Eek! We are getting married! Venue booked, registrar booked! I must mad! After 20 years of adamant claims I will never marry (unless a rich old man swept me off my feet) I'm finally taking the plunge!
Hey Green in Marsden is around 8 miles from home and is a gorgeous country house full of quirky features and antiques. My mum was excited when she visited and I hope the in laws approve this weekend too!
Eek!
Monday, 20 February 2012
Saturday, 21 January 2012
BSL Level 1 ends, Level 2 begins
I passed!!! Woohoo!!!! A long awaited result. Amazed I've managed the first level of a language I only knew the Alphabet of! Level 2 enrolled upon and will start ASAP.
Interview going to be nerve racking!!
Interview going to be nerve racking!!
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Goodbye 2011....Hello 2012
Where do I start.....illness, bugs, colds, food, presents, family.
We had a great Christmas Eve visiting family and friends, a fab Christmas with Ste off work now he's changed jobs.
With sickness bug doing its rounds in 24 hour bouts I decided to cut out animal protein and dairy. And to my surprise, at the start of this process I found I had lost 4kg over Christmas week despite devouring all the usual goodies and treats.
So I kick started with cutting the small amount of dairy I was still eating, and any meat products, silly I know.....to start this process I would have been better eliminating one thing at a time. Four days in, I felt great, more energy, regular loo visits instead of 4 day gaps, then I inadvertently ate some biscuits, full of butter! Belly ache commenced and stayed for 2 days :-(
It's now the 2nd weekend of January and I have started over. Slowly reintroducing tiny amounts which I will then eliminate slowly!!!
On a happier note, 2012 has some fun in store :-)
We had a great Christmas Eve visiting family and friends, a fab Christmas with Ste off work now he's changed jobs.
With sickness bug doing its rounds in 24 hour bouts I decided to cut out animal protein and dairy. And to my surprise, at the start of this process I found I had lost 4kg over Christmas week despite devouring all the usual goodies and treats.
So I kick started with cutting the small amount of dairy I was still eating, and any meat products, silly I know.....to start this process I would have been better eliminating one thing at a time. Four days in, I felt great, more energy, regular loo visits instead of 4 day gaps, then I inadvertently ate some biscuits, full of butter! Belly ache commenced and stayed for 2 days :-(
It's now the 2nd weekend of January and I have started over. Slowly reintroducing tiny amounts which I will then eliminate slowly!!!
On a happier note, 2012 has some fun in store :-)
Saturday, 10 December 2011
Holidays
Christmas!! My favourite holiday.
Finished for work by 23rd December, 5pm. Let the chaos commence! I always seem to do too many things at once when a busy time arrives. I am currently trying to write my piece for Association of Breastfeeding Mothers in order to complete training with them to become a Breastfeeding Counsellor.
Also reestablished a connection with natural immunity and looking more in depth into vaccinations and the queries that are arising of late. Back 17 years ago, research was very different, using books and associates in the medical profession to get hold of scientific reports and data. Then more recently 6 years ago using the Internet to trawl through the mountains of evidence for and against Big Pharma.
Maybe in the New Year I will find time to do things for me, enjoy research again and keep on top of personal goals and deadlines :-)
Finished for work by 23rd December, 5pm. Let the chaos commence! I always seem to do too many things at once when a busy time arrives. I am currently trying to write my piece for Association of Breastfeeding Mothers in order to complete training with them to become a Breastfeeding Counsellor.
Also reestablished a connection with natural immunity and looking more in depth into vaccinations and the queries that are arising of late. Back 17 years ago, research was very different, using books and associates in the medical profession to get hold of scientific reports and data. Then more recently 6 years ago using the Internet to trawl through the mountains of evidence for and against Big Pharma.
Maybe in the New Year I will find time to do things for me, enjoy research again and keep on top of personal goals and deadlines :-)
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
Looking up?
Two jobs for Steven through November. Until today. He's handed his notice in as other job has better prospects financially and is guaranteed until feb, which his first job was at risk of redudancy in February too. No more 7 day weeks Hurray!! Christmas should be a good one :-)
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Christmas Thinking
Christmas. The most expensive month of the year. When to put the tree up? I've bee putting the tree up directly after the Halloween decorations are packed away for the past 5 years. Halloween wasn't a feature this year due to financial constraints and I decided to concentrate on Christmas over October festive fun.
The kids love Christmas. They still believe in Santa. They have their letters written all ready to go to the post box on 1st December. I need to organize my office before even thinking about decorating the house for the festive season ahead. More cleaning and organising to complete. :-(
The kids love Christmas. They still believe in Santa. They have their letters written all ready to go to the post box on 1st December. I need to organize my office before even thinking about decorating the house for the festive season ahead. More cleaning and organising to complete. :-(
Sleep!!!
I feel like I've gone back 4.5 years. Sleep deprivation is the worst possible torture I can suffer. Awake for 3 hours worrying, thinking, mulling, shouting and smoking. Teenagers aren't all they cracked up to be.
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