A bit of this and a bit of that

Here’s a great photo of the twins Camille snapped this morning:

It’s a great photo, isn’t it? We’ve taken a couple of good photos recently, the only problem is that the house is a bit of a mess. It’s pretty hard to keep the house tidy with a four year old and twin babies, but we’re slowly getting there. The easier to keep clean possibly is the kitchen. Not that we have one of these modern jobbies with a free-standing centre unit and one of those stone sinks. It’s just a normal kitchen, but everything has it’s place and the kids don’t play there much.

Soon the kids will be old enough to clean the house .. can’t wait

I’m watching Quantum of Solace at the moment which is a bit of a travesty. Not that movie, it’s not that bad, but the fact that the movie came out in 2008 and it’s taken me 2 years to get round to watching it. We used to go to the cinema quite often, but since babies and other commitments came along it’s now a special occasion if we get to go out.

Well, who knows, some time in the future we will have a bit more time to ourselves and I’ll splash out on a nice rig. You know, Blu Ray, a nice Samsung HDTV maybe, surround sound, state of the art Hifi. In the meantime we get our entertainment from playing with babies, then fall asleep in front of TV before crawling to bed …

Nite nite all

Hmm .. do you ever get those days when something comes up more than a couple of times. Well, I know there’s still a few days left before Mother’s Day BUT, the topic of mothers day gifts has actually come up 3 times today. Twice on TV and once online. To tell you the truth, it hadn’t even crossed my mind, but now I’m just going to have to find out when it is.

Well, with 3 kids, there’s going to be no shortage of things we can put together, though the twins are a bit too young to actually MAKE anything yet. I’ll let you know what’s happening closer to the day.

Yippee! I weighed myself this morning and seem to have lost my first kilo of the year. I’ve been meaning to start working on my diet since Xmas, but my weight change was going the wrong way and I had to change that first. I hope this kilos just isn’t water loss, but it’s a great help in terms of motivation to keep going. I’m doing the calorie counting thing, not using any fat burners or diet pills, so it’s harder, but it’s more long term.

The trick it to get into the right mindset and use that to build a foundation for the future. Doesn’t help having that in mind when someone puts banoffee pie in front of me

Yes, I know; vitamins supplements are really intended for those who don’t follow a proper diet, and I’m pretty sure that I get my fill of all the nutrients, minerals and vitamins I need. Having said that, we always try to take our vitamins, Arthur gets kiddie ones and we take the occassional multi vitamins just to keep us topped up. I know that I could probably buy the best multivitamin for men if I wanted to, but I don’t really feel like I need anything like that. I do occasionally take an iron supplement too, especially since there was a time I went to give blood and was turned away because of a low haemoglobin count.

What vitamins do you take?

Well, it’s free listing day today on eBay and Camille is taking advantage of it to sell a whole bunch of things. There’s a whole collection of things up there, ranging from DVDs all the way to chocolate. There are even a number of beauty products and i think maybe even some acne medicine. They’re all things we’re looking to get rid of, so they’re all dirt cheap. So check them out and maybe you could grab yourself a bargain.

Well, I haven’t really got into my diet 100%. I’m sort of winding down, which is sort of working, as I’m eating less garbage and starting to work on the healthy foods. For example, I could be having a chocolate pudding at the moment, instead I have a pile of frozen fruit with low fat yoghurt at my side. It kills the craving for sweet stuff and feels like you’re eating ice cream. I know you can get safe weight loss pills and all, but I’m going down the low calorie route instead. I think there’s more value in teaching myself how to eat properly, rather than use a technique that gives me short term results.

Still need to get into the right mindset though …

I’ve found these great M&S noodles which I had for lunch; they’re just 300 calories and made from fresh ingredients; as opposed to plain old pot noodles. You simply add hot water and off you go. I still find it quite strange that M&S have a complete range of branded items you can get in their food store. From branded water to noodles, they do the lot; and they have a whole range of other items, all the way up to wrinkle remover and furniture for your home. The operational challenges of having such a wide range of products must be immense!

Anyway, off to eat my noodles

Well, that time has come again, where the scales have starting complaining and it’s time to knock a few kilos back. The truth is that over Xmas I put on a few kilos and for some reason I haven’t managed to get back into the right mindset to start losing weight again. Anyway, target is set and I’m heading down the right road. Tomorrow is Shrove Tuesday, so what better day to start?

I’m doing the calorie counting thing again, as that seems to be the best way to keep the weight off. It’s also the healthiest way to do it. There’s lots of information about the side effects of diet pills, so I’m happy to go down what I consider the REAL way to lose weight.

Wish me luck!

We always love the weekend. It’s the time for us to spend time together, even though things are starting to get hectic. Arthur has dance class and gym in the morning; which makes for some running around; and today he and Mummy went for a haircut in the afternoon too; so there wasn’t much time. We still found some time to make Mummy a Valentine’s Day card.

I can expect as the kids get older the weekends will get more and more busy, with activities and outings (not in Winter anyway). At the moment it’s sports and fun stuff; but I expect as they get older it will be lessons and maybe even voluntary activities (though probably not disability appeal for some time). Anyway; we’ll see as they get older. In the meantime; we still love the weekends