Not just a colleague, but a friend! :)

[Hannelore N.]

Today was the birthday of one of my colleagues. It's customary in our department that the birthday boy or girl provides cake (and lots of it) for everybody. This happens 12 times a year. So, what was different today? Sandy put some very tempting cakes on the table and then gave me a bowl of fresh fruit salad with a smile. Big thumbs up for the very thoughtful Sandy!

[Hannelore N.]

real friend!

[Lorna B.]

[Lotti D.]

Excellent friend!

[Rita C.]

- so did you eat the cake and the fruit? :lol:

[Hannelore N.]

Just the fruit, Rita! For the first time in over 20 years I'm just a touch below 20 stone, and I intend to keep it that way!

[Rita C.]

Ah I knew you would be good, I was just jokin' with ya! You have done phenomenally well Lorchen, you must be really feeling the difference now. Do you have any clothes that fit you anymore?

[Rita C.]

Woo Hoo - great friends at work are wonderful to have - we won't recognise each other if we get together sometime this year! I might try getting to FoQ again this year, i suspect that you are already booked in and raring to go. :wink:

[Hannelore N.]

Rosemary, the only thing that might mess up my FoQ plans could be the early arrival of my second grandchild. The little one is officially due on the 20th of August. If I'm not at the stand of the Traditional Quilt Group of the Guild, they'll know where to find me. I think I'll be at the stand quite a lot. I'm taking over as 'Challenge Officer' on May 1st.

Rita, all clothes still fit (sort of), but are rather wide and loose, and I have taken in several pairs of trousers. I have gone from a UK size 36 to 28.

I had to go on a school trip to the Space Museum on Thursday, and had to take a group of students into a space flight simulator. Because you couldn't look into it from the outside I didn't realize that there were those metal safety bars across the seats that you find at amusement park rides. Just a couple of months ago I would have had to go out and ask a colleague to go in, but I breathed in and just managed to click the bar into place. So, thanks to my life style changes I have now been from Mars to one of the moons behind Saturn. :shock: 8) :shock:

[E.M. T.]

yea !!

[Rita C.]

So you could say you overcame the 'Mars Bar'! :mrgreen:

[Deborah W.]

Lorchen--you are an inspiration to me!

[wendy w.]

Very good Rita :lol:

Lorchen that's so heart warming to hear. I can't imagine how hard it must have been getting clothes.

[wendy w.]

So you could say you overcame the 'Mars Bar'! :mrgreen:

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[wendy w.]

Thumbs up to you Lorchen.