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  1. Aunty Em

    I won 2 tickets...

    ... to see "Aliens in the Attic" on our local radio station Heart FM, playing a film quiz. I got my 15 minutes of fame. :laugh: Now who am I gonna take....?
  2. Aunty Em

    I just broke the 150+ barrier

    Yep, I've lost 151.6 lbs since my weightloss journey began back in December 2006... just 65-70lbs to go. I'm now a size 20/22(UK). I believe that's a size 16/18(US). :dance: I shall post a link to some before and after pics soon when I find the cable for my camara. :D
  3. Aunty Em

    Yummy, real food!

    I'm now on stage 3 of my eating plan, which means athough the food is still blended (pureed) it now comes in seperate little piles... not mixed together, at proper mealtimes. So I feel less stressed and don't have to think about food all day. So far I've had chicken with gravy, mashed potato...
  4. Aunty Em

    Finally...

    Hi guys, Happy New Year! I'm finally going into hospital on the 27th for my Gastric Bypass... Just got to put up with a 900 calorie a day liquid diet for 2 weeks beforehand... I sure hope they don't have to cancel due to lack of beds! :hairbang:
  5. Aunty Em

    Whoops...

    Well, after all this time I've finally imploded. 10 days ago I got a letter from the DWP telling me they are stopping my incapacity benefit...the final straw... I had a serious anxiety attack and completely flipped out so my doctor wouldn't let me leave the surgery until the Psychiatic...
  6. Aunty Em

    WooHoo! First IT Job!

    Yes, I got my first IT job today as Volunteer IT Assistant to the Systems Administrator at our local St Helena Hospice (that's the total IT department, lol). I have to wait 4 weeks until they get my CRB (Crimial Records Bureau) check back before I can start as I will be working around vulnerable...
  7. Aunty Em

    Zombie apocolypse...

    Uh oh! http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/zombie Not good... :(
  8. Aunty Em

    Geek quiz

    ooh! http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/geek :eek:
  9. Aunty Em

    I hit the...

    75lb mark... that means I've lost 33% of the weight I have to lose, just 150lbs to go... This... ... to this... :eek5: :grinyes:
  10. Aunty Em

    Yay, I finished...

    decorating the hall... finally! *party*:nanabang::clap: My hairs gone white though... 'cos I leant against the doorframe I was painting... LOL
  11. Aunty Em

    A Poem for Katie

    Tomorrow is my daughter's 18th birthday... the day she would have become an adult. I wrote this poem yesterday to put in a card on her grave and thought I'd share it with you all. For Katie So many tears have fallen within these last few years, I felt my heart was broken nothing could...
  12. Aunty Em

    Queue 80's music...

    I've discovered Chairobics and Chair dancing... so there's no need to get off your lazy butts to exercise... just join in the session as you feel inclined... 1 and 2 and 3 and 4... move that body... reach, reach, reach, reach... keep those legs moving... 4 more reps... 3 and 2 and 1... march...
  13. Aunty Em

    Woohoo!

    I sold some T-shirts on eBay... and I've blown the lot of Music CDs... LMFAO! Not the way to get rich quick... but hey I enjoyed spending it... :D What do you do with the cyber $'s in your pocket?
  14. Aunty Em

    Hi!

    Yeah, that's me... 50 lbs lighter! :D Now watch this space as all that fat melts away... and yes my left eye is blue and brown... LOL Hell, I thought I'd got rid o those freckels too...
  15. Aunty Em

    Woohoo, I've got a .com...

    I finally got around to makig a new site... I'm learning how to use the div tag and css, so while I used a template initilly it's getting less and less like the orginal. Contributors are welcome and suggestions for links and useful content. ;)
  16. Aunty Em

    I hate to admit it but...

    I do do some girlie things... like counted cross-stitch... I'm making this for Katie's birthday next month... if I don't go blind first... 18 crosses to the inch... dayum! I must be crazy! It's a card and I just have his ears and the top of is head to finish and the caption... I did most of it...
  17. Aunty Em

    Ooh err!

    Looks like my Surgeon is on the move... he's moving to University College Hospital in Central London at the beginning of July... I got a letter this morning asking me if I want to tranfer my care there and having thought about I've decided it's a good idea as it's closer to where I live and I...
  18. Aunty Em

    Redecorating

    I've decided it's time to redecorate and tomorrow I'm buying the most gorgeous pair of cream coloured silk curtains for my lounge. :) One wall will have a really modern wallpaper as a feature, in burgundy, stone and brown, the rest will be in a beautiful pale stone. With cream throws on my...
  19. Aunty Em

    I've rediscovered "shopping"...

    Yep, I've gone down 3 sizes in clothes and I'm having a ball trying different new styles... sorry bank account... :lol: Looks like my PCs are gonna have to take a back seat for a while. :D
  20. Aunty Em

    Add a Word

    Increase your vocabulary: Turdiform (TUR-di-form) adjective Like a thrush (any of the songbirds of the family Turdidae). [From Latin turdus (thrush).] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
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