tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1700925719335279532024-03-06T00:07:35.425+11:00CherubUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger368125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-797293801970931632012-07-11T10:09:00.001+10:002012-07-11T10:09:40.464+10:00Excited and spirited<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><i>"You feel excited and spirited, infused with an extra dose of impulsive, can-do energy. There's a new beginning in the works, one you can feel in your bones. If you've met with some opposition recently at work or at home, it's no matter. You're determined to make it happen this time. That shouldn't be hard, either, because you are coming at the world full-force, and no one has to wonder about your agenda. Get ready to take some great strides today."</i></span><br />
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I thought being mum to 3 kids who do a lot of activities was bad. Try adding in a husband who can't drive for the time being. Nightmare!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-14810427262725113532012-06-29T19:45:00.000+10:002012-06-29T19:45:02.434+10:00Surgery and DIY don't mixJon has surgery to repair a fractured thumb yesterday. The surgery went well and he had a good nights sleep.<br />
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His thumb is in a plaster cast and it extends to his elbow.<br />
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Now, as a good wife I was more than happy to help him out with everything he needed to do. Having only one hand for at least a week was going to be challenging for him. So, cooking, cleaning, making cups of tea etc, I was totally prepared for.<br />
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However, him choosing to fix a roller blind to a wall this afternoon, with my help, I was not prepared for! I didn't sign up for this!<br />
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This evening, he admitted as he asked for the pain killers that perhaps doing DIY within 24 hours of hand surgery was not a good idea.<br />
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I didn't say I told you so. I didn't need to. We've been together so long that he knows what I am thinking. It's just that earlier today he chose to ignore me.<br />
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Oh and an aside, his cast looks like a boxing glove. It's not pink but I like pink. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-44079445278758060182012-06-19T15:06:00.001+10:002012-06-19T15:06:23.763+10:00Busy busy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_Hi-WiqQlsKo08j0sqe0OuxZOK32Qi2Xx9ZHo7oGd1nei-XCirEn0LivQfl-RE0zsazSkKssBdWObh8N27G_oPiL3dIannMh59LpMcls2aRcHI_wHHia7-3Ge_m4J9SyiYYkASbhHLE/s1600/miss_busy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_Hi-WiqQlsKo08j0sqe0OuxZOK32Qi2Xx9ZHo7oGd1nei-XCirEn0LivQfl-RE0zsazSkKssBdWObh8N27G_oPiL3dIannMh59LpMcls2aRcHI_wHHia7-3Ge_m4J9SyiYYkASbhHLE/s1600/miss_busy.jpg" /></a>I'm not really sure where the last few weeks have gone. I am really busy with work, that is a good busy but sometimes I just don't get a minute to even think.<br />
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That has got to change. I just haven't figured out how yet.<br />
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I am in the process of starting up two more businesses as well as growing this one. I have taken on a trainer to work with me in my personal training business and am looking for another trainer to cover my area too which will free up some of my time to work on the other businesses.<br />
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The new businesses are still in the health and fitness industry. I'll write more about them later.<br />
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In addition to all that my kids are doing more and more activities outside of school which requires me to become a taxi driver more frequently.<br />
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I know this has been mentioned before and I did drop back their activities so now they only do one each, it's just that they are so good at what they do that the time required to train and practice has increased.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Grans funeral is today and I'm really sad not to be there with my family.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Although I'm obviously very sad that I've lost my gran, it has raised the issue again of us living so far away from the rest of my family.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Living here is fantastic, we love it. Australia has enabled us to have such an amazing lifestyle and I really don't want that to change. When all is well with family back home I am very happy here, however when things aren't I struggle with it.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">A whole host of emotions are raised, including jealousy and guilt.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Sadly I can't see the situation getting any easier as my immediate family ages.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">So, what can I do?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Until I'm truly in that situation I won't know exactly how I feel but in the meantime I need to increase my income and savings to a point where I can afford to visit the UK regularly and see my family in good times. So that I can visit when times are not so great. So I can drop everything in an emergency and travel there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Earning money and feeling like I deserve to earn a higher income is an issue for another day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Today I'm thinking of the wonderful lady that was my gran. The lessons in life that she taught me and my family back home who are dealing with all the practicalities of the day xxx</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-72770923905758859562012-05-29T12:30:00.000+10:002012-05-29T12:30:01.144+10:00Music tuition, the lost book and manners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We recently cancelled our sons music tuition. Why? Truth be told he didn't like his tutor, he wasn't getting what he wanted from the sessions, so I called to cancel. And why not? At $35 per week, I wanted to make sure he was getting what he needed. Fair enough I thought.<br />
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Not so the tutor. She wanted paying for the full term as per her contract. I haven't signed any contract, I suggest you go away and think about what you want to say to me, I said though that's not what I was thinking!! My recount here doesn't even nearly do justice to how rude she was to me. For anyone unsure, rudeness is quite unnecessary in my book!<br />
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Talking of books, we had borrowed one from her and it (quite rightly) needed returning. No problem there. The problem came when she kept hounding me by text message about the book. Does she not know that the post does not deliver on weekends?<br />
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In my haste to rid her from my life, I made an error on the envelope and I sent it to the wrong address. I sent it two doors away.<br />
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Damn! What to do now? Jon said in not so polite terms, "Ignore it." But I couldn't, I have to do the right thing. Two wrongs don't make a right. We borrowed it, we had to return it.<br />
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Another issue, I found the book online, it costs $5. All this stress (and it was stressing me) over $5. Five dollars, seriously?<br />
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After going into the post office, calling the Dead Letter Office and more harassing text messages, I wrote to the address that I sent the book to.<br />
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Yes! Result, she called me and she still had it. Well, she retrieved it from the bin. She then delivered it to the correct address for me. Some people are wonderful.<br />
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I am happy, the book has been returned, the tutor has not messaged me once since, not even to say she had got it back.<br />
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Oh well. Time to move on. We can't all have manners. Can we?<br />
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Last night, my Gran closed her eyes for the very last time. Good night, sweet dreams. Love you so very much xxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-6483637538201415352012-05-23T21:07:00.000+10:002012-05-23T21:07:00.111+10:00If you were an animal what kind of animal would you be?I recently went on a seminar, I guess it was a personal development seminar, it was also a coaching seminar and that is one direction that I want to take my business in so thought it would be worthwhile.<br />
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It was a two and a half day 'free' seminar. I have to admit that the first evening was pretty confronting and I nearly didn't go back the next day. There were several reasons for this but one of them was if I am going to open up, do I want to do it publicly, in a room full of people and not only that but whole weekend was being filmed.<br />
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Another reason was, we were asked to introduce ourselves to others in the group - no problem with that - but not in any 'normal' kind of way. We had to think about the following question and introduce our selves as such with an explanation of why.<br />
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"If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be and why?"<br />
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What? I just don't get this kind of stuff. Do you? Like, I have no idea. To me it sounds like the type of question my nine (now 12) year old son would ask.<br />
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My brain doesn't think like that. I don't have the luxury of time to think about stuff like that. Should I dare to let my mind wander from work or kids homework or laundry, it usually returns quite quickly to, what should we have for dinner tonight?<br />
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Does this mean that I can't be personally developed or that I just will not succeed as a coach? Do my clients really need me to ask that question to help them with their health and wellbeing?<br />
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I don't have the answers, maybe I need to do a seminar to help me come to terms with this seminar.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-87322130563655061752012-05-21T10:00:00.000+10:002012-05-21T10:00:02.531+10:00Water BabiesWater babies have arrived at our house.<br />
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We've had scoobies and pet rocks and we've had BFF necklaces but Water Babies? Are you serious?<br />
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I nearly died laughing when my friend was telling me about the latest craze her kids were following but low and behold, they arrived here today.<br />
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They feed them, everyday! They are looked after better than the real pets. They think they have babies. They swear they've seen one have a baby! OMG!<br />
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So, what are they?<br />
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This is what they are!!<br />
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Have your kids ever had this craze or an equally or more bizarre craze?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-89163286495930958052012-05-20T09:00:00.000+10:002012-05-20T09:00:04.694+10:00Volunteer Work<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To me, that is a pretty impressive statistic, especially considering that the estimated population of NSW in 2010 was 7.2 million.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Perhaps society isn't that bad after all. Despite what the media tells us, there are some good people out there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To date my volunteering has been quite minimal and based mostly around helping out at the kids schools or coaching/training their sports teams.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do you or have you volunteered? Have you been on the receiving end of a volunteer?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is the number of volunteers higher or lower than you imagined?</span></div>
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Will I feel different?<br />
Will my kids respect me more, less or just the same?<br />
Will my ear hair get longer or is that just men?<br />
Will I get to the UK next year?<br />
Will I pay my mortgage off before I retire?<br />
Will I get more time for myself?<br />
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What happened when you turned 40? Or, if you're not 40 yet, what do you think it will be like?<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-26638512112882871292012-05-17T08:43:00.000+10:002012-05-17T08:43:17.089+10:00Ripping strapping tape from my buttRipping strapping tape from my butt and lower back is not my usual nor preferred start to the day.<br />
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After a 5 month break from running due to various injuries I ran the 4km Mothers Day Classic. It was the perfect day for a run and I am delighted to say that the run was a slow effortless jog. Those months of hill running and hill sprints had paid off - kinda, apart from the injuries!<br />
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However, I was a little tight in the glutes and hamstrings the following day and as such I really shouldn't have gone to an Ultimate gym class.<br />
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I got through the warm up and 2 sets of tabata workouts, alternate lunges and push ups, we did a little more running and then into the 3rd tabata session which was full abdominal sit ups, hands above the head to touching toes alternating those with body weight squats. Into the second round of squats I heard and felt a ripping/popping in my lower back, the pain referring right down into my coccyx.<br />
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A trip to the physio, some ultra sound and dry needling and a very attractive taping of my lower back and butt and I am now exercise free until at least the end of this week.<br />
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I have definitely learnt my lesson this time. It was also quite timely that <a href="http://lastchancetraining.com.au/2012/05/15/leave-that-ego-at-the-door-the-performance-enhancement-edition/" target="_blank">Liz N wrote about leaving your ego at the door</a> recently.<br />
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I need to and will start listening to my body and not to my head. My head wants to go faster, lift heavier, burn more calories, lose more weight. My body is quite clearly saying no, stop, listen to me.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-46682708075555271562012-05-16T10:24:00.000+10:002012-05-16T10:24:17.298+10:00Slack bloggerI always seem to rock up to blog and start with an apology for not being around. Guess what? This is no different.<br />
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I will start by saying "Happy New Year"!! I have not blogged at all this year. Well let's look on the bright side (cos I'm all for that these days, not that you'd know cos I don't blog!!) at least we're still in the first half of the year.<br />
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Why have I been away? Have I won the lottery and spent the last 6 months travelling the world? Sadly no. What am I saying? Not sadly. I have a great life, seriously I do, it's just very busy. Not that I'm complaining too much, just a little.<br />
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I am going to try and use this blog to find the 'real me'. Can you cope with that? I'm not sure how it will go, I could disappear again for 6 months but I hope not.<br />
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I'm also using it to try and get back into writing. I am trying to write for my business blog and the main issue I have with that is that sometimes I doubt my ability.<br />
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I see so many fantastic writers out there that I consider to be so much better at it than me. Why would anyone want my opinion?<br />
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But then I sometimes feel that way about my PT skills and business skills and other times I 'know' that I am really really good at what I do. I'm just different. Especially in relation to the fitness industry, I don't fit the norm, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a place for me. Does it.<br />
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OK, I have a client now and will have to sign off. I have not proofed this but I am just going to post anyway, this is practice right and if I don't post now I'll procrastinate and try and make it perfect and it will definitely be 6 months before you hear from me again.<br />
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So here goes. Have a great day and I hope to be back very soon. xxUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-38677707141928281902011-10-10T11:34:00.000+11:002011-10-10T11:34:51.069+11:00It's quiet at home today<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinE3-CWDBW-RK86GAvPWa_FYDFIgX-IBEGu4r73gkIi3YoE65E4la1BF_OsGS_J0BXVU3Nxducqgqm7iSztZTZFn8o_DXT3QTXOI0UXE3Ek70VcTUhuKMj10HjuYojO6wvWCWpIWiOJEQ/s320/36100upinbndapu.jpg" width="212" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>It's strangely quiet at home today. The kids are back at school and Jon has gone away for business. I've not been in much today but it already feels much too quiet.<br />
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So last night we did the curlers again. I put in her hair 50 or the wiggly worm curlers and she tried to sleep on them last night. I hope next year her hairstyle calls for straight.<br />
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I did buy a curling wand but I'm not having much success with the curls staying in. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I can get the curls in but they fall after an hour. Not good enough when they need to be in for about 4 - 5 hours.<br />
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What response would you expect from the school when you raised your concerns?<br />
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Would you expect that a parallel could be drawn between the "lifestyle choices" of someone who is gay and a convicted pedophile?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-70921757591429368742011-08-16T12:51:00.000+10:002011-08-16T12:51:26.713+10:00True colors - Cyndi Lauper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNU24lSIXYRJBDM1oarOLMMD2eNxXHhGulWT3uN9ofsW57yyDeROyyzq8ycXXzEbGi7VpwDjD1re5QQHfwyEKge-DFkxMF5sxxyUolCyDcOsq5wZfJPd_433BXh3npCUnjiQmO5IpYFU/s1600/200301729_1500c9c747_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvNU24lSIXYRJBDM1oarOLMMD2eNxXHhGulWT3uN9ofsW57yyDeROyyzq8ycXXzEbGi7VpwDjD1re5QQHfwyEKge-DFkxMF5sxxyUolCyDcOsq5wZfJPd_433BXh3npCUnjiQmO5IpYFU/s320/200301729_1500c9c747_o.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite my most recent posts. I heard this yesterday and saw the positive in it. It is not a reflection of my mood ie the sad eyes, it's a reflection of me seeing true colors shining through.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You with the sad eyes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">don't be discouraged</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">oh I realize</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it's hard to take courage</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in a world full of people</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you can lose sight of it all</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and the darkness inside you</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">can make you fell so small</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I see your true colors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shining through</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I see your true colors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and that's why I love you</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so don't be afraid to let them show</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your true colors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">true colors are beautiful</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a rainbow</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Show me a smile then</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">don't be unhappy, can't remember</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when I last saw you laughing</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if this world makes you crazy</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and you've taken all you can bear</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you call me up</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because you know I'll be there</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I'll see your true colors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">shining through</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I see your true colors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and that's why I love you</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so don't be afraid to let them show</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your true colors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">true colors are beautiful</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">like a rainbow</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Photo by </span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">tanakawho</span></a></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-59205858787777002892011-08-11T07:04:00.000+10:002011-08-11T07:04:03.297+10:00Clean upSeeing pictures and hearing people talking about cleaning up their towns and cities has made me proud. Not all of Britain is bad.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-89609980816222889172011-08-10T20:21:00.000+10:002011-08-10T20:21:42.646+10:00Riots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzlcJ4W0LTBfLeqjPcd2cq4q3sBMKk73ELp5APSPrK9Q7SBAFHRRYbzSURtVio1TP4z12AsBFp4BGIEQBwb3OxmbC8nwXhmcBi3_ZL6yjijwDD7ih0lBkg0JFG0PY_r2tvWuGXsKpW2c/s1600/dh_manchester_20110810062848616652-420x0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzlcJ4W0LTBfLeqjPcd2cq4q3sBMKk73ELp5APSPrK9Q7SBAFHRRYbzSURtVio1TP4z12AsBFp4BGIEQBwb3OxmbC8nwXhmcBi3_ZL6yjijwDD7ih0lBkg0JFG0PY_r2tvWuGXsKpW2c/s400/dh_manchester_20110810062848616652-420x0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>I am really saddened by what is going on back home in England. Also devastated to see and hear that my adored Manchester was attacked last night.<br />
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Firstly I want to say that I hope my family and friends are safe and that their properties are damage free.<br />
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I'm not exactly sure of where I stand in terms of who or what is to blame.<br />
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Obviously there are many opportunist thugs out there on the streets just looking to rob and destroy whatever they can but there also seems to be a lot of youths out there who are hurting.<br />
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Please don't misunderstand, I am not in any way excusing their behaviour, it is so far removed from anything I can comprehend but I cannot help feeling that in some way some one has failed them.<br />
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Is it the parents, the teachers, the government, the system?<br />
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I've been reading a lot of opinions and can agree partially with both sides of the argument.<br />
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I agree that we make our own choices and decisions in life but we can't choose who we are born to or where we are raised. As children others make choices for us. Right or wrong.<br />
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My generation is blaming the kids, maybe my generation failed them. Maybe by seeing this coming and leaving the country 10 years ago, I failed them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-46335908299027773992011-08-03T07:08:00.000+10:002011-08-03T07:08:15.131+10:00RIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNi7wKJmJsv6AtXFUUOuSpOhka0xs34finGFIX5d4N0fRCz05cBkU9vOTKVsGTbQ5UKNBuBuIrvnx1-7vBeNDkjqBP-j51tOAJJE7ivnvkVTsWUbce7LFnHN_4cnyBHJlWMpEdxen9tm0/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNi7wKJmJsv6AtXFUUOuSpOhka0xs34finGFIX5d4N0fRCz05cBkU9vOTKVsGTbQ5UKNBuBuIrvnx1-7vBeNDkjqBP-j51tOAJJE7ivnvkVTsWUbce7LFnHN_4cnyBHJlWMpEdxen9tm0/s1600/images.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Goodnight Uncle Jeff. You can rest pain free now. </div><div style="text-align: center;">xxx</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-11794504423470836872011-08-01T09:13:00.000+10:002011-08-01T09:13:19.240+10:00Birthday's and Movies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBkrobF8qHivb3E7Sett1VR3W2DOe2WzVKyCP2ukn5KLPeEIOLS4KhZg69a0PshZ3hsZ2cTMX1VsF-wQ8rmg_mtQx6C8CwCcWW-lbJcG_5KheF3uRKHrlM_No5KFSCgOuxfOdULygy9U/s1600/MV5BMTYzOTc2NzU3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjY3MDE3NQ%2540%2540._V1._SY317_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBkrobF8qHivb3E7Sett1VR3W2DOe2WzVKyCP2ukn5KLPeEIOLS4KhZg69a0PshZ3hsZ2cTMX1VsF-wQ8rmg_mtQx6C8CwCcWW-lbJcG_5KheF3uRKHrlM_No5KFSCgOuxfOdULygy9U/s1600/MV5BMTYzOTc2NzU3N15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjY3MDE3NQ%2540%2540._V1._SY317_.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>We celebrated Jon's birthday this weekend. The girls were so excited about it. It's lovely that they get just as much enjoyment out of other peoples birthdays as they do their own.<br />
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Jon and I were both pretty sore and tired yesterday, his excesses due to soccer and mine due to my Saturday morning long run so we decided a trip to the movies might be nice.<br />
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On the way, we were discussing when was the last time we had been to the movies as a whole family. Can you believe never?<br />
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We were going to see Mr Popper Penguins until we realised that Jim Carrey was in it. I can't stand him, and I really don't think I could have managed a full movie. We looked at Captain America and found that IMDB has rated it PG - 13 and the parental guide didn't look too bad. A few scary bits but for my girls who are major Dr Who fans, probably ok. But - the cinema has it rated M.<br />
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M or Jim Carrey. Sorry to say but Mr Popper's Penguins was never in with a chance.<br />
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Captain America it was. Vmax and 3D. The girls loved it, though didn't really understand it. For me, it was ok. Vmax was nice and I only got nauseous twice from the 3D.<br />
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Baskin Robbins afterwards for icecream and home for a roast beef dinner and birthday cake.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-2152072684268641442011-07-17T20:54:00.000+10:002011-07-17T20:54:26.666+10:00RIPThe downside of having a large extended family is that as they age, bad news comes with almost every phonecall home. At least that's how it's been for the last 4 months.<br />
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My dad had 88 first cousins, who all married and most had several children which makes for a very large family. We obviously are not really close to them all but we are to many and at the end of the day in our family, "family is family".<br />
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Another family member has passed away, sadly from asbestosis, the same condition that my uncle has.<br />
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The treatment that we were hopeful of for my uncle has failed and he is declining quickly. He starts another treatment next week.<br />
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Gran had a fall trying to escape from her nursing home and broke her hip, she has just had a hip replacement. She fell again trying to escape the hospital and had to have another surgery. She didn't look like she would pull through but they found out she was anaemic and have treated that. She has improved and she should be back at the nursing home this week.<br />
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She no longer knows who I am and gets upset trying to remember. The best I can do now is to write and on better days, my family will read her my letters.<br />
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Not a positive post, I know. I am having difficulty finding a positive tonight. I'll try again tomorrow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-89839423726083654792011-07-14T20:54:00.000+10:002011-07-14T20:54:37.462+10:00Good idea at the timeI didn't have a partner at kickboxing last night, actually, I deliberately held back in the hope that I would get the trainer. When you box with the trainer, you don't have to hold the pads so you get to do double the session. I thought it was a good idea at the time.<br />
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I had a great session, was totally exhausted and felt on top of the world.<br />
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Today, during my weights session, I was thinking that maybe it wasn't such a good idea, and now having walked around the shops for 4 hours and lead my own group class tonight, I am pretty sure it was not a good idea!<br />
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Would I do it again?<br />
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Without a doubt. :-DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-53930387844635384702011-07-11T12:54:00.001+10:002011-07-11T12:54:00.844+10:00The Money Tree<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbmLNG_os3-tdj4V4lHvDYKimA_6s9f4c-JnUTy0F32ZHRoMmcI0XQqNUQxCAJw3EUKhRjZn6E2mR2EqiR1CpKP3qtPaVM6vcItmx4TQhEm6-YF6DM3_e7TMzxBJYwC_TTG7TxMyzCRI/s1600/money+tree.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560369913068389058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLbmLNG_os3-tdj4V4lHvDYKimA_6s9f4c-JnUTy0F32ZHRoMmcI0XQqNUQxCAJw3EUKhRjZn6E2mR2EqiR1CpKP3qtPaVM6vcItmx4TQhEm6-YF6DM3_e7TMzxBJYwC_TTG7TxMyzCRI/s400/money+tree.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 300px;" /></a><br />
A little one of these would be nice right now. I don't need a huge one, just a small one to keep me going.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170092571933527953.post-23086625610953499362011-07-08T13:15:00.001+10:002011-07-08T13:15:00.235+10:00Travel Bug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcA70BRlCJ3cWAu_ZlhV1ckK11SWbyn39CmdQ_NDI1cA0xHxU1MujjDcTaUJBeByEumXSDBcTee30XbY3jhT-RiG_nL9ZOVL44szn1SQtbuBMCzW9xeqC_hTHipvQ6HZqX2aVKkvOYAo/s1600/travel_bug.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVcA70BRlCJ3cWAu_ZlhV1ckK11SWbyn39CmdQ_NDI1cA0xHxU1MujjDcTaUJBeByEumXSDBcTee30XbY3jhT-RiG_nL9ZOVL44szn1SQtbuBMCzW9xeqC_hTHipvQ6HZqX2aVKkvOYAo/s1600/travel_bug.png" /></a></div>I think I caught a Travel Bug when I was in tropical Cairns.<br />
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Ever since I got back, I've been thinking of all the places I want to see. A lot of these places I used to think about before I had children. I'm sure when the mummy hormones kick in, they include a huge dose of Travel Bug anti-biotics because I haven't thought of these places for a long time.<br />
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I would love to go to Russia, Prague, Canada, Alaska, Singapore, Hong Kong even back to the UK to see my family.<br />
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Jon didn't come home for lunch today, it appears that he is at the Pharmacy getting another course of Travel Bug anti-biotics. We're not going anywhere for a while. :(<br />
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Good job Sydney summer is on it's way! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1