2015 and It's Now or Never!
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Emmaline
Hippety Hop!
Afternoon Mel.. I'm one of those who make lists of lists.. if you get my drift!
I keep a complete luggage list on my files to print off each time I travel.. saves a lot of thinking time.
Thursday 8th May 2014
Delighted that today my weight has gone down another 1lb! Just hope I don't blow it while I'm away.
MinnieMel
Why Be Normal?
Emmaline
Hippety Hop!
Most of my packing was completed and thought I would have five minutes sit down.. phone rang and it was my hairdresser asking me if I was going to have my hair done as booked!..realised that it was 3.15 and was able to wiz down there in time to get it done.. 
Got a few last minute things from Tesco like some Nak'd bars which are really delish. . . and some baps for the travel.. going to be egg & salad cream mixed together... and as I didn't feel like preparing anything tonight I bought a sweet & sour chicken with rice ping pack which was delish and for a change I couldn't eat all of it.
Calories today 1327 Carbs 142
Still got a fair bit to do so am signing off for tonight...
Got a few last minute things from Tesco like some Nak'd bars which are really delish. . . and some baps for the travel.. going to be egg & salad cream mixed together... and as I didn't feel like preparing anything tonight I bought a sweet & sour chicken with rice ping pack which was delish and for a change I couldn't eat all of it.
Calories today 1327 Carbs 142
Still got a fair bit to do so am signing off for tonight...
MinnieMel
Why Be Normal?
Most of my packing was completed and thought I would have five minutes sit down.. phone rang and it was my hairdresser asking me if I was going to have my hair done as booked!..realised that it was 3.15 and was able to wiz down there in time to get it done..
Got a few last minute things from Tesco like some Nak'd bars which are really delish. . . and some baps for the travel.. going to be egg & salad cream mixed together... and as I didn't feel like preparing anything tonight I bought a sweet & sour chicken with rice ping pack which was delish and for a change I couldn't eat all of it.
Calories today 1327 Carbs 142
Still got a fair bit to do so am signing off for tonight...
Nightie Night! Safe Flight!
Emmaline
Hippety Hop!
Thanks everyone.. not using my tablet at the mo' as the hotel has a pay-as-you-go desk top one.
Journey was very exhausting but had plenty of assistance so I can't complain.
My D only had time to pick me up and drop me off which suits me anyway as I was then able to get a nice forty winks which I really needed. Hotel room is super duper... a double and a single bed to choose fromand plenty of space and a beautiful view as well... really delighted with it.
Just been for a little stroll along the wharf side and no coat as it's very mild.
Back tomorrow for more info after the family and I are taking a drive out somewhere.. she did tell me but I've forgotten already!..
Journey was very exhausting but had plenty of assistance so I can't complain.
My D only had time to pick me up and drop me off which suits me anyway as I was then able to get a nice forty winks which I really needed. Hotel room is super duper... a double and a single bed to choose fromand plenty of space and a beautiful view as well... really delighted with it.
Just been for a little stroll along the wharf side and no coat as it's very mild.
Back tomorrow for more info after the family and I are taking a drive out somewhere.. she did tell me but I've forgotten already!..
Emmaline
Hippety Hop!
Thanks Bev and Mel... Certainly was nice to see the sun when I got off the plane. Now had a really good sleep practically all day today!
Friday 16th May 2014
I had a very good trip across to Waterford but am very sorry to say that the "cold war" existing with my D continued all the time. I brought up the suggestion she had made about stopping for a cuppa on the way to the hotel but was told that she had to get back for the dogs!... even tho' she had been at home all morning with her youngest D..I was then dumped off at the hotel and she wizzed away with hardly a wave.
The next day she picked me up and with her D and the little ones we went and had a look round a little lighthouse and museum but was continually met with short sharp retorts whilst she chatted amiably with her D. Then on dropping me off again I was surprised that she announced at the very last minute that she would be picking me up at 4pm the next day to take me to her's for dinner... Again hardly any conversation except when we arrived and she showed me round their lovely new caravan. Her husband had been getting the dinner made and that having been eaten and things cleared away she drove me back to the hotel where I arrived at 7pm.
I did have a lovely day with my grand D and the two little ones the next day and bought the little girl a most beautiful doll which she was absolutely delighted with, and the little boy I gave the remote controlled helicopter which he was delighted with too. We stopped and had a cake and cuppa before going back so that was a very enjoyable day.
On the Tuesday I received a text message to say that my D would pick me up a bit early so we could have a cuppa together so I was really hopeful that things would at least end on a more positive note but unfortunately not! I couldn't get her to talk hardly at all and eventually when she left I put my arm around her shoulder and gave her a peck on the cheek but got no response from her at all.
I had already spent Sunday night weeping at the situation but decided then that there is just no point on continuing to feel distraught about it as it's not going to change things and I have no idea what this is all about... perhaps one day she will let me know.
However, on a brighter note.. the hotel was great and I had the most comfy bed.
The return journey was somewhat chaotic as the flight was cancelled due to a technical problem apparently, so we (19 of us) were taken by coach (luxury one..YAY!) to Belfast where most were able to get their connections okay. 3 of us were not and we were put up in the Stormont hotel (4 star) with evening meal and breakfast.... again the most brill hotel so no quibbles from me. I was picked up the next day at 1.30pm for my flight at 3.15... all good altho' very exhausting.
I had been wondering whether I was able for the preliminary diet etc. for the colonoscopy on the 19th but I received a phone call this morning to say that the machine has broken down so it will now have to be on the 28th which suits me fine.
Pommette
Trying - very!
Morning Emm. Your delay sounds tedious but thankful they put you up in a nice hotel.
Hope you're rested up now after a long journey.
Families are a wonder to behold sometimes. Mine more so than most.
Was D nervous possibly? Maybe she didn't know how to react after the "cold war".
Enjoy the sunshine in the UK while you can. It will almost certainly disappera again - as the sun is back here now
Hope you're rested up now after a long journey.
Families are a wonder to behold sometimes. Mine more so than most.
Was D nervous possibly? Maybe she didn't know how to react after the "cold war".
Enjoy the sunshine in the UK while you can. It will almost certainly disappera again - as the sun is back here now
Emmaline
Hippety Hop!
Afternoon Mel, Thanks for the comments but I really don't want to drag anyone else into it and tbh things aren't too positive with the other D anyway after a very long time of her not communicating with me... seems I am plagued with continual "no speaky" probs with all my family over the years... does make me wonder whether I have two heads sometimes!
At least the lovely hotel put a nice end to my stay despite the delay.
Morning Emm,
Glad to see your back home safely.
Grr to your D.If that was me I would have to have it out so I knew why she was like it.
Glad you had a good time with grand D and little ones.
My OH plane from Dublin was suppose to be 10.15pm but it was an hour late Thursday night.
Hope you are ok today and able to go out in this glorious weather. I'm not going far today.Too hot so will just sit in the garden with a book.
Got carpet men coming Monday so we have to move everything from kitchen/utility and lounge/diner to garage and upstairs.Then I just have the stairs to do/finish(it's going very slow).
Thanks Mary.. and I suppose that does sound like a good thing to do but I have asked her in the past and not got anything much in response apart from she has other things on her mind and this or that one is not well so she's got that to worry about.. but things then continue on in the same manner. There's only so much one can do to get things sorted so it's a question of just leaving things.
Glad that your OH did manage to arrive okay after the delay.. always a worrying time with these flight alterations.
Hope your continuing decorating goes well. Saw the photos of the cupboards etc.... looking good!
Afternoon Bev, Well rested and ready to go thanks!
I hate to admit it but between my son on a def no talky for some many months now..and then my two sisters keeping to themselves... methinks I have some sort of plague and I don't know it!! ..
I have really thought about all this and decided there is no point in keep tormenting myself on the idiosyncrasies of others and just get on with enjoying my life as much as poss.. after all I'm not getting any younger!.. :8855:
'Tis indeed a beautiful day and I shall be off out having a drive somewhere...not sure where at the mo' however.
Weight is up a few pounds .. 185.2 but I expected that after all the journey.. Hopefully it will go down a bit before Monday WI.
