Sunshine :o)

Wow, it is so lovely to see the sun shining when I woke up this morning.  I think it makes such a difference to your mood.  I am however a bit tired today, Wednesday's are always so long.  Got back from uni about 9.30pm and was freeeezing.  Elise had been out for tea with Cerrie and Mickey and the kids for Liamos's birthday.
Had my last shake got in the bath and got ready for bed.  Watched American idol, I loooooooooove it.  I like the first black dude that sang but he's not quite getting it at the mo.  I also like the one with the long hair. 

Diet wise I'm feeling fine, got a bit of a gurgley stomach this morning but that's just my body protesting I think.  Not been hungry at all so that's good. 
Nothing on tonight which is nice as been out every night this week so far, I love the telly on a Thursday night, got American Idol, Secret diary of a call girl then Katie Price, (hate her now but still have to watch it). 

Got another busy day today at work, I've decided to take Monday off so got loads to sort before I leave tomorrow.  So, that's it for now, not much to say really.  May blog later between tv programmes.
Chow x x

Happy 10th Birthday Liam x x

Lots of family birthdays at the mo, so firstly happy birthday Liamos x x
Day 3 already, so in theory it should get better after today. We shall see. Was fine last night, went down to see Joanna for an hour and got back about sevenish, had my soup then just watched a bit of telly. Then me and Elise went to bed and read for a while and she was scratching on at her head. I had a look and dum dum dum, I think she had eggs from head lice. So, up we get and I treat all of our hairs with head lice stuff, oh what joy that was. It was like putting vegetable oil onto your hair, lovely. It had to be left on for 8 hours so we all just slept in it with towels on our pillows then had to wash it off this morning. She has never had head lice before, but she has obviously just picked them up from school. I wouldn't care she just had her hair cut quite short on Saturday so she has been wearing it down for school so that is maybe why. I've told her to keep her head away from people at school or dickies are going to crawl back into her hair, so she is probably keeping well away ha ha.

Work's really busy today, I haven't lifted my head for the past few days. I really need to crack on with my presentation for uni as well which I need to give some time in March, hmmm, better check that actually. Leaving work today at 4.30pm for uni then should get home about 9.30pm.

Liam is having a sleep over on Friday for his birthday, Cerrie is having 10 kids over, wah, brave woman. I've offered to have little Cerys, which might make things a little easier. So me and Dave are just going to have a quiet night in with Cerys on Friday night then the party on Saturday night.
So anyhoo, so far so good on the diet front, just need to make sure I get through the weekend without cracking then I'm flying. Just need to focus on 8 weeks tomorrow.

Toodle pip for now.
M x x

Happy 40th Jugs x x

Today is my cousin Joanna's 40th so I think that deserves a mention. She is having a party on Saturday night so looking forward to that.

Day two of sole source and doing fine so far. Went in last night and just chilled, didn't really do much until I had a drama with facebook. For some reason it decided to tag everyone in my address book loads of times in stupid sims pictures and sending them numerous emails, OMG what a bloody nightmare so I suppose looking on it in a positive way at least that kept my mind off my diet.
It's our Liam's birthday tomorrow he will be 10, my god can't believe it. Going to nip to Joannas tonight to give her her card and pressie then home to hopefully to do some reading for uni as I haven't done much lately. I'm there tomorrow night so best pull my finger out. I've got two assignments to be in before the end of April, Hmmmm best get a move on me thinks.

Only 8 weeks on Thursday until we fly off to Lanzarote,can't flipping wait. We are staying in a friends appartment at the Sands Beach Resort. (see website) http://www.sandsbeach.eu/
We are going for two weeks and I arrive home on the Thursday evening then I'm going to Emma's hen weekend on the Saturday woo hoo.
So lots to look forward to and pleny of things to motivate me with my CD.

Anyhoo best get on with some work, ta ta for now x x

Hello :o)

Well here we are again. We've booked our holiday and are going to Lanzarote for two weeks on the 29 April so eight weeks on Thursday. I've gone back to Paula and I'm back on Cambridge. I find it keeps me on track if I blog so here goes again.

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.