Blustery overcast and icky......

although the above conditions are what we have awoken too, it is relatively warm!!!!!

Son had friend over for sleep over and they were in bed quiet by 11.45pm so no DRAMAS there.

I was very good at dinner I had EXTRA green vegetables, 2 med pieces of kumara 1 piece of pumpkin SO I wouldnt eat potatoes and some PORK!!!!!!! Pudding was rhubarb crumble everyone else had cream and icecream BUT NOT ME!!!! kinda tasteless but it was very nice all the same!

HAD a great sleep and know that my eating is fine because A: IM NOT TIRED and craving things when your body is tired it CRAVES for sure!

Todays agenda IRONING a weeks worth (which for me ISNT MUCH actually only about 30 items some of that is pillowcases and some is trousers rest is shirts and singlets tops (mine) ).

I AM SO ITCHING to walk but AM NOT until tomorrow morning and then it will only be a 10km walk and I will se how I fair I will be severly pissed if I have to have more downtime but there ya have it, IN saying that it has felt good and NO TWINGES aches or otherwise no tightness, so IT MUST be nearly there I may even not go until Tuesday morning maybe whats one more day eh? BUT when I went into town yesterday EVERY man and there dog was out walking EARLY darn it ........

Have a good relaxing day. (because the madness starts soon WITH SCHOOL rush!)

Ciao

Up an AT EM.........

awake at 6.30am A STUNNER HERE and BRIGHT holy the sun was streaming in!!!!

We have done an hour gardening already I have been to town already!!!! and got cheap BBQ meats to replace the stuff we had last night YUMMO having Roast Pork for dinner tonight and all the trimmings!!!! I will monitor WHAT I EAT though I have bought BABY KUMARA yummmmmmm to have whole instead of potatoes (I will have one half a potatoe though), and parsnip pumpkin and fresh beans and asparagus, AND I WILL limit my intake.

WE are now doing 30 mins more gardening THEN I AM SUNBATHING and then I will ice my left calve and THATS IT A REALLY SLOBBY DAY ahead.(I am putting ice on my leg about 3 times a day and then rubbing Arnica into it I take the pain relief in the morning I can take some at night too BUT havent).

My leg is fine BUT I AM not going walking until Monday morning AND I TELL YA it is sooooo friggin hard because the last 2 mornings HAVE BEEN PREFECT walking mornings cool clear and crisp BUGGER IT!!!! ohh well preventative now is paramount to recovery, I have been doing my ab stuff though and IT IS ALL GOOD.

It has been 13 days since NO DAIRY and I tell ya it feels fantastic!!!!!!!! I can't believe how well I am sleeping and breathing it is sooooo cool! I am wrapt with my turnaround of misfortune and SURPRISED at how quickly MY BODY has adjusted and healed AND I CAN honestly tell you any cravings that I have had to indulge have diminished markedly (I mean the always hungry symptoms! and working through those) and although I eat loads of fruit I was never full NOW I feel fine with what I eat, and I dont feel hungry I am going to start son off on the no dairy PROPERLY from Monday!!!!

What yall are doing this long weekend HAVE a nice time.

Ciao

I might not be walking....

BUT WOKE up at 5.45am!!!!!!!!!! ye gads .

Had a lovely dinner had chilli roasted lamb, orzo rice with sundried tomatoes and olives, fresh garden salad with just cucumber and truss tomatoes homemade potatoe salad, WAS DIVINE I didn't have to do a thing. BUT I DID however rinse and stack the dishes and clear the TABLE!

Drive over was hairy scary ELECTRICAL STORMS all around the Taupo area and we were driving right into it then get onto the other side of RAINBOW MOUNTAIN and blue skies coming home same thing HUGE THUNDER LIGHTNING all around us .......

AM up early to do grocery shopping (more) and to try and beat crowds into town! Then I have coffee with a friend and son is away all day at his friends I got too sunbathe yesterday and I am going to sunbathe again today!!!!

LEG IS FINE I iced it after uniforms (which went really well ), iced it IN ROTORUA whilst waiting for dinner and I have been rubbing "Arnica Symphytum" into it which is specifically formulated for LIGAMENT and muscle damage!!! I used it WHEN I WRECKED my right foot and ankle with major ligament damage! IN fact can't feel anything this morning.

Tummy and toilet ISSUES FINE more than fine IT IS GREAT, I am SLEEPING THROUGH the night NOT WAKING at all SO I AM THRILLED! My nose is clear and I am able to breathe fine for the first time in LIKE ohhhhhhh 20 years PLUS!!!!!!! I am still only once a day toileting (TMI) I know but I am amazed, THAT my naturopath and or doctor have never HINTED at IBS and only after GOOGLING it and then getting information on it and digesting it (for the want of a better term!), IT SEEMS to be working, I am now in the process of weaning my son OF DAIRY it is HARD THOUGH!!!!! for him there are alot of foods he cant eat,although he doesnt DRINK MILK he does have cheese yoghurt and puddings when he can (I dont cook that many puddings!)WILL LOOK at Easi Yo yoghurts and see if they do a soy one! he DOESNT have toilet issues BUT DEFINATELY like me has nose and breathing issues and of course the ASTHMA! And given I am doing so well I may not try SO GOOD, a sI dont want to undo the good I am doing! (I may leave it another week or two so thats ONE MONTH my body and insides have been rested from toxicity and inflammation).

Alright folks I am showered and dressed and SUPERMARKET here I come!!!!!! Then home before traffic and crowds start!
AND THATS only because I have been awake since 5.45am!

Have a good day everyone.

Ciao

OK NO WALKING..........

DR MASON (thats me) knew what it was BUT ok had to have it clarified from QUACK!!! I have torn the fibres from muscle to ligament NOT SERIOUS but must elevate ICE and rest and NO walking until MONDAY poopy bugger it BUT as he said the MORE PATIENT I am and take the recovery properly the less damage I can do!!!! so as the 2 days and 3 day rest times came about it was ok but walking consecutive days doesn't help!! NOT bad $16.50 and got some diclofenac ALWAYS comes in handy for some things!!!! AND as he pointed out it pays to GET ANY TWINGE looked at for SHEER peace of mind AND ALSO TO KNOW you ARENT DOING MORE DAMAGE!!!!!!!!!!!

SO well I had my alarm on at 5am this morning and walked !!!! HA stoopid I know did 8km and OF course by the time I got to doctors IT WAS Severly tender!!! and why do DOCTORS cold fingers on ya skin and THEN THEY SAY does that HURT AS THEY PRESS IN!!!!!! made me jump off the bed literally.

Now am into town to grocery shop and then bank and then home then UNIFORM!!and then we are going to Rotorua in the afternoon to have dinner with my best friends SON!!! yay I am going to ice calve WHEN I get home from groceries and then AFTER UNIFORM and then over in ROTORUA when I are having dinner and been waited on YAY.....

SO see I am resting pfffffttttttt I know its a Clayton rest BUT SHYTE doctors come on WHO is going to do all the other stuff JOHNNY NOBODY!!!!!

Right out the door and yay I have 4 and a half days OFF!!!

If I cant walk I will GARDEN INSTEAD and IF ITS RAINING I will still garden!!!!!!!!!!!

Have an awesome day!!!

Ciao

p.s see IM GUTTERED I CANT WALK!!!!!!

SORE CALVES.....

I hope that is how you spell it OH well, calves tight again I think i may have torn something as it feels like I have been deadlegged in my calve I STRETCH and warm up before I go and about 2km into walk it tightens and stiffens I stretch it out then carry on walking and IT NORMALLY comes right BUT NEXT DAY (TODAY) it feels stiff AM rubbing antiflamme into it and heat and ice WHN I CAN (obviously I cant at work!) and only when I am sitting down relaxing (AND THAT was 9pm last night after getting home folding washing ironing and TIDYING UP!!)

I went for an 8km walk early it wasn't as bad but uncomfortable and a distraction allt he way round the walk! AS I did a 10hr day yesterday and am doing another 10 hr day today!!!! Blardy knew I would get thrashed at work before family go away I was TIRED last night and I AM TIRED ALREADY before I start today!!!! and I HATE THAT because on my 4 and a half days off I WILL BE ROOTED from being so tired and working so hard!!! (I am normally on my feet ALL DAY at work and dont get a SIT DOWN TIME) grrrrrrrrrr will take me a DAY TO RECOVER (I have uniform DAY tomorrow on my first day off and timetable and STATIONARY CHECK at college and class confirmation !! they say allow 1.5hr - 2hr) from 12 noon until 6pm!!! I am going there at 11.15am and lining up EARLY WITH MY FOLD OUT CHAIR!!! I dont care they say the later you go and leave it in the day THE LONGER THE WAIT and the BIGGER THE QUEUES nooooooooooooiiiiiice!

Tomorrow I will do another 8km WALK and then I have a 14km walk on either Sat or Sun will probably leave it until SUN too give my calf sometime to recover IF IT IS TIGHT still by next week I may go have it looked at!! I BLARDY hope it is a muscle TEAR or ligament TEAR CAUSE that will PISS ME OFF!!!! (they will say NO WALKING for X amount of time STAY OFF YOUR LEG etc ), maybe I might go to Doctor on THURSDAY morning and then if I have to rest it FOR 5 days it can be whilst FAMILY are away!!!

OK appointment MADE 8am tomorrow WELL at least thats something RIGHTO I am up and off to work, spag n meatballs in crockpot! done and at least thats something.WSHING out adn my lovely neighbour is WATCHING it, for me it is FINE HERE and if it stays that way I COULD get one load dry and BE TOTALLY up to date!!!!! YAY cause I bet I wont be able to WALK after doctors appointment!!! lol It could work to my advantage eh!!!!

RIGHT have a GREAT DAY!

Ciao

MAJOR thunderstorms..........

and loads of rain NOW I KNOW I said we needed rain but holis bolis NOT THIS MUCH rain!!!!

Oh well never mind is kinda nice IF YA LIKE WALKING IN IT!!! (NOT)...

NOW FOR THE KUMARA debate there is some issues I need to clarify PURPLE KUAMRA BLURRRKKKKKK, Golden KUMARA oh my god!!! IT IS DIVINE it is like pumpkin but sweet and SO YUMMY I NEVER ATE KUMARA hated it infact but the new GOLDEN KUMARA is heaven, (and being a Maori you would think I would love KUMARA!!!!).

Did an 8km this morning and skies very murky and DARKENING we may be in for a ripsnorter of a thunderstorm this arvo NOOIIIIIIIIICCCCEEEE!

I have scrumdidlyoucious CURRIED SAUSAGES going in the crockpot so thats cool. Going to have FRESH corn on the cob with it AND broccoli with almonds, and I will have kumara boys will have mashed creamy potatoes!

On the bathroom front it has been over a week and I have only been ONCE EVERYDAY that is a miracle AND AND I am not so bloated AND AND I can tell you MY CRAVINGS for anything have diminsihed!!!! AND AND it is soooooooooo much more comfortable on my walks I am not so panicky. I am breathing normally have WAY BETTER SLEEPS so I SAY it is a success SO FAR!!!

I am off into the supermarket and to the bank and then too work OH YAY BUT on a brighter note I DO INFACT have THURS/FRI/SAT/SUN and most of MON OFF OH YAY!!!!

We are in the process of organising A BBQ fundraiser for this weekend WELL I AM ORGANISING IT!!!! wish me luck!

Have a DRY day in paradise wherever that is I want to go there I GOT A MEASLY 25 mins sunbathe ON ONE SIDE of me body yesterday AND weather says SWEET FANNY ANNY more sun until who knows when!

Ciao

Sunny skies BUT........

for how long? And will I get a sunbathe in? I hope so.

Washed like a demon yesterday got sheets done when we got back from karate and GOT 4 loads of washing dry, AND folded put away and ironed YAY.

MY SON made me breakfast in bed this morning poached egg on toast with hummus and tomatoe and black pepper, was lovely ohh and a glass of juice.

Heading off to work DONT WANT TOO!

DIDNT sunbathe yesterday too finicky (the weather), but did do washing(as above), right better get going.

Have a good day.

Ciao