So excited!!!!

I found this photo when I was looking at pictures from uni (reminiscing about old times!) and I thought it was nice to start our holidays with... there will be loads more of anna, kate, helen and me after next weekend! I will be sure to put them on this blog spot. This one is when we were just about to go to the sports fed ball at the end of our third year at Warwick uni!


I am so excited about my holiday!!!!

I have packed and unpacked three times now - I just can't wait to get on the train to go to helen's then get on the plane to fly home! I am not wishing this week away by any means as i am also enjoying chilling out with tim!

I have already cooked a lovely dinner last night, we went out for drinks with little anna and craig and stayed out till 12.45am!!!! That's the latest I have been out in ages - it made me feel young again. I have also read my first holiday read - If I were you by Julia Llewellyn, was a really good read actually. I thoroughly enjoyed it! I am on to my next now which is called How to be lost by Amanda Eyre Ward. I have loads more for the summer!!!

I have also been a bit naughty and bought myself a new summer top and jeans from fat face and a new bag from Warehouse. My old one from Creaseys in Guernsey lasted me a good three years but is finally falling apart so I thought I would treat myself - do you like it?

Diet going ok but have finished my first box of chocolates from one child at school... oops! I ate them infront of the film 'Just Friends' which was hilarious and a few epsiodes of sex in the city series five - I had forgotten how brilliant they were!

well enough from me, I am far too over excited and need to calm myself down - if only I had the ocean to swim in that would cool me off a bit... only four more days till I get to go for my first swim of the year!!!! YEY!!!!

bye!!! Gemma x

holiday!!!! celebtrate!!!!!!

Hello,

life is good! I am now officially on my summer hols for 6 weeks!!!!!! wow!!! I love being a teacher, I really am...

The children and staff were all very tired today, i had one child actually run into a cupboard - full on!!! Just too tired for their own good. staff also getting ratty with one another, not sure the heat helped today - was all very stuffy in school which didn't help. I was quite chirpy though but not sure others really liked it... oh well!

diet not going well but have had a fantastic week I am not too upset about it. Am going to have four days before flying to guernsey having a bit of a detox as I know we will end up eating and drinking far too much and can't wait!

I haven't done any jogging this week cause it has been too hot - even at half six in the morning, and also have been so incredibly tired i just haven't had the energy.

well no photos from me today, looking forward to setting up my classroom on monday - am moving to a new room so I get an interactive white board. Will be fun setting up displays and role play areas.

well hope you all have a wicked weekend, ant how is it back in mexico? laura how did your last day with birdy and dicky go????

chat soon, gemma x

The baptism

Me and Maddy - isn't she gorgeous! I guess the curly hair is a dominant gene, my children better get curly hair too!!!
My cousins, luke, Rachael, Maddy, Me, Anna and Claire - Rach and Anna are my first cousins, Maddy my second cousin (Rachael's little girl) and Luke and Claire are my Auntie's niece and nephew... so are sort of cousins to me I guess...
Tim and I in hyde park
This is the prettiest picture of helen i just had to put it on!
Me and helen in hyde park
Tim in front of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, was such a sunny day!

My cousin racheal's little baby got baptised on sunday in london. Was wonderful seeing all my cousins from my dad's side of the family again, the last time was years ago when i was only a little girl!

here are some of the pictures. I took loads and can't possible put them all on so here's a select few.

Diet still ok. not great but ok. I had our creative project fashion show today followed by a class dsico where we nibbled on kiddies sandwiches and cakes... I only had a few nibbles as i was so cross from yesterday i had a bit of a bugger it attitude! will try harder tomorrow...

enjoy looking at my piccies!

gemma x

Gutted...

Hi,

Tim and I had a wonderful weekend in london. I will put some photos on when I have got time to download them... so busy at the moment and have another meeting tonight starting in half an hour!

I am currently gutted because after a week fo being 9 stone 10lbs then having two dasy in london of eating yummy food I am now back up to 9 stone 13lbs....

devastated in an understatement...

I am so annyed at my body and at this dieting crap. It takes weeks and weeks of eating nothing to loose a pound then two days... 48 bloody hours to put on three pounds!!!! HOW???????? I just don't understand at all... I can't get my head around how it works? How is it even possible to put on that much in two days?????

well my rant is now over. I am off to my meeting. Talk soon, love to you all, gemma x

hello

Hi everyone,

things here have been crazyily mad!!! School is just so busy with end of term stuff, sports day, moving classrooms, meetings about next year etc etc etc... the list goes on!

I am loving the sunny weather but am still feeling a bit under the weather after last week and trying to get my energy back! I am flagging a bit now...

Diet going ok - apart from I had a mars bar the other day - the first bit of chocolate in a month and it tasted like heaven!!! AMAZING!!!!

I have been good since but am completely stuck on 9 stone10lbs. Maybe that is just what my body is meant to be? I cannot seem to shift another ounce... it is quite irritating but am pleased, I guess, with how well I have done so far (I have lost 12lbs!!!). I am determined to just try to love my body for what it is and enjoy my summer. When I am in guernsey I am certainly not going to worry about what I eat, I want to have fun and relax and enjoy the delicious foods mum will be feeding me!

Jogging still going ok, and am trying to do sit ups which I am pants at!! Tim went on his first jog of the year yesterday and did what I do in half the amount of time, although he was a little puffed out!

We are off to london this weekend. I get to go shopping with tall helen and meet her new man! I can't wait!! Then we have a family baptism to go to with drinks and nibbles afterwards. Should be a great weekend!

chat soon, Gemma x

Our new piano

Hi all,

here is our new piano!!! isn't it beautiful???? we had to move our shelves into the bedroom but it actually all fits in quite snuggly!

School was getting rid of it so I buggsied it and now we have the most gorgeous piano to play! I have got in touch with a few tuners and it'd not too expensive to get it tuned, but they said to leave it a few weeks to climatise! what fun!!!!

we can now have cocktail nights with cocktails and me playing the piano with everyone standing around me singing... well maybe in a few months when I have actually learnt to play. So far tonight i have leanr to play "Do your ears hang low, do they wiggle to and fro"!!

diet going ok but am feeling really hungry at the moment. No run today due to rain so feel a bit annoyed at myself, will try to go tomorrow no matter what the weather.

chat soon, hope everyone is well, gemma x

dragon fruit

hi,

we were in tescos this morning and I found this gorgeous looking fruit, I have never seen or eaten a dragon fruit before and i just couldn't resist!


Isn't it a stunning colour?

Inside it is very similar to a kiwi texture and taste wise, but less tangy - more like a melon flavour.

just thought I would share my newly discovered fruit!

hope you are all enjoying your sunday!

hugs, gemma x

feeling better

sorry I haven't written for a while I haven't been feeling very well. I am feeling better now, have had a huge rest this weekend. I haven't done anything except sleep and watch videos! Tim and I watched the Constant gardener which was very good but a little deep and quite emotional, then we watched Lord of Wars last night, again a bit deep and meaningful but actually quite good.

here's a few pictures from the other night when ant was here...

This is a chrome one - I was playing with the effects settings on paitn shop pro - what do you think? it's fun isn't it???

school is going well but madly busy. I have so much to do before next week - I decided to do ths creative project thing which involves so much planning, preparation and a lot of mess! It should be all worthwhile in the end, we are having a fashion show followed by a disco! all planned by the children with my support... crazy!

diet still going well, was 9 stone 10lbs for three days in a row now! yey!!!

well better scoot, have planning to do - last weekend of doing this before the summer, last week of term I know the children will be shattered so won't be planning anything inparticular. chat soon, gemma x

Hey,

I am feeling a little blue now cause my sister has gone already! It went so bloomin quickly...! We did have fun though so it was worth it even if it was a short stay, we did lots of shopping and caught up on all the gossip.

She has put loads of the photos we took on her blogsite so go check it out - I will update my photos when I have the energy! Here's one of them...

Diet still going ok - had a bit too much alcohol last night and we had a wonderful italian meal but other than that, it is still going well. The scales said 9 stone 11lbs today but again it fluctuates all the time! I will just keep going and hopefully it will eventually pay off...!

off to watch sex and the city now - ant gave me series 5 on DVD, chat soon, gemma x

My sister is finally here!!!!

Hey,

we are having lots of fun already and I have an entire day of shopping and chatting wiht her tomorrow!!! YEY!!!!!!

We have had an inside BBQ due to the thunderstorms! and tried on lots of clothes and now doing mudmasks and drinking yet more wine...!

I had my formal interview today and have officially been offered my management position at school - yey!

realy is going so well, jogging still but no more weight coming off... will keep going!

chat soon, gemma x

what a sunny day?!?

These are our egg box crabs the children made! Aren't they wicked?

Wow!!! the weather is incredible here in the midlands as I am sure it is where you are too! i am loving it!!! I just wish I was back home swimming in the sea with tim and mum, we are both so excited now so mum you had better get those sexy wraps you made ready for on L'ancrese!!!

Today has been a crazy one, I am doing a creative project at school which is meant to be child led. So I told the children they were the teachers and could do what they wanted wiht me basicaly guiding them (towards sculpture as that's my specialist subject). So they went off shared ideas and we linked every idea together to be something they could wear! They are now making masks/hats/t-shirts/costumes... related to whatever they like - some are making darlicts, some animals masks, some egjyptian mummy masks... etc etc etc... it is mad!

This is all leading up to a fashion show on the last week of term followed by a disco that they are 'designing'! It is going to be a mad few weeks I can sense it!!
Good fun mind you!

Tim and I had a nice drink in the local pub round the corner this evening which was nice. Now we are back home getting ready for ant and gareth who arrive tomorrow!! yey!!

no change on the diet front. Seemed to have stopped loosing weight completely. I am still doing really well food and exercise wise but I guess this is the size my body wants me to be! I feel healthier whatever happens now! I really am determined to keep up the healthy lifestyle!

chat soon, gemma x

my new bathroom!!!

Hi,

I have been geting so upset about our little bathroom recently, no matter how hard I cleaned it we couldn't get the horrible mouldy black and pink marks of the in between bits of the tiles! It looked awful...

tall helen was the last person to see and I am sure she noticed how ugly it looked!

so today Tim has spent the entire day regrouting it all and filling in the putty bits between the bath and tiles. It now looks absolutely incredible and I am so excited about having my next bath! I have to wait 12hours now but it will be so worth it!

I am now proud enough to have the Queen around for a bath!

p.s. don't you think tim looks rather sexy?!

More pointless photos - I am loving my new camera!

I have been trying to do my planning for the week but being distracted by my new camera! i love it!!!

i have now worked out how to take close ups using a special button so here is the little turtle ant gave me from mexico!

Then my new glasses - do you like or do yo think they are too big for my face???? I am not sure of them yet but really liked tall helen's when she was up and wanted some big ones too!!!

chat soon, hugs, gemma x

my new camera!

Hi,

I was quicker at working out my new camera settings than I imagined I would be - am quite proud of myself!!!

These are my only two good attempts - the other photos I took today didn't quite work (fuzzy, zoomed in on wrong bit, focused on background not the item i was taking photo of...etc etc...) I need a lot more practise!!!anyway, do you like them? This is in leamington gardens, can you believe they are practically our garden!!

I have been jogging every day this week at half six in the morning around this park, it truely is beautiful!

The davinci Code

Hi I have just read the davinci code at last! I have been trying for a while but have found itquite hard to find time to sit down and read. It was very good but extremely frustrating! I don't really think it is my kind of book, I prefer a little less stressful reads, was very good though, now i can't wait to see the film. I know it probably won't be as good as the book but will be cool to see it anyway!

Have had the worst day ever for hayfever!!!! I am so uncomfortable I really don't know where to put myself. Have sneezed over two hundred times today and have got through an entire box of kleemex tissues! I look like rudolf with a cold!!!!! RIDICULOUS!!! Zirtek and nose spray is now not working on me so am going to have to try something else... whisky? brandy? vodka???? at least then I will be too drunk to feel my nose running...!

I have also just invested in a new digital camera, am stil learning how to use it and how to load photos onto my computer so will be a while before I put any of the photos from it onto this blogspot! Will keep practising.

Ant arrives in four sleeps as she reminded me today! can't wait to catch up and try on each others clothes, we are having a BBQ on the tuesday night then going out on the wednesday! what a giggle!!!!

chat soon, hugs from me x