A trip down memory lane

Last night I had a weird dream and when I woke up it prompted some childhood memories that I had forgotten about. My parents and I lived with my dads mum. In the kitchen I remember we had a large old ceramic sink with a woodern draining board. Also in the kitchen we had an old copper boiler. It was a big metal thing, I guess an early washing machine. Essentially you filled it up with water, lit the gas through a hole in the bottom (nan always used rolled up newspaper to light it lol) and waited for the water to heat up. I guess in todays terms it was slightly bigger than a spin dryer but round and it was cream coloured. When the water was hot enough, nan used to wash the clothes in it with a wash board. Then when that part was done she used to fit a mangle on top and wring the clothes out. She did this right up until the lates seventies, then the council modernised the house. I had forgotten about it all these years.........funny what memories a dream can trigger!

The Mummy 3

Just watched the 3rd Mummy film with Brendan Frasier and Jet Li. It was watchable but not as good as the first two films. And it certainly was not the same without Rachel Weis either.

Self Scanners

Him indoors and I had to go shopping so we popped down to the local retail park in Bexhill so we could pick up some stuff for the little critters in Pets at Home and some new ink for my printer in PC World. Whilst there we popped into the Tesco's and got four items. The less than ten items checkout was closed so we thought we would use the self scanners . What a croc of pooh! Each item we scanned came up 'please wait for assistance!' What assistance does four pints of milk, a bag of sausages and two steamed meals need? It would of been easier to have gone to a normal checkout lol.

Good start

I had a good start at the fatty club. I lost 2.5lbs. Thats just over a bag of sugar in weight.

Still feeling the cold though, will be glad when spring gets here!

Weekend update

We basically lost our phone and internet connection over the weekend. We'd get online and it would yoyo on and off all the time. The phone was unusable due to a static kind of noise. We rang BT yesterday and they fixed the problem today. Turned out to be the box that comes into the house. It had gone rusty and condensation had got into it. So kudo'd to BT for a speedy solution.

I'm off to the fatty club!

Yup, I got gallstones

I went for my abdominal scan this afternoon and yup, I definitely got gallstones and they are big ones. The radiographer said that luckily the gallbladder lining is still nice and thin so the operation should be routine. Apparently if it's thick, it's harder for the surgeons to remove. It should be keyhole surgery and a weeks recovery. So, I'm on the waiting list so I no idea when it will be done or how long I will have to wait for. At least the problem for the bad pain has been idenfied officially now and I can maintain a healthy diet that will lessen the attacks

Back to the Fatty Club

I went back to the fatty club today after a couple of months of not going. Needless to say I had put a lot of weight back on. I bloody well know think it all went on over Christmas and had something to do with 3 boxes of Thorntons chocolates, a tin of Roses, a tin of Quality Street and some other festive fayre lol. Now, if putting weight back on isn't bad enough, Weight Watchers, in their infinite wisdom, has dumped the previous plans and come out with their new Discovery Plan. I liked it before when I didnt have to point anything and weigh anything, but now I got to do that. But I guess it's worth it to look like a goddess slim and healthy in the summer months