And then I realised...the year is nearly over :O

What the heck has happened to this year? I know I've had a lot on but seriously, has it gone super fast or is that just me?

I was thinking the other day about how I am going with my goal to be 10kgs down by Christmas or the end of the year. And I suddenly realised...gah!, that is soon...I'd better to get my butt into gear! I'm not actually doing too badly. The last time I weighed in I was 103.9. That is 6.1kgs down and 3.9 to go to my end of year goal. People are actually starting to give me the 'you've lost weight' comments. That feels nice! And makes it easier to make better decisions.

I've been doing a lot more high intensity exercise. I have acquired some of the tracks from some old body combat releases and have been busting out whatever moves I can remember and making up whatever I can't! I love it! The songs rock haha. I've been doing a lot more incidental exercise with digging in the garden and pulling out weeds. I've also been putting the washing away one article at a time: making multiple trips back and forth from the bedroom to the boys room to the kitchen etc! It's inefficient but it all adds up! I have been trying on my old pants and while they are still a way off being done up I can at least get them over my bum now. It is good. I have no doubt that I will make my mini goal. I'm quite looking forward to being under 100kgs again.
But I won't be stopping there, oh my no. My brother is getting married in (I think I worked it out right) 17 and a bit weeks. I am setting another 10kg loss for that time frame. I think that is reasonable/realistic. That is pretty well 14kgs in 17 weeks.That's almost a kg a week. Well I'll see how I go anyway. It would be nice to be closer to 90 than 100! On a slightly odd note I bought a bokashi bin http://www.bokashi.com.au/. Because you can chuck all your food scraps (including meat, citrus, onion and a bit of dairy) in it, I am finding it easier to chuck out the kids leftovers with out picking bits off here and there. I had an 'it's being wasted I'd better eat it' mentality going on but now I don't see it as waste, I see it as 'fuel' to improve my soil! It makes it that much easier for me to 'toss' it!

Other than that we are getting into the swing of living in Euroa. We have joined the playgroup which is slightly more hectic than I am used to but the kids seem to enjoy it. We are settling into a new church and that is nice. I am looking forward to getting to know more people and establishing some new friendships. It all takes time. Like our house and our garden. I have been pulling out cape weed left right and centre and I am getting to the point where I am thinking about how to improve the soil and what kind I of lawn I want to try and grow. I am planning to treat the heavy clay soil with gypsum and then probably plant clover to try and improve the soil. My hubby is half way through putting the deck onto the verandah which I am really looking forward to having finished. I am (fingers crossed) getting a stove and oven this week! I'm so excited. I have only had a camping stove to cook on, which has been ok, but oh the joy to have a 4 burner stove AND an oven again! I'll be in heaven. I'll also have a broader menu range again!..woohoo! It is all very exciting. I love being able to do what I want to my own house. It is so fun! We still have no news on the power. Our neighbours said that they had been told it would probably be January before they were in their house, but I am hoping that it is not that a long a wait! On the bright side of that, I'm not having to pay any electricity bills at the moment and my carbon footprint is very small :) haha.

I'm hoping to be slightly more diligent with posting on here, but I don't have a lot of net time being limited to about an hour of battery time per night. I'll most likely post while I am staying with my parents, where I have access to unlimited electricity and internet! The things we take for granted!

Thanks for reading.

So much going on!

Ok. Since I last posted something on here I have had a lot going on. Our town had flooding the weekend after we moved. Our property was not really affected at all thankfully. It was very wet and muddy though which made for a difficult 2 weeks. Thankfully that has all settled down now, and we are only having one pair of dirty clothes each per day! We now have fences along the side and across the middle of the block to make an enclosed backyard. AND...wait for it...The contractors installing the power lines finished off today! Praise the Lord! That has only been at least 12 months in that making! I'm hoping that that means we will have power on soon, but I'm not holding my breath! Although 3 of the 5 houses being built in our street look as though they are all but finished, so hopefully it won't be too much longer. They have even installed street lights AND there are rumours about that they will be sealing the road and installing gutters! How exciting! This weekend we are hoping to get the holes drilled for the foundations for our verandah. It is all very exciting.
I'm also very excited to be onto our 3rd (or maybe 4th) dummy free night for Mr 2.5. I has happened surprisingly easily. We started off with no dummy during the day. Then he went to sleep without it one night because he was completely exhausted. The next night I lied to him that I would get it after he asked for it and never went back to him! (He happily fell asleep, no tears or anything). Last night and tonight I told him only babies have dummies and he happily accepted it and just drifted off. Too easy! I certainly hope it continues in this fashion!
Weight wise I'm doing the best I can. I'm watching what I eat as best I can when almost every night we are having some kind of pasta and sauce. Not the best option and I am really noticing the lack of vegetables. Hopefully the power will be on soon and we will have a fridge which I can load up with beautiful veggies. Oh yeah!
I have been walking almost every day to the park with the kids and to the shop to grab some bits and pieces for dinner. It's not really enough but it is something. I have found my runners and I'm planning to get running around in the backyard next week. I did a bit this week and had Mr 2.5 telling me to do it again mummy, do it again...haha my own personal trainer!!! I've weighed in at 104.5 for 3 days in a row that's a total of 5.5kgs down and 4.5 to go to my mini goal.
I don't have enough battery power left to add anything else, I need to type faster and with less mistakes!
Thanks for reading :)