Day 22 diet results....

We are back on track yay! 

Hubby lost 0.5kg bringing his total to 5.5kgs
I lost 200 grams bringing my total to 3.8kgs.

Not sure what will happen tomorrow as I was out on a school excursion with Mr11 today and lunch and recess were provided.  Luckily it was pretty healthy with lots of fresh fruit and a 6 inch subway roll for lunch.  The only downside was the one I picked up was a pizza one which naturally contained salami.  I thought I had grabbed the turkey, oh well these things happen.  I also had an Anzac cookie for recess.  But I did stick with drinking water and not the juice they had on offer so I was a good girl.

The excursion today was to a "Carbon Kids Workshop".  About 30 year 5 and 6's from my son's school got to go and there were about 6 other schools there too.  They got scientists from the CSIRO to talk about carbon and climate change and the production and effect of BioChar.  It wasn't bad but I did feel that it was a little too advanced for 10 and 11 year olds and it really shouldn't have been so much sitting and listening to speakers, but more hands on stuff.  We were there for 5 hours and approximately 3.5 of those we were seated in an auditorium listening to them speaking.  The kids all wanted to do stuff, but thankfully they were a really well behaved bunch of kids and the teachers didn't have to do any disciplining so that was great.  I believe though the kids should have been given ideas for things they could do and achieve within their schools/homes to help them become greener individuals, not learn about the production of a product to help with agriculture.  They just couldn't really relate to alot of what was said because they are all suburban kids.  Talks should have been about backyard gardening and recycling for their age group!

Oh well, I know the teachers were a little disappointed too, so at least it wasn't just me lol.

Tonight Hubby and I have a night to ourselves as the boys are at their Dad's and his kids have returned to Mum.  A nice quiet night with a nice bowl of homemade soup in front of the tv sounds good.  I am feeling very drained right now and I'm kinda glad I don't have to deal with homework and lunchboxes this afternoon.  I think a coffee sitting out in some fresh air is in order.  Today we have been stuck inside way too much.

Picture borrowed from JadeKeller.com

Have a lovely night everyone!

Back to School and Crochet Updates

Well today saw my little cherubs head back to school for Years 12, 10, 8, 6 (x2) and 4.  All are a little nervous, some more than others.  I had tears last night from the youngest as he was so nervous about his new teacher, year, class etc etc.  He is like this every single year, I have no idea why.  Thankfully he went off fine this morning,,,,,,after I lost my temper at him last night :-(.  I just got so darn frustrated.  He has the teacher he wanted, most of the friends that he wanted, what more can a kid ask for?????  I am waiting for them to come home to see how everyone else went.  I am a little nervous for my Mr11.  He has a teacher that is known to be a grouch and with numerous problems over the last few years, getting him to school, I am a little nervous that there will be a clash of personalities ahead of us.....I just hope he can keep his cool!

For my first day of "freedom" I have taken it easy.  I finally got an alone moment to try out the new Xbox Kinect with my Your Shape game.....I learnt how truly unfit I am :( and I am going to try my best to fit in a session of exercise each day.  We will also be walking to school in the mornings when the weather isn't too hot which is just over 4kms return, so that will help too.  I really need to lose weight and I hope this year I can make it happen!!

I also have been listing stuff on Ebay.  I have promised Hubby that this year our house is going to get properly decluttered and this time I am sticking to that promise.  Today I listed kid's old bikes, our old kitchen sink, a fish tank and a tv stand.  I want it gone!!  I am so sick of seeing stuff sitting around unused, it is such a waste!  If I can make a few bucks in the process I will, if not ultimately it will go on Freecycle or get given to the Op Shops, but I will try to raise a few dollars first.

Recently in the Crochet department, I have finished two items.  Just before Christmas I finished my ripple scarf.  This scarf got restarted several times as I found I kept losing the ripple pattern.  In the end I decided near enough is good enough and just finished it off lol.  I definitely need more practice in the Ripple department but I got well and truly frustrated with myself and couldn't work out where I was going wrong, so it is now a "not quite right Ripple Scarf", but I will wear it with pride anyway.  I love the colours and can't wait for some cooler weather to show it off.

Here is a little peek.....

sorry for the lousy pic (I was in a hurry lol).  You can just see on the right hand side on the top piece where it kinda turns into a straight line rather than following the ripple pattern.  Oh well it was fun to do and I am feeling good that I am making useful things at least.....times like this I wish I had some more girls in the house lol, none of the boys want anything to do with my scarves,,,or for that matter anything crocheted!!!

I have another crochet reveal tomorrow....stay tuned lol.