Thirteen Things about Julies Week

1. Friday and we were up at 6am, hubby is obsessed about the prospect of traffic jams and likes to leave early to go anywhere. We left home just after 7am and headed off to Brighton. Found a brilliant cafe once we arrived for a hearty breakfast which set us up for the day.
2. As regular readers will know I am struggling big time to lose weight. This is caused by weak will power, excessive food, a love of wine and probably being 43. We did loads of walking over the weekend though, so much so that on Saturday afternoon my legs ached big time.
3. It had paid off though because I have lost 4lbs this week, and am determined to stick to the diet exercise thing in the run up to my holiday in August.
4. On Sunday we had a great day out in a place called Arundel, home of the Duke of Norfolk, leading Catholic in this country. The castle was an amazing combination of ancient and modern, wonderful views from the keep and then the striking castle living quarters which have been updated over the years. Great pizza in Pizza Express in town too!
5. We were home on Monday by 12.30, having set off from Bognor at 10am. The traffic was pretty light again and so we had the afternoon at home.
6. We spent Tuesday morning in the garden, weeding, cutting the lawns and generally tidying up out there. I need some new plants now, as things look a little bare now the trees have gone and we have tidied up out there more than in a long time.
7. My parents and niece and nephew joined us for lunch at our local pub on Tuesday, a kind of ending to the long weekend.
8. I now have a massive pile of ironing to do, is this the same pile of clothes I had this time last week? More than likely!
9. Today I am off to meet up with my student colleagues to compare progress on our essays. I am not making great progress myself, and really need to get stuck into it this weekend!
10. Hubby picks up his new car today, so I guess I will have to go out and say nice things about it later!
11. The Champions league match last night was extremely nerve racking, 1-0 lead to carry over to next week. Wonder if my nerves will cope with it all!
12. A week to pay day, I could do with it today - slight over spending last weekend!
13. Struggling with number 13, just today to get on with!

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