New Year, new me....

So it's the New Year, usually that means New Year resolutions, but not for me this year... sure I have goals for the year, but I have not made them just because it was New Years Eve and everyone else made some....

This year my focus is on health & well being, along with our future.

I have made reasonable weight loss goals, and hope I can stick to them & raise the quality of my lifestyle so that I'm not relying on a gazillion pills every day to get me though and so that Luke and I can enjoy the rest of our lives together without worrying about my next specialist appointment or blood test results.

I feel like I have let fibromyalgia take over my life, I just gave up for a while, this year things have changed and I am taking a stand against it.

One of the things that will make life easier is to loose weight, and get moving in the pool. So step one is taken, I have re activated my gym membership and will be going back to aqua twice a week. I am hoping to loose at least 5 kg by April 1st for a glamour shoot I was given as a birthday gift, then I want to be 110 kg by June 30. Reasonable goals to start with I think, with healthy eating and exercise I believe can achieve them.

I hope you will stick around and join me as I embark on the journey that is 2011, Happy Belated New Year to all!

Thanks for reading,

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Stylish Blogger Award!

I'd like to thank my mum and my dad for having me, my husband for putting up with me..... oh whats that? I dont have to give a speech? Ok... I''ll just get on with it then shall I?? :)




I am so excited to have recieved my first ever blogging award from the gorgeous Megs at Truly Blessed Life. Her address: http://trulyblessedlife.wordpress.com/


Thank You Megan!!!!


In order to recieve this award I have to

• Thank and link back to the person who gave me the award
• Share 7 things about myself
• Pay it forward to 15 recently discovered bloggers
• Contact those bloggers and let them know about the award

So I have thanked Megs above, but I will do it again... THANK YOU MEGS!!!
Without further rambling....
Here are 7 things about me:

1. I am a Scorpio
2. I wear glasses
3. For once in life, I am happy in my job.
4. Icecream needs to be enjoyed slowly, I can not bite into them and when hubby says "hurry up" I eat them even slower ;)
5. I once was so desperate to get over the flu I grabbed an onion from the kitchen, cut it up and left it in the bedroom. I was over it in 5 minutes due to the stench and threw a perfectly good onion out.
6. I have fibromyalgia. It doesn't stop me from living life, but can be a real pain (literally) on the bad days.
7. Everytime I watch Luke race at the drags, or on the track, my heart leaps up into my throat and I occasionally close my eyes. Thank god for video cameras and cameras with "burst" photo option LOL!!!

Now for the 15 bloggers I have discovered:
Life in Cats Pyjamas: http://lifeincatspyjamas.blogspot.com/
This Little Piggy: http://libbylittlepiggy.blogspot.com/
Confusion Soup: http://confusionsoup.blogspot.com/
Fat Mum Slim: http://fatmumslim.blogspot.com/
Lucy in the Suburbs: http://lucyinthesuburbs.blogspot.com/
Life as Kir: http://kirrily.blogspot.com/
Renee's Ramblings: http://ren76.blogspot.com/
Mental and Mundane Madness: http://mentalmundanemadness.blogspot.com/
Feisty Kel: http://feistykel.blogspot.com/
Racheous: http://racheous.wordpress.com/
Mez: http://mezhead-dayslikethese.blogspot.com/
Liz: http://thisthatandeverythingelse.wordpress.com/
Budget Wedding Planning: http://budget-wedding-planning.blogspot.com/
We heart Life: http://weheartlife.com/
Bits and pieces of J: http://bitsnpiecesofj.blogspot.com/

Thanks for reading,

Hi Claire!!!

Just testing the new blog app I downloaded :) no excuse for not blogging now!

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Workin' hard for the money

Work has been flat out lately, I've definitely earned my keep there! I've found solace in the gym to deal with the stress & it's been really good for me health wise. I signed my life away and have been going regularly with a 3.9kg loss in the last week!! It's funny how having a gym buddy keeps the motivation up :)

4WD fun in the rain :)

Picture this...Its cold and wet outside, You have been sick all week and still aren't feeling great. Its been pouring rain all night and the radio keeps reading flood warnings out and urging people to stay safe indoors, your hubby has to go to town. What do you do?????

Well you ask him to take the 4wD and go with him armed with your camera of course!!! Well at least this is what I did LOL!

Luke had to go into town so I did the exact above, and it was awesome fun :) First we went into town to do the jobs he had to do, but then we went 4WDing!! We headed down to Thompsons Beach, and instead of staying on the sealed road like all normal people were doing, We went on the bush track. Water laying everywhere from the rain over the past month, and the Murray River is raging! There is supposed to be a sandy beach there (hence the name Thompson's Beach) but its all under water too. I haven't seen floods like this before and so I was fascinated, I got out of the car and went snap happy. (and ended up with very wet feet!) From there we went back through town and filled up with fuel and headed home, slowing so that I could take pics of the neighbours flooded paddocks.

We drove past the house and went into Katty, not much happening there so we went down the dirt section of Chapel Rd, and started slip sliding around - so fun!!!!!! I cant get over how fast the creek is running also, Theres white wash on the rocks. I don't think Luke was quite ready to go home yet, so we went driving down a random dirt back track at the back of Katty, that we have never been down before, and preceeded to slip slide some more before hubby decided he best get out and lock the hubs in so we could use 4WD if we needed to...!! I got a couple of photos of the creek and then it was home time.

I cant wait until a few weeks time when we have new rims and proper mud tyres! Imagine the fun we can have in the rain then!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll leave you with some photos of our journey now...

Until next time.....

xo

There's supposed to be a boat ramp there...And the beach is under water...This is what I had to contend with when walking around...

New iPhone app sp no more excuses!

No more excuses lol, I've downloaded a blogger app to my iPhone so regardless of where I am I can write a post. I'm home sick today, after a topsy-turvy weekend of my voice coming & going it finally disappeared totally. Woke up this morning and could only just whisper- Not to mention I had been coughing up blood & barking like a dog most of the night, So off to the dr I went. Usual winter bs- throats red raw & chests crackly, but it's everywhere at the moment & not much more I can do other than rest & keep dosed up on antibiotics & cough syrup. Hoping to get back to work tomorrow but currently my voice is only at 25% so see how I go...

Again... Wow/

ARGH! The internet ate my entry! Anyway, here are some pics from our recent photoshoot. Ill be back another time when Im not so over it!
Anna