TIME TO GET FIT

OK  I can not put it off any longer I need to get fit 

I have always been a skinny minnie and never bigger then a size 8 

over the last few years I have slowly been putting on the pounds and have now gone up to a size 16

well I am squeezing into a size 14 but my trousers are tight and uncomfortable 

so its time to do something about it 

I am going to use my blog to capture my new health regime and weight lose

This week after a week of healthy eating and being determined to change things around 

my daughter treated me to a Fitbit HR 

WOW I have only been using this for 3 days and I love it im totally hooked 

I am constantly looking at my steps as im determined to hit my 10.000 step target a day

so far so good , iv hit target very day 

I have stocked up on slimming world meals and the last week i have only had these 

cooking separate meals for my family ,

I have to say im impressed they are tasty and big portions 

I have upped my fresh fruit , I have been making big tubs of fruit salad 

having a bowl after my diner in the evenings , 

no more snacking gone are the biscuits crisps fizzy pop and chocolate bars 

I have been taking Poppy ( my dog ) and her Friend Bubsie to Primrose Hill 

and doing over an hours walk every day , I am hoping to step this up gradually 

, maybe getting to a slight jog in time , slowly but surely I will get there

I love I can set a target on my Fitbit HR

so here goes

 MY CURRENT WEIGHT 13ST 0LB as of the 13th APRIL 2016

I HAVE SET MY TARGET WEIGHT TO GET TO 10ST 

this is just the start of my journey and I hope you will follow and encourage me with any tips

or help you feel would help me so please feel free to comment to help me along 

Here are a couple of photos of me I do not like

that brought it home to me just how much weight

I had put on recently 

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SUNNY LA

In October this year I was lucky enough to spend 5 lovely days in LA with my husband 

with just 4 nights 5 days we had a lot to cram in so we planned well in advance ,

we brought 48 hr bus hopper passes , which gave us an option of 8 routes all around the city ,wow

was we glad that we did , LA is so much bigger then i imagined everything is far apart , it would have been impossible to do it o foot and I imagine a small fortune in cabs ,

The bus;s was fab and you was given earphone to listen to the commentary , 

I would thoroughly recommend listening , it gives you so much information on 

places and points of interest that would just pass you by if they was not 

pointed out to you , you can buy the passes on line HERE

they work out a lot cheaper then doing it while your there , also it 

saves on your spending money 

Hollywood's walk of fame was a real treat to go walk along ,
after seeing it and hearing about so often during our lifetime
it was very exciting to be able to go and walk along it ,
It was a very busy strip with many tourist shops with
people dressed as characters all over hustling to have a
photo taken with you for a few dollars , but I loved it.

I was so excited to find one of favorite actors on the walk of fame 

We also went to Santa Monica Beach on the Yellow bus route for a day 

while there we visitied the pier ,

again we brought armbands from Groupon

for a quarter of the price you would pay once there,

we printed the token and took them to the sales window 

and received our armbands it was a really easy process 

There's a very old fashioned fair on the pier ,with a few rides

and lots of old fashioned games ,it has a great

american feel to it and I would definitely go on the

very large Ferris wheel again 

We did get a cab to take us up to the Griffin Observatory 

form up here we had fantastic views of the whole of LA 

plus the famous Hollywood sign 

It really is one of the best places to actually see how big LA is with magnificent views

We had a really friendly cab driver who took us there and turned his meter off as he got 25 minutes free parking , to be honest i think he was glad for the rest as 

it was so hot in the cab he needed the fresh air as much as we did 

                 

One night we went to the famous Pinkys Hotdog Bar

and we got chilli on everything so unless your a big chilli fan i would go for something else 

its was hot and hard to eat ,but you sat out back on plastic chairs at plastic tables 

and it was a really enjoyable experience ,expect to queue they are always very busy , people travel from all over for their hotdogs 

   

                                                      

Beverly Hills was beautiful with its tree lined streets ,

one thing i did notice was how clean and tidy the whole are was not a bit of litter

to be seen anywhere , if only more places was like this , 

Rodeo Drive called the most expensive street in the world

was a treat to walk along , with so many designer shops

you could easily spend a whole after noon window shopping 

Overall we had a fantstic experinece and hopefully one day who knows we may go back  

      

Wagon In The Field

This summer my family and myself spend a wonderful 4 nights in a log wagon in a field

with no electricity or wifi , it was the most tranquil resting peaceful 5 days we have had in a very long time,

The wagon is bookable via Canopy & stars and is situated in a family field in Wiltshire 

the wagon is hand made using the natural form of sussex oak

by furniture maker James Noble

who owns the field where the wagon is based,

It is in a beautiful little corner of the field facing a lake,

you have a double bed bunk beds a small gas hob 

there's a  little wood burner with wood ready cut

there is also a small table and chairs to sit and eat,

It is extremely well done cosy and spacey.

Outside there is a hammock ,BBQ area with some tree stump seats

  a great pizza oven  that is really great fun to use.

an outside toilet and shower 

I have to say and I think we would all agree

the toilet was the worst part altho

you do get use to it 

OUTSIDE TOILET

You had a hole cut into a plank of wood to sit on and 

a bag of sawdust to throw down the hole after you had finished !
we would all go in eyes closed holding our noses
then run out once we had finished haha !

we had to go out into the nearby woods to collect our own firewood
 in the evening we would light a fire and sit around till

late into the night looking at the stars 

watching the bats flying around and listening to the owls 

There was a beautiful Lake with a small rowing boat and canoe

for you to use at your leisure

we spent many happy hours just out on the lake going around 

in circles , it was a great laugh 

with my son and poppy falling in at one point 

  

                                            

 

The only light you had as solar jars that you would have to leave

outside during the day to charge 

with no tv or wifi you had to make your own entertainment 

 we had fun trying to play scrabble in the dark

we spent long lazy days reading in the hammock or out on the lake 

it is definitely an experience I would happily 

repeat , I hope to go back next year

If anybody's wants a holiday that involves

going back to nature but with a few comforts

like a comfy bed then I would

recommend this to anybody 

There is also a stone clay pizza oven 

that we used one night ,it was a mission

to get it alight and hot enough to cook

our pizza's in but we got there in the end

it was something we all really enjoyed doing 

I must say they tasted delicious  

PIZZA OVEN

Precious Time Memories

Precious Time Memories

 After Megan was born the lovely Jen Lou Stevenson who makes some super things for any occasion at 

Precious Time Memories

 got in touch and offered to make me a blanket for Megan's

mosses basket

I said yes please that sounds lovely , I wasn't disappointed either it is beautiful, fab quality and really very well done ,what do you think ? 

   I received this lovely pink fluffy blanket 

                    with her name,weight ,date and time of birth ,

                       what a lovely keepsake, this will be going 

                      into Megan's memory box for her to admire  ,          

                            it is a lovely memento of her birth ,     

                                   something to keep for ever     

          Blankets are not the only memories you can have made

             there is a whole range of things at really competitive

          prices,they are all made to order so each peace is unique

                           hand made with love and care , 

                   so for that special occasion why not take a look 

              yourself and treat a loved one to something special 

                                     Precious Time Memories

     here is just a small selection of items you can have made 

                                                       

Welcome to baby Megan

Megan Kathleen Curtis

I would like to introduce you to my new Granddaughter 

Megan Kathleen Curtis

Megan was born by C Section on the 27th March 2015

weighing a healthy 8lb 4oz

Megan was born on the 7th anniversary of the passing of 

my mother in law Kathleen.

We was deeply touched that my son Terry gave Megan 

Kathleen as her middle name .

Megan is our 3rd grandchild they are my son's 

Terry and his wife Andrea's children 

they now have a lovely little family of  two boys and one girl 

Megan is baby sister to Jack & Max

who both feel madly in love with her

the first time they saw her .

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