Monday already!

Where on earth has the weekend gone? They seem to get shorter each week :o(
Friday night we went to Jugs' house for Fireworks which was good, the kids seemed to enjoy them anyway. Saturday Elise went to her dad's in the morning and me and Dave didn't really do a lot. Went out on Saturday night for a couple of hours then went back to Cerrie and Mickey's with Joanna and Lewis. Yesterday me and Dave went shopping to Asda then we went to Blyth to drop off some photos of a wedding Dave did recently.
Elise went to see the fireworks last night in Morpeth at the Rugby club and came home about 8ish. We watched Changeling last night with Angelina Jolie which was really good.
I went and got weighed on Friday after work and lost 4.5lbs so was pleased with that, just need to keep it up.
Staying late at work tonight to try and get some work done on my assignment for uni. I've got to have it done for the 11 December so really need to get my skates on.
M

Happy Guy Fawkes!

Really feeling the cold today. I'm bloody freezing. Not done much the last few nights, Tuesday night I did housework so very boring then last night I was supposed to be at UNI but unfortunately Dave was at the dentist and didn't get back until nearly six bells so I decided to give it a miss. I've handed my proposal for my work based assignment in so need to get cracking with the actual assignment. I'm planning on looking at our organisation's development review process then give recommendations for improvements. I also need to hand in my finance portfolio and sit an assessment for that. These all need to be done before Christmas so I think I better get my skates on ha ha.
Watched The Family last night and really enjoyed it. I watched it last year and thought it was fab. Chanel 4, nine o clock on a Wednesday. Went to bed after that and read for a while, nearly finished my book so need to go to Asda today and purchase a new one. Going to nip over at lunch time actually as need to get a hair dye. Just want my roots doing so going to do it myself then make an appointment at the hairdressers nearer Christmas.
Diet going well. Day 4 already so should hopefully be in ketosis now. Drinking 2 litres of a water a day no problem so just need to keep it up. Going to put my tan on tonight and dye my hair. Tomorrow night as I said we're going to Jugs' house for Fireworks with the kids so looking forward to that.
Elise did her list for Santy last night. It's not too bad but she's had a change of heart and has decided she doesn't want an X Box now she wants a PS3 with Rock Band. Hmmmmm curious, I think Mr Muckle could have had something to do with this but not to worry. I did quite a lot of shopping online yesterday and got the majority of the rest of the families so really just got Elise to focus on now.
I've decided to change my ticker to a count down to Christmas as I've kind of messed the diet one up however I will be blogging my weight loss still.

Time to focus!

Well it's only 51 days until Christmas so need to get my but into gear and get back on track. Went and got weighed last Friday and it wasn't the best news in the world but to be fair I can't expect much else as all we seem have done since my birthday is gone out and ate and drink. Had loads of fun doing it though :o)
Edinburgh was fabulous, as usual we had a great time, it was a hoot and we really hit on with the weather as it was lovely.
Went to Staffordshire last week to visit Dave's mam which was really nice. We stayed in a lovely hotel for two nights. On the Wednesday we went to Trentham Gardens and Monkey forest which was amazing, the monkeys were so cute. Elise had an absolutely great time. It is such a lovely part of the country and fab shops ha ha.
So need to get back down to business on the diet front. I'm back on Sole source and am trying hard to up my water intake as I know I feel better the more water I drink. Days 1 - 3 are pooh. Don't know why I don't just bloody stick to it once I'm in ketosis then I wouldn't need to keep going through this awful part but hey ho suppose I'm only human. I have a few hurdles to get over before Christmas which is going to be difficult, first one is Bonfire night this Friday as we're having a party at Jugsy's house. Then on the 5 December we're going back to Edinburgh for the weekend, I need to tell myself I have been to Eddy before whilst being on SS therefore I can do it again.. The next one is the 12 December when I am going out for Christmas do with girls from work. We are going to Gusto's on the Quayside which could prove difficult. But one day at a time me thinks.
Work now has a gym which I am intending on using once I get over my first week so there is really no excuse as I can do this in my lunch hour. Nice Mind.
Elise is happy as larry at the minute, she's starting to look forward to Christmas. She doesn't know really what she wants for Christmas though so she needs to get her thinking cap on so we can send her letter to Santy. (Think we might just get away with another year). She has mentioned an X Box so we have gotten her one of them and I think we are going to get her rock band and lips. This will be her main pressie though and she won't be getting a lot else. Marma asked her the other day what she wanted off her and she said "I don't think I need anything this year granny" ha ha. Bless her.
She's loving middle school and seems to be doing really well. She just comes in and gets on with her homework I'm pleased to say so we haven't had any issues there YET!!
Anyhoo going to try and keep blogging to keep myself on the straight and narrow hopefully.

Been a while!

Been super busy the last few weeks and been pretty crap on the diet front too. Oops. Going back on Friday to see what the damage is but back on track again so should be able to repair some of it before then.
Since last blogging sadly my Grandma Mary died, bless her, she has been in a care home for a while and to be honest she had no quality of life as she had alzheimers. We had the funeral last week but the ashes were buried this morning. Very sad but best for grandma.
Elise has settled in great at school and still seems to be enjoying it. Went to Mal Maison on Friday night for Louise's 40th. Had a fab time and hotel was gorgeous.
Went back to uni a week past Wednesday and that was fine, got two big assignments to do, one a work based one and the other a finance report bah, not nice mind.
Going to Edinburgh this weekend to see Holly and Nev so really looking forward to that. Elise is away all weekend as she is going to Thomas world with her cousin and aunty from her dads side.
Think the three of us are going to go and see Dave's mam in the half term holidays which are coming up which will be nice as don't think we are going to get away abroad now what with one thing and another so think we will just have some weekends away.
M x

My Friday :o)

Well unfortunately I didn't go spinning very bad girl I know, however by the time it got to 5 o clock I felt like I had no bones in my body, not a good feeling, I think it's the old ketosis kicking in which is good as at least I know it's working but it makes you feel crap. So call it an excuse but I didn't go Spinning. Maybe next week. Diet wise however going great day 4 of sole source and feeling pretty good if not a little weak.
Didn't do much last night Elise just played out until about 7ish then got bathed and sorted and had an early night. She had her first lot of homework last night which was to decorate her French book with all things French so she enjoyed that as she is quite arty, but she is so blinking particular, she did a fab drawing of the Eiffel Tower. Need to go and get her some sticky back plastic today to cover it.
Dave's back into the swing of work and has all his schools sorted, he has gotten a few new ones this year in Seaton Sluice and Cramlington so more work for Mr M :o)
Going over to Cerrie and Mickey's tonight as me and Mr M are both off tomorrow woo hoo. Got a busy day tomorrow but just doing nice things though. Going to get weighed at 10.30am then having my nails filled at 11.00am then off to town to spend some of our vouchers we got for our birthday's so that should be fun.
Mam and Dad rang the other night and said they were having a fabulous time and resort etc was amazing, nice for some eh.
Anyhoo best be off. M x

Ketosis and Spinning!

Day 3 again of sole source so hopefully after today I should be back in ketosis. Hasn't been too bad just been a bit ratty with Mr M, oops. Watched Angels and Demons last night on dvd and really enjoyed it, Dave didn't think much of it but that's not surprising really, not really his thing.
Elise is still really enjoying Middle School and seems to be taking it all in her stride. However the lovely new uniform was hung up lovely on her first night after school but last night, nah, chucked on the floor, didn't think that would last long.
Work's going fine at the mo but really busy, still loads going on for us and a million things to do. Phase 2 of the Resource Centre is up and running and looks fab but bringing a lot more work with it.
Last week in my wisdom I thought it would be a good idea to book into spinning tonight, nice mind. So off I go at 5.45pm tonight at Newbiggin so I probably won't be able to walk tomorrow. Need to do some exercise though so hopefully this is a start.
I'm off on Friday as me and Dave were supposed to be going to Town to watch one of his ex pupils play but he doesn't start until 11bells and it was just going to end up being a bit of a hassle so we've decided to give it a miss but I'm still going to take Friday off and might go to town and do some shopping then I'm going to go and get my nails infilled.
Friday night we're going to Emma and Lee's with Leesco then Saturday afternoon Dave is doing a race I think in Rothbury. No plans as yet for Saturday night so we shall see what happens. Weekends are always a bummer on this diet but hey ho.
Can't believe I'm back to uni next Wednesday the summer has just absolutely flown over.
Bye now x

Back on it and Leesco's first day at Middle School!

Went and got weighed and Friday and it wasn't good news, however I've had my birthday and it's just a case of getting back on track. I would like to lose another 2 stone to get to goal and I would be happy. I'm hoping my holiday at the end of Ocotber hopefully can be my focus and motivation.
Went over to Linda's on Friday night and had a girly night there which was good fun then Saturday seeing it was such a fab day we sat in the garden and drank pimms which was nice. Saturday was Mickey's birthday so our Cerrie had a bit of a do for him at theirs on Saturday night which was a howl and ended up very messy, put it this way Kings and permanent marker don't go well especially when evil Mr Bates is involved. ha ha.
Yesterday we went home and got ready then went out for lunch to the half moon in stakeford which was really nice and would recommend there Sundays dinners to anyone who isn't on Cambridge diet. After lunch we went home and dossed for the rest of the day. Watching dvd's and eating rubbish, oops.
It's Elise's first day at Middle School and she went off with her lovely new uniform on looking very grown up with her massive bags which are the size of her. Bless her. Going to go home at 1 bell to meet my hubby for lunch well porridge, he's back to school now also.