Sandra's maintenance diary.....

[SandraB]

Oooops....will edit! Bloody iPad is too quick for me....

I love it Mary, Fudgee was the cuddly one and my arms just feel so empty without her, I can't get thru a whole day without tears, it's just so unbearable, you'll know what I mean having Maisie, but Dylan has become really clingy and hardly leaves my side now either......animals love you so much x

 

[kered]

I know what you mean Sandra, my beloved Garfield disappeared about 14 years ago, and I still cry for him sometimes. He was a beautiful cat and I never got closure for him, as I never did find out what happened with him.

I have lovely memories though, and that is something that you must think of now, all the lovely memories.

 

[SandraB]

That's what Paul says, would you rather have not had the memories just so as not to experience the pain? It's a bit like the saying....it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all......but not knowing what happened to Garfield is horrendous, I cant begin to imagine....

I have five little caskets in the dining room, a lifetime's worth of furry friends.....each one totally irreplaceable x

 

[summergurl]

Awww it is heartbreaking losing a pet :hug99:
I remember when we had to have sheba put down (golden lab, we had had her since she was able to leave her mum) she just got too old, was having fits and couldnt even walk anymore. I came home and found my little brother in floods of tears about it as he went into the room with her. Its so sad to even think about it now.

Hate to say it but paul is right, its better to have the memories and know that they'd had a good life xx

 

[kered]

At least he had all the loving while he was here Sandra.

He will be watching over you and forever in your heart and soul.

 

[SandraB]

Gotta go....got an interview for a s****y job! Fortunately the one and only Armani suit that I've got now fits me again

Wish me luck! I may not make it back on here until I get back from France on Sunday, so if I don't, have a great weekend everyone. Lots of love x

 

[RetailChick]

Best of Luck Sandra xx

 

[Zebs07]

Gotta go....got an interview for a s****y job! Fortunately the one and only Armani suit that I've got now fits me again

Wish me luck! I may not make it back on here until I get back from France on Sunday, so if I don't, have a great weekend everyone. Lots of love x

Aww good luck!! Have a fantabulous weekend in France.. x

 

[kered]

Good luck for the interview and I hope the Armani suit does the job!

Have a nice time in France. Bon Voyage.

 

[irish molly]

All the best for the interview. Looking good and feeling good will be half the battle. Have a nice time in la belle France.

 

[SSusee]

Knock em dead at the interview Sandra. We're all rooting for you!!

 

[summergurl]

Aw good luck Sandra although I bet the interview is done now so I hope it went well

Have a lovely time in France xx

 

[JanD]

Hope it went well and the weekend is brilliant!!! xx

 

[SandraB]

Bon soirée tous les monde! Comment t'allez vous?

Evening all!

Well......interview went great and I think I should get thru to the second one which will be in London, so that will be a good excuse for a bit of a shopping trip

Looking good did indeed help! I'd had a wander up the high street prior to my interview and bumped into several friends who hadn't seem me for a while and the compliments nearly turned my head! Even a friend's husband, who I never thought had even noticed that I am in fact a woman, commented on the boat coming home tonight that I looked fabulous and being thin really suited me! Cue enormous grin

Anyway, not so good is the quantity of food that I have joshed this weekend, I'm not even going to bother counting the pp's....but tomorrow is another day and I'll start a fresh week.....so here goes...

Friday

B branflakes and milk, handful of blueberries
L didn't have time so just had a banana
D ham and elf philli sandwich (granary bread) cherry tomatoes, 2 finger kitkat, glass of SB (eaten on the boat, I made the sandwiches and we had a picnic)

Saturday

B porridge made half and half milk and water
L bacon sandwich, 2 slices white bread, 3 slices well-grilled bacon
D M&S Fuller Longer, spaghetti with spicy meatballs, tarte au citron with a spoonful of creme fraiche (seriously yummy) 2 vodka and diet cokes, large glass of SB

Sunday

B fruit and fibre and milk, vitamin C drink
L/D Croque Madame with a mixed salad, Kir Breton (cider with Kir) 2 finger kitkat on the boat home
Hot choc before bed

Doubt if I've lost anything else this week......in fact if I haven't put the lb back on I will be surprised! But I don't actually care cos we had a great weekend.......I thought that I'd eaten a lot but when I see it written down I don't think that I've been that bad?? Though I've probably had all my lushies today alone......

 

[Zebs07]

So glad interview went well and that u had a fantastic weekend. I dont think ur food was too bad ...

Also loving the comments and wow reactions u got - way to go Missus (or should I say Madame lol) x

 

[JanD]

I don't think what you've had sounds bad at all!!

Glad the interview went well - you would have exuded confidence after the (well deserved!) compliments which will have helped I'm sure

So glad you've had a good weekend xx

 

[summergurl]

Welcome back!
Glad the interview went well for you chick. Your food doesnt sound too bad at all!! xx

 

[SandraB]

Thx Jan, I honestly think that I wouldn't have done so well if I'd still been fat but I felt brilliant......for the first time in a long, long time.....I haven't worked in nearly two years (and that was my own company) so if and when I start again it's going to be a bit of a shock to the system.....all the jobs that my cv has gone in for involve travelling around the world again and there's no way I'd be happy doing that feeling fat and frumpy! I think one of the reasons that my weight burst out of control in the last 18 months or so was that I could get away with living in trackies and trainers rather than suits and heels....

Paul's thrilled that I've actually had an interview......he hates my Stepford wife thing....he told me last night that I mustn't worry about him if I have to travel a lot again as "he'll be fine"..... Bless him! He'd prefer to live on beans on toast and have me back as a high-flying career woman.....I'd have thought that most men would prefer to be looked after? But not him.....

Anyway.....time to hit the Boden catalogue me thinks

 

[JanD]

Well happy shopping - but what about raiding all those wardrobes of yours??!! xx

 

[SandraB]

What about it?