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.