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« Reply #1065 on: October 31, 2013, 05:27:09 PM »

Cheers Kev Smiley  How's you these days?  x

Absolutely tickety boo Dawn. Vegas Sept/Oct back to work for 2 weeks then IWF in Dublin. Rest of the year going to feel so boring after those two parties.  Grin

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  After the most dismal 6 months of poker, playing decent but getting mullered with 2/3 outers etc, finally started to have my hands hold up. Vegas 12 comps 6 FT. Dublin 3 comps 2 FT. Back in love with poker again.

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« Reply #1066 on: November 01, 2013, 11:28:44 AM »

Cheers Kev Smiley  How's you these days?  x

Absolutely tickety boo Dawn. Vegas Sept/Oct back to work for 2 weeks then IWF in Dublin. Rest of the year going to feel so boring after those two parties.  Grin

#Bragalert
  After the most dismal 6 months of poker, playing decent but getting mullered with 2/3 outers etc, finally started to have my hands hold up. Vegas 12 comps 6 FT. Dublin 3 comps 2 FT. Back in love with poker again.

xxx

Blimey!  You've been a busy man.  Very well done on the poker binkage.  mbn and all that Smiley I was sort of keeping up with it on facebook, but I lost track because you'd so much going on.  Did you know there's a Harrah's in down town Cleveland?  More than welcome to visit once we get over there. 

Don't worry about boredom.  Only two months left in the year and Christmas and New Year's got it covered. 
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« Reply #1067 on: November 03, 2013, 09:29:14 PM »

So, after a week of showing Jack around the Cleveland area, we were walking Carmen one day when Jack asked how I'd feel about moving back to Ohio.   

I often thought of it before Jack and I got together and I'd probably be there already if we hadn't.  But Jack's been in the same village all his life.  He was born in a house right around the corner and most of his family are still in the area.  I'd never even mentioned it to him and figured I was UK rooted...end of. 

I was stunned.  First I clarified - are you suggesting we move?  Why not?  Blimey.  My kids have dual citizenship and have always talked about living in the States when they finish Uni, so it was a no brainer from my point of view.  I still played devil's advocate and rambled off all the reasons why I was worried he wasn't thinking straight.  Nope...he was pretty sure this was a good idea.  After a chat with my Mom and Step-Dad, that was that.  Hmmmmmm...ok then.  Over 40 and starting over.  Looks like we're moving to America. 

Why worry about something that is always going to be the case :-)

Reckon he is planning how many trips to Vegas he can sneak in each year *lol*

PS - Good luck and congrats

Rodders!!!!!!!!  Don't know how I missed your post before, but thanking you muchly for the good wishes.  xx 

Whatever about Jack, you can be sure I'm already wondering how many trips to Vegas we can make each year.    

That trip with yourself, Jack and the APAT gang in 2011 was my first (and last) time in Vegas. Chances are good we'd probably only get there once a year when you lot are over, but that's better than nothing with the best of company, so a win win all around.

On the plus side, if we get the poker bug outside of Vegas trips, there's a Harrah's Horseshoe Casino in Cleveland now.  wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

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« Reply #1068 on: November 03, 2013, 09:54:33 PM »

Jack's been running a lot this year and I decided to get back into training so I'd be able to join him on some of the runs.  I need to fit into a wedding dress next summer without looking like a beached whale and figured this was the surest way to make that happen.  Enter Couch to 5k.  http://www.c25k.com/  You can get the free app for your phone and it really is good.

That said....good grief!  I've done 7 weeks of the training so far and seem to be stuck on 2 miles when I should be running 2.5 miles by now.  Well, that's not entirely true.  The programme says 25 minutes OR 2.5 miles...whichever comes first.  Except the 25 minute bell came first every time last week...and only amounted to 2 miles each time.  Sigh.

I really should be pleased with myself for even managing that much.  To a point, I suppose I am pleased.  It was a struggle to run for even 60 seconds at the start of the training and I never thought I'd be where I am now.  I even gave up the smoking a couple of weeks ago hoping it would make running easier.  It really has, but I'm still not going as far as I wanted to by now.  Have to get past this hurdle and only have three weeks left to do it.  No pressure then. 

I've booked in to run my first official 5k run on November 23rd.  It's a Movember race and the women are encouraged to sport a moustache of some sort as well.  Bought mine last week, so no turning back now.  Going with the pirate look, complete with goatee.  Should be good fun and whatever happens, I'm going to finish that race...running!
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« Reply #1069 on: November 03, 2013, 10:30:48 PM »

I've blonde and one member in particular to thank for quitting the smokes.  There was a thread debating e cigs around here somewhere and I got in touch with one of the participants of that thread to enquire about e cigs.  He was very helpful, so a special thank you to...you know who you are.  Smiley  After doing a bit more research myself, I ordered one of these from a UK based online shop called paradise vape and haven't looked back...

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« Reply #1070 on: November 03, 2013, 10:34:34 PM »

Hi, sorry if I missed the post where you outline moving back to states..

Where about's are you planning to move it? We keep meaning to go back to but its just alot of hassle with young ones.
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« Reply #1071 on: November 03, 2013, 10:53:46 PM »

We're moving to Ohio.  I grew up on the west side of Cleveland and that's where we're heading, but not exactly sure which town yet.  We're kind of thinking along the lake somewhere if possible because it'd be great fun for the dogs, but even near a decent park would be good.  We'll stay at my Mom's when we first move over, giving us time to house hunt without pressure.

Not sure what age your little ones are, but if you're thinking of moving, I'd definitely say it's best done when they're young.  Once they hit the teens, if they've settled well in school and made good friends, you haven't a hope of getting them away happily. We moved from NYC to Ireland when Brian was 4 years old and Sinéad was 10 months old.  When I moved to England in 2011, the kids were 14, 16 & 19.  There was no chance any of them would leave their schools and friends by then. 
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« Reply #1072 on: November 07, 2013, 03:43:24 PM »

Step one of operation relocation is complete!  Fed Ex has collected the petition and US Immigration will have it in the morning.  wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

The process of getting a visa is ridiculously long and drawn out with more paperwork than should be allowed by law.  Luckily Jack has amazing patience (no shit...he puts up with me) and has managed to sift through the maze that is US immigration.  I read through it all and signed the paperwork, but my eyes haze over a bit and I just can't focus when faced with a mountain of the stuff. 

It can take up to 10 months for everything to be finalised.  Yikes!  Ah well, we'll get there eventually. 

Next step, hunt down a realtor and prep the house to go on the market in January.
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« Reply #1073 on: November 07, 2013, 03:57:31 PM »

In other news, I'm in week 8 of Couch to 5k training.  I was meant to do 5k after this Friday's run, but I was sooooooo close on Monday night, I got annoyed with myself for not being at 5k already.  Well, so close as in, I'd done 3.77k.  How hard would another 1.23 have been?

I decided I'd push myself during last night's training run.  Turns out, when you're not used to it...it's pretty friggin' hard.   

But... I DID IT!!!      Managed a full 5k ahead of schedule!!!  wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

8 weeks ago I struggled to run for even 60 seconds.  Amazing what the body can achieve if you give it half a chance and put a wee bit of effort in.  Will spend the next couple of weeks doing 5k regularly to prep for the MoRun at the end of the month.  Still can't believe it!

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« Reply #1074 on: November 07, 2013, 04:04:39 PM »

Very well done!
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« Reply #1075 on: November 07, 2013, 04:09:32 PM »

Well done Laxie. x
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« Reply #1076 on: November 07, 2013, 04:11:37 PM »

I'm doing the one seater to couch training, was strong enough to get the one seater into the office but not the big seatee, gettttttttttt.

Training includes bashing a keyboard 12 hours a day to make my arms bigger, I reckon 3 months and I'll be strong enough to get shit done.

We all got to have goals Tongue

PS Congrats, well done.
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« Reply #1077 on: November 07, 2013, 04:15:45 PM »

I've been doing the couch to the front door challenge. Similar to Monda...

It involves bench pressing the iPhone, bashing some numbers on the phone, rest for 30 mins, then go collect food from front door.

Results are astounding so far. I feel like twice the man I used to be.

Congrats by the way Smiley
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« Reply #1078 on: November 13, 2013, 01:31:38 PM »

Cheers Lads and  @ mond and celtic!!!  My old workout routine was similar to yours which is why I can't fit into a wedding dress now without looking like the Stay Puff marshmallow.

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« Reply #1079 on: November 13, 2013, 01:51:23 PM »

Today we're taking the dogs on a run with us for the first time.  Leads, legs and paws everywhere...this could get messy!  I'm hoping it works out and they enjoy it though because it'd be great to take them with me on a regular basis.  Fingers crossed.

In other news, I'm still off the smokes.  22 days down and £135 saved based on my old 15 a day habit.  It's made such a difference to the running!  I don't struggle with breathing near as much as I was (if at all) and vaping has definitely been a big help in kicking them.  Still losing weight since giving them up too which is nice.  I was worried it might start to creep back on, but nope. Bar a wee stint at Delboy's with delicious food and copious drink last week-end, it's been going down all the time.  YAY! 

And last, but not least - our petition arrived safe and sound in America.  Jack kept track of it every step of the way from the minute it left our house.  Literally.     They'll send us an email once it's officially in the system and then I can ring my step-dad to see if we can speed up the process a bit.  He's got ties in a couple of the right places who hopefully might be able to knock a few months off the waiting time.  If they can help, they definitely will...but if not, not the end of the world.  We'll get there when we get there. 
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