Monday, November 07, 2005
ALL WET!!
It has been such a busy few days..where do I start. I was inspired by Ms post with her list of jobs to do. After weigh in between Ebs tennis and basketball I started cleaning the house and catching up on all that washing that magically appears in my laundry each night. Actually ironed it all as well! Went out to a lovely dinner with old friends. Had my favourite risotto and the chef doggy bagged it for me because I couldn't fit it in. (had it yesterday for lunch)...Of course I had to leave room for the banana caramel crepes that followed.
Had a day of receiving compliments. At tennis the co-ordinator who knows I rush off to weigh, commented on how good I was looking. I had on new sz 14 jeans an dthough tI looked pretty good to. Now I hav enot worn jeans for about 8 years! When I got back from WW she wanted to know how much weight I had lost all up. I told her and she gave me a big cuddle. She was really happy for me. Another women that I don't know asked me how I did it and I replied" hard work..lots of exercise and self control in the eating." Hopefully I didn't sound too smug but I think people look for an easy answer or a magic wand. At dinner the male half commented on how good I was looking as well!! Then in a phone call I just had my old neighbour who I haven't seen for 6 months said that a mutual acquaintance has told her I have lost heaps of weight!! Now she has seen me go up and down and up many times over the years and I confidently told her I am going down further and I am going to keep it off. AND I meant it! Even though I know I will have bad times and I may go up (a little)I will get back into it and go back down.
Sunday was a beautiful hot day in Melbourne so I cleaned the pool. Got stuck into the garden and cleaned out the pantry. (Who put those products in my pantry with Use by dates not to be repeated?) Ebony and I swam and played pool games and I even went to gym and did 2 weight routines. I cooked the family a beautiful dinner (well I thought so)and was on a high...then Dh who had been working all day, then fell asleep in the lounge after dinner, went to bed!! To be met by a lake in the bedroom!! A faulty solenoid in the sprinkler system had turned th esprinklers on an dthey had been going for 5 hrs. All the clothes I had "lovingly" ironed were drenched as was the carpet.
So then the towel relay began. Dh went to bed in the middle of the lake (after an angry exchange about whose fault it was!!)and I started mopping up. At the same time I had to rewash and dry and iron his clothes because he was leaving at 3.30am to go interstate for work.
Well as of this morning I am still mopping up with towels. Lay them down, take them up, spin them in washing machine, then into dryer and on and on... Still have not washed all my clothes and house that was looking nice looks like a bomb has hit it. All the things that had been stored under bed are in the hallway. Istayed up all of Sunday night except for a 3 hrs. I went for a walk at midnight and to kickboxing at 5.45. Then I crashed once kids were at school, didn't go to work and slept for 4 hrs in the middle of the day. Of course being Melbourne it then decided to start raining. Picture us with all the doors and windows open and a storm going on around us! I started cleaning up last night but have not finished. I went grocery shopping this morning at 6am and threw all the towels in the laundry in defeat. My brain came to its senses thanks to Briony's advice and I rang the insurance company. The house is now smelling very musty.. They are coming in morning to pull the carpet up and take it away to hopefully be dried and cleaned. I will need to empty the bedroom tonight and they will move the big things. AND of course I have to keep on washing and washing and then I will find the laundry floor again. But somehow, again thanks to Bri I did not fall off the healthy eating wagon and I am proud of myself for that. Anyway I know the week can only get better and this will be just another funny tale to share with friends.
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6:35 pm ::
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