If I were a twit

I make it a habit to never post more than one status update per 12 hrs. I wanted to share what I have been thinking about today. I don't tweet, but here is a sample of what it might be like if I were a twit!

• Has 2 escape artist dogs in her care. If there is a way out they will find it, if there isn't a way out they will make one...it's getting on her nerves

• Wouldn't mind if the children were in bed and asleep before 9pm. Is that too much to ask? Man I hate daylight savings.

• Has been living without a permanent source of electricity for so long that I forget that I can turn the lights on and don't have to struggle to see the keyboard by the light of the laptop screen.

• Wonders why clothes don't wash and fold themselves like they did when I lived at home. Note to self, check what mum's secret is.

• Hates how she can have a totally tidy and almost clean house one minute and have it look like a bomb site the next.

• Doesn't like cooking for one.

• Pooper scoopered the backyard. I just don't think I'm ready for 2 big poo machine dogs.

• We are getting our driveway done again. I will be very glad not to slip in puddles or lose my thongs in mud anymore.

• Wishes she had some new Dr Who to watch. Bow ties are cool.

• Wouldn't mind a cryptic crossword or the even a regular crossword right about now.

• There is nothing quite like the sound of your kids laughing amongst themselves. Innocent delight, can't beat it.

• Is loving getting to know new friends.

• Houdt Nederlandse Koek. Eet lekker.

• Why does the internet always run slow when you are in a hurry?! That dratted Murphy!

• Is sad that her wonderful husband won't be coming home tonight, but is glad that he is safe and sound and will get a good sleep.

I've got the power!

I am pleased to be writing this with a full battery (and the oppotunity to plug it in if it runs out!) and the lights on (and without the roar of a generator rattling the windows!). That's right folks - we have finally got the power on at our place. It has only been 4 and a bit months living without it! I will be very pleased to hopefully be the owner of a fridge soon which I will be able to plug into said power, now that will make me very happy!

I'm pleased to announce a weight loss of 1kg for the month of January, taking my current weight to 99.3kgs. 10.7kgs down from where I first started 10months ago. I am very pleased with how I am going. AND I am finding it EASY! Yes that's right it is easy. I cannot recommend enough the "Don't Go Hungry Diet". I first read about this lady and her book a couple of years ago. I noticed it again as I was flicking through an old copy of slimming and health. I had a vague undersatanding of what it was all about but when I got a copy at the start of the year, it all just clicked for me. I knew that what it was talking about was true. I think what I love most about it, is that though it has absolutely no grounding in any kind of spirituality, I am able to reconcile it fully with my faith. In the past I have struggled when dieting, feeling that my focus was too much on myself and not enough on my Creator. What I love about this is that we have seemingly been created (for me that means that God has made us this way, ie hardwired it into our make-up) to stay at our ideal weight with no (well minimal, you still have to think about it but you don't have to suffer) effort! I love this! I am seeing results, and I'm not trying hard to resist anything 'bad'. I am just eating. It is so liberating!


Exercise wise I am doing well. I have just had a week or so off the January Jelly Busters FCS challenge because I got a bit too excited about how fit I thought I was and overdid it a bit. I think I tried a few too many new things all at once and my back did not like it. What is great though is it was no where near as bad pain as I have had in the past AND I was able to fix it with stretching and walking. Yay! I have not been running much as a result of the back issues, but I gave it a little go the other day and found that my cardio fitness has not suffered too much.

I am very glad that school is back on which means playgroup is back on. I do enjoy having a bit of a routine happening to my weeks.

Here's to another kg gone for good in Feb :)