tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201862502024-03-18T21:24:11.374+08:00My Journeyjenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.comBlogger998125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-13315334498727520702024-03-18T21:23:00.003+08:002024-03-18T21:23:22.919+08:00A busy week ahead..<p> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><b><i>First week of my challenge to myself is done and dusted. I lost 600 grams and I’m pleased to say it was easy. I ate 3 healthy meals a deal making sure they were filling and within my points. A few challenges but I aced them….go me 👍🏻👍🏻</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><b><i>Skye went and got herself a bank loan a month or so ago as she wanted a 4 wheel drive. Anyways she found one within her price range and has bought it. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFtj_CNuoXxwDaIXUhRE844aHqylOQkF2Rb_67NYyxiv6QRtiWBBFG_3rkf4nCMMp9xU1FVmcH7NkCeDZM19L6anvkybixVl-OumjYtVTHhgTUcIGp5ytd0RGKgprR3ZzN9Ra1ZTFpERnNeqbHz5yjH35GMWgpgK2JBx7Zz6rfQcK2tv3e0Vzrg/s2016/IMG_2965.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhFtj_CNuoXxwDaIXUhRE844aHqylOQkF2Rb_67NYyxiv6QRtiWBBFG_3rkf4nCMMp9xU1FVmcH7NkCeDZM19L6anvkybixVl-OumjYtVTHhgTUcIGp5ytd0RGKgprR3ZzN9Ra1ZTFpERnNeqbHz5yjH35GMWgpgK2JBx7Zz6rfQcK2tv3e0Vzrg/w400-h300/IMG_2965.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Xtajrpe00-2abIDjsKjyf-0gU2BZzEZkpYNVmSKw401TkYrRmt5fSbYNdfllqUlCvda6VV9kINHqOrAFpLOhhcrj5Tkbi7rZu-ES_ufveLk_-epK2aN2QXY-3PTHmcET5PZzo7BsaalbAiLJsMwKgKecoiuwYDvCaOYxmm4e7w8eO2Lg-t7fSA/s2016/IMG_2963.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Xtajrpe00-2abIDjsKjyf-0gU2BZzEZkpYNVmSKw401TkYrRmt5fSbYNdfllqUlCvda6VV9kINHqOrAFpLOhhcrj5Tkbi7rZu-ES_ufveLk_-epK2aN2QXY-3PTHmcET5PZzo7BsaalbAiLJsMwKgKecoiuwYDvCaOYxmm4e7w8eO2Lg-t7fSA/w300-h400/IMG_2963.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>It’s a big commitment, she has this loan to pay back, she took that out over 5 years. There’s licensing, insurance, fuel, maintenance and all her other things like board, phone, clothes…… But she thinks she can do it. She working 2 jobs and has just been made permanent at her 2nd one. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><b><i>I had my 2 youngest grandies on Friday night and Saturday. Young man was no problem but ohh lil Miss nearly 6 is a handful at times, especially bedtime. Never used to be but lately Mum has been pulling her hair out with her….and I can tell you my patience was running out Friday night !!</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 164, 0);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkplA3aoyaDDcygYI2OdsqArho9aWzu8xdnWuR0jtzhvwrWD8E_oF6tUnr2i7-s-J0WQzrxllKJyIITEs1TkOnWj3i9HUH_TMn0rXGqjcQsU0bVSr3cH3BX1kCz3u1XZms5oWa0EWt548s1Dp2IEFQMougmhY0pVn6tfy692FhiHiAXfhqmibDQ/s1280/IMG_2958.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkplA3aoyaDDcygYI2OdsqArho9aWzu8xdnWuR0jtzhvwrWD8E_oF6tUnr2i7-s-J0WQzrxllKJyIITEs1TkOnWj3i9HUH_TMn0rXGqjcQsU0bVSr3cH3BX1kCz3u1XZms5oWa0EWt548s1Dp2IEFQMougmhY0pVn6tfy692FhiHiAXfhqmibDQ/w300-h400/IMG_2958.jpeg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSf2xW53ODakBOSxUzzIFSE6Il56KSywgPGZcr7WsOLCttIdAWSOac0Fh3Qz-sPA-09FPmzCxMCGKIq4hZ4g3ullERww4fVKh8ZQ8rgdHkJP9HDigT1CUNm6F7B-WBUXgUzhSO2ufB2EBG0imkvi5R89Qt22RvxaLWw6E_zZlLRakgjhV40Ztvw/s1280/IMG_2960.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMSf2xW53ODakBOSxUzzIFSE6Il56KSywgPGZcr7WsOLCttIdAWSOac0Fh3Qz-sPA-09FPmzCxMCGKIq4hZ4g3ullERww4fVKh8ZQ8rgdHkJP9HDigT1CUNm6F7B-WBUXgUzhSO2ufB2EBG0imkvi5R89Qt22RvxaLWw6E_zZlLRakgjhV40Ztvw/w300-h400/IMG_2960.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>Saturday morning fun and games. Miss turned into my hairdresser….lots of giggles. 🤭 </i></b></span><p></p><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i>I’ve work in the morning. Then shopping.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i>Wednesday is part 1 of the kids sports day…..long distance running, high jump, long jump, hop step annd jump and vortex throwing. and I’m going to watch William compete. Last year he got 1st in all these events.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i>Thursday, morning tea with some work mates. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i>Friday part 2 of sports day. All the sprints and team games. Then I’m driving them to Mandurah where there Dad will pick them up and have them for the weekend. </i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i>Mum is having a weekend away with her boyfriend, they going camping with her brother.</i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i>Right…good night. </i></b></span></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-86474283438149948432024-03-11T19:39:00.001+08:002024-03-11T19:39:33.711+08:00Weeks are rolling by….<p> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Just a short post.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Not a great deal happening. Spent the weekend down in Manjimup with my sister. Throw in a night of speedway action and it was a guaranteed good weekend. Just what I needed. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>So with a few drinks, some yummy food, lots of talking, a night of speedway and catching up with some friends it was a much needed relaxing weekend. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Arrived home refreshed.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Monday morning weigh in saw a 300g drop on the demon scales. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>I am setting myself a goal, the last few months my scales have yo-yo’ed up and down a few kilo’s, so I am giving myself a month to get down to my last set goal of 15 kilo off. That was before Christmas I achieved that. I’m under 2 kilo’s away from it but I so desperately want to get back there….so I can keep moving downwards again. A few challenges in the weeks ahead but I’ve proved this weekend I can go enjoy myself and not go overboard. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i> Catch ya next time around. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBXGdLkLEitf7rgq0ByzCLNkI37g_7w0VlkNZld7ebjIrn9Lnljz-j_g2an7s9K41DKf90qS4h1pg5JEBuI1IltGn7jQuyOy6RFzjFWaW9vOGXe67y99kwuXkqtnnm2aacAdQtWxL0XwDAxKtov376vxgL5uo9p_fSvqWy3it6UDjsbI9UjC6IQ/s571/CC9A0E56-80E1-46B7-9B9E-2BB145B59E4F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="571" data-original-width="430" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdBXGdLkLEitf7rgq0ByzCLNkI37g_7w0VlkNZld7ebjIrn9Lnljz-j_g2an7s9K41DKf90qS4h1pg5JEBuI1IltGn7jQuyOy6RFzjFWaW9vOGXe67y99kwuXkqtnnm2aacAdQtWxL0XwDAxKtov376vxgL5uo9p_fSvqWy3it6UDjsbI9UjC6IQ/s320/CC9A0E56-80E1-46B7-9B9E-2BB145B59E4F.jpeg" width="241" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-77891717981225937362024-03-04T14:28:00.002+08:002024-03-05T20:04:00.595+08:00Battling on….<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Weigh in day…..yes I did weigh in. Despite being on track I am still a kilo off weigh in on the 19/2/24 (my birthday week)</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>This week is going to be a challenge, I’ve got a bit on. Lunch out twice this week, plus a weekend away. Yay….its sister weekend. Looking forward to that….and a speedway night…</i></b></span></span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><i> 🚗 🚙 </i></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>This past week I’ve done quite a bit of spring cleaning and culled a lot of unnecessary “stuff” I cleaned out my bookshelves and books that the grandies no longer read or want were passed onto a local daycare. Books my own kids used as reference books for school projects were given to school to cut up and use for their “projects” Books that I was able to be parted with were given to Coles to put on their Telethon stand to sell. I must admit my bookshelf does look a lot tidier. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>A dear friend from Victoria came over to Perth with her hubby, he had work here. She hired a car and drove down and spent half the day with me while her hubby worked. I was so happy to see her, it’s been a few years since I last saw her. We went walking along the beach and my phone (which I thought I’d left in the car) fell out of my pocket. Long story cut short….when I realised I had lost it and no one had found it I went and reported it and was in process of cancelling my bank cards when Helen decided to ring it again and it was answered. Pheeeeeewwwwwwwww It was found in the water and luckily cover protected it…😘😘😘</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i>Helen got to see a few places in Bunbury that she didn’t expect to see 🤩🤩</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrX2aO22WngIUBYLsXce_-pM3IyHyl2CHkgzp2VL50cymqcTHWrRn6kN-4JMDcsWX4hidWPuFGz-oy3TcI24uYRd5m8AvlMVNsFKWTg17KTzQYSVfNMR9TIXFstNF-GhXUisSAcFGM1sJ9RsllPPVUl8f6D06-emYj8LuWAA9U3ih8pLZsN77M3Q/s2016/IMG_2929.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrX2aO22WngIUBYLsXce_-pM3IyHyl2CHkgzp2VL50cymqcTHWrRn6kN-4JMDcsWX4hidWPuFGz-oy3TcI24uYRd5m8AvlMVNsFKWTg17KTzQYSVfNMR9TIXFstNF-GhXUisSAcFGM1sJ9RsllPPVUl8f6D06-emYj8LuWAA9U3ih8pLZsN77M3Q/w300-h400/IMG_2929.jpeg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-7696373779312250702024-02-25T19:12:00.000+08:002024-02-25T19:12:15.043+08:00Derailed….<p> <span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>First up….weigh in day tomorrow….it is NOT going to happen.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);"><b><i>I’ve totally derailed myself. I’ve eaten like it’s going out of fashion….all junk mostly…..and chocolate 🍫 </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);"><b><i>Although in saying that Tuesday was my birthday and I was taken out for the most beautiful meal in a very upscale restaurant for lunch by my daughter. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKR7__SKewoHVtVNoBXkxTO44IwzsapWN6Sj2Y_K643MsWAZoYEkk8gDxfnN8f89Z1QZ0GS-r-AHXZ35jT4Q4ReHtv1FqniAUUaTp5jTwbE9y3ttGmt9iYjNGqZTqxkw81781zN_Dzpr7JAHdDCNeBaRlNFQEBBcH2eCWLAqfTH7SnQ9aSeMfGQ/s726/IMG_2918.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="726" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKR7__SKewoHVtVNoBXkxTO44IwzsapWN6Sj2Y_K643MsWAZoYEkk8gDxfnN8f89Z1QZ0GS-r-AHXZ35jT4Q4ReHtv1FqniAUUaTp5jTwbE9y3ttGmt9iYjNGqZTqxkw81781zN_Dzpr7JAHdDCNeBaRlNFQEBBcH2eCWLAqfTH7SnQ9aSeMfGQ/w400-h395/IMG_2918.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrH9QT753bS79OW8jYSSclsndlYclbUuEWsiPYorejQa0cmV1eQHFaFYoc9q_ru4NhjiAbyWUKG72rtXC0oFs1zP0X8GKGmdiBouCoXtMwhi4AUzclvRmmIl5Mw1Sj_3ZcYap88qvGDjIHfuam1zXAW0Osy-JDXL8ChzGe-LF2__wgbaZtr_ydg/s528/IMG_2917.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="528" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrH9QT753bS79OW8jYSSclsndlYclbUuEWsiPYorejQa0cmV1eQHFaFYoc9q_ru4NhjiAbyWUKG72rtXC0oFs1zP0X8GKGmdiBouCoXtMwhi4AUzclvRmmIl5Mw1Sj_3ZcYap88qvGDjIHfuam1zXAW0Osy-JDXL8ChzGe-LF2__wgbaZtr_ydg/w400-h395/IMG_2917.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);"><b><i>From there it went downhill. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(180, 95, 6);"><b><i>Stress didn’t help. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><i>On Friday son was sent home from work, his hand was all swollen. Got him into Drs, it’s an infection, antibiotics prescribed, blood tests and X-ray were done. Saturday and Sunday the hand and the fingers are very swollen, twice the size as Friday. Back to Drs and he shakes his head and sends him to emergency at the hospital. It’s an abscess they say, start him fasting as he may have surgery. Pump with intravenous antibiotics. He waits and waits and Surgeon there says I’m not a hand surgeon I’m not touching it and proceeded to book him into a Perth hospital . Sent home, have a feed, start fasting at 11pm and be at hospital by 8am where day surgery will be done.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><i>Luckily hubby and I were heading to Perth next day as friends of ours from LA were sailing into Fremantle port as a stopover on their world cruise. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHtsyIq_o9pa7AmDso2lAj3Ypnk3mXBQUCmJzPoAddNC3v1A1RC1IUc-aaupGqAMxQzKW3HX7F1rULXpXI2aSPJTk5RtjSl_e-VUCcXgVYtpPEYRaVFOigoFTIdyOzTkMR6kDt0HU1TJVycNNvJaxiODHfRRzDXeFut_a9fbE1QsjEYUVddPzsw/s1837/IMG_2914.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1837" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFHtsyIq_o9pa7AmDso2lAj3Ypnk3mXBQUCmJzPoAddNC3v1A1RC1IUc-aaupGqAMxQzKW3HX7F1rULXpXI2aSPJTk5RtjSl_e-VUCcXgVYtpPEYRaVFOigoFTIdyOzTkMR6kDt0HU1TJVycNNvJaxiODHfRRzDXeFut_a9fbE1QsjEYUVddPzsw/w400-h285/IMG_2914.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LsUbCd58VBbzptHVn-smBXSmrnV59bESHnr6iUcO6U3cpibUDL3nVRQzXQevvB_dakkoc-2d1v3uX4zBkA3ekDzZer_L109jrLF8tp3KzZhx9WSd5eUFeFxqvm1Ob0LrAyQOEyP8o-tNJMcswJJmnbheeqiidLGdcOaEgxnYv6h0Tk71S4XVTA/s1755/IMG_2915.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1755" data-original-width="1462" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6LsUbCd58VBbzptHVn-smBXSmrnV59bESHnr6iUcO6U3cpibUDL3nVRQzXQevvB_dakkoc-2d1v3uX4zBkA3ekDzZer_L109jrLF8tp3KzZhx9WSd5eUFeFxqvm1Ob0LrAyQOEyP8o-tNJMcswJJmnbheeqiidLGdcOaEgxnYv6h0Tk71S4XVTA/w334-h400/IMG_2915.jpeg" width="334" /></a></div><br />Anyways we got son to hospital, a little late as traffic was horrendous…and we left an hour early too. Made sure he was in the right place and continued onto the port to see Joe and Marian. Had a wonderful visit, one we’d been looking forward to for over 6 months. Last time we saw them was May 2018 when we stayed at their lovely home as a stopover on our way to Alaska. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyways Shawn rang us after our visit and said no surgery today. Poor man all that fasting for nothing, and he’d be staying in overnight. Fingers crossed he’d be first up next day so we came home to prepare for another trip the next day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Phone call from son next day, having surgery late afternoon, pick me up tomorrow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He rings at 7.30, they discharging me, just have to get my discharge papers, Drs certificate and pick up my drugs…should be out by10.30. Yeahhhhhh right….we drove up there arriving by 10.30 and he never got out till nearly 1pm. None of us were very happy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyways all done now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So…..stress, takeaways and chocolate….ugggghhhhh</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Tomorrow is Monday…..let’s see if I can climb onboard the WW train again…..</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><br /></i></b></span></div><br /><p></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-65880320439900191162024-02-19T08:52:00.001+08:002024-02-19T08:52:27.328+08:00Hot 🥵 <p> <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Ohhhh boy, this weather….🥵🥵🥵</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>It’s been in the high 30’s and low 40’s and as humid as all heck….we have been melting. Thank god for air conditioning. Another hot and muggy one coming up. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Right…I have been asked, has my daughter got a new man? After the shocking way she was dumped by Micheal (the last boyfriend of 4 years) she got her 4 wheel drive camping ready and concentrated on that and her kids. But anyways to cut a long story short she started chatting to a few men online. Jason and her clicked, they the same age, they went to the same school, live only a few k’s apart and had heaps in common. They met and are together. The kids love him, we like him so we will see what the future brings. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlvRbnUhs89ZC1JQmto3tEqcpXeZfJYbCrUw4lOnYSjenwXAqesJsLEKgEJvIs33yW4LlEPEsdLTTXrnFDM7Rkc53yZWAM_vcAOcKF061d1-Bt7zHSPz0n-iC3A7NN3DME5F25ZTfiFp9qstX_St7-8g7GyhA7OgESa4B9jU96hm8ukr3NT9xuQ/s1735/IMG_2858.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1735" data-original-width="1221" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlvRbnUhs89ZC1JQmto3tEqcpXeZfJYbCrUw4lOnYSjenwXAqesJsLEKgEJvIs33yW4LlEPEsdLTTXrnFDM7Rkc53yZWAM_vcAOcKF061d1-Bt7zHSPz0n-iC3A7NN3DME5F25ZTfiFp9qstX_St7-8g7GyhA7OgESa4B9jU96hm8ukr3NT9xuQ/w281-h400/IMG_2858.jpeg" width="281" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-4XPxjzHeVADOPmhwDH8NZM9WI3tTvmtYpiyWLbY5nP-zS1am_l6uhKTFbwRPBEMk4COeAkWBB-IMKF_f2gcTRlQVXy3ujOT21iJi3UZ1CAlHDaqfslkGi5iIROmyRy77LeUsWQHtCDwmu3PBrh_K4KTfrG4zK347NTvrk2Swf_vyJ8yrCFCOw/s2048/IMG_2904.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-4XPxjzHeVADOPmhwDH8NZM9WI3tTvmtYpiyWLbY5nP-zS1am_l6uhKTFbwRPBEMk4COeAkWBB-IMKF_f2gcTRlQVXy3ujOT21iJi3UZ1CAlHDaqfslkGi5iIROmyRy77LeUsWQHtCDwmu3PBrh_K4KTfrG4zK347NTvrk2Swf_vyJ8yrCFCOw/w300-h400/IMG_2904.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>A few challenges ahead for them but let’s see what happens. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Weigh in day. 200g down. It’s a loss but I expected more after a great week. But it’s a new week now and a few challenges ahead. It’s birthday week. We’ve also got friends from Los Angeles who are on a world cruise arriving in Perth this week and we are meeting them and having a catch up. We haven’t seen them since 2018 when we stayed with them on our visit to Los Angeles. </i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1nhvXSjMEzX96HcmMVbGOAPmrHUZwc_9_BK0Id3XY5DTOLz3vzY8tsiEQS_wv3xECZk7vXlw2phzMtfD6qs9q3fl36lt9nkpxwFB34pNoAorN4Lmiw5A_AoDu0PxCjVvASmi4HRG7c-DkP6kphZiSNC3vh4fddGTJqPeInIXQ8ptGB7Eq7XlAw/s2592/IMG_4646.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1nhvXSjMEzX96HcmMVbGOAPmrHUZwc_9_BK0Id3XY5DTOLz3vzY8tsiEQS_wv3xECZk7vXlw2phzMtfD6qs9q3fl36lt9nkpxwFB34pNoAorN4Lmiw5A_AoDu0PxCjVvASmi4HRG7c-DkP6kphZiSNC3vh4fddGTJqPeInIXQ8ptGB7Eq7XlAw/w400-h299/IMG_4646.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyways time to off….a few chores to get done before it gets too hot to get anything done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Catch you next week. </div><br /></i></b></span><p></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-81760786865870744172024-02-12T20:21:00.001+08:002024-02-12T20:21:22.291+08:00Busy Day…<p> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>A busy day today.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>This morning general housework, a few loads of washing. Did some meal prep, dinner for tonight and some for the freezer. All done before 10.30 as my jabberbuddy was taking me out for an early birthday lunch. Deb flies to Bangkok for a holiday on Saturday 😊</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><b><i>Some op shopping was done then lunch. We both had chicken and salad with a small order of chips on the side to share between us, and it was lovely and quite filling. </i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNjW94AEcBhKNyqdWOQhkofArMrOECCZClknLbDfwnEiO1Nq45HiwrswTNU1SrzBeBJOYlL-VtudmQxd3xMZxtCzb_OEMto0WAcFEH2hPMHGnY9zZ6eQ0I3WSCe6SexZrCzUgSrLNIiO8gntNHmK609_jDQWrMnlb3V_dFHKnyqIAsZFS4B-cDQ/s1600/IMG_2893.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNjW94AEcBhKNyqdWOQhkofArMrOECCZClknLbDfwnEiO1Nq45HiwrswTNU1SrzBeBJOYlL-VtudmQxd3xMZxtCzb_OEMto0WAcFEH2hPMHGnY9zZ6eQ0I3WSCe6SexZrCzUgSrLNIiO8gntNHmK609_jDQWrMnlb3V_dFHKnyqIAsZFS4B-cDQ/w300-h400/IMG_2893.jpeg" width="300" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Deb was the very first friend I made 30 years ago when we moved into the Estate we’re both living in. We’ve been walking together for over 20 years in between us raising kids, working and now looking after grandkids. Love her to bits.</i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><b><i>Talking about kids, I had mine on Saturday as Kylee’s boyfriend had a birthday party…adults only. It was just a stinking hot day we spent a few hours up the pool.</i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2ndXoqxFJZEhyphenhyphenXkkbu8DnHYZUDQu_rS8KOPH3KDOY0NOLlsf6WNOHDhwUJ4irqFCKaFjAIYxOkK4CzSXAgzIkooERL3kMv3twvlgsD5CFCh-eTpXb6AkOlDT-esfb5AuXyLQ9ZfLqk4_wG9J_7oY0wUUHwZwPVmhOk7-TJaFQr5ALRLQRPMbSw/s2048/IMG_2896.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2048" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2ndXoqxFJZEhyphenhyphenXkkbu8DnHYZUDQu_rS8KOPH3KDOY0NOLlsf6WNOHDhwUJ4irqFCKaFjAIYxOkK4CzSXAgzIkooERL3kMv3twvlgsD5CFCh-eTpXb6AkOlDT-esfb5AuXyLQ9ZfLqk4_wG9J_7oY0wUUHwZwPVmhOk7-TJaFQr5ALRLQRPMbSw/s320/IMG_2896.jpeg" width="320" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><b><i>Both of them love the water, Summer especially 😘</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><b><i>Right weigh in today, finalllllllyyyy after 3 weeks I had a loss. 500g that I’m determined not to gain again….heck it’s just too darn hard to lose. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198);"><b><i>I’ve not lost a real lot of weight between the 3 pics below, just over 3 kilos…but I can see a few changes between them all. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(61, 133, 198); clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan6XgbD1qoxpnU2kikeMgaZkKmmOd3TeDIhzn8zNEMg74MY1LFb6mv6B8wgK3ty1LVJfwEvSUHgYStavRz3Y5R9s9cYkxbNiY_tZFL7g7xDooHBoMPKIIZOPGgNta1iyQfgUz6Yb4o2ceyIb5vq1-yBszEEXN4uspYI4OEnVhx9aLAYtXyTSYhg/s1800/IMG_2892.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan6XgbD1qoxpnU2kikeMgaZkKmmOd3TeDIhzn8zNEMg74MY1LFb6mv6B8wgK3ty1LVJfwEvSUHgYStavRz3Y5R9s9cYkxbNiY_tZFL7g7xDooHBoMPKIIZOPGgNta1iyQfgUz6Yb4o2ceyIb5vq1-yBszEEXN4uspYI4OEnVhx9aLAYtXyTSYhg/s320/IMG_2892.jpeg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>Anyways, time to do the dishes and organise a few things for morning. I have an early morning work shift. </i></b></span><p></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-66439623997064048452024-02-06T16:43:00.005+08:002024-02-06T16:43:59.918+08:00A day late……<p> <span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>…..but I’m here….</i></b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>Thankfully the weather has cooled down a bit these last few days, it’s been very pleasant after the shocking high temps we’ve been having. BUT I saw on the weather forecast by the weekend we will be having extreme heat again 🥵 Now that I’m not looking forward too…thank god we have air con and can sit in comfort. I have been catching up on my “to be read” collection of books as well as some scrapbooking. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>Kids went back to school. William year 5 this year and Summer is year 1. She so excited that she finally in the “big school” 😍 Just where have those years gone.</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPCFpuJfeAaMHl0o3mj9kBEJjGTHPt2W6P3qhHxdxfCbUviwlhkTpbIXDsSvPAOrXYNtYm5ef18TuztLbuvvLNH32snfsv60cq36YhlHXxx6s9u3cNZ4-4txbsgXuC-5LwKgxkOMBQRTQv_rlZ89ClLqBLfyDhIcLFecrRc015IttHeEUyNnGxw/s2048/IMG_2872.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSPCFpuJfeAaMHl0o3mj9kBEJjGTHPt2W6P3qhHxdxfCbUviwlhkTpbIXDsSvPAOrXYNtYm5ef18TuztLbuvvLNH32snfsv60cq36YhlHXxx6s9u3cNZ4-4txbsgXuC-5LwKgxkOMBQRTQv_rlZ89ClLqBLfyDhIcLFecrRc015IttHeEUyNnGxw/w300-h400/IMG_2872.jpeg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>So very grown up now. She loves that she is in the same area as her big brother. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8TilX7uw8ArMpK6XYMNrorzBdxCe3i0n7D_0pb2uyuL5UrsxloyNepuyOR3REf0quPp5Vln6d5G40nLuBsG3sUufkWYfmeDEWrMi84OG9pZ5g-Grvb7J3_iKuHruvo5JM4dZUQVISAyaCtP3A4J7cI2U5HE7RoTOWFSpbCgBu1DNdamlHxhyCw/s1534/IMG_2878.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="1534" height="87" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8TilX7uw8ArMpK6XYMNrorzBdxCe3i0n7D_0pb2uyuL5UrsxloyNepuyOR3REf0quPp5Vln6d5G40nLuBsG3sUufkWYfmeDEWrMi84OG9pZ5g-Grvb7J3_iKuHruvo5JM4dZUQVISAyaCtP3A4J7cI2U5HE7RoTOWFSpbCgBu1DNdamlHxhyCw/s320/IMG_2878.jpeg" width="320" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>Right now weigh in….a great week, not entirely a 100% on track but pretty good….and exercised 6 days of the week….and yet another sts. That’s 3 weeks in a row. Still a bit to go to get back to where I was just before Christmas….but I will get there. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>Not giving in. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>Right time to start preparing some dinner. Pork chops tonight. </i></b></span></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-67847837821408125082024-01-30T17:03:00.002+08:002024-01-30T17:04:39.648+08:00A hard few days <p> <span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Gee the weeks are flashing by…another week has flown by. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Been a bit of a topsy turvy week for me….and it showed on the scales…with luckily a sts for me. Could have been worse believe me. Still struggling a little but I’ll get there. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>The other day it was the anniversary of my cousins death. He died doing his job protecting the community he loved. His workmates in the Shire, DFES, and the Volunteer Fire Brigade all turned up to honour Rays memory with his wife and her family at the site where he lost his life. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Ray and I were very close and I really miss him. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgE8HywJKBRXqkbOcbEhlbpg0x3kgAnUDc47-6yg7DNndvwnWl2lzqxq595dIYjhxTb0YywCi0VBwd7uUw-rPs9SD3pI0Vats-K9RWCOLJMrawYMTPa6IeuPVxGlqw8wVIfzkJaTTbFpxtUVKAzHz1-NJlSCJQNutTMkDFSGqjcZdoFGTRgG5TKw/s1420/IMG_2856.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1420" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgE8HywJKBRXqkbOcbEhlbpg0x3kgAnUDc47-6yg7DNndvwnWl2lzqxq595dIYjhxTb0YywCi0VBwd7uUw-rPs9SD3pI0Vats-K9RWCOLJMrawYMTPa6IeuPVxGlqw8wVIfzkJaTTbFpxtUVKAzHz1-NJlSCJQNutTMkDFSGqjcZdoFGTRgG5TKw/w400-h180/IMG_2856.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Nda2GQwNbpQEQp2qpksHiB7d-mkW2BGHWP6JcxP2FpBVtQVPbF68FQCQCTv73Xws8XrXwQywRpBDcS5JG0WnlPN3Ou9qktAAV465xrTytx4ue4P5TSdxmSRyTZSjpOPBaEMrQTYrRb3Ov2cKjTZcTSZIYLdoqCB3q4mCQEMZdvrM-7LarCPbUQ/s2160/IMG_2051.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="1620" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Nda2GQwNbpQEQp2qpksHiB7d-mkW2BGHWP6JcxP2FpBVtQVPbF68FQCQCTv73Xws8XrXwQywRpBDcS5JG0WnlPN3Ou9qktAAV465xrTytx4ue4P5TSdxmSRyTZSjpOPBaEMrQTYrRb3Ov2cKjTZcTSZIYLdoqCB3q4mCQEMZdvrM-7LarCPbUQ/w300-h400/IMG_2051.png" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiai28pgYZ02BkIoUNpAhQPnfp8h_6N1hRdVZxeLT9Q3X2VC6bvtrcTkIM0vwZF6kWrZcejQsvYDsIV3nUNownSiuirjOCBiyo1AL7B12YUWuBMc1v3XAvG5NS2lCfdH5ckJZnT2craz_Us5fmXVRikVR5h6qAMgyJ9WEidnCCL5sO5jM2i9cbbiA/s1524/IMG_2136.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1524" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiai28pgYZ02BkIoUNpAhQPnfp8h_6N1hRdVZxeLT9Q3X2VC6bvtrcTkIM0vwZF6kWrZcejQsvYDsIV3nUNownSiuirjOCBiyo1AL7B12YUWuBMc1v3XAvG5NS2lCfdH5ckJZnT2craz_Us5fmXVRikVR5h6qAMgyJ9WEidnCCL5sO5jM2i9cbbiA/w400-h396/IMG_2136.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-57418108350049022952024-01-22T14:58:00.001+08:002024-01-22T14:58:08.997+08:00Another week…<p> <span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>And another week bites the dust. Time is flying by. Can’t believe how quick it going by. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Nothing exciting happened this week, no parties, no grandies to babysit. Have caught up on some long overdue jobs that needed doing. Hubby has been preserving fruit and vegetables that we grow here, so that has kept him busy. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>My jabberbuddy and I have walked everyday, except Tuesday as I work. This week we have even gone up to the pool and walked in the water…my knee loves that. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Been a good weigh in this week, lost 1.6 of the HUGE gain from last week which I’m happy about 😃 Had a lot of seafood this week. A couple of lunches this week have been a mango salad…</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBFIKIOp7ympc5G1BpcucLkeyENS_ai8CTsk4ihHL2zNq8nB_DToR-ylEw1oCTSceFHioKf5q6W4o0LxgqugPuLxnL4ujZTDAoeq9ShmdzSafDh7anZ2oNys-JVMyHrYB2aJvI1JDVVgFCZeXAWi1kVAIgWQtNgjZY3qwUjg1rkHAptNUHIaynA/s2016/IMG_2848.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkBFIKIOp7ympc5G1BpcucLkeyENS_ai8CTsk4ihHL2zNq8nB_DToR-ylEw1oCTSceFHioKf5q6W4o0LxgqugPuLxnL4ujZTDAoeq9ShmdzSafDh7anZ2oNys-JVMyHrYB2aJvI1JDVVgFCZeXAWi1kVAIgWQtNgjZY3qwUjg1rkHAptNUHIaynA/w300-h400/IMG_2848.jpeg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b>And I also got the Annette Syms cookbook out and made the Garlic prawns with spinach and tomato which we both love.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgYqEUakWi9ETyBeR5W8Ec8ZbzJ5EWQY1dfF0_wFtt0gU9wGqC6Gcr_xHFLrF-14ewel6kTpyUhc8rt5Qr18V1i6WIhMkNZyVj2VEw9TuwMcaRDOXet2eXNIrbmL-roecSi9zWlId2-6GuTkQcs_9u0Xa1XiyVV6qwcx7r7eALfaK0ZTcrNOXcA/s2016/IMG_2847.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgYqEUakWi9ETyBeR5W8Ec8ZbzJ5EWQY1dfF0_wFtt0gU9wGqC6Gcr_xHFLrF-14ewel6kTpyUhc8rt5Qr18V1i6WIhMkNZyVj2VEw9TuwMcaRDOXet2eXNIrbmL-roecSi9zWlId2-6GuTkQcs_9u0Xa1XiyVV6qwcx7r7eALfaK0ZTcrNOXcA/w300-h400/IMG_2847.jpeg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>Anyhow, as I said not much been happening here. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Got a leg of lamb cooking in the slow cooker so I best go check on that then go bring in the washing off the line. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Catch you next week. </i></b></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-72822332548705750632024-01-15T11:26:00.005+08:002024-01-15T18:00:36.140+08:00Monday again…<p> <span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>It’s been such a hectic week. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>I had William and Summer every day as Mum was working and I had enrolled them in vacation swimming. Kylee has so many adventures planned this summer now that she has her 4x4 kitted out and a roof top camper. Roof rack on it too for the kayak as well…..so it’s very important that both kids know how to swim properly. Summer is a real water baby, loves it. William is too now that he has overcome his fear of having his face under water. His father dunked him when he was 4 and it quite traumatised him. Anyways he is now getting to be quite confident in the water. I think though Missy is going to be the more confident of the two of them.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ks9SvX8mCqeik8M6o2UeqKKEGNOZKTDb1a13i5Yk1CFpEbDD5fYCNAFkN_T5gC9ycbaO-iXLqT89UqfRRf5cmOIzGfiVqSGSNfyjR-xF2LskgTUFSip5VDL9DEDdKlV1diGWhIAcxfiO8FLXQbvBxbz3XB54j9crmlCe3weLCNOPqpC389qsgw/s2048/IMG_2834.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ks9SvX8mCqeik8M6o2UeqKKEGNOZKTDb1a13i5Yk1CFpEbDD5fYCNAFkN_T5gC9ycbaO-iXLqT89UqfRRf5cmOIzGfiVqSGSNfyjR-xF2LskgTUFSip5VDL9DEDdKlV1diGWhIAcxfiO8FLXQbvBxbz3XB54j9crmlCe3weLCNOPqpC389qsgw/w300-h400/IMG_2834.jpeg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeONERwyKhuUI2_zEYC9zzjZs1B9gAqn2jBG6WzrIwAsE61FPJODpDoOhG6YEgdAPOJRr1uvB7AaflpWqaRLxLUuR8oBYyDNroRcOC8rhGTxj9mH9rvHzy6tOR2PIOOCPUq7ZSmyjHGH5GqGHUfnmsrnhjOrlG_myN4PXE3BhzyA2RPG7WRMjKQ/s2048/IMG_2835.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeONERwyKhuUI2_zEYC9zzjZs1B9gAqn2jBG6WzrIwAsE61FPJODpDoOhG6YEgdAPOJRr1uvB7AaflpWqaRLxLUuR8oBYyDNroRcOC8rhGTxj9mH9rvHzy6tOR2PIOOCPUq7ZSmyjHGH5GqGHUfnmsrnhjOrlG_myN4PXE3BhzyA2RPG7WRMjKQ/w300-h400/IMG_2835.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><i>Anyways…lessons were all afternoon, Summer at 1.20, then William at 3.20. All afternoons were spent up at the pool. I took snacks but chips, nuggets and ice creams were bought….and yep I indulged. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>On the weekend we celebrated my son’s 50th birthday. More food, drinks but ohh what a good time we had. I had Simon at 17 and it’s been great to grow up with him. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7WsbLyBJMrVQ-PWWMgANgYzuKnSSBrbZD9137WLoDM_JA7aLqf2pK7dhBkhV8KDdzDtDP_wNlFEtM-_Kl937NYZ5APrfX5iK5FQNPXzatSYwCD7FF7eEnFJ5v30fu5y7valzEYTYLx7Qx5Le9zijcgaDztYis7NZrWlJdxnfVw521flINRemqA/s2048/IMG_2838.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="2048" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq7WsbLyBJMrVQ-PWWMgANgYzuKnSSBrbZD9137WLoDM_JA7aLqf2pK7dhBkhV8KDdzDtDP_wNlFEtM-_Kl937NYZ5APrfX5iK5FQNPXzatSYwCD7FF7eEnFJ5v30fu5y7valzEYTYLx7Qx5Le9zijcgaDztYis7NZrWlJdxnfVw521flINRemqA/w400-h325/IMG_2838.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Love this pic. Me and hubby, son and his 2 sons, daughter, granddaughter and her partner. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8-PULVni8n-rkvugt1D8yTZTrwW7q31jRUjR33OPQEvNptdRt_mC7dxKyfDB65f-j_5J_xHbNrVsZLxj9I6UwvjvKhP9bI3GqGeu6balCyV8OYjx1N6XIsQSIiq9QMf0bpwzG12ba4Eq1HiktU47EjY8bxtAAXv6_X4z6vHT8WSHbpQXjlIyiA/s2048/IMG_2837.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2048" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8-PULVni8n-rkvugt1D8yTZTrwW7q31jRUjR33OPQEvNptdRt_mC7dxKyfDB65f-j_5J_xHbNrVsZLxj9I6UwvjvKhP9bI3GqGeu6balCyV8OYjx1N6XIsQSIiq9QMf0bpwzG12ba4Eq1HiktU47EjY8bxtAAXv6_X4z6vHT8WSHbpQXjlIyiA/w400-h396/IMG_2837.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>And this one too…. I count my blessings. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>And today I am counting points. Thank heavens I walked every morning last week as my weigh in could have been worse. I had a 2.5 gain… 😟🤔☹️ But no one else to blame but myself. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i> I enjoyed the time with the grandies and watching them learn and enjoy the water and seeing their joy when they received their certificates was the best. And then the fantastic time celebrating my son’s milestone. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Moving on….</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><br /></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-82480464191090889892024-01-08T14:16:00.003+08:002024-01-08T16:26:22.548+08:00Weigh in Day<p> <span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>Gee the weeks come around fast. Seems like yesterday I was on here recording my gain from Christmas. Eeeeek it was 2 gains actually…week before Christmas then the week after…</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>Anyways that’s done and dusted, this past week I’ve been so good, totally on track……well nearly totally, I had one small lapse…..but the scales showed me a 1.8 loss. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWtnpRwJ6qIgn8d_1ZkmmQsngv57CesfCOX8HX18mJbeOeuA2Wo52MFtaifZ9aCoQI5fxjiwuFR0tHsxK2TWbLjyV66JyBHUmjjUaD3ddXYi2PbRpU30BXtXVSdEhVl9BCQHnd0WbJdeVoqntuQP8xvfBKR7mj1b3f06lcFFzKu9dNzTvxA1hyphenhyphenA/s834/IMG_2828.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="783" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBWtnpRwJ6qIgn8d_1ZkmmQsngv57CesfCOX8HX18mJbeOeuA2Wo52MFtaifZ9aCoQI5fxjiwuFR0tHsxK2TWbLjyV66JyBHUmjjUaD3ddXYi2PbRpU30BXtXVSdEhVl9BCQHnd0WbJdeVoqntuQP8xvfBKR7mj1b3f06lcFFzKu9dNzTvxA1hyphenhyphenA/w375-h400/IMG_2828.jpeg" width="375" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>So so happy. I hopped on and off the scales 3 times to make sure. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>My friend and I have been good with the exercise, been walking 45 to 50 minutes everyday, except Tuesday as I work from 7am to 10am. Nothing better than starting off the day with a walk and a talk. We drink our water bottles and set a mini goal each for the day, it sure helps us up to have good days. Deb, my friend, is a big planner and does a menu planner up every week. Shops for the week on Tuesdays then cooks meals and freezes them. Wish I could be more organised. I’d rather sit and read a book. I’m not a lover of cooking, but I do plan my day out and stick to my plan. I tend to fail if I don’t. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>I was reading a fellow bloggers blog today. She was celebrating beginning of her 19th year of blogging. Made me think about when I started… I looked, December 26th 2005 I wrote my 1st post…so MaryFran I’m 19 years too. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>Right talking of books, I received a new book in the mail today that I’m itching to start. Anyone read Lucinda Riley’s 7 Sisters series?They are really worth the read. My granddaughter and her boyfriend got me book 1 and 2 for Christmas and I couldn’t put them down. I’ve been waiting for book 3 which has arrived today.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><i>Right, off to organise meal prep for tonight then it’s book time. </i></b></span></p><p><br /></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-43305306216293333252024-01-01T19:45:00.003+08:002024-01-01T19:46:41.664+08:00Happy New Year<p> <span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>Happy New Year </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hg43gdP2fFrX83Lplvd-7PUHppi00WqNdW45CpooveMwll4krDqExgVD8yjsMPuby6e2YRp3oTys6vHpQhkavvLkMPPUCjV1dnPiRMhE29ZK0KKMcms3np7v_URXcnWr0tf_2aptgvvAVKBYw7ABhJQlATkKFG7V5k6mKPOmtHcSugOwKCZbzQ/s1532/IMG_2820.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1532" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2hg43gdP2fFrX83Lplvd-7PUHppi00WqNdW45CpooveMwll4krDqExgVD8yjsMPuby6e2YRp3oTys6vHpQhkavvLkMPPUCjV1dnPiRMhE29ZK0KKMcms3np7v_URXcnWr0tf_2aptgvvAVKBYw7ABhJQlATkKFG7V5k6mKPOmtHcSugOwKCZbzQ/w400-h211/IMG_2820.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121);"><b><i>I slept the New Year…. woke up at my usual time..weighed in….I gained more weight….made my coffee, read the news on my iPad before donning my joggers and going walking with my jabberbuddy. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121);"><b><i>Wasn’t surprised with the gain…I ran out of my my thyroid medication and the last week I have not been planning or tracking, I’ve been eating too much, indulging in chocolates and very rarely walking. Today a new year and I’m going to continue onwards to finishing off what I started last year. Last year I averaged a 300g a week loss so if I can keep that up I will be happy. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121);"><b><i>Now it’s onwards, lose this weight I’ve gained and get those scales moving down again. </i></b></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121);"><b><i>Blessings to you all for 2024. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-61892077784985488682023-12-25T18:19:00.003+08:002023-12-25T18:19:56.307+08:00Merry Christmas 2023<p> <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>What a lovely day today was. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>All 3 kids here today….Kylee with her 2 little ones. Shawn with his 2nd daughter (Skye his eldest was in Busselton with her boyfriend family arrived late afternoon) and Simon and his partner Tammy. Simon and Tammy left at lunchtime to go to Tammy’s daughter’s place for lunch. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Nothing heard from Paul’s partner. I’ve left messaging them till now in the hope……but nahhh. Wonder if message is acknowledged. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><i>Such a chilled out day with lots of yummy food.</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><i>p.s. weighed in this morning, a 1.2 gain. Knew it was coming, I’ve over indulged all week. Will get back into it tomorrow. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><i>Hope you’ve had a wonderful day. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pkDlPJvFn3ZAQlmOYoPP3BjLk3k2kseyAyxJVBdLsQCRJYlx9sexk7RgmPBHCeyaSImkgZXig1YdSo1ja8bPlU34P59NArhWOqVK9mg_R5246MPwW1bI0sp_rQM74NpJ-HStgfXldXvnG_l2veN3CPOk9KrMF8E7yoSoHrWe3O-eWymo2nQ9Eg/s2066/IMG_2811.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="2066" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6pkDlPJvFn3ZAQlmOYoPP3BjLk3k2kseyAyxJVBdLsQCRJYlx9sexk7RgmPBHCeyaSImkgZXig1YdSo1ja8bPlU34P59NArhWOqVK9mg_R5246MPwW1bI0sp_rQM74NpJ-HStgfXldXvnG_l2veN3CPOk9KrMF8E7yoSoHrWe3O-eWymo2nQ9Eg/w400-h386/IMG_2811.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpAAxOCNqWHjLrbh0TmjqmWcbfPNuLQbAPm2WYKEjU3JXYp87yXfUb0vADWeTHBGFZZDnAALhp2ANUYV0KAMsxvOaEQXoNz3lLDNIpxBh7iQzbm9mqV2oP2AXtxtsTatN6TiBnXkXEgPQnNcm6-p6kBhb1_xQR1c1LnbTCLrVrs9uNRy3TSwTBw/s2707/IMG_2808.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2707" data-original-width="2199" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZpAAxOCNqWHjLrbh0TmjqmWcbfPNuLQbAPm2WYKEjU3JXYp87yXfUb0vADWeTHBGFZZDnAALhp2ANUYV0KAMsxvOaEQXoNz3lLDNIpxBh7iQzbm9mqV2oP2AXtxtsTatN6TiBnXkXEgPQnNcm6-p6kBhb1_xQR1c1LnbTCLrVrs9uNRy3TSwTBw/w325-h400/IMG_2808.jpeg" width="325" /></a></div><br /><p></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-59520690826938653902023-12-18T07:47:00.003+08:002023-12-18T16:31:37.428+08:00I’ve done it <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>I’ve finally reached 15 kilos off.</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>It’s taken 13 months, lots of up and downs but I am so happy that I’ve stuck to ww and persevered. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Wasn’t easy, what with 2 close family deaths, a few trips away and a few health issues. </i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSExC6u6R-6fvYwbsshlgC03RLMVkqBgpIX3VdgHeuQD0W4zpoaDSE5Jx92RJlYXqe6vo_O4AqttYSMvCy9LYQXcWdSPFWxn1NQljBHq2dwhZF_d8GbL6uC0OtmMtOkaM0dUEyQQMxgnPseMvJhDzvzz6lR3yf6qez_v_pfJtVJctUjF43pgYFGw/s1800/IMG_2802.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSExC6u6R-6fvYwbsshlgC03RLMVkqBgpIX3VdgHeuQD0W4zpoaDSE5Jx92RJlYXqe6vo_O4AqttYSMvCy9LYQXcWdSPFWxn1NQljBHq2dwhZF_d8GbL6uC0OtmMtOkaM0dUEyQQMxgnPseMvJhDzvzz6lR3yf6qez_v_pfJtVJctUjF43pgYFGw/w400-h400/IMG_2802.jpeg" width="400" /></a></i></b></span></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideDxO-Rkg3zIIj8bvoethegqQExQ3-KTXR-8tL0eaDNhmHsbU56NhGfOMa6rbTidNWc5gmilBKdm3wz-B8Q-i0rRMfs4FUQSdNya2qeYhhX9ihuhvNNSiUReZAAozO_Ms5-ZWbcZ6LV3W1jFsfJ5qMjPizGBYT3zD1cuY5ZhYRMwYB1YYAHYp-w/s2048/IMG_2800.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1943" data-original-width="2048" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEideDxO-Rkg3zIIj8bvoethegqQExQ3-KTXR-8tL0eaDNhmHsbU56NhGfOMa6rbTidNWc5gmilBKdm3wz-B8Q-i0rRMfs4FUQSdNya2qeYhhX9ihuhvNNSiUReZAAozO_Ms5-ZWbcZ6LV3W1jFsfJ5qMjPizGBYT3zD1cuY5ZhYRMwYB1YYAHYp-w/w400-h380/IMG_2800.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Santa pics yesterday. This was just taken using my phone camera. William is 10 just 2 days after Christmas and I think this will be the last Christmas he “believes” in Santa. A few things he is questioning now so next year I think the pretending to believe will begin so Summer can still believe in the magic.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Right I’m out of here. A Christmas get together today with one of my friends so best get moving. </i></b></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-30992880050930550292023-12-12T20:15:00.001+08:002023-12-14T07:12:55.566+08:00Another week done….<p> <span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i>…..And I’m very happy to report another loss.</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i>I’m getting very close to the grand total of 15kg gone. I’m not going to jinx myself by saying I’ll get there next weigh in because we all know anything can happen EVEN when you have the best of weeks.</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i>I’m back walking with Deb and still doing the water aerobic classes when we can. It’s nearly the end of school term and Christmas holidays. There’s no vacation care till January so I’m looking after the kids whilst Mum works. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i>I’m also having kids for first 2 weeks of January as I’ve enrolled them in swimming lessons. Kylee planning on getting out fishing and camping a lot next year and with William getting a kayak for Christmas we want the kids water savvy. As yet the kids father hasn’t decided when he can have the kids…really!! </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i>Cant believe the year is nearly over and that I have completed a full year plus on WW and lost nearly 15 kilos. It’s hard enough to lose weight at any time but when you have a thyroid that’s under active it’s very hard. Medication and regular blood tests has been me for over half my life. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdVaLrjOXdqCinLcp_5auilLpoz3SorsjUFGrNdgsjEUuOOQXfGxloOJhcOxQxf6WHIctLx1OP8kbcSqKUQhU4uWR-jtwFtimLcimnrsnXa3BZvUKqyp58wBwWMVWM0B1Ay1zHVn6w1MXiH4xV4o4f18M7cPcf8ozKmsaaWeRF5qUsubkURb_Vg/s1900/IMG_2776.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="1310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkdVaLrjOXdqCinLcp_5auilLpoz3SorsjUFGrNdgsjEUuOOQXfGxloOJhcOxQxf6WHIctLx1OP8kbcSqKUQhU4uWR-jtwFtimLcimnrsnXa3BZvUKqyp58wBwWMVWM0B1Ay1zHVn6w1MXiH4xV4o4f18M7cPcf8ozKmsaaWeRF5qUsubkURb_Vg/s320/IMG_2776.jpeg" width="221" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>My highlight of this week was William being given the Academic Award for year 4. He has shone this year and achieved some fantastic results academically and also in his sports. He loves to learn….and loves his Soccer. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i>Time to get myself organised. Water aerobics in the morning so better find my bathers. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i>Till next week. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(19, 79, 92);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-21990535240508992252023-12-04T18:57:00.000+08:002023-12-04T18:57:31.765+08:00I’m back…<p> <span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><i>Last weigh in I’d had a goddamn awful week. I either ate everything in sight or just couldn’t be bothered eating properly then would eat crap which is just part of living with hypothyroidism. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><i>A big gain was shown on the demon scales. I was disgusted and very disappointed in myself. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><i>A lot was going on. My best friend Dad had a bad fall then past away. I had babysitting as William graduated from stage 1 of Children’s University. Skye got a 2nd job with more hours. Son found himself a girlfriend. Hubby got shingles. Drs appointments. And the list goes on…</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><i>Fast forward to today, weigh in again…a 2.1 loss. Now that was after a lot of hard work. I’ve kept busy, exercised and taking my medication (thyroid tabs)</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><i>Will leave with a collage of Williams Children’s University graduation. I babysat Summer while Kylee drove his teacher and William up. The headmistress was also representing the school. William was the ONLY graduate in the whole of the South West of WA. To say we were proud would be an understatement. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdT71vPgDIhh_6wgpsTWWXKOX2AKO55rNNYZ4gy6emiJ_XMfJNnu5dBuyESURu6gsBWVVJ9jMs_tiX7gQUr9jEZ6ojr7I3dzZaKRtsusXX3yQ8_9X9uvHCZECCTZBF16qCRt6fjNh1X-u-IosMewdmb_8ExjhvG_lYeZOp83-yq5DqDd8lm9Imw/s1800/IMG_2771.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdT71vPgDIhh_6wgpsTWWXKOX2AKO55rNNYZ4gy6emiJ_XMfJNnu5dBuyESURu6gsBWVVJ9jMs_tiX7gQUr9jEZ6ojr7I3dzZaKRtsusXX3yQ8_9X9uvHCZECCTZBF16qCRt6fjNh1X-u-IosMewdmb_8ExjhvG_lYeZOp83-yq5DqDd8lm9Imw/w400-h400/IMG_2771.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: courier; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><br /></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-55484202767811414232023-11-20T14:14:00.004+08:002023-11-22T16:10:02.320+08:00Sick of it….<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCr9ia1QmyiIXUzNnbJ4ZkcbgOo5PAzsVB_hXLHd22goQjM7P8iZ51oBEayCsC19Y0_mQ5TniOtoh8yt_Tt6UBJ3kCmThr6cAbEF8Ey6B1cnzV34NywtrwFN2Gz8xxoq4WweDMsLLcvYGczFoQcdUzLu0YAZFrdqzj0S_AphjFHQGvadRPUoOnHA/s314/11954594_1605391973059011_6382301142779527205_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="300" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCr9ia1QmyiIXUzNnbJ4ZkcbgOo5PAzsVB_hXLHd22goQjM7P8iZ51oBEayCsC19Y0_mQ5TniOtoh8yt_Tt6UBJ3kCmThr6cAbEF8Ey6B1cnzV34NywtrwFN2Gz8xxoq4WweDMsLLcvYGczFoQcdUzLu0YAZFrdqzj0S_AphjFHQGvadRPUoOnHA/w382-h400/11954594_1605391973059011_6382301142779527205_n.jpg" width="382" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>This darn body of mine thinks it’s a goddamn yo-yo !!! My demon scales just won’t go down and stay down. Whether I have a really good week or a mostly good one it doesn’t seem to make an ounce of difference. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>I’m up 500g this week and I’m not liking it. But it’s up to me, and only me can change it….</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><i>Onwards ……</i></b></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-30628347901497930402023-11-13T11:40:00.004+08:002023-11-14T14:16:19.390+08:00Here I am…..<p> <span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><i>Another week down and here I am again…..not that anyone follows me or comments. It’s a record of my progress for me….</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5Ump6VZEftdAdsiYfQRiMKJHdbFmBkV-FKvPdT3NsjGHxqxmL-y3syoQen42-MkJv2t5GcPdj53XpgM1JAbgHLrqzEwU91BvDS4kPCiQaEbwGW0maabK0tu6umvs0pRZrCDaWMfuJwRabD-P4RBdMLT0jQr7nlvzvpAm8bgEeKL7rYjQanWvzA/s320/me%20and%20me.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="320" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5Ump6VZEftdAdsiYfQRiMKJHdbFmBkV-FKvPdT3NsjGHxqxmL-y3syoQen42-MkJv2t5GcPdj53XpgM1JAbgHLrqzEwU91BvDS4kPCiQaEbwGW0maabK0tu6umvs0pRZrCDaWMfuJwRabD-P4RBdMLT0jQr7nlvzvpAm8bgEeKL7rYjQanWvzA/w400-h238/me%20and%20me.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>Above is when I did WW and got to goal way back 2006/7 </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF753uSZjADotas6HMoQ-6dqe7SzSKlLxOhPETohHnSMotqGE5BmJb6ymL7Vp4ZY0MKv0w0TimAGef3IgzZyy8bSc29g7taukqYR5VMzCbMpTLQUF20ug4kKTZ5tto-Lm6bIjEb4qFFKsroD9oHJawIdKVkVKbDnQbHD24wtB6j1Gu0HR3beudQQ/s1800/IMG_2726.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF753uSZjADotas6HMoQ-6dqe7SzSKlLxOhPETohHnSMotqGE5BmJb6ymL7Vp4ZY0MKv0w0TimAGef3IgzZyy8bSc29g7taukqYR5VMzCbMpTLQUF20ug4kKTZ5tto-Lm6bIjEb4qFFKsroD9oHJawIdKVkVKbDnQbHD24wtB6j1Gu0HR3beudQQ/w400-h400/IMG_2726.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>And above is then to now….</b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b>How have I aged?? I reckon I’ve done all right ehh 😘</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b>My motive to get to goal then was so I wasn’t fat and fifty. I wasn’t at goal, but I was only a few kilo’s off 😊</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b>Right, wet and miserable looking day here, so I’m out of here. Might be a day for comfy chair and book.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><i>Ohhhh weigh in….another 300g gone. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(103, 78, 167);"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-45624437886324001562023-11-06T19:25:00.001+08:002023-11-06T19:25:20.579+08:00Got over my sulks <p> <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Yes, eventually I got over my sulks, pulled my socks up and blitzed the rest of the week and recorded a 300g loss.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>And today I’ve mostly stuck to plan and not done what I usually do and use up my bonus points. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIuiUkuC0xYlfotA0O0ijmI63KPx7lp6GxyVrJPN-jRCQJ5hlBTdDcbg8xqMYYW2VBlkikFei-0HBSK3PsTAbMT3VonjEoOI2qFtJEHXpUqUwugJjIRjPiipgSr3sO-EF6APk1JcBS7AgUVJUMYTCvN4g4x0ij9PpawstSr2IWdvw1xFB2CBvPQ/s1800/IMG_2706.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIuiUkuC0xYlfotA0O0ijmI63KPx7lp6GxyVrJPN-jRCQJ5hlBTdDcbg8xqMYYW2VBlkikFei-0HBSK3PsTAbMT3VonjEoOI2qFtJEHXpUqUwugJjIRjPiipgSr3sO-EF6APk1JcBS7AgUVJUMYTCvN4g4x0ij9PpawstSr2IWdvw1xFB2CBvPQ/w400-h400/IMG_2706.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>This has helped. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Ist pic taken in August, the other yesterday. Believe it or not between the 2 pics there is only just over a kilo difference. Told you I’m just plod plod plodding along. This plateau does get to me. My WW was due to run out in a couple of weeks but yesterday I noticed a 60% off deal was ending today so I cancelled my membership and rejoined for 12 months. Let’s see what I can do. I’m still trying to get to my 15 kilo off goal but with this darn plateau and yo yo pattern it has eluded me. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Not giving in…… </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-37223398954737102362023-10-31T14:44:00.003+08:002023-10-31T15:50:06.142+08:00Great week…<p> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>I had a great week….walked 4 days, water aerobics for an hour Friday morning. I tracked, kept to my points all but one day……result 👎👎👎👎👎</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>I gained 700g. Was so upset I cried.</i></b></span></p><p><b style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">I’m so over it all, I’ve resorted to my usual pattern of eating my emotions. I’m hating myself. BUT I will be back on track tomorrow, I’m just sooking. I don’t want to undo all the hard work I have done this past 11 months.</span></i></b></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS9bLKK6ejTBBwFH0lCvEtnDnukQFRWOtizu9Iia3rF0LPNa7-32q5hH27jSk19xySA9-5vPlMizNAmqs3AybNmOjLtdAT1HCXb7Sss4esoBKS2lj6bpxZBbU68X1I36v7Z-pMfVPm6D7KGS6cvJtUMdLDmJiQQPz9WCIuaDQMZ6QjJIvtIdXMw/s2048/IMG_2675.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCS9bLKK6ejTBBwFH0lCvEtnDnukQFRWOtizu9Iia3rF0LPNa7-32q5hH27jSk19xySA9-5vPlMizNAmqs3AybNmOjLtdAT1HCXb7Sss4esoBKS2lj6bpxZBbU68X1I36v7Z-pMfVPm6D7KGS6cvJtUMdLDmJiQQPz9WCIuaDQMZ6QjJIvtIdXMw/w300-h400/IMG_2675.jpeg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Look at these happy faces. K has always wanted to do a fun run but she either hasn’t been allowed to, couldn’t go or was never fit enough to participate. The other day a lady advertised on our local community page that she had 2 tickets to give away for the local colour fun run. I messaged her, tickets were still available so I went and picked them up. No cost…she couldn’t participate as she’d hurt her knee. Anyways I took them to K and she was so happy. She so wanted to go and take the kids but couldn’t afford the $90 for tickets. As you can see they had a ball, had so much fun thanks to that generous lady “paying it forward” her tickets. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Right, off to get swimming things ready for water aerobics tomorrow morning. I’ll be over my sulks and ready to get back on track then. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-81021188216002186892023-10-24T15:27:00.002+08:002023-10-24T15:28:26.308+08:00Another week done…<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iPe-qNAewrrnW0IfKUgWemjc5mV5uX3lMv-xnkUid-BnnQetmxhEjnE4QwKfSSL4AAKyzh5c_WOxhmWYW8SnvmLq1JaSa9DIvYt0G71o2AFHhwn-Br7XpoyQX0EVyBEztpTPjp2M4q7Gr-UB3LGDds-q5LjYdJJSmHxu5Hd9myfkoX0x1WOjXQ/s688/IMG_2668.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iPe-qNAewrrnW0IfKUgWemjc5mV5uX3lMv-xnkUid-BnnQetmxhEjnE4QwKfSSL4AAKyzh5c_WOxhmWYW8SnvmLq1JaSa9DIvYt0G71o2AFHhwn-Br7XpoyQX0EVyBEztpTPjp2M4q7Gr-UB3LGDds-q5LjYdJJSmHxu5Hd9myfkoX0x1WOjXQ/s320/IMG_2668.jpeg" width="233" /></a></div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>My mum used to make these many years ago when we were kids. It came up on one of my pages on Facebook and bought back so many memories. I’m going to make some next week and enjoy one as a treat next week after my weigh in.</i></b></span><p></p><div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>Very happy to report I lost 1.1 this week. Still not back to my lowest weight yet BUT I will get there. I indulged again after weigh in yesterday but not badly. Was fine till after dinner then I had a drink and some nibblies 😋😋</i></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(116, 27, 71);"><b><i>End of next month it will be a year since I started WW and began this particular journey. I’m hoping I can reach my next goal of 15 kilos off by then. I will be rejoining again, hope they have a good deal going then so I can continue. </i></b></span></span></div>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-64360803736381443282023-10-17T15:47:00.001+08:002023-10-17T15:48:27.313+08:00Blahhhhh <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <b style="background-color: white;"><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Title tells the story. I gained a whole kilo and I’m really peeved about it. Right I know I didn’t have the best start to the week BUT I did have a really good rest of the week. I had points leftover, I exercised 5 days of the week….so a kilo !!! I had school reunion to go to Saturday night but I didn’t drink any alcohol (I had to drive) and I chose wisely from the menu.</span></i></b><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-X2MM-4hucz61DPovWnNMmLSEIqyRweWXevjO9gBH3kJbcji3Io2SCLj24lMbG1OR6qSQRS0bblbEBqk7fF17t67lTWwaFvfU3YjKJxZcYyyOJnHcamJqwp7A0RngqoPNid9d75jw3wKhj_Glil7yVZlg72AetLWx47yn_SFzrhyphenhyphenccdpWWRNM-g/s1163/IMG_2658.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="1033" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-X2MM-4hucz61DPovWnNMmLSEIqyRweWXevjO9gBH3kJbcji3Io2SCLj24lMbG1OR6qSQRS0bblbEBqk7fF17t67lTWwaFvfU3YjKJxZcYyyOJnHcamJqwp7A0RngqoPNid9d75jw3wKhj_Glil7yVZlg72AetLWx47yn_SFzrhyphenhyphenccdpWWRNM-g/w355-h400/IMG_2658.jpeg" width="355" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Yesterday after weigh in we went walking and of course jabbering. I said this week would stay 💯% on track. Mmmmmm I lied. I went out Christmas shopping with Kylee and wellllll we indulged. BUT I did count all the points and track them AND I now have no weeklies left 😘 This weight loss journey of mine is slow and starting to get hard. Yes I’m self sabotaging again and <span style="color: red;">IT HAS TO STOP</span></span></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i></i></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeOTZ0wkB0As1Bc9_7KHHb8sQwKHCQz5AVuPdH8phVv4eUqzUnEPJ1lEzvEcpOtjrX6LG__E5dwX3OgcpH00u6LIT_D_xwUSV-bse24D8XdeXLmWc5UwIvJNjepb2c_0qUwQlyrTrrFYr9fHGfEsZDWVQVAgHQMor2inwPDhyphenhyphenFsjZl43vPxRAlw/s2043/IMG_2657.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2043" data-original-width="746" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeOTZ0wkB0As1Bc9_7KHHb8sQwKHCQz5AVuPdH8phVv4eUqzUnEPJ1lEzvEcpOtjrX6LG__E5dwX3OgcpH00u6LIT_D_xwUSV-bse24D8XdeXLmWc5UwIvJNjepb2c_0qUwQlyrTrrFYr9fHGfEsZDWVQVAgHQMor2inwPDhyphenhyphenFsjZl43vPxRAlw/w146-h400/IMG_2657.jpeg" width="146" /></a></i></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><i><br /><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Me…just before I left for reunion. I looked in the mirror and I was so happy at how I looked. Long time since that has happened. Another reason to stop the sabotaging. </span></i></b></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-47421573297774758172023-10-09T15:35:00.001+08:002023-10-09T15:35:09.141+08:00Not the best week <p> <span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Well I finally got rid of the fish bone on Wednesday night. But ohh boy I can’t tell you how many pieces of bread and butter and or bread and milk I ate before it dislodged. Then it was play catch up the rest of the week to try and undo all the damage…😒😟☹️😫</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(166, 77, 121);"><b><i><br /></i></b></span><b><i></i></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ve9XsAyYHPLmMybUew4xAti9PSSKPj6vpQAUH4CnvYtOu3pS-gcXzLgZ-syKUmRsvyKxRC0lYdGBlxPo-c7lU5doHG34KFkZ3BNNufpYW_Ta4tiFG5liLssLQAcy5RNyeqgaac0SzEVXScApEdR81M_HWMXPEX9lWpYpiAvUCHJNR8rta83wUw/s2048/IMG_2647.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Ve9XsAyYHPLmMybUew4xAti9PSSKPj6vpQAUH4CnvYtOu3pS-gcXzLgZ-syKUmRsvyKxRC0lYdGBlxPo-c7lU5doHG34KFkZ3BNNufpYW_Ta4tiFG5liLssLQAcy5RNyeqgaac0SzEVXScApEdR81M_HWMXPEX9lWpYpiAvUCHJNR8rta83wUw/w300-h400/IMG_2647.jpeg" width="300" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYi-fiY9CMCztqg9-fgCivL3GUXMQqa3UlniKiep5quY5yNK9prCH5JfGWcJZ7_yH-iSVY9U3xDBZBz9BJR-2lU9LnDPYnEuofCJWLUnTl2MGP70fiHxq_HWR54FGOti1RIGQDFQ/s960/IMG_2646.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYi-fiY9CMCztqg9-fgCivL3GUXMQqa3UlniKiep5quY5yNK9prCH5JfGWcJZ7_yH-iSVY9U3xDBZBz9BJR-2lU9LnDPYnEuofCJWLUnTl2MGP70fiHxq_HWR54FGOti1RIGQDFQ/w300-h400/IMG_2646.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Uncle Shawn took the kids and their mum (his sister) fishing on the weekend. The kids loved it, both catching some fish….some of the blowfish, but they didn’t care. They had the best time and asked him if he would pick them up after school today and take them fishing again. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>It was back to jabberwalking this morning, missed Deb last week as she took her grandies away. Was hoping a walk would help me stay on track today….but I’ve blown it. A friend made cookies and cream cheesecake….shall say no more other than there is none left. It was yummy 😋 </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Ohh a 400g gain. Let’s hope I can lose that this week, haven’t made a good start have I? </i></b></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-84709620951643722712023-10-02T17:05:00.002+08:002023-10-02T17:31:26.585+08:00I remembered <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3CGHdhMIseXEreY9U3mg4EDUjeFU9ZCpi3NfFxfNMf_x2-U1XDrAqL_XHoRwoPW1RjvsW8001J1X78T_xtpZt7icJ4cFPiTUk_zXjFzJMHv9vL0DJmoG5L_R9o-mvqaf9vv0GEB-q83_VeeizYthpKlDjDCwZH94O207Y-SKuQZsNyt0159XtQ/s4032/IMG_1430.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3CGHdhMIseXEreY9U3mg4EDUjeFU9ZCpi3NfFxfNMf_x2-U1XDrAqL_XHoRwoPW1RjvsW8001J1X78T_xtpZt7icJ4cFPiTUk_zXjFzJMHv9vL0DJmoG5L_R9o-mvqaf9vv0GEB-q83_VeeizYthpKlDjDCwZH94O207Y-SKuQZsNyt0159XtQ/w300-h400/IMG_1430.jpeg" width="300" /></i></b></span></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(234, 153, 153);"><b><i>On Friday night I cooked some fish that we caught on our last getaway up at Shark Bay. Whiting which is a sweet white flesh fish but it has a lot of small bones. Well I got a darn bone caught in my throat somewhere and of today it is still there. It’s luckily not real painful, it’s more annoying. Today it’s Monday and it’s still there. It’s not hurting all day, it must move every now and then and it’s only then I can feel it and then it hurts. I’ve over indulged today on bread and toast trying to get the darn thing to shift. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(234, 153, 153);"><b><i>Weigh in day today, 400g down. Getting closer to my next goal….well I was till I pigged out today. Hopefully I can get rid of this bone so I can move on. Want to get to my next goal so I can move onto the following one….that’s the one I’m hanging out to get too 😘😘😘</i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(234, 153, 153);"><b><i>Nothing much happening. Had some lovely weather this week. Even managed 5 walks with my jabberwalking buddy. Meant to be walking today but over the weekend the weather turned crappy and it’s still wet and windy today. My buddy is going away for a few days with her grandies while they still on school holidays so I’m going to try and get out there on my own. I’m very unmotivated of late, I need a pick me up I think. Housework needs doing, I really need do get in and do a spring clean and do a declutter and throw out but all I can do is manage to do the essentials. </i></b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ea9999; font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(234, 153, 153);"><b><i>Right, best get off this lazy butt of mine and get to and start dinner. </i></b></span></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186250.post-64042946858320624412023-09-26T18:10:00.003+08:002023-09-26T18:14:52.405+08:00Ooops missed last week…..<p> <span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>I’m back.</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>I had a very disappointing sts last week, I’d tried so hard too but those dratted scales would not move. Believe me I tried, I stood on one foot, moved the scales and even put them on different surface !!! Nope….they weren’t moving…so a sts it was!! </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusN88EUKA8ipde16873jim2OTvNUGpTkQmxdhs6KY35aAq7vB4PHL505lyz7ScAd6xXX13e-kGzI5GxeLH2WhE-fEIJpJok0sFiSjRfXT99OayEr5_18lQSoAl6oDvn4NO0VDeaLyGme0oEC7s8794aNa1GsbccPVlcyXIG0z9L2MtQ0T5XFy6A/s1800/IMG_2630.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiusN88EUKA8ipde16873jim2OTvNUGpTkQmxdhs6KY35aAq7vB4PHL505lyz7ScAd6xXX13e-kGzI5GxeLH2WhE-fEIJpJok0sFiSjRfXT99OayEr5_18lQSoAl6oDvn4NO0VDeaLyGme0oEC7s8794aNa1GsbccPVlcyXIG0z9L2MtQ0T5XFy6A/w400-h400/IMG_2630.jpeg" width="400" /></a></b></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><br /><i>This week I had a 500g loss. </i></b></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>I didn’t change my eating pattern, I just did what I usually do. It’s been a veryyyyyyy verrrryyyyyyyy slow journey this time around. But the weight is coming off and as you can see by pic above. First is just before I started, 2nd was in late August. I’m slowly getting closer to my next goal, just another 1.2 kilo to go. Heck knows how long that will take me but I’ll plod along…..</i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>I’ve started walking with my walking buddy again, hoping we can get 3 or 4 walks a week in. Have done 2 so far this week, another planned for tomorrow and Thursday. Mmmmmm wonder if that will help the scales…..wait and see I guess. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Dinner time….chicken sausages and salad tonight. Best move, the tum is rumbling a bit. </i></b></span></p><p><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><b><i>Till next time…. 👋👋</i></b></span></p>jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11000062075347416626noreply@blogger.com1