My Kick Bottom in 2011 Diary

Xandersmum

Done quite a large food shoop today at Mr T - have a couple of weeks worth of nappies and milk, and the freezer is chocca now. Got lots of fresh veggies reduced so going to make a big soup to try and get my weight loss back on track!

Did half the Jillian Michaels DVD I got for Xmas - the tree trunks that are attatched to my bum are now jelly and I suspect I will be feeling it tomorrow. Hope to stay the same again this week - we decided to ration what we bought for Xmas to a box of Ferrero Rocher and a packet of mince pies to save money and cals, but managed to aquire a large fondent fancy cake, a box of aftereights and various other choccies!!! Have all been eaten or shipped out now, so no excuses!!

Have taken loads of ebay stuff today - now need to write descriptions, so they are easy to upload if little man is attached to my lap!!

Now to work on this weeks to do list......

Xandersmum

To Do list for this week

• Physio for little man - 6th I think, must check tuesday!!
• HBA1C Blood test for me - 5th - dreading it am worst diabetic in the world!!
• Call HMRC and get passwords for tax return as have lost them!!
• Complete Tax Return
• Call hospital to sort out referral for hubs hernia
• Get 10 things on Ebay
• Do 3 Dooyoo reviews
• Complete 2 MS's
• Do any surveys that come my way
• Do my Jillian DVD twice more, and try to add another circuit (only got to 3 out of 7 today!)
• Make Soup
• take little man out for a long walk in his frame - been a bit lax with the snow, and he doesn't get a lot of practice indoors!

That's all I can think of for now - may add to it if I get through this lot!!

Xandersmum

Not been too productive the last couple of days - put a shocking 3lbs on yesterday at SW, I knew that staying the same last week would come back and bite me!

Took little man out for a long walk today, so he should sleep well tonight! Physio tomorrow, so hopefully he'll be nice and flexible!

Blood test today - Yuk! Dreading the results - how can they do a blood sugar test this close to Xmas!!

Took some more photos for ebay, and started the stocktake for my business account. I have Downton Abbeyon the sky plus so going to get cracking after I have done this and try and do an hour a night this week!!

Finally wrote my first Dooyoo review of the new year so been trying to read a load of reviews - normally get about 4 reads so going to try and get that up to over 50!

HAd a bill today from UPS for some stock - they had made the mistake of not charging import tax for my last two orders from the US so now owe them nearly £90 - could have done without that!!! Oh well, better get cracking on making it back......

Xandersmum

Can't believe I have been completely unproductive the last few days! trying to get the tax return sorted - you would think I would be a bit more up for it as they owe me!! Need to get my head back in the game!!

Was at the cancer clinic with mum today - blooming car is playing up so had to go on the bus!! SHe had to have a chest x-ray to see if the lung needs draining. Had a huge wait too - will just have wait for a new appointment to come through!

Will get the RAC to look at the car when things are less hectic, tax is due at the end of the month so may sorn the car if need be - will just walk more and use hubs if need be.

Managed to get 8 things on secondhand ebay, and the MIL is going to have little man at the weekend so we can have a massive sort out.

Only did 2 dooyoo reviews last week, although have done 100 reviews there now - will try and do 4 this week to make up the deficit, although may have to be some easier ones like food or little mans books!!

Weigh in tonight - dreading it! Have done loads of ea active but the diet side has been a bit lax - wish me luck!

Xandersmum

Somehow managed to lose 4.5 pounds last night, gobsmacked!!! Must be the exercise, certainly wasn't the diet!! Need to be good this week otherwise it will bit me on the bum again next week!! Won a butternut Squash in the raffle so going to make soup tomorrow - never had butternut squash, but seems a waste not to try it!

HAd to go out and get my mum a microwave today as hers blew up - its her second one in 6 months, god knows what she does to them!

Got doctors tomorrow to be lectured about my poor diabetes control - will probably end up crying and getting the hump!! I know I should be better, but I feel like I'm trying to juggle so many balls and the only one I can drop is me.

Got my first dooyoo crown today - well chuffed and the £1.50 will come in handy for my devon fund. Wrote another review today too!

Going to do a new to do list tomorrow and try and get some focus back! If I ever get my naughty son in bed!

Xandersmum

Well I finally got around to ringing the Tax office, and the very nice lady reassured me that lots of people lose their details and will get them sent ut to me in the post - phew!! Hopefully can have that completed next week so that me rebate will wing its way back to me and get my bank account very back into the black instead of hovering on the brink!!!

Also sorted the payapal so MIL first loan repayment has been sent. Am selling a pair of tickets on ebay for an event we can't attend now so hopefully they will make a huge chunk of the next repayment so won't have to touch my account!! She hasn't been able to have little man today as forgot about hairdressers but I am slowly sorting through - I have decided to get rid of another load of my clothes so that I have to stick to my diet!!

Had my diabetic assessment - Blood sugars have got worse but no surprise. Really lost it in november, and just stopped taking my meds and watching what I ate - Stupid cow! It made me feel better for a while to feel worse, if that makes sense. However that didn't last long, so have sorted myself out and sugars back on track! Will be reasessed in 4 months and my aim is to get my sugars under 8 from 8.9.

We are off to see a geneticist on Monday to see if we are carrying anything nasty before we consider having another little one, and then DH has hospital Tuesday to see about his hernia op. Busy one this week.

To do list to follow

Xandersmum

To Do This Week

• Appointment with Geneticist
• Appointment with surgeon for DH
• Call Nursery schools to organise visits
• Get Ebay Shop inventory over 80 (currently 60)
• Do any surveys that come through
• 3 Dooyoo reviews
• Get 10 second hand ebay items on
• Get a binbag full of stuff to the charity shop
• Make soup

Xandersmum

God, I have failed miserably at most of my targets for last week - however hospital appointments are out the way, and the biggie - The tax return is finally done and £500 rebate is winging its way back to me!! Woo Hoo - Going to over pay debt by £100 and use the rest to keep the account in the black rather than hovering at around zero!!! Anyway, now that is out of the way I have no excuses. Have done 3 surveys this morning, t*luna polls are all up to date, todays posts on b*ngoport have been done, all while catching up on the corrie omnibus. Have washed a big bag of stuff for ebay, now to rough iron it and get it on. Have enough mone in paypal for the MIL feb payment so can make an early start on the March one!!

Xandersmum

To Do This Week - ok a lot of these have carried over!!

• Appointment with Cancer Specialist with Mum (Thurs)
• Call Nursery schools to organise visits
• Get Ebay Shop inventory over 80 (currently 64)
• Get Toluna total to 13000 by end of the week (put in for an amazon voucher this week - Woohoo!)
• 3 Dooyoo reviews
• Get 10 second hand ebay items on
• Get a binbag full of stuff to the charity shop
• Make soup before the Butternut squash grows legs and walks!!

Xandersmum

Bad Day today - Were talking about Chemo for my mum at clinic today which is the last thing they have to throw at her. It won't buy her any extra time but might ease some of her symptoms. But there are so man worse side effects it is trying to decide what is the lesser of the two evils. I'm just really struggling with it all at the moment - no particular reason, just a bit emotional at the moment. On a positive note, I have signed up for the race for life with my two sisters - I know it won't make a difference to mum but hopefully it will help towards a cure for this dreadful disease!

Anyway - will move on before I start bawling yet again today!! I have a huge box of stock that needs to be put into inventory. Was not meant to be buying anymore stuff till I had cleared the spare room a bit, but was too cheap to refuse, and should bring a 400% profit!!

Soup is made and eaten, so making veggie curry tomorrow to last the weekend! Want to lose 3lbs this week after yet another stay the same! Toluna and bingoport on track, and have a huge bad of ebay to iron - yuk!! Haven't had the car this week as mine is off the road and DH has been working funny hours, but have two bags ready to go!