home

tired stiff and sore but happy with the op -surgeon was surprised how worn the knee was.

Have had a quiet day hubby has been home muddling around doin little bits and chores. I have sat her giving orders-no not really.

Had a friend come around this afternoon and we set up a dress on trademe...took 2 hours to set the wording 'just right'

Helped hubby get tuna bake on for tea.

Had me a me moment on Tuesday. Went to Farmers and put couple of tops and a pair of black slacks on lay by if I couldnt go to Tauranga for the wedding this weekend I needed a little of retail therapy. Got 2 pretty tops and pants $100 on layby but what a drama. Layby has to be collected by 15th Dec far enough but I will be in Timaru on 17th could I collect them then-nope, could I post a cheque and pay items in full and collect on the 17th-nope Farmers policy is dont accept cheques, Can I get someone to collect the layby-nope I need to sign for it, can I get someone to pay and I collect yeap. So plan is to get a friend to pay the layby and I'll collect it on 17th.

Right time for me to go for another walk around the lounge to get my leg moving.

off this afternoon

to Timaru for my op on knee YIPPPPPPEEEE will be back in residence on Thursday night.

Had to take Mum to Timaru yesterday, yes 2 trips in 2 days gggrrr but couldnt be helped. She got a great report from the surgeon he was very pleased with her progress and knee working well...same surgeon I have tomorrow so I said I'll see u wednesday.

Got some Xmas presents while in town so cute those fold up picnic chairs will get one for Sarah as well but dont need her's till after Christmas so hold the money till then.(wat money hehehe) Pretty lime green, blue and a yellow one. So that is the 2 Chloes covered and my nephew..cheaper having the family estranged when ya not speaking you dont have to buy presents hehehe...my brother only has had contact with his daughter (Chloe number 2 Mum)again for about 18mths so instant family she already had a little fella he is just 4....that make little or no sence when I read it back and I haven't the energy to explain.

Right best get my butt into gear see ya all on Friday.

HUGE weekend

and 2b honest glad it is over.

Had a great day/night and early morning for that matter Saturday(got home at 3am). Very happy with the food choices even fort off the lollies sum bright spark bought them on the trip. In answe to comment why not throw the lolly jar out I would if it was mine but its a staffroom thing. Bags of crisp went around the van too and I managed to resist those until last thing...which although disapointed didnt resist them completely proud of length of time held out. Drank far to many calories-in the form of alcohol, coke, juice.

Sunday I went for a bike ride-I can assure you no energy was used to burn any calories ther but it was neat to get out in the fresh air and just enjoy the day...with not being able to walk much I havent 'enjoyed' the fresh air lately. While out decide to go to cafe for coffee and brunch of eggs benidict-yum.

Had a nice catchup with Anthony and baby Sarah on Skype lst night she is growing up so. Big smiles and 'talking' Anthony is thinking maybe Sarah and Mum could come over earlier than him in January...he will be working every hour god send over New Year so wont see family and would be nice for her to have company...would be FANTASTIC...so will work on that one. No new fotos.

well here it is Friday

-well Saturday nearly but I won the argument against that BLOODY lolly jar. Was touch and go to night it was sitting on the table beside me calling out to me i pulled it toward me twice and then pushed it away. Was getting tough so I picked it up and put it on the bench those that were eating them could get them from there they were to tempting for me.
SO WELL DONE FELICITY and that was while drinking and my sences were not running oon all cylinders...not sure if the temptation was there now I'd be as strong...after many bicardi's and wines.


We are off out 2morro with the work crowd...going to lunch at Moaraki(sp) (boulders nth otago)
3hrs drive then several drink stops coming home and there is a band on at the pub. So hoping it will be a good day/nite and probably a late one...and not planning much for Sunday. Have said no to having the kids Sunday.

Has been a long week. Work has been TOUGH last 2 days. I tell you we all nearly handed in notice today...but we survived and drowned our whoas tonight.

Got my date for operation on knee yippeee...28th Nov so thrilled about that fits in perfect.

Well i'll check a few blogs and then it is bed for this chick...hubby is in chch so yeah have bed to myself.

2 days

no lollies WELL DONE FELICITY
no licorise either but that isn't such a biggie cause the shop was out of stock..could have gone to garage but such a chore to get out of my own fat way to do that. The lolly jar however is rigth THERE and in full veiw so to avoid it is BIG

cooked hubby sausages for tea I just had veges...those snarlers looked nice and brown and yummy too but wow the fat that came of them and I didnt want FAT

rIGHT i AM OFF TO bed. Last night I was still awake at 4-didnt her hubby leave at 6 and DID NOT like it when alarm went off at 6.30 Pretty good day at work dispite no sleep.

and this is why I don' t go to bed early

I was just so tired I went to bed at 8-couldnt even function, but now its 12.45 and I am awake. Made a huge cock up for tea. Had decided hubby could have pizza and I'd have a take away salad...all good you say would have been except one thing pizza shop is shut on Monday's by time we remembered that it was after 7 and so was most everything else. So got fish and chips and I had lousey greasy horrid hot chips for tea ggggrrrr so annoy with myself-thought afterwards I could have had a bowl of cereal. Oh well its done now. When I got up 20mins ago I had a snack of an orange a kiwifruit and a fig(the later was for medicinal purposes as much as anything) but that also means I have blown my no snacking at night. BUM

hEY any of u lap top gals or computer whizz kids-can u tell me y does my curser move while I and writing and then my words start writing in some random place on the page very frustrating is there some setup I can change to stop this.


Daily Food Track

November 12th 07

Breakfast

Coffee wth trim milk x2
Cereal tinned peaches in juice with lite ff yogurt

Morning tea
Coffee x2
FF yogurt

Lunch
Chicken Bagel
Coffee x2

Afternoon tea
muslie slice

Tea
lousey greasy horrid hot chips

Midnight snack
1 coffee
1kiwifruit
1orange
1dried fig

2lts water

well i won the battle against the lolly jar today...I hide the jar when I got to work and no one even thought about them till 2pm and I HAD NONE.

I feel like crap tired and ache all over and have ahd a headache all day...going to bed real soon.

Hd the fellla in tonight to quote for painting the bathroom-have been waiting for about 2 yrs for hubby to finish it so guess what he is getting for Xmas a painted bathroom hehehe. Well if I get a computer I have to pay for I only think a painted bathroom is fitting.

not much of improvement really hehehe

picture taken on new lap top web cam

although this is a revolting picture I am posting it cause I can.

update

well I am now talking to u on my new lap top

took me from 11.30am-4.30pm to install the important stuff. at 3 I thought wow i am hungry...hadn't realised the time so grabbed a bowl of cereal and yogurt. at 4.30 I was so tired I couldnt even function so went for a snooze-heard hubby thumping thru the house just after 5 then woke to a terrific hammering noise he was out side smashing some 'stuff'' he bought home from work I was thrilled I can tell u.

Tea was veges with some aoli (cooked a pie for hubby)

Hubby has old lap top in train room so communication is even more limited.

Now still havent found that water bottle.

Thinking I should go for a walk but probably won't.

Right you are all witness to...

...I am back on track. I have just read Just4Jo post and it so woke me up like she was physically shaking me-thanks Jo. I have been so slack for so long if I thought about it plodding along for most of 2007 AND NO MORE PLODDING

This week I have worked 40hrs first time in months and I feel like I have been run over by a truck a BIG truck. I ache all over. I fell asleep at 7 watching tv twice and went to bed for a nanna nap when I got home at 5 last night (we were to go out with hubby's work but didnt go in the end) I had hoped this summer I would feel better and not so run down working full time or near to it-but this week has proven to me different. I've got another full week next week and then a month till its full on summer hours AND I HAVE TO BE READY.

I have been blaming my lack of fitness onto my knee and yeap to an extent that is the case BUT (and a big butt it is getting) there is no need to be stuffing crap into my mouth because I have a sore knee. This week (well only Thursday actually) a huge jar of lollies-the soft chewy party mix sort of lollies that ya can stuff a handful down b4 u even realise it-turned up at work. This was some promotional thing to say well done guys and there is an even bigger bag to refill the jar when its empty. Now there are always lollies at work the blind dog lollies are on counter for sale and one co-worker always has a bag open and I can usually say no thanks to them BUT this jar of lollies really got a hold of me and has pushed well I would think the equivilant to 2 maybe 3 regular bags of lollies down my throat in two flippen days. NO MORE ON Monday I am not eating them I am no letting a scummy bag of lollies rule my life.
I am stronger than that.
I am stronger than that.
I am worth the effort.
I am worth the effort.
Feeling healthy fit and slim is great. Much better than any lolly tastes.

Right so you are witness to this I am back on track.

I here by declare:

I will track daily
I will drink my water (minimum 2 lts daily)
I will not give into that lolly jar
This week I will make the best choices I can-
no ice creams
no choc licorise
no extra sandwich at lunchtime (I'm on late lunch this week so will take a yogurt for morning tea to hold me over and then I wont scoff at lunch time)
no snacks after tea of any sort.
I wont commit to any exercise this week but hope to get at least 2 bike rides in.

Next Saturday when I am sat here aching all over from working all week (u would think I had hard labour work but I don't I tell u all I do all day is stand on one spot smiling at stupid people) I am going to feel good about my week and I am going to be able to say I did the best I could do.



What else been happening-
Monday was our 12th wedding annivesary...not really much to celebrate there except been 12yrs I havn't commited murder. We had whitebait fritters in bread for tea(I could have had salad with them as the healthy option but went with the lazy one...changes will happen)
Husband bought me a new lap top while we were in Chch last weekend-very nice you would think but as it is on tick and now I have to set up the automatic payments to come out of an already stretched bank account for $50 fortnight he also got stung for a norton virus protection which we dont need cause we got one and 3 yr warrenty which isnt worth paper written on for a computer so he is taking them back. I havent had the energy to set up the computer will do that today...that and washing will be it for the day me thinks and cook tea.

Tuesday fell asleep watching Frank Spencer on telly that is 7pm-was planning on going to weight managment but forgot it was even Tuesday...next week.

Wednesday was to have lunch with a friend but she never showed Tea was tinned salmon mashed spud and meslin salad mix with a tomato thrown at it.

Thursday- now Thursday was worth writting about..was hubbies day off work and I said earlier in the week as he was off he could cook tea...so all day Thurs I was thinking negitive thoughts but got home to him cooking ok it was only spag bol but it was a meal cooked and I didnt have to cook yeah This is only about the 5th time in 14.5 yrs together that he has cooked anything more than toast so a HUGE effort on his behalf and hope it means he is trying to make an effort.

Friday as I said I came home and went for a snoooze for an hour-we were to go to hubbies work drinks and meal at the pub I so did not want to go...cant stand the guys he wrks with. But as I am always grumbling we never go out together I was going to go...when I got up from snooze he said he didnt want to go either so I didnt argue...we went to Poppies (cafe on outskirts of town) had a lovely meal of fish of day..but was naughty and had garlic bread and chips off husbands plate...both things the heathly thinking Felicity would have not considered doing its these little things that make ya FAT Felicity-snap out of it. Didnt have desert but that was cause I suggested we get an icecream from garage...but when got in car it was 9pm and garage was closed so that save my body some much not needed calories and I was already full so did not need it anyway.

Ok off to start setting up this new laptop...hope to be back latter on it.
Will find my water bottle too

Cheerio folks.

Already November ALREADY

Ache all over not just my knee-head aches lack of sleep(had a very restless night last night then husband woke me at 5.30 not 6.30 as I had asked gggrr)

Tomorrow the car is booked at 9am for a warrant so will put the bike in the boot and drop car off then go for a bike ride while it is being 'dun' have a couple of chores to attend to will pick car up again...then home to pack bags and car we are off to Christchurch after husband has finished work. Primary reason for trip to Chch is the Willow shoe company shoe tour on Saturday-havnt got any money tobuy any shoes but want to try them and see which are best to buy mail order later. LLast time I went to one of there tours I thought I was in heavan had 8 prs of shoes in one place that fitted me FANTASTIC. Meeting my brother at 9.30 for supper. Sat morning Aqua drowning then spa and brunch with the girls. Head to shoe show. Then I am trying to organise a get2gether with my neice and her 2 kiddies and my friend Angela and her daugther but it isnt geling well just at moment...may not happen. Leave Chch early afternoon Sun after groceries and catch up wth friend in Hornby. Working full time for the next 2 weeks so expect to be BUGGERED all week.