Wednesday, December 28, 2005

All over

Hope everyone had a great break.

Well that's another Christmas been and gone. Sorry for not updating sooner but the lead up to Christmas was very hectic around my house and on this day I vow that I will have all Christmas presents bought before December 1 2006.

Christmas Day could have been better for me. Christmas eve I was up until 1am trying to assist my darling hubby in building a tiny little pavement bike. It took damn over 3 hours with the worst instructions I have ever seen. I am so glad I bought it in the post Christmas sales last year for only $20 or I probably would have taken the damn thing back. Then I woke at 6am Christmas Day with the worst hayfever I have had in ages. I took an antihestamine that was supposed to last 12 hours at least and it didn't do a thing. So I spent the whole day in agony, sneezing and blowing my nose, barely able to see through swollen eyes. And the worst thing, I didn't take any photos. I have never missed taking photos on any of Bethany's Christmases but this year I just couldn't. Pete managed to do some videoing but it's the photos I miss. So on Boxing Day I took some of her in her new clothes with some of her new toys, so that will have to do.

We tried not to go over the top with Bethany's pressies this year, but once you put it all out, there seems to be heaps. Especially as she got 4-5 board games, and they are all in boxes, plus a garden set in a box, so once you take it out there is a lot of things like a lawnmower, wheelbarrow, etc. So now we have to try and find room for everything.

Went up to the shops yesterday to start all over again. I got to KMart and when they clear the kids clothes and $5 and around there, I buy all Bethany's summer clothes for next Christmas. Anyway, I don't know if it is because I am looking at size 4 but they prices are around $8-$9. I spent around $100. Then I went to Best and Less and they had nicer shirts for $4-$5. So today I am taking the more expensive items back and getting the cheaper ones. Doing that means that the only things I have to get through the year for Bethany is her toys and socks and underwear.

Oh, I forgot to mention the best thing for me this Christmas. Pete bought me a George Foreman grill. He got the one with the griddle and the 2 different temperature controls. It is just awesome. I used it for the first time last night to make quick steak sandwiches before we went out and the steak was delishious. It melted in my mouth. And it cooked Bethany's meat & vegie rissoles the best I have cooked them. I used no oil and they cooked all the way through without me having to cut them in half. I love it!

We finally bit the bullet and took Bethany to see Harry Potter last night. A lot of people said that it was scary in places, so I took my sister who had already seen it and she covered Bethany's eyes when she knew the scary bits were coming. Bethany was fine, no nightmares last night and now she has finally seen it. I would never have guessed my 3 year old daughter would be a Harry Potter nut but, hey, what can you do? My sister bought her a wand and glasses for Christmas, she loves them and took the wand with us last night!

Geez, I have dribbled enough today to make up for all of my none updates for the last week! Now to the important stuff. After all my bad eating and very little drinking (I couldn't drink because of the antihestamines so I only had 1 on Boxing Day) my weight this morning was 79.8kg. Have to be happy with that. Now it is time to start. I will walk this afternoon. I need to get all the leftover junk food out of my house. I am going to do Paulene's 12 week challenge and I really want to join a gym! I have 14.8kg left to lose. It is 22 weeks until my 30th birthday. I want to at least be in the 60's by then, which is 9.9kg. That is doable (unless something unexpected happens, you know what I mean). I really need to do this and I will.
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