Day one of the new me

I feel in a place to turn a new leaf today :) I have made a start at my new life (it has involved a little more chocolate that I would like it to have but hey I am not perfect!). I have a gym plan in place for the next few weeks, one hour three times a week and then a dog walk each day.

I started reading the Blue Planet book yesterday which has been sat on my shelves for years, the pictures in it are stunning. I have also chosen my design for the christmas exhange on my cross stitch site which I hope to start in the next few days.

Tomorrow I am going to the gym, nipping to town for the new lights for the lounge and then going to kick the butt of the decorating in the lounge! I am really hoping to have most of it finished by the end of the week and then I can get my house put to rights as I am fed up of bags of DVD's hanging around in the dining room.

Oh and most of the save the date cards have been sent out!

Clapping

I forgot to say that I started a round of aplause when I was at the York Chocolate experience, I have always wanted to do that so I felt pretty pleased and the girl who took us around really was good :D This weekend is going to involve me doing stuff... but in order to do that I really need to find my way off the sofa (I feel exhausted today so I will need to locate some energy!)...

And relax

It feels so good not to have the masters hanging over me any more! I have been cleaning and tidying today as I have been neglecting the house for weeks (maybe months but shhhh). Hoping that the house is going to be all sparkly tonight when the bf gets home, although I am going out with a friend tonight so I won't get to see if he is impressed!!

I forgot to mention that I had eaten Octopus the other day. I think it is a first and last to be honest it didn't really taste of anything and was very chewy!

 

 

This was my chocolate t-rex which I had made for me when I went to the York Chocolate Story for my birthday! I havn't eaten him yet and I am actually not 100% sure where he is, I think he may be lurking in the fridge preying on left over cocktail sauages...

Masteres = sorted

Finally the masters is finished!! It is all in :D I did my presentation this morning, made the students laugh which was great and I answered all the questions well too. They didn't ask about my aims (which were slightly wrong) which was fab as I have been panicking about them for days. We all went for drinks afterwards and I will see them all again for graduation in November. I have to wait a couple of weeks for my final marks as the exam board is on the 12th Sept. But yay!!! Tomorrow I plan to lie on the sofa watching DVD's and doing nothing... it is going to be awesome :D I am hoping that this will also be my last day eating chocolate *laughs behind hand*

Decoration of the lounge is progressing slowly, about 2/3 of the walls have lining paper on them, some of which I have managed to put on all by myself. I need to get some paint and then I can get to work with the painting... but not until after tomorrow of course!

Plus it will be back to Game of Thrones again :D I got the DVD boxsets for 1&2 for my birthday! So I can watch and read to my hearts content *happy sighing*

Needlework show

Today I went to Harrogate needlework show which was fantastic though far far too busy! I have a few new purchases including the material for the skirt I am going to make and a some blackwork for a cushion (of course to make these items I actually need to learn how to use the sewing machine... even getting it out of the box would be a start). But of course before any of these fun things can be attemped the thesis of doom (as it is now affectionatley known) needs to be completed. The tutor tried to change the date of our at the last minute after I had emailed her about it AGES ago but none of us were having any of it so it is going ahead on Wendesday next week. I must remember that in four days I will be thesis free.

My major goals for the rest of the year are:

* Finish decorating the lounge
* Build an extension on the back of the house (of course I will be the project manager...)
* Sort out more wedding stuff (leaving this one slightly open as I am unsure on the timings of what I need to do)
* Learn to use the sewing machine
* Open up my problem behavioural consultancy business

... not much then. Next year will be a bit easier though, it should be known as the year of the holidays Paris, the Lake Distritct, a tour of Europe, China and Rome :D All the fun stuff is happening next year. No doubt bits of the extension shall be fun but it will also be cold and dirty.

Today I learnt...

How to put lining paper on :D I have been wanting to do it for ages but I wasn't well enough before. The decorating is progressing very slowly, only about 1/4 of the room has lining paper, however my dad has painted the celling and that is already looking fantastic. It will be a few weeks before I can get any more done however as I have my birthday, my VIVA and the finace is starting another of his masters classes. We are going to put most of the furniture back and it will just have to stay half done for the forseeable future.

Yesterday night I saw the Priates of Penzance which was amazing, we also went for a long walk around Aldwark village (near where we are getting married next year). So I am getting there with the development stuff. Although until the VIVA has been completed there will not be much development going on!

Decorating

We have started decorating the lounge, it has taken 2 days to strip the walls and we need to spend today painting the black skirting boards white. Then on Tuesday my mum is going to show me how to fit lining paper (it is really not my fault I havn't learnt before this, I have been too poorly after my accident a few years ago but now I am well enough to learn) while my dad paints the celling. Then we will just need to paint and do the top coat of the white work... Other people seem to be able to decoarate a room in a day but I will never understand how they acomplish that!

I am over half way through the Game of Thrones books but I think I will stop after this one as I am not getting anything done on my VIVA. Not really getting any development stuff done other than painting as that is taking up all my spare time. I am not really wanting to do decorating today (not helped by the fact that we need to go for masking tape before we can go any further with things). Still if we work today then we can have tomorrow off and of course tomorrow night is Priates of Penzance!! :D

Oh wait no I did go and see an open air performance of a Midsummer Nights Dream, it was much better than Romeo and Juliette, I had never seen a Shakespear comedy before! That is definate development