NEW YEAR....

 

Right... IT'S A NEW YEAR.

And hopefully it's a bit better than last year.

Stew and I were supposed to be heading up to Auckland today, but our plans had to change.

So, staying home.  Which is ok by us... we love being at home.

We have no plans for the day.

No one has suggested anything, so we will probably do exactly what we did yesterday.

I will sew and Stew will potter around, and watch some movies.

Talk about boring old farts!

BACK LATER...

It's later. Like 8.40 am.

And my brain has been twirling.

My latest 'Challenge' is OUT THE WINDOW.

It was too hard to maintain whilst being a diabetic.

I suffered too many blood sugar lows.

They ain't nice.

So, back to the drawing board I go.

Maybe not another Challenge for now, cos I can't think of one.

Anyone else got any bright ideas for me?

My goal for this year?  LOSE ONE KILO A MONTH.  I know it doesn't sound like much to lose per month, but over the course of a year it adds up, and 12 kilos is more than I want/need to lose to get to my GOAL.  So, totally doable.  And it won't stress me out.  Let's avoid unnecessary stress ok.

For right now, I will tend the pool, which means put chlorine in it and top it up with fresh water.  When the kids come to swim, we lose a substantial amount of water thanks to 'happiness'.  Splashing.  Bombing.  And so on.

Happiness is OK by me.

After that, I will head off to the sewing room.  I am going to start a new Braid Runner.  BEES.  Think  yellow, but not too much.

ABOVE:  I spent a couple of hours in the sewing room, cutting out strips and so on.

Then I laid this one out, ready for sewing tomorrow.

Then it was lunchtime, so I made us a toasted sandwich ... which was just lovely.  Having a little bread was neat.

ABOVE:   Then, it was have a swim time.   This morning we had a very strong wind, but luckily by this afternoon it had gone.

Perfect swimming weather.

Not long after I got in the pool, Steve, Bex and the boys arrived for a swim as well.

After their swim, they helped us find the FINAL THREE little critters!

They were well hidden I must say.

I think we would have found them eventually, but certainly not in the short term.

All is quiet here now, kids have gone home, me feet are up and I'm eating some Christmas lollies.

Cos I want to.  

Now that I have set me goals, I don't feel under so much pressure to STARVE, or deny myself something if I really want to.  It feels good.

It's now 8 pm.  We are settled down for the evening, I'm looking forward to watching a movie in half an hour.  Then it will be...