Well two weeks ago I went to Stoke for a week for work and that meant that I couldnt go to WW because of being there... and because i was away and in a hotel i ate crap crap crap and more crap..... and didnt fancy using the hotels gym... too cold and too lazy lol

 

anyway I enjoyed a week of mcdonalds pizza hut etc etc etc and paid for it by putting on 0.7 Kilos... so i didnt write about it as was too annoyed at myself.

 

BUT I have been at gym 5 times since and stuck to the points plan and this week lost 1.6Kilos WOOOHOOOO!!!

 

in total now I have lost 3.4 Kilos... not loads but enough to make me smile. and I've only been doing it for about 6 weeks now.

 

I have set myself a new goal of 1 stone - 6kilos before xmas.... so I only have 2.4 kilos left to lose!

 

I've bumped up the gym to 4 times a week and only drinking one night a week and then only having 6 vodkas instead of 14! lol

 

so lets hope I can do it!

 

I made apple crumble the other night from the weight watchers recipe and thought I was doing Sooooooo well i mixed all the topping ingredients together and poured the melted marg into it the pan and instead of being able to sprinkle the mixture onto the top it was one big lump.... so my crumble was an apple lump... i ate a bit of it and threw the rest away... :( i'll try again but maybe not add my own special ingredients lol

I saw this posted on a forum and couldnt resist but to post it... absolutely brilliant! and the spider is even on sale at ebay!

 

 

 

 

From: Jane Gilles
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.19pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,
Our records indicate that your account is overdue by the amount of $233.95. If you have already made this payment please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles


From: David Thorne
Date: Wednesday 8 Oct 2008 12.37pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,
I do not have any money so am sending you this drawing I did of a spider instead. I value the drawing at $233.95 so trust that this settles the matter.

Regards, David.



From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.07am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Overdue account

Dear David,
Thankyou for contacting us. Unfortunately we are unable to accept drawings as payment and your account remains in arrears of $233.95. Please contact us within the next 7 days to confirm payment has been applied to your account and is no longer outstanding.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles


From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 10.32am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,
Can I have my drawing of a spider back then please.

Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.42am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear David,
You emailed the drawing to me. Do you want me to email it back to you?

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles


From: David Thorne
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 11.56am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

Dear Jane,

Yes please.

Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles
Date: Thursday 9 Oct 2008 12.14pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Overdue account

Attached



From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 09.22am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Whose spider is that?

Dear Jane, Are you sure this drawing of a spider is the one I sent you? This spider only has seven legs and I do not feel I would have made such an elementary mistake when I drew it.

Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.03am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David, Yes it is the same drawing. I copied and pasted it from the email you sent me on the 8th. David your account is still overdue by the amount of $233.95. Please make this payment as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles


From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.05am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Automated Out of Office Response

Thankyou for contacting me. I am currently away on leave, traveling through time and will be returning last week.

Regards, David.


From: David Thorne
Date: Friday 10 Oct 2008 11.08am
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Hello, I am back and have read through your emails and accept that despite missing a leg, that drawing of a spider may indeed be the one I sent you. I realise with hindsight that it is possible you rejected the drawing of a spider due to this obvious limb ommission but did not point it out in an effort to avoid hurting my feelings. As such, I am sending you a revised drawing with the correct number of legs as full payment for any amount outstanding. I trust this will bring the matter to a conclusion.

Regards, David.



From: Jane Gilles
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 2.51pm
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Dear David, As I have stated, we do not accept drawings in lei of money for accounts outstanding. We accept cheque, bank cheque, money order or cash. Please make a payment this week to avoid incurring any additional fees.

Yours sincerely, Jane Gilles


From: David Thorne
Date: Monday 13 Oct 2008 3.17pm
To: Jane Gilles
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

I understand and will definately make a payment this week if I remember. As you have not accepted my second drawing as payment, please return the drawing to me as soon as possible. It was silly of me to assume I could provide you with something of completely no value whatsoever, waste your time and then attach such a large amount to it.

Regards, David.


From: Jane Gilles
Date: Tuesday 14 Oct 2008 11.18am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Whose spider is that?

Attached

 

This has to be one of the best videos I have seen in a long time, I cant give enough praise to the boys out fighting every day for other peoples lives.

 

My own family is in the miltary and older generations have been in the Navy, RAF, Army etc

 

All I can say is boys you do your country proud, even in times of the credit crunch, disasters you still come up smiling

 

wish you all the best of luck and safety :)

 

 

 

 

 

I keep getting spamming comments left and its starting to really annoy me..

 

I could not for the life of me find out how to delete the comments and tried several different settings and just kept going round and round in circles and as I'm sure everyone else is aware windows live spaces isnt particulary fast.

 

I did a simple google search and found from another windows live space owner this URL http://<spaces-id>.mobile.spaces.live.com   Remove the <spaces-id> and replace it with yout spaces id example mine is http://lovealentie.mobile.spaces.live.com

 

 

 

 

 

I started the Weight Watchers points plan last week

 

I thought I would write about it here as although I am embarressed about how much I weigh and desperate to lose weight I thought it would give me extra inspiration to write on here as then i'll be too embarressed if i havent lost anything.

 

I wont write down everything I had to eat etc as that will just be boring but I will mention that on friday I had saved myself 15 points and decided that for dinner I would have a liquid meal.

 

the liquid consisted of 15 vodka and sodas and I used a couple of points from the next day and had a strawberry dakeri lol

 

I also had a bag of crisps and some chocolate throughout the week... I ate three meals a day and also plenty of fruit

 

Basically I ate more than I normally would but just swapped things like butter for flora, no sugar in my tea, switched full fat milk for skimmed etc etc

 

My biggest problem is that when im making dinner I used to be hungry and would eat a snadwich while cooking my meal.. so although i though i was eating a healthy meal i was also eating a sandwich. Now I am writing everything down and noticing how much I eat I dont have that sandwich because that would mean i cant eat my dinner and dont save points for my liquid dinner at the weekend :)

 

I've joined a gym and have been twice in the week doing 30 minutes on the treadmill... i'd like to say running the whole 30 mins but i cant im not that fit. I try to run for a couple of minutes jog for a couple run for a couple etc etc  i tend to run for about 3 then walk for about 5 lol but im hoping i'll get better as time goes on.

 

Well anyway enough of that I lost 2.1Kilos! in ONE WEEK!!

 

So to celebrate me and bing went to pizza hut , I know stupid place to celebrate but i've decided that if I have lost at leats 2 kilos on the wednesday weigh in I can celebrate by going out for dinner and as long as no alcohol is drank eat what i want. I have something to look forward to.

 

Anyway I want to lose a total of 20 kilos so 17.9 kilos left!

 

I'll update weekly and if anyone has any weight loss tips or any funny stories of them trying to lose wieght i'd love to hear them.. i'll be posting my funny stories soon :)

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

I saw this video and nearly cried, how lovely that the lion remembers the people that brought it up.

 

I had a cat about 7 years ago and when I moved to Spain I had to give it to my friend as couldnt bring it with me.

 

Everytime I go back to the UK I go see the cat and it still remembers me.

This word is a word that I for some reason cannot say, no matter how hard I try or how slow I try I end up sounding like a an idiot.

 

This word actually haunts me, because when I am in a meeting or trying to talk to an affiliate I dread this word coming up. If i feel it coming up in a conversation I try my hardest to use another word.

 

It would be interesting to see what other words people have problems saying

 

 

As i live in Spain and only get to see most of my favourite UK shows through Youtube and other online video sites I am OVER The moon to read about this... Hopefully buffering will be a thing of tha past and no more waiting to watch something :)

 

 

Below copied from http://www.gpwa.org/forum/google-releasing-browser-google-chrome-beta-out-tomorrow-176907.html 

 

Google sent a comic book out to journalists explaining what it's all about.
The comic does a fantastic job of explaining things, well worth a look.

Google announcement
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html

Discussion and article here:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-01-n47.html

Scans of the comic are up here .
http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/

Screen shots:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2008-09-02-n72.html



Taken from:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/...n-browser.html

 

 

"So why are we launching Google Chrome? Because we believe we can add value for users and, at the same time, help drive innovation on the web.

All of us at Google spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends -- all using a browser. Because we spend so much time online, we began seriously thinking about what kind of browser could exist if we started from scratch and built on the best elements out there. We realized that the web had evolved from mainly simple text pages to rich, interactive applications and that we needed to completely rethink the browser. What we really needed was not just a browser, but also a modern platform for web pages and applications, and that's what we set out to build.

On the surface, we designed a browser window that is streamlined and simple. To most people, it isn't the browser that matters. It's only a tool to run the important stuff -- the pages, sites and applications that make up the web. Like the classic Google homepage, Google Chrome is clean and fast. It gets out of your way and gets you where you want to go.

Under the hood, we were able to build the foundation of a browser that runs today's complex web applications much better. By keeping each tab in an isolated "sandbox", we were able to prevent one tab from crashing another and provide improved protection from rogue sites. We improved speed and responsiveness across the board. We also built a more powerful JavaScript engine, V8, to power the next generation of web applications that aren't even possible in today's browsers."

 

 

This was taken when I was about 4 or 5 years old, I lived in Grand Cayman when I was ounger for two years.

 

We lived in an aparment complex on the beach which had a pool and alot of families living there too.

 

Was and am sure will be for a long time one of the best times of my life and I am so lucky to have experienced it.

 

My dad used to go scuba diving with his friends when they would come back they would throw their tanks into the pool for the kids to play with and well as you can see I was always one of the first to get one!

 

This photo brings back so many memories

 

 

 
Estelle Lyrics

Masters of Blackjack

 

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Throughout July bet365 are hosting an amazing blackjack competition to find the best Blackjack player on the net. For just £1 per hand players can join in the battle for a piece of the £50,000 prize fund and the chance to be crowned the “bet365 Master of Blackjack”.

 

The blackjack competition starts on the 8^th July and takes place every Tuesday and Thursday at the Casino at bet365. There are three divisions, to suit all levels of play, and players earn points in their chosen division by having the best winning ratio. There are also special bonus points for every winning hand of Blackjack a player hits.

 

There are eight daily rounds, each of which pays £3,000 in prize money. The results of each round will appear on the bet365 site the following day. The overall Masters of Blackjack leaderboard will also be updated after each round so players can keep track of their progress and their winnings.

 

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Full details of the promotion can be found at: Masters of Blackjack.

 

Skillful Blackjack play rewards the best players. Are YOU the best player out there?  To enter the competition visit and join bet365 Casino and see if you can become the bet365 Master of Blackjack.

 

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About bet365

 

bet365 are one of the world's leading online gambling groups with over 1.5 million customers in 140 different countries. The Group employs over 700 people and is the UK's 16th largest private company. The company’s casino, games and poker operations are licensed and regulated by the government of Gibraltar.

 

bet365 takes responsible gambling very seriously and customers are provided with a range of options to assist them to gamble responsibly.

 

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