NOW or NEVER, NO EXCUSES thread Part 3

[CheckpointCharlie]

Ooooooohhhh, that's exciting, and a bit of an honour, I feel like the Leader!

We've got a 40% chance of some more overnight here :) I bloody love snow. Of course I may change my mind when I need to go shopping at the end of the week:)

ICB Your DD sounds awesome!

Icb your dd sounds like a bundle of fun

Tally I hate snow mind I hate sheet ice even more I get grouchy cabin fever really fast and want to eat

Tortoise I'm impressed even biked to school and in one piece to

I blame the octonauts.....

In general...

Your DD sounds brilliant!! All my ds wants to do is play Ds..I don't let him but his toys need to be played with too!! He will be offered Playdough this afternoon after pre school or some playmobile.

I get tired of saying 'no more ds to him'...

Still have a headache and also a huge cold sore on my lip . Don't think there will be any cycling today.
Feeling a bit run down at the moment. Headache isn't helping with that.

Tortoise :( I hate the few days before AF as well, I always feel run down and tired, the headache certainly won't be helping. Is there anything you can take that will help at all?

DS is off school today cos of the snow :) Not that he's pleased, he had a big old cry about it when I told him . However, he is still running around in just his pants and refusing to put any clothes on I can't even convince him to go play in the snow because we had a lost glove incident yesterday afternoon and he doesn't want to risk it again even though he has about 5 pairs of gloves

Tally Paracetamol are helping but never seem to quite clear the headache.

I want a snow day . Dd1 was in a foul mood this morning. She didn't want to go to school. Hope she comes out in a better mood!

Hi tortoise, I hope you're feeling better.

Tally you lucky thing. I want snow. Dd2 hasn't really seen it so I think it'll be fun for her.

Did my first Pilates class yesterday. At one point the instructor asked us to put our hands on our ribs while we did some kind of stretch. Wtf? I couldn't find them, they are well covered by fat.

DS finally decided to get dressed at about 4, so he never went outside to play and all I got at bedtime was 'Am I going to school tomorrow? Please can I go, pretty please' Weird child :)

How was Pilates? My sister does that and she looks fab, but then she has always looked fab

Hard, you have to breathe in time to the movements and stretches to really work the muscles hard. I'mnot very co-ordinated and found it difficult to get the breathing right. I had to book 5 lessons so hopefully I'll improve. I would like to combine it with some more cardiovascular exercise but since I got a foot injury last year I have to be careful.

Pleased ds likes school. Dd1 loves reception but would still rather be at home.

Had a nice dinner yesterday and today

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1013638/kale-mushroom-and-cashew-stirfry

I added noodles and it made 3 meals. Have never eaten kale before.

I'm ok . Well my head is lol. Just can't shake off this low mood .

Oh tortoise, sorry to hear that. I hope you feel better soon.

Having a pretty miserable night myself. Dd2 will only go to bed if I hold her hand so I'm sitting on the floor in the dark with my hand through her prison cot bars. If I leave too soon she'll start howling again. Sigh.

Tortoise hope feeling brighter

Johnny it is tricky at first ( I fo yoga not Pilates but same principle but learnt breathing first in yoga it's weird when breathing in your expanding your diaphragm and breathing out your actually pulling stomach to back of spine complete opposite of what used to

But stick with it very relaxing to

Johnny hope dd now asleep

I will stick with it as so many people recommend pilates, but I think it'll take much more than 5 lessons to get the hang of it. Might look at Pilates on YouTube.

Still sitting with dd2 holding her hand. She was sick in october so I slept in her room a couple of nights. She then had colds for the rest of the year so I was a bit indulgent. now she expects me to stay here all night.

Have iPad and headphones so can watch Miranda until she's asleep.

Tortoise hope you're feeling better.

Johnny How old is your dd2? Mine is 2y9m and still won't go to sleep unless one of us is in bed with her (although once she's there she does stay asleep all night as long as she's not ill). I don't really mind but I'm really glad we didn't pay a lot of money for the cot seeing as it was never slept in.

Tally I want a snow day !!!!

We're supposed to have snow all day on Friday but that's too late, we'll already be at school by then. I just hope it starts snowing Thursday night and keeps going all night so it's clear the buses can't get in from the villages.

School she's 2 years one month and would sleep with us all night too if we let her but dd1 gets upset and wants to sleep with us too. I had to sit with her for one and a half hours before she went to sleep.

I want a snow day too. I miss dd1 when she's at school (sometimes).

You lot can keep the snow please I dislike the stuff a lot

Tell me it be worth it the diet and the excerscise I so want to roll over go back slept for another 90 mins . Roll on the weekend

Morning all - sounds like everyone is havinga bit of a tough time.
Hope things work out for you all soon - sometimes kids going to bed can be hell...I have been there too.

Today I have a meeting with school to go in to volunteer so I can do a teaching assistant course. I am doing this to support my application into teacher training for (hopefully if not posted) 2014 :-)

I can only do 2.5 hours three mornings a week. Hope this is ok for them. In September I can do much more. I just want to get a good feel for school again so I am certain I want to do teacher training. Been a long time and feeling very nervous.....

I am still being as tough with food as I can be. I made a Quorn chilli and it was bloody disgusting - but must eat anyway as have no other food in (deliberate).

Just really nervous about weigh in as I want to be close to 12st next week....

HOpe evryone else is going to have a good day???

Well done youcan and I'm sure they will appreciate any extra help you can give .goid to have a long term goal but fibgers crossed no posting

I did do workout but finding dark cold mornings tough dragging self out bed when everyone still sleeping

But u found done pictures taken pre duet and was not even at my heaviest and it's helped motorvate me ti keep going

bloody fecking octonauts! DD has taken to slapping the octoalert on the screen when the characters do it...this (predictably) has now led to the laptop getting knocked on the floor and the key in between h and k no longer works!

grrrr

Am also suffering massive motivation to get out of bed fail. It might be because DD has apparently given up on solids again and therefore wants 4 milk feeds in the night ot might be that I am simply lazy...

I only got half way through Miranda before being summoned to produce boob. Although I am planning a swimming pool raid this evening so I may be "making my own entertainment" again.

Quorn chilli really is horrid! I used to make it coz I like chilli and DH doesn't eat meat mince but eventually I realised that it really wan't worth it.

icb - It is foul!! I don't want to throw it out - I spent a pretty penny on sweetcorn, mixed beans, garlic etc...but I really am not sure I can physically eta it. The texture is beyond toleration.

hmm it doesn't keep well either...goes all black and oxidized.

I have nothing useful to suggest...except maybe to point out if you don't already know that the chicken substitute stuff is equally horrid. Made faitas with it and they were grim...

Bugger, I was thinking about buying some Quorn mince cos DS doesn't like meat so I wasplanning on using it to make a cottage pie instead of seperate things but nevermind!

We are on a snow day today again :) More tears this morning We are due more snow again overnight so I am doubtful school will be open tomorrow either

Hope school is closed here tomorrow! Forecast is looking good .
All that exercise running up and down the hill with sledges lol .