Monday 17th March

Weight - 10 st 12 lbs (152 lbs)
Loss/Gain - Stayed the same
Lbs to lose - About 33

Kids in school today - they break up this week for Easter. J's last day is Wed and R's is Thursday. Nice sunny day out. I enjoyed walking R to school. Neil has ordered me a weighted hula hoop ( I'll let you know Rachel, if I can do it!). RAchel said the weighted ones were easier to do!!! I cannot do the hula hoop, but would love to. Apparently the weighted ones are good exercise!
Should be doing allsorts and everything (ie housework) but am not in the mood so am actually doing nothing much in particular.

The weighted hula hoop came! It has an instruction DVD with it and a w40 minute workout section. THEY make it look SO EASY! It is easier than a normal hula hoop, but I still can't get the hang of it for long. R and I are going to 'crack' this and by the end of the summer be hula hopping for AGES!
Was not so ggo with food today (eg Pizza!) but is very difficult to eat healthily when you don't have a lot of food in (Which we don't at moment till pay day). Ah well.
Work tomorrow (oh yippeee do da) - that is how I feel about it at the moment.

Thursday 20th March 2008

We are all going out for a meal tonight, a kind of late Mothers Day one and well, cos I want to and cos J is a bit stressed out with school and R did SO well in the music eve at school last night and Neil likes eating out - so there you go - we are going out for a meal!!! It is booked for 8pm. I had my lunch at 1pm and now I am starving hungry (it is 6.45pm) It is cold, I am feeling cold. Work was fine, not in now till Tuesday.
Haven't bought any Easter Eggs yet, hope it isn't just the expensive ones left when I finally get round to buying some. No plans for the weekend cept to keep sane, relax, exercise, don't eat too much, relax, visit mum and dads and Neils mum and dads, relax and exercise!!!!!

 Friday 21st March 2008

Went out to Sainsburys in the morning which was mad, you'd think the shops were going to be shut for a week (when only shut on Sunday)..people just going mad buying. We had breakfast in Sainsburys (why not) and all had a nice time chatting. Then we ran J to Birkenhead cos he is going to the cinema with his girlfriend
Next Sunday (not this one coming) J and Neil are going to a recording studios in E/Port to start recording their cd for the 1850 Project (which is going to take place in March 2009). J is determined that it will go PERFECTLY on the night (yep - a year away, but it is amazing how time flys). I am going to be in charge of booking a venue. Basically next year is J's 18th and Neil's 50th (hence the 1850 Project - which is what the band is called). In the band is J, Neil, Tony Longworth (he has a band called Flesh Resonance who do very well also he does film music for independant film makers, meinly horror/futeristic etc, he used to work with Neil is Port Sunlight but now works in Sale Manchester) he will be playing bass, then there is Chris who is J's cousin ( in a band called The Foundry who do gigs).So the band has a brill drummer (Chris), a fab bassist (Tony) and Neil and J on guitar (and singing!)
SO, that's the group, I am not sure if another group is going to be onstage too, with J in it? The night is going to be by invite only. J said a lot of his friends already have a lot of the songs they will play on the night on their MP3 players (which is brill). They are going to produce a cd to give to people well before the gig in March 2009. It is a very very big thing for J and Neil and even I am feeling nevous about it this far away!!!!! I know there will be TONS of friends coming to it and family (I hope).
J is 17 at the end of this month and can't wait to get doing driving lessons.

J has decided he wants to repeat this year at school and has permission to do so, therefore he will be in school for another 2 years, he has not had the best year so far and realises he could have done far far better (though I don't think he has done that badly) He will be staying the end of the year and completing all course work and doing some of the exams. I just want him to be happy and do well. He wants to go to University and originally planned on having a GAP year (though if he did I said he had to find a job for a year) between school (6th form) and Uni - I dunno if he will have the GAP year now after being in 6th form for 3 years???
Not doing so good on the dieting - what's new!!!!!!!!!!

Me trying to hula hoop! Managed 19 spins!!!!
Neil and R trying to hula! R is good at it, can't quite manage to keep it going yet, but me and her are determined to do it. Now all we gotta do is get J having a go too!!!!!!
R and I just now (6pm)

 Sat 22nd March 2008

Went to mum and dads for a few hours, J and R came along as well. J has hurt his ribs (messing round with a bunch of lads). I asked him what he did, he said he (they) were running at walls? Eh? How stupid is that? I know he's a teenager but come on.............

It's now almost midnight and where are J and Neil - at the local hospital A&E. J was not able to lie down or get comfy and was in a lot of pain - though things are always more painful at night. We rang the out of hours and they said to go along to A&E - so they have gone. R is fast asleep and I am still up waiting for them to come back. I hope he's ok.

Neil and J just got back from the hospital (12.10am). J has a cracked a few ribs. They sent him home with a leaflet (on cracked ribs) and pain killers and coedine phosphate (?). He has to make sure he breathes deeply (so as to prevent lung infection developing). I'd give him a big hug but I think that'd hurt.

Sunday 23rd March 2008

Happy Easter everyone.
Made a yummy dinner for us all and also made one for Neil's mum and dad and took that up to them. Kids had plenty of Easter Eggs (might have had a nibble or several!). Uggggggggg.....no more chocolate please!

J is still hurting obviously, but otherwise ok.
Am feeling very very horrid about my weight - ie feel very very FAT and uncomfortable and why oh why does it have to all go round my middle? Spent most of the day tidying R's room as her new bed came.

I HAVE to get my diet sorted out, I have to. My sister Vanessa has been going to a local gym and looks like she is doing well with losing weight. I know R and I have not even made a small attempt at going to the gym for a long time. I feel I look so big, bigger than I have done for a long long time.

Neil too, I know he is feeling BIG. When we went for a meal the other night he really could have done with moving to another table cos where we were placed was fixed seating and Neil said it was a tight squeeze to get in and made eating the meal really uncomfy.