Here is the front cover, it says A2Z of ME in the frame. The owl has a glittery crown on :). It looks a lot better IRL.
and here is the back cover. It says ONLY ME, 2008, a little place for me.
Monday, January 14, 2008
A - Z Journal
Here it is, the long awaited covers of my A - Z journal for the challenge on the 'Its a Creative World' Blog. I have decided to do the journal all about ME...... I am pleased with the way the covers have turned out, just need to get started on the first layout now.
Here is the front cover, it says A2Z of ME in the frame. The owl has a glittery crown on :). It looks a lot better IRL.
and here is the back cover. It says ONLY ME, 2008, a little place for me.
Here is the front cover, it says A2Z of ME in the frame. The owl has a glittery crown on :). It looks a lot better IRL.
and here is the back cover. It says ONLY ME, 2008, a little place for me.
1st weigh in.....
Well today was my 1st weigh in, and I lost 4.5 lbs.... was really pleased..... although hoped for a ickle bit more, but I never seem to get the 'huge' weight losses whatever diet I'm on.....
Anywho - what have I had to eat today.... today was a green day... breakfast was mullerlight, banana and a pear. Lunch was butternut squash soup, must share the receipe with you.
Butternut Squash Soup - made very quickly and just enough for one....
skin and chop up half a butternut into a pan,
add half pint of chicken bovril stock
(I used one chicken oxo 0.5 syns as I had run out of chicken bovril)
add a few shakes of ground ginger,
bring to the boil and then simmer until butternut is cooked.
mash with potato masher to give it a bit of a squash and tip into a bowl....
yummy...... and very quick and easy....
I reckon it took 20 mins from start to finish....
I had 5 crackerbreads (HE B x1) with the soup and 3 xtra light laugh cows (HE A x1) and a vanilla muller.
For tea I made cod (HE B x1) which I sprinkled half with cajun spice and left the other half plain (just in case I didnt like it ;)) and had it with SW chips, and mushy peas and sweetcorn. Yummy.
Then for dessert I made a yummy Macaroni Custard thingie, although Andy didnt like it... MEN
Here is the receipe.
I whisked up the 2 eggs in a bowl, then added the HE 1 X portion of skimmed milk and whisked again, (if you werent going to eat it all at one sitting then it would be a good idea to add maybe a pint of milk) I then splashed in a few drops of Vanilla Essense, (and in hindsight I didnt but next time I am going to put in a little sweetner too) then I tipped it into an oven proof dish, added 3 handfuls of macaroni, and sprinkled the top with nutmeg, then I placed the dish into another larger dish, filled the larger dish with hot water (just from the tap) so the water came half way up and then popped it in the oven on Gas Mark 3/4 and cooked it for 1.5 hours.
It was yummy - you could do the same with rice, but cook the rice before putting it in in boiling water for 10 mins and then drain well.
Here is a photo of the remaining macaroni, it doesnt actually look very appeitising... but it was yummy, it isnt burnt on the top - thats the nutmeg... as its been in the fridge - the Macaroni has gone a bit spongey but when its fresh its moist and yum... I did however sample a little bit more from the fridge and its still yum.
Anywho - what have I had to eat today.... today was a green day... breakfast was mullerlight, banana and a pear. Lunch was butternut squash soup, must share the receipe with you.
Butternut Squash Soup - made very quickly and just enough for one....
skin and chop up half a butternut into a pan,
add half pint of chicken bovril stock
(I used one chicken oxo 0.5 syns as I had run out of chicken bovril)
add a few shakes of ground ginger,
bring to the boil and then simmer until butternut is cooked.
mash with potato masher to give it a bit of a squash and tip into a bowl....
yummy...... and very quick and easy....
I reckon it took 20 mins from start to finish....
I had 5 crackerbreads (HE B x1) with the soup and 3 xtra light laugh cows (HE A x1) and a vanilla muller.
For tea I made cod (HE B x1) which I sprinkled half with cajun spice and left the other half plain (just in case I didnt like it ;)) and had it with SW chips, and mushy peas and sweetcorn. Yummy.
Then for dessert I made a yummy Macaroni Custard thingie, although Andy didnt like it... MEN
Here is the receipe.
I whisked up the 2 eggs in a bowl, then added the HE 1 X portion of skimmed milk and whisked again, (if you werent going to eat it all at one sitting then it would be a good idea to add maybe a pint of milk) I then splashed in a few drops of Vanilla Essense, (and in hindsight I didnt but next time I am going to put in a little sweetner too) then I tipped it into an oven proof dish, added 3 handfuls of macaroni, and sprinkled the top with nutmeg, then I placed the dish into another larger dish, filled the larger dish with hot water (just from the tap) so the water came half way up and then popped it in the oven on Gas Mark 3/4 and cooked it for 1.5 hours.
It was yummy - you could do the same with rice, but cook the rice before putting it in in boiling water for 10 mins and then drain well.
Here is a photo of the remaining macaroni, it doesnt actually look very appeitising... but it was yummy, it isnt burnt on the top - thats the nutmeg... as its been in the fridge - the Macaroni has gone a bit spongey but when its fresh its moist and yum... I did however sample a little bit more from the fridge and its still yum.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
January UKS Challenge
Here it is, the challenge for this week on UKS>......
Can claim 35 points for the team... woo hoo
Used the sketch 10pts, used new stash (chipboard) 5 pts, used stitching 5 pts, and doodled 5pts.... and 10 pts for the layout so 35 pts - have to confess tho - not to sure about the doodling.... not sure if its a bit busy for me.... anyway see what you think.... here they are..... one with and one without the doodling......
Used the sketch 10pts, used new stash (chipboard) 5 pts, used stitching 5 pts, and doodled 5pts.... and 10 pts for the layout so 35 pts - have to confess tho - not to sure about the doodling.... not sure if its a bit busy for me.... anyway see what you think.... here they are..... one with and one without the doodling......
with doodling
without doodling however I reckon I prefer it without the journalling as well...... LOL
Diet Day Seven
Another good diet day today ;) We had a very lazy Sunday morning, had a nice lie in then read the papers and had brekkie.... I had a mullerlight, raspberries and grapes - not the usual scrummy Sunday treat of Waffles - we then chilled for a bit and then ALL went into the Gym, Andy did some exercises with the kids and they went on a couple of the weight machines, Lauren and Nic arent quite tall enough yet to ride the bike but Chloe is... They all had a go on the Cross Trainer, not for long tho.... then it was my go... I had a banging head, still not managed to get rid of the dreaded virus yet, but I did 10 mins on the trainer and burnt over 100 calories, would have done longer but Chloe was waiting for her turn :P
It was then shower time for all and lunch. For lunch I had 2x wholemeal bread (HE B), with laugh cow cheese triangles on, celery and a tomato. It was then time to take Nic to her second party of the weekend, Maddies party. Nic had a great time, we pulled up outside the house and there was a huge horsebox outside, we all thought Maddie was having a riding party, but NO inside it was all kitted out as a wacky warehouse.... the kids had lots of fun playing in there - they then all went in to have their face painted... Nicole chose a butterfly and looked gorgeous, I forgot to take my camera, but my friend took a few pictures for me.
When we got home Andy had been shopping and had the dinner on, he's like a changed man -he made roast duck with apricot stuffing, asparagus, sprout (upon request), brocolli, carrots and roasted butternut, I had a HE B portion of potato too, it was YUM.... then for dessert had another GU brownie (4 syns). Have got a wildlife bar and a diet coke for treat tonight to use up more syns, on another forum I go on there is a SW consultant and she advises that people use ALL their As Bs and Syns up as it helps speed weight loss.... so just doing as Im told :P
Right, got a few jobs to do tonight :(, then was going to try and to a layout for the weekly UKS challenge..... and maybe my front cover for my journal although I do need to have an early night........ we'll see.... I will pop back on later with any piccies if I do get any scrapping done.
It was then shower time for all and lunch. For lunch I had 2x wholemeal bread (HE B), with laugh cow cheese triangles on, celery and a tomato. It was then time to take Nic to her second party of the weekend, Maddies party. Nic had a great time, we pulled up outside the house and there was a huge horsebox outside, we all thought Maddie was having a riding party, but NO inside it was all kitted out as a wacky warehouse.... the kids had lots of fun playing in there - they then all went in to have their face painted... Nicole chose a butterfly and looked gorgeous, I forgot to take my camera, but my friend took a few pictures for me.
When we got home Andy had been shopping and had the dinner on, he's like a changed man -he made roast duck with apricot stuffing, asparagus, sprout (upon request), brocolli, carrots and roasted butternut, I had a HE B portion of potato too, it was YUM.... then for dessert had another GU brownie (4 syns). Have got a wildlife bar and a diet coke for treat tonight to use up more syns, on another forum I go on there is a SW consultant and she advises that people use ALL their As Bs and Syns up as it helps speed weight loss.... so just doing as Im told :P
Right, got a few jobs to do tonight :(, then was going to try and to a layout for the weekly UKS challenge..... and maybe my front cover for my journal although I do need to have an early night........ we'll see.... I will pop back on later with any piccies if I do get any scrapping done.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Diet Day Six
Gosh 3 posts in a day.... dont get used to it :P
Here is the diet post..... had another good day.
Red today.
Had a Shape Lasting Satisfaction Yog for brekkie along with a pear.
Was very good and had no biccies with coffee and nothing to eat at the party - very good for me :P.
Lunch was Shepherds pie, carrots, brocolli and sprouts, 1 x Babybel and small piece of cheese (HE A), and then as a snack had 2 slices of wholemeal small loaf bread, it was homemade but same size as 400g loaf so not really sure how many slices I can have... but reckon it is healthier for you than shop bought bread.
Tea was steak, aspargus and a few more sprouts - (bet you're glad you're not here with me tonight.... although have to say have eaten that much veg this week doesnt seem to be having the same effect on my anymore IYKWIM:P), for dessert Andy had bought GU chocolate brownies, yum yum yum - asked Andie how many syns were in them and she worked it out to be 4 syns which is shockingly low as they are SO yum..... so on account of the fact that I hadnt blown my syns I had a Wildlife bar as a treat this evening and a diet coke - so just 9.5 syns today.... more than usual but it is Saturday - am going to be mega good tomorrow as hoping for a fab loss on Monday.
Must note - Andy made lunch and dinner today - I was very impressed - not sure what the catch is yet.... but sure I'll know soon.
Right off for a quick chat then time for reading and sleeping.....
Here is the diet post..... had another good day.
Red today.
Had a Shape Lasting Satisfaction Yog for brekkie along with a pear.
Was very good and had no biccies with coffee and nothing to eat at the party - very good for me :P.
Lunch was Shepherds pie, carrots, brocolli and sprouts, 1 x Babybel and small piece of cheese (HE A), and then as a snack had 2 slices of wholemeal small loaf bread, it was homemade but same size as 400g loaf so not really sure how many slices I can have... but reckon it is healthier for you than shop bought bread.
Tea was steak, aspargus and a few more sprouts - (bet you're glad you're not here with me tonight.... although have to say have eaten that much veg this week doesnt seem to be having the same effect on my anymore IYKWIM:P), for dessert Andy had bought GU chocolate brownies, yum yum yum - asked Andie how many syns were in them and she worked it out to be 4 syns which is shockingly low as they are SO yum..... so on account of the fact that I hadnt blown my syns I had a Wildlife bar as a treat this evening and a diet coke - so just 9.5 syns today.... more than usual but it is Saturday - am going to be mega good tomorrow as hoping for a fab loss on Monday.
Must note - Andy made lunch and dinner today - I was very impressed - not sure what the catch is yet.... but sure I'll know soon.
Right off for a quick chat then time for reading and sleeping.....
Induction Morning for Nicole
Felt very sad today, my baby will soon be off to school :( and there will be no little girlie at home with me anymore :( its lovely to see the girls all growing up but sad that we dont have a little baby anymore....
Today Nicole was invited to the Induction morning at Cheadle Hulme School, in preparation for her assessment on Thursday. She wore her beautiful Monsoon ballerina outfit and looked like a princess, all the teachers commented on how beautiful she looked, hopefully pulled a few heart strings there :P although it wasnt completely intentional - she had a busy calendar today and was zooming off to George's party on the train at Brookside Garden Centre straight after ;).
Nicole was as good as gold, she stayed with me for a while on the activities, playing in the sand (ergh...), doing jigsaws and icing a biscuit and then decorating it with as many sweets as possible onto the top LOL. I then left her and went for a coffee, and she gave me a little wave as I went.
I had a coffee and chatted to a couple of the new Mums, Nicoles group then came into the Hall to play with the parachute, but she was very good and stayed with her group and didnt come running over to me. Nicole joined in well and followed all instructions, they then all disappeared for a story while the other group played with the parachute... she came back with a big smile and said she had lots of fun and asked when she could go again - good job really - shes back there again on Thursday... :)
I tried to get some photos of her earlier in her ballerina outfit to post on here but she was busy watching Simpsons before bed and wasnt in the mood to co-operate.... so here are a few piccies.... you get the idea....
One 'not impressed' little princess.......
Just a quick peek at the telly, Im sure Mum wont notice...
cute little princess x
Today Nicole was invited to the Induction morning at Cheadle Hulme School, in preparation for her assessment on Thursday. She wore her beautiful Monsoon ballerina outfit and looked like a princess, all the teachers commented on how beautiful she looked, hopefully pulled a few heart strings there :P although it wasnt completely intentional - she had a busy calendar today and was zooming off to George's party on the train at Brookside Garden Centre straight after ;).
Nicole was as good as gold, she stayed with me for a while on the activities, playing in the sand (ergh...), doing jigsaws and icing a biscuit and then decorating it with as many sweets as possible onto the top LOL. I then left her and went for a coffee, and she gave me a little wave as I went.
I had a coffee and chatted to a couple of the new Mums, Nicoles group then came into the Hall to play with the parachute, but she was very good and stayed with her group and didnt come running over to me. Nicole joined in well and followed all instructions, they then all disappeared for a story while the other group played with the parachute... she came back with a big smile and said she had lots of fun and asked when she could go again - good job really - shes back there again on Thursday... :)
I tried to get some photos of her earlier in her ballerina outfit to post on here but she was busy watching Simpsons before bed and wasnt in the mood to co-operate.... so here are a few piccies.... you get the idea....
One 'not impressed' little princess.......
Just a quick peek at the telly, Im sure Mum wont notice...
cute little princess x
My 1st Layout of 2008 ;)
Well here it is...
My first layout of 2008. Rach came round last night and we did some scrapping, it was really nice to have some company to scrap with... we had a lovely evening and both managed to get a layout completed.... we did a mini cybercrop with the Chock Chick teamies, we chose a sketch to do and all worked from it.
I seem to have lost my mojo a bit a the moment so it feels good that I have done a layout AND I actually like it :)
I seem to have lost my mojo a bit a the moment so it feels good that I have done a layout AND I actually like it :)
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