It was my birthday last Friday (you don’t have to sing). My running partner came around for Prosecco and cake with her daughters. She has three daughters but one was sulking.
I’m not a great birthday fan but it appears other people are, so the Princess made a Tiramasu cake. I was surrounded by females, cake and Prosecco what was there not to enjoy. But as I get older I feel I am becoming Mr Hector
The plan is to arise at 6 am, no matter what, this is the key. I can have two hours to myself I cycle mostly (there is no traffic at 6 am) although I don’t like cycling, so I try a 5k jog now and again but the Achilles swells up! It’s been three months now. I believe it’s time it got over itself! And of course, I get quality time with Adriene or as Gillian (I’m bored with the Princess title) says, ‘That woman.’ I am rather enjoying the Yoga.
Curiously I stuck this into Grammarly and it states, I quote:
“Your text is likely to be understood by a reader who has at least a 7th-grade education (age 12) and should be easy for most adults to read.” Now you can take that whichever way you like, I guess. 😂
Happy trails 😍
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That Achilles thing sounds like a right pain. Stay healthy, Charlie.
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Hahahaha.. I got up early this morning to go out and it was raining so just sat in bed with a good book and coffee..
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Now that’s a sensible idea on a rainy Saturday 😉
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Happy birthday Charlie.
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Thank you Laleh, I appear to have a glitch where comments don’t appear in my Reader? Hence the late reply 😉
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My pleasure.
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Oh no. No, no, no. You have a birthday, I’m singing. You can’t have a birthday and not have singing. I’m singing.
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Haha, thank you 😉
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Happy birthday Charlie!!! Although I have to see I’m disappointed I wasn’t invited to share in some tiramisu and a glass of proseco. Yum. My favorite. Happy trails and sending good And happy vibes your way.
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Thanks, Velma yes always room for one more ;-), Sorry the invitation must have got lost in the post xx
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Lol. Well next time. Hope your birthday was fun. Stay safe my friend and may the coming year bring you a life filled with peace love and happiness. Happy birthday
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Aww, thank you Velma you too xx
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I already got a sneak peak at the yogi in action on your social media, but my my, it sounds like you’re making quite a few changes in this get-fit-kick-ass post-birthday shake-up. That’s a lot of hyphens. Not sure this would even get a rating for 12 year olds. I don’t understand this ‘fat’ business. There’s nowt there. Anyway, I take my hat off to you because I could never give up chocolate. Cake is the inferior cousin to chocolate, so that I could live without. I think my eyes would fall out and my hair would go blue if I went into chocolate withdrawal though. Good luck on those 6am starts, I don’t know how appealing they’ll be in the winter though!
You can do it, Charlie!
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Of course, you did, Caz. You can’t see the aft coz I was breathing in lol. The winter will be fine, the gym opens at 6:15 haha and its a six-minute walk but hopefully, I’ll be running by then so head torch and trackies xx
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Your Achilles heel came at the same time as my fractured wrist.
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It’s a real pain, isn’t it? I mean as in nuisance not hurtful lol.
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Most definitely.
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La, la, la, la, la…happy birthday! I LOVE Tiramisu!
So, do you SOUND like Mr. Hector? LOL! I had to get past the age of 30 to appreciate British humor.
I haven’t seen 6:00am in four years. Is there not some kind of achilles support like an ankle brace? How about something from CopperFit or Tommy Copper?
I love yoga.
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Mmmm my favourite cake and trifle, I do sometimes wonder if I should be Italian or Indian as they are always my first choice. The first thing I learned to cook when I was about 13 was curry and the second was Bolognese lol.
“I’m just a big old hungry Hector,” haha.
There is I have an Aircast ankle brace which cured Andy Murray but the damn lump won’t go down!
I’ll check the Copper thing, I hadn’t thought of that they wear Copper bracelets for arthritis I think 😉
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Happy birthday Charlie!
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Thank you, Angel, hope you’re keeping safe 😉
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So far, so good. My facility is open to the public now.
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Oh, wow, that’s great, or is it? By the way you know that statement could be taken the wrong way 😂
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You are quick. 🙂
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Okay, I’m happy to be 12! 😀 And I’m definitely going green with envy (to match your tee). 6am start; now you’re just showing off!
And where’s the fat? Or are my eyes failing? Nope! No fat to be seen. But, don’t let that stop you.
By the way, I’m loving your face hair. Is this to be the new look?
And now to the really important part:
I loved ‘that’ title, and now I will have to remember that it bores you. Oh, okay; Gillian it is.. 😉 😉
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Haha, Carolyn, I’ve started waking up at 4:30 – 5:00 lately and just wanted to get up and get on, so I did a deal on 6:00 I blame the lack of alcohol 😉
It’s a paunch and a bit on the hips when I wear a belt lol.
Yeah, the facial hair was leftover from Sooty and lockdown, but someone doesn’t like it haha.
I was only bored with it that day lol, gotta remember, Gemini here so my tastes, loves and likes change more than the weather xx
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So pleased about the ‘Princess’ title…
By the way, I forgot to wish you happy birthday!
Happy Belated Birthday – Hope it was really good.
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Haha yeah, it was brill. I can see comments again now, apparently I Disabled them! 😂
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Happy birthday!!!
Cake and champagne are made for each other.
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Thank you Jay, they most certainly are. Unless you’re a Supermodel, then apparently it’s Champagne and Coke lol. It is supposed to stop you eating and keep you slim, personally, I’d rather eat x
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Am I the only one looking at those photos and thinking of Ming the Merciless attending an exercise class?
The average reading age of adults in the UK is nine, or eleven. The Sun’s reading age is 8, the Times is 12 and the Guardian is 14. It all depends on the statistics you use.
I just checked my readability and it comes out as suitable for 11 to 12 year olds. Not bsure if this makes me a writer of great clarity or a simpleton with a computer…
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Haha, I’ll remember that if they ever audition to do a remake, although my Chinese is pretty poor.
So are they saying a Tory child has better reading ability than a Socialist child? haha.
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I thought it meant liberals read better, though it’s a limited sample.
Look at this for a picture of Ming. Could be brothers!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_the_Merciless
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Haha, he is a handsome devil 🤪
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However, his robes are probably conceal the legs of a monkey.
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😂😂😂👍
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PS Happy Birthday!
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Happy Belated Birthday!
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Thank you X
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Belated Happy Birthday Charlie. 🎂🥂
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Thank you X
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Happy Belated Birthday!
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Thank you, Luisa, I can usually drag it out for at least a week xx
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😊🥂😊🥂😊🥂😊🥂😊
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https://poemscomdotblog.wordpress.com i nominated you for the Liebster Award!!
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Belated happy birthday (m late only by 4 days)….. wishing you all happiness and good health
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Thank you, trying hard 😂
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Belated Happy Birthday!
Wow! Even Grammarly has a sense of humor these days. Now that’s called technological advancement 😛
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Haha, thank you 😊
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Belated Happy birthday Charlie !Lovely pictures and celebration . Tiramisu looks lovely as well . We made it for father’s day too.
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Thank you, it’s a great thing for Fathers lol.
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Hope you had a great birthday. Do you really think you can nix chocolate? I have it daily, and don’t think I could pass it up. But I do keep running each morning, and pains do always pop up. Sorry about your Achilles. You look very fit!
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Thank you, Kerby. Chocolate isn’t too bad for me, it’s the red wine I have a problem with 😂 Well done on the running 🥳 I’m managing a 5km once a week but it’s a far cry from 40 miles a week 🥴x
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As Men at Work used to sing, I think 40 miles is overkill. Your poor joints!
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I was aiming for 100 miles this weekend it should have been Endure 24 where you run as many miles as you can in 24 hours but it’s cancelled so at least I haven’t lost my money 😂😂
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Happy birthday. Yoga , prosecco, cake – sounds like my kind of celebration.
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Thank you, Amanda, yes it was special 😀
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Happy belated birthday, Charlie! ☕️🍂💗☕️
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Thank you so much 😍
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