Not such a Terrible Tuesday......

The title only indicates that Tuesday is the day Bev and I dread, for Tuesday is ..........

WEIGH IN

Well how about that, just got back from fat club (Slimming World) and after a really pants week last week this week I've lost a fabby 3 1/2lb...........how good is that? I must say I am now feeling far more positive about the 2st I want to lose before Bev's wedding in August....

Sam sent me some pictures today of Harry (DGS2) on his new bike that he had for Christmas. She said he laughed and chuckled the whole way to the shop's and back again, with a bit of advertising thrown in by the look of it......

He is possibly the smiley est baby I know, he's never grumpy or whingey and is always happy to see you. I am so lucky, my girls have given me the most wonderful grandchildren. Thank you xxx

So tomorrow we are meant to get more snow, I do hope not it just isnt funny anymore. Even the kid's had had enough by the time it got to thaw. For Alex though, he was more upset at missing school. Well we'll see, either it will or it wont and there is nothing we can do about it bar wrap up warm and remember the warning................................

..........................................DONT EAT YELLOW SNOW......bye bye

Swimmingly Good Fun......

I'm sure child labour has been abolished but I use the excuse she is helping her poor old granny.....

.....I think the word help was used a little prematurely, I was mopping up for 20 mins after, but she had so much fun.































I think I may have unearthed a demon though as
everytime she come's now she run's into the kitchen shouter "water nanny, water" dragging a chair across to the sink and banging the tap demanding to do the washing up. I wouldn't mind but as washing up is one of the jobs I do I bought a dishwasher - phhuh could have saved myself a couple of £100. arhh well......... :)


Maybe I could hire her out, then again I would probably be spending more time appologising for the destruction.
at least this time she hadn't gotten one of the straws she normally gets and blows bubbles until they fill the sink and start creeping over the edge of the worktop, looking like Mount Vesuvius.

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.........................