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A Quick Polo Shirt Refashion

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I think MeMadeMay spurs us all into action and opens our eyes to gaps in our wardrobe. Last week I was wondering what I could wear for golf, then I remembered a top the hubby had discarded and put aside for the charity bag.

It was kinda huge on me but I thought the collar the the zip opening didn’t look too big and once the sides were taken in it would still look in proportion.

I measured it and decided to take the side in for it to measure 40″. I measure 39″ so I thought with a little stretch in the fabric 1″ of ease would be enough. I’m still now sure now if i remembered to include a seam allowance as the finished garment is a bit snug (though I could get off my butt and go measure it and find out!).

The marks drawn on were with a frixion pen. I recently bought some felt tip style ones. I’d always recommend testing to make sure the heat from the iron removes all marks before you go ahead and draw all over your fabric!

Once I’d sewn up the side I tried it on and drew roughly where I thought the shoulders should finish. The curve where I’d already estimated where the armsyce should finish was way out. I needed to use the original one, and if anything could have done with the opening 1/2 inch higher, so just be careful if you’re doing something similar – don’t get too scissor happy!

Once I’d cut off the excess on one shoulder I used the piece I’d removed as a guide as to what to cut the other side.

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The length was obviously too long, and the existing hem was stitched with a facing on the back piece. This was what I used to trim the arms. Unfortunately I removed the excess length after I’d reduced the side seams which meant my width at the bottom was about 4 inches shorter than it could have been. So next time I’ll remove any excess width before I reduce the sides.

I cut strips of fabric for the binding 1 1/4 inches wide, single folded them, stitched with a regular stitch to the right side of the fabric, turned and coverstitched in place. I didn’t have a matching thread for the pinky colour so used a contrasting thread the same as the cream.

I only had enough of the cream colour trim to use for the front of the top so joined a piece of the pink to make it long enough to go all the way around.

How neat….!

Loving my coverstitch……

A bit wonky with the hem, and I’ve not gotten around to trimming off the excess fabric with my duck billed scissors. But it’s tucked in so no one knows but me!

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And here it is…….

Luckily it was a warm day and I was able to wear a skort that was a really similar colour to the cream trim. (excuse the wonky boobs!!)

I shortened the skort a couple of inches, I’m getting a bit brave now I’ve got a tan!!

And a couple of action shots!

All the ladies were loving my top! I can’t wait for the sun to shine so I can wear it again.

So what now…. I think I’ll have to have a rummage in my hubby’s wardrobe and see what other golf tops he doesn’t want! This one was actually destined for the charity bag when he was a stone heavier as it showed off his Moobs, but now I bet it would look ok, well it would if I hadn’t chopped it up!

#SundaySevens 98 – A Double Bill

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Hi Folks!

Gosh! What’s happening to me! This healthy active lifestyle is certainly getting in the way of me and my sewing machine. And my blogging. But behind the scenes I’m still snapping away at the picks and now I’m only ONE pound off my target weight I’m hoping to get back to sewing more, especially as I really need some new clothes.

So what’s been happening…..

The start of Me Made May meant I needed something me made for golf so found one of the hubby’s golf tops in the charity bag and did a quick refashion….here’s before…

Bluebells everywhere at the moment…… These were at the side of the 10th green.

I’ve been helping out with the ladies taster sessions at the golf club. If you’re not far away it’s not too late to have a go. All free and equipment is provided.

I decided totally out of the blue to go for a run. I’d not run for over a year so I was both surprised and pleased when I did 5K in 31 minutes and 2 seconds, beating my best park run time by 8 seconds! 🙂

Meals times at work often resemble something from “ready steady cook!”

In less than 10 minutes I’d managed to rustle this up…..

And I’m having spinach with everything, and loving it in omelettes!

I feel like I’m shrinking in height as well as the waistline! H is now 6’3″ and bigger than his dad!

Looking very smart and serious going out to bat. He’s playing 3 or 4 matches a week, too many whites to wash!

One night last week I came across a road accident on my way home from work and stopped to help as it had just happened. It was where the donkeys are that I’ve shown on previous SSs (ages ago).

It turned out I knew the mum of the girl who I help. She’s ok and her mum sent me some lovely flowers.

Last Wednesday I woke up all giddy as I had slept for 8 1/2 hours (I’m lucky if I get 6 usually) so I went for a run and smashed my previous 5K time.

Soooo pleased!!

And then went to play golf, had chips with lunch before and tea afterwards and had this little dessert! I think I’d earn it!

Last Friday I organised a walk with some work pals in Happy Valley

Meet Alfie….

And Dougal…..

No pudding in the pub half weigh round, but I did eat all this….. I ordered the special burger but without the bap so I was sort of being good!

The last 3 miles of our walk were along the canal….

Errrmm, don’t know what to say about these, except that maybe these are proof that being bonkers has not skipped any generations in our crazy family!

Slimming…..in my first week I missed of my SS I lost 2 1/2 pounds and then this week another pound!! That’s 18lbs since February and only 1 pound to target!

Sunday Sevens – a short blog post with seven/a few/lots of (delete as appropriate) photos from your week, invented by Natalie from Threads and Bobbins.

Simplicity 1783 – A Cynthia Rowley Pattern

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I know there’s a lot of Cynthia Fans out there and I’m quickly becoming one!

Here’s 1873

Last year I made the top from this pattern, you might remember it as the ‘save all your kisses for me‘ top!

A few weeks ago I was looking to make a denim skirt for summer and stumbled across this pattern in my stash and thought this would be perfect.

I frivolously chopped my paper pattern!! Shock! Horror!! This is not something I would normally do, but I’m not planning on being a bigger size anytime soon so I thought what the heck!

It’s actually about a month or so since I finished this. There’s not a lot to say about the construction except to was fairly straight forward, including the zip fly.

I changed the order of construction. Instead of sewing the side seams then attaching the waist band, I completed the front (inc the fly) added the waist band, but not the facing. Then I sewed up the side seams to get the fit spot on. Then adjusted the waist facings and attached them.

From experience there’s nothing worse than attaching the waist band, and finishing off the top stitching etc only to find you’re unhappy with the fit. I started sewing all my skirts, dresses and trousers this way after making my Yasmin Yoke Skirts as they is how they are sewn up.

So here’s a few pics from an old photo shoot! What spurred me on to write this post today is that I’m wearing this outfit today for #memademay17

The top is a save from last year. The neckline just wasn’t right so I folded it over to the outside and stitched it down with the coverstitch and am really pleased it worked as I just love this fabric.

So not a lot else to say about the skirt, except there’ll be definitely more of these to be seen in the summer, once I get through my stash of jumpsuit patterns for #jumpingintojune !!

Me Made May Already!!

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An hour and a half to me made may and I’ve not made my pledge yet.

So here goes…..

Here’s my 3rd time, and I Ali aka Thimbers of Thimberlina.blog will endeavour to wear me made clothes every day, at least one, and hopefully all! I am also going to try and post my pics daily on IG and hopefully pinterest, which is easier said than done!

Thanks Zoe! Me Made May Rocks!!

#SundaySevens 97 – Sunshine Edition

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It’s a double bill and there’s been lots going on, including my long awaited ladies trip to Portugal. If you’ve never thought of playing golf, it’s worth learning to play just to come on our trip!

2 weeks ago H was on school holidays. Here he is with cyber mom, she had to stand on a chair to give him a kiss and for a minute I thought she was going to fall off! And look she’s wearing my favourite Coco that is now hers.

And then we all went to play golf. (us, not cyber mum!) H played with the juniors in their comp and came 2nd and played 3 under his handicap – which is a first. He was really pleased.

And then it was soon time for some last minute pampering before my holiday…nothing like a glamorous foils shot to keep it real!

If you’ve been following the Tour De Yorkshire this weekend and know where abouts I live you might have realised that it’s only been a couple of miles away, and there’s been bikes everywhere……..even in the local supermarket.

And then the 20th April arrived and we all met at the airport at 6am.

And guess what?! I was 20 pounds lighter than I was a year ago when we all went away!

Our holiday was for 7 nights. We played golf 5 times and each day had a colour or theme.

Our first day was a blue day………

Unfortunately I didn’t perform as well as I could have done and came last! We all have holiday names, so from left to right we have Kizzy, Tiggles, Whiskey, Petra, Trixie, Misty and me – Taffy. We’re named after pets we had as kids, and call ourselves Pussies.

So here’s what the pussy with the best and worst score had to wear for dinner when we went out that evening…

Luckily my score wasn’t the worst the following day, which was pink day. Tiggles managed to get one point less than me…phew!

And she wore the sash. I’m not sure why she wasn’t wearing it in this photo, I’ll be having words!!

And then there was the black, red and white day, but only Trixie wore red.

And then the sensible ones had a day off, whilst the hard core golfers had an extra round. Obviously I’m not hard core, but instead googled ‘fabric shops near me’ (I know I’m not on my own doing this!) and found one only a 15 minute walk away!

Helen and I bought a few bits of haberdashery and stroked a few balls of yarn.

Did I mention my healthy breakfasts? Each day I had an omelette with cake for afters. I usually wrapped some up to put in my golf bag for a lunchtime snack, but sometimes I ate it all before it got into my golf bag! Greedy pussy!!

Our 4th day of golf was a brightly coloured anything goes day! One guy came up to us on the course and said we were the most colourful and best dressed 4 ball he had ever seen!

And our last day was a flower power day. Do you recognise the shorts? My simplicity 1696 trousers that I made last year….

A little first aid was needed for Trixie….I wondered why they asked me to go on the trip! Luckily this was before we played and her feet weren’t too smelly! (Sorry Trixie xx)

Did I mention that I had to wear the losers sash twice!? Well I did and I wasn’t impressed, so on the night before our last round I took things easy, only had 3 glasses of wine and was asleep before 1am. And guess what? I won!!!!!!

The next day it was time for home……….here’s Tiggles and Taffy on their balcony all packed and ready for home, and feeling sad even though we’re smiling…

And then all the tired pussies got the plane home…..

And just one more holiday pic before I move on. Earlier I mentioned I’d lost 20 pounds since I went last year. Here’s me last year and wearing the same top this year, not quite as snug! I’m so glad I joined slimming world, I feel fab and have never eaten so much. (but unfortunately not cake! except in Portugal!)

So then it was back home to the central heating and tonnes of washing. H and hubby had been really good – my car had been washed, they’d kept the house tidy and the fridge was full of food! I think I’ll go away more often!

I arrived home at 5:15pm, had a quick bite to eat, then dashed to parents evening (H’s teachers think he’s as wonderful as me!) and then dashed to watch H play cricket. It was hail stoning as I left school, but somehow the storm managed to bypass the ground in Huddersfield were he was playing.

And then today I played in the Bradford and District Evening League Team Championship and we only went won!! This league has been running since 1984 and we play other clubs throughout the summer. At the start of the summer we have a team event and scores are combined. This is only the second time in 33 years that our club has even won it so we were over the moon!!

And just one last one. A crocodile on the course at Shipley today!!

And before I go, the ‘feature’ pic is Helen wearing her fab new dress that she made!! I’ve forgotten which pattern it is but it was one of the free ones that came with a recent Love sewing magazine. I’ll find out before I add it to my talented friends page.

Sunday Sevens – a series devised by the lovely Natalie (how could she be anything else she’s a Yorkshire lass!!) from Threads and Bobbins. Join in and share a bit of what goes on in your life outside the sewing room!!

#SundaySevens 98 & An Impromtu Meet Up with NanaCathy

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Happy Easter from a wet and chilly Yorkshire!

Hope your tummy’s aren’t full to bursting from all the chocolate! This is the first year I’ve not had an Easter Egg of my own, but I admit to helping H out just a little bit when he looked to be struggling with his.

On Monday we had a cool, dry start to the week and I managed to get H’s white’s washed and dried so they’re nice and fresh for the start of the cricket season.

Tuesday I threw a chunky chilli together and left it simmering in the slow cooker and went to play golf. And I only went and won the competition!

Do you remember the Simplicity 1696 amazing fit trousers I made last year? Well, they’re now golfing shorts to be worn in Portugal for my holiday this week! They would be too short to wear at my home club but abroad the dress code is more relaxed.

On Wednesday my mum and I dropped H and his girlfriend at Flamingo Land and then had a day out round and about before picking them back up at tea time. We met Bertie in a garden centre who was very chatty, especially when we left him – he didn’t like to be ignored.

We resisted all cafes and cake shops in Malton and was super prepared with our own lunch. Unfortunately it was a bit too cold so we ate our picnic in the car.

And then the highlight of the day!

As Cathy from NanaCathyDotCom who won my recent Giveaway/Competition lives very close to Flamingo land I dropped her an email to see if she fancied meeting up for a coffee. She did so we did just that and met up in Pickering! We had a lovely hour chatting like old friends, AND resisted cake. And she absolutely loved her goodie bag!

Remember my standby point in Elland at the side of the river? The road it’s on is called Gas Works Lane and this old building used to be part of something to do with the old Gas Works. I have a feeling it used to be a social club. I took the picture the other day when stood by just to record what it’s like now and hope one day it will be renovated rather than demolished.

I fancied a change from an omelette so after dry frying some peppers, courgette and mushrooms I dropped a couple of eggs on top. After cooking them for a few minutes on a gentle heat I finished them off under a hot grill.

Round the back of the ambulance station is Brighouse Library and a stunning blossom tree. It really is in full bloom at the moment but the light doesn’t quite do it justice.

Today was supposed to be our first trip of the year to the coast with the jet ski. The forecast was terrible so we changed our plans and headed to nearby Butterley Reservoir in Marsden, Huddersfield.

Despite the miserable weather got wrapped up and kept smiling….

The thought of our pub lunch helped to keep spirits high….. and I resisted a pudding!

Only because the MIL was coming for tea and I’d be eating another dinner!

Chicken with peppers, spinach and feta cheese, and chips. All on-plan I must add for my diet!

And then I snuggled up on the couch with my 2 favourite fellas and we watched Bridget Jones’s Baby, which just finished off our week nicely!

And now on to Slimming News. I lost 1 1/2 pounds – that’s now 15 1/2 in total! Mum gain 1/2 pound, and the hubby lost another pound. So in total we’ve lost just this year almost 3 1/2 stone between us!

And now just a little recipe to share with you…..How to make a healthy dessert which is perfect for topping your favourite cheesecake base, or a meringue nest, or just have it on it’s own.

You will need for the topping:

Quark – for a dessert to serve 4 you will need a 500g tub (at least, more if you’ve can’t find your greedy switch to turn it off!!). This can be found at most ‘big’ supermarkets. I think just in the Uk – Del has not been able to find any in the U.S.

(Quark is a fat free soft cheese that is really versatile and can be used in sweet and savoury dishes.)

You will also need Begian or white chocolate options, or other low calorie chocolate drink to flavour the quark.

Fruit – I find raspberries work well with the white chocolate, and mandarin segments with the belgian chocolate.

Mix 3 teaspoons of Options to the Quark. Add more according to your own taste.
Add roughly chopped fruit and mix.

Add to your favourite cheese cake base – for a totally unhealthy treat I used 8 digestive biscuits and 50g of melted butter.

Try to share out equally!
Remember to tell your family you’re making this because once you lick the spoon you’ll want to eat them all right there and then!

Here’s the same topping added to meringue nests – this saves a huge amount of calories/syns/points depending which if any diet you’re following. I also added some broken meringue to the topping. Excuse H – he would’t stop eating for long enough for me to get a pic without him in it!

And here’s a chocolate orange version (you might remember it from my Mothers Day Sunday Sevens) with grated chocolate on the top.

And if you just want a snack on the go (like I did at work last night) you can buy single sachets of options and add them directly to the tub of quark so long as you have an implement which will double up as a stirrer and a shovel. Luckily I had a knife in my lunch bag otherwise I would have to use my pen or maybe a syringe!

I managed to mix a sachet of chocolate orange options just with the top half of the tub of Quark, and after eating that then mixed a sachet of mint chocolate options with the bottom half of the tub. Absolutely yummy and I didn’t feel I’d missed out on the whole Easter Egg shebang one bit!

Hope you enjoyed my foodie photos and maybe they’ll give you a few ideas if you’ve stuck what to make for tea. I think choosing what to have for tea is harder that cooking it!

My next Sunday Sevens will be a double bill in 2 weeks as it’s my girlie golfing holiday in Portugal in only 4 sleeps!!!!!!

Sunday Sevens – founded by the lovely Natalie at Threads and Bobbins.

#SundaySevens 97

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Hello! These weeks are just flying by, I can’t believe it’s nearly Easter. I’m a bit late this week with my Sunday Sevens, I feel any later than Wednesday and I should add it to next week, so here goes before it’s too late!

Monday was a gorgeous start to the week with high temperatures and lots of sunshine. My favourite stand by point is back open on Gas Works Lane, Elland Bridge. This has been closed since the Boxing day floods of 2015 when the river behind came right up and over the wall and caused massive devastion in the Calder Valley.

I managed to fit in 3 Body Pump classes this week which really get the heart rate up and help to tone the muscles! I do other classes too but this is my favourite!

Pre-washing some fabric I’m reviewing for Minerva Crafts. I’ve actually finished my make and the review will be on their site shortly.

Lots of colourful primroses bordering the putting green are making me feel like summer is just around the corner!

Thursday night me nephew was in a show at Bradford Playhouse, we managed to sneak in a drink in the bar before hand – note me on the diet coke and hubby having a naughty pint of bitter!

Cyber pops looking as handsome as ever waiting for the show to start…xx

I spent an hour (or 2) sorting some of my shoes out in the bottom of my wardrobe and taking photos for the ‘stylebook‘ app on my phone. I’ve still to upload them to the app but my wardrobe is now much neater. I even found a few pairs that I forgot I had! As I wear steel toe cap boots for work my shoes tend to last forever and don’t get worn out so fast. Here’s just a few from my screen short on my phone…..

Another evening stroll for the me and the hubby. The houses on the right are where we live and we’re really lucky to have a the sound of bleating when we’re sat in the garden now the sheep are back in the field.

Sunday morning I thought I’d take advantage of the lovely weather and cycle to work. BIG mistake! It was only 4 degrees and bloody freezing!!! But the sunrise was stunning and it did warm up a couple of degrees as the sun crept a little higher.

I thought I’d save the foodie photos till the end.

Sweet potato, parsnip and carrot soup whizzed up half chunky and half smooth. No herbs added I just use chicken stock cubes. Served with sharwoods noodles, chip cubes (boiled for 5 minutes then sprayed and popped in a hot oven for 20 minutes with some spam lite cut into cubes). This dish when down a treat with the hubby and he is a huge spam fan and was fab for me as it was a super quick tea as I always have a big jug of fresh soup in the fridge.

I generally have a bag of grated white cabbage and carrots in the fridge to to make my own coleslaw with ridiculously light mayo as I need it. It lasts about 4 or 5 days but I’ve usually used it up before then.

Leftover chilli with cauliflower rice and some coleslaw make a really quick meal at work. For cauliflower rice whiz a cauli up in the food processor and then just warm it in the microwave. This is really good if your trying to cut down on carbs. (supermarkets sell it ready made if you don’t have a processor).

And look what I got – I lost another pound, which meant I received my one stone award in just 8 weeks!!

Cyber mom lost 2 1/2 pounds – that’s 16 in total and the hubby lost 1 too, that’s 15 altogether!

I’ve never really done a diet properly in the past, as in joining a club and having the support of all the other members and the consultant. If you’re wondering if you should do it, I’d really recommend it Slimming World. I don’t even feel like I’m on a proper diet as I’m never hungry. It’s just got me motivated to get organised and have some structure to what I’m eating, and a lot more variety too.

And look……..my favourite Yasmin Yoke skirt doesn’t fit me any more!! There’s too much top stitching to unpick and alter it. I think it’ll be quicker to make a new one.

I know I mentioned a recipe to be added to the end and I’ve shared some of what I’ve been eating this. Next week I’m going to hopefully have time to share with you my chicken traffic light risotto which is really yummy, and it works the bingo wings too as there’s lots of stirring to be done! Until then, hope you have a fantastic Easter and don’t get too sick on chocolate – I’ve told my hubby I’d rather have fabric!

Sunday Sevens – a short blog post with seven/a few/lots of (delete as appropriate) photos from your week, invented by Natalie from Threads and Bobbins.

#SundaySevens 96 And We Have A Winner or 2!!

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Well, I finally gotten round to doing my Carol Vorderman bit and added up the total mileage of how far everyone travelled to the #sewdowndewsbury meet up. And I was absolutely flabbergasted! Even before the 808 miles from Chris who came from Germany were added you guys travelled 1,111.2 miles!!! So in total that’s……..

So the UK winner is Cathy from nanacathydotcom who guessed 1876, so she was only 43.2 miles under, and doesn’t live too far away herself so hopefully we’ll meet up at a future sewing gathering. Last year Sam won the competiton and this year she came, so you never know!

The international winner is Rachel, all the way from Malaysia, who blogs at SewSouthLondon. Rachel’s guess was only 54.8 over … 1974.

Well done ladies!! If you email me your addresses I’ll arrange for your goodie bags to be posted off to you!!

So now on to what else happened last week……included some sewing. I’m a bit worried that you’ll think I’ve given up the sewing blog in favour (or should it be flavour) of a foodie blog, as at the minute if i’m not preparing food, I’m either eating it or thinking about it! Or trying to work it off!

Helen made another frock! She should take over my blog!

After something Helen said today when she popped round for lunch and a comment from Lyn at Tialys I’ve decided I’m going to nominate a dolled up day each week to get dolled up for absolutely no reason what so ever! Do you fancy joining in?

The scrum food continues…. white chocolate and raspberry cheesecake!

Me in action on the golf course, and this time I took no prisoners and whooped the hubby’s butt!

I made a start on my first jumpsuit which has ended up being a wrap top instead. I’ve teamed this up with some white 3/4 length wide pants and can’t wait to show you them in some proper photos.

The hubby and I took advantage of the light nights and have been trying to do an hours walking each evening, or body magic as they call it at slimming world!

Spiralized potatoes cooked in the oven, H loved them!

One of Rory’s friends getting acquainted with our new furniture.

More of my photos have been popping up at the golf club – all 3 are mine, but the mushroom one is my favourite.

Mag’s bottom! She thought I was a bit daft when i wanted to take a picture of it after golf last week. But just check out those cool pockets!!

And lastly, my latest proper finished make…..to be blogged very shortly is the ‘feature pic’ at the top!!

Weight loss update: I lost another 2 pounds, that’s 13 in total and leaves me only 6 pounds to target! Mum put 1/2 pound on and thought it was an April fool but it wasn’t. She’s back on track this week. The hubby is still loosing weight steadingly and has lost a stone altogether, but as he doesn’t have an official weigh in it’s hard to know exactly what he’s lost. He’s going in the right direction though.

Sunday Sevens – a short blog post with seven/a few/lots of (delete as appropriate) photos from your week, invented by Natalie from Threads and Bobbins.

#SundaySevens 95

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No Monday morning blues here this week!

Monday was an early start as we headed to North Lincolnshire for a golf break. The hubby beat me both days!!!

I opted for a healthy breakfast in the hotel. This is so hard when we go away as I just love all the pastries.

I lost 3 balls in 3 different water hazards! This was worse than beaten by the hubby!

I think I need to call the fashion police! (Cyber mom’s going to kill me for this! Or at least have my guts for garters!! – one of her sayings! 🤣) But how fabulous is her kitchen looking?!

Helen (sewing and golfing buddy pictured further down) came around last week to re-measure me. I’ve since started work on some new blocks.

My new favourite breakfast.

40g of oats mixed with a sachet of options chocolate drink (or any low calories chocolate instant choc drink), then add a little boiling water to make a cheesecake style base. Allow to cool. Add 150g of 0% fat greek yoghurt, followed by your choice of fresh or frozen berries. Leave in the fridge overnight.

Another alternative which I’ve since made and prefer, is adding 1/2 the sachet of options to the oats then add the water as above. Then instead of using greek yoghurt use Quark and added the other half of the options sachet to make it chocolate flavour, and then add fresh raspberries. (Quark for those who’ve not heard of it is a o% fat cream cheese that’s full of protein).

New windows at work – it was a little draughty…

Thursday night we ate out at the Pizza Express, and H brought his girlfriend. I couldn’t take a picture of her so here’s my healthy pizza instead.

Another healthy lunch at work -scrambled egg in kale and cauliflower soup!

I had a little treat and bought myself the burdastyle magazine. How cool is this jumpsuit! I have quite a collection of jumpsuit patterns now. Is anyone else thinking of #JumpIntoJune this year?

Yesterday it was 17 degrees C!!! So I pegged out for the first time this year.

H was out in the afternoon so spurred on by the sudden turn in the weather we went on the hunt for some new patio furniture. And we saw this contraption……

A boat/car…..!

Today wasn’t quite the same balmy temperatures as yesterday but it was just about warm enough for us to celebrate Mother’s day lunch outside with our new furniture.

Aw…the lovely cyber parents xx

Home made chocolate orange cheesecake.

The base wasn’t healthy at all – butter and digestive biscuits. But the topping was quark, chocolate options, chopped up mandarins, and finished with grated dairy milk and an orange segment.

And finally Helen, another one of my talented friends. She’s just made the Simple Sew Loretta Jewel Neck dress and looks amazing in it!

Weight loss update: I lost another 1 1/2 pounds, that’s 11 pounds in total! Mum lost 2 1/2 and got her 1 stone award! The hubby lost another one and it’s really starting to show!

Just one last thing, in case you’re wondering, I’ve not forgotten about the goodie bag giveaway and will be announcing the winners this week, and getting them posted off. Life and golf and slimming has just got in the way of everything!

Sunday Sevens – a short blog post with seven/a few/lots of (delete as appropriate) photos from your week, invented by Natalie from Threads and Bobbins.

#SundaySevens 94

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The week started off a little different to most people’s – driving home to bed at 6am whilst everyone is driving to work. Even though I was shattered I just had to pull over and snap this amazing sunrise. It looks a little distorted as I used the panoramic setting so I could fit in as much as possible.

Sue being introduced to her new toy – I’ve leant here my old overlocker.

I have a pile of clothes that are getting too big so I made a start on altering them to fit….

The naked chef. What is it about teenage boys feeling the need to bare their chest!?

He made a mean stir fry….

At the golf club the 19th has been refurbished and new prints put on the wall. The one on the left is one of mine!!

Daffi’s on the course…..

And on Wednesday the hubby took the day off work only to be thrashed on the golf course and had to buy me lunch. We were able to eat al fresco, it was such a gorgeous day!

Later in the day the grass had it’s first cut of the year and H got to work cleaning the patio.

Happy post this week!

Thursday night H played in a footie cup final. Unfortunately they lost but they were playing Drig’ who are the Man U of their league!

Friday I met a pal for lunch and resisted these beauties! I had soup, sorry not photo! He gave me his mums sewing box, she passed away a few years ago and it needed a new home. I’ll write a post shortly to share it’s contents with you soon.

Kiwi – I’ve taken to eating 2 of these a day, with skin!! Apparently it makes the digestive system a bit more active!! Sorry, probably too much information! It’s a bit like a bush tucker trial eating your first one, but it gets easier!!

Healthy choice in the pub where they serve the best home made chips you’ve ever tasted!

More soup making….

2 huge panfuls made in about 45 minutes. Carrot and parsnip, and kale and cauliflower.

And look how busy Sue has been – 4 Cleos!!!!

Weight loss update: I lost another 1 1/2 pounds, that’s 9 1/2 in total and leaves me 9 1/2 to target! Mum put 1/2 on and the hubby put one on too, but we’re all geared up for a fab week and the pounds will be melting off! I’m cutting down on my coffee as I do drink an awful lot which really makes my milk intake too high, and I’m going to try to have a 3 pound loss this week!! …I’m dreaming of playsuits for Jumping Into June!!

Sunday Sevens – a short blog post with seven/a few/lots of (delete as appropriate) photos from your week, invented by Natalie from Threads and Bobbins.