New Year Resolutions for 2013......with a completely NEW slant !!!
Hi folks and as we are now into 2013 and I have managed to get into MB's (couldn't last night - problems with laptop) have decided, whilst the going is good, to get this thread kicked off for another year.
Sylvie and I still believe we should follow same pattern as for last year with us setting ourselves targets of what we hope to achieve each month and of course, any number of resolutions can be followed each month as well as any number being carried over into the following month where it may end up becoming something that we want to achieve throughout the year but the main thing is that, what we set ourselves, we attempt to achieve and we lend our support to each other in trying to reach our goals.
Please consider joining us for a little bit of seriousness but Sylvie and I hope too, a huge lot of laughs throughout the year because that is, without doubt, the #1 Resolution of this thread, to have, FUN !! :)
We also believe that we should extend a very warm welcome to our very own "boss", Michael, for he has given us, so far, three of his own resolutions which he hopes to achieve this year and so we invite him to share with us on here how he is getting on achieving his goals and also, if he just wants a little bit of encouragement to keep going with his aims, we are here to support him and we want him to know that. Also if he decides, at some point in time throughout the year, to set himself another goal he is more than welcome to share it with us on here and again, we will give him all the support he needs !! :) Believe, more than appropriate to place Michael's 3 Resolutions on here along with pictures he sent and so here is the first........................
"New Year Resolution #1. Spend lotsa time with Millie & Gwenny! MB" and the picture is a beautiful one of Michael standing at a patio door, at home in Westport, holding Amelia (Millie) in his arms and it was taken at same time as the beautiful one he sent of himself sitting at table working on book with Amelia dancing in background and in this one Michael is facing camera and he is holding Amelia, who is in profile, but the beautiful thing is she has a little back-pack strapped on and she has an arm up going across strap as though showing the world; "this is mine and your not getting it" or at least trying to keep it on her shoulder for it does look a little bitty big !! :)
"New Year Resolution #2. Enjoy more golf with great buddies like Bruce & Dan. MB" and in this picture are the three of them along with, I believe MB's caddy, for it is an older picture and I am sure it is taken at one of the golf competitions and they are standing on one of the greens of the course. I will check it out and find out exactly when taken once access into my files is a little bitty easier, safer and more guaranteed than of now !! LOL.
Now for Resolution #3........
"New Years Resolution #3. Keep the reciprocal inspiration going with amazing artists like Melanie!" and this picture is a beautiful one of a close up, from waist, of MB and Melanie Fiona and Michael's smile is one of the widest and happiest that he gives and equally too, so is Melanie's......it is a beautiful picture !! :)
Here is #4......"New Year Resolution #4 continue to revel in all the greats who paved the paths. MB" and in this picture Michael is, I believe, in the Motown Museum for there are a couple of pictures on the wall and you can see a couple and I think, one is of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell and the other is of The Temptations and am now changing that thought for sure as I believe now it is in fact of Quincey Jones.....could be totally wrong, nowt new there then....and Michael is standing looking up towards what I would imagine is another picture you cannot see and at his back you can see part of a piano and that is what makes me think it is the Museum and it is the piano that was originally used in a lot of the Motown recordings and which was restored last year.
Now I believe we will have to wait for #5 and I am pretty certain there is going to be one and I wonder how many there could be in total.....7 ????? lol. Must say that I do hope Michael isn't celebrating his 60th birthday this year by pulling a joke on us all with these resolutions for.....to date.....there have been 4 and we have another 56 days till the 26th February....56 + 4 = 60......coincidence ??????? LOL. Obviously if anymore do appear I will place on here !!! :)
.........and #5 has just popped up and it is..............."New Years resolution #5 Dream bigger & bolder than ever!!" and the picture that goes along with is a wonderfully, stunningly, beautiful one and a view to get lost in anytime of the year !! :) It is looking off into the horizon and is taken at sunset and you can see a little strip of land which is dark with palm trees on and there dark shadows creep up into the sunset and just before horizon is a strip of water and you are not half way up on the picture for the following section takes you onto the horizon where the sun is setting and what is captured there would stand alone as an absolutely beautiful picture for the sky is on fire and you can feel the heat, if any could be generated from it let alone the tremendous light shining out....I know I am letting my imagination run riot but I don't believe there would be many who wouldn't see something like that looking at something so beautiful.....and then the top half of the picture is of clouds appearing dark because of the sunset and they are of all various shapes and sizes with little whispy white ones too and in between them the brilliant blue sky shining through and in some respects it is like looking at day and night in the one picture for you have the brilliance of the sky above the clouds still bathed in sunshine with the land below entering night. It is truly, truly gorgeous !! :)
We await #6 and I do not know how MB is going to top that one with the next photo !!! lol.
Hope you will all join in and more importantly, that you all enjoy this thread and cheers to you all for 2013 and may it prove to be one of the best years ever for us all with plenty of "Bolton Adventures" for us to share !! :)
Sylvie from Canada and Sylvia from Scotland.
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Permalink Reply by sylvie boisvert on
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Allo Françoise et rebienvenue! Je suis contente pour toi que tu aies, malgré les éléments qui te gênent, réussi à perdre 6 lbs, bravo! As-tu un truc qui marche particulièrement pour toi? Tu te débrouilles très bien en anglais ma belle, ne t’inquiètes pas. :D Je suis heureuse pour toi que la température te motive à bouger plus et jete souhaiteune belle continuité et surtout de la constance dans tes efforts. Je te souhaite merde pour ton fonds de concert aussi. :D Te donnes-tu le but de mettre le même montant de côté par semaine ou par mois? De toute façon, je te souhaite le meilleur des succès Françoise, continues ton bon travail! Fais attention à toi. Gros câlins, sincèrement, Sylvie Qc Canada
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Permalink Reply by sylvia doughty on
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Thanks for coming in Francoise and so glad to hear you are having such success in your weight loss.....well done !!! :) Keep saving the pennies in the moneybox for that concert in Europe......maybe I will be coming over there to go to one too and we can meet up for if Michael doesn't come to Scotland I think I will have to travel to him !!! LOL. Wish we knew what he was doing as far as concerts are concerned.....just have to wait and see !!! :)
Take care Francoise and keep on that diet !!! lol.
Merci d'être venu en Francoise et si heureux de vous entendre est un tel succès dans votre perte de poids... Bravo!!! :) Garder enregistrer les sous dans la tirelire pour que concert en Europe... peut-être je viendra là pour aller à un trop et nous pouvons répondre pour si Michael ne vient pas à l'Écosse, je pense que je vais devoir voyager à lui!!! LOL. Souhaitons nous savions ce qu'il faisait autant que les concerts sont concernés... suffit d'attendre et de voir!!! :)
Prendre soin de Françoise et garder ce régime!!! lol.
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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Permalink Reply by Françoise on
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hello all,
I just make a point of my usual resolutions this week say the time was associated my goals, so no walks and therefore weight stagnant, but I want good and it is the main thing. I'm really determined to do everything I can to get moneybox to allow me to see MB in concert over the weekend while I discussed with a friend on FB, I posted a simple tweet mb, and what wonderful surprise when I saw that I had MB retwitté.For me, it is a time unexpected, that certainly does not move mountains but I am filled with joy and so I wanted to share with you .Sincerely . Françoise
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Permalink Reply by katia Rochet on
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ma boltonette,
tres bonne nouvelle pour toi, ma boltonette, je suis trés heureuse pour toi et trés fiére. Je sais que tu as eu la chance de le voir 2 fois en concert et dimanche Michael Bolton t'as retwitté, c'est trop cool, et tu dois te sentir sur un nuage, moi je le serai, ou je me sentirai comme une adolescente. Je suis trop fière d'avoir partager ce moment avec toi, et tu le sais
gros bisous
katia
very good news for you, my boltonette, I am very happy for you and very proud. I know you had the chance to see two times in concert and Sunday Michael Bolton retwitté you got, it's too cool, and you must feel on a cloud, I will be, and I feel like a teenager . I'm so proud to be sharing this moment with you, and you know
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C'est vrai que je suis resté sur ce nuage et je crois que je vais y rester un moment !! . Je voudrais que tu puisses assister pour la 1ère fois à un concert et j'espère que l'on pourra partager cette aventure Bolton ensemble . . Je te le souhaite de tout mon coeur et je croise les doigts pour toi .
Bisous
Françoise
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je t'adore ma Boltonnette, Merci, vive l'aventure
bisous
katia
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Hi Francoise and Katia and I too saw your retweet from Michael Francoise and am so, so delighted for you.....absolutely wonderful !!! :) Maybe it will make him think about France and the fact that he hasn't been there recently !! :) He needs to do concerts in the UK and then head to France and Portugal and I can come across through the tunnel in my little car and meet up with you all somewhere in France......LOL.
Bonjour Françoise et Katia et j'ai trop vu votre retweet de Michael Francoise et suis tellement, tellement heureux pour vous... absolument merveilleux!!! :) Peut-être il lui fera penser à la France et le fait qu'il n'a pas été récemment!! :) Il a besoin pour faire des concerts au Royaume-Uni et puis la tête à la France et le Portugal et je peux trouver dans ma petite voiture à travers le tunnel et se retrouver avec vous tous quelque part en France...LOL.
On my resolutions and in particular my weight loss, I am like you Francoise and have become stuck.....only blessing is that I haven't gone up but will need to put some thought into this because I definitely have to lose weight. Went to gym twice last week and thoroughly enjoyed but didn't break any records and in fact on the treadmill did a little worse and it is unfortunate too that weather has turned much colder again here so going out for walks is kind of a no, no.....went out one day and thought my nose had been taken off for there is a very cold easterly wind blowing all the time right now and in some parts, especially over mountains, it is blowing in snow. Know I should start doing exercises in the house at those times....but....this computer and my books have too much of a draw when I am in the house.....need to play MB's ANMHE more often and get the dancing feet on !!! LOL
Will still perservere this week and try and cut down more and when waiting for the kettle to boil for that cup of tea start doing some exercises.....even if only bending and touching my toes it would be something !!!! LOL.
Started at weekend cleaning the grout on my tiles in my bathroom and delighted with the product I have eventually found that appears to be doing a fantastic job for apart from cleaning it has brightened it all up too and on the bit I have done, the grout is all white again so I will continue to do that. I will take it slowly and do a bit at a time for I have three walls completely tiled in my bathroom so quite a little area to cover but know I will get there and then I will freshen up the paint work along with freshening up paint work in hallway and I hope to get all of that finished by end of April and then it will be to start tackling the outside jobs.......yipeeeeeee.....not !!!!! LOL.
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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Hello ladies, premièrement, félicitations Françoise d’avoir reçu un RT de Michael : je sais qu’une réponse, n’importe quelle réponse de Michael est merveilleux! :D Je te souhaite de continuer de persévérer dans tes effort qui ont porté fruit jusqu’ici, garde courage!
I congratulated Françoise on her RT and encouraged her to persevere in her efforts.
Now Sylvia, I’ll wish you the same thing: keep at it girl! It’s easy to give up because we’re not getting results right away, but if we keep at it, something’s gotta give! At least, you did go to the gym so that’s points for you. :D Now Sylvia, about your exercizing in the house, I’ll tell you what worked for me. Years ago, I used to set a time, which was 11:00 a.m. back then, which was a perfect time to go on my bike for ½ hour before my son came home. Then the time moved to 6:30 after supper and I made it a habit. Now, walking while “watching” movies or listening to commentaries works for me and I walk for at least an hour in the afternoon. I’ve also taken the habit of pacing while talking on the phone and since I love to talk on the phone, it works out well! Lol Okay, so what are you using on your grout? I’d be curious to know. Good for you giving yourself a deadline for painting Sylvia and break a leg with that. You know they say the important thing is just to stay active. On my side, I’m happy to report that I’m keeping up with walking every day at least. I’ve finished labelling my tapes and started on the print material, but I need visual help, so it’s not going very fast. At least, that gave me time to clean the house and get started on filing E-mails: one step in the right direction. That’s about it. So good luck to everyone for perseverance this week ladies! Take care and hugs to all, sincerely, Sylvie Qc Canada
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Hi Sylvie and the product I found was in one of our supermarket chains, Morrisons, and it is called Astonish and that is it; it just says it is a mould and mildew remover and it is manufactured in the UK can't see any other brand name. We do have a few products here with the name "Astonish" for there is a stain remover and a furniture polish plus others so don't know if you have that product in Canada, or not, but as I say it is darn good and certainly is one that does the job it says it will do !!! :)
Sylvia. Your wee Scottish friend.
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Hey Sylvia, thanks for your response. The brand name doesn't sound familiar but I can search for it, thanks! Take care. Hugs, sincerely, Sylvie Qc Canada
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I'd like to see Michael Bolton concert, especially in London, at least that would be my preference and if it's at the Royal Albert Hall will be wonderful. The small retwitt mb, made me really happy and I thank you for your post .
Oh thank you very much for your message, Sylvie, because as you say so, the slightest gesture or in this case the smallest of MB tweet me full of joy .Sincerely .
Françoise
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Hi all, I thought I'd report in since it's Monday and I'm the first one for once! :D Well, I'm happy to report that the walking is pretty steady, except for one day when I was too busy making birthday cakes. My family likes my scratch cake so much that I make 1 cake and 1 set of cupcakes that I freeze. Unfortunately, the print material sorting is at a stand still because of no visual help. However, I did compensate with filing messages on the computer, so that's something else that needed to be done. At least, I'm glad my walking is pretty consistent, but I do need to corner people into helping me... :D I hope your week was successful in at least some way. Take care and hugs to all, sincerely, Sylvie Qc Canada
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