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Goal Review

Well, February is almost over already so it's time to review those monthly goals.

I was really pleased to achieve my January goal of losing two kilos at last.

Claiming my evening class money and using it to pay off several debts and my London trip felt great.

I wrote at least four letters this month as well as sending some birthday presents and the invitations so I feel very in touch with people at the moment.

With the wine cellar tour, drawing sessions and message in a bottle, this one also worked out well.

We booked our flights and some accommodation on Sunday - so excited!!

Scotland here we come!

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It's booked!  Well, the flights and some of the accommodation are booked, we still have some small details to iron out but the fact is - we are going to Scotland on honeymoon!  I am so excited.  We are spending two nights in Edinburgh, two near Loch Lomond and two in Oban.  I've visited all three before but it will be a first for Mrs Baden (and Mr Baden for that matter) and we're very excited.

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Birthday Cards

In preparation for next month, I've been busy making some more birthday cards.  Things were getting on top of me last month so I resorted to moonpig but this month I was back on it.  As I've mentioned, I sometimes struggle with cards for men but I'm quite pleased with how the two above turned out.  Onwards and upwards!

Fitness Twist

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Like many women, I'm very conscious of my arms or bingo wings and with the wedding coming up, I don't want any nasty surprises when the photos come back.  This is why I have added a new twist to my Zumba workout with these weight balls as recommended by one of my lovely bridesmaids.  It did make me feel like I was working harder than ever but hopefully, the results will show on the day!

The Saturday Update

A very busy week this time, it has absolutely flown again but mainly because I haven't stopped.  It was back to work on Monday, I took the tram Monday and Friday as the bike is starting to feel the pressure with this weather and it's not good for my knees but hopefully we'll have that fixed up soon and spring might make an appearance with some warmer weather.  It snowed again this week and dropped below zero so we're not out of winter yet.

Work was good this week - I was glad to be back after missing it the week before.  I won't see year nine for five and a half weeks now which will be a nice break.  Unfortunately our little class is growing up fast and with far too many girls in the group, problems are starting to set in.  We'll get there with them though.  The Spanish groups were also rearranged, leaving me with the top set which is great but means I need to work on my own Spanish more - hence heading back to the Spanish conversation group on a Friday.

On Friday, I also attended my first English teachers' workshop at Volkhochschule which was nice.  It was a small group and it's a pain on Fridays but it's only once a month so I will see how that goes.  There's also the possibility of another teaching job, we'll see.

My new toy arrived on Tuesday - a sewing machine so I headed round the shops for material last night and will be experimenting later on - hopefully more on that to come.

All the paperwork has now arrived from both of our hometowns so that we can start getting the official side of the wedding organised.  That's on the list for next week.  More people are slowly booking flights and accommodation and we need to look at our honeymoon soon.  

I lost 1.1kilos at Weightwatchers on Monday, which was a great result but probably because I was ill the week before, so I hope I haven't undone it while I've been getting back to full health.  Giving up chocolate for lent has hopefully helped though.

We have friends coming for dinner tonight  and those few projects mentioned above to focus on this week, so let's hope it's another good one!

28 things...send a message in a bottle

The deadline for my 28 things list is looming and I'm trying to work off some of the last remaining things.  This one has bugged me for a while because we haven't been to the seaside for a long time.  It only occurred to me last week - who said I have to send it via the sea?  I live in a city with a huge river which leads right out to the North Sea.

This realised, I came across a second problem - am I littering?  I'm quite good about littering on a day to day basis - by that I mean I don't do it.  I figure if I put one little bottle out there with one nice message inside, it's not litter anyway, it's a little piece of good karma.  

On that note, I selected one of the miniature wine bottles I have emptied lately (I've resorted to mini bottles in a bid to stop myself getting carried away when I'm drinking wine solo.) and dug out one of the karma cards I've had lying around for a while and prepared a little something.

I dropped the bottle into the Weser on my way to work one morning this week.  As my conscience was still pricking me a little bit with the whole littering question, I didn't stop for a photo but you can see above, how I prepared the message.  

I hope someone finds it!!