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also the xray can be important, if there's shards of bone floating around in rare cases they can find their way into your blood stream. very rare, but still a possibility especially as someone stood on it.

I'm not adopted, but me and my hubby would love to adopt one day. we're not in a position financially (or home wise) to do it right now, but we never wanted Sophie to be an only child and as we can't have more children but have so much love to give, we'd both love to adopt.

finding it hard to be positive today but here goes. 1. had a walk. not along one, and it knackered me out, but I still did it. 2. mango. mangos are always positive!! 3. Sophie's new french story books arrived and I read her one about a mushroom and only needed to use google translate for one...

until the spots appear honey, I couldn't tell you. keep looking for spots.

your immune system refuses to recognise the Varicella virus. again. so you have chicken pox. AGAIN. I'm 29 years old and this is about my 10th time... although I have officially stopped counting a few bouts ago...I feel like crap and my darling daughter is to blame, why can't she keep she...

talk to him. directly. about it. it will help. honest!

I am. I've not tried staying on any 1 plan, I am kind of trying to confuse my body into letting me lose weight. I stick to mostly EE though, with occasional original and green days thrown in. I average 1-1.5lbs per week no matter how much exercise Ive done which annoys and upset me when I saw...

Amen to that :(

don't dab it too much, to be honest one of the best things you can use is actually a tampon. individually wrapped, they are sterile and absorbant. put it over or near the hole and bits down on it, or put it in your cheek. dont keep dabbing it, or the clot wont form and it'll keep bleeding.

"So how come everyone looks gorgeous in their Avatar photos?" Cant speak for everyone but I owe mine to makeup, well done hair and Photoshop.

An Apple. going to have a nice hazel latte in a bit too.

I collect mincers lol.

I think I hate bubbly and chubby the most.

dairy free chocolate is getting better depending on the brand, but dairy free cheese should just all be put in a hole and blown up with bombs because it's horrible lol.

Beautiful. for some reason it made me think of the teacher who saved my life once. I was at my lowest, feeling invisible and he asked if I was ok and invited me into his office for a chat. He could have walked past like everyone else, but he didn't and I'll never forget it xxx

I love the asda Ranch salad mix, but I make my own coleslaw most of the time using one of the shredders/graters on the top shelf of this photo but I do own a food processor too, I have a Kenwood cheapy jobbie from tescos and it's not great, but it does the job.

Decent beer. I'd prefer to syn one small bottle of decent, REAL beer than have pint after pint of alcohol free. proper cocoa. If I fancy a mug of hot choccie, I will make proper cocoa but make it with sweetener and my milk allowance so it will be just the cocoa powder I'm synning. White bread...

this is what hubby does on nights. he has "breakfast" of a large meal at 6pm or so which is generally what the ret of the family has as their dinner, works 8-7 (including the travelling in this) with "lunch" at about 1-2am generally consisting of sarnies and fruit, then has his "dinner" of...

I love salad bars but i avoid cos i thought they were all bad lol. well, no. not quite. too tempting with the naughty things.

I measure my milk, it goes in one of these, with a blank lid instead of the sports sippy lid: and then it's the only milk I touch. family knows if they make me a cuppa, they have to use my flask for me and the carton for themselves lol.

it could be lactose intolerance rather than an allergy. what you need to request is a hydrogen breath test. this is where they make you drink a pint of milk, wait a while then give you a breathalazer to see what your H levels are. if they're high, it's LI. most GPS wont do it though as it's a...

o.O the heat kills most things.......... but I'd never do it lol.

I have glasses, had a bad experience with soft contacts years ago; they wern't quite right for me and a little fuzzy, so when i lost one i never noticed... and pinched my eyeball trying to remove this non existent lens. since then it's been glasses all the way lol. also i look weird imho without...

no, but only cos i forgot lol.

I do use mugshots etc but not as my first choice for meals, she says while tucking into a spicy sweet and sour one lol. I am having a hard time trying to kick myself back into routine, we've had a couple of weeks of nightmare stress events and a trip to the mum in law's (where i can't exactly...

I only do green if I want a thai curry which i make using fresh coconut! I spend the whole day being extra good, have my curry and am back on EE the next day lol.

I've done 100% and still only lost 1.5lbs in a week. I generally hover around the 1.5lbs loss mark, never lost more than 2 no matter how good i have been.

WW, calorie counting, VLCD using milkshake powders (dairy free), and finally undiagnosed eating disorder of some form... when i was 16 I stopped eating properly, over exercised, saw myself as fat, lied to my parents about what I'd eaten during the day, occasionally binged on crap but could...

I didn't give in to cravings yesterday at my mum's house. when confronted with a choice of highly synned cake with dairy in that would have broken my resolve AND given me a jippy tummy for days, I stuck to my dairy free millionnaire's shortbread at just 4 syns.

mine are all in a basket, in the jars they came in. we buy paprika and cumin in bulk and decant them though, but the rest of the bag we put in the freezer as this preserves the flavour longer.

we had two boys from the same litter. they fought, one lost a load of weight and we ended up having to separate them when the smaller one ended up badly injured by the bigger one. they're lovely pets though, Chocolate is nearly 4 and he's very much part of the family. Phil (sent to live with my...

massive SW friendly lunch at my friend's house. it was a bring a plate pot luck thing, only stipulation was it had to be SW friendly. I had a plain baked potato topped with prawns and crabsticks in a low fat, home made seafood sauce (about 1.5 syns for my portion) mixed salad, coleslaw (home...

I'm not sure, I don't want to change any decisions I have personally made because I feel they've all led me here and I'm pretty happy where I am. BUT I'd love a holiday in the victorian era, but only as someone rich. or the 1940s, but only if i could have a guarantee i'd not die!

I've found I get fuller more quickly with spicy foods, but that's just me.

woman on the bus this morning. I PAID for my child's seat, so kindly stop muttering about how she's taking up a seat. 1.we were near the back, so not taking up a priority seat... 2.it was 10:30am and the bus was nearly frigging empty and 3.WE'D PAID SO SHE HAD A RIGHT TO SIT THERE!!!!! 4. she's...

I did a VLCD last year. I lost nearly 2st. I then put it back on again pretty much as soon as I reintroduced real food :(

this one is also dairy free, doesn't taste too bad either. BUT personally after two days on this I was clawing the walls, depressed and craving protein. Meal replacement protein powder drink

jim prepared for a potential lack of fuel by raising the seat and handlebars on my bike (he doesn't have one and I still can't ride since the hand operation) so he could bike to the station, drag my bike across london on the tube and bike from the station near work to his depot. but we have a...

they are the same thing.

granulated sucralose. I can't use the tablets as they all contain lactose as a binding agent.

a 5 syn bag of m+s mini pretzels. well worth it.

mmmmm avocado.

also, check your vitamin B intake. your body could be craving carbs to stave off tiredness, and tiredness can be helped with vitamin b.... and what the others said. eat carbs, go on! enjoy!

I consistently lose on 10. I stop if I go above 13 or below 7.

I went into town with a strong purpose of buying a new bra to celebrate my losses, and a fondant pig from thorntons to have a treat. once I got there, however, I decided that instead of spending stupid amount of syns on chocolate which would inevitably make me ill and angry with myself, I'd...

I might send one of my mates with the money to get me one next week lol.

I don't have a motto, but the thought I keep in my head is "I will not become my mother".

I am proud of having harvested the first of this year's home grown purple sprouting brocolli.

it's also not just about your losses, it's about keeping up the weight maintenance. if you lose too quickly or your body believes itself to be in starvation, as soon as you start to eat "normally" (i.e. give up SW etc) you will put all of the weight and more back on because your body will hold...

sounds like dehydration honey. you're not secretly my sister are you?!

I'd love a rat!!! so cute, and thanks ;)

I went t the pub yesterday with my hubby, child, parents and sister. everyone else had chips, onion rings etc. I had a lean steak, dry baked potato (with butter buds... not sure I like them!) and salad.

I'm proud because I dug out my "summer" bag of clothing, and rather than ignore the 3/4 length twill denim trousers i bought in 2010, I pulled them out. they fit. THEY FIT!!!! and comfortably, not any of this "well it fits but I can't sit down..."

doesn't the jogging need the board? so not so much pottering... I like to put freestep on and then watch telly. might do some while watching neighbours today actually.

instead of eating rubbish, I've gone for healthy options.

pix, those are awesome. well done.

I've had a similar problem this week, but crisps for me not chocolate.

I love my wii fit.

Dear charity electronics and home store: Y U No have any condenser dryers?! *sob*

I've ordered some because I found out today their nutritional info lists sugars as "negligible" which means: LACTOSE FREE. I am looking forward to some smoked mackerell, I love the stuff but have bee avoiding it because I like it drenched in butter. not eaten it in a year and a half because of...

works for coriander too. I've never managed to get coriander shoots to get over about 5cm high before they just die, but I have a year old ex-supermarket coriander which I split into 4 pots..

my ex SW consltant. ran into her in asda and although I got a curt hello, I also got a funny look over my trolley and a "humpf". just so you know, woman, I don't just shop for myself. And I don't even like the paprika pringles you'd undoubtedly seen ad were judging! 1. they're on offer, hence 3...

my sink is shiny, washing up all done, and I got dressed to shoes today lol.

Grow some of your own if you can... although that said I keep shouting at my purple sprouting broccolli plants (a year old and about ready to flower and give me PSB to die for) telling them to hurry up.

bias binding is REALLY difficult for a beginner though.

I'm proud of myself because I am wearing a skirt that's not fitted me in a year and a half, and because I didn't give in to a mini doughnut ball.

or if you are totally set on making your own, instead of buying fresh fabric, why not look in a charity shop or discount store for a duvet cover? they have a lot of fabric in them lol.

I am a MASSIVE FlyLady fan!

I appologise for my "n" key related typos above... somat's up with it o my laptop. I am havig to really press it hard.... LOL!!!

I only had a TV cos I bought it, £5 from oxfam lol. mum used to take the plug off though. That's why I learned to wire plugs ;) lol you hide a 60p plug from wilkinson's in the hole you've found in your bed-base, wire on a new plug, shove in some headphones, put a pillow along the bottom of the...

there are 2 in my area, but I'd feel sooo embarrassed doing that in the open lol.

yes it is. but I do't thik it'd work, you're better off trying direct heat. pop a slighty damp towel or flannel i the microwave for 30 secs, check how hot it feels the lie on your sofa or bed with it over your face but also draped over the top of the head too. you eed to warm all of the sus...

yes they probably are connected. you could do with seeing your gp and telling them too. tell them that you've see the dentist and what the dentist did. basically there could be a pocket of infection the dentist has essentially sealed in with your new filling so you'll need strong antibiotics...

only tomato. really not feeling too well today so I'm no expecting to eat much.

is brocolli soup nice? (course it is otherwise you'd not cook it...) what I mean is, I like my brocolli for eating with a little bite to it, not too soft. does whizzing in a soup make it feel odd or is it a nice texture?

1. found a pot of SW friendly coleslaw in the fridge which I made a couple of days ago and is still edible. had a massive lunch of that, cream cheese (hexa), ryvita (hexb) and am on top of the world lol 2. been reading the FlyLady blog and am learning once and for all how to care for my home...

my mum used to give me pontefract cakes and home made sherbert when i was a kid lol. we've always joked that my junk food came from healthfood shops hahaha.

WOO! I love it, and looking at it they're a simple open cable but cut off at the top and bottom of a pattern repeat... I'm joining a knitting circle next week lol. awww honey, he's not worth it. if a man can't accept you for who you are, body included, he doesn't deserve your time ;) you WILL...

for me the boobs arn't about vanity. I've had pain for years from the *******, my spine is sightly deformed as is my rib cage, I have permenant strap marks on my shoulders :(

depends on where you're going and if you can get a bargain here ;)

SW burger and salad.

wow. they'd hate Basildon. we have (going from the end of town nearest my house to the opposite end) 99p mart poundland poundword and 99p shop (like yours... tips: some cosmetics are awesomely reduced but don't trust the nail varnish, their willow trellis lasts years, don't buy anything...

I would err on the side of the sticks being free, for one thing they're a woody piece of vegetation, and for another you're not actually swallowing a lot of what comes out.

I find weekends hard because sunday I tend to sit on my bum eating crap lol. so I make sure the fridge is stocked with lots of SW goodies.

Applying to my PCT for special consideration of individual funding of a boob reduction. as for a tangible gift... aa pretty, posh dress? in all I had 3.5 st to lose or there abouts. when I hit 1.5 st lost I am buying myself this knitting pattern and the yarn needed to make it. o w l s |...

well done (and that dress is a stunner)

I designed one years ago that I'd like... still trying to convince jim that me having a tattoo done FOR ME, somewhere discreet and again FOR ME not for fashion or him or anyone else is a good thing.

Silver Cash Stash | IWOOT his is the note version, but I have one that holds pound coins on my keys. what's on my mind now is how many compliments I got last night and how quick this was to put in, but how long it took to take out.

want but don't have. 1. no spare cash for that kinda thing, 2. hubby hates them. can I ask a question... do finger tattoos hurt?

awww lovely!

tell you what, you can have my boobs when I get them cut off lol.

dyjliw you call the council to ask about offers for housing and get inadvertantly told you're in the top 20 of the waiting list. less than a year (conservatively... less than 6 months if not being conservative) and we'll be out of this overpriced, mould infested rat-hole.

completely normal love lol.

Boobs and post-c-section tummy "apron"

from our home in Basildon, Essex to his work in West London? 3 or so hours each way on public transport? heeeell no. it's ok. he called his friend PinHead who lives near and works at the same depot. He's having Mr Pin's home made chilli for lunch. what's on my mind now is how the hell do I...

I can't eat wholemeal bread without nasty side effects, good luck.

are you having the rice and the potato together? I know technically it's ok but really your body will be storing one or the other for later.

one piece of advice: don't lie to yourself. write all food and drink that passes your lips down properly in a diary, as soon as you've eaten/drunk it.

what's on my mind? hat my husband is a numbnut. he's gone to work with no wallet. *someone's* going to starve today because he didn't take lunch either. I've now put a preloaded cashpod near his wallet for him to put on his keys. it contains a special piece of paper offering the bearer ten of...

1) bathroom scales registered a loss again, which is always good. I'm not trusting how much of a loss it is though. seeing the practise nurse on friday so I'll get her to do it. 2) saw two friends in asda today that I've not seen since before xmas and both were surprised at my weightloss, which...

omg I love falafel. do you make your own or use a mix?

knowing tomorrow evening I am going to go WAYYY off plan, but knowing I'll be doing it with some awesome friends and for a flipping good reason. and plus the fact, I'll probably get diarrhoea from the food so it'll not be all bad lol. and I have lots of exercise planned for when I have recovered...

I hate sitting next to people on public transport. I've found a better deterant to them is knitting, and a serene smile on your face. it freaks the hell out of poeple. as for getting them not to eat on trains, I agree. HB Egg all the way.

skillet chicken, salad, sw friendly home made coleslaw, home made wedges. the mayo in the coleslaw by portion and the tiny bit of mayo i had on the side, it would be about a syn and a half, but i didn't have all of my coleslaw so I'm saying a syn.

I gave into a craving so I've just had a ham sarnie made with white crusty french stick followed by jelly (sf) and ice cream (lactofree). I know it's terrible, but I have been craving that combination of foods for over a week and intend to be good for the rest of the day!

apple and cheese.

4 syn worth of lactofree ice cream. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

that's why I have a trolley token on my keys. sick of hearing "I took it for sophie's dinner money"

well done. about 4 hours depending on traffic and road taken ;)

unthoughtful people: dearest child. please grow an immune system sometime soon because I really think you'd get on better with one. yours sincerely, your knackered mummy. slap cheek is doing the rounds at school guess who's in the first wave of illness...? yep. my kid and her best friend.

as long as there are people like us, the printed word will never die. the tactile sensation of a book in your hand, the smell of old pages or new ink. mmmm nothing like a good book. right now I am on The Trouble with Lichen by john wyndham. it's part of a 1970s paperback box set I'll never part...

you eat three ryvita as a healthy extra.... then want another three lol. no. no giving in.

I have times when I violently wake up from a dream, thus shaking the bed enough to wake the snoring bed companion, I have it down to the fine art of not waking them completely, but just enough to get them to move... be it husband or child lol.

nope. the benefits of being a pagan married to an atheist, living in a lactose free household lol!!! I could really go for a cream egg though. but I just try and remember the pain and discomfort and that seems to keep me away from them most of the time.

oh honey, Fybro is so hard. my mum has it. she has great days when she can do all sorts of stuff, and others when she can barely raise an arm. basically I'd go for exercise when you can, and do what you can. even if it's a few lifts of a baked bean tin xxx hugs.

I prefer EE, but I do plan my days and therefore meals around what I fancy for dinner. for instance a burger night will be a red, if I fancy thai curry it'll be a green and I'll weigh my chicken content for the curry so that I can afford some coconut etc. but yeah, I do mostly EE.

yep. that too. just had a conversation with 3 generations of my friend's family and they're of the same opinion. and found out a secret about one of my male friends... HE does it! HE is a sex line worker and makes £90 p/w!!! his sex line work is why him and his wife could afford a new car last...

I know plenty of hippies who don't use chemical cleaning or deodorising agents, but generally they smell of essential oils. or insence. or... you know, specialist herbal remedies of the hemp related variety...!!

1. I read the flylady website on how to care for a house. sooo gonna give it a go. I'm a chronically terrible housweife. 2. had my first proper bath in a fortnight. been living with sink-washes and the very occasional shower when hubby could help me, but immersing myself in hot, scented water...

Emma has mathematical calculaions going through her head and is wondering what her PCT would say if, when she hits 10st she applies for indivudual funding for a boob reduction to stop this god-awful pain. even at 10st (age 19) I had massive norks, they've got a lot of actual boob tissue in them...

awesome, the Migraine has been collected! that heap of junk car is officially no longer our problem!

you get the news that your blown up, heap of crap renault sold on ebay. money HAS changed hands and logbook HAS been filled in so sale is complete. WOO!

1. stitches out today and my hand hurts a whole bunch less than it did before having them out. got a specialist dressing on to soften the dead bits. 2. my new day dress fits and looks beautiful. 3. papsi max is back down to £1 a bottle in asda lol. (stopped off on the way home to get some more...

nowt since my readybrek pancakes this morning (do not follow any internet instructions to make these, they're not great and I prefer the rolled oat version) and red berries. but i am about to eat spagbol. again. for the 4th time since friday.

by BMI I should be 7st 2lbs. at 8st 4lbs I looked ill, we're talking crack addict ill lol (last time I was that thin I was 17 so that's 12 years ago)

lol, there will be pics on friday. I don't want to risk falling over and ripping the dress or getting something down it etc before thursday evening, and also the full effect will be with makeup etc. I scrub up well lol.

I have two today, the first is from yesterday;) : you find a dress in a charity shop. not only does it suit you, but it's a size smaller than expected and therefore makes you smile more. you tell hubby you have literally nothing to wear for a posh night out this week. he doesn't believe you...

biscuits at my brother in law's house. they were vegan as well so I couldn't even give myself the "no you can't eat that it has milk in" excuse! ditto for bacon sarnie there too.

I'm not hugely well tavelled. leuven in belgium is stunning. normandy was rainy and boring for me as an 11 year old the south of france was sunny, beautiful and relaxing for my honeymoon. best holiday though...? got to be last year in norfolk. 1 week in a self catered chalet with hubby and...

left over spag bol for lunch, and an apple. no idea about dinner tonight though.

sorry, I'm 29.

i'm an 18, and my hubby's L stuff only just fits me so I would reckon yeah an xxl would work.

I have an ikea box which I take out with me with food in it. it's so old I don't have a picture of it lol. if you're going out and want milk as your hexa, put it in a flask and take it with you. I bought a "one green bottle" for sophie's lunch bag last year and I was so impressed with it that...

have you spoken to anyone about your grief and depression babes? it could be worth making a gp's appointment. asking for help does not make you less strong <3

dinner which was AWESOME for two reasons: whole meal was free and super free except for my optional mayo, and it took me and hubby less than 20 mins to throw together. chicken breast with a mexican inspired spice paste made by yours truely,cooked by hubby (hand still not good enough to be able...

dear friend's little girl. it's ok. I was amused. I'm sorry your mummy told you off for asking me if I had a baby in my tummy. I found it funny 'cos you're only 5, she obviously didn't lol.

ham sarnie, bread is heb. ham, lettuce, mayo instead of marge. and a banana.

I've been a slow loser so far, so I thought I'd mix it up a bit and do a little body confusion lol.

last thing I ate was a bag of walkers frenchfries last night. mmmm. this morning I'm just too tired to contemplate food right now so I shall take a banana in my bag on the school run and probably eat it once minime is in class.

chocolate. I decided to play and put victory rolls in my hair instead. obligatory hipster style above the head duck face shot

what a git! yes I think a strongly worded letter deserves to be sent. and if you're really in the mood for a barney, your local paper will LOVE human interest stories like this.

lemon juice or toothpaste and cold water. wash hands like you would with soap.

fry up. well. no. foreman-ed bacon and "fried" slice grilled BGTYS sainsbury's sausages (2) fried egg (worth the oil syn) baked beans mushrooms cooked in soy sauce = happy child because she thinks she's had a really unhealthy treat, happy hubby because he knows that even though he's had a fry...

I oversyn if I am out, but I refuse to oversyn things I am weighing, measuring and calculating to make them perfect lol. my measuring spoons have had more use in the last 2 months than they have in the last 2 years!

apple, redcurrants, raspberries, strawberries, blackcurrants, blackberries, blueberries and a little watercress, but not much as it was the end of the bag. my lack of watercress made me want to cry as I'd been fancying it all morning and I think hubby fed some to the fecking guineapig.

take the / out of the first

3 for most supermarket brands I think, it's 2 for 1tbsp. I'm trying to develop a taste for extra light mayo but it's just not happening. it's just not freaking mayonnaise lol.

half defrosted frozen red fruits. redcurrants, blackcurrants, strawbs, rasps, blackberries, blueberries... sprinkled with less sweetener than I normally use (trying to gradually cut it out completely on my fruit, don't think I'll manage it though I have such a sweet tooth). they were half...

mugshot. I'm having a real off day lol.

my mum has tea like that.

I can't give up my marge lol. can't face a dry sarnie ;)

you get sent the wrong fecking handbag. grrrr. update: contacted the company, they are sending out the right one today so i shall get it sometime between tomorrow and monday, and I have to send the wrong one back to them, but they will refund the postage costs to me. this is me publically...

when your husband comes home in an awful mood because he's lost something and knows it's his own fault. his own toolbag (not his work one)with £200 worth of tools in it. I am just hoping one of his work colleagues has seen it in the carpar and picked it up to take care of it, but we already...

I'll have a look when I pootle into town tomorrow!

yep, you didn't eat enough earlier on. also yu didn't have enough of the really healthy stuff so your body is saying "I'm hungry" which your brain is picking up as "eat carbs. now."

an apple. still kind of hungry though, so just planning my food for the rest of the day so I can decide what to have for the rest of my brekkie!

well done for staying strong.

thanks people. for the first time ever, I am actually glad he's on night shift!

I've been trying to keep to minimal syns, because I'm really fat for my height I've gone for 7-8 instead of 5 as a minimum, 10 as my max and we'll see how I do on this. it's kind of hard though because dairy free marge doesn't come in a low fat variety so i'm having to just cut it down loads so...

again?!

all day: not had to resist anything, been happy with my sensible food. last 2 hours: fecking everything bad.

hubby. your dad has had a few strokes and is relatively ok. please talk to me about it. I need your support right now after my mum's news that she's undergoing tests for TIA and possible larger stroke. this is making me want to do nothing but eat and cry and I need someone to just hold me and...

it's ok, I'm dyslexic. my brain fills in the gaps lol.

fluffernutter ryevita. 4.5 syns and worth every single one.

don't be cross. draw a line and move on. it sounds like you had a terrifically terrible day, I don't blame you for eating what you did.

left over spag bol. tonight's dinner will be chicken risotto.

14 mini weetabix. late brekkie.

1. finished casting off my new jumper. started on the sleeves. 2. made dinner with minimal help from hubby 3. drafted, cut out and shaped a pattern for a new dress. now to get over my fear of cutting into beautiful fabric and in under a week i will have a dress to go out in lol.

some people deserve a high five. in the face. with a chair.

yes it would be because you'll be barely using any, flavourings are very strong.

hugs, and sorry for your loss honey.

I'm non-group. I left my group recently because I hated it. I weigh myself in boots on the same day as my group was.... and i know EXACTLY what's gone wrong this week lol.

that's an awesome idea for my mum's mother's day lol!!! DYJLIW you plan a quiet, healthy, SW friendly lunch in with two friends, and it turns into a less quiet but still healthy, SW friendly lunch in with 4 friends and two kids lol. we all brought something to add and ended up with a pile of...

I dream of a world of freedom. a world where a chicken can cross the road without its motives being questioned. (also my husband can't read maps and I can. go figure.)

omfg the Sicilian lemons are my faves!!! dyjhiw you get a new piece of jewelery and then keep smacking yourself in the face with it. ok so the medicalert tag will save my life, but it's so gonna break my glasses/mug/a tooth at some point.

it's surprisingly easy to modify a pre-made form too, all you need is cotton wool or an old duvet or pillow, a cheap stretchy t shirt in a size or so smaller than you are, string or cheap yarn and a (old? cheap?) bra that you know fits. adjust the form to near your proportions, then put the bra...

I love dressers.

don't feel rubbish. I am proud today because I've had to remove some of the stuffing from my home-made dress form, Doris. she's a replica of my body for me to fit patterns to. so this means, I've started to obviously lose weight lol. she's made from a bin bag, some hazard tape (cheap lol)...

I'm sorry I can't help, but I didn't want to read and run either. I just want to send hugs.

I've pm'd you a free pattern from the Victoria and Albert museum... same vintage style, but much less "grown up".

ikea is awesome for small kitchen ideas and solutions. even if you're not getting a whole new kitchen they've got some excellent stacking boxes and such.

I was lying in bed thinking i should have clarified last night lol, so glad someone did it before me hahaha. 8oz in weight of splenda would be bout 6 jars i think lol!

that's great that it's been caught early. I wish someone would tell my father in law to use his fecking kit.

yep. all the freaking time.

I've had a terrible week due to the hubby cooking and the operation etc... so I am thinking of not going and weighing myself this weds and taking it one day at a time until next weds.

I understand the feeling of loss honey, but believe me the pain does decrease.

Pix, they're lovely. I also do incubator blankies, 1ft sq NICU safe/sensitive skin yarns. some parents of deceased babies keep them in memory boxes. I love that idea. some bury them with their babies, I also love that idea too.

I'm a 34 JJ. I hate them, hubby loves them of course lol.

1. got an epi pen today so I can enjoy summer and not panic that i'm too far from a hospital just in case of stings. 2. new handbag lol booked my favorite hairdresser for near when I am going out (pre paid, all inclusive night out. all food, drinks and entertainment is included in the bargain...

that's fine jez, sophie hates buckles anyway lol. I'll let you know ;)

mine are still fricking massive.

I'm so glad someone's pointed that out. I know it's common sense but I have been looking at my friend and thinking "how are you losing so much you cowbag?!"... she's losing so much because she's much bigger than me (and doesn't have a thyroid problem lol). stay within safe limits Shezza1...

lol, yeah. there's charts all over the net for everything from 5lbs down. below 1lb it's mainly burial clothing though an I can't bring myself to make those just yet because it's just too sad. I tried making a burial dress to donate and I cried so much when it was finished that it became a dress...

chicken broth .1 oxo cube in a mug, pour on boiling water and stir til dissolved. it's a thin broth and it will also rebalance your electrolytes if you've been vomitting or diarrhoea-y.

I don't want my boobs to become bags :( BUT I also don't want the pain of heavy boobs any more.

for a cable that's pointing diagonally to the left, slip the first half of the stitches onto the work and hold them in front of the work. for the cable that's pointing to the right, hold the stitches behind. ONLY to a stitch movement on a knit row for it to stand out on the front. hope this helps.

I crochet preemie clothes too, every time I do a hat I have to measure it and check against the charts to make sure I'm NOT just making a boiled-egg cosy!!! Jez: oh wow! thankyou! I'm pootling off into town sometime this week, I'll look for a pair to use as a base lol ;)

1 US cup is 8oz.

dyjliw you complain to hubby that your search for a lasting handbag has been fruitless. he agrees you require a decent, lasting bag. he also likes the style you've been looking at. when confronted with one you've picked, he went to ebay and searched for over an hour and came up with EXACTLY the...

Jez, my daughter would kill for your sparkly shoes lol. I get most of my yarns in the hobbycraft sales, they reduce really expensive yarns down to pence. I also get yarn on ebay. most yarn sellers know about dye lots etc so it's handy. fabrics I get mostl in second hand shops. you'd be...

DYJHIW ebay snipers win stuff from under your nose. Well, two can play at that game.

gingernut biscuit. 2 syns. worth each one.

I salute you too. saying no to cheesecake, garlic bread and bbq chicken? well done!

my favorite line of a film: "you kill bugs good". starship troopers. amazingly terrible film.

WICKED!!! A- AVAILABLE: nope. happily attatched. B- BIRTHDAY: dec 15th C- CRUSHING ON: hmmmm...too many to choose lol. D - DRINK YOU LAST HAD: pepsi max E - EASIEST PERSON TO TALK TO: my husband, my brother Tom, or my sister Loo. F - FAVORITE SONG AT THE MOMENT: Avalon, Roxy Music G - GIRL OR...

I love seeing other people's stuff!! I knit, I crochet, I sew... right now though I hold my left hand and shout at it to make it heal quicker. most recently though I used my embroidery machine to make my mum a personal birthday pressie. it's big enough for her GCSE Art a4 folder and a pencil...

me too. mine's a star and she's growing into an amazing lady. she will also be my weapon of choice in a zombie apocalypse. picture on the laptop says "look to your left, the first thing you see will be your weapon in a zombie apocalypse. what is it?"

oh yes, The Color Purple. one of my fave books too. also, Logan's Run. it's kitsch, 70s, tacktastic but I loves it.

i'd love a decent, leather handbag. I'm envious of my sister. she's 14 and found one in a jumble. it's very of it's time, 1950s, but it's lovely all the same and she takes such good care of it. it cost her all of 50p. moobag.

DYJLIW someone asks about the bandage on your hand, you answer with a quip about your 30th being this year and having your palm jewel removed as it's about to turn black, and they actually get the reference to the film Logan's Run.

you have a brainless moment and only realise halfway through your lovely cup of (caffeinated, a rarity for me) coffee that you not only put normal sugar in it, you also added cream. WTF brain?! oh well. at least it's only a teacup size cup of coffee so not too much damage done but still! does...

they're creating a new slave underclass. it's disgusting.

I love kid's books. Michelle Magorian, Lois Lowry, Monica Hughes... all great writers for young adults.

banana sarnie and a cuppa.

Where are you from ? originally, Nottingham. moved to Colchester, essex at the age of 9, went to uni in chelmsford and met my hubby there, moved with him to his dad's in wickford, and again moved to basildon when i got a job there. kinda stayed here. What football/Rugby team? none. Favourite...

*hugs* as a parent of a child with a cyclic fever disorder, I feel your pain honey. keep calm and carry on.

it is amazing, it's taken a lot of organisation too. we've been at it over a year now with a 2 month break last summer. it's lovely.

personally I'd go forsomething in this vein; only have it white as the main colour and navy for the trims. it's nice and high so nice and modest, but still very grown up too. this picture is just and example, but any seamstress worth her salt could whip it up I reckon lol

Children of Men. the only film I can totally say is better than the book imho. I also love UP lol.

well a bought ham sarnie is normally about 6 or so for just the bread so if it's two quarter triangles then 3 for the bread and add a few for the marge?

yep. it'salso that enzyme that's said to bring on labour in late pregnancy, but you'd have to eat about 12 raw, freshly prepared pineapples for it to actually have any effect on labour lol.

I have just had spagbol with extra veggies thrown in.

aha! got to love the internet. it contains a plant enzyme called bromelain. it's a chemical that's incredibly similar to one of your own stomach juices. synthetically produced Bromelain is used most commonly as a meat tenderiser as it breaks down proteins, so basically what you're feeling...

programme dated 03/01/12. prince's tuna has not been £2.50 for 4 since last year's "2 for a fiver" at tesco in about november.

it could just be a phase. I hope it passes honey, it must be so hard.

left hand: please stop hurting. it's 4 days post op and I'm meant to be able to remove the support bandage and just have the dressing over the wound, but you hurt too much for me to even contemplate being without support. please heal a little more quickly. thanks. your owner.

I can already feel a difference in my left hand since the operation, I have more range of movement which is amazing. can't wait to start knitting again. my friend heather is pregnant and past the 12 week first danger zone... can't wait to start knitting tiny things lol I got a present in the...

yes I do. I've found it's not so bad if I freeze it first, and it gets worse the more ripe the pineapple is. I dont want to see my gp about it as I'm scared he'll say it's another allergy and I can't face losing another thing I love lol.

that's so cool! use a hipflask maybe?! I have a small flask from onegreenbottle which I measure out my milk into. 1. i have to take my milk to friend's houses so I can have a cuppa anyway and 2. I know that's my Hexa for the day lol. http://www.onegreenbottle.com/one-little-green-bottle that's...

I wanted to study english and linguistics at bangor, but kinda cocked up my a levels with alcohol and effing about too much... ended up listing all low points courses at the last minute and sticking a pin in the list. got in at anglia poly in chelmsford studying some crap to do with computers...

one of my fave books is my signed first edition of The Selfsufficientish Bible. And I'm mentioned on the acknowledgments page lol. for fiction books, I have a few I go back to time and again. Memoirs of a geisha Arthur Golden the time traveller's wife audrey niffenegger the chrysalids john...

5 chip shop chips, some home made mushy peas and cod with the batter removed.

gallon of paint for me! woo!

8. 4 cans prince's tuna for under £2.50? she's shopping in make believe land. £3.00 £6.99 £4.00 Valid until: 13/03/2012 £6.99

a banana.

observations on this week's superscrimpers: 1. the seamstress lady obviously isn't a seamstress... she didn't pin stuff right! less bent pins, less broken sewing machine needles. less annoyed, mildly autistic, sewing enthusiast viewers.... and use glass head ones so that if you do accidentally...

also another unthoughtful person.... the one who opened a new domino's in basildon. 1. I am lactose intollerant. 2. i am slimming. 3. I have very little will power so am now having to avoid the food court in the shopping centre all together lol.

i worked in ladbrokes before starting uni. crappy job, but it beat the co-op across the road that i'd worked for too lol.

my first week of going it alone, and a week which contained hubby's cooking and my having surgery and I've lost another 1.5lbs. I'm more awake than i have been in days been trying to stay on plan, am having a takeaway tonight though; but making sensible choices about it.

dyjhiw dealers agree a price for your blown up sh1tbox 800 kilo paperweight of a car, then arrive and try to renegotiate by stating they didn't know it was a non runner... ok. here's the wording of the advert. can you tell it's a non running car?! "Selling due to blown turbo. As such, vehicle...

yes it can, and yes you can. and you can get all or none of the regular symptoms, and you can have a borderline blood test and still have it affect your weight loss or gain. but hey if you do have an underactive thyroid, there is a bonus: free prescriptions lol.

have you been to your gp and had your thyroid levels checked?

found a soap box smilie on google lol and if you enjoy the job, do not be ashamed about it and don't let anyone else be a knob about it. a career in retail is no less valid than being a professor at oxbridge. and hey, you're lucky. you HAVE a job lol.

back on plan got a fair trade cotton shirt for £2 at tesco today, and it's a size 16. and it looks lovely. have enough syns left today for half a mars bar lol.

where do you work? I used to get that comment when i was a pre-press photo technician for a local paper. i fricking LOVE that job.

dear bum. I get it. I had had a few bad days of hubby cooking and lots of painkillers, but you can stop exploding now. thanks.

I just watced an american cookery programme about italian food. the woman used 1/2l double cream to make maccaroni cheese for 4 with. aaaand the americans wonder why they're fat lol.

I love my second hand nano 4th gen. 8gb. one thing i adore about ipods is true gapless playback which means that mixed dance albums arn't ruined. BUT shuffles don't have this capability. I have a shuffle, I use it for audio books and it was a birthday pressie from hubby a few years ago. it's...

i used to be a brand queen, but i now like to try own brand stuff. if the family/I don't like it, we don't buy it again. I love lidl freeway cola, but not the diet one. asda own brand diet drinks ROCK.

my wonderful hubby made spicy steamed chicken with rice and steamed red cabbage.