Tuesday Trainings

I am lucky enough to have the services of a free Personal Trainer. For the next 8 wks it will be free of charge. woohoo!!!!

Today was Week 1.

We started off with taking my blood pressure, heart rate etc. Then we were off for a 30 minute walk. It was a good walk and on the return were lucky enough to cool down in the rain hahahaha

The next event was balance. I stood on this thing that that looked like an exercise ball cut in half on a flat bottom. I had to stand on it for various activities while I centred my weight/balance.

Then came the wall push-ups, lunges, squats etc etc.

My workout went for 1hr 13mins and I feel buggered :B

My total calorie burn out was 769 woohoo!!!!!

I don't think there is a part of me which isn't aching or burning hahahahaha

Organisation

I found this photo at http://store.scrapbook.com/totor.html

I am in awe of this person's workspace. I look around me and all I see is clutter. Now don't get me wrong, I absolutely thrive in clutter, but when I look at this photo I start wishing it was my workspace.

Bonnie, are you seeing this? hehehehehehehe

Not sure what these feelings are

I'm feeling really ....... ummmmm ....... can't think of the right word.

Its not that I feel sad or down, I just feel ..... empty? That might be close to the truth. I don't feel as if I have much fire at the moment.

I'd be happy to stay in my own little space and not have to deal with anyone but I know that I can't do that so this starts to annoy me a bit. I know that being reclusive is not a healthy thing for me as it kickstarts depression into high gear when I get this way.

I'm also sensing some paranoia. This really bothers me. I'm not usually one to worry about what people might be saying/thinking but I find that today especially, everything is being all muddled up in my head.

I hate it but I don't know how to control it. How do I fix this? Or is it something I can't and need to just take more meds for?

Send a prayer for me and pray God can handle this for me.

I want to go back

I enjoyed Melbourne so much last weekend. I want to go back!!!!

I met some really beautiful people. I'm not talking about the outside package (even though they were great) but their inner beauty.

We went to Melbourne for a meeting of Victorian BrAshA-T members. BrAshA-T is a charity set up for sufferers of Ataxia-Telangiectasia.

Please click the logo to go to the BrAshA-T website.

I have a lot of blogging to do about my trip to Melbourne, both here and over at Let's Eat.

A Quickie Post

I know I've been very slack this week in posting but I will make up for it next week :D

I'm off to Melbourne Friday morning and get back Sunday evening.

Until then my friends ...........

Stay safe and happy :D

Monday Mashings

Mondays are my swimming days. I drop the boys off at school, then go around and collect Bonnie, then go over to the pool.

Its been quite a long time since I did any lap swimming (7 & 1/2 years to be exact lol) but its like riding a bike, you never forget.

I think we've been going about 5 or 6 weeks now and its such a great way to exercise. I've only started on between 500 and 800 meters but slowly I'm working my way up.

Today we decided to swim in the 25m pool.

What a great decision it was! It seemed a lot easier to swim 2 x 25m than 1 x 50m and I swam a greater distance today than last swim.

I think we'll have to keep to that one :D Also its heated so will be great as the colder weather starts.

(This is the actual pool we've been swimming in until today)

After swimming, Bonnie & I went to a little Op Shop. Some great little treasures there. Then over the road to Koorong where I bought the boys a devotional each (will blog more on this later).

After that was out of the way we went and had lunch at a little cafe attached to a fruit shop. Can't remember the name but Bonnie will :D

I had a ham, cheese & pineapple toasted turkish bread. Can anyone say YUMMY!!!!

YUMMY!!!!!

It was so yummy and I haven't even felt like dinner yet. I also had one of their white chocolate macadamia cookies. Devine!!!

The Party is OVER!!!!

Can we all say YAHOOOOO!!!!

30 kids, 18 adults and lots of sugar makes for a fantastically loud day :D

It really was great. Justin had the best time (until he got clocked on the head after the pinata) and so enjoyed having his friends over. He really got spoilt.

So tired though. Absolutely exhausted actually :D

Who said this was ever a good idea?

Justin turns 6 on Tuesday 24th March so I agreed to let him have a party tomorrow (Sat 21/03).

How stupid am I? hahahahaha

Not only did I say yes to the party but I also said yes to inviting his whole class plus a few extras :O I've heard back from less than half the class so far so who knows how many kids will actually be here. Everything is wet cause it keeps raining and I don't know if I've got enough stuff to entertain a rained in party crowd.

And did I mention I'm STILL not drinking coke? Surely I deserve one little glass of the black gold?

Wish me luck!

Silence is Golden

I'm sitting here in a silent house even though it has 4 people in it at the moment. Its very unusual for my house to be silent. Cameron and Gary are asleep, Connor is still home sick but reading quietly and it is so peaceful.

Sometimes with all the noise and rush of life, I feel "harassed". Its the times like today when the silence is so complete that I feel I am able to breathe deeply. My soul so appreciates the quiet times in life. I feel connected when I can relax.

Know what I mean?

I hope you do cause I don't know how else to explain it :D

Its been great because I've sat down today and just completed a task that I've been meaning to do for the last fortnight - changing phone/internet providers. I think I've found the right one and I'll let you know all about it soon.

And so life follows .........

For my remaining guinea pig, Flame, life has followed the same path as his brother Spike.

With all the rain that we had last week, I guess it was too much for the little guy. Gary found him Thursday morning and removed him before the boys could see.

I don't think I'll get anymore for awhile :(