Hello my lovelies!

Sorry it's been a while, i'm not gunna lie, I forgot to blog...whoops!

It's only a short one this time. I've got so much work to do over the next few weeks you might not get an update for a while, so drink it up whilst you can peeps!
I've been ebaying like a crazy person, it's become my life and I find myself checking the status of my auctions constantly on my phone! All sam see's at night is the light of my phone shining bright because i'm checking my 'watch list' before I sleep!!!! I guess that's what happends when you want a bargain.
But seriously I highly reccommend it if you want a bargain, or if you need some extra cash you can put anything on there and it will sell for something! It's a great way of recyceling and making some cash!
I have to say though, we sold our old PC for just under what we paid for it so that was a result, and some old clothes sold, but by farr the best sale was my old prom dress!!! I found it in my mums attick, and after trying it on and realising that is DEFINITLY DOES NOT FIT ANYMORE I decided I would sell it, the dam thing cost so much money!
I have a little pic of me squeezing into it for the sake of the auction photos, brace yourself, it aint pretty:

What a beaut it is, I swear it looked good back in the day when I was a size 12 and could pull it off. Now it kind looks like a loo roll cover. hmmmm.
Yea so I sold that little puppy but I have to say the comedy factor of me shoe-horning myself into it was priceless.

Which moves me nicely onto my next topic of weight loss, last week I lost 1bls but I want to loose more this week, and as for the last 2 days i've been sooooooo ill from food poisening I better had lost something!
My goal is 1st 5bls off by christmas day. It means I have to loose on average 2lbs per week, which I have been told can be done. pah! lets put it this way....I am not having a lean christmas this year! Me wants my after eights and stuffing...not together tho.


We had a brill night out this week, it was lucy's birthday and we went for a meal at zizi's. I had this salad thing which was lush, but it was so nice to be with friends and family and everyone was having a laugh! Lucy told us that if you fart on someones pillow they wake up the next morning with pink eye! I nearly wet myself...I guess we know what luc does at sleepovers lol
Needless to say we were all a bit hyper that night, but it was funny.

Arn't we beautifull :P Amz you look brilliant.

We finished painting moses's cot this week. I was so excited to put it in his nursery. It's all basically finished now. Theres no paint on the walls because were only renting but I've tried to decorate with pictures and letters lol

As you can see he loves his new cot:

We also picked up a second hand wooden high chair from mamas and papas on ebay (yes once again I love ebay) he also loves that too:

We discovered 2 days later we had the cushion upside down. woops. I think he loves the chair cause he can now be at the same hieght as us when we eat, bless him he's growing up so quick!!!
I've been staying up at mums house for the last few days, she has a slate floor and we put moses in the walker on it and he could actually move around! to say he was walking would be a bit of an overstatement but he was sort of shuffling his way around the room looking very please with himself :)



I'm sorry but in the background my mum is watching steps reunion....what an earth is that about?! loved them 10 years ago when I was 12 and could dance along to the cheesy tracks but can't deal with the forced reunion. All they have been chatting about for the last hour is how much they didnt want to get back together and how hard it was....don't then! Gotta love money hungery washed out celebs.
Speaking of watching things on TV....I am LOVING the vampire diaries season 3 at the moment, brilliant I am absolutley hooked. I could go on and on and on about it, but I will save you from the bordom of my opinions on that matter.
Also Kirsties homemade britain started tonight, love it. I thik her and I are VERY simmilar. We both want to make beautifull things from scratch, but half the time when we do they turn out cack! oh well, perhaps I will master the art of jam making one day! I guess you all know what your getting for your xmas pressies (you actually are, I've already collected the jars haha!) Pretend you love it, even tho it taste like tar.

On a different tangent...I have 7 Xmas craft fairs booked to showcase my products! I'm going to be working my little socks off over november! I have this little pamper evening coming up for pregnant ladies and I'm there to showcase my pregnant belly casting, i'm off to cath's this weekend to cast her belly so I have some more examples to show people. I've bought a new mixing drill (to mix the casting material) and paddle attachement for it to try out so i'm very excited :) I basically just have to cover her in pink sticky gel and wait for it to dry...poor girl...the things she does for me and my art!! Love ya cath. I will post a piccy once it's all done, if it looks ok!
Ooooooh and were off to rie's in a few weeks. the second weekend in novemeber. Shes nearly gunna pop so me amz and caf are off to the other side (and I really mean the other side) of Waled to visit our homeslice, before her 2nd bubba is born. very excited :)

Right i'm off to bed now, it's 11 and only a few more hours till mo wakes up so I gotta get some shut eye! (not pink eye luc) till next time my lovelies

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First post

Hi everyone!
So I've decided (after much deliberation) that I would start a little blog.
There were many reasons, but the main one was because I love writing and I thought I could create this as a sort of journel (thanks amz for suggesting it!) because I'm rubbish with writing in my ACTUAL diary :)
And lots of you mummies out there have a blog, so I thought i'd join in!!

What you can expect:

• I'm rubbish at spelling. Not even kidding. I'm like a 10 year old in my abilities to spell properly. So my apologies everyone. That also goes for grammer too! expect both to be very...very bad!
• Lots to do with family things, mostly gushy pictures of Moses doing things which most people would find mundaine, but cause i'm his mum I find them SPECTACULAR!
• I'm a member of slimming world, I cook a lot of healthy food, so you'll get lots of pics and recipes for yummy meals....or ones that I have burnt and taste grosce!!!
• Rambilings...lots of them. If i'm in a great mood, or a bad one, you'll hear about it!!!- but not in a apathetic emo way...i'll try and put a comical spin on it all!!
• I'm also thinking of writing some sort of book. So perhaps I might publish a chapter or two every week for everyone.
• Some stuff about work, i'll keep this minimum, i'm not on here to advertise!

So yeah...That's about it.
I hope lots of you follow me, and I'll follow you back. It's nice to hear a lot about someone's goings on through a blog I think.
So I'll start my blog with my goings on this week :)

October...The begining...

This week I've been caining it at the gym. Last week I put on some weight so I really wanted to go for it this time. I did spinning once and zumba twice.
For those of you who arn't sure what spinning is, it's basically a class on bikes. But the bikes are like road bikes but stationary, theres an instructor, and very very loud music. You bascially pedol untill you either die, or the instructor tells you to stop!!!! You change resistance so it becomes easier/harder and you can't just STOP the pedals because they are weighted so you just have to slowley stop.

It's like death on a bike.
And it lasts 45 minutes.

I like spinning but it is sooooooooooooooo hard!!! I look around the room and its like everyone is having a picnic and i'm sweating and crying (almost) and I'm not even 10 minutes in! I'm sure i'll get  better at it soon, Spinning is something you have to work really hard at to be able to keep up with the instructor. So when she shouts 'turn that resistance up one notch!!!' I pretend to! lol! Otherwise I would through up!

I'm sure your all familliar with zumba, this is my favoraite class. The instructor still shouts at you over loud music, but its a lot more of a laugh.
If your un-coordinated (like me) then it's still fun, cause everyone else there is the same! people dance this way and that and are equally as confused as you are. But most of them are laughing and it's just a lot of fun!
It burns and lot of calories for me and I think it's begining to help my co-ordination. fingers crossed!

So yeah I've been trying really hard, and I lost 2.5lbs which was ok but because of the gym my body is building up muscle so i'm weighing a bit more. catch 22.
But at least it's going in the wright direction.

The diet 'slimming world' is basically a none fat diet. You can basically have anything you want, but if has to be none fat and if it isn't then you have to count it.
I like making the food, and it's fun to try new stuff. I made this AMAZING turkey thai green curry tonight. The idea came from sarah wrenn. She told me if you make a curry using the fat free muller light coconut yoghart instead of coconut milk or cream (which are loaded with calories) it tastes great! so I just applies it to a thai curry instead.
Just fry some onion in fry light, once thier brown add the turkey, a some garlic, pepper and some beansprouts. Then once the turkey is cooked ad 1-2 tablespoons of thai green curry paste (try to use a very low fat once under 2.0 grams) then add in 1-2 pots of the muller light depending on how saucy you like it or on how many people its for. Put the noodles on. Add a bit of soy sauce to the curry. Plate up once the noodles are done and sprinkle with some chopped spring onion. Yummy,  here it is:

Tis delish. And it only takes around 20mins!

I'll try and post a few recipies every week. Dont expect any sweet ones, i'm rubbish in making them and to be honest the slimming world deserts are mank. I've just resorted to having an options hot chocolate when I'm craving sweet. I make it with milk HE+a and its only 2 syns.


On a totally un-related note, I'm very excited as I have several bookings for xmas art fairs for my buisness. I sell/make childrens silver fingerprint jewellery and 3d hand castings:

Just some examples. I'll post new pics when I make things for clients. I made a beautifull peice for my mother in law honor, it was 6 hands!!! all printed into clay and painted gold. Once I get a piccy i'll post, then you can see what i'm barking about!


So I'm excited I can showcase my peices at local events and fairs to get the word out there! Although i'm anticipating a busy xmas, maybe extra exposure is the wrong idea!

Quick note, my auntie lisa is getting married in december after 10 years of being engaged!!! im very excited so will be blogging about wedding things and would love any tips and treats you have to share on the wedding front!!!

Enough rambelings I suppose, and it's getting late for me! so I shall leave it here. Thanks for following, thanks for reading.
Nighty Night Night XxXxX