Ok i am not very good at keeping this blog updated!

The weekend just gone I went to London with 3 of my girlfriends, we decided not to use the tubes as the weather was so gorgeous and ended up walking about 9 miles! On the Saturday we went to Oxford Street and Regent street for some shopping. Then we headed over to covent garden. In the evening we went to a restaurant in Soho called Little Italy, the food was fantastic. we then found a small club in soho - cannot remeber what it was called - and danced until the early hours falling in to bed about 0230.

Sunday started with an amzing buffet breakfast, you name it , it was there. We then decided to take a walk up to Camden market before heading down to the embankment and taking a boat up to tower bridge.

Having had a very nice weekend away and not worrying too much about my diet I was thrilled to find out I had lost 1 1/2 pounds this week.

On to the kids! poor Alex has a rotten cough at the moment, dry and continuous. I kept her off school on Monday but like the evil mother I am I sent her in today.

Sam is loving high school but is coming home tireder and tireder every evening. She joined the netball club on Monday- something else to tire her out.

Day off!

Day off from work for me today, saw the kids off to school and spent an hour relaxing with a cuppa in front of the TV. Went to Tesco to buy healthy food for the diet I am on! Decided it is beef strogonoff for tea :)

Had another physio appointment for my temporal mandibular joint dysfunction, progress is really good and I have cut my painkillers down to 1 a day.

Samantha and Alex come home from school stay just long enough to get changed and inform me they are headed to the park with their friends. I like this new found independance!

The beef strogonoff was yummy (if I do say so myself) Stuart liked it too. Kind of defeated the healthy idea though as he finished off the strogonoff sauce from the pan with a few rounds of bread!

Home!

so Samantha came home stopped long enough to say she had a fantastic day and went straight out to her friends house. Still at least she looked happy. Some pictures attached of her in her school uniform.

Alex said she had a good first day at school but was not very forthcoming as to what she had done!

School!

First day back at school today, just waved Samantha and her friend off to their first day at high school. It makes me feel old particularly since she is going to the same high school I went to!

Sam has been complaining of a headache and tummy ache and has had no breakfast, hopefully just first day nerves. Fingers crossed for a good day for her.

First Post

First time ever writing a blog so here goes.
Monday again! does anyone actually like Mondays? Not too bad a day at work but a friend is dragging me along to a diet/fitness class tonight - aiming to lose at least a stone!

Samantha starts her new high school on Wednesday, we walked the route today to make sure she doesnt get lost although I believe she is meeting her friends and walking with them.

Not sure who is more nervous about it me or her!