A night well spent

I've just finished watching the wedding- and loved it. London just looks so British!! It brings back memories of my mum and the occasions we have been there. I think deep down I have very british bones!
What was so good about this event was the celebratory feeling of all involved- a feeling of comaraderie with such a happy occasion. A change from a world pulling in different directions most of the time.

Sleep awaits

Tonight- at 8.09pm- I am exceeding grateful that in a couple of hours it will be a decent time for me to retire for the night after spending last night mostly AWAKE!!!! grrrrrrrr

Grateful for Peace

Babies are all tucked up for the night and there is silence. When has silence ever sounded so good. They were 3 very good little girls- and much quieter now they are sleeping. I'm grateful for the sandman

grateful for granddaughters

Today I took my oldest granddaughter (8) to the movies- we saw Rio. It is so very special and she warms my heart. Tomorrow ( or maybe next week) I will take her sister (5) rollerskating the 'Terrible almost Two year old'- hmmmmmmm not sure what I'll do there!!!!! hehehehehe They are 3 delightful girls- well behaved and lovely and all so different. Their dad ( our son is 33 tomorrow- 13th) The cycle of life keeps turning! I'm grateful for all these things

Grateful

Today I'm grateful that there are a myriad of antibiotics so I can keep trying to get rid of this chest infection and the nasty nasty nasty bladder infection that seems to have come out of nowhere!!!

Grateful Bandwagon

I'm hopping onto the grateful bandwagon too! All too often we forget how lucky we are. It goes without saying- I'm extremely grateful for my loving husband and son and daughter and their families/partners. Not many days go by when I don't realise how lucky we are to still have our son after a fairly horrific accident when he was 21 Other grateful bits

1. My job at TAFE- or rather the students at TAFE. A lovelier bunch of people I've yet to meet. They make me smile just thinking of them. They are always so pleased to see me and a loving and interesting lot


2. My Job at the gyms- I love the over 50's. They are enjoying life all over again


3. My life and health- too many people I know are not so lucky

I think April's going to be a good month!!

New dress

Here it is- tummy sucked in and all!! I'm sure I pulled it down so it wasn't quite as short as this when we went out!!!

Parties and new frocks!!

Just love this time of year- all those autumnal colours, the smokey woody smells in the hills and the general ambience of 'winding down' after summer. Much as I hate to see summer go- I think autumn is probably the most beautiful of seasons- and yes- this has NOTHING to do with the title of this blog!! Friday night we were invited to a 50th birthday party of a workmate of my husband. All the other girls were wearing dresses but that didn't really bother me- black pants work as well. HOWEVER- Thursday saw me at Chaddy and within 5 mins of being there I found just the little black number and 5 mins later it was a done deal! Phew! Now I own a black ( yes another black one!) frock that I need to be my current weight to wear. Quite fitting but with sort of ruching/ gathering along the seam so it covers the tummy and bum ( very useful when you are about to eat dinner). I really like it and hopefully will be able to wear it again sometime. I'll post a pic of it on here if hubby can be clever enough to download it from his camera to the computer. I don't often find dresses that I like- but I did like this one!!!

A new me!

Finally I feel much more like my old self!! This will be the last time I mention being sick!!! I didn't exercise at all last week and I really didn't miss it.
Long w/e here in Victorial this weekend- it seems to have snuck up on me somehow- I wasn't really expecting it. Got nothing really to say so I guess I won't witter on about nothing
have a great w/e everybody

This is taking toooooo long!!

I'm really tired of being not well!! I guess I'm feeling marginally better than I was on the weekend but now the coughing has started in earnest ( why always at night????) I've cancelled my whole week and longing for the morning I wake up and say 'Now how to amuse them today?'!!!

Bleurgh

Bleurgh! I'm sick! My head hurts, my throat hurts, my ears hurt! I've got little voice! I hate being sick!!!!! The good news is: I've just booked us to go away in June - up north to our favourite place- that heals the hurt a bit!!

Home alone again!

Phew- our relatives have just left to return to their homeland. It was lovely to have them but also lovely to have the house to ourselves again.. The first thing we did- have dinner on our knees in front of the tv!!! How slovenly is that???
The next couple of weeks are also a bit hectic with another relative and wedding celebrations etc. After all that we're going away for a weekend!!
The challenge I'm doing is interesting. Can't say I've made any real changes to my diet yet but I am far more aware of what I'm eating and where the problems lie. Lunch doesn't happen! I need to address that. Exercise is great- loving it. Training for Run for Kids in April is on track ( literally!!) Ran 9kms the other day so probably just need to up it a bit and I should make the 14.7 without too much drama. The best part of running that 9kms was that I didn't hurt anywhere afterwards!- no foot, no glutes and no hip- yaaaaaaahhhhhhh

12 week challenge

Sort of finished week 1 (it actually officially started on thurs but I started Monday)
Had a consultation with the diet coach and yeah-I know breakfast of an apple or two is not really enough but it seems to suit me!
However, what this has done has made me cut out a lot of junk ( cakes etc and that constant nibbling)
Aim is to include more vegies and then I think I might be on a better road. Exercise is going well- I love it!
I managed 30lbs on the d/b pullover. This might not seem a great deal- but seeing that I have a back that is prone to injury around the scapular- this is GREAT!!!
I've lost about 1.5kg so far- which I think is just cutting out the junk!

Hereafter

Well we saw it and really enjoyed this movie ( hubby LOVED IT) that seems to be getting it in the neck from critics! After seeing it and then reading the Heraldsun critic ( with whom I NEVER agree) I not sure he really 'got ' it! It wasn't fast paced or overdone- I think it was sensitively directed and all parts of the story came together in a neat package at the end. Anyway- life would be boring if we all agreed with each other!!! It gets my vote!!

All going well

I've had a week and half back at tafe and it's all settling down very nicely! Got some lovely students and the classes are all in the morning which means free afternoons! yaaaahhh!
The 12 week challenge at my gym starts Monday so that will be a challenge!! It will be interesting to see if I stick at it the whole 12 weeks. I'm really going to try but it will mean changing eating habits quite a lot. At the moment I don't eat a great deal earlier in the day but gradually gather pace as the day goes on! If I eat more in the morning I just seem to keep looking for food. So- to eat more earlier is going to be mentally challenging! I don't need to lose weight but I do need to eat more healthily. I'm also aware that it doesn't take a great deal of effort for the weight to creep up and suddenly WHAM - you've put on 5, 6, 7, kg or so. Def don't want to go there!!!

Good intentions

I had all good intentions of either going for a run or the gym after a morning at TAFE. When I had finished there- I really didn't feel like doing either! Being the princess I am- I let myself come home instead.
However- to my credit- I did a workout of sorts at home. Ran up and down our drive (220 m) then did leg exercises inbetween. 20 mins later and I'm a bit 'over it'! However I did raise a sweat and it was rather nice doing something outside at home for a change.

New Year's Resolutions

I know I'm running a bit late but I do like to mull over the consequences of putting my resolutions 'out there'! heheheh- sounds so serious doesn't it?
However I do like to post them on here so I can see for myself what I've done during the year. So, even If you're not interested- I am!!!

1. Do a 'Challenge'
2. do a half marathon- walking and running
3. become more sociable- this means not avoiding contacts if I have an opportunity! When a work 'do' comes up I look for ways to avoid them! I rarely make the first move to contact someone I'm not totally familiar with to arrange a coffee date. Just little things- but important to keep outward looking
4. Give up coffee, biscuits and jellied snakes
5. do something a bit different in the work area- not change jobs but maybe add something different to what I already do
6. more home renovations

And that, I think ,is enough!!

Re: Promised Pics

Obviously I'm unable to put text and pictures together ! It looked okayish before posting. Is there a function that I'm not aware of???

Promised Pics from Utopia

My gym- at Cape Tribulation

Demonstrating our skills in using the 'Timer' option

Cape Trib again So tempting to give a big PUSH- at the Daintree

Starting to get that feeling

Days are drawing closer and soon we need to return to normality. But - oh- I have loved my three weeks away.