Shout your happy news to the world!!!

[Hilarious Joke]

Nice work Geoff! A BA is a terrific degree in my humble opinion - I also majored in English, I've finished that part of my degree now and I miss it.

And Wyb I'm pretty sure the University of Notre Dame campus he is talking about is in Sydney.

[Ursa major]

Congratulations, Geoff!

[Steffi]

I've just lost over 6 stone in weight....yay
Took a while but have done it.

[Ursa major]

Congratulations, Steffi.


For those over the Pond, 6 stone is 84 pounds (and yes, the measurement, stone, is often left in the singular); for those elsewhere, 6 stone is 38.1 kg.

[Leisha]

Congrats indeed, Steffi!

And some happy news of my own:

ONE WEEK!!!!!

ONE WEEK UNTIL OUR FAMILY EARLY-XMAS MEAL - AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, I SHALL NOT BE FACING DRIBBLES - I SHALL HAVE SEPH THERE INSTEAD!!! NO ONE TO DRIBBLE AT ME AND PULL FACES, YAAAAAAAAY!

Well, unless Seph decides to.........

[Ursa major]

Will Dribbles be lurking somewhere behind you, then? (Or will he be sitting next to you?)

[Leisha]

WINTER THREAD BEAR!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!

*hugs him*


Heh. Dribbles shall indeed be lurking. He's be as close to Seph as he can get, in all likelihood, cos although Seph hates kids, Dribbles REALLY loves him

[Leisha]

Sorry if this ends up being a double post...


I had a great idea (I hope), only I'm never here regularly enough to make the poll and stuff. Anyway, I wondered if anyone would want a writing challenge thread each month, in the same vein as the photo challenge? But you'd have the rule that your piece had to be under two paragraphs and somehow represented the challenge theme.

So someone would have to do a poll each time, unless we just have members log in and state their winner, rather than it be anonymous voting...?

I got the idea after Chrispy's lovely autumn writing in the Autumn challenge.........


Anyone interested? I think it might help some of us overcome their head-first-into-a-writer's-block impediment...

???

So, perhaps yaaaay, if people like the idea???

(And if we can find someone willing to do the votes...)

[Wybren]

I think that would be a fantastic idea Loopy Kit!

But can I suggest that instead of having winners each month we have where we all vote for the theme of the month, that way if people are using at as a challenge to write something rather than a competition it might get more people involved?

[Interference]

I like, with The Wybren Amendment.

[Wiglaf]

I didn't flunk out of school!

[BookStop]

Originally Posted by Steffi

I've just lost over 6 stone in weight....yay
Took a while but have done it.

Dang - that is impressive, congrats to you! I'm always hoping to lose weight, but alas I just can't seem to break certain barriers.

[Lioness]

Originally Posted by Leisha

Sorry if this ends up being a double post...


I had a great idea (I hope), only I'm never here regularly enough to make the poll and stuff. Anyway, I wondered if anyone would want a writing challenge thread each month, in the same vein as the photo challenge? But you'd have the rule that your piece had to be under two paragraphs and somehow represented the challenge theme.

So someone would have to do a poll each time, unless we just have members log in and state their winner, rather than it be anonymous voting...?

I got the idea after Chrispy's lovely autumn writing in the Autumn challenge.........


Anyone interested? I think it might help some of us overcome their head-first-into-a-writer's-block impediment...

???

So, perhaps yaaaay, if people like the idea???

(And if we can find someone willing to do the votes...)

*loves*

[Steffi]

Originally Posted by BookStop

Dang - that is impressive, congrats to you! I'm always hoping to lose weight, but alas I just can't seem to break certain barriers.

Thank you, I had an incentive, I'm not that old but needed a hip operation and the doc. wouldn't do it unless I lost weight, I did and now have a new hip

[Interference]

Congratulations, Steffi! I hope the new hip gives you the incentive to return to your hippy roots (come on, admit it, we all have hippy roots )