I did this!! 25 party bags ~ all ready for saturday!
.........I am smiling (for a change ~ see proof below!!) ~ the childminding children all went on time ~ and it is very peaceful and quiet here at the moment ~ no arguing ~ no shouting or telling of tales..............
The reason for this peace is this..............Daniel is lying on my bed (please excuse the jacket and my hairdryer in the background ~ I am so messy ha ha !!)...........he is watching the James Bond Movie ~ The world is not enough ~ he is glued to the TV..........(nothing new there!!) ~ I think he must be using the PS2 to watch it on (instead of the DVD player ~ hence the controller!!?? ~ who knows!)
My other little devil......oops I meant angel ~is sitting in the livingroom watching an old film called Shark boy and Lava girl (don't ask ~ it is not one of the classics but Lauren loves it ~ tee hee!!) ~ here she is wearing her 3D glasses ~ and eating some after eight mint thingies (which I am not allowed to have ~ boo hoo!) ~ and looking very cute!!??
SO ~ this means that I have some peace and quiet ~ to sit here and catch up with some blogging!
I should be ironing (there is a mountain to do!) ~ or cleaning the bath or something else like that ~ BUT NO ~ I am sitting here ~ enjoying the lack of arguments between my children and thanking who ever the wise person was that invented DVDs ~ for giving me at least a few hours of quiet ~ before hostilities resume again (siblings arguing ~ don't ya just love it??)
Hope you are having a peaceful Tuesday too ~
love and hugs, Tabitha XXXX
A few of you have asked me if the ability to sleep has returned to my life and the answer is YES and NO!!! I have had a few nights when I have had a really great nights sleep ~ and then there have been a few others when I have just laid there awake ~ watching the hours pass by ~ and believe me ~ it is very annoying!!!
Lauren ~ my sweet little daughter ~ has not helped matters ~ she does not like the dark ~ so she sleeps with a torch under her pillow (ha ha ) ~ so when she wanders through to my room in the middle of the night ~ she shines her torch to light the way ~ the only problem is that she comes to the side of my bed and shines it in my face!!!! This combined with her saying "mum mum mum" tends to make you wake up with a start ~ and no matter how many times she does it ~ I cannot get used to waking up with a torch shining in my face!!!!! She has now been shouted at (tee hee) and told not to do this anymore ~ as mummy does not like it!!! I don't think that she will listen ~ I think that she likes seeing my startled face ~ like a rabbit caught in the headlights ha ha !!! She is turning into a right little madam these last few weeks ~ and we have had a few battles over various things. I have decided that when she reaches the teenage years ~ I am going to book on a round the world cruise ~ for a few years!!!!!!
This week has just flown by ~ infact this whole year has pretty much passed me by in a blur ~ I am still in denial that Christmas is so close!! I have noticed that the Halloween items are appearing in the shops ~ next will be the Christmas cards (then I start to get excited !!!).
I have given myself until Christmas to lose the last 2 stone ~ there is a reason behind this! For the last few years ~ I have promised myself that the New Year would be the year that I lost the weight ~ and each year I have not done it ~ this year I am almost there ~ so I really really want to get to my goal by christmas ~ if this fails ~ then midnight on New Years eve is the cut off point ~ and I cannot let myself down ~ the whole 6 stone just has to been gone ~ so 2 to go and counting!!!!
The new furniture has now all arrived for the livingroom ~ and is piled in the garage ~ I just need to sort out the old furniture now and get the new stuff in place!! I will take some photos ~ so you can see the transformation (or not!!) ~ I also have to buy the next lot of paint for the livingroom ~ so that I can paint the remaining walls and get rid of the awful border that is there at the moment ~ it is driving me CRAZY!!!
No ironing tonight ~ I am going to have a pamper evening ~ I bought a face mask today and I am going to run a nice bath when the kids have gone to bed!! I also need to find another book to read ~ I am a bit lost now ~ without the Twilight books to read ~ maybe I will just go back to the start and read the first one again!!!!
Have a fun evening XXX
A little update on this grey Wednesday (yes, the weather is still not nice!!).
I have finished Breaking Dawn (at last!!) ~ it was brilliant to finally finish off the story ~ to bring the 4 books to an end and what a fantastic end it was ~ I loved all 4 of the books and I am now waiting and hoping (and praying) for the Twilight film to come over to the UK!! I cannot wait.
Wednesday is always my most favourite day of the week (not) ~ as it is weigh in day. This week is another 2 pounds off bringing the total lost now to 3 stone and 12 pounds (54 pounds). I was hoping for a 4 pound loss this week ~ which would make it 4 stone lost ~ but I think that this weight is going to make me fight to get rid of every last pound ha ha !!! There is no weigh in next week ~ as the lady is on holiday ~ so hopefully in 2 weeks time that next 2 pounds will have left in an orderly manner ~ and hopefully taken a few extra friends with it. I have also had to go down another size in trousers and tops ~ meaning that I have now gone down 4 dress sizes on the top and 5 on the bottom half ~ and the running total on inches stands at 36 inches lost. There ~ that was a little weight loss update for you!! You will be glad of a break from all this diet stuff next week ha ha !!!!!
Life continues to be as busy as ever. The children are all settled back into school ~ they are really getting on well with the new teachers and enjoying the lessons and subjects. Lauren went to her first Hip Hop class this afternoon and totally loved it ~ she was busy trying to teach me all the moves ~ which looked a bit complicated!!! On the subject of dancing ~ I have actually thought about taking up Salsa dancing ~ as one of my friends is interested in doing it too ~ so we may look into that ~ should help the weight loss along aswell!!
Time to tackle yet another huge ironing pile again (no peace for the wicked ha ha !!).
Hope your Wednesday has been a good one. XXX
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