On the 9th of April 2011, I will be Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason!!!
...and I can hardly wait as I am now crossing off the days on my calander...since I was about 5 this has been a life long ambition of mine, and I am about to live it too!! I can't really put into words just how excited I am about my Raising, and Brother Sally from Hexagon House, has promised she will attend my ceremony, which is wonderfull news!! So soon I will be able to take Office and vote in open Lodge and one day (many years from now) I maybe elected to the Chair, T.G.A.O.T.U willing!! :)
Because of this major period of my life I am desperatly trying to loose weight too!! I made a good start when I was in hospital with my ulcer as I lost over a stone!! But its leveled off now, so I have bought an excersise bike to shift those stubborn pounds!! At the moment I am a size 14 but would love to get back to a size 10 before my specail day...Sadly though, now I am older its much more difficult to loose weight, and I do still love my red wine of an evening so the going will be slow! I suppose I will be happy if I make it to a size 12!!...The bike is great, but exhausting, as I have not done any serious excersise since I did my training for the Everest trek in '95. The training involved hiking trips in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, covering about 20kms per day, and I was the fittest I have ever been!! But I was only 26 then!! *coughs* I am 43 now!!!...worryingly the first time I used the bike, 2 weeks ago, I finished a half hour "spinning" session and slipped straight into my 40 degree spa straight after and suddenly got huge pins and needles in my hands!! I normally have a ciggie or two in a half hour spa session, but these pins and needles were so bad I couldn't hold one!! So I did some internet research and apparently its very dangerous to spa straight after excersie as the body has to "cool down" first before you have a spa, so now I stop bike spinning at about 8pm and have my spa at 9pm, and the pins and needles havn't come back, thank goodness!! the only problam with the bike is the fact thas its giving me nice legs but I still have "Bingo arms"...not that I play bingo, you understand!! Bingo arms are tha horrid flabby bit under the arms!! I hate the weird "trendy" words like bingo arms, camel toe, and the dreaded pantie line!!...eeeemm...."thinks" I might take up weights!!
In other news I have a final meeting with the conservatory surveyer a week on Friday, just to make sure everything is as it should be and all the little bits and bobs I have chosen for colour and syle of handles ect is correct. Waterproofing is paramount as its my new spa room, and this is down on the surveyers report, but I also need ultra safe power points for the spa RCD plug and bathroom grade lighting as well as ventillation. When I started out on this project I haden't even considered all this stuff, but its certainly put my planning brain in gear!! As soon as the building starts I will be looking at non slip tilling for the floor! I want mosaic tilling but I have not looked into this yet and my choice may be limited for saftey purposes. Untill now (touch wood) I have not slipped getting into or out of the spa, but mum almost fell when she got out once! (I caught her) but she said she was dizzy, rather than slipping! Personally I thought my mum was very brave to try my spa, as she is nearly 80!!! But she loved it!! and wants to go in it again when the conservatory is built!
Well going to hopp off now, like a good little bunny, and have another go on the bike for a bit, before I get Dereks tea ready!!
Corrie tonight, folks!! :)
love Vix x