After last weigh in...

 Things got pretty hectic leading up to Christmas, what with work, babysitting, a few outings so my attention to my eating suffered. A lot of grab and eat on the run....this led to a bit of a gain on the scales.

But Christmas is over now....and we have had the last birthday of the year which was Master William's 7th. He was on his access visit to his Dad so he had Boxing Day and his birthday on the 27th with him...then he was dropped off back to his Mum later on in the afternoon so Mum was able to have time to celebrate too. I get my turn tonight 😀

Christmas here was quiet. Had Christmas breakfast here with Kylee, William and Summer plus her man Micheal and his 2 daughters. Bedlam here for a few hours which was fun. Of course Shawn and Skye were here too so lots of fun and laughter.  Micheal left to get his daughters to their Mothers for lunch and Kylee followed with her 2 and I then took Skye into town to spend the rest of her day with her Mum. Mum has only Skye's sister home with her...well that is until she decides to run amok again. Between her and her brother they have spent more time in court than they have anywhere else. They too are meant to be in foster care BUT NO ONE can control them. Actually the eldest boy is in detention now.  I even refuse to have them visit here as they get very aggressive and abusive when disciplined. The youngest boy is in a happy foster care situation but we are still waiting for our access visits to see him. 

Simon and his son Sheymus rang to wish us Merry Christmas as they were out camping, Simon with his lady friend Tammy who also yelled out greetings 😋 As for the rest of Simons kids....have not heard from his daughters since Simon and Tracey split, though do see the other boy Thomas every now and then. 

Tanya and kids left early to go bush camping, so I didn't get to see them. When I rang to ask when I could drop gift around they had already gone. Very sad to say every year since Paul has been gone (5 years now) Tanya has drifted further and further away from us. Can honestly say in the 5 years we can count on 1 hand the amount of times she has been out here. 

Sad that our family has come to this. Its not our fault Simon and Tracey broke up, but because I am Simon's mum I get punished along with Simon. Tanya has always even when with Paul favoured her family over ours. I just don't get why we get left out.  As for Shawn's ex and kids....well she and her deadbeat partner have a lot to answer too. They had the kids taken away because of their neglect. It has traumatised the kids and thats the cause of a lot of their behaviour. Skye has settled in here real well but misses her Mum. Mum at least is trying to turn her life around but too late to stop the 2 middle kids going off the rails. 

So after all that...my family that I have left and us had a good day. Christmas Day afternoon was spent sleeping and eating. 

Anyways will leave you with William celebrating his birthday with Mummy's at Micheal's. Don't you just love the look on Summer's face behind him. Too cute.  

Going down.....

 Weigh in day yesterday....down a kilo. But I did work hard for it. Im enjoying how relaxed I can be and yet still eat properly and yes even indulge in a few little treats, yes they are low carb ones too 😀 Long may this last for me. 

Its been a pretty hectic full on week actually. Work has been crazy, the shopping centre so busy, lots of mess, lots of spills....and headache material...lots of screaming kids!! 

William has finished school for the year. Not a bad school report either, but not happy with his school, he needs to be challenged more and the schools dwindling numbers don't help. So many students have left and maybe William will be joining them next year. Have sent in application to have him go to the school his Mum and Uncle went too which is close by. 

Young Master was meant to start vacation swimming just after Christmas. But first day of his holiday and what does he do? He goes out to play and was naughty and moved the trampoline from where it was....he knows thats a big no no!! Starts being silly on it, falls and lands on a picket! Very badly hurt his leg. I had to ring his mum and get her to meet me at the hospital emergency. Master ended up having to have surgery to stitch the wound and spend a night in hospital. A unfortunate way for him to learn a lesson. And a way to give me a few more grey hairs!! 

Luckily he got to participate in the colour run before this happened.

Will leave you with a few pics of his colour run.....and one of his mummy and him just before he went into surgery.

 

Another week....

 And I have been mostly on track, a few minor hiccups but nothing drastic. And the result being a loss of 500grams. I’m slowly heading back to where I was before I went off the rails. Let’s see if I can continue and NOT self sabotage when I get to that number 😏

Christmas and all the festivities are beginning so let’s hope I can keep a lid on the over indulging. I hope I can. We don’t go to a lot of parties, and we don’t have a work one as there is always one or two that are working shifts so we can never get a full crew.

Christmas Day here will be a quiet one I believe. Simon has a new lady and I believe he is staying up at hers to celebrate, that way he is also closer to his kids if they want to see him. Still nasty with him and his ex. His two daughters don’t have anything at all to do with him, actually abuse him if they see him. And because we are his family they don’t acknowledge us either. Luckily his two boys do. One is actually living with his Dad and lady.  So I am not expecting to see them on the day. 

Tanya and her 3 I hardly see much of at all. Since COVID started Tanya’s hours increased as she is a carer for the Multiple Scerosis Society. I see her now and then, but she is a hard person to catch up with. The girls work too, Caity is nearly 19, Ashlee is 16 and work part time plus school. Matt is just finishing his 1st year of high school. Since Paul's passing she has gradually pulled away from us, very rarely comes out. It’s sad 😞 

Kylee and the little ones we will see. Apparently her man will be joining us too. We are having brunch here, then they heading up to her mans where he will catch up with his two daughters. William and Summer will see their Dad Boxing Day and all day on the 27th which is Williams birthday.  They will hand kids back over late afternoon so they can come home and get reading for vacation swimming lessons.

Shawn will be home too....and our Skye as well. Skye will be taken in to her Mum’s after our brunch.

Nearly 9pm, the little ones have finally settled...so I’m off for a shower.  Before I go I’m going to leave you with this comparison pic...the first one is Shawn and Kylee aged 3 and nearly 6....and William who is nearly 7 and Summer who is 3 in late March. Similar much ehhhh

A better week.

Another week has gone by...plus some.

Last weigh in I managed a 600gram loss. Every day I did struggle but everyday I tried to stop one bad habit. And that and drinking MORE water everyday must have helped.  So thats the plan this week too...lets see what I can manage. Wednesday today and so far I have only had one day where I indulged. I went to Mandurah on Monday and met up with my girlfriend and had a girls day out. We always have the best day. I come home so relaxed. We talk, we eat, we talk, we shop, we eat, we talk all day. I do love our catch ups, we do need to do it more often. Anyways yesterday I got myself straight back on track and today thats the plan too. 

Onward....