Thursday, March 30, 2006
Weigh In
Hi all
We got sent home early today as the system got locked down as B started the end of tax year reports etc... so about 3pm he told us to go home which L and I certainly did not complain about. L had her car so dropped me off at Waterloo Station and I then wandered over to weigh in knowing that I would be in for a gain due to a few reasons but it wasn't going to be helped by the fact that I had a lateish lunch and was weighing in 2 hrs earlier than normal... but that was my choice as I could have gone home and then gone back down again later but with the price of petrol I thought no way - lets get it over and done with. So yes I had my gain and although it was slightly more than I had initally thought it would be I am ok with it. The gain was 1 kilo which I know is a lot and I can't use the pregnancy for all of that considering my eating over the last week - not so much the quality of the food but more the quantity of it! Barbara has given me this really good book about Sugar levels/Low GI food etc for me to read over the next week or two so am looking forward to getting stuck in to that and learning some things about food :)
So yeah work today was pretty full on - had an urgent team meeting this morning that went on for longer than we had anticpated and then with the system being unexpectantly locked down earlier than anticpated we did not manage to acheive a lot today. And tomorrow we are unable to do any inputting as B will be doing the end of year rollovers etc... but there are lots of other wee jobs that we can do. We may end up working an extra hour or two either tomorrow night (if the system comes up before we go home) or on Monday night but thats all ok - thats paid overtime for our pockets!
Food today has been good - lots of grapes as the lady from downstairs had more to sell. I am doing really well with my fruit intake at the moment and am averaging 2/3 pieces a day which is fantastic for me. Okay it doesn't stop a lot of the sweet "cravings" but I certainly try to use the fruit when I can. Water today has been a bit slack but I did have one of the yummy smoothies at lunch time - strawberries, raspberries, bananas and Orange Juice! YUM YUM!
Seem to have a husband missing in action at the moment as he is normally home by 4ish and its now 5pm... am not overally worried just yet as he has probably gone to Upper Hutt or Lower Hutt to get something and gotten sidetracked like he does sometimes.
Right I am gonna get moving - enough blabbering from me. Catch ya all later.
We got sent home early today as the system got locked down as B started the end of tax year reports etc... so about 3pm he told us to go home which L and I certainly did not complain about. L had her car so dropped me off at Waterloo Station and I then wandered over to weigh in knowing that I would be in for a gain due to a few reasons but it wasn't going to be helped by the fact that I had a lateish lunch and was weighing in 2 hrs earlier than normal... but that was my choice as I could have gone home and then gone back down again later but with the price of petrol I thought no way - lets get it over and done with. So yes I had my gain and although it was slightly more than I had initally thought it would be I am ok with it. The gain was 1 kilo which I know is a lot and I can't use the pregnancy for all of that considering my eating over the last week - not so much the quality of the food but more the quantity of it! Barbara has given me this really good book about Sugar levels/Low GI food etc for me to read over the next week or two so am looking forward to getting stuck in to that and learning some things about food :)
So yeah work today was pretty full on - had an urgent team meeting this morning that went on for longer than we had anticpated and then with the system being unexpectantly locked down earlier than anticpated we did not manage to acheive a lot today. And tomorrow we are unable to do any inputting as B will be doing the end of year rollovers etc... but there are lots of other wee jobs that we can do. We may end up working an extra hour or two either tomorrow night (if the system comes up before we go home) or on Monday night but thats all ok - thats paid overtime for our pockets!
Food today has been good - lots of grapes as the lady from downstairs had more to sell. I am doing really well with my fruit intake at the moment and am averaging 2/3 pieces a day which is fantastic for me. Okay it doesn't stop a lot of the sweet "cravings" but I certainly try to use the fruit when I can. Water today has been a bit slack but I did have one of the yummy smoothies at lunch time - strawberries, raspberries, bananas and Orange Juice! YUM YUM!
Seem to have a husband missing in action at the moment as he is normally home by 4ish and its now 5pm... am not overally worried just yet as he has probably gone to Upper Hutt or Lower Hutt to get something and gotten sidetracked like he does sometimes.
Right I am gonna get moving - enough blabbering from me. Catch ya all later.
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Have had not had good day foodwise but not going down that track today... guess it could have been worse but I definitely could have made better choices too. Water was not too bad though.
Just had the Midwife visit me - OMG she is so amazing and such an awesome lady with one wicked sense of humour so I can see her and I getting on just fine! LOL All is ok at this stage - well blood pressure and the urine test are all ok. Bascially have to wait another couple of weeks yet to get the results of all the blood tests that I got done last week... though she thinks that they forgot the most important one but will wait until the results come back to confirm that so I may have to go and get another 3 tubes or so done but thats ok cause I'm tough!
Booked the moving company today - gonna be an early start on the 21st April as the only time we could get in is first thing in the morning so the truck and men will be here at 8am! Emailed our notice to the landlord last night but have since heard rumors that he is in Auckland so thats not our problem - will just wait and see when he replies as I have asked for written confirmation that he has gotten the email and that the time I have suggested to do the inspection suits him.
But right I am outta here - gonna hit the sack and read all the pregnancy stuff that I have just been given.
Catch ya all later
Just had the Midwife visit me - OMG she is so amazing and such an awesome lady with one wicked sense of humour so I can see her and I getting on just fine! LOL All is ok at this stage - well blood pressure and the urine test are all ok. Bascially have to wait another couple of weeks yet to get the results of all the blood tests that I got done last week... though she thinks that they forgot the most important one but will wait until the results come back to confirm that so I may have to go and get another 3 tubes or so done but thats ok cause I'm tough!
Booked the moving company today - gonna be an early start on the 21st April as the only time we could get in is first thing in the morning so the truck and men will be here at 8am! Emailed our notice to the landlord last night but have since heard rumors that he is in Auckland so thats not our problem - will just wait and see when he replies as I have asked for written confirmation that he has gotten the email and that the time I have suggested to do the inspection suits him.
But right I am outta here - gonna hit the sack and read all the pregnancy stuff that I have just been given.
Catch ya all later
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Hi ya
Well am at home today - I did contemplate staying at home when I slept through my alarm this morning but my conscience being the way it is got me to work even though I did have the beginnings of a headache... anyway by 9.25am I was being told that I looked like shite and to be honest I really did feel like crap with the headache and the tummy playing up again. So did a nice slow walk to the station, caught the 10.05 train and came home and slept for a couple of hours. Felt a bit better after getting up and having some lunch (2 slices Vogels toast). Blobbed on the computer a bit then went and had another lay down but am determined to stay up and awake as I will have enough trouble sleeping tonight as it is.
Food today hasn't been to bad I guess... water has been slack though - have been drinking OJ since coming home. Scales are on the increase big time this week - probably due to the quantity I have been eating... so gotta really try and be good. I know this is not about losing weight at this time but like I have said I don't want my weight ballooning out of control either and undoing all my hard work of the last 3 years.
Meeting the MW tomorrow night so that should be good - had another person speak highly of her last night so thats all good. Am really looking foward to meeting her.
Anyway, Steph will probably be home soon and I should try calling some moving companies and book someone in to do the job.
Right catch ya all later
Well am at home today - I did contemplate staying at home when I slept through my alarm this morning but my conscience being the way it is got me to work even though I did have the beginnings of a headache... anyway by 9.25am I was being told that I looked like shite and to be honest I really did feel like crap with the headache and the tummy playing up again. So did a nice slow walk to the station, caught the 10.05 train and came home and slept for a couple of hours. Felt a bit better after getting up and having some lunch (2 slices Vogels toast). Blobbed on the computer a bit then went and had another lay down but am determined to stay up and awake as I will have enough trouble sleeping tonight as it is.
Food today hasn't been to bad I guess... water has been slack though - have been drinking OJ since coming home. Scales are on the increase big time this week - probably due to the quantity I have been eating... so gotta really try and be good. I know this is not about losing weight at this time but like I have said I don't want my weight ballooning out of control either and undoing all my hard work of the last 3 years.
Meeting the MW tomorrow night so that should be good - had another person speak highly of her last night so thats all good. Am really looking foward to meeting her.
Anyway, Steph will probably be home soon and I should try calling some moving companies and book someone in to do the job.
Right catch ya all later
Monday, March 27, 2006
Mondayitis...
Yeap I had a real struggle with today and am sure it was all just down to it being Monday and suffering from Mondayitis! LOL
One thing I had forgotten to mention over the weekend was that I had been having a funny tummy off and on since Friday afternoon and boy at times I sure wasn't pleasant to be around (TMI I know)! LOL Well I thought I had come right but it seems to have come back again today so have decided that if I am not right in the morning that I will take the day off and rest. Don't think there is much point in going to the Dr - obviously just have a sensitive stomach at the moment.
Overall its been an ok day - nice and steady at work so thats all good. At lunch time I decided that as the sun was shining that I would go for a walk so L joined me and off we went for about a 20 min walk. Was really nice and had one slight detour to Millers where they have a 10-50% off everything sale - saw some really nice things but as neither of us had our wallets today we are thinking about going back tomorrow to do some trying on... just as well I have some Millers vouchers to use.
Food today has been atrocious (excuse spelling). Well not so much bad choices - just too much! Okay well maybe one or two bad things like a chocolate biccie during the morning and then an amazing piece of apple and blueberry slice at afternoon tea time. That is the only disadvantage of being on the 9th floor (top floor) with the boardroom which is used for meetings very frequently... as people know we work so hard etc they often "donate" their left over lunches etc to our poor starving under nourished team! LOL So that is where the slice came from this afternoon along with a piece of bacon and egg pie (heated of course) - after I had already had my sandwiches of course! Though Jo-Anne did make me bring some of the pie home for Stephan to take for lunch tomorrow so that is in the fridge for him now.
Our hole in the driveway has been fixed - well more or less anyway... the leak has been fixed and for the first time in a long time we have a dry driveway! LOL The neighbour cemented the hole this evening so all should be ok now (fingers crossed).
We give our notice to the landlord this week so I think I will start writing that email up at some stage in the next night or so.
Anyway, my back is sore, dinner is almost ready so will stop rabbiting on and will catch ya all tomorrow.
One thing I had forgotten to mention over the weekend was that I had been having a funny tummy off and on since Friday afternoon and boy at times I sure wasn't pleasant to be around (TMI I know)! LOL Well I thought I had come right but it seems to have come back again today so have decided that if I am not right in the morning that I will take the day off and rest. Don't think there is much point in going to the Dr - obviously just have a sensitive stomach at the moment.
Overall its been an ok day - nice and steady at work so thats all good. At lunch time I decided that as the sun was shining that I would go for a walk so L joined me and off we went for about a 20 min walk. Was really nice and had one slight detour to Millers where they have a 10-50% off everything sale - saw some really nice things but as neither of us had our wallets today we are thinking about going back tomorrow to do some trying on... just as well I have some Millers vouchers to use.
Food today has been atrocious (excuse spelling). Well not so much bad choices - just too much! Okay well maybe one or two bad things like a chocolate biccie during the morning and then an amazing piece of apple and blueberry slice at afternoon tea time. That is the only disadvantage of being on the 9th floor (top floor) with the boardroom which is used for meetings very frequently... as people know we work so hard etc they often "donate" their left over lunches etc to our poor starving under nourished team! LOL So that is where the slice came from this afternoon along with a piece of bacon and egg pie (heated of course) - after I had already had my sandwiches of course! Though Jo-Anne did make me bring some of the pie home for Stephan to take for lunch tomorrow so that is in the fridge for him now.
Our hole in the driveway has been fixed - well more or less anyway... the leak has been fixed and for the first time in a long time we have a dry driveway! LOL The neighbour cemented the hole this evening so all should be ok now (fingers crossed).
We give our notice to the landlord this week so I think I will start writing that email up at some stage in the next night or so.
Anyway, my back is sore, dinner is almost ready so will stop rabbiting on and will catch ya all tomorrow.
Sunday, March 26, 2006
I have had a shitty day today and feeling rather tired, emotional, have a headache and real grumpy! Yeap poor Steph but he is getting used to it now - and he has been warned there is a lot more of this ahead of him in the next few months or so!
What have we done today... a lot but bugger all if that makes sense. I vacumed whilst Steph did the bathroom but whilst he was doing the bathroom he got the urge to start doing a lot more cleaning in preparation for the move. So we now have no net curtains in the computer room and spare bedroom (rest of the house was done late last year) as they are soaking in the laundry tub (after spending the day soaking in the bath tub). We have done some more packing - well I have but just the easy stuff in to the small boxes we got from Sue... so all DVD's and CD's and most of the videos are packed up as are all the books from my bookcase in the hallway. Starting to sink in now that we are moving and there is lots to do! Hey if any of my Wgtn "buddies" aren't doing anything on Sat 22 April - do feel free to yell out if you want to help out as there will be lots of jobs going at both this place and the new place :):):)
We still have a hole in our driveway - and there is still water and mud everywhere (thanks to our neighbours wee darling son but I guess boys will always be boys when it comes to water and dirt). A friend of the neighbours who is a drainlayer is coming by tomorrow to fix the leak and then our neighbour will concrete it as soon as he can though a lot will depend on the weather I guess. We have to be extra cautious when backing out of the driveway as we really don't want to end up over the edge of the steel plate and in the hole! LOL
Anyway, I am shattered but at least my headache that I have had off and on all day seems to be going away - fingers crossed it does go away otherwise I can see myself staying home tomorrow :)
Hope you have all had a good weekend - catch ya all tomorrow.
What have we done today... a lot but bugger all if that makes sense. I vacumed whilst Steph did the bathroom but whilst he was doing the bathroom he got the urge to start doing a lot more cleaning in preparation for the move. So we now have no net curtains in the computer room and spare bedroom (rest of the house was done late last year) as they are soaking in the laundry tub (after spending the day soaking in the bath tub). We have done some more packing - well I have but just the easy stuff in to the small boxes we got from Sue... so all DVD's and CD's and most of the videos are packed up as are all the books from my bookcase in the hallway. Starting to sink in now that we are moving and there is lots to do! Hey if any of my Wgtn "buddies" aren't doing anything on Sat 22 April - do feel free to yell out if you want to help out as there will be lots of jobs going at both this place and the new place :):):)
We still have a hole in our driveway - and there is still water and mud everywhere (thanks to our neighbours wee darling son but I guess boys will always be boys when it comes to water and dirt). A friend of the neighbours who is a drainlayer is coming by tomorrow to fix the leak and then our neighbour will concrete it as soon as he can though a lot will depend on the weather I guess. We have to be extra cautious when backing out of the driveway as we really don't want to end up over the edge of the steel plate and in the hole! LOL
Anyway, I am shattered but at least my headache that I have had off and on all day seems to be going away - fingers crossed it does go away otherwise I can see myself staying home tomorrow :)
Hope you have all had a good weekend - catch ya all tomorrow.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Very quickly as I am pretty shattered.... but just wanted to do a quick post before going to bed that all went well at the scan today. Got to see our wee "nemo" with its heart beating at 143bpm which is great and is measuring a nice size of 15.44mm! LOL Due date has been brought FORWARD which really surprised me so EDD is now 8/11/6 - the same as Carla so thats all great :) And even better they managed to do the scan externally rather than having to resort to an internal one like they have always done in the past!
After that, we dropped off my puncture at Tonys Tyre Service, then went to Queensgate to get something at Farmers, then lunch, then groceries, then back to Tonys to pick up the tyre (1/2 hr waiting whilst there), home and Mum was already here waiting for us (wasn't due until after 4pm) and also arrived home to find the neighbour with a jack hammer breaking up bits of our driveway looking for this infamous leak... So 2hrs later it was located - just as they were about to give up for the day. So now have hole in the driveway, hole in the lawn and water everywhere! Water is being turned off shortly until the morning so we don't end up flooding the street! LOL
So there you have my day - no housework has been done yet due to Mum turning up early though she never worries about anything like that. Had a yummy dinner of corn beef with mashed spud, peas, carrots and brocolli. And a mouth watering dessert of Triple Chocolate Indulgence Ice Cream!
Anyway, this was gonna be quick... hope you are all having a great weekend. Catch ya later.
Oh we have started some packing too....
After that, we dropped off my puncture at Tonys Tyre Service, then went to Queensgate to get something at Farmers, then lunch, then groceries, then back to Tonys to pick up the tyre (1/2 hr waiting whilst there), home and Mum was already here waiting for us (wasn't due until after 4pm) and also arrived home to find the neighbour with a jack hammer breaking up bits of our driveway looking for this infamous leak... So 2hrs later it was located - just as they were about to give up for the day. So now have hole in the driveway, hole in the lawn and water everywhere! Water is being turned off shortly until the morning so we don't end up flooding the street! LOL
So there you have my day - no housework has been done yet due to Mum turning up early though she never worries about anything like that. Had a yummy dinner of corn beef with mashed spud, peas, carrots and brocolli. And a mouth watering dessert of Triple Chocolate Indulgence Ice Cream!
Anyway, this was gonna be quick... hope you are all having a great weekend. Catch ya later.
Oh we have started some packing too....
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Weigh In
Yeap, its that time of the week again and to be honest I wasn't too sure what to expect this evening but according to the scales at home I had stayed the same... and for once the scales at Barbaras said the same thing... so yeap am pleased with that. I may have been able to scrap in with a loss but our GM shouted us some biscuits for morning tea... oh boy those mini chocolate girl guide biscuits are delicious!!! YUM YUM! :)
The other news of the day is that I got a very unexpected phonecall this morning from the Antenatal clinic at Hutt Hospital wanting to see me this afternoon after receiving a letter from my GP outlining my history. I initally saw a midwife there who had a chat with me and took my particulars and then saw a Specialist (who is supposed to be one of the best) - it was the same one that had performed my D&C last year. Apart from the fact that he is Indian and hard to understand at times he was a lovely guy. Bascially their main concern for me is going to be the diabetes as Mum has got it (and her mum had it as well) and Dad also had it. Their inital plan of attack providing all is ok is to keep an eye on me until 20 weeks. I have had a huge amount of bloods done today (10 tubes) and it took 2 of them about 1/2hr to do them as my vains were not being overly co-operative (but then they never are). I am now covered in wee bandages and tape with the one on my wrist hurting the most. So basically I have to start watching my diet very carefully and keep weight gain to a minimum (phew thank god I stayed the same this week). If anything shows up in the bloods - I will probably start taking the "asprin a day" to keep the clotting away and probably visit them every couple of weeks. But if the diabetes shows up already then I got the impression I would be there having scans every 2 weeks to monitor my precious bub. The one thing I was worried about was the fact that they have told me not to bother getting my bloods done on Saturday for HCG etc... so when I got home I rung my MW and she has said the same thing bascially - just gotta relax and take things easy and if its not meant to be then theres nothing we can do about it... so just gotta take one day at a time and see what happens. Hopefuly I have understood everything correctly as like I said he was hard to understand... and I go back there in 4 weeks time to get the results of the tests (they take about 3 weeks to come through).
Right time to go organise dinner... catch ya all later
The other news of the day is that I got a very unexpected phonecall this morning from the Antenatal clinic at Hutt Hospital wanting to see me this afternoon after receiving a letter from my GP outlining my history. I initally saw a midwife there who had a chat with me and took my particulars and then saw a Specialist (who is supposed to be one of the best) - it was the same one that had performed my D&C last year. Apart from the fact that he is Indian and hard to understand at times he was a lovely guy. Bascially their main concern for me is going to be the diabetes as Mum has got it (and her mum had it as well) and Dad also had it. Their inital plan of attack providing all is ok is to keep an eye on me until 20 weeks. I have had a huge amount of bloods done today (10 tubes) and it took 2 of them about 1/2hr to do them as my vains were not being overly co-operative (but then they never are). I am now covered in wee bandages and tape with the one on my wrist hurting the most. So basically I have to start watching my diet very carefully and keep weight gain to a minimum (phew thank god I stayed the same this week). If anything shows up in the bloods - I will probably start taking the "asprin a day" to keep the clotting away and probably visit them every couple of weeks. But if the diabetes shows up already then I got the impression I would be there having scans every 2 weeks to monitor my precious bub. The one thing I was worried about was the fact that they have told me not to bother getting my bloods done on Saturday for HCG etc... so when I got home I rung my MW and she has said the same thing bascially - just gotta relax and take things easy and if its not meant to be then theres nothing we can do about it... so just gotta take one day at a time and see what happens. Hopefuly I have understood everything correctly as like I said he was hard to understand... and I go back there in 4 weeks time to get the results of the tests (they take about 3 weeks to come through).
Right time to go organise dinner... catch ya all later
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Hi all
Another day with not too much to report... but am in the habit of updating each day during the week so I find myself doing it automatically if I am at home :)
Work - another pretty quiet day. Had some real dumb questions today from some of the stuff - really makes you wonder sometimes!
Food today has been ok. Wow 5 days with almost no chocolate... I have had a hot chocolate and I must confess that one night I did have a mellowpuff but compared to last weeks eating I have done really well (or so I feel anyway). Am not stressing to what the scales are going to say - just gonna go with the flow but am more concerned with my eating habits - I so don't want to go back to my old ways and I know I won't but sometimes I do feel myself slipping... Water today has been prety slack - hmmmm only about 1 litre so gotta do better than that.
Went out at lunch time and did a nice walk around Lambton Quay - stopped at Whitcoulls and ended up getting myself a lovely pregnancy journal with some vouchers I got for my birthday. Now I just gotta find the time to write everything in it... and its times like this that I wish I had neat printing/writing.
Have got yet another issue with our place we are in at the moment - its one that I mentioned a wee while ago - the drainage out the front. Well between the council and the landlord we are having a few problems. The plumber that the landlord hired to check it out says its the councils problem... when I decided to follow it up with the council nothing had been lodged with them so I lodged a query.... the council says its the landlords problem... and now the landlord says its the neighbours problem... OMG talk about dramas - thank god we are moving thats all I can say. Yes I could just leave it but as it is on the border of our driveway and the footpath it looks a bloody mess and irritates me every time I see it (which is of course very frequently). The neighbours are fighting the landlord now and they are going to ring the council tomorrow to see where they stand!!!
Pregnancy wise - just plodding on - still nervous about the scan but probably not as much as I was earlier in the week. And anyway, we haven't had bad news at the early scan before, it was the next one at 12 weeks that we got the bad news so that one I will be dreading more. I am thinking of asking the MW if I can have a couple of extra scans thrown in for my own peace of mind and I don't mind paying the subsidy for them for that peace of mind.
Anyway, for someone who didn't have much to say - I certainly have rambled on long enough... catch ya all tomorrow after weigh in.
Another day with not too much to report... but am in the habit of updating each day during the week so I find myself doing it automatically if I am at home :)
Work - another pretty quiet day. Had some real dumb questions today from some of the stuff - really makes you wonder sometimes!
Food today has been ok. Wow 5 days with almost no chocolate... I have had a hot chocolate and I must confess that one night I did have a mellowpuff but compared to last weeks eating I have done really well (or so I feel anyway). Am not stressing to what the scales are going to say - just gonna go with the flow but am more concerned with my eating habits - I so don't want to go back to my old ways and I know I won't but sometimes I do feel myself slipping... Water today has been prety slack - hmmmm only about 1 litre so gotta do better than that.
Went out at lunch time and did a nice walk around Lambton Quay - stopped at Whitcoulls and ended up getting myself a lovely pregnancy journal with some vouchers I got for my birthday. Now I just gotta find the time to write everything in it... and its times like this that I wish I had neat printing/writing.
Have got yet another issue with our place we are in at the moment - its one that I mentioned a wee while ago - the drainage out the front. Well between the council and the landlord we are having a few problems. The plumber that the landlord hired to check it out says its the councils problem... when I decided to follow it up with the council nothing had been lodged with them so I lodged a query.... the council says its the landlords problem... and now the landlord says its the neighbours problem... OMG talk about dramas - thank god we are moving thats all I can say. Yes I could just leave it but as it is on the border of our driveway and the footpath it looks a bloody mess and irritates me every time I see it (which is of course very frequently). The neighbours are fighting the landlord now and they are going to ring the council tomorrow to see where they stand!!!
Pregnancy wise - just plodding on - still nervous about the scan but probably not as much as I was earlier in the week. And anyway, we haven't had bad news at the early scan before, it was the next one at 12 weeks that we got the bad news so that one I will be dreading more. I am thinking of asking the MW if I can have a couple of extra scans thrown in for my own peace of mind and I don't mind paying the subsidy for them for that peace of mind.
Anyway, for someone who didn't have much to say - I certainly have rambled on long enough... catch ya all tomorrow after weigh in.
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Tuesday
Hi all
Am having real difficulties in coming up with original "titles" for my entries lately (just in case you had't realised LOL) so am sticking with the day of the week that it is for now but one day I might become more original again... with any luck that is! :)
Had a quiet day at work - real scary but I almost think that we are getting used to it now - and I know what I am about to say will probably come back and bite me on the arse but I miss the busyness that we have been used to... yes I don't like when its high stress and having to work late or weekends but it is nice when you have enough to do to keep you busy for the day rather than surfing the net and playing solitare (all done discretly that is...). Though with the end of the Financial Year coming up I am sure the pace will pick up real soon.
Food today has been ok. The boss bought me a hot cheese scone on his way to work this morning so that went down a treat and I had demolished it in about 3 mins flat as I was starving or so my stomach was telling me as it had been two hours since breakfast! LOL And I am finding that I am needing to eat at least every 2 hrs at the moment as I started getting that yucky pregnancy nauesa feeling! I also ventured out and got myself a hot chocolate at morning tea time - won't be going back to that shop in a hurry for various reasons so next time I want one I have to go a wee bit further... And I had tomato sandwiches for lunch - YUM YUM! LOL Have got burgen bread (barley and sunflower seed I think) and it is so delicious. Think I have had about 1.5 litres of water today - not the best but am ok with it as I am peeing enough as it is LOL
Had a lovely visit from Sue (her link is on the side of my page) earlier on as she came to drop off some small boxes she was able to get for me. So I will pop into Whitcoulls tomorrow and buy some packaging tape and then its off we go packing wise. The boxes are quite small but will be handy for all my books, photos, CDs, DVDs and bits and pieces from the computer room. It was lovely to meet Sue - she is a lovely woman and I felt we could have yakked for ages if she hadn't a meeting to go too... Look forward to catching up again soon Sue and thanks again for the boxes! :)
The sting that I got the other day is going down in regards to the size of the lump but is now getting rather itchy so am applying Aloe Vera Gel but boy it drives me crazy at times.
Oh before I go - I want to say a big thanks for all the positive and supportive comments regarding Saturdays scan... I know I have to think positively and I am doing my best but it does get hard at times. And I will post once I get home and the chance to update you all...
Right time to go make some phonecalls and to blob out... catch ya all later
Am having real difficulties in coming up with original "titles" for my entries lately (just in case you had't realised LOL) so am sticking with the day of the week that it is for now but one day I might become more original again... with any luck that is! :)
Had a quiet day at work - real scary but I almost think that we are getting used to it now - and I know what I am about to say will probably come back and bite me on the arse but I miss the busyness that we have been used to... yes I don't like when its high stress and having to work late or weekends but it is nice when you have enough to do to keep you busy for the day rather than surfing the net and playing solitare (all done discretly that is...). Though with the end of the Financial Year coming up I am sure the pace will pick up real soon.
Food today has been ok. The boss bought me a hot cheese scone on his way to work this morning so that went down a treat and I had demolished it in about 3 mins flat as I was starving or so my stomach was telling me as it had been two hours since breakfast! LOL And I am finding that I am needing to eat at least every 2 hrs at the moment as I started getting that yucky pregnancy nauesa feeling! I also ventured out and got myself a hot chocolate at morning tea time - won't be going back to that shop in a hurry for various reasons so next time I want one I have to go a wee bit further... And I had tomato sandwiches for lunch - YUM YUM! LOL Have got burgen bread (barley and sunflower seed I think) and it is so delicious. Think I have had about 1.5 litres of water today - not the best but am ok with it as I am peeing enough as it is LOL
Had a lovely visit from Sue (her link is on the side of my page) earlier on as she came to drop off some small boxes she was able to get for me. So I will pop into Whitcoulls tomorrow and buy some packaging tape and then its off we go packing wise. The boxes are quite small but will be handy for all my books, photos, CDs, DVDs and bits and pieces from the computer room. It was lovely to meet Sue - she is a lovely woman and I felt we could have yakked for ages if she hadn't a meeting to go too... Look forward to catching up again soon Sue and thanks again for the boxes! :)
The sting that I got the other day is going down in regards to the size of the lump but is now getting rather itchy so am applying Aloe Vera Gel but boy it drives me crazy at times.
Oh before I go - I want to say a big thanks for all the positive and supportive comments regarding Saturdays scan... I know I have to think positively and I am doing my best but it does get hard at times. And I will post once I get home and the chance to update you all...
Right time to go make some phonecalls and to blob out... catch ya all later
Monday, March 20, 2006
Monday
Hi ya
Well another day another dollar... and another day closer to my scan which is on Saturday. I am pretty nervous about this scan and quite apprehensive about it all - I am really scared that I will get told that the baby has died but yet I am trying to think positively as well. There are so many good omens why this baby is meant to be this time around so I am sure it will be ok but that doesn't stop me thinking about all the "what ifs" as well... So the scan is at 12pm on Saturday - could have gone earlier but as I need to have full bladder (drink 1 litre of water between 10.30am and 11am and then not being allowed to go to the loo until after the scan) I didn't fancy having to get up at some ungodly hour on a Saturday to drink all that water. Perhaps once I get past the 12 week mark I will make them for earlier in the day.
I also need to get my second lot of bloods done and was contemplating getting them done prior to the scan but I will have a full bladder and not sure if I will be able to keep still long enough but then it would keep my mind occupied I guess :)
Work today was good - not as busy as it usually is for a Monday of close-off which is quite scary really but am sure it will start piling in soon. Everyone has been talking about our colleague Mark Kearney who is the lovely chap missing (presumed dead) on Raoul Island. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family who are local in the Wgtn region.
Food today - brilliant overall. No chocolate again so yippeee!! Had 4 pieces of fruit which is great for me. And instead of Sesameal crackers which must be quite high in points I got rice crackers instead and I know 10 of those = 1 point :) I also bought a bag of tomatoes and a loaf of bread to last me the week so tomato sandwiches it is for me this week. I love tomato sandwiches and could eat them forever! :) Water has been great as well so am pleased with that. Exercise - well I am really struggling to even do the walk to and from the station at the moment but still doing it - just slowly.
Anyway, enough rambling from me - I seem to have a bit of an earache at the moment... and my sting is stil quite red and the lump is still there when you run your finger over my arm. We have worked out that I was stung by a honey bee... if its no better tomorrow I might drop in to the chemist and see what they say.
Catch ya all later
Well another day another dollar... and another day closer to my scan which is on Saturday. I am pretty nervous about this scan and quite apprehensive about it all - I am really scared that I will get told that the baby has died but yet I am trying to think positively as well. There are so many good omens why this baby is meant to be this time around so I am sure it will be ok but that doesn't stop me thinking about all the "what ifs" as well... So the scan is at 12pm on Saturday - could have gone earlier but as I need to have full bladder (drink 1 litre of water between 10.30am and 11am and then not being allowed to go to the loo until after the scan) I didn't fancy having to get up at some ungodly hour on a Saturday to drink all that water. Perhaps once I get past the 12 week mark I will make them for earlier in the day.
I also need to get my second lot of bloods done and was contemplating getting them done prior to the scan but I will have a full bladder and not sure if I will be able to keep still long enough but then it would keep my mind occupied I guess :)
Work today was good - not as busy as it usually is for a Monday of close-off which is quite scary really but am sure it will start piling in soon. Everyone has been talking about our colleague Mark Kearney who is the lovely chap missing (presumed dead) on Raoul Island. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family who are local in the Wgtn region.
Food today - brilliant overall. No chocolate again so yippeee!! Had 4 pieces of fruit which is great for me. And instead of Sesameal crackers which must be quite high in points I got rice crackers instead and I know 10 of those = 1 point :) I also bought a bag of tomatoes and a loaf of bread to last me the week so tomato sandwiches it is for me this week. I love tomato sandwiches and could eat them forever! :) Water has been great as well so am pleased with that. Exercise - well I am really struggling to even do the walk to and from the station at the moment but still doing it - just slowly.
Anyway, enough rambling from me - I seem to have a bit of an earache at the moment... and my sting is stil quite red and the lump is still there when you run your finger over my arm. We have worked out that I was stung by a honey bee... if its no better tomorrow I might drop in to the chemist and see what they say.
Catch ya all later
Sunday, March 19, 2006
Sunday evening
Boy its only 7.15pm and its pitch black already! Bring back daylight savings! LOL Despite having an extra hour to sleep last night - I am still pretty shattered but hey thats all part of the pregnancy and all a good sign. Snuck a brief nana nap in this afternoon but only about 15mins or so but it felt like I had been asleep for ages!
I ended up staying up till about 10.30pm last night so was quite proud of myself given how tired I was when I did an update at 8.20pm - chatted to a friend on MSN for a wee while (she is a couple of weeks ahead of me in her pregnancy) and then I went and watched some of the games with Stephan.
Despite the toilet visits during the night I had a good sleep... what have I done today - sweet bugger all really! LOL I've cleaned Charlies cage, done a couple loads of washing, popped up to inlaws for wee while (Steph was up there helping his parents prepare their roof for painting), home, blobbed out, had a friend pop in and visit me on her way home (she is 17 weeks pregnant) - had a good yarn with her, had my brief nana nap, blobbed with Steph, attempted some cross stitch but not really in the right frame of mind, cooked tea and look here I am here back on the computer.
Oh I've been looking at baby gear on TradeMe - so many things to get etc... and as tempting as some of the bargins are I am really trying to hold off purchasing anything until after we have moved as there is no point in accumlating more things just to move with us. But of course if I spot a real bargin I might just have to get it! LOL Speaking of moving - having difficulty in aquiring boxes but ended up chatting to a friend last night who also lives in Stokes Valley and is moving in a couple of weeks time so she has said we can have their boxes then but that will be leaving us only 3 weeks to pack etc... so am trying to track some down to get us started so if any of you in the greater Wellington region have spare boxes that you want to get rid of or can lend us just drop me an email :) Sue - I will call you tomorrow re your offer.
Right enough blabbering - catch ya all during the week.
PS No chocolate at all over the weekend - 1 hot cross bun and couple of glasses of Quik but no chocolate! :)
I ended up staying up till about 10.30pm last night so was quite proud of myself given how tired I was when I did an update at 8.20pm - chatted to a friend on MSN for a wee while (she is a couple of weeks ahead of me in her pregnancy) and then I went and watched some of the games with Stephan.
Despite the toilet visits during the night I had a good sleep... what have I done today - sweet bugger all really! LOL I've cleaned Charlies cage, done a couple loads of washing, popped up to inlaws for wee while (Steph was up there helping his parents prepare their roof for painting), home, blobbed out, had a friend pop in and visit me on her way home (she is 17 weeks pregnant) - had a good yarn with her, had my brief nana nap, blobbed with Steph, attempted some cross stitch but not really in the right frame of mind, cooked tea and look here I am here back on the computer.
Oh I've been looking at baby gear on TradeMe - so many things to get etc... and as tempting as some of the bargins are I am really trying to hold off purchasing anything until after we have moved as there is no point in accumlating more things just to move with us. But of course if I spot a real bargin I might just have to get it! LOL Speaking of moving - having difficulty in aquiring boxes but ended up chatting to a friend last night who also lives in Stokes Valley and is moving in a couple of weeks time so she has said we can have their boxes then but that will be leaving us only 3 weeks to pack etc... so am trying to track some down to get us started so if any of you in the greater Wellington region have spare boxes that you want to get rid of or can lend us just drop me an email :) Sue - I will call you tomorrow re your offer.
Right enough blabbering - catch ya all during the week.
PS No chocolate at all over the weekend - 1 hot cross bun and couple of glasses of Quik but no chocolate! :)
Saturday, March 18, 2006
Saturday
Well it is only 8.20pm on Saturday and I am totally buggered and that is despite having two wee nana naps this afternoon! No point in going to bed just yet either though as I have to put the clocks back an hour and that would be being in bed by 7.30pm! LOL And that my friends is just a wee bit early for me... so will see how I go and try to stay up for at least another hour or so.
Woke this morning and decided that I was going to go for a walk so did a nice walk - think the particular circut I did is about 3.9kms and it took me 45 mins! And as I can usually do 5kms in under 45mins you can see I certainly wasn't rushing things at all - it was just a nice leisurely walk which I really did enjoy.
Hmmm what else have I done today - groceries, housework, nana naps, surfed the net, cooked tea, watched some tv and now I am back here... so really sweet bugger all but I still feel shattered so am taking that to be a good sign.
Am missing Jude heaps at the moment especially over the last couple of days - it was 2mths yesterday and that was quite hard. I know she will be so exsatic for Steph and I with the baby on the way but I so wish she was here. All I wanted to do this afternoon was visit her or just even talk to her!
Oh this afternoon on the way home from doing the groceries I got stung by something when I had my arm sitting on the window ledge. Not sure what it was but boy oh boy it sure did hurt. A wee lump came up but after putting some Aloe Vera gel on it - it seems to have gone down and the redness has gone away but if you rub your finger over it you can feel a bump so will keep an eye on it over the weekend. It is very tender to touch as well.
Anyway, no point in me rambling just because I am bored and tired :) So will sign off now and will catch ya all later on.
Woke this morning and decided that I was going to go for a walk so did a nice walk - think the particular circut I did is about 3.9kms and it took me 45 mins! And as I can usually do 5kms in under 45mins you can see I certainly wasn't rushing things at all - it was just a nice leisurely walk which I really did enjoy.
Hmmm what else have I done today - groceries, housework, nana naps, surfed the net, cooked tea, watched some tv and now I am back here... so really sweet bugger all but I still feel shattered so am taking that to be a good sign.
Am missing Jude heaps at the moment especially over the last couple of days - it was 2mths yesterday and that was quite hard. I know she will be so exsatic for Steph and I with the baby on the way but I so wish she was here. All I wanted to do this afternoon was visit her or just even talk to her!
Oh this afternoon on the way home from doing the groceries I got stung by something when I had my arm sitting on the window ledge. Not sure what it was but boy oh boy it sure did hurt. A wee lump came up but after putting some Aloe Vera gel on it - it seems to have gone down and the redness has gone away but if you rub your finger over it you can feel a bump so will keep an eye on it over the weekend. It is very tender to touch as well.
Anyway, no point in me rambling just because I am bored and tired :) So will sign off now and will catch ya all later on.
Friday, March 17, 2006
Friday
Hi ya
Hey where would I be without you all! You guys rock and are awesome! I am over my anger etc from last night - I guess it was all from the shock at such a huge gain. Guess what - today I haven't had any chocolate at all!!! YAY for me! LOL I was tempted a couple of times but I resisted... Oh shit does a Hot Chocolate count??? LOL As I had one of those when I was feeling really shitty this morning and it made me feel so much better!
Am also aiming to get out for a couple of gentle walks over the weekend so might harass some of you Wellington gals and see if you want to get out too...
Food today hasn't been the best I guess but hey at least there was no chocolate involved! LOL I had a beef buritto for lunch along with a delicious berry smoothie and then for tea I had steak fried rice! Only ate about a third of the container so Steph can eat the rest over the weekend.
Work was quite somber this afternoon after we got news about the Raoul Island erruption. For those that don't know I work for DOC (Department of Conservation) and one of our staff members is missing after going down to the lake of the volcano to do the daily testing. Its not looking good for the staff member and my prayers and thoughts are with him and his family... 5 other staff have been airlifted off the Island which is about 1000kms northeast of NZ and from what we have heard some of them have injuries.
Anyway, I am gonna get moving, I have sore back this evening so am gonna try to sweet talk Steph into giving me a back rub - won't hold my breath though! LOL
Hope you all have a good weekend - not a lot planned here :)
Hey where would I be without you all! You guys rock and are awesome! I am over my anger etc from last night - I guess it was all from the shock at such a huge gain. Guess what - today I haven't had any chocolate at all!!! YAY for me! LOL I was tempted a couple of times but I resisted... Oh shit does a Hot Chocolate count??? LOL As I had one of those when I was feeling really shitty this morning and it made me feel so much better!
Am also aiming to get out for a couple of gentle walks over the weekend so might harass some of you Wellington gals and see if you want to get out too...
Food today hasn't been the best I guess but hey at least there was no chocolate involved! LOL I had a beef buritto for lunch along with a delicious berry smoothie and then for tea I had steak fried rice! Only ate about a third of the container so Steph can eat the rest over the weekend.
Work was quite somber this afternoon after we got news about the Raoul Island erruption. For those that don't know I work for DOC (Department of Conservation) and one of our staff members is missing after going down to the lake of the volcano to do the daily testing. Its not looking good for the staff member and my prayers and thoughts are with him and his family... 5 other staff have been airlifted off the Island which is about 1000kms northeast of NZ and from what we have heard some of them have injuries.
Anyway, I am gonna get moving, I have sore back this evening so am gonna try to sweet talk Steph into giving me a back rub - won't hold my breath though! LOL
Hope you all have a good weekend - not a lot planned here :)
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Weigh In
Hi ya
Well this will be a quick one as I am tired, grumpy, bitchy/horomonal and just damn right sick of everything right now!
Went to weigh in expecting a gain but no where near as big as what I did gain... I gained a whooping 1.4 kilos in one flaming week!!! Okay I am pregnant but thats ridiculous really for the first trimester! I can put it down to the following:
Chocolate
No gym or walking (apart from to and from the station)
Chocolate
Eating almost a whole packet of Sesameal crackers in one day (today)
Chocolate
Hot Cross Buns
And oh did I mention Chocolate at all???
FFS (For F$%# sake)!!! That is pathetic and uncalled for! I am angry at myself and know that its unacceptable! I can do better and I will do better! Otherwise I will end up like a friend of Stephs sister in law who gained approx 53 kilos during her pregnancy!! I am not going to do that!!! NO WAY!!!
Oh I was in a great mood really (apart from tired) until I went to weigh in... its amazing how my mood changed so quickly.
At work today I had a great interim PPR (Performance Review) - am really pleased with that and all going well I will be getting a review of my salary next month! :) Work was steady all day which certainly helped the day go faster...
Anyway, I have nothing much else to say and am not feeling that socialable so will catch ya all later.
Well this will be a quick one as I am tired, grumpy, bitchy/horomonal and just damn right sick of everything right now!
Went to weigh in expecting a gain but no where near as big as what I did gain... I gained a whooping 1.4 kilos in one flaming week!!! Okay I am pregnant but thats ridiculous really for the first trimester! I can put it down to the following:
Chocolate
No gym or walking (apart from to and from the station)
Chocolate
Eating almost a whole packet of Sesameal crackers in one day (today)
Chocolate
Hot Cross Buns
And oh did I mention Chocolate at all???
FFS (For F$%# sake)!!! That is pathetic and uncalled for! I am angry at myself and know that its unacceptable! I can do better and I will do better! Otherwise I will end up like a friend of Stephs sister in law who gained approx 53 kilos during her pregnancy!! I am not going to do that!!! NO WAY!!!
Oh I was in a great mood really (apart from tired) until I went to weigh in... its amazing how my mood changed so quickly.
At work today I had a great interim PPR (Performance Review) - am really pleased with that and all going well I will be getting a review of my salary next month! :) Work was steady all day which certainly helped the day go faster...
Anyway, I have nothing much else to say and am not feeling that socialable so will catch ya all later.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Just a quickie
Hi ya
Not too much to say really tonight so will try not to blabber on for too long...
Thanks to Kim and Jodie for the reassurance re my levels from my tests (see last nights post). I also rung the Dr's nurse and although she couldn't give me a range that I should be in - it was apparently noted on my file that the results were "very appropiate for my dates" which I guess is all good.
After yesterday comment about being so bored yesterday - today was definitely busier - everytime the fax machine went it seemed to be for me and my phone definitely rung more than the others! LOL But hey it made the day go faster I guess.
Met two friends for lunch - these two lovely ladies I met through the forum that I belong to for miscarriages, TTC, mums to be etc... and we met up for lunch in Oct last year just after the three of us had suffered miscarriages. This was only the 2nd time we had met up but we have remained in contact through the forum. Both of these wonderful ladies are pregnant and both are due in August so it was quite good being able to be with them and be pregnant too.
Had a txt from Robyn at the gym this evening just checking up on me - so that was nice :)
Nothing else to say - got a couple of calls to make so guess I will go do those.
Catch ya all later
Not too much to say really tonight so will try not to blabber on for too long...
Thanks to Kim and Jodie for the reassurance re my levels from my tests (see last nights post). I also rung the Dr's nurse and although she couldn't give me a range that I should be in - it was apparently noted on my file that the results were "very appropiate for my dates" which I guess is all good.
After yesterday comment about being so bored yesterday - today was definitely busier - everytime the fax machine went it seemed to be for me and my phone definitely rung more than the others! LOL But hey it made the day go faster I guess.
Met two friends for lunch - these two lovely ladies I met through the forum that I belong to for miscarriages, TTC, mums to be etc... and we met up for lunch in Oct last year just after the three of us had suffered miscarriages. This was only the 2nd time we had met up but we have remained in contact through the forum. Both of these wonderful ladies are pregnant and both are due in August so it was quite good being able to be with them and be pregnant too.
Had a txt from Robyn at the gym this evening just checking up on me - so that was nice :)
Nothing else to say - got a couple of calls to make so guess I will go do those.
Catch ya all later
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Another day...
Hi ya
Well I never thought I would see this day come around again... but boy I was so bored at work today!!!! Talk about time going so slow... I spent a lot of the day trying to get a Sudoku puzzle out and ok I still haven't completed it! LOL But hey I guess my brain was still working so thats a good thing. I know I wanted less stress in this role but this is ridiculous!!! Maybe I am speaking too soon but boy some work would be great!
Thanks for all the comments from the new readers - always nice to know there are new people reading all my blabbering on that I do most days! Someone left a note reminding me about folic acid - no worries there. I have been taking that continuously since TOM came back after 2nd Miscarriage so about 4mths so far and am still taking it daily and will do for some time.
I got my blood tests back today. My HCG levels for 5weeks were 6547 which I initally thought thats great... but then I found my levels for my previous pregnancy and at 5wks 3 days I was 8011 so I am now starting to worry a bit. I will call my Drs nurse tomorrow and just confirm that my Dr is happy with that level. My progesterone levels are 80.2 nmol/L - okay I have no idea what it means and what it is supposed to be so will check that with the nurse tomorrow as well.
I did find a new Midwife - she seems really nice with a lovely scottish accent. I am seeing her on the Wednesday after my scan which by the way is only 11 days away now! LOL I will ring the other MW that I had initally penciled myself in with and cancel her.
Food today - not too bad considering my hunger levels. Did have a chocolate fish (given to me by one of the Area Offices for something I had done for them) and also some raspberry liquorice! Water today has been great - over 2 litres today so am wrapeed with that.
Again - no walk this evening but I am still doing my walk to and from the station each day and only do Plimmer Steps when I have the energy. I must admit my walking is slower too but boy I am sure feeling the tiredness this time around so thats all gotta be good.
Right I am gonna get moving - things to do... catch ya all later.
Well I never thought I would see this day come around again... but boy I was so bored at work today!!!! Talk about time going so slow... I spent a lot of the day trying to get a Sudoku puzzle out and ok I still haven't completed it! LOL But hey I guess my brain was still working so thats a good thing. I know I wanted less stress in this role but this is ridiculous!!! Maybe I am speaking too soon but boy some work would be great!
Thanks for all the comments from the new readers - always nice to know there are new people reading all my blabbering on that I do most days! Someone left a note reminding me about folic acid - no worries there. I have been taking that continuously since TOM came back after 2nd Miscarriage so about 4mths so far and am still taking it daily and will do for some time.
I got my blood tests back today. My HCG levels for 5weeks were 6547 which I initally thought thats great... but then I found my levels for my previous pregnancy and at 5wks 3 days I was 8011 so I am now starting to worry a bit. I will call my Drs nurse tomorrow and just confirm that my Dr is happy with that level. My progesterone levels are 80.2 nmol/L - okay I have no idea what it means and what it is supposed to be so will check that with the nurse tomorrow as well.
I did find a new Midwife - she seems really nice with a lovely scottish accent. I am seeing her on the Wednesday after my scan which by the way is only 11 days away now! LOL I will ring the other MW that I had initally penciled myself in with and cancel her.
Food today - not too bad considering my hunger levels. Did have a chocolate fish (given to me by one of the Area Offices for something I had done for them) and also some raspberry liquorice! Water today has been great - over 2 litres today so am wrapeed with that.
Again - no walk this evening but I am still doing my walk to and from the station each day and only do Plimmer Steps when I have the energy. I must admit my walking is slower too but boy I am sure feeling the tiredness this time around so thats all gotta be good.
Right I am gonna get moving - things to do... catch ya all later.
Monday, March 13, 2006
Monday Monday...
Oh I do despair Monday's at times! And today was one of those days - not cause of how busy we are but of how quiet things were! Typical - we fight and fight so we can get a temp in due to our workloads and of course once we get the temp in - things go all quiet! LOL Murphy's Law once again... that Murphy sure does have a lot to answer for at times!
So yeap today has been very quiet indeed with the three of us spending a lot of the time trying to look busy... but I must admit it is pretty awesome being so up to date and pretty cruisey - think I better make the most of it as I don't think it will be that way for long.
Oh I must say a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Kim as she has just announced her pregnancy and is due 3 days after me! This really is so exciting with all these pregnancies that are happening. Carla is pregnant and is due 3 days before me... so it really is amazing that the three of us who suffered miscarriages last year are all pregnant and due within 6 days of each other! That really must be a good sign. There is of course Kate as well who is 27 weeks pregnant (if I recall rightly) so talk about pregnancy blogs rather than weight loss! I also want to say a belated congratulations to Jodie who is also pregnant but is about 11 weeks ahead of us three... It had been sometime since I had caught up with Jodie's journal so it was a great surprise to read that she is pregnant as well (and she too has suffered miscarriages)... 2006 is gonna be our year girls and we are going to hold our babies in our arms at the end!!! Though we all know that losing weight has helped us acheive our dreams! You can find links to all of these wonderful ladies on the left hand side in the list of journals that I read.
Thanks again for your great support re the new hair cut - Got some great feedback on it from the girls (and guys) at work today so yeap its definitely here to stay and I must say its a lot easier to do in the mornings and will be cheaper too as I won't need to keep buying the curling paste I was using and at $29.95 per pottle it added up rather quickly!
Food today hasn't been to bad - the veggie stirfry was delicious - maybe a wee bit bland so might add some spices to the one for tomorrow. I ended up adding some left over roast chicken to it as well and ensured I heated it till it was piping hot before I ate it. To top it off I had a lovely piece of chocolate rough that was left over from a luncheon that had been held in our boardroom (right next to our office) - yum that was so delicious! There was lots of other yummy food given to us as well - like smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches, spicy chicken pieces, mini quiches etc... I said no to all of those but couldn't resist the chocolate rough! And hey I was serious when I said yesterday I don't normally have a sweet tooth so I am gonna blame the pregnancy for this latest surge in sweet stuff.
Water has been quite good though - I would estimate about 2 litres so we all know what that means - many a toilet stop tonight!!! Its a no win situation really - I am finding myself more thirsty with the pregnancy but obviously I am doing enough toilet stops without drinking water so more water equals more toilet stops! GRRRR but hey I will get over it.
I was gonna get out for a walk but oooops never got there tonight - maybe tomorrow. I just lay down for about 30 mins when I get home and then its time for tea etc... so I guess I had better make the most of Daylight Savings since it finishes this weekend!
Anyway, better dash - told Steph's cousin that I would call her about 8ish and its just gone 8 now.. so want to share the news with her. I get on better with her and her family than I do with my cousins!
Catch ya all later
So yeap today has been very quiet indeed with the three of us spending a lot of the time trying to look busy... but I must admit it is pretty awesome being so up to date and pretty cruisey - think I better make the most of it as I don't think it will be that way for long.
Oh I must say a huge CONGRATULATIONS to Kim as she has just announced her pregnancy and is due 3 days after me! This really is so exciting with all these pregnancies that are happening. Carla is pregnant and is due 3 days before me... so it really is amazing that the three of us who suffered miscarriages last year are all pregnant and due within 6 days of each other! That really must be a good sign. There is of course Kate as well who is 27 weeks pregnant (if I recall rightly) so talk about pregnancy blogs rather than weight loss! I also want to say a belated congratulations to Jodie who is also pregnant but is about 11 weeks ahead of us three... It had been sometime since I had caught up with Jodie's journal so it was a great surprise to read that she is pregnant as well (and she too has suffered miscarriages)... 2006 is gonna be our year girls and we are going to hold our babies in our arms at the end!!! Though we all know that losing weight has helped us acheive our dreams! You can find links to all of these wonderful ladies on the left hand side in the list of journals that I read.
Thanks again for your great support re the new hair cut - Got some great feedback on it from the girls (and guys) at work today so yeap its definitely here to stay and I must say its a lot easier to do in the mornings and will be cheaper too as I won't need to keep buying the curling paste I was using and at $29.95 per pottle it added up rather quickly!
Food today hasn't been to bad - the veggie stirfry was delicious - maybe a wee bit bland so might add some spices to the one for tomorrow. I ended up adding some left over roast chicken to it as well and ensured I heated it till it was piping hot before I ate it. To top it off I had a lovely piece of chocolate rough that was left over from a luncheon that had been held in our boardroom (right next to our office) - yum that was so delicious! There was lots of other yummy food given to us as well - like smoked salmon and cucumber sandwiches, spicy chicken pieces, mini quiches etc... I said no to all of those but couldn't resist the chocolate rough! And hey I was serious when I said yesterday I don't normally have a sweet tooth so I am gonna blame the pregnancy for this latest surge in sweet stuff.
Water has been quite good though - I would estimate about 2 litres so we all know what that means - many a toilet stop tonight!!! Its a no win situation really - I am finding myself more thirsty with the pregnancy but obviously I am doing enough toilet stops without drinking water so more water equals more toilet stops! GRRRR but hey I will get over it.
I was gonna get out for a walk but oooops never got there tonight - maybe tomorrow. I just lay down for about 30 mins when I get home and then its time for tea etc... so I guess I had better make the most of Daylight Savings since it finishes this weekend!
Anyway, better dash - told Steph's cousin that I would call her about 8ish and its just gone 8 now.. so want to share the news with her. I get on better with her and her family than I do with my cousins!
Catch ya all later
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Sunday
Hi ya
Yeap Sunday evening is upon us which means the end of another weekend and the beginning of another week... though as things are pretty good at work this week it should be an ok week (fingers crossed).
Thanks for the overwhelming vote of confidence in my new hair cut! I really didn't expect so many comments so I guess it stays for now! :) I did do it the new way this morning and it was rather easy really though it is still quite short. The natural curls I have normally could make it tricky as it gets longer so am doing so searching and bidding on straightners on TradeMe as the hairdresser did use a straightner on the sides and at the back (where the curls tend to appear).
From peoples reactions today - the first thing they are noticing is the colour though the funny thing is I haven't had it coloured since the week before Christmas so obviously the new cut as brought out the foils and colours I have in it. The hairdresser also suggested I try some new colours when I next get my foils done (which will probably be June - usually twice a year) so will have a think about that.
Today has been a cruisey day really. Slept in and spent some "quality" time with Steph *nudge nudge wink wink* Though it does make it so much more fun when you aren't thinking about dates and "is this the right day etc" LOL After just blobbing out for an hour or so, we went and visited Janine and Si in their new house whilst they are just around the corner and down the road from us. They have done remarkably well with their unpacking given their health. We also got to meet their baby "Porsha" - she is so cute and so active :)
After leaving there, it was off to Steph's parents place for a catch up, some lunch and to share our good news with them. Did a quick stop at his sisters place to pick up some of the lamb that we have in their freezer and then home, changed and off to meet Helena for a coffee in Upper Hutt. I did send out a txt yesterday to see who was free... but Jo couldn't make it and Janine was unsure at that stage (and as her Dad was down for the day she didn't come) so Helena and I gasbagged our way through an hour or so! Boy time flies when you are yakking away! I enjoyed a yummy chocolate fudge brownie (with yoghurt on the side not cream) and a sweet Iced Chocolate! And I say I haven't got a sweet tooth!!! Well ususally I don't.... honest! :) After leaving Mayfair - we did a quick stop at Woolies where we both needed a few things and then I dropped Helena back home.
Home and I whipped up a yummy stirfry which consisted of: mushrooms, yellow peppers, zuchinni, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower and snow peas. I then cooked up some Uncle Bens rice and I now have enough lunches for the next 3 days :) YUM YUM!!! Not sure if you can call it cravings just yet but boy I am really enjoying fresh veggies! Thats all gotta be good for me. Might add a small tin of tuna to it as well when I have it at work tomorrow... boy I can't wait - I'm drawling already! And its also gotta be good for our budget and saving money from buying lunch all the time.
Have got a roast chicken in the oven as we speak along with potatoes, pumpkin, peas and brocolli.... yum yum!!!
Anyway, best I get moving, still got things to do... also trying to get hold of a Midwife since my other one is gonna be on holiday in November. I have left messages with a couple of them but so far no phonecalls back - will give them a couple of days before I try again and then move on to next on the list... There is a real shortage of MW's in the Wellington Region so I do hope I manage to find someone.
Catch ya all later - hope you all have a good week.
Yeap Sunday evening is upon us which means the end of another weekend and the beginning of another week... though as things are pretty good at work this week it should be an ok week (fingers crossed).
Thanks for the overwhelming vote of confidence in my new hair cut! I really didn't expect so many comments so I guess it stays for now! :) I did do it the new way this morning and it was rather easy really though it is still quite short. The natural curls I have normally could make it tricky as it gets longer so am doing so searching and bidding on straightners on TradeMe as the hairdresser did use a straightner on the sides and at the back (where the curls tend to appear).
From peoples reactions today - the first thing they are noticing is the colour though the funny thing is I haven't had it coloured since the week before Christmas so obviously the new cut as brought out the foils and colours I have in it. The hairdresser also suggested I try some new colours when I next get my foils done (which will probably be June - usually twice a year) so will have a think about that.
Today has been a cruisey day really. Slept in and spent some "quality" time with Steph *nudge nudge wink wink* Though it does make it so much more fun when you aren't thinking about dates and "is this the right day etc" LOL After just blobbing out for an hour or so, we went and visited Janine and Si in their new house whilst they are just around the corner and down the road from us. They have done remarkably well with their unpacking given their health. We also got to meet their baby "Porsha" - she is so cute and so active :)
After leaving there, it was off to Steph's parents place for a catch up, some lunch and to share our good news with them. Did a quick stop at his sisters place to pick up some of the lamb that we have in their freezer and then home, changed and off to meet Helena for a coffee in Upper Hutt. I did send out a txt yesterday to see who was free... but Jo couldn't make it and Janine was unsure at that stage (and as her Dad was down for the day she didn't come) so Helena and I gasbagged our way through an hour or so! Boy time flies when you are yakking away! I enjoyed a yummy chocolate fudge brownie (with yoghurt on the side not cream) and a sweet Iced Chocolate! And I say I haven't got a sweet tooth!!! Well ususally I don't.... honest! :) After leaving Mayfair - we did a quick stop at Woolies where we both needed a few things and then I dropped Helena back home.
Home and I whipped up a yummy stirfry which consisted of: mushrooms, yellow peppers, zuchinni, carrots, brocolli, cauliflower and snow peas. I then cooked up some Uncle Bens rice and I now have enough lunches for the next 3 days :) YUM YUM!!! Not sure if you can call it cravings just yet but boy I am really enjoying fresh veggies! Thats all gotta be good for me. Might add a small tin of tuna to it as well when I have it at work tomorrow... boy I can't wait - I'm drawling already! And its also gotta be good for our budget and saving money from buying lunch all the time.
Have got a roast chicken in the oven as we speak along with potatoes, pumpkin, peas and brocolli.... yum yum!!!
Anyway, best I get moving, still got things to do... also trying to get hold of a Midwife since my other one is gonna be on holiday in November. I have left messages with a couple of them but so far no phonecalls back - will give them a couple of days before I try again and then move on to next on the list... There is a real shortage of MW's in the Wellington Region so I do hope I manage to find someone.
Catch ya all later - hope you all have a good week.
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Still trying..
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Yeap still trying to get my sidebar back and I know I can do it - its just a matter of time and patience! :)
It was lovely to sleep in this morning - not that I slept in that much but just to lay in bed was nice rather than getting up and cycling or going to the gym etc...
Went up to Upper Hutt - got my first lot of blood tests done for the pregnancy so fingers crossed they come back ok. Then it was off to the hairdressers... now my usual hairdresser is on Maternity Leave (due yesterday but no sign of bubs as yet) so I saw the manager/owner instead. She decided that I needed a change and that my old style resembled... wait for it.... a mullet!!!! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry as I have really enjoyed my style that I have had since July last year. Anyway, I know this woman quite well so I said - right you do what you think I need... so here is the result:
She thinks I need something younger and more modern looking since I have lost my weight. I am not sure whether it suits my face or not... Definitely a bit straighter than I normally have it... still doing a second look each time I pass the mirror at home. I also got my eyebrows shaped but she gave me a complimentary eyelash tint as well. That was an experience that I am not sure I want to go through again... Stephan and Mum who popped in couldn't tell the difference with the eyelast tint but I can see it but then I am not a mascara wearer so I can see it straight away. She has told me that I can go back to scrunching it up again tomorrow if I don't like it but I guess it is slowly growing on me! Yay I have just found a fairly recent photo taken of me which sort of shows how I normally have my hair...
Quite a difference but I will try and give this new one a go.
Anyway, after all that, it was time for home, lunch, groceries, then mum popped in breifly as she had been in Lower Hutt for a couple of other things. Cleaned Charlie today since the forecast for tomorrow is crap and quickly ran the vacum through the place. Oh have done all the washing too so am all uptodate in that area.
So now if tomorrow is as crappy as they are prediciting it to be - then we can just blob out and do nothing :)
Right time to go sweet talk Steph in to cooking tea - homemade burgers for tea tonight.
Catch ya all later
Yeap still trying to get my sidebar back and I know I can do it - its just a matter of time and patience! :)
It was lovely to sleep in this morning - not that I slept in that much but just to lay in bed was nice rather than getting up and cycling or going to the gym etc...
Went up to Upper Hutt - got my first lot of blood tests done for the pregnancy so fingers crossed they come back ok. Then it was off to the hairdressers... now my usual hairdresser is on Maternity Leave (due yesterday but no sign of bubs as yet) so I saw the manager/owner instead. She decided that I needed a change and that my old style resembled... wait for it.... a mullet!!!! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry as I have really enjoyed my style that I have had since July last year. Anyway, I know this woman quite well so I said - right you do what you think I need... so here is the result:
She thinks I need something younger and more modern looking since I have lost my weight. I am not sure whether it suits my face or not... Definitely a bit straighter than I normally have it... still doing a second look each time I pass the mirror at home. I also got my eyebrows shaped but she gave me a complimentary eyelash tint as well. That was an experience that I am not sure I want to go through again... Stephan and Mum who popped in couldn't tell the difference with the eyelast tint but I can see it but then I am not a mascara wearer so I can see it straight away. She has told me that I can go back to scrunching it up again tomorrow if I don't like it but I guess it is slowly growing on me! Yay I have just found a fairly recent photo taken of me which sort of shows how I normally have my hair...
Quite a difference but I will try and give this new one a go.
Anyway, after all that, it was time for home, lunch, groceries, then mum popped in breifly as she had been in Lower Hutt for a couple of other things. Cleaned Charlie today since the forecast for tomorrow is crap and quickly ran the vacum through the place. Oh have done all the washing too so am all uptodate in that area.
So now if tomorrow is as crappy as they are prediciting it to be - then we can just blob out and do nothing :)
Right time to go sweet talk Steph in to cooking tea - homemade burgers for tea tonight.
Catch ya all later
Changes
Hi ya
As you can see I have changed my template setting for my blog... wanted something different... However I have lost all my sidebar stuff - I did save the old template into word so now I just have to try to get all my links and weight info etc in to the new one so please bear with me whilst I do this over the weekend (all going well).
But anyway - am off to the hairdressers shortly and have to hang the washing out before I go so best I get my A into G and do it...
Catch ya all later
As you can see I have changed my template setting for my blog... wanted something different... However I have lost all my sidebar stuff - I did save the old template into word so now I just have to try to get all my links and weight info etc in to the new one so please bear with me whilst I do this over the weekend (all going well).
But anyway - am off to the hairdressers shortly and have to hang the washing out before I go so best I get my A into G and do it...
Catch ya all later
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Weigh In
Hi all
Well I got the most pleasant surprise when I plodded along to weigh in this evening... the scales at home were the same as last Thursday so with that in mind and the fact that we were at a seminar all morning and we had the most yummiest muffins I wasn't too sure what to expect. So was totally surprised to be able to record a 700gm loss! This brings my total loss now to 42.0 kilos and my weight down to 87.2 kilos! Barbara was over the moon when I told her the news today - she is so thrilled. It was one of those days when no else turned up to weigh in so we just chatted and chatted and chatted!!!
So work today hasn't been to bad I guess - I was unable to tell my boss the news due to the seminar this morning and then he was at a funeral all afternoon so will try to find time with him tomorrow to let him know. The only reason I am telling him is due (to my history and just in case I need time off for any reason.
Food today hasn't been to bad apart from those couple of muffins for morning tea - they weren't big ones just average size ones :) But bascially over the next 8mths I am going to stop focussing on the food side of things as well - I am just gonna go with the flow and continue my healthy eating lifestyle and walk when I feel up to it. I am not going to stress about my weight or lack of exercise - this baby is so precious and I am going to do my damnest to ensure I carry it to full term and get a healthy baby at the end.
Need to do some thinking in my blogger layout since its not gonna be all about weight etc now but as I am not that technically minded it could take me some time so do bare with me as I play around.
Right dinner is cooking, and we have an Insurance Broker coming around tonight (happy happy joy joy) - he is part of the Mortgage Broking Company that we got the Mortgage through so will let him come and give us quotes and hopefully he won't rabbit on for too long as I really am not in the mood!
Catch ya all later on - perhaps tomorrow night otherwise over the weekend. Oh before I go - I have booked my first scan in - 25th March so only 2 weeks 2 days to go! LOL
See ya :)
PS OMG I have just realised - with this loss I am now into Virgin Fat once again!!!! Woooohooo!!!
Well I got the most pleasant surprise when I plodded along to weigh in this evening... the scales at home were the same as last Thursday so with that in mind and the fact that we were at a seminar all morning and we had the most yummiest muffins I wasn't too sure what to expect. So was totally surprised to be able to record a 700gm loss! This brings my total loss now to 42.0 kilos and my weight down to 87.2 kilos! Barbara was over the moon when I told her the news today - she is so thrilled. It was one of those days when no else turned up to weigh in so we just chatted and chatted and chatted!!!
So work today hasn't been to bad I guess - I was unable to tell my boss the news due to the seminar this morning and then he was at a funeral all afternoon so will try to find time with him tomorrow to let him know. The only reason I am telling him is due (to my history and just in case I need time off for any reason.
Food today hasn't been to bad apart from those couple of muffins for morning tea - they weren't big ones just average size ones :) But bascially over the next 8mths I am going to stop focussing on the food side of things as well - I am just gonna go with the flow and continue my healthy eating lifestyle and walk when I feel up to it. I am not going to stress about my weight or lack of exercise - this baby is so precious and I am going to do my damnest to ensure I carry it to full term and get a healthy baby at the end.
Need to do some thinking in my blogger layout since its not gonna be all about weight etc now but as I am not that technically minded it could take me some time so do bare with me as I play around.
Right dinner is cooking, and we have an Insurance Broker coming around tonight (happy happy joy joy) - he is part of the Mortgage Broking Company that we got the Mortgage through so will let him come and give us quotes and hopefully he won't rabbit on for too long as I really am not in the mood!
Catch ya all later on - perhaps tomorrow night otherwise over the weekend. Oh before I go - I have booked my first scan in - 25th March so only 2 weeks 2 days to go! LOL
See ya :)
PS OMG I have just realised - with this loss I am now into Virgin Fat once again!!!! Woooohooo!!!
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
MHD
***note - am just home from the Drs - all definitely ok - in fact the test result line came back a LOT stronger than the control line and very quickly too!!! Dr joked about it being twins since it was so strong at such an early stage. Have got a referral for a scan for end of March - no point in going to early otherwise we won't see the heartbeat. Also getting some bloods done now and then again when I have my scan. Dr is going to write to the High Risk Clinic and see if there is any need for me to go there (as per my midwifes suggestion). Oh my midwife that I used for the last two pregnancies is unavailable this time due to her being on holiday during Oct/Nov) so have been given a couple of referrals from my Dr so will call them over the next day or so. Right off to make a couple of calls now***
Yeap I am at home today having my MHD (Mental Health Day) as I had another real crappy sleep and visited that god damn bathroom at least every 2hrs and then I spend about 15/20mins getting comfortable and back to sleep each time! GRRRRRRRRR I am so over this part of the pregnancy already! LOL Sooo the lack of sleep sure isn't helping my general tiredness so decided a day at home doing nothing was the best cure.
So I was in bed till about 8.30 or so and in my PJ's till about 10 before having a shower... breakfast... watched a DVD (Jack and Sarah)... lunch... supermarket for juice, something for tea and oh shit some milk for me which I have forgotten! Damn!!!!
Just as well I am going out again later to the Dr's so will stop and get some on the way home... bugger! Pooh bum! Shit! LOL Sorry I am just kicking myself as I was gonna make myself a "quik" drink as I found some in the pantry and thought hmmmmmm a lovely drink of Strawberry quik would be great - ahhh no milk - no worries will get some when out - duhhhh!!! Oh well juice it is for now and the water too of course! :)
Thank you all for your lovely comments and well wishes for this pregnancy - am still thinking positvely and am sure all will go just well - just taking each day as it comes really. I am glad I decided to share the news early because SHOULD anything happen I know I am gonna need so much support!
I will still be going to weigh in each week but won't be stressing about my weight at all (please remind me of this when I do stress) - just want to keep going so I can keep an eye on things and just plod along. And anyway, after the first 12 weeks Barbara doesn't charge you again until bubs is 6 weeks old so that if anything will keep me going along.
I was thinking about going to Petone this afternoon for a nice leisurely stroll along the foreshore in the wind etc... but since it is now persisting down with rain I think I will stay put instead! LOL I don't mind the wind as it would have been quite refreshing and blown away the cobwebs etc but the wind and rain combined is not a good look :)
Right I think I may go back and watch another DVD or even do some cross-stitch :) Will try to do another update after I have been to the drs.
Yeap I am at home today having my MHD (Mental Health Day) as I had another real crappy sleep and visited that god damn bathroom at least every 2hrs and then I spend about 15/20mins getting comfortable and back to sleep each time! GRRRRRRRRR I am so over this part of the pregnancy already! LOL Sooo the lack of sleep sure isn't helping my general tiredness so decided a day at home doing nothing was the best cure.
So I was in bed till about 8.30 or so and in my PJ's till about 10 before having a shower... breakfast... watched a DVD (Jack and Sarah)... lunch... supermarket for juice, something for tea and oh shit some milk for me which I have forgotten! Damn!!!!
Just as well I am going out again later to the Dr's so will stop and get some on the way home... bugger! Pooh bum! Shit! LOL Sorry I am just kicking myself as I was gonna make myself a "quik" drink as I found some in the pantry and thought hmmmmmm a lovely drink of Strawberry quik would be great - ahhh no milk - no worries will get some when out - duhhhh!!! Oh well juice it is for now and the water too of course! :)
Thank you all for your lovely comments and well wishes for this pregnancy - am still thinking positvely and am sure all will go just well - just taking each day as it comes really. I am glad I decided to share the news early because SHOULD anything happen I know I am gonna need so much support!
I will still be going to weigh in each week but won't be stressing about my weight at all (please remind me of this when I do stress) - just want to keep going so I can keep an eye on things and just plod along. And anyway, after the first 12 weeks Barbara doesn't charge you again until bubs is 6 weeks old so that if anything will keep me going along.
I was thinking about going to Petone this afternoon for a nice leisurely stroll along the foreshore in the wind etc... but since it is now persisting down with rain I think I will stay put instead! LOL I don't mind the wind as it would have been quite refreshing and blown away the cobwebs etc but the wind and rain combined is not a good look :)
Right I think I may go back and watch another DVD or even do some cross-stitch :) Will try to do another update after I have been to the drs.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Two Pink Lines...
Hi ya
Yeap those two pink lines above mean one thing and one thing only - yes I am pregnant again! And hopefully third time lucky for us... I was gonna wait until I had it all confirmed with the Dr tomorrow evening but duh I forgot that I told you all I was gonna do a test when I did my update after last weeks weigh in! *duh* Thanks Kim for reminding me of that wee comment I had made :) Thanks also to those readers who I emailed on Sunday to share my good news for keeping it quiet :) Though as I now realise I guess most of you had guessed the news since I had mentioned doing the test - then suddenly I was feeling "blah" and not exercising! Gees I will call it preggy brain for now - but its probably just pure forgetfulness on my part :)
So yes, I woke early Sunday morning and although I was not going to do the test (which we bought whilst doing the groceries on Saturday) I found myself doing it cursing myself for wasting a test and money... but within about 30 secs the 2nd line had appeared!!! Okay the photo isn't the best of quality - for some reason the camera just wouldn't focus on it properly but thats the best I could get for now. Anyway, as much as I wanted to wake Stephan and share the good news with him, I let him sleep and I just lay in bed tossing and turning and thinking till I finally got up about 8.30am... left the test on the bench for Stephan to see when he got up and had breakfast. Was a nice surprise for him and we are both now coming back down to earth and trying not to stress and worry too much about our history and we are thinking positively that this one will be just fine!
So there you have it - the real reason why I have been feeling blah, tired and generally yucky! No definite Morning Sickness as yet but a real queasiness feeling most of the time and that yucky metalic taste in my mouth and oh yeah how could I possibly forget the sore boobs! LOL
I have put my membership at the gym on hold until at least early May when I will be 12 weeks and I will reassess how things are then so until then I will just do gentle walks when I FEEL like it! Am hoping that perhaps it will be nice to aim for say 3 gentle walks a week but like I say I will see how I am feeling each day. I can now kiss goodbye to the Duathlon now which really does suck but now is not a good time to be training to cycle 10kms... if I had already been doing at least 10km reguarly then I MAY have CONSIDERED still doing it but since I can really only doing about 5.5kms I am not going to go ahead with it. The entry fee is non-refundable so if anyone wants to give it a go under my name then just let me know - otherwise I will turn up the day before for my entry pack regardless to get my shirt, watch and other goodies as I don't want to waste the $50 entry fee.
It really was Murphy's Law for it to happen this month now that I was really enjoying the gym and the Duathlon training and of course don't forget the fact that we have just bought a house and will have a huge mortgage real soon!!! But hey we will manage with the house - I was gonna have to go back to work anyway even if we didn't have the mortgage so theres nothing new with that aspect.
But right, I am off now - gonna read some more blogs, before hitting the sack. And oh Kate - unless anything major happens tomorrow will be my Mental Health day!!! YAY!!!! I am looking foward to sleeping in, doing nothing but yet doing whatever I feel like doing when I feel like it. But then of course my conscience may get the better of me but hey we are up to date at work at the moment so no worries there - just hope the day off doesn't cause me to get behind but I should be ok...
That's me - am falling asleep here - catch ya all tomorrow night after I have been to the Dr's :)
Monday, March 06, 2006
Another week begins
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Am feeling a wee bit better today but still a bit blah. I guess with the way our workload was today I could have stayed home sick though on saying that our Temp "F" went home sick mid afternoon after going suddenly pale and then throwing up in the ladies, so she got promptly sent home. All going well I will have my Mental Health day later in the week - perhaps Wednesday or Thursday.
So food today - hmmmm not the best of choices made today for snacks - quite a bit of raspberry liquorice but oh it was so nice! LOL Well at the time it was but I did feel sick afterwards for a wee while - guess that will serve me right for being a wee piggy! Stopped at New World on way to work this morning and got some crackers, hummus, and small tins and some fruit to keep me going for the next day or so for lunches. Gotta start budgeting for lunches now since we will be home owners soon. Water - oh about 1.5 litres so not the best but it was cold weather wise! :)
Didn't get to the gym today - thought I would be better off taking it easy for a couple of days and resting and surprisingly enough Robyn from the gym agreed with me! I think she wants me fit as reins for the one on one she has planned for me for next Wednesday and for the Duathlon too...
Right best, I get moving - gotta get back to Mitre 10 Dream Home to get some more ideas not that we have the biggest of hallways or laundry's (thats what they are working on this week) to work with but still we might get some ideas.
Catch ya all later
Am feeling a wee bit better today but still a bit blah. I guess with the way our workload was today I could have stayed home sick though on saying that our Temp "F" went home sick mid afternoon after going suddenly pale and then throwing up in the ladies, so she got promptly sent home. All going well I will have my Mental Health day later in the week - perhaps Wednesday or Thursday.
So food today - hmmmm not the best of choices made today for snacks - quite a bit of raspberry liquorice but oh it was so nice! LOL Well at the time it was but I did feel sick afterwards for a wee while - guess that will serve me right for being a wee piggy! Stopped at New World on way to work this morning and got some crackers, hummus, and small tins and some fruit to keep me going for the next day or so for lunches. Gotta start budgeting for lunches now since we will be home owners soon. Water - oh about 1.5 litres so not the best but it was cold weather wise! :)
Didn't get to the gym today - thought I would be better off taking it easy for a couple of days and resting and surprisingly enough Robyn from the gym agreed with me! I think she wants me fit as reins for the one on one she has planned for me for next Wednesday and for the Duathlon too...
Right best, I get moving - gotta get back to Mitre 10 Dream Home to get some more ideas not that we have the biggest of hallways or laundry's (thats what they are working on this week) to work with but still we might get some ideas.
Catch ya all later
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Still a bit blah
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Yeap still feeling a bit blah today after my early night last night - slept all night with electric blanket on low which is something I don't do very often at all.
Still have the cough (off and on) and still achey and can feel a headache coming on as well - so might go take something for it and then head to bed shortly.
No chance of being able to be sick tomorrow or Tuesday unless its something major so I guess I gotta be tough until at least Wednesday before I take a day off but hopefully I will be ok by then.
Since I woke feeling blah and haven't really come right all day - I didn't get out on the bike which is a bit of a bummer but never mind as I am not going to push myself when I am not well.
Haven't done a lot today in fact I have done sweet bugger all... nice really. Did a couple loads of washing (since yesterday was so yuck), cleaned Charlies cage, blobbed around home for awhile, popped up to the inlaws for a visit, then popped in to see a friend who is pregnant and due in late August. She wanted to show off her cot etc that they already have. So it was great catching up with her for an hour or so. And have just blobbed out since then - left over fish pie from last night for tea tonight so that was yummy and so easy to do.
Not a lot else happening tomorrow - hopefully I will have more energy tomorrow to head to the gym so will pack my bag - gotta think positively ya know!
Catch ya all later - hope you all have a good week.
Yeap still feeling a bit blah today after my early night last night - slept all night with electric blanket on low which is something I don't do very often at all.
Still have the cough (off and on) and still achey and can feel a headache coming on as well - so might go take something for it and then head to bed shortly.
No chance of being able to be sick tomorrow or Tuesday unless its something major so I guess I gotta be tough until at least Wednesday before I take a day off but hopefully I will be ok by then.
Since I woke feeling blah and haven't really come right all day - I didn't get out on the bike which is a bit of a bummer but never mind as I am not going to push myself when I am not well.
Haven't done a lot today in fact I have done sweet bugger all... nice really. Did a couple loads of washing (since yesterday was so yuck), cleaned Charlies cage, blobbed around home for awhile, popped up to the inlaws for a visit, then popped in to see a friend who is pregnant and due in late August. She wanted to show off her cot etc that they already have. So it was great catching up with her for an hour or so. And have just blobbed out since then - left over fish pie from last night for tea tonight so that was yummy and so easy to do.
Not a lot else happening tomorrow - hopefully I will have more energy tomorrow to head to the gym so will pack my bag - gotta think positively ya know!
Catch ya all later - hope you all have a good week.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Brrrrrrrr
I think Summer has ended now folks... boy it sure has been cold in the last 24hrs or so with that southerly wind having a real bite to it!
I have had a "rough" 36hrs or so foodwise - not so much of the wrong stuff but just too much! Gotta learn to say no! I thought I had learnt that but obviously I still have a way to go. Water has been pretty slack too but with this cold snap is it any wonder???
Exericse - well I was gonna go for a bike ride and walk this morning but since it was persisting down with rain and blowing a gale force wind, I decided to go to the gym instead. So had a great work out there and even got a couple of compliments from two "newbies" about how great I look and how hard I work out! Made me feel real good :) Though it has occured to me that with this duathlon being over Easter it will probably be cold and wet then... so I guess I had better get used to riding in the wind/rain at some stage. Today we bought a light set for my bike so once that is on then look out here I come. I realised last weekend that I can wear my fluroscent jacket that I got last year on TradeMe (for walking) for biking as well so that is all good :) So all going well I will get a bike ride in some time tomorrow - probably not first things since Stephan hasn't put the lights on yet (yeah I guess I could have tried) so maybe later in the day I will get out.
Haven't done a lot today really - housework, groceries, blobbing out and then a couple of hours in Lower Hutt just wandering around. Scored a great buy at Millers where I got a lovely black lacey camisole with sequins on it to wear under a couple of low cut black tops I have - normal retail price was $24.95 but it was reduced down to only $5 so how could I say no to that?? Tried on some pants too but Stephan is no good to take shopping as he just stands there - need some fellow gals who will tell me honestly what the pants look like etc so I might be doing some shopping in the near future gals (before I become a house owner) so keep an ear out on those phones cause I might be giving ya a call! :)
Have been thinking of getting my cross stitch out but have lost the energy to do that now. Am not feeling the best - fluey, dry cough and feeling sick in the tummy when I eat so just taking it quietly tonight and gonna try to sleep in tomorrow.
But on that note - I am gonna go back to the lounge where it is a lot warmer - catch ya all later.
I have had a "rough" 36hrs or so foodwise - not so much of the wrong stuff but just too much! Gotta learn to say no! I thought I had learnt that but obviously I still have a way to go. Water has been pretty slack too but with this cold snap is it any wonder???
Exericse - well I was gonna go for a bike ride and walk this morning but since it was persisting down with rain and blowing a gale force wind, I decided to go to the gym instead. So had a great work out there and even got a couple of compliments from two "newbies" about how great I look and how hard I work out! Made me feel real good :) Though it has occured to me that with this duathlon being over Easter it will probably be cold and wet then... so I guess I had better get used to riding in the wind/rain at some stage. Today we bought a light set for my bike so once that is on then look out here I come. I realised last weekend that I can wear my fluroscent jacket that I got last year on TradeMe (for walking) for biking as well so that is all good :) So all going well I will get a bike ride in some time tomorrow - probably not first things since Stephan hasn't put the lights on yet (yeah I guess I could have tried) so maybe later in the day I will get out.
Haven't done a lot today really - housework, groceries, blobbing out and then a couple of hours in Lower Hutt just wandering around. Scored a great buy at Millers where I got a lovely black lacey camisole with sequins on it to wear under a couple of low cut black tops I have - normal retail price was $24.95 but it was reduced down to only $5 so how could I say no to that?? Tried on some pants too but Stephan is no good to take shopping as he just stands there - need some fellow gals who will tell me honestly what the pants look like etc so I might be doing some shopping in the near future gals (before I become a house owner) so keep an ear out on those phones cause I might be giving ya a call! :)
Have been thinking of getting my cross stitch out but have lost the energy to do that now. Am not feeling the best - fluey, dry cough and feeling sick in the tummy when I eat so just taking it quietly tonight and gonna try to sleep in tomorrow.
But on that note - I am gonna go back to the lounge where it is a lot warmer - catch ya all later.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Weigh In
Hi all
Yeap that time of the week again and am pleased to be able to annouce my third loss in a row! Yipppee!! Ok it was only 400gms but hey a loss is a loss and I am happy with that! Takes my total loss now to 41.3 kilos and my weight down to 87.9 kilos! :) This is the same weight I was mid January and the lowest I have been for god knows how many years so with next weeks loss (yeap thinking ahead positively) I will be in to "virgin" fat - bring it on I say!
I must admit I was a WEE bit apprenhensive about weigh in today as my food today has not been the best with lots of Jelly Beans eaten (long story there but there was a HUGE bowl of them in our office) but as Barbara says there is very little fat in those just lots of sugar so they wouldn't really affect my weight... also had 3 Anzac biscuits for morning tea (GM's weekly morning tea with us). She used to bring up Choccie biscuits but now its usually plain ones which I guess are better in a round about way.
But I guess apart from the Jelly Beans and biscuits my food today has been great. Water - hmmm only about 1.75 litres so that is so, so I guess. Though I am thinking of going out on the bike for a wee ride so IF I do I will be drinking more water there.
No major exercise as yet - just my usual walk and Plimmer Stairs. I have noticed that I am not puffing as much at the top of the Stairs as I was back in November when I started back at DOC so that is great and I also do them faster as well :)
Just found out today that my ex hubby and his partner had twin girls on Tuesday as they have sent some photos through... cute but made me a bit sad too. TOM is lurking around the corner... I think... god I hate this part of being a woman epsecially when one is trying to get pregnant! It really does suck that TOM symptoms and Pregnancy symptoms are so damn similar - sore boobs, nauesa, crampy feeling in tum etc etc... I am sure those of you who are already Mums know what I am talking about. Am going to try to hold off from testing until at least Monday as my cycle is varying in lengths at the moment from 28 days up to 36 days. No tests in the house and I am not planning on buying any until at least Monday but on saying that things are pretty tight this pay day so it might even end up waiting till Wednesday when we get paid - will wait and see.
Okay enough rambling from me - hope you all have a great Friday and that the weather isn't too shitty over the weekend.
Yeap that time of the week again and am pleased to be able to annouce my third loss in a row! Yipppee!! Ok it was only 400gms but hey a loss is a loss and I am happy with that! Takes my total loss now to 41.3 kilos and my weight down to 87.9 kilos! :) This is the same weight I was mid January and the lowest I have been for god knows how many years so with next weeks loss (yeap thinking ahead positively) I will be in to "virgin" fat - bring it on I say!
I must admit I was a WEE bit apprenhensive about weigh in today as my food today has not been the best with lots of Jelly Beans eaten (long story there but there was a HUGE bowl of them in our office) but as Barbara says there is very little fat in those just lots of sugar so they wouldn't really affect my weight... also had 3 Anzac biscuits for morning tea (GM's weekly morning tea with us). She used to bring up Choccie biscuits but now its usually plain ones which I guess are better in a round about way.
But I guess apart from the Jelly Beans and biscuits my food today has been great. Water - hmmm only about 1.75 litres so that is so, so I guess. Though I am thinking of going out on the bike for a wee ride so IF I do I will be drinking more water there.
No major exercise as yet - just my usual walk and Plimmer Stairs. I have noticed that I am not puffing as much at the top of the Stairs as I was back in November when I started back at DOC so that is great and I also do them faster as well :)
Just found out today that my ex hubby and his partner had twin girls on Tuesday as they have sent some photos through... cute but made me a bit sad too. TOM is lurking around the corner... I think... god I hate this part of being a woman epsecially when one is trying to get pregnant! It really does suck that TOM symptoms and Pregnancy symptoms are so damn similar - sore boobs, nauesa, crampy feeling in tum etc etc... I am sure those of you who are already Mums know what I am talking about. Am going to try to hold off from testing until at least Monday as my cycle is varying in lengths at the moment from 28 days up to 36 days. No tests in the house and I am not planning on buying any until at least Monday but on saying that things are pretty tight this pay day so it might even end up waiting till Wednesday when we get paid - will wait and see.
Okay enough rambling from me - hope you all have a great Friday and that the weather isn't too shitty over the weekend.
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Yahoooo
Hi all
Yip the house deal is signed, sealed and has gone unconditional!!! OMG it is so scarey thinking that we are now house owners and in 7 weeks time will be starting to pay back a mortgage for the next 20 years or so! But at the same time it is pretty exciting too... if the tenants hand in their notice prior to the 7 weeks, we will be notified and we can hand ours in as well and move in earlier all going well.
So we have decided that we will start some of the major cleaning jobs over the next few weekends i.e. cleaing the oven, moving the fridge and oven and cleaning behind them etc so when we actually do move there won't be as bigger a job to do!
Anyway, back to reality and work - all going well there. Pretty much up to date and as much as I would LOVE to have a mental health day I hate that guilty feeling I always end up having during the day off! MIGHT consider it later next week but will see how things are going. But it sure is tempting that is for sure. Oh I must share something here though - I decided when I woke this morning that I was not going to swear today and that I was going to have a happy positive attitude to all (including staff out in the field that really get up my nose) and I did it and felt so much better for having done it! Okay I said the "F" word once just before I left but I quickly corrected myself. I know it was getting up the others noses (in a joking way) with me being so cheerful and poilte! In fact when I left this afternoon, they all told me that they wanted the "old" Karen back tomorrow as it was much more fun! LOL Will see how I am feeling in the morning but it really did make me feel so much better. :)
Food today - pretty good over all. Had some lamb chops for tea (from that 1/2 lamb that we got a couple weeks back) - OMG so tender and yummy but quite fatty too! Stephan cooked them on the foreman grill and you should have seen the fat that dripped out of them! Unbelievable really! But hey at least by cooking them on the grill the fat drips out of them rather than actually cooking in the fat itself! Water today - about 2.5 litres so am pleased with that.
Exercise - well I have actually done two lots today! Well did my normal walk in the morning and then climbed Plimmer Steps, but at lunch time 4 of us gals when out walking in the sunshine along the waterfront for 30 mins so that felt really good. It was a slow steady pace as one of the girls is a bit unfit and has arthitis in her knees but it was great that she came along with us when the suggestion was sent out via email earlier this morning. Then of course as it is Wednesday - that means gym day! So had a great session at the gym - Robyn has upped some of my repitions for some of my exercises so I had to work that extra bit harder today but hey thats all good.
Tonight has been a wee bit emotional as Stephan has started his shooting season (Smallbore Indoor Rifle Shooting) and that was when Jude and I often had girly evenings gasbagging about work etc so when Steph walked out the door it hit me so had a wee cry but am sure I will be just fine.
Anyway, best I get moving as I need to catch up with my mum now that she is back from her holiday up in the Coromandel... catch ya all tomorrow after weigh in - oh not sure how I will go due to the mouthwatering delicious dinner we had for Stephan's fathers birthday tea last night. It was pretty healthy but I think I just ate too much in general... but will keep ya all posted.
Yip the house deal is signed, sealed and has gone unconditional!!! OMG it is so scarey thinking that we are now house owners and in 7 weeks time will be starting to pay back a mortgage for the next 20 years or so! But at the same time it is pretty exciting too... if the tenants hand in their notice prior to the 7 weeks, we will be notified and we can hand ours in as well and move in earlier all going well.
So we have decided that we will start some of the major cleaning jobs over the next few weekends i.e. cleaing the oven, moving the fridge and oven and cleaning behind them etc so when we actually do move there won't be as bigger a job to do!
Anyway, back to reality and work - all going well there. Pretty much up to date and as much as I would LOVE to have a mental health day I hate that guilty feeling I always end up having during the day off! MIGHT consider it later next week but will see how things are going. But it sure is tempting that is for sure. Oh I must share something here though - I decided when I woke this morning that I was not going to swear today and that I was going to have a happy positive attitude to all (including staff out in the field that really get up my nose) and I did it and felt so much better for having done it! Okay I said the "F" word once just before I left but I quickly corrected myself. I know it was getting up the others noses (in a joking way) with me being so cheerful and poilte! In fact when I left this afternoon, they all told me that they wanted the "old" Karen back tomorrow as it was much more fun! LOL Will see how I am feeling in the morning but it really did make me feel so much better. :)
Food today - pretty good over all. Had some lamb chops for tea (from that 1/2 lamb that we got a couple weeks back) - OMG so tender and yummy but quite fatty too! Stephan cooked them on the foreman grill and you should have seen the fat that dripped out of them! Unbelievable really! But hey at least by cooking them on the grill the fat drips out of them rather than actually cooking in the fat itself! Water today - about 2.5 litres so am pleased with that.
Exercise - well I have actually done two lots today! Well did my normal walk in the morning and then climbed Plimmer Steps, but at lunch time 4 of us gals when out walking in the sunshine along the waterfront for 30 mins so that felt really good. It was a slow steady pace as one of the girls is a bit unfit and has arthitis in her knees but it was great that she came along with us when the suggestion was sent out via email earlier this morning. Then of course as it is Wednesday - that means gym day! So had a great session at the gym - Robyn has upped some of my repitions for some of my exercises so I had to work that extra bit harder today but hey thats all good.
Tonight has been a wee bit emotional as Stephan has started his shooting season (Smallbore Indoor Rifle Shooting) and that was when Jude and I often had girly evenings gasbagging about work etc so when Steph walked out the door it hit me so had a wee cry but am sure I will be just fine.
Anyway, best I get moving as I need to catch up with my mum now that she is back from her holiday up in the Coromandel... catch ya all tomorrow after weigh in - oh not sure how I will go due to the mouthwatering delicious dinner we had for Stephan's fathers birthday tea last night. It was pretty healthy but I think I just ate too much in general... but will keep ya all posted.
