lots of exciting things

happening here! i cant say much at the moment, but it involves a new business, and something i am passionate about.... watch this space!! and fingers crossed for me!!

im still doing really well which is awesome, ive definitely got a lot of my confidence back and life really is going my way, perfect in time for christmas!

speaking of christmas, i still havent done any christmas shopping, ok i lie, i have got a couple of things for Kaylee, i walked into the house the other day and the little monkey spied everything straight away, i need to find some hiding places i think!

i had an awesome day yesterday, i met up with an old school friend, someone i havent seen since i was about 14, so about 11 years, she now has 2 beautiful children and we met up at a childrens indoor playground so the kids could play and we could goss, it was so nice and we had heaps to talk about, i really enjoyed it, got to love Bebo and Facebook for reuniting old friends!

im off shortly to my PND support group, its still going every Wednesday and i find it quite helpful and thought provoking, so thats something i guess! its nice going into a room knowing everyone in there has been through what youve been through and understands and can relate to what your saying, has a bit of a calming effect, but i do come home buggered after all the thinking and talking!

im still not doing too well on the no sugar thing, i just cant give it up! but i am trying and every day i seem to be getting better, i just need to get out walking again and really shift these extra kilos, its hard because one of the meds i am on has the side effect of gaining weight, sure it helps my mind, but the weight things really pisses me off, i guess you will never find the perfect drug, but it does get frustrating!

Things i have been doing

ive been sewing up a storm lately! making nappies, skirts for Kaylee and other things (shhh secret santa business!) so i thought i would share a few of the things i have been making :)

things are really good here, have had a busy week going shopping, and visiting and spending quality time with my kids, its been great!

today i met Kate, Amelia and Natalia at the shops for a coffee and a catchup, this will sound really bad but i havent been out before with Kaylee and Olivia (since Olivia was really little anyway) on my own so it was a big thing for me! but we did ok :) it was lovely to go out and about and now that i have done it, i can do it again!

I talked to an old friend today on the phone, had a good hour or so of catching up, she was one of my best friends from primary school and she gave me a call, it was great! gotta love Facebook & Bebo for keeping you in touch with people!

On Tuesday im meeting another old school friend of mine (havent seen her since about 4th form) at Chipmunks for a good catch up, we found each other through Bebo, so that will be cool, im looking foward to that. I absolutly love Bebo, its put me in touch with SO many people from School and college, its lovely to see what everyone is up to and have my old friends be part of my life again, loving it!

im not doing too well on the no sugar thing (says she with a bar of chocolate right now...) but i have increased my fruit and vege intake and my water intake, so i am feeling a bit healthier for it, i just need to get the sweets under control!

anyway here are a couple of cute pics i took of Olivia recently in her flash new nappies :)

have a great weekend!!

xxx

Sugar!

im sitting here (eating a bag of pineapple lumps...) thinking about sugar, i honestly cant get enough of it lately, and feel its turned into another addiction, im pretty sure that its possible to become addicted to sugar, and im embarressed to say just how much of it i have had recently, way too much!

so i have set myself a little challenge, and that is to wean myself off sugar, im sure my body and mind will thank me for it, i just need to get tough with myself, no more after dinner sweets, no more lunch time treats, no more mid morning snacks, i will take it one day at a time, starting first thing tomorrow morning, have a decent healthy breakfast (i have been skipping breakfast lately, probably my main reason for snacking) and start the day on the right foot

reckon i can do it?? lets give it a go!!

Olivias birthday went well, it was lovely to catch up with friends and family, we had a great time and the kids were shattered (as was i!) by the end of it, but all in all it was a great day, Olivia was wonderfully spoilt and i went the next day and spent all the pumpkin patch vouchers that we got! great fun!

im finding more and more each day that its so easy to do things with my children (something i struggled with since becoming ill) and that little things arent getting to me as much as they used to, i can cook, clean, play, laugh, joke, talk, all like normal again, i tell ya its wonderful!

i had another hospital appt the other day and my dr said to me that she thought the day would never come that i would be well again, im one of the sickest that they have ever had to deal with, so its such a relief for everyone involved that im finally well again!