Accountability

[Yvonne]

Hi kiwismum,
Very hot here  today and a good day for drying washing  as well.

I dont mind bread, would eat three pieces a day, but not a great fan of having toast mid afternoon in the summer.  I find two small ww brand cookies add up to the same calories so I have that instead.

Cant get excited about anything today, got an unexpected bill in the mail (add that to the 600 dollar one for the water pump before Xmas and the plumbing one which has yet to come) and really started wondering why am i off to buy chicken etc when meat on special can be just as tasty even if it is higher in calories!  So, in that frame of mind I had m/tea, coffee made, into the pantry for a biscuit fix but came out with an apple instead   One small hurdle over but not sure if its going to stay conquered.

Have been for a walk, vaccummed, ironed,  and spent half an hour carrying water to some plants in containers but not in the mood to get out and do much else.  My goodness what an old grouch! 

I am the only one here that really likes salmon, dont know why, think my lot are just strange   Keep up your good work, Lynda should be back at work soon, I wonder how she has fared over the holidays.  Nuff rambling, must go...

[Kiwismum]

I'm sure lynda will have lots to say about her break, she always has so much going on. Hope her mum didn't do too much baking for her.

I have been trying to do some stuff, but it is so hot, so alot of the jobs that didn't get done before 1.00pm will have to wait. The heat should be lessening soon so then it will back out to it.

Our not so little calf is now drinking everything his mother produces, so today I have started to keep them separate for most of the day, and just put them together for feeding time. So far it seems to be working out and neither of them are to concerned about it all. He wasn't interested in feeding at lunch time so will have to wait now until I go out and milk again after dinner.

I have been out digging potatoes until I got just too hot so the rest will have to wait.

I don't mind not sharing the salmon except that it is in the fettucine tonight so I have had to make a different sauce for the fussies. Normally I would jsut have occasionally for the lunch or when we go put, so this week is the exception. Actually I am quite looking forward to it.

When I started this in the winter I never had the bread in the afternoon, instead I would have a nice steaming bowl of vege soup, but for some odd reason I just don't want a hot bowl of soup in this weather

Right break time is over and a tiny little breeze seems to have started so I back out I go.

[Yvonne]

Wow, its been a hot one today!  Bathed Tina this morning and as she wasn't very co operative when I blow dried her took her and Cassie for 40 min walk to finish drying her off...after lunch Jack and I went for a long walk!  If that doesn't use up some of the (I am ashamed to say) unnecessary calories I ate last night nothing will

Scotch eggs on the menu here tonight and for lunch tomorrow, not really diet food I'm afraid, but come Saturday will stock up on some better alternatives..I did bake the eggs rather than fry so thats not too bad...

Your calf is lucky he gets too stay with mum, the cows that calved next door to us seem to be separated at a few days..poor babies.

May be off the computer for a day or two my daughters computer has had its hard drive die so while its being repaired have given her ours to use...she is hoping to get hers back tomorrow so fingers crossed....must away and let her have this one back, bye for now.

[Kiwismum]

Yum scotch eggs, they sound good.

Since I had had Thursdays meal on Tuesday, I ended up just have a tuna and cucumber salad, and then forgot to have my late night snack so not so great, but definitely not over the amount.

We share milk with the calf which frees us up if was can't get to milk some time, but he is a very big boy and is getting harder to manage, so I might have to halter train him and teach him to lead. But right now it is enough to shut him up at night and then get our milk before he has his breakfast. We were getting away with just shutting him up at five o'clock in the morning but now it has to be all night. Works well and he has always been put in his pen for milking right from the start, so he has learnt to just sit and wait until it is his turn.

Yesterday his year old sister crashed through our yards so I was not too happy about that one. She has another year to go here so we will have to do some more management training into her.

The days here are so hot and it makes it difficult to be outside in the middle of the day, so I have been out already and milked, so that will free me up for another job before it gets too hot later.

Breakfast wasn't great, just had hot chocolate, made with all milk and fruit. Didn't really feel like anything else.

Sorry to hear about your daughters computer, I hope it gets resolved soon.

[Yvonne]

Another scorching hot day here too..thankfully daughters computer has been repaired and returned, wasnt the hard drive but a memory problem....my day today for my house cleaning job, by the time I had finished cleaning the bathrooms, dusting and vacuuming was on melt down, by the time I had washed all the floors was past that point!  Still had to walk home do my own work then go for a walk so really felt I deserved that ice cold glass of beer after gardening tonight!  I know ..whats happened to the diet plan!

Hope the halter training goes well for your big boy.  Never been a smoothie fan so at the least will have toast and cheese for breakfast..even if I have to melt the cheese to make it more interesting.  Must away writing this and listening to C/St so getting distracted, hope everyone has a good weekend.

[Kiwismum]

Not so hot today so that is all good here. Still waiting for the rain that has been threatening for the last two days though.

Friday is always F&C night here, homemade though so after rereading the book it said I could have one or two extra carbs on carb night, so that was last night. It is the only night I have done that so I don't feel too badly about it, and all my meals today have been good.

Holding off on the halter training for now, trying out so other things first. Just had a nice bit of steak with onions, zucchini, green beans and salad so feeling pretty good for now.

We have some wonderful plums just coming ripe and I was thinking today while I was eating my sandwich how good it would be with some plum chutney. This is an odd thought for me as I am not really a pickle girl. But I just might make a small batch sometime next week for those odd moment over the next year.

Anyway I have been feeling a bit grumpy today after a rough week with the cows so I am going to indulge myself and have a nice soak in the bath with a good book.

[Yvonne]

After some much needed rain the past two days back to the sunshine today.  Despite the rain did manage to get some gardening in and a couple of walks...food wise not so good...

Not really a chutney person either though I do like Branston Pickle.. d-i-ls mum gave us a couple of jars of pickle in exchange for the two cabbages we gave her so that should keep us going for a while.  Other than freeze broccoli and corn nothing else ready as yet.

Going to make the roast chicken with tangelo nut stuffing for dinner tonight but I have just realised my pinenuts are actually sunflower seeds (I use them for the dogs biscuits) so am going to use walnuts instead of pinenuts..should be okay..wonder if I should roast them first????

Oops I see a dog walking in the herb garden, better go get her out, and get back to work.

[Kiwismum]

That sounds like an interesting meal, I don't like walnuts so I would probably use the sunflower seeds.

Hubby has had a work at home day today so I have had a nice time with another adult to chat to face to face.

Started to mow the lawns this morning before it got too hot but then I ran out of petrol and I can't be bothered going into town just for that right now.

We are having sausages for tonight so that will make a change.

[Pamela B]

Well Hello you two. I have decided to join you on the "accountability". Haven't been on site for ages and need to get back there. Health packed up and I just ate anything and everything. But with the hotter weather I should be able to be good. (well its a good story andyway). Cooked a HUGE chicken last night so that will be my lunches and evening meals for a few days. Had it with cucumber and tomatoes for lunch and will have courgettes and tomatoes tonight.

[Yvonne]

Hi Pamela, great to hear another 'voice', I am hoping tonights chicken (size 20) will do two nights and a lunch as well.  Sorry to hear you have been unwell, hope you are okay now.

Ended up with no nuts in the stuffing, Kiwismum, in fact never did the stuffing at all,  Chicken husband took from the supermarket freezer was already stuffed..oh well, not really a problem.  Bought chicken sausages to try so hope my fussy ones like them.  Had some rain here today but its hot as anything at present so staying inside....

Enjoy your evening ladies, must go do some veg for dinner....

[Kiwismum]

Hi Pamela and welcome, we love more voices on here.

Yvonne, my fussies love chicken sausages, but they are a little saltier than normal ones.

I have cucumbers coming out of my ears and I think people are starting to avoid me in case it make them take some more home.  Still they are a nice low cal. food that can bulk things out quite well. One year I made pickle but then two years later I opened the jars and threw it all out, so it is eat them now or never for us.

Pre stuffed chicken are very handy sometimes, but I do prefer to do my own, maybe I am just odd.

Well the cows are coming up for there evening drink so time to go and get them in.

[Kiwismum]

  Why is it that when hubby is here I fill my mouth with lots of bad things.

I decided last week to make my weighin day wednesday this time around. Thats tomorrow and I have not been as good as I should have been over the weekend. Today I will have to be extra specially good, so I had a smoothie for breakfast, and will make a BLT WRAP for lunch. Dinner I am not sure about, but it could be invlove a tin of tuna and a pumpkin.

Our plum trees are producing the most wonderful Black Doris type of plums so I thought I might have a go at bottling some of them for desserts in the winter

Little Miss Fussy is turning 10 at the end of this month and she wants a jungle birthday cake. Thats three layers of chocolate cake and lots of icing. I have two layers made and in the freezer already and since it is looking a bit cooler today might also get the third done. Sound like a day of cooking today.

Picked a ton of tomatoes last night so I can now start getting them put away, so will get them pealed and bottled today as well.

Harvest time can get very busy in the kitchen.

[Yvonne]

Despite good intentions my weight loss this week was a couple of hundred grams, should have been better but..my own fault!  So its a Monday weigh in for me.

I love plums!  Stewed with custard!!  I dont bottle just freeze everything these days.  Tomatoes, corn, broccoli etc..but not cabbage that we eat or give away.  Our cucumbers are just starting, courgettes are plentiful, some of the red lettuce as they go to seed are making very oretty little trees   No tomatoes yet, did have one early one we grew during winter but the main ones are still to ripen.

Its very hot here today but managed a couple of hours weeding and dead heading plants this morning and just come back from half an hours walk..if that doesnt melt some of the fat I dont know what will   So far this week (1 1/2 days!) have been eating well and not going over board..how long will it last I wonder...

Hope the baking has gone well Kiwismum.  How are things with you today Pamela?   Oh well, better go see what the dogs are up to and have a much needed cup of coffee....

[Kiwismum]

Well Yvonne you have been very good this week so you deserve a pat on the back. Me not so good so I get to stand in the corner hanging my head.

My tuna became a savoury rice and vegetable mixture with just a small bit of rice, stuffed into a baby pumpkin. It was really nice and really filling.I am sure that I ate far to much.

Tomorrows another day.

How are you doing Pamela

[Kiwismum]

Yay! despite my bad eating over those three days it seems that the rest of the week has helped, so I am down a little. Thats 900g since last monday so not too much complaining going on here.

It is 9.15 and breakfast is still not eaten so not so good. Better get on with it now.