Friday 1st January 2010

Happy New Year! Wooo!

I totally forgot about this blog, I'm hopeless aren't I. It's been nearly a year since my last entry, deary me.

Okay, a quick update on my life :

Lydia is 4 and a quarter years old, and has turned into the spawn of hell. Well, okay, not quite, but she's been so so difficult during the past year. She's like Vercua Salt - I keep expecting her to get whisked away by angry squirrels. She has her nice moments but they're few and far between. Santa got her Go Go Pets for Christmas, but he's regretting it as her behaviour doesn't warrant it. I know she's only 4, but her attitude is appalling. Okay she's not demonic, but she isn't great. She lies to us all the time, hits Alex (and has told us that she likes it when he gets hurt, and she likes it when I get hurt too!), ignores you completely when you tell her to stop it, even giving her a smack on her bum just elicits the response "that didn't hurt" with a smile on her face. I know the blame is usually with the parents, so it must be something that Phil and I are doing wrong, but we can't figure out what it is. We've tried giving her extra attention, that hasn't worked. We've tried supernanny techniques - time outs and so on - and they haven't worked. We've tried taking away toys as punishment, that hasn't worked. We've tried a star chart, and giving money every time she's good, and focusing on the positives - and that hasn't worked either. Ugh!!!! Maybe it's a phase - that's what I'm hoping. I miss my nice little girl, it's like she's been replaced by a girl I can't get through to.

Alex is 2 and a quarter (well just over) and he's adorable. Don't get me wrong he can be a little bugger sometimes, but in general he has a very sweet nature. He's growing into a very kind natured little boy. I just hope that doesn't change, he's very easily influenced by Lydia. He's teeny tiny for his age, it's a struggle to get him to eat. He's still in 12-18 month clothes. That's pretty frustrating, but the health visitor doesn't seem too concerned at this point. He comes for cuddles a lot, which is nice.

The newest addition to our family is Jason Matthew. He was born on 24th September 2009, so the day before Lydia's birthday lol, weighing just over 11lbs. Yes, that's right, ELEVEN. Let me tell you, he's such a gorgeous baby. He's so laid back and good natured, always smiling. He's so easy going, he doesn't mind having breast-milk from me, or expressed from a bottle. He doesn't mind who holds him. He loves attention and is such a bright little spark - chattering away (well squealing and so on) to anybody that talks to him. He's really a lovely lovely little lad.

I guess that's about it family wise.

It's New Year's Day, so I'm going to start my New Year's Resolution......which is........

LOSE WEIGHT

haha yes, I know, same old familiar story, but I'm serious, this is ridiculous. I'm 26 years old now and I want to get back to some semblance of normal weight whilst I'm still in my twenties. We're not planning on having more children, so I have no excuse.

I'm going to be doing the Alternate Day Diet. Basically you eat normally on alternate days, and on the days in between you stick to eating anywhere between 20-40% of the amount of calories that you would have normally.

For the first two weeks it's best to stick to slim fast type drinks at 20% on your "down days".

So I'm starting today - 3 slim fast shakes plus diet pepsi is all I'm having today.

My new motto - "I can have it tomorrow" :)

I can have anything I want tomorrow, within reason obviously, as long as I'm eating normally and not feasting on a fast food banquet to make up for eating very little today, that would be ridiculous.

So, without further ado, starting weight : 14 stone 3.6lbs

Let the diet commence!

Saturday 14th January 2009

Happy Valentine's day! Phil and I have planned a cosy night in (after the kids are in bed asleep) with a Thornton's chocolate dipping chocolate fondue, plus strawberries and heart shaped marshmallows. Oh and a nice big duvet, with the fire on, and a dvd (The Holiday - neither of us have seen it).  Ahh it will be lovely.

Not much to say really. I want to get into the shower but Phil is still in bed so I'm stuck down here looking after Lydia and Alex. I'll have to get one when he wakes up.

Uh....that's it. Dull as dishwater today. Love to you all on V day ;)

Thursday 12th February 2009

Hello,

it's been a while - well a couple of weeks anyway. I guess I forgot about this blog!

Well, the "secret" is a secret no longer. We told my mother-in-law, dad, step-mother, and my mam.

Who in turn have seen fit to tell all extended family members...

anybody reading this blog (who didn't already know) probably guessed from some of the previous entries anyway. Yes, that's right, I'm expecting another baby.

I'm 9 weeks pregnant today! woo! Baby is due 17th September, although I have a track record of being over 2 weeks late, so I'm expecting this one some time around the end of Sept or at a push the beginning of October.

Lydia's birthday is 25th Sept, so I hope I don't have the baby on that day - I want Lydia to keep her birthday just to herself.

In other news, we've had snow. Snow snow snow snow and more bloody snow. It snowed so much last week that the car got stuck on the road several times and Phil had to push it. Lydia had to miss nursery for two days because I couldn't get the car out of the drive!

And...it's snowing now, again. 

How much snow!?! 

Just when I thought it was starting to melt as well. Well Lydia likes it very much - she's got this habit of launching herself face first into it and wriggling around claiming she's making snow angels. I don't have the heart to tell her that you're meant to lie on your back for snow angels lol.

It will be Valentine's day on Saturday. I've bought the movie 'The Holiday' for Phil and I to watch after the kids are asleep (we've never seen it before), and he's bought some Thorntons dipping chocolate. I've bought some strawberries and heart shaped marshmallows.

Hoping for a nice cosy night in (if the kids don't give us grief at bedtime!)

Went with Phil and my  best friend Amy to the cinema on Monday to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It was good (but very lengthy - I got terrible backache sitting through it), but the ending is so sad. I was very close to crying. Phil, bless him, bawled his heart out!

That'll do for now - adios

Friday 30th January 2009

So, I have extreme backache, nausea, and a toddler who insists on headbutting me every 5 seconds. Lovely.

Oh goodie, as I typed that he threw a fit at me, launched himself off my knee whilst biting my thumb in the process, and is now standing on the floor clinging dramatically to my leg whilst screaming "WHERE DADDDDYYYYY?"

Patiently explaining to a 17 month old child that daddy is in bed because he stayed up till 6.30am working on the auction website is not getting the best reception right now.

I wish I had stayed in bed myself! But no, I had to be up at half seven as usual to take Lydia to nursery. Incidentally I'm going to have to pick her up soon. At least that will stop Alex from wailing "WHERE DYDIA???" which is what he was doing earlier.

Okay, phew, he's calmed down. He's now intently studying the cover of Bridget Jones' Diary which he has just pulled out of the DVD cabinet. He always goes for that one. Only that one. My friend Amy says he must be in need of a girly night in. That's slightly worrying!

My dad has sort of guessed my big news, although I've avoided responding to his guess directly. I changed the subject. 

I'm going to go and get Lydia now. I'm hungry I might grab a bite to eat before I go. I've not eaten anything yet today and I've been up nearly 4 hours so I think I'm entitled to a bit of brekkie!

Hasta Luego

Tuesday 27th January 2009

Well here I am full of cold yet again. Was not two weeks ago that I had my last one, and now, goddamnit, I have another one. It's from Lydia's nursery, they've all got colds in there, and she got it first and passed it on to us.

Real pain in the backside because I was looking forward to seeing my friend Amy tonight (she couldn't come on Friday because she was revising for her uni exams), and I've had to cancel on her. I would have felt too guilty passing a cold onto the poor lass whilst she's in her exam period. I'm so bloody bored though, so are the kids. We've been stuck in the house all day and it's a bit dire. Neither of them feels much like doing anything though - they're both full of cold and very tired and whiney. 

I sent an email to my personal tutor at uni asking if I could extend my time off uni until September 2010, and he's emailed me back saying that apparently not, as there's a new uni policy that all uni degrees at Leeds must be completed within 5 years. So I guess my uni days are over. I'm pretty depressed about that really.

In other news, I've found out that my step-brother and his wife are expecting their fourth baby in September. They only had their last one last August. Talk about fast work.

Right, that's it really.

Saturday 17th January 2009

Well we told my best friend Amy last night about the thing we found out last Saturday. I still don't want to mention it on here, although I will later. Just not now.

Anyway, enough about that.

I've just eaten a curry and I'm stuffed. I wasn't going to get a curry, but Phil ordered one last night and they wouldn't deliver unless the order came up to over £20 so I ended up getting myself one too and saving it for today. 

I'm very very full. And I wasn't even in the mood for a curry. I really want to start slimming world so that I have a legitimate excuse to make some nice home cooked food. I'm sick of takeaway. Phil always wants takeaway and I'm so so so sick of it. 

I guess you can tell that we haven't started slimming world yet. We were going to go on Thursday but my dad and his wife invited us out for a pub meal instead, which was very tasty, but at this rate we're never going to start it. I'm worried about Phil's health, plus I'm ridiculously overweight as well. It's not good.

My living room is a mess and I have no motivation to get off my butt and tidy it. Yes, I'm being lazy. Fat and lazy for that matter. Eugh. It's one of THOSE days where you just don't feel like doing anything. Not brilliant though I'm definitely going to get my arse into gear because otherwise come tonight I'll feel like I just wasted the day. 

The kids are fine. They're playing with their toys next to me. 

That's all, boring entry, nothing much to say.

Thursday 15th January 2009

I'm hungry, and tired. I've just eaten dinner but I'm still hungry - I've been like this for a couple of weeks now, I could just eat and eat and eat and eat and eat like some sort of voideous whale (I know voideous isn't a word. I made it up. Meaning "void-like". In fact maybe I should have just used void-like in the first place).

Lydia is doing her first full day at nursery today. 8.45am until 2.45pm - apparently they're having minced lamb and vegetable hotpot, followed by jammy doughnuts. Sounds yummy. God there I go again I'm craving nursery food now! Geez.

I've just had a perfectly substantial meal of meatballs, potatoes, peas and carrots. And I polished off what Alex left as well from his, so I should in no way be hungry. GAH!

We're going out (well we're supposed to be anyway) for a pub meal this evening with my dad and his wife. Now that they're back together things are a bit more harmonious all round.

I'm trying to keep Alex occupied at the moment because Phil is sleeping. He stayed up all night working and didn't get to bed until 8.30am just as I was leaving to take Lydia to nursery, so he's knackered. I'll have to wake him at half 2 when I leave to pick her up. 

My mam has gone off to Egypt today. I saw her yesterday and she shoved loads of clothes for the kids at me. Some of them are really pretty - she got Lydia this gorgeous coat (second hand but who cares) and a nice new pink hat. Very nice.

I think I'm gonna go and play Spore now. Phil got me it for Christmas and I'm up to the space stage and it's really good. He also got me My Sims Kingdom for the wii but I haven't even had one go on it yet. He keeps telling me I ought to - I'll get round to it at some point.

Okay, adios