I was worried about Christmas this year to be honest. I was stubborn and refused to do as we have always done (for the last 7 years) and visit all my family at Mum's on Christmas Day, then zip over to see all TheBoy's family and stay over for the night, then whizxz back over to my Grandma's for a meal on Boxing Day and we end up totally exhausted ( Read more... )

A friend introduced me to a blog a few months ago called Attic 24 and I find it so inspiring. Her house is so beautiful and can't be more than an hour from here, I'd recognise a Yorkshire stone terrace of houses and those beautiful hills a mile off! She crochets some amazing things and has 3 wonderful children. Her life clearly revolves around ( Read more... )

Well that's it... Festive season over and done with for another year. Somehow it seems to have lasted an age this year, probably because of all the extra bank holidays we've had with Christmas and New Year both falling at the weekend. Oh and because I'm getting a bit impatient to meet my Lentil now. 18 days to go ( Read more... )

Just right now I'm not crying... but beware, the tiniest thing could set me off! I feel like crying is all I've done for the past two days ( Read more... )

Excellent news... I'm not trapped at home all alone today. Not wishing to sound ungrateful for my 5 week summer holiday, but I hate the Summer holidays! It's so long, and I get so bored. There is only so much tidying up I can do, before a messy boy comes along and wrecks it all anyways. This week is the worst as my best teacher friend and baking ( Read more... )

New term = new wave of enthusiasm for losing weight... The gory details about my weight are on my other LJ thinmuffet... Feel free to friend me there, but I totally understand if a) you don't care about what I ate and how many steps I took or b) you're preoccupied with your own weight and body image and don't want to read me whining about mine. We can still ( Read more... )

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We had a great weekend... Trip to the Dales to celebrate Tom's birthday. 12 of us in a snowy bunkhose! It looked beautiful. Must get TheBoy to d/l the photos (my PC doesn't have a card reader) Zac was a bit grumpy, after he lost his headphones... but they were only on the shelf!!! Then when we stopped for a drink, a dog came over for a sniff, and ( Read more... )

Zac's Aunt Enid and I have been emailing this week... mostly about my GoodFood Magazine subscription, which she is going to renew as my Christmas gift this year. i mentioned Zac's new job and how things were going much better and she replied with...

"Lovely to know that Zac is smiling again. Long may it continue. I've been worried about him but ( Read more... )

Finger update: So after the crappy doctor couldn't lance my finger last week, Zac took me back up to A & E in the evening to get my finger drained. Re dressed and in a comedy bandage. I had to wear it to the wedding, but we were distant friends, so hardly the centre of attnetion. Wednesday this week I saw the doctor for the appointment she made ( Read more... )