A very normal day

Good Evening to you all again.

I hope, like me, you have all had a good day. I woke up this morning an hour later than normal, however surprisingly was ready on time to take Ava-Leigh to school. I cant say I was impressed with the heavens opening literally 30 seconds after I got out the door. Needless to say it was a rather wet walk to school this morning. I was told by my friend though as I got to school she had tried ringing me to see if we wanted a lift to school......... doh stupid me for not taking my phone off silent this morning.

Anyway we sat in her car until it was time to go into school and she was very kind to say that she would give me a lift to Slimming World too so I didn't have to get any more soaked than I already was. We sat an had a little natter and then it was time to go in and face the dreaded scales.
I started my Slimming World journey 8 weeks ago and it started out great, until I had a week off the scales which subsequently led to me having 2 weeks of gains :( I started slimming world to rid the last stone and a half of baby weight, in time for our wedding in May 2014. Luckily I have managed to pull it back and after undoing all my hard work I am seeing losses on the scales instead of gains. I am currently 3lbs off my half stone award and 12lbs away from initial target.

I must admit I am loving Slimming World and it has made me enjoy cooking as I really wasn't a domestic goddess with cooking. ( I suppose you cant have it all) I am making the right choices for what I put into my body and I can honestly tell a difference in my mood, motivation and energy levels. Yes the sugar,caffeine and chocolate give you a burst of energy but it doesn't last long at all in comparison to what I get out of making sure I eat plenty of vegetables, fruit, salad and meat. Now this isn't a blog to promote Slimming World as I know it isn't everybodys cup of tea but I certainly am feeling the benefits and have plenty of people at my group who have had a great journey so far and are definitely doing better for it.

So that was my morning already gone and I felt like I hadn't achieved much, so it was home and time for lunch, then a mad dash cleaning session as I had my friend and her little girl coming for tea and if you have seen my other blog about manic cleaning you will understand why I decided everywhere needed to be polished and hoovered and mopped and everything put exactly in its place.

The girls were collected from school and back to my flat it was, they have all played lovely together with their babies and pushchairs, funny isn't it how they mimic what they see us doing? I never realised how much notice Ava-Leigh took of me talking about Slimming World until I heard her explaining to her friend " I am allowed so many syns per day...... but I can eat all the chocolate cake that I want!!" Hmmmmm I'm not sure she has quite understood it properly but it did make me and my friend chuckle a little bit.

Well that's my day guys and now I'm going to sit with a glass of wine and relax.
Have a great evening whatever you are doing

Take Care

Nat xx

Funny Old Day

Good Evening,

Its been one of those days today. It started off like a normal day, until Bradley (Fiance) wasnt going to work as he is poorly, which in itself is a very normal thing for somebody to do when poorly but....... It then throws me off completely on my normal morning routine :/

So I managed to get my head around that and started doing the usual, breakfast, packed lunch, getting myself ready, then I had a phonecall from a friend who was also poorly, she was worried about how she would get her daughter to school, so the good friend that I am said not to worry and that I would collect her daughter and take her to school. Again this is a normal thing to do for a friend but it meant leaving my house 20 minutes earlier than normal, so there goes 20 minutes of my usual routine.

I also Facetime my mother-in-law to be every morning so that the girls can talk to their Nanna and just have a general chat, as I had to leave earlier that was cut rather short, which i didnt like at all.

So off I trot at 8.20am to collect my friends daughter and get them both to school.... well i managed to do this and get them to school on time, even though it was a little slippy with the ice and frost.

I came home and did what I always do throughout the day but with an added person in the house and it has just thrown me a bit today.

As you can gather I am a creature of habits when it comes to certain things and so I am now sat writing this post with a bit of a headache and I can only think that I have just got myself into a bit of a tizz because my day didnt follow its normal rituals.

Does this happen to anybody else or am I just a little strange??

Take care
Natalie
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Feel like a manic cleaner

Hey guys, hope your all well on this Monday morning.

I have dropped Ava-Leigh off at school, put the washing on radiators to dry, cleaned the kitchen and now just pulled everything off my bedroom floor.

It may sound boring but I am constantly cleaning my flat and I'm not sure if its because I'm a mum and that's what happens, I'm house proud or i am just a serial cleaner.

Everything is needing to be in its place at the minute and i cant stand anything looking untidy or out of place. I am bleaching anything and everything that i possibly can. This has always been something that rears it head for me at points of stress in my life and im thinking its just because its the run up to Christmas.

I am this woman every single day!!!

I am a mad whirl wind of cleaning products I am sure I could make myself into a superhero of some sort, who goes round and resuces those who dont like to clean or just plain dont do it.

So I suppose I am writing this blog just to see if anybody else is like this, is it normal or am I just mad and find cleaning quite fun?

 

Well I suppose I best start off by saying hello to whoever will read this (wishful thinking)
I am Natalie and from my profile you can see a little about me, however I'm sure as the weeks go on you will find out more about me and my family.

I suppose I should let you know why I have decided to do this and what I hope to get out of it.
I know somebody who does this and she likes that fact that its like an open diary and that's what appealed to me.
I don't 'document' my life for want of a better word, except for taking loads of pictures of my daughters, however I thought it would be a good way of remembering things that had happened over the days and also to share these things with other people.
I'm hoping that I get some sort of response to this and that it becomes part of my normal routine to sit down and write my 'diary'.

So I will apologise now if these first few are a little boring and not very long, but hopefully once I get into the swing of it they will become more appealing to you all.

Take Care
Natalie :)