This is the track we will be travelling on….it’s out in the Desert. If you’re interested just google The Anne Beadell Highway. A very popular track here in Australia. 10 days and we will be on the road heading to Laverton and ready to start the trek.
In the mail today I received the last of the permits needed to travel the trek. A lot of the country is indigenous land so permission is required. I am starting to get excited. Most of the vehicle is ready. Most of the food has been bought, some meals have been pre-prepared but I still have a bit more to get, though not much.
First aide kit has been stocked, spare batteries and cords have been bought and packed. I’m going to check this week and see if I can get the dsl camera in to be serviced and cleaned, doesn’t matter if I can’t but it does need it.
What else. I’ve dragged the clothes bags out and started packing clothes. Packed a couple of books too. Hoping to get a new release from one of my favourite authors too.
Got another visit with my dentist tomorrow. I’ve got top dentures and finally after 7 years of wearing ones that I have never been happy with I’m getting a new ones made. This lovely lady dentist is a perfectionist and I couldn’t be happier with her and what she has been doing for me. The care that she has shown is superior to where I went last time. I hope to go away with new teeth and be confident with my smile and my speech. Yes, this set is so ill made that I have trouble getting my tongue and teeth around some words. It was quite embarrassing sometimes.
This week I have had a lot of running around to do finalising bits and pieces. Haircuts was one of them. The same will be on this week too as I have appointments to get too…..plus William has his Interschool sports day happening as well.
Right….to finish off I had a weight loss of 600g. I’ve worked for it too, I’ve tracked and planned everything. I had a few days with a nasty flu. The sore throat and the coughing was the pits but thankfully it didn’t linger all week. Still a bit lethargic though. Learning that to get results I have to work for them. Listen to my body, fuel my body and hopefully I’ll see the results on the scale. And with new teeth maybe more confidence in myself (no covering my mouth with my hand) and liking the look of myself I will love me more. I’ll let you know after my holiday.
Yep, that’s it…weigh in day.
A whopping 1.9 off…..ecstatic about that. But I worked hard for it.
It’s been bloody hard, but I have to put myself first and push away the sadness.
Karma will get whoever is responsible for Rays horrific death and be made to pay for it. Won’t bring him back but we’ll push till we know the truth. Rays wife has seen a lawyer so the progress has started.
Not much else is happening. Been busy preparing for our trek. Permits have all been applied for, received two back so we getting there. Vehicle has been serviced and all tools and apparatus has been loaded up.
I’ve done some food prep, bought food and so not much will need to be done before we go. Getting closer
Yep, done it again. Did a real good job of it too….a 1.8 gain 😳
Why?
My late cousin (Ray) was killed back in January whilst out helping to contain a fire. He was caught in the path of the fire whilst grading a fire break and was burnt to death.
It should not have ever happened. He should not have been out there on his own. If the person who took him out there had stayed with him as he should have he would have been saved. He was very nearly safe, just a few more meters and would have been if he had had the help. My heart is just broken. Not just for me but his wife should still have her husband, their kids their Dad and Grandad.
When I was told this, I went looking for chocolate, it helped. But it didn’t take the ache away, took 2 days to realise that food wasn’t going to help.
I’m back, but so broken.
Wednesday ad Friday were sports days at my grandson Williams school. William loves his sports days. This year him being in Year 4 he was able to participate more in the jumps and long distance running. Last year he was only allowed to do the 200 meters and long jump. This year he was allowed to long jump, triple jump, high jump and the 300 metres. Well on Wednesday my little champ did all those except the 200 meters as well as the vortex throw and aced them, all first places.
Friday saw him place 2nd in the 200 meters and the 80 meters then participate in all the faction races namely the relays, passpall, leader ball and tunnel ball.
And look below…he ended up being Year 4 champion boy. Now if they had done overall champion William would have won that too has he collected the post points on the day.
To say I was proud is an understatement. Me, and his Mum, cheered till we were hoarse.
It was held at the Beach Volleyball centre which is also home to lots of Inflatables, about 10 bouncies to play on. Ohhh my the kids had the best time. Boys and girls running and playing in every direction.
Today she wore her crown and Birthday Girl badge to school and took cupcakes for everyone including her teachers.
I’m still coming to terms with the news he gave me on his 73rd birthday back in February. Rod has been diagnosed with dementia. I believe it is early onset but I’m not sure. So not only was reeling from Ron, then Ray then now this with Rod.
And then the other day one of our close radio friends passed away. Tex and hubby have been talking many years on the radio. We stayed with him at his house on our travels over on the East Coast and caught up with him at a Hamfest in Ohio when we travelled to America and Canada.
Getting old is sux 🫤
I’ll say goodnight with a report of a 800g loss on the demon scales this morning.
Emotions play a huge part of my weight gains and of course my losses. Since I’ve started back on ww I have noticed a pattern. One week I have a good loss and the following week I have a gain or just a small loss. This week I had a 300g gain. I’ve done nothing much different to usual…except Friday after 7 long weeks we were able to say a final goodbye to my cousin Ray. It was a tough day and my eating was a little off. Anyways, I still managed to stay within my points. This week I’m trying to cut out snacks, sweet and salty popcorn has been my friend ALL this week with me eating 2 snack bags a day, sometimes 3 😳😳
I know I’m going the miss the old bugga…we had a great bond. I’m going to miss the unexpected visits, the phone calls and him. Life is just not fair sometimes. He got sent to do his job and never came back. I just hope that his family get compensated for the loss his life, it should have NEVER happened.
Anyways on to another week. Hope I get a loss next week…only 2 months before we pack up and head off on our trek.
Another week gone.
Been a slow week exercise wise, last Monday was the last day I walked. Have had a lot of back spasms, very painful at times.
Another week has just flown by…I can’t believe how quickly it has gone. They do say the older you get the quicker the time goes by and gee I’m finding that to be true.
Had friends out over the weekend. We asked them out as our fig trees are overloaded and we know how much they enjoy fresh fruit. We’ve already made jam and dried so many of them. While they were here they said they were off exploring in May and asked us to join them on the trek. It’s a trek we’ve wanted to do so we’ve been trying to figure out if we can go. Our daughter relies on us so much with the grandies so she is now trying to sort out alternatives for them. Hate doing it to her, and feel a little guilty doing so but it is our time now and if we don’t do it this time we may not have the chance again. Other friends asked us in 2018 to do this trek but it was 3 weeks after we returned from our America/Canada/London trip and I couldn’t get the time off work.
Anyways, I’m hoping that we can manage to do it. A lot of planning to be done and travel permits to be sought out and got.
And hopefully I can lose a bit more weight and be more comfortable travelling.
No weight lost on last weigh in, actually I had a 300g gain. Don’t know why, I planned and tracked but still it happened. Moving on and hopefully this week it will turn itself around.
Time to move, a work day for me and a few things have to be done before I head out the door.
And that means it is weigh in day.
Todays awesome result is a 1.3 loss. Go me 😊
I’m really loving this weight watchers program. I’ve settled into a pattern with it easily.
I plan my days menu out either the evening before or in the morning and track it. Tracking is the key for me atm, I find I don’t slip up if I know what I’m eating. And if something should crop up I know I have my weekly bonus points to use. And now I’ve started to move more and doing some walking I get added bonus points. I do not ever use those extra bonus points.
I’m challenging myself to get out and move more. My jabbawalk buddy and I trying to get out early to walk. It’s been quite hot and humid of late. My knee so far hasnt given me any trouble so keep fingers crossed 🤞🏽 I’m also trying to get my walk times down and my biggest one is too drink more water…water that is NOT in my coffee. Yeah I drink too much coffee. Another bonus with this round of WW for me is that I’ve stopped my drinking 2 or more Pepsi Max a day. Don’t know why but I’m finding I don’t enjoy….or need it….anymore.
My biggest challenge is carbs. I’m slowly changing my habit of having bread every day. Ohh it’s tough, but I’m getting there.
Right, my washing machine is beeping at me, another load is ready to hang out.
Birthday today.
I had the little grandies last night, and had school drop off. William was very cute this morning. He got up, walked out and said “I’ve a big birthday present for you” and then gave me a huge hug. A very heart melting moment 💕
After school drop off I met my girlfriend for a “jabbawalk” then she shouted me breakfast out. Absolutely delicious it was too. After that it was home and the usual everyday stuff…cleaning, washing and cooking. Just another day really.
Still waiting for my cousin Rays funeral. They can’t find his dental records so now we wait for dna results. It’s a big mess and very heartbreaking as we can’t plan anything 💔
Not much else happening.
Ohhh weigh in….100g down 😘
Still no word on Rays funeral date yet. Due to the nature of his death his body has been sent to the coroners to determine the cause of his death. And there are investigations ongoing as to the circumstances leading up to his death. Yes…it’s all very traumatic.
It’s been a quiet week.
No Deb to walk with this last week. She had minor surgery on her shoulder which has gone well. Also had issues with her Dad of 90 plus years falling over and injuring himself twice!! He lives 40 minutes away in his own house so that has meant lots of travel for her. Thankfully he wears one of those emergency necklaces so he was attended to very quickly by ambulance services.
I’ve done 4 x 30 plus minutes walks on my own and touch wood so far my knee hasn’t given me any problems.
My shoulder has been though, it keeps on freezing up on me…..ohhh the pain 🥺
Yesterday I went and visited my little great granddaughter, ohh my she is a little cutie. My granddaughter has access visit every Sunday for a few hours so I try to go see her every 3 or 4 weeks so I’m not imposing too much on Jaydene’s time.
How much can one family take.
A week after cousin Ron was layed to rest his big brother Ray was killed very tragically. His family, his siblings and us his extended family are struggling big time.
Ray and I were close. We grew up together in forestry settlements, his Dad and mine both working in the Forest Department. He was older, a bit older than my brother but he and I were still close but more so when we were older. He lived with me and hubby when we lived up North. Hubby was a mechanic for the Shire and Ray was the grader driver. Lots of memories of fishing and camping trips, sitting on the patio watching dust and lightning storms, bickering, arguing and laughing over the silliest things. He was the one that was there during moments where we needed someone to lean on. I’m going to miss those unexpected visits where he walked in and said “well missus you got the kettle on” and those long winded telephone calls….no wonder we called you “Windy”.
I’m not looking forward to that final goodbye.
We had a good time, lots of sister talks, and wanders down memory lanes plus a few drinks consumed.
Did well….no over indulging so the scales said yesterday.
A stay the same which I’m happy with.
I’m trying to get more exercise in so walked this morning before work. Yes…I’m retired and receive a pension but I’m still doing 11 hours a fortnight paid work which the government encourages. Helps with the pension, plus I get to interact with others and as hubby and I don’t go anywhere in the summer I’m hoping to have a little extra spending money when we do travel.
Another week has flown by.
After my 600g gain last week…I made sure there was very little bread and I watched the snacking. No Cookie Monster 👹 this week. Weigh in this morning was 1.2 down, I’ve finally got back to my pre Christmas weigh in. Now to keep the momentum happening.
My g/f Deb and I have been walking 2 or 3 times a week.
Been so hot these past few days, we’ve nearly melted. We start our walk at 6.30am and by the end of it we are a sweaty mess. Next few days are meant to be cooler, let’s hope so.
Not much happening here.
Been doing some preserving. Hubby put in a vegetable garden and as he usually does he planted way too much. So we’ve made pickles, chutneys, relishes and sauces out of the tomatoes and cucumbers …plus frozen heaps of the other vegetables. Had peas, beans, turnips and silverbeet galore. Had to buy another freezer and I’m now looking for a pantry cupboard to store all these preserving.
I’ve been dealing with a few opinionated people of late.
I’ve just said if that’s the way you think, so be it. I just can’t be bothered with petty shit anymore.
It’s dinner time….time to eat.
And all because of……
The next day I went over points too so just knew I was in for a gain. And I was, up 600g. Anyways onwards we go…..
I’ve got this, I want this weight off !! Wish it would come off as fast as I put it on 😚
I’ve got back into my walking again, only 2, sometimes 3 days a week. Deb and I walk 3k’s and I’m enjoying it. So far my knee is holding up. Not as fast as we used to be, my knee just don’t allow that….but at least we out there.
Happy New Year to anyone that still following me….
It’s been hot most of this week, so daughter has been taking these kidlets to the water park for a couple of hours in the morning before it gets too hot. I went in with them the other day…what a blast they have there, they are real water babies.
My girlfriend and I have started walking in the mornings again….loving that we can continue our jabberwalking….we’ve both missed it. At the moment we are walking 3k and doing that 3 times a week. Feel so much better for it too. My knee is tolerating it too, long may that last!! And it can only help with the weight loss too surely 🤷♀️
I’m doing ok on ww, had a gain over the Christmas break, but I restarted on Boxing Day and going ok so far, the scales are moving down. Tracking is my key.
Did have a falter the other day, got the sad news that a cousin I was close to had passed away. Been expecting it as he was diagnosed with dementia in his mid 60’s, but the other day at just 73 he slipped away. His devoted wife of 48 years rang to let me know and I just slipped into shock….I had to hand the phone to hubby and get her to repeat it all to him. I sat and had a drink and nibbled on a treat while I let my siblings know the sad news. Have the funeral next week to get through now.
Ongoing war between Daughter and the kids Dad. He still hasn’t seen them, think October was the last time he spent any time with them. Didn’t FaceTime them for Christmas or Williams 9th birthday 2 days after. Work obviously is more important than them 🙄 So daughter spent all last week while she was off work doing a lot of fun things with them. Kids loved it. They missed a few FaceTimes with him because of it which he complained about. So K asked him to have them overnight next weekend so they could spend some time with him. Omg he agreed, but could only have them 3pm Saturday to 4pm Sunday 😲 It’s only been 9 months since he’s had them at his place 💁♀️ Then she asked him to have them for 4 days while she had some down time….the response was “sorry I am working, I can’t ” 🙇♀️
Daddy of the year…..NOT!!
Just a few pics…..
Merry Christmas everyone….
A quiet one here….
Skye unable to join us, her boyfriend and family have Covid and she showing signs so she isolating with them.
Kylee, William and Summer along with K’s partner Micheal and his daughters joined hubby, Shawn and me for breakfast.
Was meant to see little Jahzara today, but DCP changed the date and Jaydene had visit yesterday. Even she wasn’t told till the taxi arrived to pick her up 😤😮
So Shawn playing his new tablet, hubby listening to his radio and I’m going to start my new book.
Tomorrow I’m restarting ww….festivities for me will be over…
