Farewelling my best mate. A tribute to Patch.

I'm having a hard time at the moment, and I thought writing it all down may help.

On Tuesday the 8th of February at approximately 7:05am I had to say farewell to my baby girl Patch. She came in to our lives in June 2009 after a friends fiance found her chained up and left in the Mall in Shepparton. Her fiance wouldnt let her keep Patchy girl so along I came :)

It took some major sucking up and convincing on my half but I won, I finally had a fur baby of my own to love and cherish. We brought her home on the 25th of June. She was about 3 months old. I remember hubby was very anti puppy, and we had specially taken the old wagon in to have her sit in the back on a blanket. When we went to pick her up after work she wouldnt sit in the boot, she kept sooking, so I got to keep her on the front seat with me. Of course I was so excited, and kept praying she wouldnt pee on me, but it was from then on that our bond formed.

Patch wormed her way into everyone's heart. She was anyones friend. All you had to do was give her a pat and from then on she would follow you everywhere.

She picked up some fantastic tricks during her time with us. One of which included playing soccer. We started this with the golf ball, then a tennis ball, and then when we realised she didnt like returning them we brought her a soccer ball for her first birthday in March 2010 so that she could continue to push it around the yard and we could chase her having a laugh and getting fit at the same time

Patch made many friends. In particular she took a liking to our cat Ginge and our friends boxer pup Moe. Quite often when the cat was outside we could hear hissing and fast moving claws on the ground. That often meant the dog was trying to play with the cat but the cat didnt want to play!!!! Then there were other times like the image below, where you would look out the window and see the two of them laying peacefully together.

Whenever we were heading to Barooga, we would try and take Patch with us to play with Moe. The two of them got along like a house on fire and it was quite funny to watch them play.

Patch was always there for us. One of my fondest memories is one where I had been going through a tough time, so I would go outside and lay on the grass staring at the sky, Patch would quite often come over and lay her head on my chest for a head rub while I vented. It was asif she was listening to all my problems.

She was also a great helper dog, Whenever Luke was working on cars, or loading or unloading the wagon or 4WD she would be there ready to "help". Whenever we loaded bags into the car, she would jump in the back and look at us as if to say "Ok where are we going" She always followed Luke to the shed, and would sit staring at him as he worked away on an engine, or worm her way under the car as he did some work...

Patch would have been 2 on the 16th of March. She will forever live in our hearts as our gorgeous ever cheeky and affectionate "pupstar"

Thanks for reading,

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...