Never Surrender

in my defence, i wasnt allowed in cooking class at my school i was still in my bratty 'why should i go to school' stage!

*cough* ok erm where do you want me to start this is the picture of mine which has been on chat recently - it started out as a raw ,clean, chicken breast OTHER life lessons ive learnt the hard way, just the ones off the top of my head.... 1. dont put foil in the microwave - or tins, forks, jars, etc... actually, just all metal! 2. cover food thats in the microwave or itll explode everywhere 3. just because something is 'oven cook for 6 minutes' does not mean you can substitute 'microwave for 6 minutes' 4. as above, but instead use 'grill' in the place of 'microwave' 5. the rule 'dont stick a knife in the toaster' also applies to forks, spoons, etc. 6. the rice and the pasta dont WANT to boil dry, 7. not all pizza is placed directly onto oven shelf 8. not all meat can be eaten rare, and black on the outside does not always mean cooked the whole way through 9. dont flip pancakes with too much enthusiasm, especially if you arent guaranteed to catch 10. just because you have turned off a hob ring, does not mean its immediately cold my main problem is getting distracted while cooking. that said, im very much getting better, with time, patience and practice. thats all i can think of for now, folks dont judge me too harshly!

Happy Birthday Cia!

id just love to see your search history at this point, if you have an OH (i dont know whether you do or not) they are going to be so confused i think continuing this thread of discussion would be treading towards off topic, but in my peer group at the very least, the 2nd photo is where people are aiming for at the biggest. On the bright side, the second model has really nice underwear

Ill bet you did, houses arent the only things that will suffer from subsidence as you get older, things like boobs often head south for the winter, especially if you are blessed with the watermelon variety instead of the fried eggs I ride horses a lot so i would much rather make sure I'm not going to knock myself out with my own chest in my day to day life, while still looking feminine, because i do like to feel like a girl every now and again this is true - but that will raise the debate of society putting pressure on EVERYONE, not only women but men as well, to change how they look. The current fashion where i am currently is that hip bones MUST be visible - since the prior fashion was curves, a lot of my friends have commenced a total crash diet in order to be what is 'expected'. When seducing a man you have to feel sexy, and if often helps if you look it too but lets just say that once the equipment is up and ready to go, i don't care much what im wearing either

Exactly this. I can go out and buy a normal, everyday bra for £50-£60 without flinching, as long as its pretty and structurally sound, and i know its gonna last for a long enough time more if its for a special occasion. If im in a relationship, a matching set you could be looking at anything up to £100 - £150 without it being unreasonable, if you are going for the well known, good quality makes like Agent Provocateur. Its not always how you look on the outside, but its how it makes you feel as well i know very few people who are gonna be up for getting down and dirty wearing a grey bra that used to be white, and bridget jones underpants (although if you can do this and still feel sexy and confident, kudos to you haha) That said, while youre single i find its often time to crack out the cheap underwear which was pretty much made for being a couch potato

Horse Riding, Swimming and Badminton After i fractured my spine i dont do much of the first anymore, but i was always a pretty speedy swimmer so i guess that would count as my favourite, because its a good workout, i love pushing myself and im good at it

well if you really wanted a history lesson, they were built during WW2 to stop attacks by german U-boats on the military ships moored in Scapa Flow. They are causeways between some of the Orkney Isles, with roads on top. The crash barriers continue the whole way down, so i think youd have to work pretty hard to spin into the ocean haha unless you really smacked them with some force! and they shut it when the road becomes too dangerous and impassable. On a really calm day it looks like the picture below its in stronger winds, storms or rain which you have to watch. Unfortunately, all of these are common on Orkney

Oh i forgot to mention the Churchill Barriers in Orkney fantastic and beautiful on a good day, but scary as when the weather is less than perfect! << the road is going off the right hand side of the picture

M6 (in the UK)! the M6 toll is an extortionate alternative to be avoided at all costs. Unfortunately that means i get to contend with heavy traffic flow, aggressive drivers with little regard for others and near constant roadworks meaning variable speed limits which a limited amount of the traffic actually follow. I enjoy it when they display delightful signs such as '48 drivers killed in 3 years' by the side of the road as well... makes me feel so much more able to take on the challenge. Of course, its likely that i will have crashed whilst reading this sign and the resulting inevitable contemplatiin of my own mortality. GREAT!

I just wanna offer you a massive congratulations for picking apart what i said and turning it into very ammusing statements on partially irrelevant subjects that said, it gave me a good giggle so im not gonna complain too much I wasnt so sure on Virginias gender to be fair, i suspect that she may be more your era than mine

I dont want to take away from his win at all, hes the first British MAN to win since 1936 Technically, a woman won Wimbledon in 1977 (Virginia Wade). This is the whole feminist debate currently going on in Britain at the moment haha, dont forget the girls!

my best friend is czech and brews it himself. made the mistake of letting him cheer me up in a drinking session after a bad breakup - 4 shots of that later and thats the last i remember of that night, and im by no means a lightweight its cheap and effective, and you can ignore the taste after a bit. like absinthe, its sour, but i think drinking it with sugar just makes it worse

depends what im aiming to do! if im out with friends to have a good time then its shots. all shots... if you can shot it, ill shot it sambucca, tequila, vodka, jager, slivovice, sours, thats generally my poison of choice. that said, Eristoff Black used to be my weapon of choice but died a death during freshers week - the thought now makes me want to throw up if im drinking socially its normally a fruit cider like kopparberg or rekorderlig, a cocktail like a cheeky vimto, or a spirit with a mixer of red bull/monster/etc.

Really enjoyed this chapter. I found brads behaviour interesting, in that he wasnt happy with wills actions but still jumped in as a defence when isidore started to condemn him! Though i suspect this may partly have been due to JPs lack of reaction, as hes likely to trust JPs judgement. Glad jack is starting to see the point of the argument, and i agree that marie is unlikely to change until shes mature enough to understand the consequences of her actions. Looking forward to seeing what happens next with will, and how isidores decisions are going to impact their relationship.

Thankyou for taking the time to do this it will come in handy when im travelling to places with no internet access this summer!

Personally gotta say no! Do it if you really need to in order to move the story forward, but i think doing it for the hell of it would be unnecessary as all it would serve to do is to destroy will and brads relationship. I hope that will would have better sense than that, unless hes about to fall off the rails and become a wild child (which i cant see right now!). I think brad would see it as a major betrayal and that would cause him to raise questions about wills emancipation, even if he didnt end up following through with revoking it, etc.

Really pleased to see another update, this is helping me procrastinate my university exam studying! I love having JP back, ive missed the old guy Being fairly close to Wills age currently, i can honestly say that i would have reacted the same way he did to the situation. However, i do feel that banning him from the party was a little harsh, especially when all he did was loudly air his views (which were admittedly correct) which i think we have all been found guilty of that at some point. I cant wait to see the way this develops, keep up the good work!