Bloody hell, not blogged since October!!!!! SOoooooooOOooOOoooOOoooo much to catch up on!
Ok first was the holiday to Disneyland Paris. Flew to Paris at 7am in the morning, cheers for the ride Lynnie, and for picking us up again on the way back - superstar! We had 4 crazy days in disney, it was the start of the Christmas celebrations and boy do they do Christmas! fake snow being pumped out, christmas tunes ALL day on Main Street. fantastic! The hotel was fab. The characters milled about at breakfast so loads of photo ops but Alister was terrified of them at first. once he realised they wouldnt tak to him he got over that though. If you ever go to ANY Disney park you have to go on Crush's Coaster in the Disney Studios park. absolutely amazing! we went on it every day! wont spoil it for you incase you go.....
So lots of cool rides, lots of junk food (we'll get to the weight loss later. ahem....), 1 afternoon spent lazing in the beautiful pool and jacuzzi and then on to Eurostar into London. Spent 5 nights with Ross and Laura and did LOADS. Tower of London, Lnodon Dungeon, HMS Belfast blah blah blah.... just masses. Then back home exhausted and the next day? Well, the next day I thought it would be a laugh to get our bathroom ripped out. Brilliant planning. Nah it was ok and i love our new bathroom. Jacuzzi bath, big shower enclosre over the bath, lovely black and white tiles. its all just brilliant. Thank you very much Bathrooms 4U and i apologise cos when i first phoned i thought you were going to be a right bunch of cowboys! And in the middle of that upheavle I got a new sofa delivered. Now i measured the door and one side of the sofa would fit in fine. Only thing was the hall was too narrow to get the damn thing to turn to get that end in. So for about 3 weeks it sat on its end in AListers room whilst I was fed lots of promises from someone doing the bathroom about how he would sort it for me. No names mentioned. Terry. So eventually i got a joiner in who managed a bit of jiggery pokery and it was in for Christmas.
I think Christmas was the next thing on the calendar worth writing about. It wasnt as bad as I thought it was going to be without my dad. The laughs definitely outnumbered the tears andf that has to be a good starting point?? all in all it was lovely having everyone together. And when i did get upset it was nice to have my brother around to give me a hug. Alister is a lovely cuddly boy but sometimes you just need grown up arms to make you feel better 
Then on to New Year. Lynne came round and after an hour or so of us all singing karaoke with the High School Musical game on the Wii he went off to bed. And lynne and I sat up all night boozing and getting texts from a drunk plumber. No names mentioned. Terry. we had a couple of hours sleep when alister got up cos he was sitting watching HSM over and over again. Thank you Disney!!
Now waht was next? Oh nicola's 21st. by then I was back into serious health kick mode and i think its the first time i have been at a party at Alan and Camilla's house and not had a hangover next day! Had a few white wine and sodas and was home by 11pm. OO look at me! But it was a cracking night, Alister fell in love with Nic's mate Cat. lovely.
Which pretty much brings us to this week. I weighed myself, reluctantly, yesterday only to discover that although I have put 8lbs on since October I am still 12lbs lighter than i was when i first launched my sponsored slim last year. So all good! Have started using calorie counting site again to keep track of exactly what i am eating. Plus today I went for a swim when Alister was in nursery and my new step machine arrived which is very cool. So I am feeling all full to the brim of fruit and veg and bursting with energy. I treated myself to some lovely Champneys sugar body scrub just for the hell of it and have just used it in the shower. I just have to tell you all my dear readers that I smell bloody grand! I am sitting here inhaling myself. Gorgeous!
So to sum up 2007? It was a right royal pisser. Today is the anniversary of when the witch at BNY kicked off her hate campaign last year and boy do i feel like I have kicked sand in her face since then!!! Shitty things have happened to lots of people I know though, although lots of people I love got married in 2007 too so not all bad.
2008 has been told that we are playing by my rules. No faffing around with shitty things going on. ok, maybe the odd 1 or 2 will slip through but all in all this is going to be a very different year. Yesterday Lynne and I and Alister booked a weeks holiday in June in Lanzarote and we are all so excited. 21 weeks and 5 days. Very nearly 21 weeks and 4 days actually!
So watch this space for weight loss updates. I am fully back in the swing of it all. I send out all my love and best wishes to everyone reading this for 2008 and hope to god you take it by the scruff of the neck and make it play ball for you too!
Big Big BIG love,
Jill
xxxxx
p.s. to all the people who came from near and far to my dad's funeral in March - thank you with all my heart and Iw ill try harder to keep in touch this year! Dave & Mel, Keith & Amanda - i WILL be in touch soon!!!
