Getting fit for Europe

Well I bet you thought I was gone for good eh lol
Well my fellow Telly tubbies in Palmy suggested I start my blog back up to count down our trip to Europe.

So 12 weeks ago I started yet again my weight loss journey and to date have lost 11.5 Kgs.
Not bad considering we had Christmas and new year in there along with the death of my dad :-(
So it has been a very stressful 12 weeks.

So on 10th May 2013 we fly out of Auckland to begin our 6 week adventure. Mainly to see Amanda who moved to England in April :-(.

So to cap it off I'm losing weight as I'm not traipsing round Europe fat and have got a bike as I need to get fit. No good losing weight if I'm not fit enough to do all the things I want to do.

So it begins again...............

I'M BACK .....................

Well I put back some of the weight over my Xmas break that I took off silly me. My own fault so I have decided to cut out all soft drinks so diet coke no sugar at all yip I'm taking everything out that I shouldn't eat so it wont be a problem. It's going well the weight is now coming off I just have to stick to what I know and it WILL work.
I need to get me but into gear and do some exercise that's another thing I got slack on so I will discuss with Chris re walking again I know she will be chuffed with that.
Right so off to work
Catch you all later.

I'm getting more active folks

Yip ya heard right.

Not only am I walking the dog and walking on sat with me fellow Telly tubbies but I also figured out how to get more active during my day at work.

It seems there are good ideas on tv I was watching 20/20 the other day and there was a item on call centes having the highest rate of heart ideas and obesty seems sitting on ya tosh all dy ain't good for ya HELLOOOOO tell me something I don't know they recommended that ya get a tread mill under ya desk well the boss ain't gonna wanna do that so I did the next best thing I started walking around while I was on the fone and I got 2 of the other girls to do it to and we gonna do it every day :-) I'm real chugged about that.

So no more getting fat at work. ya can work up a right sweat walking on the spot or trying to dance at ya desk it looked pretty funny but do I care HE'LL NO I don't.

I lost 500gms last week and I wanna lose more this week so jigglin and wiggling is gonna come in handy lol

Food wise I'm good I'm making better choices so I real proud of me self I know me fellow Telly tubbies are all doing well to so I'm real proud of us all

Well nite nite this Telly tubby needs her beauty sleep

PO over and out :-)

Well I finally figured out how to use me iPad on blogger

Well it seems I just needed to change 1 thing so now I can blog to me hearts content.

We got a new dog on Saturday we had been looking for quite some time but we needed to get just the right one.

Brock is afraid of dogs after getting knocked over and licked to death so we needed a quiet dog and 1 that didn't jump.

We found honey on trademe she's 5 years old so not yappy or bouncy and she as quiet as a church mouse.

It was real hard getting her as I felt I was betraying Max but she's filled a void which has been there ever since Max died.

So it's walking for us now, we done a big walk today and I got a big arse blister for me troubles but that's ok, no pain no gain eh.

Eating is on track I'm focused for the first time in a long time and it feels great.

I lost 3 kilos last week so that was great but I'm not expecting that much loss this week it would be great but we all know the first week is usually the best week so I'm hoping for 1 kilo this week.

ITS TIME TO PULL FINGER AGAIN

Well Me and 3 of me mates have decided its time to stop being telly tubbies and do something about it. So without further ado it's game on.
I weighed me self not happy with it but it was better than i thought it would be.
So now im tracking, walking, drinking me water and I'm focussed on the end but remember small steps to get to the end result so 1st goal to lose 5 kgs hoping it will take about 4 weeks.

Going walking with Chris and Anne 3 days a week and if we get that little dog I will be walking every day so on with me day got to go to work got my snacks so i dont get distracted by chippies and choc I was real good last night they brought out the chippies and choc and i brought out me carrot sticks. They might end up joining me when they start to see the kilos drops.

It feels good to be in control

MY Hearts not good folks

Well I woke up on Wednesday feeling really flat I had no energy at all took all my energy to drag my sorry arse out of bed to get ready for work.

Had no energy at work and My workmate was getting worried as I just wasnt myself

Then at 7pm I started getting a tightening in my chest.

I thout to meself thats not good then I started getting a pain in my shoulder at this stage I thout I better get an amblance but thout nah i'll go home and see Neil

On my way home I started feeling a pulse in me chin and knew i was in deep doggy doo doo here

I got home and Neil started complaining bout things and I thout ah crap and went and sat down.

went to bed and thout if i'm not feeling better tomorrow i'll go to the doc.

So thursday morning I get up feeling just as bad as yesterday so rang the doc but he not there so i think well maybe I'll go to the
emergency doc so thats what i was going to do but then my dughter in law rang so was going to the doc and asked if i was all right so I told her me prob she was round in a jiffy and took me to her doc who did an ecg then put me in an ambo and sent me to hosp.

So ive been jabed ecged bped and temped all day and night i got more drugs than the chemist.

My bp was 180/80 no wonder doc was panicing

So now im home and me bp is back to semi normal i have to have a heart scan and go see a cardiologist now that'll be fun

And just to show ya I havent lost me fighting spirit i got into a heated discussion with the doc.
He wants to put me on cholestrol tabs but since my cholestrol is dam near perfect i wasnt gonna take them seems everyone with a heart condition has to take them as a precaussion so if i take them when me cholestrol is so dam good what the hell they goona do for me eh ?

Well i'm home now and i still have no energy so i think i'm gonna have a nana nap

Neil your in deep doggy doo doo (in the shit)

Well Neil must think i dont go thru the camera cause look what I found in the photo files PPPPPPPissed I am.


He knows no ones allowed to mess with me bears so whats he gone and done letting Brock into there room.
Now dont get me wrong I love Brock more than anyhting but ya DONT MESS WITH ME BEARS :-(

I new someone had been in with them was not happy and Neil knows not to mess with them he just told me to get over it Brock loved it in there.

Well thats the first and last time hes gonna visit them I can tell ya.

Nana not happy

So how do you keep an active 14mth old busy well ya dont put him in with me bears thats for sure ya put on Thomas the Tank engine lol

Kept him and granddad busy for ages so nana could get things done.

Also keeps Poppa busy lol

And little Ella just sleeps thru it lol

And sleeps................

So its back to normal kids have gone home bears are fixed up and now after work I get me Nails done.

Took ages but it was her first set so shes got room for improvement not that she needs to improve much just needs to get faster at it but that will come with practice.

Well im gonna go yell at vodafone they stuffed up our account and havent fixed it I better not get another non english speaking person again that will really set me off

catch ya later

NAILS I'M GETTING ME DONE :-)

Well after 6 whole months I'm finally getting my nails done again.
My friend Peggy-sue is learning to be a nail tech so I gladly offered to be a guinea pig lol i will post photos 2moro along with the photos of the kids.

well shopping with dad was interesting i got a new chopping gadget so i made stirfry veges for the guys for tea 2nite.

The kids slept all nite so that was good it's strange having babies sleepin over but im pleased they let me sleep.


I'm looking forward to Chris comin to stay in May will be so good to catch up again :-)

well i better go its real hard to type 1 handed while the other hand is getting nice new nails lol

I'M KNACKERED

Well I had forgotten just how tough it is to have 2 babies to look after NO wait a minute I never had 2 babies at once I was so much more cleaverer than that LOL I waited untill Geoffrey was 3 before we had another one LOL

But in saying that I had a ball even Dad behaved himself

I got some photos I will put them up tomorrow.

We got the kids still here they are going to stay the night so lets hope they sleep all night eh

Neils real good with them he gets up in the middle of the night if they wake up.

He said he regrets not doing that when our kids were little.

Thats great but I needed the help then not now lol

Well im gona go get some sleep they will be awake soon for feeding,changing and putting back to bed

I've cleaned up all the toys done the washing, dishes now I need sleep before tomorrow I need me strenght I'm taking dad up town oh joy LOL

Nite nite

I'm Backkkkkkkkk LOL

Well I guess you all thout that i had forgotten ya all eh well I've just been real busy.

Dad keeps me busy 2 days a week and I now have Brock and Ella every Friday and I got a new job so I'm gonna do my best to keep ya all informed on me day hope I dont get to boring LOL.

So me new job I know you just dying to know what I do now.
Well you know those annoying people who ring you at teatime to talk to you about your Insurances YIP thats me so dont get mad at the next one who calls ya it could very well be me lol

Dads doing better but hes now got diabeties so every day i go and take him out i got do his bloods and at tea time i gotta give him a jab so im starting to feel like a real nurse lol

Tomorrow when i get the kids i will take some photos and show ya
the 2 cutiest kids ever :-)

so untill then nite nite

BACK TO SCHOOL

Now that seems strange to me Kids back to school but now that we got a teenager living here thats exactally what today is.

The bus is coming at 8.05 to take Nick to school and drops him off at 4.15 i dont even have to take him thats so cool.

Now i just gotta remember to get up and get him off at the right time. dont want him late for his first day at school lol.

So on with me day im gonna mow the lawns
Yip you heard right im mowing the lawns lol
see ya later


Well the weather was not to good so wont be able to mow the lawns until wednesday now as tomorrow we have to take dad out as hes aloud out and about now.

Nick got home from school ok and hes done his homework.

So on with the rest of my day.

HES WORSE THAN A WOMAN

NEVER EVER trust a man who smiles like this after he just says i only need to buy 1 thing

This is the result of just needing 1 thing

To say we were stressed would be the understatment of the year

when ever he gets bad news the only way he copes is to SHOP

it gets to the stage when the shop assistant shows him the specials and yip he just gotta buy them.

We had his bone scan at 11am then when that was over i brought him home here for lunch then we met up with Erica and Stephen for a coffee and Then he packed the biggest shit in the coffee shop man it was embarassing like a little kid he was stamping his feet and chucking his toys out of his cot only he to little to give a good wack so we just let him go and boy did he go crazy in there

So now hes all happy untill next time.

So after his shopping spree I took him back to the rest home got him some tea and draged me sorry arse home with the loot now i gotta find somewhere to put it all. Neil just shook his head he to doesnt know what to do with dad.

Jamie and nick just dragged the trolleys around like good boys

This is Jamie my other nephew (ericas boy)

The new man in me life lol hahah

This is Nick,

Isnt he cute lol

hes my brothers son and he's just come to live with us and he is just so amazing with computers

since he moved in last nite i have gotten $10 of free credit on me fone and hes hooked up my fone and new video camera to my computer so now i can download photos and videos how cool is that eh.

I can see that he is gonna be very handy to have around lol.

So on with me day

I have to take me dad to have a bone scan today seems hes been on some heavy duty drugs and now they are worring that hes got problems with his bones so we gotta go get them checked out

below is a foto of me dad

Hes a bit grumpy here but then hes always grumpy lol

oh well i better get on with it i suppose

Well the bone scan didnt go well and dad was a little depressed so he wanted to do what he does best SHOP i got photos so will show you tomorrow

nite nite im buggered

Just to show you im cleaver

This is the video that i took of Chris's kids when we were at Sylvia Park

Now if you can view this im the cleverwest person around lol.

So i went to the court house and sorted out me little problem with the ticket so now all i have to do is wait for the ploice to issue me with another ticket which i will go asap and pay

Im off to the court house shit

Now i bet you going whats she doing at the court house been naughty well yeah i have

Last year when we were told that my dad was going to die we brought my 2 sisters over from aussie and on there last day here we were running a bit late to go up and say goodbye it was gonna be the last time they ever saw him again so i was trying my best to get them there to say goodbye then to wellington to catch there plane.

So im in a hurry and stupid me was going a tad bit fast and ye guess it i get stopped by Mr Plod.
I explain my situation to the nice Mr plod and he tells me to slow down and will let me go so as not to waste to much time and he would think about giving me ticket. He would post it out if he did.

I thout what a nice copper.
Bastard ended up giving me aticketr but sent it to the wrong address so i never got it did i.

So i get this awlfull phone call from the infrigment people saying they going to repo my car so i went a bit balastic as you could imagine.
Not only did i not get the original ticket but i didnt get any of the reminders or the one that said they taking me to court.

Seems Mr plod heard me wrong when i gave him my address and he sent it to the wrong number.

So in i went and filled out the appropate papers and now it seems like they gone and lost them to.
Lucky for me i kept my copy eh so now i have to go back and sort it again....PPPFFTTTTTTTTT.

I'm getting bored ...

Oh what to do there is only so much housework one can do only so long you can spend on the computer before you start to go nuts so i need to find something else to do eh.

Yesterday we all went up to have tea with dad hes not allowed to move around much hes got blood clots in his legs and one has allready pass thru his heart into his lungs so he was lucky to survive that but we got lots of problems to deal with with him

hes being naughty at the home that he lives in hes quite selfish when he wants to be and where the tv's concerned if you dont wanna watch what hes watching too bad he grabs the remotes and they cant get them off him so now we have to growl at him like a little boy which makes him grumpy.
So how do you handle a 74 yr old baby with out causing to much stress?

so on with me day I didnt get the bears moved yesterday so might get me lazy arse into there room and sort them out

Chris what a legend eh

Were would a girl be without a mate like CHRIS

Up shit creek thats where.
I really got learn how all the things work on me computer eh...

So on with me day
Dishes,
Washing,
Vacuming,
Dusting,
Clean both bathrooms and toilets,
Visit Dad,
Move me Bears


so ii better get on with it eh.........

Photos as promised

As promised yesterday and with a lot of help from Chris here are me photos :-)

The Rain turned to snow in the blinking of an eye it was impressive i can tell ya



And then it got yucky FRIGGEN COLD yucky

Then the Calvery turned up :-) at this stage i was thinking Shit i dont think im getting home tonight.

Then i was worried bout me mate Milli you saw his big rigg on chris's blog as he was going to Napier so i txted him to tell him that we had just been told the other bus was stranded in Taupo and the highway between Napier and Taupo was now closed i knew he was going that way and didnt want him stranded as well.

He was real greatfull he changed a few things around as he knew Napier was out and he had to go via New Plymoth to get to Otaki.

Heres our bus just before the snow got really bad people were actually outside chucking snowballs lol

Well on with me day its still cold and i got housework that wont do itself so on with it I suppose

I'm soooooooooooo cold

Now i know what a popsicle feels like FRIGGIN COLD thats what.

Me day started out good at 7am my dear friend Chris took me to the train station so i could go to papatoetoe to catch A BUS TO GO BACK TO WHERE I STARTED FROM (GO FIGGER IT ACTUALLY SAVED ME 23 BUCKS)
Then once on the bus me journey started then it started to rain then it piddled down then it pissed down then we get into Taupo and we get told that the dessert road is closed and we have to go
via Oakune but coming into there we encountered the snow.

photos to come (Chis help)


I got some amazing photos

Once again (Chris help)

When we got to Oakune we got stoppd by the cops

Yip I got a photo

The nice driver said you can get off we cant go anywhere just yet so have a toilet break.

So off i get then you guessed it I high tailed my freezing arse back on the bus i needed to pee but i guessed if i piddled meself i would be warmer LOL

Then we had to turn around and go back the way we came if we wanted to get home then you guessed it not long after we went back they closed the road so we were lucky

Then we had a real long slow trip home the road was slippery and the cars in front of us were slidding everwhere so it was a bit hair raising it was only than that i appreciated the fact we had seatbelts so stopped muttering to me self about having them on a bus.

I finally got home at 8.20pm

ITS WET WET WET

But that wont stop us having fun.
We had a great day yesterday with Brylee she had a really cool day.
Tea was great but the company was even better I'm gonna miss Chris when i go home so i'm just gonna have to get her to come visit me lol like she ever gonna leave her lot for a visit she loves them to much for that (what a women eh dedicated to end this one)


Yes Anne we must catch up for a coffee when ya wanna met im home on monday but busy gotta go to Wellington for Geoffrey so am free from Tues


So on with the day we are going for a tour of Auckland so i will try get some photos on me blog (Yes Chris you heard right)


So till later ..................