New Idea

I have toying with this idea for a few months now and I have decided to bite the bullet and begin.

Starting over the next few days, I will photograph a new image each day and everyone can just put one to three words about the following:

- how they feel (sad, exciting)

- what they think of the photo (amazing, crap, impossible)

- funny explanations (WTF, OMG etc (please put what they mean))

For the next 12 months I will put a new photo up each day and you can put your quick comment.

At the end of the 12 months, I am hoping to put the photos (and your comments) into a book that may be published. If you are interested please join in.

Fitness time

Well, I have been going to the gym for a year now and have not lost any weight. I have decided to bite the bullet and really put the hard yards into the exercise. I now do two personal training sessions and boot camp as well as the normal, cycle, pump and running. Hopefully this will help with the weight loss.

Today was my second session at boot camp and I love it. It was hard but good. Lots of running and boxing tonight. I also had a pt session this morning as well as doing cycle. I have a pt session tomorrow morning (working the legs) so I expect to be very sore this weekend.

I went and watered the garden OMG the weeds and grass are as high as me (I know that's not too hard) but everything is so overgrown. I will have to mow tomorrow when I get home tomorrow after work. I will also have to pick alot of my spinach as there is so much of it and give it away at way tomorrow.

Tomorrow is my last day in my section. I am sad but excited. The people have been great however I really need a change.

Have a great night.

A great weekend with my fantastic niece

Wow, I really enjoyed my weekend in Newcastle. I really love being with Teresa, Kevin, Emma and Bella. The weather was perfect and very warm. It was very nice to have a long weekend.

Next weekend will be nice too as it is also a long weekend and I get to see Donna and Wendy. Can't wait.

I'm back and forgot I had this blog

Hi,

I am sure that no one will read this blog but who cares. I did forget that I had this blog and only re-discovered due to the beautiful Rhonda at Down-to-Earth blog. Thanks Rhonda. If you really want to read a great blog go to Rhonda's it is inspirational.

A lot has happened since I have blogged but this blog will be mainly about my drive to become more 'organic', greener and to get my family to be more self sufficient.

So far I have planted a vegie patch. Liam (DS2) and I spent last week-end planting all different vegetables for the upcoming Spring and Summer. I can't wait.

I am also planning to make a lot of Christmas presents this year as I think we spend too much money on gifts that don't mean very much. So far I have started on nothing but plan to make my Christmas cards very soon and start sewing (yeah, I know I can sew but hey I can try). I will blog all my funny experiences (especially when I fail).

I also working hard on losing weight. I am going to the gym four to five times a week and trying hard to be careful what I eat.

So if you want to read about the trials and tribulations of my life please feel free.

Have a great day.

Extension

Yeah, I have had my contract extended for another 3 months. There are 4 contractors in our area and only 2 of us have had our contracts extended. This may change when Johnny calls the election and we go into caretaker mode. I am happy with us and I was the last one to be put on. The people are great were I work and I get on well with all of them (so that helps). There is only on sad thing though, my boss lady is moving position and she is a great boss and person and I will miss her greatly.

School holidays have started and both the boys are getting up very early. Brad and I should get to work early but today we didn't, hopefully tomorrow.

Nothing exciting really, I need to get going and doing some housework.

Take care

Pauline

pat on the back

I have decided to pat myself (and Brad) on the back. God we are good parents. I have been very unwell over the last few days and both my boys have looked after me so well. I also had a great compliment today about both my boys and what nice polite boys they are.

Last year, there were certain people who made us feel like we were such bad parents. But we are so over those people. We know what great parents we are.

I (and the rest of the family) are so excited!!!! Our fantastic friends Ian and Sandy are expecting their second child. Anyone who knows us, just knows how we just love their little girl Ash and we can't wait for this baby. It was also Ash birthday. Happy birthday Princess.

I have joined a on-line bookclub and I just started reading the book. So far so good.

Got to go and get ready for tomorrow.

Bye

update

I haven't updated for such long time. I don't know if anyone will read this but I don't really care.

I have been tagged a little while ago so here I go.

Name three things that scare you. Spiders, Brad driving in the wet weather and my kids being bullied and being bullied myself.

The daggiest thing in your music collection. I don't think they are daggy but many people do. I have a Doris Day album, the Bay City Rollers, Gina Jefferies, Cliff Richard, 2 Cool for Kids etc

Your three favourite clothing items. My cookie monster pjs, a brown cardigan (Brad hates it) & my red top (too hard to describe)

Your partner's most annoying habit. He always think he is right (99.9% of the time he is), and not being able to throw anything away therefore my house, garage and back yard has alot of junk lying around.

What stresses you out? Getting a letter in my letterbox from my "special friends",(still happens). Answering selection criterias for jobs, seeing 'people' from that community who say nasty things to my face.

If I could change the world I would get revenge on a certain community (only joking), try to help all the children in the world, through clothing, education etc. Peace! I also would teach people how their actions (and words) can really do damage to other people.

Your favourite household chore watching Brad clean the house with a chocolate in one hand and a pepsi max in the other.

If you had fifty bucks to spend at Target which section would you head straight for: the lolly section and buy up big. YUM!!!!

In my next life I would like to come back as myself but much better looking (I think good looking people get what they want) and/or a male (they get the teaching jobs regardless if they are good or not), sore point.

Your least favourite celebrity Jim Carey, Prince Charles, Russell Crowe

There you go. Have fun reading the above.


Lots of things have happened lately. I have been working lately (not as a teacher, I had to decide whether to 'play' the game' and hopefully get a school that won't listen to that community or just bite the bullet and get a job, I decide for the latter). I'm glad I have my job, it's challenging and the people are fantastic to work with. I will be very sad to say goodbye when I finish in a few weeks. At the moment I am madly looking for another job to go to. Hopefully, something will come up. I am so sick of applying for jobs and not even getting an interview (I even have people who look at my selection criteria and they can't understand why I am not getting an interview). I'm not too worried, I don't mine if I have to stay at home (sorry Brad).

The boys are doing well both at school and on the social front. Liam has settled well into school. It is amazing how a good caring school makes such a difference. He said to me the other day that he was glad he has left his old school and is now at this school because he feels so much safer. He feels that it is okay to make friends, he is not scared to make friends now because he knows that the teachers will protect him if he is bullied.

Both of them are doing very well at orienteering. Declan decided not to go for the ACT rep team as he just missed out last year and it really disappointed him. So the pressure is off this year and he is doing very well and really enjoying it. Liam map skills are so good, thank God I have him with me or I would be lost.

Brad is doing well. He now works in Civic. We occasionally travel together to and from work but often I catch the bus because I'm not ready in time. Brad only has to get himself ready, I got myself and the kids plus if he is early he can get a free carpark at his work.

Sorry for the long posting. I am so contended and happy and feel very lucky with my family and friends.

take care

Pauline