Monday

Breakfast 9:30 2 weetbix, 1C lowfat soy milk, 1/3 C tinned peaches. 2 small slices wholemeal toast with plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk.

Lunch 1:00 2 small slices wholemeal toast, one with ham and mushrooms (3 med. mushrooms and 2 shavings double smoked ham, fried in 1 tspn 70% fat free margarine and 1 tspn EVO oil), and one with (25 gm) mersey valley cheese and a fresh romata tomato. Watermelon. Coffee with milk.

That meal was too nice not to have again at least once while I had the chance.

Dinner 8:30 100 gm lean grilled lamb. Cob of corn. Salad veges and low fat dip: snow peas, capsicum cucumber, baby squash carrot, cucumber, bean sprouts.



Exercise: Yes!! I did it!! Getting it turned into a challenge after all.

At first I was waiting for the plumber, then I decided I would do a tape anyway while I waited. I got everything ready but didn't feel it was too urgent, fielded a few phone calls then realized I didn't have time to start and finish before I collected the girl from school.

OK. Plenty of time between 3:00 and 4:30, go then – the rain had even stopped. More phone calls sorting tickets and timing for tomorrow night – which has turned into a last minute issue because of the concert organizers and IS NOT MY FAULT! But it was sorted. So I leave at 3:50. Not enough time but almost enough especially if I jog part of the way, which I did. Only then I start worrying that the boy's dressing needs to be oiled now in order to be ready in time to be taken off at the doctor's and ring up while I am walking and yes, it should be, so I go home and oil it. I jog on the trampoline while I am waiting for the boy to get himself free and jog on the trampoline afterwards because I think the time is too short now to leave the house again.

Then I go to the dentist. That was actually kinda fun. He put a ton of anaesthetic in both sides of my mouth which was a strangely interesting sensation, and played a wonderful silent video about Australian wildlife over my head. Also he was quick enough for me to get home and jog on the trampoline for 25 minutes before I took the boy to the doctor, only slightly embarrassed by my inability to speak normally.

So I reckon it was about 13 + 5 + 7 + 25 = 50

Haaaaaa. Good. Did it.

So all was moving smoothly until I found out that we needed a ticket for the girl too (even though she is a performer), so we are STILL one ticket short.... and I am working again tomorrow. After school looks like being crazy...

Long loose fingers...

I don't know, I could try to persuade myself that I could exercise after I got home, but I think that will be 10:00 at the very earliest. We shall see.

Well I am feeling really happy and relieved. We fought through the crowds attending a Gwen Stefani concert next door and got to the theatre the schools were performing in, and got the extra ticket with a massive 10 minutes to spare. My daughter was asked if she was nervous and said no, just excited - which is how she seemed, and then she performed amazingly well. She and her friend did a great job and wowed the crowd and made us all very proud.

Big sigh of relief from her mum who was anxious about one thing after another until the moment I actually heard her sing and realized how great she sounded. I love to hear her sing at home, but that's hardly the same thing.

Anyway, despite all the rush rush, I felt great afterwards, so I did the jogging on the trampoline while I watched the news, and the end of Extreme Makeover, and the start of Letterman.

Breakfast 7:30 2 weetbix, 1C lowfat soy milk, 1/3 C tinned peaches. 2 small slices wholemeal toast with plum and cinnamon jam. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk.

Snack: 10:30 Apple, coffee with milk.

Lunch 1:00 2 pieces wholemeal toast, 25 gm mersey valley cheese and a fresh romata tomato. Snow peas. Orange. Coffee with milk.

Dinner 5:00 3 pieces Chicken Treat thighs with skin removed. About 3/4 C peas, 2 dessertspoons gravy.

Diet coke.



Exercise: Yes!! I did it again!! 40 minutes jogging on trampoline.

Glad everything turned out well. Dinner sounds yummy, but then I am starving as of now. Have a good one!

total impressiveness - that's a lot of tramping

would it be wrong to call you a tramp?

Well that food did taste nice. It was just the best I could eat with buying takeaway, and tonight the speed of it really did fit the bill. Really that wouldn't have been a satisfying meal for me if I wasn't rushing, but it worked out well for now.

Hmmm. Well I am getting back on there a bit lately - but tramper might be more like it. Perhaps I maybe work myself up to being a tramp. However if doing it a lot makes us drop off the er, then you are definitely a walk, or maybe even a wal don't you think?

I had someone earlier today refer to me as a streetwalker (in the event that doesn't translate into aussie - that's another term for a prostitute I claimed if I truly was a streetwalker, then I really had hoped to get a little more money out of it

Hey sorry that I've been missing your diary lately. I just caught up. Wow, you've been busy. I'm glad your daughter's performance went well, but gee it stinks that you had to still get her a ticket.

Wow so much has been going on...

That is totally awesome abt your pants and such - going from a 14 to a 12 and a snug 10 damn girl - you are so working it

Im glad your craving went far far far away after getting those size 10s...

2.5 hrs gardening is great - does it release your stress or make you feel good when out in the yard puttin around ???

And Im sorry to hear abt your son burning his arm that is a little dangersous...glad to hear he is ok


Ha ha ha - to the whole tramp thing - you are doing well - Im glad to see that

Well if you're confusing people perhaps it's time to stop wearing those little leather shorts and stilletos on your training walks? Or maybe you need someone tough looking to handle the money side of things for you??

Anyway, I hope that weather holds and that you have organized yourself some kind of comfy mattress for the weekend!
Hi Cannon. I have not been out of my own diary much lately, but I have hopes to do a bit of catching up today myself.

As far as the tickets went, I didn't actually have to pay for my daughter's ticket. I was given 3 free tickets. I just didn't realize that the girl would need one at all, as she's never had to have one when she's performed with the choir. I was important for my husband and I and my son to attend and we had other family who were keen to come. I was happy to pay for however many tickets we needed. My main issue was just worrying that we actually would all be included. Every time I'd breathe my sigh of relief that everyone would be fine, and tell them yes, I would find that in fact it wasn't fine yet. At one stage I got my husband to agree to take time out from work to drive to a school an hour away from here to collect tickets (turned out he didn't have to), but then we didn't end up with all the tickets in our hands until 10 minutes before the concert started!!

All's well that ends, right? None of that really matters much afterwards.

Hi Cerella. Thanks for the encouragement.

I do actually enjoy gardening. Sunday was just straight out weeding at my mum's. Even that was good though. I like the feel and smell of it, and the images. I always sleep well after gardening. I liked the look of the garden afterwards too.

My son did scare me a bit. Accidents were the number one reservation I had when letting him work there, but I thought everything would be well controlled. When he first told me he was hurt, I guess I was reassured that he was talking to me, but still thought it could have been a lot worse than it was. I think we will get out of it with nothing more than a couple of doctor's visits to hassle us.

Wednesday

Breakfast 7:30 2 weetbix, 1C lowfat soy milk, 1/3 C tinned peaches. Boiled egg. 1 C coffee with 40 ml Hilo milk.

Snack: 9:00 1 slice wholemeal toast with plum and cinnamon jam. 1 coffee with milk.

Lunch 12:30 A little left over Chicken Treat chicken (ie roast). Not much chicken, but probably moderately fatty. 2 slices wholemeal bread, one with plum and cinnamon jam, one with vegemite. 1 coffee with milk.

4:30 4 jols sugar free jubes.

Dinner 8:00 140 gm saddleback snapper fried with a little EVO oil. 1 slice wholemeal bread. 1 baby squash, 2 florets broccoli, handful snow peas, 1 baby carrot, ½ capsicum. Chopped salad with balsimic vinegar: broccoli, cucumber, snow peas, capsicum, grated carrot, amorato tomato, black olives.

10:00 Big mug green tea.

Exercise: Jogged on trampoline. 15 minutes Deal or No Deal, 5 + 10 minutes House =30min.

But I stopped because my ankle was hurting. I tried to use the tramp without shoes tonight and I guess that was an obvious mistake I've been called on.

Good morning!! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Isn't there a name for this ??

Aaagh you got me!!!


ROFL.

At least I didn't 'Tayroll' ya