another new year

I know that I say it every year, but I cant believe that its new year already!

We (or rather I) have had quite a lot going on in the last 12 months....

you will have to bear with me as I will be going back through the months to see what the high or low points were ;o)

In January Evie had gastro entoritis and started having swimming lessons and I was told that I would need to have a hernia repair

In February I had a dent in my thigh and then was told that it was just loss of fatty tissue ;o)

March & April werent very interesting

In May we had my birthday

In June I had my hernia repair, went to the three foot people festival, Evie got a big girl bed and I started knitting my epic scarf (which I still havent finished yet)

In July Evie got her glasses and went to the dentist for the very first time.

In August I got a photo published in a Chinese textbook, and went into a church without the spire hitting me in the neck (long story short a lady I used to work with (who was a Sunday school teacher) told me that if I went into a church the spire would fall off and hit me in the neck).

In September we had our first family holiday in Spain and Evie took her very first photo on my phone ;o).

In October Evie drew on the landing wall.

In November Evie started pre-school and our oven nearly exploded.

And in December Evie went to her first ever pantomime, turned three and had her first ever school christmas party.

And now for 12 months of Evie

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

.November

December

happy new year everyone ;o)

ooohhhh heck another year

Happy New Year everyone ;o)

We have had loads of highs this year...

Evie started walking and graduated from gymbabes to tumble tots (just looked at the site and it seems that they now have a couple of vacancies (just tried calling and there was no answer so shall call tomorrow!), they were supposed to let me know when a vacancy came up! hammmm I shall let you know how I get on!

Evie is now talking more and lets us know what she wants and stuff ;o)

Evie can now sing three songs: baa baa black sheep, miss polly and just recently twinkle twinkle little star (I shall have to video motion picture her singing that one ;o)

and as it was so much fun last year seeing how much Evie had changed I give you 12 months of Evie ;o)

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

(I cant believe that I only uploaded videos motion pictures in November this, this and this

December

happy 2013

I know that I say this every year but I cant believe that it is now 2013 ;o)

Well last year was mainly highs (with them being Evie related) with one awful low.

As Evie was only 2 weeks old at the beginning of 2012 I will give you 12 months of Evie ;o)

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

looking back at the photos I cant believe how much she has changed ;o)

Happy New Year everyone ;o)

same sh1t different year...

Ive seen that a few blogs have done reviews of 2008, so I thought why should they have all the fun ;o)


So since I started this little blog, here is my review of 2008...

• total weight gain - 23lbs
• total weight loss - 13lbs
• weeks gained weight - six
• weeks lost weight - seven
• weeks stayed the same - five
• weeks not weighed myself - four
• meals gone out for (excluding being on holiday) - six
• meals gone out for on holiday - loads ;o)
• coffees enjoyed in Starbucks - (again loads)
• soups eaten - three
• breakfasts eaten in hotels in the UK - two
• breakfasts eaten in McDonalds - one
• breakfasts eaten on holiday - eight
• lunches with friends - five
• lunches with family - one
• complete strangers coming up to tell me how good I look since losing weight - one
• bologneses cooked - two
• chillis cooked that were actually bologneses - one
• meatballs cooked - one
• thai green chicken currys cooked - one
• meals cooked from recipes received on this blog - one
• meals cooked where they havent quite gone how they were supposed to - five ;o)
• krispy kreme dunuts eaten - six
• jam donuts eaten - two
• dumper trucks wrapped up - 74
• flights of stair walked up and down - thousands (ok perhaps thats an exaggeration - it was more like hundreds, but it definitely felt like thousands)
• half a lamb sandwiches eaten - two
• sausages eaten - 120
• chocolate tasting boxes received - two
• times I had to do the food shopping completely on my own - three

Ok, some of it wasnt relevent - but what can you do ;o)
Another short week last week, and my last one for a while as my holiday year runs January to December. Its going to be a real struggle going back to doing a full week again!
We got a nice surprise in the post the other day...
...it was from Starbucks - a book of vouchers - 50p off any drink every day from 2nd to 29th January (weve used three each already ;o)), and even better, when we walked in there on Friday they would have given us the vouchers anyway as were regular customers - how good is that?
Im glad to say I wasnt the only person to have put on eight pounds over Christmas, I was chatting whilst waiting for my skinny venti dark cherry mocha (if reading it isnt bad enough try asking for one ;o)) from Starbucks and was chatting to a barista and she had put on the same amount of weight too!
I had two proper lunches this week one with my Sister, and one with my mates. The one with my mates was scrambled egg on toast, and my other lunch was chilli con carne with rice from Yates Wine Lodge. I was going to go for their chili loaded chips, but was told I should have something proper!
We have a mini fridge in our office, and it was that cold last week that when I got the bottle of water out it was frozen solid! I then spent the day pouring out the thawed water to drink. I can now look Ray Mears in the eye and tell him that I too have had to wait for water to defrost before I could drink it...
...Ray, if your ever thinking of doing an extreme office survival series you may want to retell my story. I would like my part to be played by Kathy Burke ;o).
You can guarantee the water will be frozen solid again tomorrow ;o).
I was doing the food shopping this morning and saw that Innocent have out a new flavour in their veg pots, its sweet potato chilli with chargrilled peppers & smoky paprika.
I weighed myself this morning and was well chuffed that I have lost three pounds.
Oh and a Happy New Year!