Today was my little girl's 5th birthday party and what an awesome party it was! It was a Disney Princess theme and all the kiddies came dressed as their favourte princess, it was fantastic!
I was able to really enjoy the party as I hired the AMAZING people from The Party Kingdom to come and run the party for me. These ladies are seriously awesome, they kept the kids entertained from start to finish - and with 12 5 year olds that is no mean feat!
Then the arvo was tops, our best friends stayed after the party and we had a bit of fun colouring each other's hair - the front of my hair is now a BRIGHT red/pink and I am loving it.... considering doing all of my hair in that colour!
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Friday, 29 April 2011
It's 2:17 am and the cake is finished
The photo doesn't show it but the castle has been painted with luster dust, so it has a lovely shimmer to it and then I have also put on edible glitter so it sparkles too :) Hopefully my little princess is ahppy with it for her Princess Party tomrrow.
Speaking of which - omg birthday party tomorrow!!! Soooo glad i havesomeone running the party for me, I still have so much to organise and set up in the morning before the guests arrive (soooo many little kids - eek!) so I REALLY need to get some sleep, but I am WIDE AWAKE! Aproximately 6 hours until I need to start setting up, I may need to get an energy drink when I wake up.... I think it's gonna be a long, but fun, day!
Thursday, 28 April 2011
wishing for some veggies
So back from dinner... feeling bloated and yuck - I really don't care for MacDonalds, the sensible thing for me to have done would have been to eat at home after coming home from MacDonalds (instead of eating maccas, not in addition to eating maccas!) right now i'm wishing I had eaten veggies and lots of them for dinner!
5 WONDERFUL years...
Today is my beautiful daughter's 5th birthday. What a wonderful 5 years it has been! She consistantly brings joy and laughter to my life... case in point, she is currently playing Barbies and I just overheard her saying:
"wow you can run in space? how? there's no gravity!" "well there is in THIS space!"
I fear any healthiness will go out the window tonight as it is birthday girl's choice of dinner.... her choice? MacDonalds!
"wow you can run in space? how? there's no gravity!" "well there is in THIS space!"
I fear any healthiness will go out the window tonight as it is birthday girl's choice of dinner.... her choice? MacDonalds!
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
A bit of excitement...
Ok, now that the less exciting post is out of the way, time for something I am a bit excited about....
THE NEXT SYDNEY ROLLER DERBY BOUT!!!!
(image from http://www.sydneyrollerderby.com/)
From Dusk till Derby is on May 6th at Sydney Olympic Park and I'm excited!!! A night out with the girls to see some derby! My chosen team, The Beauty School Knock Outs, aren't playing in this bout so I need to decide who I will be cheering for so I can select an outfit accordingly.
Although I have only just started following derby (and yes, had it not been for the movie "Whip It" I wouldn't even know what derby is) but I have fast fallen in love with it! Tough women playing a fast and fun sport all set to rockin music is a sport I can get on board with! I am so thrilled that the sport is really taking off over here - 2 extra teams in the sydney league this year, hopefully even more next year!
I will be starting to learn to skate soon, I have my skates, helmet, wrist/elbow/knee guards and a derby name... all I need is the ability to skate (a minor detail), but hopefully one day I will be out on the track as a derby girl instead of just cheering them on! (and as someone who has never had the slightest interest in participating in a sport this is pretty huge for me!)
THE NEXT SYDNEY ROLLER DERBY BOUT!!!!
From Dusk till Derby is on May 6th at Sydney Olympic Park and I'm excited!!! A night out with the girls to see some derby! My chosen team, The Beauty School Knock Outs, aren't playing in this bout so I need to decide who I will be cheering for so I can select an outfit accordingly.
Although I have only just started following derby (and yes, had it not been for the movie "Whip It" I wouldn't even know what derby is) but I have fast fallen in love with it! Tough women playing a fast and fun sport all set to rockin music is a sport I can get on board with! I am so thrilled that the sport is really taking off over here - 2 extra teams in the sydney league this year, hopefully even more next year!
I will be starting to learn to skate soon, I have my skates, helmet, wrist/elbow/knee guards and a derby name... all I need is the ability to skate (a minor detail), but hopefully one day I will be out on the track as a derby girl instead of just cheering them on! (and as someone who has never had the slightest interest in participating in a sport this is pretty huge for me!)
A bit of honesty
Now that I am more awake than I was at 2:30 this morning, it is time for my first proper entry.
As i said before, one of my main reasons to start this blog is to keep myself honest and accountable with weight-loss. So here it goes..... I currently weigh *shudder* 85.8kg. At a height of 163cm that is waaaay too heavy. I was thinking about it earlier, and I came to the sad realisation I have been over weight for nearly 10 years now... that is nearly 1/3 of my life! When I think of it in those terms it upsets me greatly - I used to be quite thin until I moved out of home, then within 2 years of moving out I pushed my weight into the overweight/obese realm where it has remained.
I can remember looking in my wardrobe and not really caring what I wore that day as I knew it would look great and I can remember what it was like walking into a clothes store and knowing if I saw something I liked I could buy it as it would look good on and they would have it in my size. Nowadays however i often spend up to half an hr trying to decide what to wear to best hide my muffin-top or to disguise my fat thighs. I avoid clothes shopping as it is so depressing to find an outfit I love and either (a) have it look horrible on as it is too short or too figure-hugging or (b) not be able to find it in my size.
Well no more! my goal is to get back into size 10-12 which will bring me back into a healthy weight for my height. This means losing atleast 20kgs. A loss of aprox 1kg/week would be great, but I will be happy with 3kg/month - that gives me a realistic goal of 7 months to lose my 20kg - and hey, if i lose it a bit quicker all the better!
As i said before, one of my main reasons to start this blog is to keep myself honest and accountable with weight-loss. So here it goes..... I currently weigh *shudder* 85.8kg. At a height of 163cm that is waaaay too heavy. I was thinking about it earlier, and I came to the sad realisation I have been over weight for nearly 10 years now... that is nearly 1/3 of my life! When I think of it in those terms it upsets me greatly - I used to be quite thin until I moved out of home, then within 2 years of moving out I pushed my weight into the overweight/obese realm where it has remained.
I can remember looking in my wardrobe and not really caring what I wore that day as I knew it would look great and I can remember what it was like walking into a clothes store and knowing if I saw something I liked I could buy it as it would look good on and they would have it in my size. Nowadays however i often spend up to half an hr trying to decide what to wear to best hide my muffin-top or to disguise my fat thighs. I avoid clothes shopping as it is so depressing to find an outfit I love and either (a) have it look horrible on as it is too short or too figure-hugging or (b) not be able to find it in my size.
Well no more! my goal is to get back into size 10-12 which will bring me back into a healthy weight for my height. This means losing atleast 20kgs. A loss of aprox 1kg/week would be great, but I will be happy with 3kg/month - that gives me a realistic goal of 7 months to lose my 20kg - and hey, if i lose it a bit quicker all the better!
Monday, 25 April 2011
After hours of fussing about....
....my blog is ready!
I had planned to write a big long first entry, however as I have spent the past 5 hours making my template (had I had a firm idea in mond of what to do it may not have taken quite so long!), I think I will keep it simple for now - it is past 2am and bed calls...
Initially I decided to do this blog in order to keep me honest on my weight-loss journey (I find unless I am forced to hold myself accountable I tend to cheat and thus never lose any weight), so chronicalling my weight, exercise and struggles with temptation will be one of my bigger focuses... HOWEVER... I will also use this as a place to prattle on about my many interests and passions (including roller derby, rockabilly and many geeky things....Harry Potter anyone?!)
So for now I head to bed, but I will endeavour to keep this updated regularly!
until next time...
I had planned to write a big long first entry, however as I have spent the past 5 hours making my template (had I had a firm idea in mond of what to do it may not have taken quite so long!), I think I will keep it simple for now - it is past 2am and bed calls...
Initially I decided to do this blog in order to keep me honest on my weight-loss journey (I find unless I am forced to hold myself accountable I tend to cheat and thus never lose any weight), so chronicalling my weight, exercise and struggles with temptation will be one of my bigger focuses... HOWEVER... I will also use this as a place to prattle on about my many interests and passions (including roller derby, rockabilly and many geeky things....Harry Potter anyone?!)
So for now I head to bed, but I will endeavour to keep this updated regularly!
until next time...
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