127km

so ive ridden 127km in the last two weeks, i have gotten to my 30km a day goal & it feels good :o)
i average about 30kmph
not ready to step onto the scales yet, need a couple of more weeks under my belt before i go there.

Road to Slims Ville

road to becoming slim
this is the road i run on every morning, sometimes the sky looks like this & sometimes i get to see the sun rise
i was leaving the house at 6.30 but now i cant leave till 6.40 its just too dark. the weather is getting a bit cool, my finger tips & ears were starting to freeze so have taken to wearing a woolly hat and gloves.
i like thats its quiet at this time of the morning & no one is about.
2 weeks ago i picked up an exercise bike from the freecycle site. its great, i started out with 10km everyday for the first week now im up to 20km a day. i found that if i put on a funny movie while i ride the time goes really quickly & im not always looking to see how much further i have to go.
my goal for this week is to get to 30 km a day.

how cold is it

when i went out the back this morning, nearly went for a six, there was ice all over the verandah & the grass was all white, that was at 6.30. 8.30 went out to hang the washing, everything was still white so i grabbed my camera & went on a little expedition of the back yard. there were ice crystals on everything it looked Awesome. anything that had water in it was was solid ice {very cool}
this is the first frost that we have had this winter & its great i just lov it. living so far down the mountain it doesn't get as cold here as it did when we lived in Lawson & dont get me started on Tassie every morning seeing mount Wellington covered in snow was the best part of my day{still miss it}. anyway its starting to feel like winter
ill post a couple of pics of my expedition tonight :o)

butterfly

how Awesome is this ring, {A} brought this butterfly ring for me last week, i lov lov lov it.
its sooo cool & soooo me
hes just the sweetest :o)

crocs

heres a couple of pics of my new crocs, they are so comfy i ware them every day, with socks of course. thinking about getting a lime pair as well.

cyber crop

friday nights cyber crop was heaps of fun, the first challenge was to use the word 'Adore' not really keen on that word, so decided to put a different spin on it to the usual people type pages, i like how it turned out. challenge #2 you had to use a number in the title, i came up with a whole new series of pages for my BOM, {random fact} pages. lov all the colours in that page & of course my fabulous socks

crops, winter, crocs & butterflies

well im just about had it, was a pretty big day shopping & stuff. just resting up so i can join all the girls at embellished for our first cyber crop {way to go Lorrie}. its gonna be great fun. bonus for me as ill have the house to myself as all my boys are going night fishing {& its gonna be cold}
it was nice when i left this morning & when i got back this afternoon it was raining and pretty cold {Woooo Hooooo}, pretty cold for me is jumper and long socks, pretty cold for everyone else is jumpers, jackets & woolly hats. so on the second day of winter im finally getting the cold weather i wish for all year long, its fabulous, C'mon on winter :o).
in other news, i ordered my crocs last week and picked them up today, way cool. got a pink pair & a black pair. they are sooo cumfy & they look cool too. when we get a bit of sun again ill take some pics & of course ill be doing a page :o) i have wanted some for quite a while now, DH got his 3 weeks ago and ive been wearing them around while he was at work, ssshhhhh dont tell him.
well thats about it i think oh about the page above, i snapped that pic last summer was not sure if it would turn out as butterflies dont tend to stay in one place for too long. well it turned out great. i got the pic out the other day to scrap but i did not want to do the same old butterfly pages that everyone else does, anyway this is what i came up with, i really like how it turned out.

hair cut

got my hair cut last friday, was way over due.
i feel like me again.

4 pages

mmmm been a while, just trying to catch up on a whole heap of stuff. Scrapped today and it felt great got 4 pages finished. Thought id share my green tea page, it only took me 20 mins, i lov the photo with the leaves reflecting in the tea.
i challenged myself to use as much Ppaper as i could today, think it worked out pretty good, only used cardstock on one of the LO's.
tomorrow i really must get my circle journal ready to post out on friday, i have not even started it, talk about leaving it to the last minute. Also have a puzzle piece to do and post out on friday.
saturdays class went really well, i think everyone had a great time with all the brads & eyelets to play with. the card class went down a treat as well.

like father like son

i lov this photo, its Andrew & his dad
taken at Heycock Point Beach while we were on holidays this year.

New draws

before and after: First set of Ikea draws, going to try and get the other ones finished by next week.

DesignTeam Guest Spot

in January i was asked to do a design team guest spot at scrapbooks and more. i was sent a small metal tin and a few other things. i finished it about a week after i received the goodies and it has been in a seal-a-bag on my notice board ever since. Got the email the other day to go ahead a put my pics up in their gallery.
it was a fun little project, they are all on playing cards {anyone who knows me, knows i love using cards}
each card represents either something i like or something thats me.

Love Chair

This is my new love chair, its soo funky, i love it

Power Colour

Your Power Color Is Gold

You're dependable and hard working. You never miss a deadline - and you're never late. You have a clear sense of right and wrong. You're very detail oriented. You get frustrated when your friends are sloppy - or when they don't follow through. You're on top of things, and you wish that everyone else was!

What's Your Power Color?

my day in a nut shell

One of those Blah days today, didnt want to do much at all. Exercised this morning and surfed the net for a while. Chatted up a storm with Ali {had a good laugh}. Caught up on all my emails {62} :o/
went for a walk in the rain, but it only rained for about 1/2 an hour :o(
did some shopping :o) and have cooked tea. my day in a nut shell.
didnt even scrap today, but here are a few i have completed in the last week or so :o)

Nan Tien Temple

so another week has gone by.........
been pretty busy trying to catch up on B'day cards, swaps, circle journals, and another 50 things on my to do list.
on sunday we went to NAN TIEN TEMPLE, it is a very peaceful and humbling place.
here are some pics.......



on the exercise front, i have added 50 situps and a run to my routine. i have NEVER been a running person but just thought id give it a go. i have found that i like it.
its quiet, i hear my foot falls on the road, no cars or people in site, just me and the road.

SMILE

My new friend Ali asked if she could use the pic of me from the "chat in 60 seconds" at embellished, wasnt really sure what she was going to do and no one had ever asked me if they could "scrap me" before so was a little unsure but said "ok, why not".
Well i went into the gallery today to find ME looking back at me. Ali did such an AWESOME job i lov it. It has made my week, she is such a sweety :o)

The Good Stuff

My boys are back to school again next week, sooo that means back into my exercise routine. i dont like exercising but i really want to slim down quite a bit more and i cant do that with out jumping up & down and getting sweaty. So starting tuesday next week im getting back into my routine. 15mins of palate's, 10 mins hand weights & last but by no means least a power walk. & ill say it again i really dont like to exercise, but saying that i do feel great for the rest of the day so that is defiantly the up side.
Some of you know that i dont eat anything with fat or oil in it & it is great there are a couple of things i miss, like baked dinners and BBQs, but ill tell you i have never felt better.
& along the lines of eating better & feeling great ive also started drinking Green Tea.
Now i have never liked tea & coffee makes me sick, but a few weeks ago i thought id like to try Green Tea. It has no caffeine in it & is good for you {so im told}, so while i was out one day i purchased a nice new mug, just for me & picked up some tea at the supermarket.
now im hooked, i love it. & the rest as they say is history.
so for anyone who hasnt tried it, give it a go you just might like it.

New Blog New Day

well im finally back up & running again, there is way too much news so im not even going to try to add any of it.
instead here is one of my fav LOs for April