THOUGHTS FOR WEEKS 25-26

Over the last two weeks we lost one of our friends to cancer , he was only young , 47 , very sad for his girlfriend and close family , and a big shock to his mates as well , it’s when things like this happen that you feel that you want to live forever , but sadly we will not . So another thing it does is give us a new lease of life , as we say to ourselves , right lets make the most of this great gift of life that we have been given , so that’s what I intend to do , and I hope all you will too . I’m finding this challenge really hard , a lot harder than I actually thought , don’t worry I’m not giving up , it’s just that with normal life and work , and the knocks we all take along the way , it sometimes makes you think , ( what am I doing this for ) but then I snap out of it , I’m sure those of you who have given up smoking and been on diets and Heath kicks yourselves know what I mean , but I just keep remembering that I’m doing this for myself FIRST and for my children , as they want me around for a long time , so that’s my motivation , ile get there to that ten stone weight loss eventually , but will need all the support and help I can get , which I may add I’ve had in spade loads from lots of you , so thanks for that . Just a thought for my eldest son John , who has had an interview for a lecturers job at derby university , good luck son , and he has one coming up at Salford uni too , which is the one he wants really , so good luck to you son , I love you loads xxx thanks again to all my friends and family for your continued support xxx it all helps xxx

THOUGHTS FOR WEEK 16

This week i have been thinking about my new job as it is a million miles away from my normal working life , for those of you who dont know , next week monday the 6th may i start my new job as an outreach worker , caring for kids , teenagers , and adults with autism . At my interview i was left with no illusions about how stressful  , difficult , draining , and dangerous this job can be , but i was also told how rewarding it can be as well , so me being a glass half full type of guy , thats what i will be concentrating my energy on . All  i can do as i said at my interview is throw myself 150% into the role ive been given , also there is lots of training courses i have to go on , but all theese will enhance my caring cv , plus they will help me be able to give the people i come in contact with the very best of my attention and care , its a bit daunting , im nervous , but i am so looking forward to it i cant tell you ,, very exited and cant wait to get my teeth into the challenge ahead , ive never gone into anything and not given it my best shot so this will be no different so wish me luck and ile fill you in next time on how it went xxx must just say again thank you so much for all your support , i know i keep saying it but it does help me so much knowing you are all behind me , thank you again love you all , xxx

THOUGHTS FOR WEEK 14

This week we saw the death of mr,s thatcher , and through face book and other social media sites we have all had our say , funny when somthing like this happens as it brings out feelings and emotions which you wouldnt think you would have , yes we all knew she would die someday , but i for one didnt think i would be affected by it in the way i was . as a 70,s person as i call myself , which in my book means , we did most of our growing up in this decade , my first real thoughts about politics were surfacing , i see my politics quite simply , i just think things should be fair , i dont like greed , i dont like the class system , the world can not be run like a business , we cant all be bosses , we cant all have the job we want , some of us cant even have a job , yes reward people for working , and yes have a profit making business , but dont rip people off , dont make more than you need , if you do , put some of the profit into making your customers lives better , you will reep the good will tenfold ,, plus any society can only be judged by how it treats and looks after the weakest and most dependant  in  it , and not how it lines the pockets of the the richest in it , also this week it seems ive upset some people with my remarks about mrs thatcher , which i do not appologise for , yes it is sad for her family and i do feel for them , but there are vast swayths of this country that were laid bare by her policies and they have never recovered , and yes the unions needed taming but setting out to destroy people should never be seen as a viable policy , specially when you do not build or replace what you have broken and destroyed ,, with anything else , and leave people with no hope , no job , no society , and no future , i was very supprised in how so many different people felt and reacted ,,, bye for now love you all , thanks again for my support xxx

THOUGHTS FOR WEEK 13

This week ive not had many of my own thoughts , having been called upon to help and give advice and just generally be there for a few friends and aquaintencies , and i feel proud that my friends feel they can call on me to help and give them advice about the everyday things that we all face ,i have  also have been revealing my feelings and telling some home truths to a few people who needed to know what was on my mind , not in a bad way but in a nice way , i for one feel that if you have somthing on your mind its best to come out with it and say it , now i dont know what will come of the things ive revealed , but lets hope its somthing nice , and also if your wondering why its being typed up on a tueday and not monday , well i got wrapped up in the football and on facebook so allow me to be a day late this week , one off , (honest ) . also if you dont know by now mye end of month weigh in was 10, half pound , hooray ,,, thanks for all your support , love you all , take care , and remember ,,, in the face of all diversity ,,, never let your braces dangle in the shit ha ha ha xxx

THOUGHTS FOR WEEK 7

Well this week started well but ended badly , we all get weeks that have us wondering why me , so as i say the week was going well , had been on a couple of dates with a lovely young lady called jackie from oldham , we got on well and after the 2nd date i thought things woupld pick up a bit of a pace , anyway during the week i noticed it was me getting in touch with her all the time and i was only getting one and two word answers to my questions and they were speradic as well , so i had a feeling in my gut instinct , it told me maybe she wasent as interested as i thought , so anyway the week progressed and i had been looking after my sister sharons cat , its called fergie , for those of you who know her that will comee as no supprise as she is a massive united fan like all our family , ha ha ha , i mean sharon , not the cat ha ha ha , but the cat has not been well , she is 18 after all , so she got back friday  tea time and rang me to say thanks for looking after her , which was no problem , but as it turned out sharon was up with her all night till sat as she was very ill , anyway she rang me on sat afternoon really distressed as fergie had died in her arms that afternoon , and she wanted me to bury her in the garden for her , which i gladly did , it sounds daft but if your not an animal lover , specially pets , it wont affect you but its really upsetting when they go , as i know from losing my golden retriever max 4 years ago in simmilar circumstances , she loved her cat we all did , but R.I.P. FERGIE ,, then to add to all that i thought its time i had a chat with jackie about us , even though i knew what was on the cards , so i took the bull by the horns and asked if she was really interested , to which she said she liked my company and thought we could become really good friends , to which i had to reply i have lots of female friends who i love to bits all of them , but would not like to add to the number , ( so all you ladies in my life think yourself lucky you got in when you did ha ha ha ha ha ) how cheeky am i ha ha ha , no but there is enough of you and i love you all to bits , just want more than that in my own personal relationship , you know what i mean dont you . so as i said week started good but ended badly , but i dont let it get me down , i always keep a P.M.A. , possitive mental attitude , so lets see what next week brings ,,,, oh yes it brings my next WEIGH IN aaaaarrrrggggghhhhh ha ha ha ha bye for now , thanks again to all of you who follow this and gee me up with your messages of support , cant do it without you all xxxxxxxx love you all .