The Ups and Downs along my journey

[mommyB]

Beautiful puss cat Jane.

Why thank you, she is called nina and i sometimes think she is the sanest one in our house!!


Have a good evening H,see you on monday if i dont catch you tomorrow as we are off for our log cabin weekend

 

[Aaleigha]

Jane I was just coming to find you
have a great weekend - you certainly deserve it

see you Monday - hopefully the pattern will have turned up by then

 

[mommyB]

eer no (hangs head in shame) i 'm afraid i havent had chance to copy and post it yet,but will do it on monday-cross my heart!!

 

[Aaleigha]

AH HA and I thought it was in the post
will check out some yarns when it arrives and spend as much on the yarn for you as I did when I sponsored Fuzzy

 

[HOE]

How are you doing Aaleigha? Does this mean you are a knitter? How are you feeling today, I hope you are keeping your head above water or below the duvet - whichever makes you feel the best.

 

[Stirky7]

Enjoy your day out tomorrow, and enjoy your ready meal. Will catch up with you again soon, take care hun xxx

 

[miss jelly tot]

Enjoy today x

 

[Aaleigha]

How are you doing Aaleigha? Does this mean you are a knitter? How are you feeling today, I hope you are keeping your head above water or below the duvet - whichever makes you feel the best.

Oh yes I am a knitter I find it quite therapeutic - I had a good day - still going to bed really early and hiding under the duvet - but its helping me to feel better so obviously what I need

Enjoy your day out tomorrow, and enjoy your ready meal. Will catch up with you again soon, take care hun xxx

we had a great time not only a meal out but playing in the park too

Enjoy today x

thanks


well yesterday was fantastic E and I took the boys to the Dutch Tea rooms we had a lovely meal and a great time and when we sang happy birthday the other people who were dining joined in and sang to him as well - so a great time was had - followed by a walk in the park and a play at the playground - Mr Park Keeper was there so only the children could play on the equipment we had to watch

today I got up early - remembered my B vit and got in the kitchen to try another christmas recipe - I made some chocolates - they are nice but I wanted them to taste better - one ingredient will be doubled
tomorrow I will be having a trial run of baileys fudge and honeycomb or marshmallow fudge - cheese twists and will be making some caramelised onion and red wine vinegar chutney

recipes will be added to the christmas goodies thread when I have tested them to see if they work

 

[miss jelly tot]

I made some chocolates - they are nice but I wanted them to taste better - one ingredient will be doubled
tomorrow I will be having a trial run of baileys fudge and honeycomb or marshmallow fudge - cheese twists and will be making some caramelised onion and red wine vinegar chutney

OMG im drooling. :drool:They all sound fantastic wow, you must be a great cook.
I love caramelised onion with goats cheese from the pub menu but wouldnt know where to start in making it. Will keep my eye out for the recipes
Glad you had a good day too

 

[Stirky7]

Glad you had a great time! Looking forward to more recipies, yummy!

 

[Aaleigha]

well this morning I have peeled more onions than I care for - streaming eyes - but the chutney is on cooking now
I have done cheese twists and some marsbar based chocolates
peanut butter and chocchip cookies are in the oven right now
fudge will be done just a little later my knees need a rest
oh I need to take my b vits - off to the kitchen again

 

[Aaleigha]

OMG im drooling. :drool:They all sound fantastic wow, you must be a great cook.

Miss JT this type of cooking is not complicated I am not that good a cook
the complicated stuff is when you prepare a meal for 20 and everything is ready on time
with this it doesnt matter if it takes a little longer than expected as long as it works

 

[Stirky7]

Sounds gorgeous!!!

 

[emmasmum]

Thanks for all your recipes. Will defo try some as presents this Christmas.

 

[Aaleigha]

well this morning I do feel a bit better again
the sun is shining - I am supposed to be going to town with a friend today (regular Monday event) but cant as I am waiting for a delivery
tonight I have my knitting in the pub evening with friends
I did think it was my hair appointment today but it must be next week as they haven't phoned to remind me on Saturday like they usually do - my hair REALLY needs cutting

I have cut up all the fudge - its really nice - I tasted it last night
what I have done will now be going out to the pub with me tonight for the group to share

I will make a list of all those who will need hampers this year and what I am going to put into them - that way I will know exactly what cooking I need to do and to check for nice' carrier bags and baskets to put them all in

today is my first dd in a while - I took last week off
my up days were starting to consist of processed foods - which according to an article on bbc breakfast BBC NEWS | Health | Depression link to processed food
may be linked to depression - so I had last week off and ate what I wanted - the depression was so bad I could do nothing constructive about menus without putting to much strain on myself
so this week back on track by the end of Novemeber I would like to be less than 13st I have NO idea what I weigh today and I wont be weighing in until the end of the month - I want to take all pressure off myself and just DO the plan
right girls off to change the challenge thread to record my challenge for nov and up to christmas - I cant say how much I want to lose as I dont know how much I weigh - BUT I do have targets in mind

 

[miss jelly tot]

Interesting link. You def need to do what best for you.
I have eventually braved the scales today and feel better now as I know where I stand (excuse the pun.) Im sure we can do a couple of DDs to get us going, if not more. Have you got your water at the ready? Im a bottle down already and 4 trips to the toilet up!

The fudge sounds great. Im going to give some of your recipes a go nearer christmas, as If I made them now I will just eat them lol.
Heres to a good day

 

[Aaleigha]

Miss JT yes water is at the ready
if I can get to 4pm all will be well
I need to get ready then to get to the hairdressers then I am straight out from there to knitting in the pub evening - I am taking all my goodies to share at the hairdressers and the knitting - I of course will be just like an angel and I wont be having even a taste - I did that yesterday

tomorrow I am working half a day - so that wont be too hard
I have decided on 2 dd's then an up day then a repeat and saturday a med day and sunday an up day - then repeat it all again
I know we are not supposed to have two dd in a row - but as long as it is only 2 the body wont suffer - mind you anything over two and it gets clever and thinks bloody hell no cals today I will store it all (and it could be an upday) its day three that triggers things
I really do need to stay off the scales - unless of course I feel a big change in my clothes and I KNOW it will be positive I just have one little target in mind 10% but the end of this month

 

[miss jelly tot]

Wow busy day ahead

I am taking all my goodies to share at the hairdressers and the knitting - I of course will be just like an angel and I wont be having even a taste - I did that yesterday

Good plan you can then polish that halo

 

[Aaleigha]

Halo was polished - I had ONE cheese straw - not bad for all that was there

all recipes have been oked so will add them to the list in the next couple of days

hair has been done (nice - I am pleased with it) today I am working for half a day
will have soup - if anything on my return - should do the ironing this afternoon
soup for dinner tonight as well
then tomorrow will be an up day

I was awake in the night with a major headache - I must journal these as I hope its not on dd that I wake in the night - if so I will have to try to do something about that

its raining here and I have to walk to work shortly I hate getting there wet -

how do I feel today - delicate - not quite like sitting down and crying - but not too far from it
off to have my b vits

be back after work

 

[Stirky7]

Hope you're ok hun. It's been an awful day here too, my jeans are still soaked from going out earlier. Take care xxx