The title is a bit of a misnomer this week, the scales tell me I have put on 1.5lb although I am not quite sure where. Perhaps all that eating out is catching up with me… I am not to worried though and I have warned the scales to be on their best [...]
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The Search for the Towton Rose Continues…
Since my last post about the search for the Towton Rose there have been some fresh leads but the Rose has still not been located and the search continues. In a recent Blog post George Algar notes that all the roses that have been identified as being taken from the battlefield are of the same [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2010
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Weight Loss – Week Three
I had a more modest weight loss of 0.5lb this week, but I am happy because my weight is still moving in the right direction. I wasn’t sure how I would do after my day out to Chatsworth where all the food options were high in calories. My choices had to be on the [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Aug 19th 2010
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Weight Loss – Week Two
This week I lost 1.5lb which I am happy with. I also got my 5% and 10% milestones calculated to give me some interim steps to aim towards. I like to stay to the meetings for extra tips to keep me motivated. Today was focusing on then skills to support lasting weight [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2010
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Weight Loss – Week One
I could tell I had lost weight over the week by just looking in the mirror. I was however quite surprised when the scales told me I had lost 5lb!
What I did differently this week was; write down and point up everything I ate, ate a variety of different foods, ate more fruit, had [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2010
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Just Me
I have been testing different effects in Corel Painter Essentials trying to get a softer feel to images. I tried the effects on some of my self portraits, this is one you haven’t seen before, it was taken a couple of years ago in the grounds of Stanton Manor.
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2010
Collated info on the CSCS (7th March 2010):
In August 2009 the government announced plans to reform the Civil Service Compensation scheme in such a way that it made it look the Trade Unions had agreed to the terms. Although the Trade Unions and the cabinet office had been in negotiations since the previous autumn no [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 2nd 2010
