the first day of the rest of my life

5 lbs! fantastic..pat on the back coming your way my lovely........hey....seriously ..since I've had Dot and doing this regular walking malarky I've kept mien down too...as nice weather picks up ..have feet ..will travel...33 miler near me...The Sandstone Trail!!!!.....?? love Rach n Dotty xxx

hey Maddie...just a nightcap...if you would like my Facebook/email address you are welcome...I know for some anonymity is key so shall not be offended if you decline...as you know,going to try life on the outside to see if i can cope.....big massive hugs and more hugs...(((((M)))))) love Rachie and Dotty xxxx

i would love your facebook details hun. xxxxx

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hiya Maddie....found you!! lol...sending you a P/message xxxx

Thought you might like a different poster for a change!

Glad to see that you are still going strong. Was Woman in Black as scary as people are saying?

Enjoy your weekend.

GT

(Sorry Dotty for gatecrashing your replies :-))

Hi GT, Woman in Black was very good and had people jumping out of their seats on occasions.

Off to Bournemouth tomorrow so lets hope the sun stays out .

AH ha! found ya........

So greener grass?...yep I am forever the optimist and also had the same things said to me...am just curious and as we know it can occasionally kill the cat BUT cats have 9 lives...heh heh heh

Hope your ok Maddie and all the fam in fine fettle?...just been in scotland and next week the retreat...Are you down Bournemouth again soon?

Any good films?...saw Hunky Dory at the flicks but only a small cinema....may have to check out the big screen this weekend....x

Love and hugs Rach and Dotty xxx (((((((M))))))))....

rightfully pushing your diary back up to page one......talents abound Mz Maddie..and loving that poem of yours...

I think its fantastic that you have got the job you want and am wondering if you have treated yourself with some new clobber or a holiday in even hotter sun?

So lovely today outside even here it was u to 13 at one point...lets home it stays around longer...

WIW is off for thee foreseeable...only because we have many celebrations to eat and drink our way through...besides all this running round in work for both of us will keep us in trim...

Dotty is fine...having her booster jabs on friday and cat phobia cleared up ....for now..

Take care lovely and have a lovely week...thinking of ya xxxx (((((M))))))) Rach n Doo x

Time for an update methinks, as life is proving a little challenging at the moment. Once again I have been made redundant finishing in March. 6th time since 2009.... at 61 I am finding it hard to keep reinventing myself but still need to work due to the financial position I put myself and my husband in. Sadly my mother in law died in nov after a long painful illness, this caused no end of stress for my husband and myself as it was so hard to see your loved one die in such horrible circumstances. With her death comes a reprieve financially as she has left us some money from the sale of her house, when that comes through in a few weeks then my resolve will have to be mega strong. You see last year towards the end through the trauma of coping with this bereavement I hit the online slots again, so cross and disappointed with myself having abstained for so long. I have stopped now and have been clean since 2014 started 30 odd days, but trying not to count. I have blocked all gambling sites again and my husband has password protected his tablet and taken safari off my IPhone. I think the hardest lesson this time after getting complacement once again, is how easy it is to gamble these days, back when I started all this malarky it wasnt so easy, now as you all know the opportunities are everywhere, and my god the strength needed sometimes is tremedous. BUT this is our only chance of making everything right debt wise, and my husband is generous enough that he will clear my gambling debts as well with his inheritance. I doubted at one time that we would survive this demon in our marriage but we are celebrating our Silver Wedding later this year, and I think we are closer than ever. In my defence I got back on the wagon very quickly and didnt do as much damage as previously, but the lesson I need to learn is that I cannot beat the game, I think I can by playing the same game over and over I think it will come good and I will beat the house. I hate not winning, and i dont mean just on the slots, Its in my nature to come out on top, that is something at my age I need to curb.