Stuck to my plan and got up at 5:30am, had half an hour extra in bed but I think it's because my SAD alarm clock is on the wrong side. It's at the side where bonnie sleep but I should probably move it onto my side.
I still managed to get loads done before yoga at 7 though:-
2did lots of Washing washed, dried and put away
Plants Watered
Smoothie cupboard organised
I decided to set my ipad up on a tripod and film part of my yoga on time-lapse, so that I could see just how unfit and fat I actually am. I purposely wore a fitted gym T-shirt so I could see my belly in the hope it might make me start to take ownership of my figure and try to do something about it before my 50th in May. She would say things like "now grab your shins" and I was thinking "love I can just about grab mi knees never mind mi shins".
I didn't make the same mistake today and saved coffee and breakfast until after Yoga :-)
Straight after Yoga I did a third lot of washing, had a coffee and then made a smoothie and threw everything remotely into it:-
Recipe:-
Frozen strawberry & banana Smoothie mix (needs using its not lots of freezer burn lol)
Semi Skimmed Milk
Milled Linseed
Bee Pollen
Vanilla Forever Protein Powder
Ground Flaxseed, Almonds, Walnuts & Co-Enzyme Q10 (comes as a mix)
Sachet of Forever Supergreens (contains 20 fruit & Veg)
It doesn't look great but it tasted gorgeous and if that doesn't give me a kick start for the day I don't know what will.
Straight after breakfast, I started making a list of all the bits of things I wanted to try and get done today:-
Take picnic blanket back to Nic
Drop dogs off at mums
Drop off Alexa & Fi's presents
Pick up my waistcoat and Suit Jacket (Party outfit).
Dropped off the picnic blanket at Nic's, she wasn't in so left it with her son Elliot, only to get a call 20 mins later from Nic to say it's not her blanket :-/ Well, I've no idea who's it is then? Might be Nat's she's gonna check. Now normally when I either lend something out or I borrow something I take a picture of the person holiday it so I know who I lent something to and the pic goes in my "Debts" album on my phone. I started doing this after lending out my power washer and forgetting who to and now nobody will own up to it!
Dropped dogs off at mums and then headed over to Alexa & Fi's as I've had their Christmas presents at mine waiting to give them. Also had a bag from the loft that Alexa left her when they both used to live with me. I'm proper on a de-clutter mission so anything that doesn't belong in my house, is going. Made lunch for us all and then it was time to head back home via Oldham.
Got my suit Jacket & waistcoat then I ordered. I'm not really a suit guy as I always feel to frumpy and uncomfortable in a suit, so I thought I'd just get a jacket and waistcoat and pair it with some dark blue jeans and brown shoes so it's kind of smart but casual. Not decided on the shirt yet maybe just plain white? Any fashionista's out there feel free to comment your recommendations. Oh, wait nobody is probably even reading my blog yet lol.
Next is was a quick change and then headed up to Andy's to sort the running order for our Grand National event next weekend. We rattled through it quite quickly and got all the song lists etc so I just need to put them into a playlist for the sing along round and TV themes.
Neeve had made a greek night for us as part of a school assignment. They had to research Greece etc so she thought she would put a diffrent spin on it and cook greek food too.
Dips and pitta bread to start, then meatballs and beef stefado for main and we even got coffee and walnut cake for dessert (all home made). The beed Stefado was to die for. It had been slow cooked in the over for about 4 hours so the meat literally just fell apart.
Becky even cracked open the homemade Rumtopf (if that's what it was called). She has been making it in a jar since September. You put a layer of seasonal fruits in the jar, add sugar and then top it with VERY strong rum. Then repeat the process each month. You just add a small amount into a glass and top with prosecco. If was really strong but lovely.
Oh and to finish it off we did a bit of place smashing (well Neev did so we only had one chipped plate)
I must be becoming a lightweight though cos I was ready for bed and phoned a taxi at 10:30pm. I wanted to make sure I was up early and ready for Yoga at 7pm :-)
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