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Saturday 3 January 2015

A New Year

The festive period always seems to go so quickly.  I recently returned to full time work and because I'd started later in the year it meant I didn't have much annual leave to take, so the thought of 10 lovely days off work was wonderful.  

As per usual, all good things have to come to an end and as I sit here with my morning coffee I feel a sense of depression coming on.  To add salt to the wounds I seem to have gained 5lbs since returning to work in September.  It may not seem a lot but it is really getting me down.   If I had sat and stuffed my face with junk I could perhaps understand it but I really haven't.  Maybe I am one of those Secret Eaters you see on the TV.   No kids here at the moment, the perfect opportunity to put the trainers on and go for a run but instead I have just downloaded ER season 7.  


Kids stayed with Nana last night which let me and Mr M have some us time.  We went to see Exodus and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the film, and Christian Bale.   Was quite late by the time we got home, enough time for me to stack the dishwasher and make a cup of tea.  Oh the rock and roll lifestyle of a 31 year old.

As for New Year's resolutions, I am thinking long and hard about them just now, won't be making a huge list of unrealistic goals but simple lifestyle management goals are high on the list.  tbc.  





Wednesday 31 December 2014

Dodging Bullets and Tidying up.


I love Christmas and New Year celebrations but I do wish that for one year someone else could play host.  The repetitive cleaning regime 'the morning after' is beginning to feel very tiresome.  Bless them, it's lovely to have them but for once I think I would really appreciate the silence.

The kids are currently running around manic and it is like mission impossible to get from the lounge to the kitchen safely.  When I say safely I mean just that.  Dodging crossbow bullets and running from the words 'get mum'.  Followed by what's for lunch.   Earlier on, I fell backwards over the coffee table after stepping on a Furby - the embarrassment of it all.  

Mr M is unpacking the Tesco shop feeling like he should get a medal, though at least this time he noticed on his return that the place is practically gleaming.   

How can it be the 31st of December already.  Back to work on Monday.. the dreaded W word.  Eurgh.  Time to let the red breathe.