I didn't manage to fall asleep until after 4am this morning and because of that I didn't get the best sleep at the right time during the night, all to do with the body clock and so I have been quite tired throughout today. I have also had a migraine for most of the day which always make me tired.

I haven't done much today but I am getting on with it now despite it being 8.02pm. I have so much to do before tomorrow night which is the end of my Christmas cleaning week....for this week anyway and then I have more jobs to do next week and so on until Christmas Eve.

I received our youngest Grandson's Christmas present today which is a dressing up trunk because he just LOVES to dress up.

I don't have anything else to say today but I want to come back daily even if it is just to say, "hello"

Back tomorrow.

For a moment there I could not sign in to my blogger and I thought that I had lost you all...worried there for a moment but FINALLY I am here!
We have been very busy lately...with what? I hear you ask, well, we have been sanding our staircase back down to wood...and what a job that has been, and the mess...WOW! The mess, it got everywhere. Thankfully it is done and the staircase is back down to the wood now and varnished. We still need to replace the landing carpet and we also want to replace the hand rail and spindles which we are doing in January, lets get the Christmas shopping out of the way first.
After we have replaced the spindles and handrail then I will post the before and after photo's.
I have had mega cleaning to do after all the saw dust that was created doing those stairs but I do my thorough cleaning at this time of year anyway which I have been doing loads of. Every cupboard, every corner and even the walls have and are being cleaned. My hubby also painted the stair, landing and front hall walls and glossed skirting boards and door frames.

My washing machine packed up at the end of October and I was without a washing machine for a week....ARRRGGHH Got my new machine now, just what I needed to have to buy at this time of year...ah well, needs must no matter what time of year and I am very grateful to have been able to buy a bigger and better washing machine :)

I have been feeling quite down/depressed over these last couple of weeks despite being on anti depressants, but I think it is starting to lift.

My weight is at 14st 13lb and has been fluctuating between 14st 13lb and 14st 10lb for the last few weeks.

There was loads more I was going to say but I can't remember what they were now...well, it is 1.02am so after a sleep I might remember what I wanted to say and I will blog about it tomorrow...or should I say, later today. Oh! One thing I have just remembered is that we are going to have to buy a new computer early next year because this computer has now become laughable....well, if I don't laugh I will cry because it is extremely frustrating when it wont do nothing or jumps back to the desk top, and when it will do something it can take forever. We do all the clean ups etc etc but to be honest it hasn't got the biggest memory and it has got quite a lot on it, so a new computer is definitely called for.

We have a few jobs that we want to get sorted next year and things that need buying and a computer is on that list.

Night night for now.

I am going to get back to blogging, we have been very busy lately but I will be back this week!!

I have replaced my 'Weight Watchers' Body Analyser scales. I really need to know all the gory details of my weigh ins.

I weighed in this morning using my new scales and because I knew I was getting my new scales I confess to not tracking points over these last few days, but here are a few of my details for now without the body fat, body water and body fat %. I will figure out how to find the body fat etc details and update them here.

Weight: 15st . 2 3/8lb
10% Goal: 13st . 9lb
BMI: 36.5
To Lose To 10%: 1st . 7 3/4lb

It has taken a matter of a few days and already I have gained back what I had lost....oh my!

This morning I have started my day off with a green smoothie...YUM! I had bought some fresh figs when we were at Costco so I threw one of those in also.

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I will pop back later today with more updates.

We have been busy shopping over the last few days with stocking up on groceries and starting the Christmas shopping.

First thing was to stock up on more items from Weight Watchers:

2 Weight Watchers, 'My Food Plans' which also has a pad for shopping lists
2 boxes of the 'Rich Toffee' bars = 2pp each
2 boxes of the NEW 'Dark Chocolate Mint Crunch' bars = 2pp each
4 packets of 'Fruit Bears' = 2pp per packet
1 Weight Watchers 'Oil Sprayer'

After popping into the local 'Weight Watchers' meeting we then went to Costco. It was lovely and quiet in there, but then it would be we were in there at about 9.40am but it started to fill up before we were finished getting our groceries. I spent way to much, it came in at £279.38...Oops! I had to buy more than I usually do because I had to stock up on coffee, chickens, hand washes, body washes etc

After Costco we came home to put everything away. It was then to Argos to get our youngest son a new mobile phone, he needed one because he is now at college.
We spent a few hours at home and then Asda to get the immediate items i.e. cheeses, yogurts, fruit and veg, mini pizza bases, mash pots, chicken kievs, toiletries.

We had a bag of chip shop chips for our evening meal and I have to confess to not tracking over these last 3 days...so disappointed in myself because I had every intention of not leaving the house hungry and sticking to plan on this shopping day but I succumb to naughty treats....I really am going to be more organised when I next do my big grocery shop....a work in progress.

I have ordered a new set of 'Weight Watchers' scales; body analysis scales so I will know my body fat and BMI. My Tanita scales are FABULOUS! And they do tell me my body fat but I do like to know my BMI and my Tanita don't tell me that.

We have started Christmas shopping with a PC for our middle son which I am pleased about because that is one of the main pricier presents sorted :) 3 more to go. I have also started purchasing bits and pieces for Christmas presents.

I am back on track as of tomorrow so I will be back then.

A good so many years ago I lost weight following Weight Watchers and I was well into my routines i.e. housework, exercise and beauty, well, it appears that I am going back over and  I am getting myself back into things again, albeit slowly but it is certainly happening and I LOVE IT!!

I have had a good week tracking my points this week and although I haven't done any exercise DVD's I have been very busy and keeping active with my housework and following my housework rota. I have missed not doing my exercise DVD'S so I am getting back to it next week....YEAH BABY!!

My hubby and sons all went to their talk yesterday evening so I decided to treat myself to some icecream....NO! not dairy icecream...NO! -  I had banana icecream and I used my 'Dessert Bullet' for the first time.

This cost me 5pp - or maybe 4pp - I can't remember whether the caramel topping was 1pp for 2 tablespoons or 2pp for 2 tablespoons but I counted 2pp just to be on the safe side.

I alternated frozen banana (0pp) with 25g of white chocolate chips (3pp) into the feed tube of my 'Dessert Bullet' using the star nozzle, I then topped it off with the caramel sauce....YUMMY! OH MY!

The chocolate chips came out in little bits with most of them stuck in the components of the nozzle so next time I might melt the chocolate drops and drizzle it into the feed shoot with the bananas, hopefully it wont harden before it all gets pushed through the nozzle.

After my shower this evening I decided to give myself a diamond peel, so I rummaged for my diamond peel machine and I done the peel...blissful

Well, apart from doing more housework today that is it, until tomorrow, night night!

It is still dark in the morning when I wake up...nice! I wake up with my husband; he gets up at around 5.30am....madness! He gets up at that time to get himself sorted because he starts work at 7am - Anyway I was up and at it bright and early and my first port of call was to clean the cats litter tray....isn't that a lovely job to do first thing in the morning?!...NOT! I then wiped down my downstairs loo wall tiles...another lovely job first thing in the morning...YEUK! I then fed and watered the cat and opened the patio doors for her to go into the conservatory where she loves to sit all day, although she isn't going in so much now because it is getting cooler here in the UK.

I then got a beef casserole started in the slow cooker for the hubby and boys evening meal tonight. Hubby and boys are off to a talk tonight about railways and staithes that used to be in the town where we live, and because of the time the talk starts I thought a casserole would be ideal so they can either have it before they go or just have a snack and have the casserole when they get back.

I had done all those jobs before 6.45am....phew!

After doing the above I then jumped under the shower. After my shower I stripped my bed and got the laundry started; I have quite a few loads of laundry to get through today.

This week my youngest son started college and of course I have to drive him there and pick him up which means me going there and back twice a day every day for 3 days a week, but it also means that I don't need to drive him and collect him today and tomorrow, or the weekend of course.

I have been getting stuck into housework this last week also and it feels great. I think the reason I am able to get on with it is because my sons are up and out of bed because of my youngest attending college, now I can make the noise...WooHoo i.e the vacuum etc - I just get on with things....oh! I can hear that a load of laundry has finished so I must go and get it into the tumble dryer and get another load in...I am on a roll, it is only 9.10am.

My food find today:

These work out at 1pp each or 7pp for the whole box. They aren't very big, one skewer is probably under the 1pp but it is always taken to the next highest if it is above 1/2pp.
As you can see I bought them from Iceland for £2 per box.

Here is my evening meal with NO veg...TUT TUT! I was tired so I just oven baked the skewers and then heated a packet of my 'Eat Water' noodles which are 0 points for half a packet but because I had the full packet I like to play it safe so I counted 1pp....probably just 1/2pp but I ain't taking any chances with my points :)

Well that is me for now and if I have anything else to report today then I will certainly get back.