'don't forget your booties 'cause it's cooooold out there today.'

My fingers are numb with cold from 2 minutes in the garden.
I am so looking forward to spring.

I am cleaning,AGAIN, that also reminds me of Groundhog Day!
Fiona came to the house yesterday and played with Beauty and her new toy Cella Fashion.
The toy is really too old for Beauty but I think that Beauty thoroughly enjoyed watching Fiona play with it and Fiona thoroughly enjoyed playing with it.
Beauty loves Tomy toys.
They also left lots of rubbish on the floor for me to clean up!

I have been very naughty and un-green today!
Today I bought an old fashioned light bulb for my living room. My eyesight is getting to be so poor and it is really a struggle to read or knit with low energy lightbulbs.I shall seek to off set these emmissions somewhere else.
I could buy another tree for school.
Perhaps I will have less headaches with better lighting.

My healthy eating continues and I am continuing to lose weight.
Today however I just had to have a chocolate fix and my desire was for none other than a Star Bar and it was beautiful.I very rarely eat sweets of any kind and I just had no appetite for breakfast in any shape or form so at 11am I had a Star Bar and not only did it fill me up as much as a meal but it satisfied my craving for sweets and at 260 calories I feel that I am still on track.
We all need our naughty days!

My latest knitting project-A Red Baby Blanket

I prefer to knit baby blankets in interesting colours because people who knit baby blankets in blue and pink remind me of Manchester United supporters.....lacking in imagination!
Sorry.
We have no snow and I am thrilled because it means that Beauty has gone to school.
However we do have LOTS of miserable,misty rain.

In the last few months I haven't watched a lot of TV.....too busy, too tired,too ill,the 8 year old watching Cbeebies-there was always a reason.Well last night I watched Lark Rise To Candleford on BBC i player, I watched the Christmas episode and it was brilliant. Sheridan Smith played a ghost in it and her acting was brilliant and it brought tears to my eyes.I have only seen her play comedy roles but her acting was so good it made me cry.
Yep, I'm a sap.

Bread withrawl symptoms continue with continuation of healthy eating.You cannot believe how much I miss crusty bread!
Tic Tacs and gum are helping but yes I am a Bread aHolic and the cravings are really bad and no I am being serious.
Thankfullu I have lost just over 5lbs in weight so that is encouraging me to continue.
The weight is going off my tummy rapidly so I have had to take the belt on my jeans in a notch which hopefully means that nobody will think that I am pregnant.

Evidence that I Truly ,Madly,Deeply Llove the 8 year old!

On Saturday I took Beauty to ToysR us even though I hate the shop......the customer services women there is an old witch!
I bought Beauty a Thomas the Tank Engine Aqua Draw AND a High School Musical bag to put it in!
Now that is love,allowing HSM in the house!
Hopefully it will go the way of the hairdryer.....are you reading this girls.
Now that is defintely something you can half-inch(In the words of our cockney Runningman)!

ON THE SWING IN THE BIRD PARK

MACDONALDS OF COURSE!

ON THE BEACH

PLAYING IN THE SAND

STILL SWINGING.

COLD TOES

BEAUTY ENJOYING THE SNOW
IN OUR ROAD

It is 8.45am and thankfully Beauty is still asleep!
Beauty has been very busy in the last few days, perhaps it is the snow making her hyper.....who can tell but she loves it.
This is the weekend that Beauty's bedroom gets painted and the colour is SWEET PINK!
I have also bought her a new lampshade , rug ,mirror, Princess wall stickers etc ,etc , etc.
The theme is surprisingly PINK!
I have kept the theme broad as Beauty loves the Princesses, Barbie(yuk!) and anything else with a hint of pink!
Beauty is back in her original bedroom and it will contain her desk and all her clothes whilst the main bedroom will contain her toys and a double bed and will be the visitors bedroom because we seem to get plenty of those.I shall post pictures when the work is complete.

UP OUR GARDEN PATH

I am YET AGAIN making efforts with healthy eating!
Basically a Weight Watchers inspired eating plan.
Yesterday I had porridge for breakfast and then my 2 meals were Healthy Option ready meals(Yes, I will make an effort to cook my own) with lots of vegetables. I have also dumped Pepsi Max which is my most favourite drink in all the world and I am drinking No Added Sugar Blackcurrant and Apple Squash.
Yesterday when I thought about snacking(though I wasn't hungry), I had a drink instead. Yesterday was a very good day as far as Healthy Eating was concerned, and I know there will be bad days, but it is very encouraging to have an initial good day.

A SNOW ANGEL FOUND IN OUR ROAD

BEAUTY IN THE SNOW