lbs and 1 inch on the Fast800
Not planted courgettes out yet but they are doing fine – prefer to lose 2 or 3 or will be living on courgettes in summer
Looking forward to 34 degrees temperatures on Thursday – not really, it is too hot too quick.

The positives, If I comment on this thread it will push at least 5 scams down a few levels. My positives today

Pool has reached 20 degrees, so only 4 more before I swim
Heat wave, but not sure that is so positive – 35 degrees by Saturday, that used to be heat wave weather, now seems to be pretty normal
Enjoying following the Fast800 paid for diet – chicken with balsamic and cherry tomatoes for dinner.

Had my first swim of the season yesterday
Now lost 4.5lbs on the paid diet. Not going to do the exercises as I am swimming which is enough.
Tomato plants doing great – some tiny buds appearing.

WOW I really hadn’t realised that I’ve not posted here for over a month. So I apologise because it would be so sad for this thread to disappear. Thank you s-g for keeping it close to the top.

So three positives….

My first and foremost is that I’ve actually now totally recovered from a double episode of the auto immune disease I have.

I guess my second is that our travel insurance actually agreed to cover our extra hotel accommodation and flight change costs despite the fact that I didn’t see a doctor. There would have been no point really because a GP would have had no idea what to do!

My number three is that I’ve had my first day home when I’ve just eaten ‘healthily’. So onwards and upwards… day 2 tomorrow!

Hope everyone has at least one positive to relish today.

Positives

Finally some welcome rain and my tomatoes, courgettes and geraniums are doing great.
Hopefully sold the house, fingers crossed the buyer gets all their stuff in order.
Daughter is super excited at the prospect of having us back and already making plans for me to join the gym and start a weight training course – she will end up killing me. 🙂

S-g we also have some rain but not sure it’s appreciated quite as much as yours!
Good to hear your house news and hopefully you’ll be back in the UK ‘pumping’ your muscles sooner rather than later.

So here today we’ve had sun, high wind and rain in various amounts throughout the day … bring back the sunshine!

Tomorrow is hair cut and colour so really looking forward to that. I find my hair gets to a certain length, not too long, but then just grows outwards! Just on the cusp at the moment.

Well day 3 of my new regime and all well so far. Just trying to make my 2lb a week goal…. looks possible for this week …. fingers crossed … and mouth shut!

Hope there are some positives out there?

My positives

No news on the house sale is good news, the longer we wait to hear means things are going good – they are at the bank this coming week.
Lost my 1kg a month for May/June so doing okay – worked out 9kgs to Xmas is 20lbs so not too bad taking it slowly.