Satisfactory Sunday.......

This was a lovely surprise. A card drops through the door and imagine my delight to find not only a lovely sentiment from Bev but a chunk of my favourite chocolate. It was just one of those "I saw this and thought of you" she told me. Well she can think of me with chocolate any time she like's..............hold on a minute, is she trying to sabotage my diet...............nahh she wouldn't do that, would she?

On that note, the diet that is, not going brilliantly at the moment. Finding it hard to get back into the swing of it. It's easy, well "Extra Easy" in fact. Yep, Slimming World Extra Easy is the method I have chosen. It has been brilliant. When I start back in 2008 I was doing the old Red and Green days but since the introduction of Extra Easy, after an initial feeling that it couldn't possibly work I've done it for over 12 months and have lost 3 1/2 stone. It was 4 stone but after a bad christmas it's now only three and a half, but it will go again as I've got a wedding in August to go to so I would love to drop another 2 stone by then.

>Slimming World Curry, dont knock it 'til you tried it........

.......and Slimming World Chips, as much as you want - whenever you want on Extra Easy

But today it was The Barley Mow, Studley for a carvery. Again free to eat on plan except for my drizzle of gravy and spoonful of cranbery sauce (ya gotta have cranberry with turkey)

ok so that's me for today.

Take care and have a good week if I dont get back soonly....... Julie xxx

I promise to try harder......

Well it has been an awful long time but this is me promising to blog at least once a week and if I dont get time to write to at least post a picture or 2.

The snow has gone and the rain is well and truely here yet the cat still wants to go out, plonker.
So just to re-cap I have Rosie the rottie, George the black-n-white moggie and Gizmo the persian. Possibly the least amount of animals I have ever shered my life with. I do also have a share in the Blackminster cat Tabby, so I still get my fix at work.

"ROSIE"

"GIZMO"

Beauty Personified...............

Well what a week-end it turned out to be. After a rather hectic Saturday we settled down for the evening, had a glass of wine with a steaming hot curry, well it didn't appear to be doing Bev anygood so thought I'd have one. Funny thing is the only thing Bev has really wanted for ages was a McDonalds Chocolate Milkshake. Just something she'd got the taste for but had never managed to get one for one reason or another. anyhow on Saturday afternoon David take's her into town and she get's one.............................Then after a really good night's sleep the phone goes at around 10 to 6 and you just know that's the call you've all been waiting for.............................."....mum I think you'd better come up" the little voice on the other end said. So as if on auto pilot, out of bed, shower, dressed and up to theirs by 20 past 6 and it's definately a trip to the hospital that's needed..........................so of we all jolly, that is at David's - let's get there - pace.. Arrive just before 7 and get her booked in and to cut this very long story short.................Baby is born at 8:22 - a beautifull little girl with a mass of dark hair and looking every inch her father. If you know David as soon as you see her you'll see what I mean and is already the apple of his eye which is just how it should be.............So now we are all coo-ing and ooo-ing as we have taken masses of picture's and she is just waiting for a name. Bless them both, the names they had thought of just didn't seem to fit so they're on the hunt again - it's such an important part of having a baby, because your going to give them a name they've to go through school with, so it has to be right. Anyway enough of me - here she is...............................

~ With Grampy ~

Just another manic Monday.....

I actualy think that's an understatement. Been rushing around like the preverbial blue ar##d fly. Bless her though, Sam just kept the kettle boiling - NO - not for Bev, for a brew.........

Diet went not to bad today, only lapsed once. Well bill left a little bar of CDM on his desk and I had to walk by it to get to the phone and a square sort of found it's way into my mouth, totally bypassed the hand - just straight into the mouth. Could'nt do anything about it.

Rosie is sitting behind me in her basket snoring and Ben is asleep

on my feet (toasty warm). Actually he was quite poorly this morning,

he does insist on washing Rosie's face and I think he swallowed a dog

hair to much and they all found their way over the kitchen floor this

morning - YUK - but the problem was that he was still coughing and

gaging for about an hour after. Anyhow he is perfectly well now and

quite happy to wash Rosie's face yet again. Look at him, like butter

would'nt melt. Fantastic little dog and Alex's best mate.

Not a bad day today.............

Well that is other than I feel pants. Wrong week, which always makes me hungry, but I've been good and my only naughty thing was my fruit loaf this morning. .....................

Right as my blog is called Julie and other Animals I supose you ought to see them so I'll add piccies of them as we go. So first will be Rosie, she who thinks she's a Jack Russell, having been brought up with one since we had her at 7weeks old in 2000.

Thanks for looking.........................

Weight loss starts here, today................

Well that's the idea. I'm due to be a granny again tomorrow or when they decide to enter this world and in the words of my doctor " do you want to see them graduate" well the answer is of course a resounding "yes"

So you see, it has to start today.

I'm not brave enough to post a full length picture yet but I will, I think if I can keep a record of what I'm doing it might just keep me on the straight and narrow, well I can hope cant I.............

So today, what have I had. " slices of fruit loaf toasted with butter and jam - good start 2 cups of tea - I don't take sugar so OK there and always use skimmed milk as cant stand full or semi. oh yes and a can of ginger beer. I think it was this can that made me realise today is it as I don't drink cans. Don't like the sweeteners or the taste of aluminium but somehow I had to have it - nuts...........

I'm going to try the SW style of eating as it worked for me some years ago and I always felt as if I was satisfied with what I'd eaten and maintained quite a good weight loss. I'm also lucky as my DH is really supportive in whatever I do so here goes.

Wish me luck, somehow I know I'm going to need it..................................

Better late than never....................

Well does'nt time fly when your enjoying yourself...............

Truth is I forgot my log on details and could'nt get on. even though about starting again but "NO" I said to myself - persevere and work out what it was, so I asked Bev and she worked it out..............

Loads has happened since Feb but as I'm officially old I cant remember half of it so it is likely to pop up in later post's as I remember it.

Rosie the rottie is fine, Ben the JR had an injury to his back and tail. It was swollemn to more than double it's size and the vet reconed he may have dislocated it so he was on painkillers for some time. all appears to be sorted now though and he is back to his normal yampy self. Gismo the persian looks like a refugee from the cats home. his coat got really badly matted so I've stripped him off and boy does he look odd - mind you in a couple of weeks you wont' even know he'd ever had it done.

Hey up DH has just presented me with a cuppa and cherry scone so I'm off to enjoy it. Hopefully I'll be back soon - if I can remember my log on...............byeeeee