Its the weekend.....

Yeh, its Saturday today, and Crop day today... woo hoo.....

We got the letter from School today, woo hoo, Nicole has been offered a place....... SO pleased :) did a Happy Dance when I read the letter..... SO proud of my girlies........:) thats all 3 in now.... yeah :) Its going to hit me hard in September tho when little 'squeak' is at school :(

Had a very productive crop, managed to finish 2 layouts and nearly finished a third too.... the day didnt start out fab on the layout front tho, was going to do a layout using pictures of my Niece at the wacky on the slide, they are primary colours and I find it really hard to scrap primary, had chosen some papers last night to go with them, and after lots of faffering, the photos have once again returned to the 'later' pile.... but it was full steam from there - all the other layouts went like a dream..... Will take a quick piccie of them and pop them on here for you in a min.

What have I had to eat today - ummm..... was a saint at the Crop and had NO biscuits, chocolate or anything naughty.... which for me is good :) Breakfast was a muller and melon. Lunch was homemade soup, 6 krispbreads, 3 laugh cow x lite, 1 babybel and some fruit, my treat was a can of diet coke. For tea I had jacket potato and chickpea dahl which I used to love, tastes must change as I really didnt enjoy it :( had somemushy peas with it too.... then made some yummy rice pudding for desert. Treat this evening was, yes Ive eaten it already, a Tolberone 9.5 syns and thats if for today. Was talking with Paul at the Crop today about Chocolate, and he is just the same, that he needs to eat anything and everything if he doesnt have any chocolate, same as me, hence the ickle choccie treat each night, I wish I could do without it, but alias no :(

Right going to hunt for my camera to take some piccies of my layouts for you.

BRB x

Thank Crunchie its Friday.....

Decided to meet a friend this morning and go shopping, was feeling a little down today :( - all I seem to be doing is cleaning, tidying, cooking, washing, cleaning, tidying, cooking, washing... you get the picture, we were going to go for coffee but didnt get time, ended up with a diet coke in the car.... LOL.... then had a call from MIL, asking if I would meet her for lunch, well I was filled with butterflies, eating out on SW, now thats where it doesnt work :( I tried to say I couldnt come, that didnt work, tried to suggest lunch at mine, but MIL was keen to go out... so off we went to the Garden Centre for lunch..... what a nightmare, I was faced with a menu, lots of choices, and not knowing which way to turn, and a veru hungry Nicole which meant we needed to order ASAP..... so I decided Salad was going to be a good choice, and settled for a CHicken and Bacon salad...... as was on a red day - it came with dressing on it, although there was no talk of that on the menu, either that or I didnt read it.... :( - honey and mustard.... not sure what it was based on..... so my healthy salad was not so healthy, eat all the chicken and bacon, and most of the lettuce trying to shake off the dressing, and had a small bit of the bread roll.... going to try and stick to speed over the weekend to try and help... would not have my syns tonight but feel I NEED them to keep me going...... have made a soup to take to the crop with me tomorrow... and going to take krispbread and laugh cows and whatever fruit I can find...... For tea I had steak, butternut, mush, toms and spinach followed by a 0% greek yog, and tinned fruit in fruit juice..... got a toblerone for tonight as my Friday treat..... which I shouldnt be having due to lunch but feel I need..... :( It could have been worse... just hope this doesnt wreck weigh-in day as - as soon as I dont lose I find it even harder.... sorry for the essay - feeling low :(

Declutter

Well I have decided to do a major declutter, spent all morning this morning decluttering, managed to get a full black bag for the Charity Shop from the 'Creative Activity' cupboards and the drawers on the island. Need to carry on with the rest of the kitchen now... going to concentrate on one room at a time and once thats done then move on.

The rain has stopped briefly again, thank goodness, managed to go to the park this afternoon and feed the ducks.... and have a nice play on the swings, we went with Nicoles best buddy Josie. Nicole had lots of fun splashing in the puddles.

Foodwise, what have I eaten today, I seem to be so hungry at the moment, had another red day today, not sure if that is the reason or whether my body is crying out for naughtiness.... anywho - got to be good and stick to it... I NEED to be thin again..... problem is I can resist anything BUT temptation. So what have I eaten today - breakfast was a muller (just for a change LOL) with berries, lunch and snacks today were french toast with even more berries and a sprinkle of sweetner, then had half a packet of quavers (1.5 syns), and 2 krispbreads with strawberries on, a banana and a pear, and 3 babybels. For tea I did a Roast Chicken, sprouts, green beans, brocolli, carrots and HE B jac pot, followed by a bunch of frozen grapes, a frozen toffee muller and a wildlife bar. Help.....................

Crop Night....

Tonight was Crop Night, I managed to get a staggering 20 layouts completed, OK OK...... they were 'cheating' layouts tho.... when I first started scrapping, years ago, I subscribed to the Lisa Bearnson Fave Albums with Elizabeth, and have been slowly completing them ....... they are lovely, but are so quick to do, got a whole album of 20 layouts completed on Weds. Here is a link : http://www.lisabearnson.com/yir/albums.php I completed the Album 2 - celebrating You...

Diet - what did I have to eat today? Today was a red day, had a muller and raspberries for brekkie, borrowed Mike's George to test it out before I decide if I am going to get one or not :P so for lunch had a chicken breast, cucumber, tomatos,2 small wholemeal bread spread with a tiny amount of x light mayo, 2 laugh cow x lite spread inside celery and a babybel. Tea was yummy burgers with HE B chips - I did the burgers on George and they were yum :) At crop night I had a choc finge and a wildlife bar. My syns seem to be creeping up at the moment and I seem to be finding it harder :(..... ho hum

It actually stopped raining....

Woo hoo,it actually stopped raining today, and for the first time since the New Year, I have been able to walk somewhere - I walked to Mini Movers with Nic..... it felt great..... I HATE not being able to walk - but I HATE having wet trousers more....... but I have to add that it is now raining hard again :( ho hum.

Another good diet day, made porridge for breakfast and had it swamped with raspberries, very moreish, never had it before as I like to leave more B's for later in the day.... but as I was on a green day thought I would give it a go.... will definitely be doing it again... wasnt hungry till lunch;)

Lunch was a Mug Shotz, 4 Krispbreads and 2 laugh cow X lite and more raspberries...... thats a full punnet today :P Tea was yum too, had quorn burgers (1 syn), beans and SW chips and then for pudding made some rice pudding on the hob...... very quick and easy and just as yummy as baking it.

Quick and Yummy Rice Pudding

Put 550ml of skimmed milk into a pan with 115g of pudding short grain rice. Bring to the boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 10-15mins until the rice is swollen and tender. Yummy. I then sprinkled some slenda on top and a sprinkle of nutmeg.

You could also make it with wholemeal rice if you wanted, I havent had a go yet so dont know how this works for sure, but you would need to cook the wholemeal rice in 350ml of water first tho for 15 mins and then add the milk, bring to the boil and simmer for 25-30 mins until tender.

Rach is coming over tonight for some scrapping.... so better make some space.... have left some rice for Rach to try too.....

The Chicks......

The girls have been off school today, it was Examination Day for getting into the Senior School.... we have had a lovely day, it was really nice to spend the day with them as I was away at the weekend. We all went ice skating, and had a great time, we took Chloe's friend, Helena with us too and we met the rest of the girls in Chloe's class when we got there. Nicole was a lot more confident this time, they didnt have any baby skates, as they had all been sent off to be fixed - typical - but they didnt tell us this till it was too late, the Manager was very nice tho and asked one of her skaters to take Nicole round... so it was great.... ;)

Am really chuffed with myself on my weight loss, 8 lbs in 2 weeks...... have got a little choccie treat for tonight to celebrate and some grapes in the fridge, Rach got us all on frozen grapes at the weekend - they are SO yummy.....

My WW scales are a little dodgy at the mo :( first time I got on they said one thing, then next time another....... I think its cos they are on carpet.... have tried them on the gym floor but thats worse.... and as everywhere upstairs is carpeted not sure where to put them.... anywho - I did the best of 5, and then went with the one that comes up the most IYKWIM ... first time it was 1 lb heavier, and then the rest were all the same......

SO what have I eaten today then, umm, breakfast was a muller and an apple, had an early lunch of 3 krisprolls, 3 laugh cow X lite, and lots of celery. Late afternoon snack was a 0% greek yoghurt with a tiny squirt of Honey (1 syn), I find it really sour without, but have found that a sprinkle of sweetner is really nice, and has no syns in it.... so will be putting sweetner on next time.... ;) Tea was Rach's idea, cajun spice on a chicken breast and put in the bottom of the steamer, with spinach, tomatos, asapargus, green beans and mushrooms - all done in the steamer... and it was yum...... then had jelly for pud... and just having some frozen grapes.... and got a muller in the freezer to have as ice cream later ;)

Leigh has just posted this piccie on the thread of some of the Choccie Chicks at the weekend, so I have snaffled a copy to show you :P From left to right, Andie, Rach, ME, Harry (Leighs little bubba), Leigh and Paddy.

Did you miss me?

Im back, did you miss me.....

Had a fabaroony weekend..... went 'down south' for a visit to see Leigh, one of my choccie chicks, with Andie and Rach, two more choccie chicks, and Paddy, another choccie chick, met us there too..... we popped to the 'Make It Show' at Farnborough while we were there.... it was fab.... Stash shopping, spending quality time with friends, lots of me time, scrapping and no cooking....... Leighs hubby Graham is an angel, he was top chef for the weekend.... and did a fab job :)

Had a good diet weekend, Andie didnt allow anything SW or not to pass our lips :P - wont bore you with the details.

I was very reserved at the show, one thing I did get tho was a silver jewellery kit, Andy and I have had a play tonight, need to go and get a blowtorch tomorrow tho, as the hob isnt hot enough, and then it will be done :) It was great fun, and looks fab too ;)

Right, will be back tomorrow, its weigh in day - so fingers crossed for a good one :)