Saturday 9 March 2019

Project 365 week 10

Done more work on the cross stitch blanket this week, all the pictures are now finished and the name weight and d.o.b. are on it, just the verse to do now.  Would have been further ahead but spent one night unpicking one nights sewing.

A few extra walks added in, my aim is a minimum of three extra  thirty minute walks a week. Have also added in some sessions with my hand weights and resistance bands, instead of watching the potatoes boil I now walk up and down the stairs and do some hand weights.

Much colder with a lot of rain this week and a few over nights with heavy frost.



Sunday

Bought myself a new FitBit,  I decided to be nice to myself as I am worth it. Want one that will monitor things other than my steps that the last one did.





Monday

Went for a walk and was hoping to go up the Burns Monument, but it is closed for restoration work. You get great views from up here. The monument is in the centre background of the picture.



Fifi's parents night, well tea time anyway. Save DD1 having to take the younger ones with her I was babysitting until their dad came back from work.We played with the game I had got Spud for her birthday.


Tuesday

Some bits and pieces to do in the town and a walk through a very muddy local park by myself. Quite liked this use of a chopped down tree.





Wednesday

An afternoon walk along the beach, the tide was quite well in but we manged to clock up miles scrambling over rocks. Look the dog can fly.....lol.





Thursday

A walk down the woods with hubby and dog. This is a good walk as it involves hills and field and muddy walking so a bit more strenuous than a walk along the pavements in town.
Spent the Deramores voucher I won along with my wool on knitting needles, stitch holder, row counter and some knitted toy kits. Will make pressies for some of the grandchildren.






Friday

DD2 is staying with the in-laws for a few days. Baby Roo had a private appointment to get her tongue tie cut. At seven weeks old she is now back up to her birth weight and is still taking hours to feed so as they still do not have a referral through for an NHS appointment they decided this was the way to go. So after the appointment they came down to visit for a few hours. Will be back down on Sunday to see DD1 and the cousins but I will be at work.
Ziggy and I went and made some chocolate crispie cakes while she was here.

Nipped down to watch the three local ones while DD1 went to pick Bob up from gymnastics and SIL1 is on a different shift now. Spent the whole time I was there reading Mr Men stories.






Saturday

Our council have now introduced a six bin system for uplifting of rubbish. Personally feel to many people will find it confusing, irritating and it will alienate people from recycling. Getting the system in place must have cost a pretty penny both financially and it the footprint of making and delivering said bins.





Total Mileage is now at 285.50, that is 44.22 miles this week. But not sure how good my stats are in comparison to other peoples but have done 35hrs 42 minutes of fat burning 4hrs 20 mins of  cardio and 24 minutes of peak according to my Fitbit. That was over the six days I have had it.


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22 comments:

  1. You are worth it! The amount of walking you are doing you deserve a new FitBit!
    What a pretty view near Burns Monument! It looks like a summers day!
    That is a great use for a chopped down tree. How clever! The person who did it is very talented!
    Aww! Baby Roo has really grown. What a sweetheart! Ziggy looks like she'd already been eating some of the chocolate to make the crispie cakes. hehehe
    That new bin system sounds like a lot of work! Thankfully we only have the green bin for recyclable stuff and the black bin for everything else.

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    1. aaahhh thank you. It was very cold and rained on and off so I got lucky with walks on more than one day.

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  2. We still have bags in South Wales for recycling and a communal bin for general waste and glass bottles, they've changed our recycling days and introduced the glass bin this week, there are piles of the old sacks dumped outside all week now. Looks like you've had better weather than we have.

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    1. yes we are going to have to work out new times as currently we are one week approx 7.30 am and the other about 8.30 pm so not sure how we are going to be serviced.

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  3. Ah that recycling system is like in Wales. They have 7 bins I think. And their recycling rate is a touch under 70% vs 40% elsewhere in the UK. Seems a pain, but does the job and keeping all the recycling means less contamination. Not sure what we'll do when that comes to us. We have 1 recycling wheelie bin, give us boxes and we'd be scraping with the other 2 households on the farm over whose bins are whose, and they'd get knocked left right and centre at the entrance to the farm (if thy don't get blown away).

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    1. yes the smaller bins here are getting blown over more in the high winds

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  4. Lovely photo of Ziggy making her chocolate cakes and Roo looks so much more grown up already! Good luck with the extra walks. I hope you're happy with your new Fitbit.

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    1. Love the stats that the fitbit shows, quite enlightening.

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  5. There are certainly some talented artists. Love the skill and artistry that has gone into the totem pole. #365

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    1. totally agree, quite a few carved trees round here, great skill to have

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  6. Blimey where are you meant to keep all of those bins!! Love trhe wood carving and the view across to the monument #365

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    1. The bins are just ridiculous especially for mid terraced people like us

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  7. The amount of bins drive me nuts. There are so many of them. Those are some talented artists love the carvings. Well done to Ziggy making the cakes xx

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  8. You're totally worth it, Elaine! Love the super view and the cleverly carved totem out of the chopped tree.
    Lol @ the flying dog. Baby Roo is so cute. Hope the tongue tie op went smoothly.
    I would hate having six bins, our council is also making it more difficult to sort out the rubbish.

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    1. thank you. yes dog was captured at the right second

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  9. Love the colour of your new fit bit. I am still amazed at how much walking you fit in, total inspiration I could really do with doing some more exercise. Looks like she enjoyed making the chocolate crispy cakes and hope the referral helps with the feeding. I hate it when they have to change something that was working perfectly fine. Plus you have to store all those different colour bins! x

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    1. was actually £30 cheaper than the other colours. no body sees it at work as we have to be " naked from the elbow down" apart from my allergy warning bands.

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  10. 6 bins is a bit much. Our council has a 4 bin system: recycled (plastic, tins, glass, paper all in together), food, garden and the stuff that can't be recycled. Annoying about the tongue tie. Really I think all maternity hospitals should have people trained up and should just check every child and do it then and there.

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    1. yes I agree, tongue tie should be snipped while still in hospital, for all the seconds it takes.

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  11. 6 bins?? I have enough with 3 bins and a small food one. 6 is just too much!

    Hope the tongue tie cut went well. She is so cute!

    I think I need to start walking....I don't walk anywhere!

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  12. I hate it when I go wrong onmy cross stitch and need to unpick a load of it: so frustrating! Baby Roo is such a cutie! #project365

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