deftona Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Tuesday Update I woke up feeling a bit under the weather but paracetamol sorted me out quite a bit so I just got on with what I had planned to do anyway which is go shopping for a new sofa and gaming chair for my dressing room/office. We went to dickhead retail park because they have all the big sofa shops and we sat on everything that was a contender. We didn't buy one but we both have a better idea of what we're after now and given my last sofa was bought in lockdown and is literally my nemesis, I want to make sure I make the right decision. We also went to Ikea to get some book cases because one of mine in the library has completely collapsed. We had meatballs and fish and chips and just shared everything. When we got back I had a really long bath listening to Deftones and then made an amazing aloo gobi. 6 goals ticked off. 9 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Jarric Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 That roast dinner looks incredible! Though to be fair this: On 1/3/2023 at 7:51 AM, deftona said: the red cabbage in port and sprouts with bacon and chestnuts just needed warming in the oven. It was a case of prepping the roast potatoes, honey roasted carrots and parsnips, stuffing and Yorkshire puddings, and the meat was garlic and rosemary crusted pork chop which took a couple of minutes to sear on both sides, then 15 minutes in the oven. It took about 30 minutes of hands on work, with the oven doing the rest of it. Still sounds like too much work on new year's day. 1 Quote Level 20 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 15 - CON: 21 - CHA: 6 - SAN: 16 - INT: 17 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Jarric vs Mountain External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Nothing makes me feel more like a real grownup than getting excited about buying furniture. I hope you find an excellent couch. 2 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Shello Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Couch shopping is indeed exciting! Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 , 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
pureleeawesome Posted January 4 Report Share Posted January 4 Sorry to hear you've been feeling poorly, hope you get back to the 120% you are soon. Quote Level 1 Adventurer Quest for Adventure Took the road less traveled. Now lost. Link to comment
deftona Posted January 6 Author Report Share Posted January 6 On 1/4/2023 at 12:44 PM, Jarric said: That roast dinner looks incredible! Though to be fair this: Still sounds like too much work on new year's day. Yeah, I get that! On 1/4/2023 at 1:56 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Nothing makes me feel more like a real grownup than getting excited about buying furniture. I hope you find an excellent couch. Haha very true - that. and shopping for mortgage and utility products! On 1/4/2023 at 3:20 PM, Shello said: Couch shopping is indeed exciting! I'm finding it more frustrating, especially how the soonest we can have one is about 12-14 weeks for them to make it. On 1/4/2023 at 8:34 PM, pureleeawesome said: Sorry to hear you've been feeling poorly, hope you get back to the 120% you are soon. Hi stranger!!! It's great to see you around again 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
deftona Posted January 6 Author Report Share Posted January 6 The Last Few Days I am still low key poorly so we're trying (and probably failing tbf) to take things easy on this annual leave. On Wednesday we went out for breakfast and put together the new bookshelf to replace one in the library that had collapsed and while we were at it we inventoried all my books on Library Thing so I don't keep buying duplicates (there were only 5 out of around 800 books I had doubled up on so I didn't do too badly there!) This took pretty much all day though, and because TH had been so wonderful assembling the bookcase because my back is fucked again I made him an epic philly cheesesteak sandwich on fresh baked bread for dinner. Yesterday we went into the city to spend my book vouchers (armed with all my inventoried books in my pocket!) and I also popped into where I used to work to catch up with the girls there. One of them let me use her staff discount to buy a new bra which was extremely generous of her. TH and I then went for a drink and some food. I'm not doing great at sticking to my calories but I am on annual leave and this happens every year. Next week will be better when I am back at work and in more of a routine. 5 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Jarric Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 4 hours ago, deftona said: I'm finding it more frustrating, especially how the soonest we can have one is about 12-14 weeks for them to make it. I've never understood why it takes so long to make a sofa - you could build a small house in less time than that. Thankfully I'm far too cheap to buy new anyway. 4 hours ago, deftona said: we inventoried all my books on Library Thing so I don't keep buying duplicates (there were only 5 out of around 800 books I had doubled up on so I didn't do too badly there!) Oo, now I want to do ours, because I thought we had a lot of books but 800 sounds ridiculously huge. Quote Level 20 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 15 - CON: 21 - CHA: 6 - SAN: 16 - INT: 17 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Jarric vs Mountain External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 20 minutes ago, Jarric said: Oo, now I want to do ours, because I thought we had a lot of books but 800 sounds ridiculously huge. You misspelled "A good place to start." 2 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Terah Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 Here to cheer you on! 800 Book is impressive! #goals 1 1 Quote Doodlie for life, Pancake by choice Current Challenge Spoiler Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Challenges 2017: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Challenges 2018: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, Challenges 2019: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 Challenges 2020: 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 Challenges 2023: 46, 47 Link to comment
deftona Posted January 6 Author Report Share Posted January 6 3 hours ago, Jarric said: I've never understood why it takes so long to make a sofa - you could build a small house in less time than that. Thankfully I'm far too cheap to buy new anyway. I'd much rather buy it second hand because the only one I have bought from new has been truly awful, whereas every second hand sofa I have bought I love to death. I get neck issues when I play Xbox though so I want something that will reduce this, hence the adjustable headrest. I can't play games anywhere near as often as I want to 😢 3 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: You misspelled "A good place to start." Indeed ! 1 hour ago, Terah said: Here to cheer you on! 800 Book is impressive! #goals OH MY GOD TERAH! How are you? How are the boys? I've missed you so much ❤️ 3 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Terah Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 53 minutes ago, deftona said: OH MY GOD TERAH! How are you? How are the boys? I've missed you so much ❤️ Hi! I'm doing really well, how about you? The boys are growing up so fast. Peter just started secondary school 😳 1 2 Quote Doodlie for life, Pancake by choice Current Challenge Spoiler Challenge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 Challenges 2017: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 Challenges 2018: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, Challenges 2019: 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 Challenges 2020: 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 Challenges 2023: 46, 47 Link to comment
Emma Posted January 6 Report Share Posted January 6 I counted the books at my mothers house once. I stopped at three thousand, still had quite a bit to go. She never read much but her bible but back before she found religion she bought a lot of educational books for her kids and was too lazy (depressed? Forgot that she had them?) to throw them away. I was occasionally surprised at what she had bought. And then my sister and I bought a lot of books on top of that. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
deftona Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 Friday Update I haven't been great at specific workouts this week and have left them all to the end of the week so we drove to the park and had a walk around that. It was really lovely to be out in the winter sunshine and the park was beautiful. We then drove to Pizza Hut for their pizza buffet and then into town so I could buy Red Dead Redemption 2 because I have been looking for a video game world to get lost in for so long and nothing has been sticking. I absolutely LOVE Red Dead, and I spent the rest of the day playing that. We weren't massively hungry for dinner after the pizza buffet so we had sushi and fruit. We got to bed quite late because we were stuck in our respective games - I bought TH a gaming laptop for Christmas and he's really enjoying watching me play Red Dead while he plays his game, especially when I crashed my horse into a cart and stumbled into a ravine and died. Weight is inching down, despite the pizza. Just 1 goal ticked off yesterday but this will pick up when my routine is back. 4 2 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
KB Girl Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 5 hours ago, deftona said: we drove to the park and had a walk around that. It was really lovely to be out in the winter sunshine and the park was beautiful. Outside and sunshine are the best but the gaming and sushi sounds pretty good too. 1 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; cycling: 1047,7/5000km & reading to my kids: 58/365 days (updated may 1st) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted January 7 Report Share Posted January 7 EIGHT HUNDRED BOOKS!!!! That is FANTASTIC!!! I'm sorry you're under the weather. I always dislike feeling poorly at the start of a new year, it just feels like the former year is clinging on a little too tightly when that happens, yeah? 800 books, I mean... That's an amazing library. 2 Quote Link to comment
deftona Posted January 7 Author Report Share Posted January 7 1 hour ago, Snarkyfishguts said: EIGHT HUNDRED BOOKS!!!! That is FANTASTIC!!! I have 150 Kindle books too, so I can read in the dark while TH is asleep. I always dreamt of having a library and TH made sure it happened ❤️ 4 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted January 8 Report Share Posted January 8 12 hours ago, deftona said: I have 150 Kindle books too, so I can read in the dark while TH is asleep. I always dreamt of having a library and TH made sure it happened ❤️ Most of my books are on kindle now. I don’t know how many I have because I share with my folks and my Dad is obsessed with deals of the day lol Quote Link to comment
Cheetah Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 1/7/2023 at 6:07 PM, deftona said: I always dreamt of having a library I had this same dream for a long time, but our public library here is amazing and I haven't actually bought a book in years. I'm glad that yours has come together! Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
starpuck Posted January 9 Report Share Posted January 9 On 1/7/2023 at 4:13 AM, deftona said: I bought TH a gaming laptop for Christmas and he's really enjoying watching me play Red Dead while he plays his game, especially when I crashed my horse into a cart and stumbled into a ravine and died. This just sounds so wholesome and comfy. I love it. Quote Level 83 ~*~ Ranger Deviant Art Gallery || YouTube Channel Current Challenge "It is difficult. All things worth keeping are." Thane Krios - Mass Effect 2 "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagined, Seeker." Varric Tethras Dragon Age 2 "Staying within your limits is no fun, Ryder." Vetra Nyx - ME: Andromeda Spoiler ::PAST CHALLENGES:: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 43 | 44 | NEIN | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77.5 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 Link to comment
deftona Posted January 13 Author Report Share Posted January 13 The Last Week Ooof have I really not updated for an entire week?! Well things have been going really well. Back at work and things are insanely busy, so much so I have taken up the paid overtime offer to try and catch up. Tuesday was my dad's birthday so we went over in the evening and I bought a huge curry feast for us to share - so much so my parents had leftovers for two days after but I wanted everyone to have a lot of dishes to choose from. My goals have been going great and I have worked out every day except yesterday because I decided extra sleep would serve me better and pencilled it in for the evening but I ended up working over to get some project work done instead, and I also needed to cook a gumbo but I shouldn't have bothered because it was fucking disgusting. TH liked it though so he will have it for lunches and I just stir fried up some veggies and udon noodles and we had that with a cherry hoisin sauce. I've been getting between 6 and 7 goals ticked off per day and the weight is falling off me. Wahey. 8 1 Quote If it's not siesta or fiesta, I'm not interested. Profile picture credit : NF's resident super artist - NinjaKitten Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 That sounds like a good week, except for the gross gumbo I'm glad you're doing so well. Quote Link to comment
Shello Posted January 13 Report Share Posted January 13 Well done! Quote Race: Amazonian Ogre Princess | Class: Ranger | Profession: SuperHero | Affiliation: Doodlie and Pancake for Life Respawn Challenge Arcs: 2021 | 2022 I am not saying I am Wonder Woman. I am just saying no one has ever seen me and Wonder Woman together in the same room. Original Spawn Challenges 2014 - 2020: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 , 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, ?? Roadmaps: 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 Starting weight = 290.4 (2014); Current weight = 241.2; Total pounds lost: 49.2 Link to comment
Jarric Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 Hey Deffy, how's it going? Still busy with work? Quote Level 20 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 15 - CON: 21 - CHA: 6 - SAN: 16 - INT: 17 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Jarric vs Mountain External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
Cheetah Posted January 18 Report Share Posted January 18 On 1/13/2023 at 2:12 AM, deftona said: things have been going really well I'm glad things are going well! I can definitely relate to things being busy. I hope you're having a good week! Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
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