The List

It's nearly holiday time YAY!

From tomorrow i'm having 1 week and a half off which will be lovely.
A great friend is coming over from melbourne to stay in P - Town it's going to be great.

We are heading to Margaret river for 4 days which will be awesome wine country you better watch out.


It's also my Birthday on Sunday and i have made a list of 5 things i want to do this year:

* Run the 4km city to surf
* Ride around the swan river
* Get to my Goal weight
* Get Braces - need to fix these teeth of mine lol
* Start Building our Dream Home


you might think why only 5 things not 10, well i want to be able to complete them all!

I'm already in training for the first 2.

It's a New Year!

Happy 2011!

I have a feeling 2011 is going to be a good year. The night before Christmas Eve my hubby found out he got the job if his dreams, i'm so happy for him he deserves it.

On Christmas i surprised hubby with tickets to Paris for September 2011 :) I have to admit this was a present for me too. He was totally shocked and didn't believe me at first. Christmas was so busy we have big families and it was just hubby and i rushing around all day. It was nice to relax on Boxing Day and just chill out.

Band wise i'm tight, but i seem to be loosing weight so slowly now, at least i'm not putting it on but i'm going to push through the pain to try and break the "loosing 25kg mark".

While everyone has been on holidays i have had to work, but i can't wait in 1 and half weeks my great friend from melbourne is coming over and i have 2 weeks off YAY!

Time flies while your getting banded.....

February 2010 is the last time I blogged….. How terrible am I?

How things have changed……. I have a new job still in recruiting just with a better company well I think so anyway! The company is so nice and I just love it.

I guess the biggest thing that has happened this year is I got banded, yup that’s right banded. It will be my 2 month anniversary on Friday when I go in for my 2nd fill.

What a ride this whole banding thing has been.

The operation was horrible not that I remember any of it but it took me a good two weeks to get over it all. I read all the stories I could before hand but in doing so learnt know band is the same and nor should it be we are all different in our own right. I had severe shoulder tip pain which even now I still get, which can be so painful. But enough of the whining I have nearly lost a total of 16kg which is an excellent feeling.

So I think that’s all that’s been happening… for now anyway :)

It's been far too long in between drinks!

Wow! it's been over a year since i updated. Gee wizz what a slack ass.
Is anyone still out there?
What a Year we have had:
- we sold our house, moved back with the parents to save MONEY so we can build OUR DREAM HOME!
- got a new job then left that job within a week and started a new one, still here but my future is still unkown for me at this place.
-still trying for children and getting no where
- have been seeing a natropath - still too early to tell if this is going to help, i hope so!
- hubby won WA Direct Markerter of the Year and went to Sydney
- had our 2 year wedding anniversary - Can't believe how fast this came
- went to melbourne for my fantastic friends wedding where i was a reader and it was teh best time i have had in ages

I'm sure there is more but that is all i can think of at the moment.
I still read everyones blogs so heres to more commenting and blogging.
x

Scary, but Good Times ahead.....

I’m not going too complain too much in this I promise. Just that work is still bad.

Guess what? I have applied for 3 jobs this morning, see how I go. I haven’t been for a job in 7 years so I am a bit rusty, but hopefully I will get some interviews even if it’s just to practice wooing them lol. But you know what I just decided last night was there is no way I am going to be treated and spoken too like I have for the last 6 years while my previous boss was here to have him leave and it be great here and then back to it again in less than a month of him starting. I’m better that and deserve better than that.

I know there are people here at work who will think oh she’s leaving cos she didn’t get the job, but I know that’s not the case and that’s all that matters at the end of the day.

I will stay here until I find another job, I’m actually really excited about what can come of this, Nervous too cos it isn’t the best time to be changing jobs. But I have to stay true to myself and my heart isn’t here anymore and I’m not happy or challenged here anymore. I want to learn something new.

So tomorrow morning I will be job hunting YAY!

semi update

Where to start…..

I haven’t been able to update because I have a new boss. Oh yes after all my late nights and stressing, I didn’t get. Kind of glad, but I’m still quite peeved about it. Also I am really finding out who actually gives a shit about me at this place, basically one person I considered to be quite close too and I bent over backwards for has turned on me and is blaming me for a lot of things. I’m in too minds about leaving, I want to stay cos I like what I do and most of time it is pretty cruisy. But then I have been here for just over 7 years and I do feel a change is needed, but especially with this economic climate I don’t think its wise to move. Arghhh so confused.

In good news I have booked flights to Melbourne for Feb, for a special person’s wedding YAY! I can’t wait.

Life is pretty ho hum atm, I basically trying to keep my mouth shut from chucking a hissy fit at work and we saving for upcoming trips and things we want to do around the house.

Oh I did join the gym last week with hubby and I have only been once ha ha so naughty. Hubby is so good he is traing for the city to surf I need some of his motivation.

I’m sure there is so much more I’m properly forgetting but just can’t think. I don’t think I have been on here since I have been to Melbourne. I’m not even going to promise to be a good blogger cos chances are I won’t be able to update much. I’ll try though.

i hate titles

Hubby has an interview for a job tomorrow. He is so great in things like that, makes me jealous I wish I had the gift of the gab like him.
His current place of employment really have treated everyone like crap since the start of the companies “Re Structure” they are a very big company and keeping everyone in the dark to be honest I don’t think they know what they are doing half the time. He basically decided to stay until he can get a job somewhere else. This job he is going for sounds good and it pays more too which is a nice little bonus. I guess we will know next week where he stands.

My work has extended the cut off for applications because apparently they weren’t getting what they wanted. I’m kinda happy cos now I can go away and not have to worry about an interview until I get back. It was originally arranged for the day I leave for Melbourne. Work is crazy atm, so busy but I’m trying to be a good blogger and update.

On Thursday I am going to a Pump class to try it out and see how I go. I’m looking into joining the gym just want to suss out some classes first as I prefer the classes. Spin is next on my list to try, my doctor will be happy she has been pushing for me try spin for a while now. Even though she has admitted she went once and couldn’t go back cos in her words she “hurt her fanny” lol.

This Friday (I’m having Friday Off)/Weekend is shaping up to be a busy one which is good I need to let me hair done. Did I mention I got my haircut again? Tried to grow it long but just couldn’t it was at that awkward stage and I just couldn’t stick with it so the short do is around to stay a little more longer.

About time i come back....

I’m such a bad blogger. I always start to write an entry and then get distracted, or forget.
I’m counting down to my holidays in May and can’t wait to catch up with melbie haven’t seen her in more nearly a year now, and I miss her terribly. At the moment I am having some issues with some friends, I just don’t understand them. I’m not sure if it’s me, them or both. But I’m sick of being the one that always tries no more though I have had enough.

On the work front it is so stressful I have to apply for the position I have been working in for the last year, if I don’t get it’s not too bad I get to go back to my old job but it’s a $20k pay cut, hubby is freaking out about that . We will cope just have to tighten up if that happens, my interview is on the day I leave for Melbourne and that week is one of our busiest weeks of the year. Not good timing but maybe I will have even more reason to celebrate in Melbourne or drown my sorrows ha ha.

Health wise not too bad had a diabetes scare, turned out too be ok for now still at risk, but I just can’t seem to shift the weight to me less at risk. It’s a vicious circle and so frustrating. I have started taking something to try and bring my insulin levels down due to the PCOS to see if that will help kick my body back to normal and shift some weight (it isn’t a weight loss drug though). Apparently it can be a slow process, so will be interesting to see how that turns out. The worst thing about it is I know and can feel my body isn’t right and I’m trying so hard to change but everything I do doesn’t help. My doctor is good and understands the frustration but it literally is like hitting your head against a brick wall. I’m still not ovulating either so this is meant to maybe help bring it all back to normal.

Joel and I have decided we are going to Bali in October, I am excited but would prefer to go somewhere else, it’s just too cheap to say no too at the moment and we are both in need of a holiday together.

I really want my $900 but Mr Rudd has decided to make me wait, I have already spent it ha ha so now I want it to confirm my purchases.

In exciting news once in Melbourne I will be hitting Chanel and I will be making more than one purchase YAY!

a little flat

I’m such a bad blogger. I am always meaning to write but something else gets in the way.

Last week’s weigh in went quite well I lost 700g, so a little bigger than I have been loosing and I was so happy with it. The slowness that it is coming off is starting to piss me off.
I know I’m loosing so that’s the main thing but c’mon I want a kilo loss he he.

There really isn’t too much to report our jobs we are still unsure about and weekends are good and cruisy but nothing out of the ordinary.

I’m counting down my holidays in May, hurry up I need some shopping time. I haven’t been shopping in sooooo long.

uneasy

WOW where do I start. It’s been a while since I last updated.

There has been so much going on I think I have put off updating cos I really don’t know where to start.
So point form may be easier:

· Last week I lost 300g and this week I stayed the same.
· Found out that I had PCOS and that obviously with this it will be harder for me to have children.
· Hubby’s Job is up in the air
· My Job is up in the air
· Was contacted by an ex who I haven’t heard from in 2 years.

All in all it has been a pretty confronting time for me, the future atm for us is so up in the air, we just have to ride the wave and see where it takes us.
I’m not going to lie it makes me very nervous.

Weighed In this morning and another 500g gone, I’m so happy with this. Even though they are smallish losses it’s the healthy way of doing things. By the the time melbourne comes i hope i am my wedding weight which will be awesome.

So last night i got home and took some pics of our backyard.....

Our pretty gate that my dad made for us(mind our bins):



Down the side of the house (this is one area i want to do something but not sure what):



This is what Hubby did on the weekend:


The Rest of the yard(can't believe this was all sand a year ago):







This is the main area i don't know what to do with in the corner an ideas?( i want a dog, so i think it's the perfect place for a kennel he he but hubby says no to the pug :( )



Sorry for all the pictures x

Better late than never

Oooppss! I forgot to blog last week.

Last week saw a 400g loss, not too shabby at least it isn’t a gain.


On Saturday we headed out to Hubby’s Grandparents house to say hello. After that we headed into Freo for lunch.
I have been to flipside before, they do the best burgers ever, and hubby has never been so I thought he would like to go
And boy was I right he loved it. I had parmesan, chicken and pear burger it was delish, I could only manage to eat half though.

Then I got a call from my mum saying to come over because my nephews were there, it was so great to see them, as I don’t get to see them a lot.
Every time I see them they are bigger and cuter.
Sunday was cleaning the house day; it feels great when everything is done. We actually hubby planted some plants up the back so it adds a bit more colour instead of
Just grass. I really must take a picture; I love our backyard atm. There are a few spots that I just don’t know what to do with but I really want something there other than grass
But I’m not sure what. I really should take some pictures. I will try this week.

On a lighter note!

Do you know what I have been doing all morning?

Well since you really want to know I have been pulling up my shorts, they keep falling down.
This is a good thing obviously, but a bit embarrassing when I nearly showed a teacher my backside lol.

Weigh In was this morning 1.1kg gone and never coming back YAY! I’m very happy with this.

Last night I was having a convo with hubby and he is always telling me he loves me the way I am, which is great. But when I’m trying to loose weight I find it off putting, I know that seems silly but hear me out.
I have told him how much I weigh he is the only person I have told and he doesn’t believe me he says I am lying to him. He just won’t believe me no matter how much I tell him it’s true. Which is sweet too, but I know I have got to loose weight, but he thinks I’m fine. I hope you don’t think I’m a whingeing cow it is just frustrating me. Can’t he see what I see?

Anyway at the end of the day this for me, I guess I should be grateful.

Work is still uncertain of what is happening, to be honest I’m just hanging out until May Long Service baby.

Good Times

So I weighed in on Thursday and I had lost 700grams. I am so pleased with that cos its TTOTM so it could have been more but a loss is a loss.

I woke up this morning and I just felt so positive about everything, YAY!

Last weekend I finally had time to sort out my wardrobe it has been over flowing for a while so I de cluttered and got rid of about a wheelie bin full some went to the salvos and some went to eBay!
Here are some pictures:

Birthday

I weighed in last week just forgot to post about it. I stayed the same which I was quite pleased with because it was my birthday and it ended up being quite a big weekend.
I was very spoiled for my birthday I received return ticket to Melbourne, a tiffany ring, an eiffel tower tiffany charm for my bracelet, a dress and a skirt, a vogue magazine subscription, mimco voucher.
We just went out for dinner and drinks at a pub up the road.

I am really looking forward to going to Melbourne in May. It will be nearly half way through the year and I normally need a break around then.

I weigh in tomorrow, although I have been pretty good eating and exercising wise, it was out first wedding anniversary and we did go out and indulge in a 15 course TAPA menu lol.
Most of it was seafood and salads, but the crème Brule was delish.

I can’t believe it’s been a year since we got married, it has just gone so fast.

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: