So I am sitting here wasting time, while Graham sleeps and thinking that I need to go in for a shower then make a start on my scrap books. Also need to head to the local charity shop and give them a whole heap of clothes that are either too small, too big or I just don't like any more.I just figure someone will be able to get some use out of them, especially since some of the stuff I have never actually worn.
We went to the cinema randomly last night, went to see I Am Legend, the new Will Smith. It is rather good and oh my does Will Smith look good in it. Surprisingly being at the cinema and eating a hot dog and popcorn only put me like 1 point over my daily allowance. According to my scales this morning I am 12st 1lb, I never believe my scales too much they tend to lie. I shall find out on the 8th January how much I have actually lost. Hmm need to go back onto the Weight Watchers website and chart my weight loss to date.
Ho hum can't actually think of much else to say for just now. I need to decide what I am going to wear tomorrow night for the New Year party we are all going to.
Anyway
Amethyst xxx
Sunday 30 December 2007
Friday 28 December 2007
So I Lied...
...well I never really lied. I did actually stand up and put my scarf back on in order to go to my friends, but I couldn't find my gloves and decided it was in fact way too wet to go outside again, especially since I had just warmed up.
So what was I rambling about earlier, oh yeah run down of 2007! It's been a bit of an up and down roller coaster ride, in every sense of the word if truth be told. At the tail end of 2006 my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer, so throughout 2007 she was undergoing a variety of treatments, chemotherapy, radio therapy and finally hormone treatment. We all had a good chuckle at the name of her anit-sickness pill, Dom perigdon(sp), you know like the champagne. In fact we had a good chuckle about the whole scenario, that's just how my family deal with things though. In all honesty though I don't think I truly realised how subconsciously stressed out I was about the whole thing, that is until she told us all on the 19th of this month that she got the all clear after a year of treatment and stress. I was so hyper the day after she told me, I wanted to shout it out from the roof tops, perhaps even a tannoid announcement in the work would have been fitting! So that's the main thing really, the biggest event of the year!
I've now been at Weight Watchers for over a year and only just getting the real motivation to do it properly. My weight has been very up and down and staying the same this year, but I'll get there I know I will, I have a good support unit behind me. I started at 12st 10lb which is like 180lbs *dies*. That's a UK size 16, US size 12. I am currently sitting at 12st 3lb and have been for about 6 months or so now, but I have been tracking and pointing like a maniac these past few weeks, I even tracked on Xmas day (how sad am I?) No idea how many points I actually ate on Xmas Day but it's all written down which is an improvement on last year. Anyway enough about that nonsense onto something else.
I went to Florida this year with Graham, coincidentally it was 4 years on 9th December for the two of us, it's been 8 years that we have known each other. THe holiday was fantastic, for months he had been going on about a surprise that he had planned for me and all the girls thought it was an engagement ring, they were sooo wrong! It was sooooooooo much better than that. He hired a car for the fornight, but not just any old thing, he hired....a baby blue convertible Mustang! He done it just so he could see my reaction. Ok so it wasn't a GT500, but still it was a MUSTANG!! I got to sit in a mustang for two whole weeks with the sun on my face and the wind in my hair. For those who don't know me or think I am mad for believing that this was better than a ring...I have a HUGE thing for American muscle cars, no idea why, I just love them! Can probably blame things like Starsky and Hutch or Gone in 60 Seconds for it to be honest.
Actually I nearly lost Graham this year over a stupid mistake, but I am so not going into details on this, but it's ok we are stronger than ever in many ways.
So what else happened in 2007? I went out a few times on proper girly nights out and am currently winning a certain competition, again details shall be kept to myself.
Oh almost forgot, one of the most major things well for me anyway, was that I cut off all my hair for Comic Relief, well I say all of it, what I mean is 11 inches of it, which left me with oh about an inch. I look more like a tomboy than ever, but strangely enough more feminine too. How does that work I wonder?
I have a work crush which sounds fairly insignificant but it's nice to have something like that. It makes the day go in a little faster.
Hmmm...what else?
Oh yeah...I changed my career path. I no longer want to be a Journalist as I am now dedicating all of my time to becoming a Primary Teacher. It was something that people had been telling me for years that I never listened to, but this year it finally sunk in that it's what I should be doing. I spend my Wednesdays in one of the local Primary Schools and I absolutely love it! I am always so happy on a Wednesday because I actually feel like I am achieving something and not just any old thing, I am helping children to develop and learn. I love the buzz of being in the classroom and how things are so unpredictable <--- I sound like I am writing my personal statement all over again! It's just a really genuinely good feeling to know that something I have taught a child has sunk into their brains and may well make them a better more rounded person in the future. It's guaranteed that by 3pm on Wednesday afternoons, I have an absolutely god awful headache, but it's actually a kinda nice headache. What I mean is that it is refreshing to be doing something which I a) genuinely love doing and b)that challenges my brain, forces me to think! It's a fabulous career choice and I just hope I can be the kind of teacher I used to love in school.
Hmm...one final thing I think, cos I can't think of any more major major things, I'm sure I will no doubt come up with something though.
Graham and I are planning on moving to Australia and I don't mean in five years time or whatever, I mean NOW! At the start of January we are going to start filling in all of the necessary forms etc and we are aiming to be there by the summer of 2009 at the latest. We both just realised that we are still young and we have our entire lives ahead of us so why should we stay stuck in the one place. Obviously I will miss my friends and my family but it's a price I am willing to pay. To be honest it would nice to actually meet my dad's side of the family, he is an Aussie you see. Woohoo for dual nationality! Anywhere is better than here. We don't have a mortgage or children or pets and it's not like we won't be able to get jobs over there, they are choking for teachers and ironically enough Journalists right now. We will stay for a year, come home visit people and then decide if we love or hate it. I honestly don't think we will hate it though. It's too good an opportunity to miss out on. The more I think of it the more I just want to get on that plane. Hell in my head I am already there, says a lot really! That's why if you had a nosey at my profile the location says Australia, I am of course still here in bonnie Scotland...in body at least. There really isn't a whole lot that will stop me now!
Ok so I think I have rambled so much that your eyes have probably glazed over by now, so I shall cease for just now.
Amethyst xxx
So what was I rambling about earlier, oh yeah run down of 2007! It's been a bit of an up and down roller coaster ride, in every sense of the word if truth be told. At the tail end of 2006 my mum was diagnosed with breast cancer, so throughout 2007 she was undergoing a variety of treatments, chemotherapy, radio therapy and finally hormone treatment. We all had a good chuckle at the name of her anit-sickness pill, Dom perigdon(sp), you know like the champagne. In fact we had a good chuckle about the whole scenario, that's just how my family deal with things though. In all honesty though I don't think I truly realised how subconsciously stressed out I was about the whole thing, that is until she told us all on the 19th of this month that she got the all clear after a year of treatment and stress. I was so hyper the day after she told me, I wanted to shout it out from the roof tops, perhaps even a tannoid announcement in the work would have been fitting! So that's the main thing really, the biggest event of the year!
I've now been at Weight Watchers for over a year and only just getting the real motivation to do it properly. My weight has been very up and down and staying the same this year, but I'll get there I know I will, I have a good support unit behind me. I started at 12st 10lb which is like 180lbs *dies*. That's a UK size 16, US size 12. I am currently sitting at 12st 3lb and have been for about 6 months or so now, but I have been tracking and pointing like a maniac these past few weeks, I even tracked on Xmas day (how sad am I?) No idea how many points I actually ate on Xmas Day but it's all written down which is an improvement on last year. Anyway enough about that nonsense onto something else.
I went to Florida this year with Graham, coincidentally it was 4 years on 9th December for the two of us, it's been 8 years that we have known each other. THe holiday was fantastic, for months he had been going on about a surprise that he had planned for me and all the girls thought it was an engagement ring, they were sooo wrong! It was sooooooooo much better than that. He hired a car for the fornight, but not just any old thing, he hired....a baby blue convertible Mustang! He done it just so he could see my reaction. Ok so it wasn't a GT500, but still it was a MUSTANG!! I got to sit in a mustang for two whole weeks with the sun on my face and the wind in my hair. For those who don't know me or think I am mad for believing that this was better than a ring...I have a HUGE thing for American muscle cars, no idea why, I just love them! Can probably blame things like Starsky and Hutch or Gone in 60 Seconds for it to be honest.
Actually I nearly lost Graham this year over a stupid mistake, but I am so not going into details on this, but it's ok we are stronger than ever in many ways.
So what else happened in 2007? I went out a few times on proper girly nights out and am currently winning a certain competition, again details shall be kept to myself.
Oh almost forgot, one of the most major things well for me anyway, was that I cut off all my hair for Comic Relief, well I say all of it, what I mean is 11 inches of it, which left me with oh about an inch. I look more like a tomboy than ever, but strangely enough more feminine too. How does that work I wonder?
I have a work crush which sounds fairly insignificant but it's nice to have something like that. It makes the day go in a little faster.
Hmmm...what else?
Oh yeah...I changed my career path. I no longer want to be a Journalist as I am now dedicating all of my time to becoming a Primary Teacher. It was something that people had been telling me for years that I never listened to, but this year it finally sunk in that it's what I should be doing. I spend my Wednesdays in one of the local Primary Schools and I absolutely love it! I am always so happy on a Wednesday because I actually feel like I am achieving something and not just any old thing, I am helping children to develop and learn. I love the buzz of being in the classroom and how things are so unpredictable <--- I sound like I am writing my personal statement all over again! It's just a really genuinely good feeling to know that something I have taught a child has sunk into their brains and may well make them a better more rounded person in the future. It's guaranteed that by 3pm on Wednesday afternoons, I have an absolutely god awful headache, but it's actually a kinda nice headache. What I mean is that it is refreshing to be doing something which I a) genuinely love doing and b)that challenges my brain, forces me to think! It's a fabulous career choice and I just hope I can be the kind of teacher I used to love in school.
Hmm...one final thing I think, cos I can't think of any more major major things, I'm sure I will no doubt come up with something though.
Graham and I are planning on moving to Australia and I don't mean in five years time or whatever, I mean NOW! At the start of January we are going to start filling in all of the necessary forms etc and we are aiming to be there by the summer of 2009 at the latest. We both just realised that we are still young and we have our entire lives ahead of us so why should we stay stuck in the one place. Obviously I will miss my friends and my family but it's a price I am willing to pay. To be honest it would nice to actually meet my dad's side of the family, he is an Aussie you see. Woohoo for dual nationality! Anywhere is better than here. We don't have a mortgage or children or pets and it's not like we won't be able to get jobs over there, they are choking for teachers and ironically enough Journalists right now. We will stay for a year, come home visit people and then decide if we love or hate it. I honestly don't think we will hate it though. It's too good an opportunity to miss out on. The more I think of it the more I just want to get on that plane. Hell in my head I am already there, says a lot really! That's why if you had a nosey at my profile the location says Australia, I am of course still here in bonnie Scotland...in body at least. There really isn't a whole lot that will stop me now!
Ok so I think I have rambled so much that your eyes have probably glazed over by now, so I shall cease for just now.
Amethyst xxx
Another One!!!
So another day another blog, I apparently am obsessed with them. No! Actually truth be told I can't remember my password for the last one so I thought I would start a new one. I have loads of written journals too and I have absoloutely no idea what I will do with them all, but hey such is the way of things.
It is nearly the year 2008 and it is about time I gave a rundown of some of the main events of 2007, or at least main events to me, you don't have to understand them. Hmm in fact I think I will continue to write once I get back from delivering a Christmas present to a friend.....
Amethyst xxx
It is nearly the year 2008 and it is about time I gave a rundown of some of the main events of 2007, or at least main events to me, you don't have to understand them. Hmm in fact I think I will continue to write once I get back from delivering a Christmas present to a friend.....
Amethyst xxx
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