holidays etc

Mmm, I can feel myself sinking into ‘holiday mode’.  This mainly consists of having afternoon naps, which is pretty much my ideal lifestyle.  I’m also finding myself more interested in cooking.  Tonight, for example, I’ve made up a triple batch of my favourite rissole recipe, so we’ll have some of those together with roast vegies.  Yum!!

SO told me today that we’re going to be going to Dralion this Friday!!  I love Cirque du Soleil productions.  He took me to see Varekai when it was on in Perth, and it was one of the very few happy memories I have from when I was very badly depressed (as in, suicidal).  It was just a wonderful evening.  As I said, it’s a memory I hold close to my heart.  Not only was it wonderful in itself, it also illustrated SO’s love for me, that he took me to something he thought I would enjoy, and he really went all out for it to be fantastic.  I’m so lucky.  So yes, I’m really looking forward to it

In other news, we went shopping for the garden today.  We bought a lemon tree, a Eureka, so I’m happy.  SO and I have an ongoing disagreement about lemon trees.  I think they’re essentially ornamental, with their dark green shiny leaves, white flowers and growing habit.  Plus, they grow lemons!  Our local fruit and vegie shop sells them for $1 each, which is beyond ridiculous for something that grows like a weed.  SO, on the other hand, can’t understand why anyone would bother to own one. 

I present my argument:

How is that not attractive?!

Anyhow, we’ve reached a compromise – rather than put it in the front yard (which is what I wanted, as it gets the most sun) we’re going to put it in the back garden, where we have an empty garden bed.  We also bought some small pot plants, and some other assorted stuff like cow poo, soil improver, etc.  So yes, I got some retail therapy in, and all for less than $100 – not bad.  SO’s not so overjoyed, as he knows he’ll have to reticulate that garden bed before we actually plant anything out, but it should only take him about half a day.  And as I said to him, it’s good to have a project for when we’re on leave, as it makes it feel like we’ve accomplished something.  (I have yet to figure out what my project is – I suspect it’ll be trying to clear the backlog of ironing we have piling up.  Sigh.)

My weight is still very slowly trending downwards.  I’m losing about half a kilo to a kilo per week.  It’s going okay – I try and fit in ‘normal’ eating if I’m out somewhere.  So yesterday, for example, when we were at SO’s dad and stepmum’s for dinner, I relaxed.  I didn’t eat huge amounts, but I did have dessert, and a piece of rocky road afterwards.  There’s no point living on a starvation diet, because there’s no way I’ll be able to maintain it, so I try to relax when we’re out.  I just watch what I eat the next day.  Like I said, so far it’s been both manageable and effective, which is great.  If I lose another seven kilos, I’ll be a size 12 again.  I’m starting to think it’s doable.