30 day shred- day 6 again

So today I didn't manage the shred :'( but in my defence I have removed 2 sofas from my living room ready for the new arrivals in the morning. I also managed to click my knee out of place yesterday, but did click it back in somehow, accidently using one of the sofas! I was slightly worried that I had done something worse to my knee as I have bad knees and have to wear insoles in my shoes so I can walk without pain. I also think I was too tired last night and not thinking about my posture, which would not have helped! Hopefully the new sofa and chair will be early, so we can do day 7 before lunch and my eyebrow appointment and get back on track.
Sorry about the lack of shopping and craft updates, hopefully tomorrow I'll show you my Xmas eve online shopping that arrived on. Wednesday, and maybe the new furniture x

30 day shred- day 6

this was my 1st proper day back at work, and then we went to see my mum and have tea with her and my dad. we started the shred at 8pm and i was pretty tired but i gave it a good go, but did struggle on the last set of abs, when will i manage to complete the evil sit ups! i'm supposed to be getting up at 6am to complete day 7 but that may not happen........

30 day shred- day 5

Do not want to do it today!!!!!!!!! I am suffering from 1st day back itus :( but used a new recipe before pointing it up and i really need to point it up :((( and there was a buffet today and i didn't manage to avoid it, even though i'd got up and made a salad to take with me- why do i do this?????

lesson learnt though- point a new recipe before trying!

i'll be back after i've completed day 5 , but hopefully it'll be ok as even after increasing the weights i'm not in pain................... yet!

and i'm back!!! the only problem was a stitch during the 1st cardio section, but after sit ups it went. obviously i'm not as awake as i am in the morning ( when we started this) but we wouldn't function doing this every day before work, so twice a week we are going to to it in the morning and the rest of the week after work. weekends will just happen once we get up. i'm happy with how it all went today, just got to work on the side lunges and the evil sit ups.


thanks for reading x

30 day shred- day 4

so the husband went back to work today and we did the DVD once he finished work. i upped the weights today and managed 14 push ups, but the last round of abs were painful and i bailed on the last few abs in section 3. but i feel good and hopefully after the 1st day back at work i'll be able to manage it!

On another note i tried the clothes on that i bought yesterday the wrap around dress has to go back :( but i'm keeping the other dress and skirt :)

card for my niece

Here is a card for one of my 7 nieces. i have used my new postage stamp dies from x-cut, a clear daisy and dandelion sticker- had since i started crafting, paper from the same range and a flower embossing folder. i added ribbon and 3 pearls, using my new pearl pens the husband bought me.

i'd like to enter it into the following challenges

ladybugcrafts- use new stash

papersundaes challenge blog- old and new

pink elephant-anything goes

pile it on-anything goes

my time made easy- sketch

thanks for looking x

30 day shred-day 3 and the past 24 hours

Here are a couple of pictures from our trip to the seaside. As you can see the weather was amazing, we picked the wrong day to go but we had yummy fish and chips with my mum and dad (in the 2nd pic). once we got back we watched the lion the witch and the wardrobe. The husband bought me Voyage of the Dawn Treader for christmas and i want to watch the first two before i watch it, i do love narnia and could watch it every day :)

We needed to go shopping today and i managed to convince the husband that we needed to go to the supermarket in town, and back to the retail park i nearly passed out in the day before. i didn't dare go back into the actual shop it happened in so we just went into hobbycraft and i bought3 packs of promarkers £4.89 a pack, i didn't have any of them in my collection so they were an absolute bargain!!!

Hobbycraft sell docrafts magazine now so i picked it up, the decoupage looks good, but its not die cut and i'm not the best with scissors!

To go with my hummingbird bakery book from my mum (and her 30+yr old palette knife). I have bought icing bags in the past and they have leaked out everywhere, so i'm hoping this in the answer, please let me know if you have can recommend any amazing baking apparatus.

and then my escape to warehouse!!! I nearly bought the 1st dress for £30 but the 10 was slightly too small, so i hunted the 12 down. didn't find it, but whilst looking for it, i noticed it had been reduced to £20- well i couldn't leave it on the rail at that price!!! So i need to keep the shred up!

the 2nd dress has yet to be tried on but was £10 so i thought i'd give it a whirl!

and the skirt; my cousin bought me a just below the knee pleated skirt for christmas, but i didn't feel comfortable in it, so i have asked for the recipt and i have bought this in replacement as i thought i would try and stay with the pleats, but i feel more comfortable in a short or long skirt rather then just below the knee.

And finally the 30day shred day 3!!!! We managed to complete this today and i even managed to do more then 10 push ups (the basic ones). the after effects this morning from day 2 were better as well, hopefully tomorrow morning will be slightly better.

thanks for reading this really  long post, see you tomorrow for day 4 x

30 day shred-day 2

Happy New Year!!! would really have liked to stop in bed and not do day 2 today, but having started yesterday i wasn't quitting on Jillian, she might hunt me down from dvd-land and shout at me :s. Day 2 went quite well, i struggled on the push ups, but noticed the 'used to be super fit marathon running' husband was also feeling the burn, so didn't feel too bad at that.
if you did want to put yourself though this torture then you can buy the dvd here for the amazing price of £5!

Now the side effects, i'll start with yesterday. make sure you keep your fluid up, i went all dizzy and light headed yesterday in a shop (it was more embarrassing then anything- i was trying to buy a dress but had to walk out and crouch on the floor, whilst the shop assistant cancelled the transaction and brought me by card). but lesson learnt, make sure you drink lots afterwards!
 the 2nd side effect occurred this morning, i feel pain in my thighs, stomach and shoulders. but this is good, it has to be so i'll put up with it for the inch loss/ weight loss.


i am now going to cancel this all out by having a trip to the seaside and demolishing some fish and chips, but after today the healthy eating will restart and you never know i might even share some recipes with you.
thanks for reading x