A new start!

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So I’m back again after I promised I will blog more often. Maybe I just won’t promise and see what will happen, even though I’m not too sure is anybody is actually reading J

Again I promised that I would keep my weight in check, hah that didn’t happen either! It actually went the other way and I put more on.

2009 is my year I have decided, no promise I just know this is my year.

I have had a good hard look at a few things, and I really am not happy with me and what I have let myself become. For ages I just kept thinking “oh yeah I’m fine the way I am” or “the scales say that much but I really don’t look that weight do I” well yes I do look that way and I have finally accepted it and decided to do something about it since our wedding in Jan 08 I have put on 12kgs. Some of that was from when I was overseas, some of it was because I have stuffed my knee and can’t exercise without it hurting but in the end it just kept getting higher and higher and I did nothing about it. My knee is starting to recover and I have started this week going on slow steady walks, although it is annoying going so slow at least I am doing something right, I wish I could be running that is my goal by June this year I will be running. So please knee be nice to me.

I have to admit that this is not the only reason I am starting this journey, yes I want to look and feel better inside and out but it also has a bit to with adding a little one to our family. We have been trying since September last year. And I know deep down that it is better for me to be healthy and it will hopefully help our chances of adding to our family.

My before picture – This was taken Last week.

Chilled

I’m sitting here eating my home made pumpkin and sweet potato soup. I have to rub it in, it’s my first time ever making soup and it is delish.
Thank god there were left overs so I could have it for lunch today. Last night I had my sister and her boyfriend over for dinner. They work in the mines and go back today so I thought I would make them dinner before they go back. My sister is a sweet heart and spoils me although I am the eldest ha ha. So she deserved a nice meal.
It all went well, and the food was enjoyed by all.

Had a pretty quiet weekend which was very nice for a change. I need to re charge for Melbourne. Watch the footy Saturday night and my team won YAY! Very excited go the Saints!

I wasn’t going to tell anyone this but hey I have a big mouth lol. I have actually started WW again, not officially but I’m counting points again. I just need to get back into a routine and plan our meals, this way it’s so much healthier and easier. I have already planned all this weeks meals and it feels great. I feel great and have only been doing it for 1 week.

We are going to go for a little walk tonight and play some tennis. YAY! to tennis.


Check out our picture in our bedroom don’t you just love it: It matches our room perfect.

Melbourne Here I Come

27 days until I am in Melbourne, my home away from home. Every time I go back I curse my mother for making us move to Perth.
Perth isn’t that bad but I feel so at home in Melbourne. Anyway I am very much looking forward to it. There are two reasons I am going
It’s my uncle’s 50th he always comes over to “our” events and plus he is my favourite uncle. The second reason is to see a very close friend
That I haven’t seen since January I miss her and can’t wait to catch up and see everything that she has been up to since we last saw each other.
And perhaps there may be a third reason…. Shopping!

August was crazy every single weekend we have been going out, something has been on and September seems to be shaping up the same. This weekend
We are having our housewarming party, very excited about this. Although I just haven’t had time to tidy the house Joel and I both work full time and work over an hour away from our house. So today tomorrow I am
Hoping to leave work a little early so I get prepared.

On the work front it has been thrown out there that I may be losing my job, as our department may be closing or moving on to somewhere else who might not want me. At first I was really worried but I weighed it all up and I’m due a nice little payout since I was due for long service leave next year in April so will be fine and all things happen for a reason, and maybe it’s time to go into something else.

On a small other note, that may be too much information. I have gone off the pill :)

Busy Bee

The last couple of weeks have been crazy.

Where to start. My boss was asked to resign, he did and now I am acting CEO. It is our busiest time of year and I’m still required to do all my work plus do all the CEO work.
I have been starting at 7.30 everyday and some days I don’t get home till 10pm. I hoping this week isn’t that bad and I can relax a little. Sometimes it’s good to come in early cos I
Can get all my work done while no one is ringing the phones etc. But staying till 10 well that just plan sucks.

Joel’s work ball was this weekend and was a great night; I have some pictures at the bottom. I ended up getting mighty drunk ha ha, haven’t been drunk in a long time.
I had to work on Sunday morning so that wasn’t too great but once I got into it, I ended up feeling ok. Went home had a nap, felt great afterwards. Joel and I decided to go to dinner
Which was really lovely, all in all had a pretty good weekend.

Here are some pics:

weekend

Had a good weekend, went for a walk Saturday morning which was nice.
It is so great to see the area especially since we are so new to it, its great finding places. We found a tennis court which was great,
Every time we go down south we always go to play tennis so I said to Joel now we have found one so close we will have to get ourselves some cheap 2nd hand tennis rackets. So now I’m on the hunt for tennis rackets ha ha.

We then headed to this engagement party, it was so far away. But it was good catching up with people we haven’t seem since the wedding. It was so cold though.

Yesterday we just chilled out. Put my roast chicken in the slow cooker and watched DVD’s all day which was nice to do, haven’t done that in so long. The chicken turned out amazing, and Joel was very appreciative he loved it. I found the recipe from a forum I use, and I will defintley be using again. Here it is if anyone else would like to give it a try so easy and so yum.

- 1 medium sized free range corn fed chicken
- 1 Lemon
- Rosemary
- 6 cloves garlic
- Butter
- Salt & Pepper

Wash and dry chicken inside and out. Pat dry with paper towel. Season the whole chicken with salt & pepper and rub in a bit. Cut small cubes of butter and push about 4 cubes underneath the breast skin on each side. Inside the chicken put more cubes of butter, 4 smashed cloves of garlic, 2 sprigs rosemary & half the lemon (cut in half again). (I did this the night before and covered in foil).
In the bottom of the slow cooker put 2 cloves garlic and a few small cubes butter. Put the chicken on top in the slow cooker. Break up 1 sprig rosemary over top top of the chicken and push into skin a bit. Squeeze the other half lemon over the top.
Cook on high for 4 hours, basting the chicken twice towards the end. Take out and cover with foil for 10 mins before carving!

I put carrots behind the legs and wings. Also I put it on low for 8 hours.

Here is a pic of Joel and I from the engagement party:

Tease

Because i am becoming a little housewifey i have been baking heaps.
Here is a pic of a yummy cake i made a while ago.

Realising the obvious

This week has been a horror of a week and I am glad it is finally Friday. A lot of thing happened this week out of my control but I felt myself spiralling out of control
in every shape and form. After a relaxing and calming night I have decide to take a new direction in life.
I realise I can’t control everything even though I would love too cos I am a control freak. But from now just
To sit back and relax and just take what comes, and try to sort it out if it’s out of my control there’s no point
Using all my energy trying to change it when I can’t. I know this is pretty obvious for most, but I have only just come to the realisation I can’t control everything, much to Joel’s delight lol. So this is a more positive me I guess, hence the change of title for my blog.

Next Wednesday I am starting a 10 week course in MYOB and Payroll and at the end of it I will receive a Certificate 3, so I’m pretty stoked about that. It just makes me look more hireable when I’m looking for a new job.

This weekend is pretty jammed packed, tonight dinner and cocktails with my bestie and her sister. Tomorrow we have an engagement party, it’s so far away though and I’m not really that excited about it and plus I have to drive, boo no drinking and Sunday will be cleaning the house and I am making a yummy roast chicken for dinner.

So after realising the obvious, here’s to better times.

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