Silent Sunday

Merry Christmas

The day my life changed...

Two years ago my life changed forever, I didn't realise it at the time but things were soon about to become very different!

2 years ago today:

• It was freezing cold and snowy, very snowy!

• I had tried and failed to get into work and was working from home on the slowest system ever as the whole company was doing the same! 

• My other half had got to work, but it had taken him about 2 hours instead of 20 minutes and he had witnessed many a skid and other dangers along the way.

• I didn't have a care in the world, my biggest concern was probably getting up in time for work and remembering to feed the cat before I left. At the time though, I of course thought my life was full of troubles!! 

• 2 years ago today.....I made a baby! 

I didn't actually find out for almost another month and although we weren't being completely careful, it was still a bit of a shock! 

Fast forward to the 18th of January 2011 and I was upstairs looking forward to my holiday when I realised that old Aunt Flo hadn't made an appearance recently....oh.

I remembered I had a pregnancy test somewhere in my wardrobe from a previous panic afew months ago so I fished that out and decided to take the test. 

I knew I wasn't pregnant but I thought the longer I stressed about my period not arriving, the longer it would take to actually show up! So off to the bathroom I went........

Rich was downstairs playing Goldeneye on the Wii with some of his old school friends.

I shouted at him from the top of the stairs and when he answered told him my discovery! 

He went quiet for a bit then made his excuses with his friends and said he had to go for a bit. 

Then I just head "wow....wow....wow!" 

The next 30 minutes we looked at each other in disbelief for ages and then the excitement kicked in!! 

The next few days were spent enjoying our new news, then we told our parents before enjoying a not quite as boozy as usual, but still very nice, holiday in Lanzarote! - This was also when the morning sickness kicked in - not fun when you're flying home on a plane with a fair bit of turbulence with aeroplane food in front of you!! 

So of course the next 8 months went by (I was 1 month pregnant when I found out) and our lovely little Neve arrived!
My life will definitely never be the same again now Neve is in it but that is far from a bad thing-she makes me happy every day and thinking of coming home to her gets me through work!

She is a friendly, cheeky and hilarious little girl and we wouldn't be without her!

And my BMI is...oh bugger!

Last week I had a checkup at the doctors. 

My appointment got to that dreaded stage where I had to hop on the scales to be weighed...

I haven't weighed myself since I was pregnant (which I haven't been since September, 2011!).

So, on I got preparing myself for the worst....well the worst wasn't bad enough! I'd had a figure in mind of how heavy I would be but I was about a stone and a half under my real weight!!!

Now I'm not particularly self conscious and I know I'm not a skinny minnie but I didn't think I was that big either - I fit in a size 12-14 (uk sizing). So unless I've built up enormous muscles from carrying Neve about all day then I have most definitely been putting on weight! 

Because I haven't weighed myself in so long it's hard to work out when it all piled on but one thing is for sure- it must be gone!!

I'm not going to be silly and start a diet now a week before Christmas, I LOVE food, especially bad food so there is just too much temptation this time of year to resist!

So, I'm going to do the cliche thing of attempting to shed some pounds in the new year. I've never attempted any type of weight loss in my life so god knows how I will do...

I'm not bothered about looking too different but I'd just like to know I'm lighter, as I'm not particularly tall so carrying all this extra weight around can't be good for me - to be fair I think a good stone of my weight is accounted for by my boobs, so if some of those went as well in the process that would be nice!

Anyway, starting the 1st of January I will hopefully be on the path to a lighter me, I haven't worked out my method yet so if anyone knows of any amazing weight loss tips then please let me know! 

Wish me luck!

Silent Sunday

Hot tubs and other indulgences

Sorry I've been quiet, this last week has just flown by!

Here's what I've been up to:

Thursday was my Friday last week which meant an even longer long weekend than usual (I always have Mondays and Tuesdays off anyway).

On Friday we headed to Cornwall to stay in a cosy lodge for the weekend.
It was my in-laws 30th wedding anniversary so we all decided we would go away to celebrate.
For their anniversary present we've booked them a 7-course taster meal at the local Michelin starred restaurant-we got a brilliant deal on Travel Zoo which my colleague found for me.

The weekend was spent eating, drinking, building numerous brick towers for Neve to knock down, and general laziness! We also were very lucky as our lodge came with a hot tub!

I was a bit poorly one evening while we were away and worried that we might have to come home but luckily it soon went away and I was able to enjoy the rest of our stay.

We stayed at Hengar Manor Country Park- it was lovely and quiet as it was off-peak and at one point we had the swimming pool to ourselves! The staff are really friendly and there are lots of activities to take part in, or you can just chill out and enjoy the Italian restaurant, bar and the beautiful surroundings.

We got home around lunchtime yesterday but I have now started coming down with a cold so most of yesterday was spent lazing about feeling sorry for myself!
I did however cheer up for a little bit as I have ordered myself a little Christmas present...more on that once it arrives!