Saturday, September 09, 2006

Saturday walk






This morning was lovely and sunny so I donned my joggers, grabbed my water bottle and walkman, picked up my digital camera and went walking. Along the way took these pics, plus many more, so my good friends Berrie and Vegemite could enjoy the walk with me. The walk takes over an hour and I love it, what with the scenic water views, wildlife and fauna it goes all so quickly.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Small loss


I weighed in on Monday evening....I lost 100grams. Was disappointed in that as I expected better, and got very frustrated with myself. But over the "dummy spit" now and upped the excersise, changed the food around a bit...and moving onwards and downwards...with a bit of luck this week....


Sunday, September 03, 2006



#3 son Shawn with his daughter Skye

Happy Fathers day son...

#2 son Simon with his daughter Zoe when she was little....

Happy Fathers day son....

#1 son Paul with Caitlin, his eldest daughter.

Happy Father's day....

Daddy's Girl


Being Fathers Day today, we had the 3 boys come for a bbq lunch and all the grandies of course...but missing was "Daddy's girl" who lives in Melbourne.

Fathers Day



Dad....4/6/1930 to 11/10/2001


I miss you Dad...

You won the battle but lost the war.

Love ya..........

Monday, August 28, 2006

Hard Yakka





This is me on the potato harvester which I have been working on for the last week or so....real hard yakka!!! But it has helped me this week to lose the 700g I put on after celebrating little Thomas's birth.

Saturday, August 26, 2006

"Jenna" cuddles



Today little Thomas turns a week old....
I took his big sisters (Jessica & Zoe) out today for a Subway lunch then to the hairdressers for a "pretty up". We had a great "girlie" afternoon. Of course when I took them home I had to have a cuddle of my 2 litle boys..18 month old Sheymus and Thomas.

Tuesday, August 22, 2006

Can BRAG at last!!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO Blogger pic uploads is working.
Now I can show off my granson....the latest addition to my family.
Please meet THOMAS SHANE 7lb 40z 51cm

Monday, August 21, 2006

As expected

Too much celebrating Thomas's birth and ttom combined gave me a gain of 700g. Less than I expected coz I did celebrate lots....hehehe

So this week, its WALK>TRACK>DRINK WATER!!! And with all that work and luck I will lose it...don't want it or need it!!

Blogger still not posting pics....darn, I wanted to show of my newest addition.

Sunday, August 20, 2006

Rae "tagged" me

Yep, Rae the super model "tagged' me and I have to post 5 wierd things/habits about me that people don't know about me! mmmmmmmm no where do I start??

Wierdness/Habit #1 I HATE, LOATHE snakes and even when one slithers across the road in front of the car I lift my feet up off the pedals and scream and have to stop myself from looking where I am going!! I can't look at them on tv or in books....I shudder to think of them!

Weirdness/Habit #2 I am claustrophobic....I don't like being closed up in confined spaces

Weirdness/Habit #3 Geeeeeeeee this is getting hardish!! Does biting my fingernails come into this...mmmm yea its a habit, a bad one too.

Weirdness/Habit #4 I very very rarely wear dresses. I like trousers, jeans and pants. Am a bit of a "tomboy" and like to race speedway cars, climb trees and don't mind getting dirty!!

Weirdness/Habit #5 I am allergic to pine trees in bloom..the flowers and sap give me a hive like rash.

There you are Rae...being "tagged" certainly got me thinking....
Good luck tomorrow on your ww super modeling, smileeeeee and have fun, you and Donna both deserve it.

Blogger still won't let me post pics, darn! I wanted to show off my newest little grandie. oooooooppppsssss been celebrating, weigh in tomorrow night.......eeeeeeekkkkk demon scales!!!!

Friday, August 18, 2006

Yes, it's happened!

Yes, it has happened....my granson was born this evening and I was there to witness the birth. Absolutely magic!! The little boy is as yet un-named but it should be Thomas Shane.....ohhhhhhhh I am so happy. He was 7lb 40z and 51cm long...and just so beautiful.
I was hoping to post a pic but for some reason I can't get pics to post...darn!


On Monday I weighed in and lost 200g.
2.8 kilo's to go....

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Tornado Update

Was going to post a few pics but "blogger" won't do it for some reason! But ohhh well when it gets sorted out I will.

The tornado that went through this estate I live in was devastating and very destructive leaving many people homeless, some houses were completely demolished and others damaged, some more will have to be demolished, others can be repaired. They are saying over $10 million of damages. The premier has been and declared the area a natural disaster zone.
Over the past week a lot of time has been donated by people and businesses and a massive clean up has been going on. It has been marvellous the way people have come together and supported the community.
It is going to take a long time though before insurances etc can be sorted out and the rebuilding process can begin.
Today I have been down the local bush brigade helping with the morning teas and lunches for all the volunteers. All the food has been donated by businesses and cakes etc have been donated by families like mine who were not suffering damage. Being Sunday I didn't think there would be too many but there were over 30 of all ages. Marvellous the way this community has pulled together to help each other, isn't it?

The tornado was very frightening and I think everytime we have a storm I will be scared of a reoccurrence...I hope not as it is a noise I NEVER want to hear again!!!
I want to THANK all those people who were concerned about me and sms'ed, rang or emailed wondering how I was. All I can say is mwahhhhhhh THANK YOU

Monday, August 07, 2006

Just letting you ...

All know I am fine. A shocking disaster here with a tornadeo going through the area I live in at 1.10am this morning. The noise was so loud and frightening, and the thunder, lightning and hailstones made it deafening!! It past our house about a 100 meters or so away leaving debris everywhere BUT so many other houses were totally destroyed or severely damaged. Huge trees were just twisted down a foot from the ground or totally stripped bare...its terrible to see. Over 25 houses have been destroyed and over 30 damaged...those poor families and a lot of them live just a few hundred meters from me.

Went to weigh in tonite....lost 600g..

Sunday, August 06, 2006

Temptation....


I went to a birthday party last night and YES I resisted TEMPTATION again. There was a lovely big black forest birthday cake, and my very favourite pavalova, and fruit cheesecake. And I had NONE! No not even a taste.
The dinner was a pig on the spit, which I didn't taste either. I would not have been able to resist the crackling. So yes, I am proud of me and I hope those demon scales will be nice to me tomorrow night and thank me for resisting those yummies!

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Just letting...


Just letting you know that I weighed in last night and lost 900g !!

Wooohoooooo!!

Was beginning to think that this last little bit wasn't everrrrrr going to move


Onwards and downwards I go again.....hopefully!

Only 3.6 to go.....


Sunday, July 30, 2006

Happy Birthday Ashlee




Today we had a family gathering for my grandaughter Ashlee's 2nd birthday. Ashlee is a real little cutie and Jenna made sure she got a few extra cuddles today. Jenna behaved herself and did not eat ANY party food, nooooooooo not even a taste of the icecream birthday cake!!! Have to face those dreaded demon scales tomorrow evening !!
Got a few pics, it was great as I have 5 grandaughters (as well as the 2 gransons) and today I got the whole 5 girls in a pic with me.

From left to right we go Jessica 4 1/2 snuggling in to Jenna, Ashlee in my arms, Zoe 3 1/2 gone all shy, Caitlin 4 1/2 grinning from ear to ear and Skye 2 3/4 between my legs. What is it they say about girls....Sugar and Spice and all things nice ?? Just little sweeties I recon !!

Monday, July 24, 2006

Weighed in

Weighed in tonight and I stayed the same .... which is good I guess. I had a couple of bad days so despite all the excersise I have done I suppose I deserved not to lose. Just need a good week to get myself back FULLY on track.

Tomorrow I am home again, work is still slow...so 1st challenge will be to track and stay on track, no visiting the fridge and pantry for ANYTHING UNLESS it is written in my tracker.

Sunday, July 23, 2006

Happy Birthday Wayne


Was my nephew Wayne's 21st birthday party last night and I am so proud of myself because I did not over indulge at all. I have sabotaged myself twice this week (not badly, but enough to get cross with myself)and I was hoping that I could control that habit last night and I DID!!! I did not drink...AND I DID NOT EAT PAVLOVA (which is my all time favourite sweet) or double chocolate cream cake, cheesecake or any birthday cake at all!! I mixed with all the rellies and friends and had a good time....and yeaaaaaaaa lapped up all the compliments on my weight loss! Think getting all the compliments helped me not to sabotage myself. The party was at my brother in laws place out in the shed and boy was it cold last night!! They had fires outside the shed for those brave ones who didn't mind the night air and heaters inside but that air last night got so chilly, brrrrrrrrr
This morning stayed in bed a bit and had a lay in, then got up and went for an hours walk. Going to do my "Pilates for Dummies" dvd this arvo and hopefully tomorrow night when I go to my ww meeting those dreaded demon scales will be nice to me.....