Am pleased to be able to say that despite the wedding and all the celebrations of the last few days, I managed to record a loss of 1.1 kilos! Yay! Though the fact that I weighed in a few hours later than normal might just have something to do with it... not to sure about that though!

Am at home with a nasty headcold that came on yesterday morning (so after all the celebrations thank god) and has since gone to my chest as well... so am feeling rather sorry for myself but am pleased that I had already booked today off work but as Annual Leave to catch up on housework.... am pleased to say that the housework has not been done, and that I have just rested and blobbed all day (after getting up at 12pm)! Oh I have folded some washing but that's it as far as housework is concerned!

The wedding went fantastically well and the sun shone for the ceremony and the party afterwards! Ariana looked beautiful and the dress was stunning! Rob looked so handsome and so grown up! LOL Well am used to seeing him in shorts or trackpants and then suddenly here he is in a suit and looking so smart! It was a very casual affair which made it so nice and relaxing. Rachel had a ball of a time despite having very little sleep, got some awesome photos of her which I will share shortly. The bride has asked us not to share photos of the bridal party until she gets a chance to share her ones... okay that is mainly for Facebook but I will abide to her request on here as well since I have a few of you on Facebook too. But will share some of Rachel on here though (of course)!

It was lovely being able to spend some time with my brothers from Aussie and Christchurch and of course my big sister from Masterton too! Next wedding in the family is 9mths away and I am really going to try my best to loose some weight before Lynette's wedding as I am shocked at some of the photos that have been taken of me over the weekend (some of which I may share once I get a copy of them emailed to me) and as my brother so tactfully (not) pointed out - CAMERA'S DO NOT LIE!!!

Anyway, best I get moving as I have to meet Stephan at the bank in Lower Hutt to sign some documents as we have just done some jiggling around of some of our finances. Catch ya all later

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Stayed the same this week... was a bit disappointed as I had jumped on the scales on Sunday morning and was down 1.1 kilos so was expecting a good result this morning. Not sure what happened in 24 hrs but never mind - that's life and life sure can be a bitch at times.

Rachel is doing well - becoming very independant and wanting to do everything herself which is very trying at times but I do love the way she does try to help around the home. Especially when she was helping mummy tidy up yesterday, she would pick things up and bring them to me to put away! LOL We had a couple of nice walks at the weekend - really wonderful walking at her pace and taking everything in. We did the big block which I could normally do in no more than 20 mins but it took Rachel and I a full hour but it was lots of fun.

We have my nephews wedding this Friday in Otaki so we are heading away for the weekend to stay up at Mums giving us the opportunity to catch up with my brothers who are coming over from Aussie and up from Christchurch. So it will be a fun long weekend for us and we are keeping our fingers crossed for a nice day as it is a garden wedding. I now have about 3 options for an outfit thanks to some amazing generosity of friends! Especially this one woman from the Parenting Forum I belong to (and have her on facebook) and she answered an SOS I had on Facebook asking me what size etc and said she would send some clothes down to me to borrow. They arrived today and when I emailed her to say that they had arrived, she has changed her mind and said I am able to keep them all (5 tops)!!! What a woman and I will be buying her a wee thank you gift this week! And when I was at a friends place on Friday night, she offered me the use of an amazing red dress (with black shots through it) plus also a couple of tops. Bar a couple of tops which are just a little bit tight, they all fit me and I am in heaven! I do love the Internet at times!!!

Right, time I was heading to bed and am hoping that Rachel will sleep a bit longer than this morning when she was awake just after 5am!! Though she is good and stays in bed chatting to her toys until we go into her room!

Catch ya all later

Am disappointed to say that I had to record a gain of 900 gms this week... initially was gutted but am over it now and have to work on thing at a time! I WAS doing so well with the water intake but its gone downhill pretty quickly so will work on that one again this week. No one to blame but me so have built that damn bridge and am in the process of walking over it!

Got issues happening at work within our team so having a team meeting in the morning to "clear the air" so that should be interesting. It was supposed to be this afternoon but one of the team members was away sick... would have preferred an afternoon meeting so once it was over we could go home, reflect/sulk/think or whatever one wanted to do! But now it is in the morning, we will have to keep on working in what may end up being an uncomfortable atmosphere. Nothing I can do about that so will just wait and see!

Less than 2 weeks till my nephews wedding, have found out the details of the brides dress so I can ensure that the horseshoe that Rachel will give her will match the dress. Would hate to buy her a white one if she wore cream and vice versa! She is wearing platinum white so should be able to get one to match that ok. Great wedding shop in a suburb near by so will pop in there at the weekend to grab one for her. Found an awesome dress for young madam to wear on TM - $6.50 for a gorgeous Pumpkin Patch Princess Dress! Can't wait for it to arrive later this week! Guess she will just have to wear her sandals she already has as we can't really afford new shoes as well! And as for what I am wearing - I have no farking idea!!! I could leave it to the morning of the wedding and raid mum's wardrobe but no guarantee that I would find something I like or that it would fit correctly! No money to buy anything either... god life sure is a bitch at times!

Right, time for me to tidy up a wee bit and then head to bed... catch ya all later!

Just a quickie before I head to bed...

Stayed the same this week so am ok with that considering we were out at Steph's parents place for dinner on Sat night and then had our friends Lynaire and Kev around for lunch (and a drink or two) on Sunday. Would have been nice to have a loss but that's life.

Had a crap day today from woe to now... so am looking forward to going to bed and hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Right here are the pixifotos that we had done 3 weeks ago... the one of her in the chair was the freebie that we had planned on taking and then running... but no we just had to buy some more! There were another 3 poses that we decided not to get... And oh these are photos of the original photos so the image is not the best.