A slightly better sleep...

nothing to write home about BUT marginally better.

I went for the walk last night!!! got less than 500 metres down the road and had TO HOT FOOT it back home FARK FARK FARK ........... just in time AND I WAS SOOOOOOO MAD I went straight back out AND FAIR FLEW around my walk with steam coming out my ears and flames off me sneakers!!!!!

WET and WINDY ish today went to work no big drama there same ole same ole.

Made a scrummy dinner homemade schnitzel asparagus cheesy mashed potatoe, tomatoe zuchinni mushroom red onion layer bake, then I went for a walk!!! THIS time no drama and I MANAGED THE WHOLE LONG ROUTE got home JUST on dark was raining a little BUT figure next few days I may not be able to walk so will get the DREADED stationary bike out (BLURRRRKKK) hate that bike but any leg exercise is good and it fair gets your heart pumping!

The people I work for 1 person WAS REAL SICK on the weekend tummy bug and diarrohea and now I hear tonight 2 more of the family ARE DOWN with it WHY IN GODS name would you riskily expose others unnecessarily (namely me so selfish) if I was THAT CROOK I bet they wouldn't like it IF I turned up at their house AND INFECTED THEIR whole family!!!!! I PURPOSELY kept my son away from that family AS HE HAS camp next week SO HELP ME GOD IF I GET IT, like I NEED TO experience diarrohea!!!!!!!! lol he is coming home every day on the bus to my next door neighbours house so he can AT LEAST stay relatively GERM FREE I have washed and washed my hands and disinfected EVERYWHERE and EVERYTHING!!And everytime I have touched their taps or surfaces I have washed my hands THEY feel very CLEAN!!!

AND on that SHITTY note I am off to bed!

Ciao

Could it BE?

I awoke through the night had a most unsettled night and have my period 13-14 days early WTF, a few months ago IT was a quite a bit early too!!! SO not impressed. SURELY I am too young to be starting Menopause 41? Oh well whatever will just have to cross that bridge when IT HAPPENS I suppose!


I had an ok day WENT for my walk yesterday!!! FINE no dramas had a lovely dinner Roast chicken kumara potatoes and veges, I have kumara instead of potatoes TO try and lessen the CARBS and have twice as many veges as ANYONE ELSE, BUT I had a piece of chocolate cake with chocolate butter icing and peaches and cream SANDWICHED inbetween ADMITTEDLY it was the smallest piece AND it WAS GOOD!


Got up this morning earlyish for a Sunday 7am showered and RAN down to neighbours (my best friend) to watch the Rugby SHE is the person we also VISIT for all our super YUMMY DINNERS like last night!!! (we all go down and have a shared dinner) I got the chook and kumara she supplied the potatoes and veges.

WATCHED the All BLacks YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAA score and thrashed the FRENCH, was a GREAT GAME , SCORE was very close to being at least 14 points MORE THOUGH! her house is on the roadside AND THE LANGUAGE and yelling when we watch RUGBY Gawd NOISE CONTROL must visit us surely one day!!!

Have sunbathed and DONE NOTHING ELSE blardy fantastic I SAY!!!!!!!!

Am ahead on things to do for the week and AM PLEASED CAMP IS TOTALLY PACKED FOR they go to KAWAU ISLAND Monday the 7th at 6.30am they leave Taupo!!! Then they don't arrive back until Friday the 11th at 10pm!!!! So hope they have awesome weather !!!!

In the week Samuel is at Camp I am working BUT hoping to have ONE AFTERNOON off (faints and whoops BET it doesn't happen though!), OUR XMAS tree stuff is out of the cupboards and will go up NEXT WEEKEND! DOnt believe in putting it up before Month of December YAY I have managed TO GET SOME awesome pressies this year for my son, FUN things (thanks to Chris H) books and Sports bags and smellies HE is getting harder and harder to BUY for though.

I am heading out for a walk after dinner again OR MAYBE as it is hot I will cook and prepare dinner and go walking whilst everyone is eating and then have mine when I get back THAT WAY should I need picking up FROM MY WALKING ROUTE I have a driver here who can come and rescue me!!!

Hope everyone has a good start too the week...

Ciao

Up at 6.30am WTF

It is meant to be my slobbing DAY I was awake at blardy 6am I got up at 6.30am and had yoghurt and a banana then went back to bed READ some then up again, folded and put away last of washing hung some WASHING out from last night. Put away last nights dishes.

AFTER MY WALK yes I went out walking at 8.45pm (thought I would sneak in a QUICK WALK while all the AUSTRALIAN IDOL BULLSHIT of group songs and dramas get over with then I could settle and watch rest of show!!!!!) IT WAS BLARDY nice cool still just light and I NEARLY MADE it all the way home!!! GOT AS far AS my driveway after a 3km walk and MISSED 90% of Australian Idol as I had a shower to have and clothes too clean and a bathroom to clean up and DISINFECT I WONT SAY ANYMORE!!!!!!!! AND I sat down at 10pm AND ONLY got to see the last 30 mins GEEZ I was wild!

This morning it is overcast and RAIN CLOUDS BREWING!!!!! I have done one SMALL GARDEN we did the rest last night then did housework vaccumming bathroom kitchen etc dinner dishes and thats when I thought RIGHT WALK TIME!!!!!

I am now going to head out the DOOR FOR A WALK as IT IS going to RAIN this afternoon/night and I AINT walking in the RAIN!!!!!

AND SO HELP ME GOD IF I HAVE drama like last nights walk I WILL SLIT MY WRISTS!!!! (sorry if I offend anyone with that term)....

Right HAVE a nice productive day everyone.

Ciao

Fun in the Sun, Rain in Spain

An uneventful day at the SUPERMARKET at 7.50am getting groceries AS ALL THE OUT OF TOWNERS are here and its BEDLAM!!!! went to post office 8.30am at work 8.4oam worked until 2pm THEN SAT and waited until school got out GAWWWWWWWWWDDDDDDD it was hot!!! FOUND a shady spot by the school so I flung the car doors open and annoyed people via TEXT!!!! lol

HAD swimming lessons (well Samuel did), then braved the voyage home THOUGHT it would be horrendous BUT was quite quick MANAGED a lay in the sun 45 mins total, 22 mins one side 23 mins the other!!! and too dam hot otherwise AND I HATE that sweat dripping down your legs,arms,back,neck,face feeling (you get my drift).

Now just blobbing and waiting to get housework done which we are just starting then we will do gardens after dinner in the cool of the evening so WE CAN HAVE A TOTALLY SLOBBY weekend!! (Cause they said it was gonna RAIN) (AND I BLARDY washed all me sheets cause they SAID it was gonna RAIN!!!)...AND IM DOING MY GARDENS TONIGHT because they said its gonna RAIN!!!!!!!! AND I MOWED THE LAWNS last night because they said it was GONNA RAIN !!!!!!!

IT BETTER BLARDY RAIN!!!!!!


I am heading out for my walk after dinner but before gardens!!! becasue they say ITS GONNA RAIN!!!!!! BUT if it doesnt cool down fast it will be walking after the gardens and at night in the DARK!!!!!!! BECAUSE tomorrow they say its GONNA RAIN!!!!!!!!!

Have an awesome weekend everyone....


Ciao

Check Check and Check

Went to the Warehouse (Check), before starting work at school, went to get the naturopathic drops after finishing at school (Check), whizzed home and SUNBATHED yay picked in ooooooooddddlllleeeesssssss of washing (Check) as I washed all our sheets and towels TO HANG OUT in the ferocious winds we have been having!!! and the weather is supposed to be crapola ON sat/sun....

COOKED a mean as steak and mushroom casserole with homemade dumplings for dinner breaded cauliflower and french garlic beans(FRESH), YUMMMMOOO is all I can say...


BUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTT Before I had dinner I mowed the lawns and then went on a walk BECAUSE I KNEW IF I sat down and ate the dinner I WOULDN'T get up!!!!

THE ROUND the LAKE CYCLE race is here and the FRIGGIN TRAFFIC honestly left home at 8.15am GOT TO school at 8.59!!! I start at 9am what should have taken 5 mins to get into Taupo took 30mins!!! most frustrating, YES I KNOW the people the money it generates BUT ITS NOT one days disruption its LIKE 6 days disruption THE PUTTING UP of scaffolds and seating and BIKE STANDS and then the cones the marshalls the ROAD CLOSURES!!!!!!

NOT too mention the SERIOUSLY depleted supermarket shelves I AM grocery shopping tomorrow at 8am so as to get LAST MINUTE ITEMS and pantry fillers and then I CAN CRUISE through until Tuesday before shopping AGAIN ( I HOPE) I plan to go to the MOVIES I missed out on seeing Julie & Julia as I got roped into helping a dance group set up for their recital and ferrying clothing and props to our GREAT LAKE CENTRE for the performance, and then when I had sunbathed and MADE SURE the housework and washing was all DONE I had misread the starting time of My Sisters Keeper!!! SO am determined to go to both this WEEKEND!!

Will work tomorrow then Sunbathe and try to fit in a walk then swimming lessons for Samuel he was selected by the Asthma Society funded "Confident Swimmers Children with Asthma" half the fees are paid and he seriously needs to sharpen up his skills he has arms and legs and strokes BUT LOOSES the breathing side of it PANIC and nearly chokes and drowns!!! AND THEN finish the LAST of me housework for A RELAXING weekend OHHHHHHHH but I have to squeeze some gardening in somewhere!too so maybe a semi relaxing weekend...


Ciao

I am officially relaxing....

AND thats what I told myself when I was laying in the HOT AS SUN today I only managed 8mins on one side and 10 mins on the otherside CAUSE FELLA it was TOO HOT!!!

As of 8pm tonight I am relaxing, ALL WEEKLY JOBS (the running around shit type of stuff is DONE!!!!).BUT ............................ I do have to call into the Warehouse tomorrow and see if they have some stuff I need before I start at school, I have some Naturopathic drops to pick up FROM my naturopath (for Samuel to take on camp!!!) then HOME TO SUNBATHE again at 1pm then off to work again at 2pm.

AND CAMP PACKING is 99.99999% DONE YAY!!! Roll on 6am Monday morning the 4th Dec thats when they leave heading up to Auckland and towards Sandspit to catch the Ferry over to KAWAU ISLAND!!!!! (hope they have weather like the weather we are currently having!!!) They arrive back at 10pm Friday night of that week SO HE WILL BE KNACKERED!!!!!!!

Jaxx ya noodle OF COURSE I WILL do housework, like I did washing yesterday and TODAY and HAVE some on right now!!! And as per usual Friday's housework is done from 4pm - 5.30pm as I finish early on a Friday but have an appointment first then home!!! But its all those niggly add on jobs that have you running hither tither and yon!

Grabbed some more xmas pressies 50% kids books at Whitcoulls bought Samuel 6 books there so far!

I was good I went for a walk at 8pm just before sun went down AND still light enough to be seen by all!!!

SO RELAX Chris H no dramas here!

Have a good day tomorrow everyone.

Ciao

Wind Walks and Well...

Still windy and YES true to my WORD 85% of my jobs for the week are DONE!!! yay yay yay I EVEN went for a walk at 8pm tonight as the sun was down and IT WAS COOL and very refreshing was really pleased with myself.

Tomorrow just have to buy a book in Whitcoulls sale and go to the BANK and I,m done!!! 100% of jobs done (so I can cruise for the rest of the week) THEN home to sunbathe!!!!

Chris H it is sort of isolated where I walk but loads of houses around and street lighting BUT not OVERLY lit if that makes sense at all and I AM AN imposing figure actually myself I WOULD NOT attack me IF I CAME across myself thats for sure I HAVE THAT FUCK OFF NODDY look and if you do mess with me YOU WONT GET up alive!!!!!

The kids at school loved my shared lunch today and cakes so that was another bonus AM heading off to bed at 10.30pm tonight I promised myself AS I GO TO BED far to late sometimes!!!!!

Ciao

Just the start of the WEEK WTF!!!

IF YA'll manage to READ through the next several pargraphs GOOD ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!




Up at 6.30am hanging out washing, showered then made breakfast and did dishes Samuel made lunches, tidied up out the door by 8am dropped off son's bike to get puncture fixed, off to WOOLWORTHS for groceries before 8.30am where I went to post office to A: post one parcel and pay phone power and cellphone. BOUGHT fruit from quaint little fruiterer on my way to work at 9AM!!!! worked 9 - 12.30pm called into Westpac and ASB paid 2 trademe trades I had won!!! then straight home to sunbathe from 1 - 1.30pm 15 mins a side then up and getting breadcrumbs for tonights dinner. went back to work at 2pm worked 2 - 5.30pm.

Dropped SON at KARATE, came home made homemade crumb schnitzel (mixed herb crumb), corn fritters with cheese, courgette onion and mushroom browned off and then thickened in a tomatoe paste sauce all homemade, also served it up with garlic lemons garden beans FRESH!!!

WHILST doing all that I mixed a double batch of CHOCOLATE CAKE recipe and into the oven that went SERVED dinner got cakes out NOW the pan I cooked the schnitzel in I THEN ADDED mince onion garlic mushrooms and made my AS SEEN ON TV Nacho Mince into the crockpot that went with nacho mix satchet tin tomatoes tin chilli beans and tin spaghetti!!! when I had done all that I had my dinner THEN tackled the MOUNTAIN of dishes and tidied the bench up CUT IN HALF the rectangle cakes lengthwise, packed bag for school with jam and beater (to put together the black forest chocolate cake !!) AND YES wrote a list and note of the things to remeber from the fridge ALSO packed knives and spoons etc and serviettes grated cheese and got sourcream ready for nachos, THEN I COOKED the rice that I serve with the nachos in the foam cups, the rice is 3 cups rice to 6 cups water bring pot to the boil PUT lid on then turn right down NO STIRRING and this is the absorbtion method takes 25 -40 mins approx depending on rice used BUT YOU MUST WATCH it!!!!

Then I did the last of those dishes !!!!!

It was now 9.30pm I watched 10 mins of E.R. AND THEN...........................................................................................................................



I WENT FOR A WALK around the block 20 mins FAST PACED because A in the cool of the DARK EVENING AIR it was heaven (it has been quite hot here!! today) and I needed it too wind down FROM the above fastpaced stressful day as you can see from the above I have been HARD OUT all day and B: I am literally petrified of the dark!

NOW A: I didnt have to go to the toilet!!!

BUT picture a fast paced MAORI GAL doing a CHINESE GEISHA GIRL shuffle (as I dont do RUNNING!!!) as I AM PETRIFIED of the dark BUT I WAS FRIGGIN determined to get a walk in TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SO yes my legs ache from the RANGISHUFFLE !!! I am now in my lava lava (sarong) and RELAXING finally!!!!!!! Oh I have put washing on though LAST LOAD so i am well in truly AHEAD!!!! and if ANY FARKER leaves jobs or lists for me TOMORROW I MAY JUST shove them down their throats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Tuesdays day is done and dusted have bike to pick up, Doctors appointment for the plethora (sp) of MEDICINES (all asthma related for camp!), then to Post Office and then to SCHOOL by 9.30am speak to TEACHER about 2 camp things then I WILL get home at 1.10 pm and sunbathe some more AND get a walk in at 1.45pm BEFORE I head back to work at 2pm - 8.30pm!!!!!

AND BELIEVE me when I say tomorrow by 9.30am 85% of my weeks jobs will have been completed I am wholeheartedly TELLING the truth!!! THANK THE LORD!!!!!!!!

AND if some of you have a headache now I am truly sorry!

Ciao

Wind Walks Whoopsies

It is hot stinkin muggy hot and WINDY here!!!!

No surprises THAT I washed like a demon FRIDAY NIGHT 5 loads!!! and was still hanging out washing and fluffing at 11pm at night I HUNG out all the sheets and underblankets and all my clothes had to go on 2 clothes horses and MY MAGIC over the door clothes hanger!!(will take a photo one day of it).... I finished work around 3pm so NOT TOOOOOOO BAD, came home FOLDED UNTOLD washing then ironed!!!! (as you do) so I didn't have to do anything TODAY!! and what have i done today SWEET FARK ALL!!! I got up at 7.30am had quick shower ran to the neighbours WATCHED the AB's and then came home and went out for a walk!!!!! IN THE HOT STINKY MUGGY AIR!!!




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I am getting into my groove again with the walking so that is good am on 4km walks now so will do that for 8 -10 days then go to 5km walks and up the ante again and see how my FOOT holds out!!!!!! As for the WHOOPSIES when I go out walking I last 1.5 - 2km mark then I need to go to the toilet NOW I DONT mean WEE's AND IT ABSOLUTELY does my head in, I will go to the toilet when I get up and EVEN during the MORNING BEFORE I WALK sometimes once or twice SO WHY DO I NEED TO GO AGAIN!!!!!!! AND AS SOON as I get out on my walks at about the halfway mark I NEED TO GO!!!!! (and it fair gives me a headache!!!).

Jaxx personal trainer SAID TO HER ONCE, when you walk squeeze your buttocks in LIKE YOU have a $50 note between them and you dont want to drop it !!!!!!! WELL for all the squeezing and INNARD holding in I DO I SHOULD HAVE BLARDY FANTASTIC LEGS!!!!!!!!!!! WHEN I was training for my first half marathon THE DOCTOR explained that constant walking loosens and MOVES along your BOWELS BUT GAWD SAKES man how many times must I GO IN A DAY currently anywhere between 2 - 5 times and more often than not on most days 3 times a day!!!!! SURELY I DONT EAT that much!!!!! ( I SHOULD on that statistic BE A FRIGGIN size 10 )


I have shopped and got loads of little pressies books and DVD's CD's and internet shopping (thanks Chris H), I have 2 small pressies to buy and I am done YAY FRIGGIN YAY!!!

I dont need gift wrap or tags and OUR tree will hopefully go up next weekend ANOTHER JOB DONE and dusted!!!!!

I have achieved alot of my list (that grew through the week) and ONCE Tuesday rolls in I will have completed 80% of the jobs on NEXT WEEKS LIST!!!!!! I have to have lists I AM A CHRONIC list maker and reshuffler and crosser outer!!! (hope that made sense!)

I hope I didn't gross too many people out!!!

Ciao

Biting and BLOOD

yep who would have guessed BUT "New Moon" started and we went along with half of town!!!! IT WAS GREAT!!!! Am a Team Edward gal myself BUT AFTER seeing TEAM JACOB in the strip down mode NOT SO SURE NOW!!!!!

I am petrified of thunder and lightning BUT LOVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
VAMPIRE MOVIES and alike the mystery mystique and the romance ALWAYS HAS A GIRL swooning and a guy lusting!!!!

Son enjoyed it and we had dinner out!!! I worked late then rushed to the 6pm session! WAS MEANT to be going away this weekend BUT work has sprung HUGE WEEKEND work on me as of 5.30pm TONIGHT AM HIGHLY PISSED OFF!!!!!

SPLURGED on meself this week bought $47 Olay Regenrist Micro Sculpting Face Cream I LOVEEEE IT I have been using it for 3 days AND IT IS SOOOOOOO LUXURIOUS and leaves my skin so dam soft !!!!!

AND have been walking everyday so very proud of myself for that, worked 3 late nights and have to work this weekend will end up doing another 58 hour week AND NOOOOO SUNBATHING yet!!!!!!!!! SO WONDERING how I manage to fit everything IN (WHO KNOWS), but know that answering emails and updating BLOGS at 11pm at night might seem a bit OTT too some but thats how I ROLL!

Have a nice rest of your week
Ciao

Cakes,Cooking,Catching my breath...

Monday rolls around fast I woke at 6.10am went for a quick walk then yep you guessed it more washing, went to work (bought some more gear and toiletries for the boys camp!), Then home to COOK dinner, then bake 2 chocolate CAKES then cook rice for tomorrows dinner and prepare a steak and mushroom hot pot in the crockpot so I am ahead for tomorrow so far BUT still up!!!! IT IS 11.30pm I should be in bed BUT AM catching up on emails and blogs!

AND on that short and sweet note !!! IM OFF to nae nae's

Ciao

Gorgeous SUNNY DAY yay...

ALL this week I have been working extra shifts (whilst the $ is good) THE ENERGY levels tumble), I pulled a 17 hour work day on FRIDAY(ended the week doing 56 hours) and boy did I pay for it yesterday I finished at around 1.30am woke at 8am, lay in bed and procrastinated STRUGGLED around for a walk, then groceries (A CHORE when you are knackered) came home sunbathed and snoozed a little ( well half dozzed(sp)) and managed chicken breasts and salad and the guys had garlic chips I had none!

BUT to get too that point I was up late THURS night washing sheets towels and underblankets, which hung out all day and my son picked everything in when he got home from school I then on FRIDAY morning I cleaned the bathroom kitchen and toilet, then at 6.30am put all my washing out which I had washed the night before and put the last 2 loads on before starting work at 8.30am, when my son got home from school FRIDAY arvo not only did he pick n and fold the washing HE COOKED homemade fish n chips (packet fish and packet wedges and made a little salad) for dinner AND he vaccumed and dusted and wiped the windowsills (he will sooooooo make a wonderful husband and help for some lucky partner!!!!) I GOT HOME saturday morn 1am TO A SPIC n SPAN house, the dishes had been washed and put away from dinner, and all the house was quiet!!!!

I IRONED on Saturday and did a meager grocery shop and THATS ALL I DID, today I have washed more blankets and underblankets and one medium load of clothes !!! WHERE I hear you ask does all ME WASHING come from (I DONT BLARDY KNOW!) gone for a walk and this morning it was much nicer, I have SUNBATHED Friday (in my lunchbreak I lay in the sun for 15 - 20 mins a side)/ Saturday and Sunday so my white legs are noooooooooo more and have now a nice colour going on!!! 2 weeks of 15 mins a side and I have olive tan going on (helps I am part maori!!)

Only 4 weeks to my sons camp HE SOOOOOOOO looking forward to it, We have 95% packed already and just have to get 2 pr socks and his ASTHMA medication and witches brews (homeopathic stuff) organised for camp! YAY

THERE is no one home at the moment AND the house is quiet blimmin lovely!!!!!

I am off to read!!!!!!!!!!!

Having a BBQ tonight yay!!!!!!! Roll on the nice weather!

Ciao