All hell broke loose in the chicken pen today!!

These two things must never meet! Miss Minnie dog decided to "help" me feed the girls and collect the eggs. Needless to say a few feathers were ruffled and Miss M was sent to the naughty corner for being a bad girl.

Ohhh I have gossip, Guess who I saw yesterday at the local shopping center in the arse end of nowhere? Stan Grant and that news reader or reporter chick he left his wife for. They were with their ton of kids. Thrilling huh? Well it was to me considering the most exciting thing that happened today was one of the dogs got in the chicken pen...LOL

The top pic...........Ohh yes my pressie that I mentioned in the last post, I know you all want a keyring like this one!!! You might think you don't but huh, I know you really do......Its a shit pic as it was taken with my daughters phone.

Have a great Saturday!]

Cheryl XXX

My life this week!

Hey All,
What a week it has been! No time to scratch my arse yet I have done bugger all...I will summarise it for you.
- Had a fantastic Chritmas, and I didnt even stuff Chrissy lunch.

- Got a pressie from hubby, a bracelet. ( my readers would know that I never get pressies, just told to go and choose my own.)

- My hermit crab escaped out of its tank, I found the shell on the ground broken , thought the cat ate it. 6 hours later I found a nude crab walking in my bedroom. The thing is i have a 35sq house, fuck I laughed. I have 2 crabs they now have a new tank.

- My chickens have started laying, Im getting 4 good sized eggs a day, such cleaver girls!

- My husband told me that next year I can have a "town car". Beauty I thought, a barina or the like will be great, Nah, we are going to look at Alphas, or Merc's ..Ohhh how posh..LOL

- Bloody hot here, 37 today

- Kids are driving me nuts and they got way too much from Santa.

- An old man hit my up the bum whist he was trying to park his car, I know this as I was in my car and had whiplash from it, He denied that he hit me...Then told me to move my car so he could park..LOL Fucking prick...it was quite funny at the time.

- I'm going to Melbourne next week to catch up with my family and friends, and a bit of shopping.

- I miss Kitty.

- I'm going to the farm for a few days tomorrow, well I think I am anyway.

- Miss TD is looking fantastic!

- Miss E has a new blog

- I have put on about 1kg over Christmas, im back on BFL track as of yesterday.

- Miss 14 is staying in Melbourne for a week or 2....rest for this Mummy bear!

- Mr 11's arm is still not healing, It has been 10 weeks since the skin graft. As the dressing clinic is closed for 2 weeks, I'm doing it all. If all isn't well by the 7th of Jan, its back to surgery again!

- I have a girlfriend in Tassie who I love dearly, but she buys me the worst Xmas pressies. I havent the heart to say anything, so I just thank her heaps. This year I got a pale blue feather keyring. It is like something you would win at the show or fair! Im serious... I would rather just a card, but it is the thought that counts, yes I know, but really!!! Pics to follow.

Mmm see, everything and nothing has happened to me.
Sorry no pics of late as I have left my camera at the farm...LOL..will get it tomorrow and have pics next post.

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!

Cheryl XXX

Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!!

Have you ever noticed that Christmas day is the day you spend with people you avoid for the rest of the year?? LOL

Have a fantastic day!

Cheryl XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Thursday Night Already!

Hey All,
Can you believe its Thursday already? Where in the hell has this week gone????
Im all organised for Christmas ..yay.
Husband home for almost 3 weeks..yay
Im feeling much better and kicking arse with BFL, not so much on the scales but im down a size in clothes..YAY!
I had a couple of funny things happen to me this week, well I find them funny, I do have an odd sense of humour. I will blog about them when I can be bothered.
Im still so seriously tired, Im having one or two sleeps during the day, everyday. Its quite hot here at the moment and I am pushing myself with my workouts...so, to be expected I guess.
Im staying home for Christmas this year, so I will be around. Might not add to my blog much but I always make time to read others..Yep I leark around but only leave a comment when I have something valid to say.

If you are going away or not blogging over the silly season,

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Have a safe and Happy New Year.

Love Cheryl XXXX

Today is the start of a new week!

Hey All,

Thanks everyone for the support with the loss of my boy Ben.

Your comments, SMS and phone calls mean alot to me.

TODAY IS THE START OF A NEW WEEK!

Yep it sure is. Im back on track with BFL, I have done my work out. I weighed in at 65.8kgs that is up 200gs but it doesnt worry me after the week i had last week. I was feeling like crap for most of the week and in all honesty I wasnt giving my workouts my all.

Im starting to get organised for Chrissy, i wrote my cards last night, yep not organised with that. I should have some happy kidlets come the 25th.
I have brought myself a few pressies from the kids...CD,, yes I will tell you and I can hear you sigh already but I dont give a shit....Tina Arena..and Spice Girls....LOL...yeah yeah piss off!!

Not everyones taste...Grin.

My daughter has informed me that I need to pimp up my blog...Hmmm dunno how to do that but I will try over the next few weeks.

Cheryl XXX

A Prick of a Day!

I had a prick of a day yesterday. I ran over my dog and killed him... im devastated :(
I did weigh this morning and I had lost, but i think its dehydration from crying so much.
anyway, I have to vent on here so I can deal with my loss.
No need to comment..I know you all care

Cheryl XXXXXXX

Im still around!

Hey Hey,

Yeah Yeah, im still alive. Im just finding that the days are flying by!!! I cant believe how quick the past few weeks have gone. It is now BFL week 3 day 3. Last week I lost 200gs, disappointing...you bet, ive worked my arse off, maybe not enough because its still bloody there!!!! But hey a loss is a loss.
This week im seriously struggling, not with the food, but with being so tired. I am dog tired. I think it is all starting to catch up on me.
I find my day is -
Getting kids ready for school
Driving them to school
Gym
Errands and housework
Lunch
Then appointments Ie, Toms dressing change 3 times a week, Acupuncture twice a week.
Then dinner
Then housework and bed.
Im eating all the bloody time, Mind you I dont mind that bit too much.
Every bloody day is the same. Even my friend are calling wondering where I am.
Not to mention getting ready for Chrissie, but im bloody organised there, almost all done...yay!
God I sound like a whining old bitch!! But you know what?? I am....LOL

As you know ive been having acupuncture, i was a pessimist, as Ben told me he could fix me in a few weeks, phyisotherapist said it will be long term , maybe 6 months or more...
Im telling you that im 80% better after 3 weeks of acupuncture, 5 sessions.. that is it. Im now hooked!! Give me those needles any day! Im even doing weights with my right arm now, and that sexy brace that I know you were all jealous about is no longer needed...yay!!

Ohh yes I almost forget, I was at a spin class last Thursdays, peddling my little heart out when I looked up and saw myself in the mirror. (I usually dont look at myself, I tend to watch the person in front of me legs, so I know im doing it right.) I thought 'Fuck whats that on my shoulders" when i turned my head and looked it was.....MUSCLE DEFINITION!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, they looked bloody fantastic....I even had a singlet on and I dont usually wear them, maybe that is why i hadnt noticed before.
I have been reading everyones blogs, maybe not so many comments, dont know why, maybe just lazy...Grin
Enough for now..

Cheryl XXX

PS: Love to TD, im proud of you honey!

Im Back

Morning All,
Well Im back from Melbourne.
I had the plane trip from Hell. 6.55am im on this little bloody regional aircraft, 30ish degs outside , 35degs in the plane. Once we took off the A/C came on so it was a bit better. I was reading my book, and planning next week meals when DING DING, the seat belt sign comes on..Ohh yes miss hostie informs us that it might get a bit rough...

Rough.. FUCKING ROUGH!!!!! EWWWWWW

Melbourne was having rain and wind....Ohh shit, Im in summer clothes (but looking hot due to my weigh loss and sensationally good hair day)

So here I am, eyes closed (looking hot as i mentioned before LOL) trying to think good thoughts so the vomit bag didnt get a workout....Ohh God...I hate trips like that...

Yep it was raining in Melb but not as bad as I thought.
The Audit went well.

I had a rest day yesterday, as my legs were still so bloody sore, and I was dog tired from the trip. I even had my free meal yesterday, only 2 slices of pizza and a 1/2 southern and diet coke at the pub...

Im going to the farm today so I will take some pics, if i can get the camera of Miss 14

Have a fantastic weekend.

Cheryl XXXX

PS: I will be thinking of you TD (.)(.)

Ouchies...

Hi Everyone!

Im a tad sore this morning, after a 30mins HIIT session on the elliptical trainer at the gym and then a lower body weight session. I haven't ever used one before, I think I hate it..LOL..

But on a plus I was walking to check my mail today and I was pulling up my jeans...all good.
It is also fair to say that the ticker..(Yep check it out above) is telling lies....Ohh yes, I am under that weight now. It wont be changed until my offical weigh in day of Monday.

Im starting to feel a little hungry around meals/snack times now so my metabolism is working with me not against me.

Plan for the day:
* Clean this house
* A bit of Chrissy shopping
* Organise my meals for tomorrow.
* Do Jobs for my darling husband, (pick up truck filters, thrilling stuff like that)
*Spin Class at 5.30pm

Ohh yes, Im flying to Melbourne tomorrow to do an audit, only for the day.

Well im going to limp and get on with my day!

Have a fantastic day!

Cheryl :)

Loss This Week.

Morning My Lovelies,

Yep I had a loss..............

2.6kgs

Mondays is my weigh in day, I woke this morning and as still couldn't believe it and you know what? I was still the same weight...

Im now 65.8kgs, see by next week my ticker should be right.

Right now I have nothing blog worthy to say, so Im off the gym.

Have a great day everyone!!

C XXXX

BFL week 1 comes to an end.

Evening Bloggers!!
Well I have made it through week one of BFL. I can honestly say that the first day I thought to myself..Fuck I cant do this, but you know what? I can do anything I put my mind to!!
I will be posting tomorrow with my weight. You might have noticed that I haven't changed my ticker to the higher weight I am at the moment, that is because I will be back down there very soon. Just watch me!!
The work outs have been hard, but I knew that before I took this challenge on.

I had a great weekend! My darling husband was home, as he is a workaholic, we spend all day in the garden on Saturday. I looked at it as more movement, its all good! We went out for dinner on Sat night, Yep my free meal. I didn't eat too much, we had Chinese..Yummo.

My hubby flew back to Melbourne tonight. I was feeling quite sad. Mind you he does piss me off at times but I really love having him around. (For those that don't know my man works away 99% of the time, I mainly only see him on weekends)
He is tough on the kids, which helps me out heaps. Both of my kids are almost taller than me and my daughter 14, is a typical bloody 14yo. She ran away on Monday!! Fuck I wanted to killer. I found her up the main st at 9.30pm!! AAHHHHHHHHH!!!
I'm sure I was never as bad as her....but I think my Mum would disagree...sigh.

At the airport, I saw the wife of one of the guys who works for us....I bloody cant stand her. You have no idea how much. Her kids are so rude. When they visit (usually unannounced) they just walk in my house without knocking. Anyway I will get pissed off going on about her. Mind you I think that is a whole post in itself.....LOL...and one day I will tell all.
I was happy because im skinner than her and I know im a much nicer person....makes me feel better...LOL

I read heaps of blogs but only usually comment on a few. Mainly cause Im lazy and also I dont know what to say as the blogger doesnt know me.
I have been following oneskinnygirl http://oneskinnygirl.blogspot.com/ , sorry miss skinny I still cant work out how to do the link thing.. :) Anyway I finally commented on her blog. She is a sweetheart who has lost a stack of weight and has kept it off! She is sensational! Thanks for adding me to your blog honey, I will endeavor to try and do the same for you!


Enough crap from me for now!

Sleep well!!

Cheryl XXXX

Hello World!

Hey All,
I have a tear in my eye as it is John Laws last day today. I have been listening to him for about 100yrs now. I will say I don't agree with everything he says, and at times he is very rude to the callers, but I listen all the same.
As I live in the arse end of nowhere, the radio here sucks. They play the same songs over and bloody over..pisses me off.

Well today is day 5 of week 1 of BFL......guess what? I hoped on the scales today and I have lost...................... 2KGS.......Far out, how did that happen, when im eating so bloody much?????

I have hardly felt hungry, the food im eating is yummy. I do struggle with breakfast. I always have eaten breakfast, but never this much. Usually a cup of tea and one slice of toast will do it.

The workouts have been great. Im buggered though. Im really feeling tired today. I find the more tired i get the harder it is for me to sleep. Dumb huh?

One thing i will mention is that im farting heaps....LOL. The family are loving that.....NOT!

I have started a new yoga class this week. There were only 3 of us, and I was the only female....Whoo Hoo I hear you say, Nope no eye candy in this class, I was the youngest by about 20 yrs...LOL
Anyway the class was ok, I have done better, but I think i didn't really enjoy it because the whole time I wanted to fart..LOL. Not good get let me tell you.

On a brighter note my husband is flying home today...yay! Im looking forward to seeing him. It will be a bit challenging as he is the cook in the family. I will say he is really looking after himself of late, He hasn't been eating any junk food, no coke, lots of salads and fruit. He has lost 10kgs.....fuck tell me im not pissed off by that....he does work very physically hard. He says imagine if he gave up drinking he would be like a stick. Mind you my man is 6ft and 95kgs. Its manly muscle

okies its cleaning time now........God im hate it, im far from a domestic goddess....I have quite a big house and its bloody hard work when 4 people live here and only 1 does all the work....sigh...never mind, I could be homeless then I would have something to really complain about.

Have a fantastic day!

Cheryl xxxx

PS: Good luck today Miss Kitt-E-Kat!!

BFL week 1 Day 3

Hey Hey!
Yep day 3 is ending. I still can not believe how much food im eating. As the lovely KatieP said in her blog she has to set her watch to remember to eat! Im the same. Im so scared im over eating but Kek said nope, im not. I will cut down a little as im really struggling to eat it all.

As for exercise, its hard, but im loving it.
Today was:
20mins HIIT (Yay I know what this means now, Ta Em ) on my rower and upper body weight program. I did this at home. Im still a bit shy to do weights at the gym..dumb huh? I usually do classes and run the treadmill.

Im still playing around with what weight to use where, but Im slowly working it all out.

I cant thank Kek enough for all her help, I email her every day, sometimes twice a day with questions. Wont be long and I will have it all worked out.

My life..Hmmmm

Not much has changed. Tom is still having dressing changes 3 times a week. He had to have some of the burn, reburned. This hurts the poor man so much :( It has been a week on Friday since he had his graft.

Tomorrow im getting my hair coloured and trimmed, nails refilled as well. Im thinking Yellow tips. Still not sure.

I plan on doing a spin class tomorrow. I really enjoy doing them, well now I have a gel seat I do..LOL.

Im still doing the challange with Livy, walking around Canada. We hope to go there next year..Have I mentioned that before? dunno.

Okies Bed for me. Im buggered.

Love to all,

Cheryl xx

My Car...

Or as the kids call it , A baby Hummer. This pic was taken at the farm.

Body For Life, Week 1 Day 1

Hey All,

Ohh it has started. The first day of the rest of my life!!!
I received my program from the lovely Kek http://keksbflthing.blogspot.com/ (Sorry I still don't know how to do the link thing yet!!

I can honestly say that I have never eaten so much food whilst on a diet or healthy eating plan.
Its 7.45pm and I still haven't eaten everything. I think this has to do with the fact that i wasn't all that organised. I have since been to the supermarket and have a meal plan for tomorrow, and my exercise plan in place.
Fail to plan, Plan to fail!!! My new mantra!

My day 1 weigh in was.........................................drum roll.......................................................

68.4kg!!!!!!!!!!!! WOW how the fuck did I put on 3kgs in one month????

I can tell you, Bloody Celebrity slim...tricked me to thinking i had lost weight when infact once i ate real food again it all went back on....

FAD DIETS DONT WORK!!!

I just have to convince myself that it is true, to be 100% honest and i know Kek will comment on this, I don't know how on earth i can loose weight when im eating so much and so often.....

I think i still have the starve or binge mentality..

I had a great weekend, mind you my arse is still sore from the 7hr drive back home. Sorry Donna, I didnt see your Mum or your Sister in Rosebud...Im sure she wasnt the bitch who gave me the finger in the Target carpark after she stole my parking spot. I didnt even get angry, I just put down my window and said, "Wow your such a polite lady! Im sure your Parents are proud of you. Cant wait to see how your kids turn out!" All whilst smiling. Im surprise she cut me off because im a Landcruser driver, with a bloody big bullbar on it....EWWW yep I know...
I use to drive a Ford XR6 Turbo, and it was purple, but since we brought the cattle station, it had to go. :( I loved that car.

Anyway, Enough for tonight!

Cheryl xx

Busy Busy

Hey Everyone,
Life has been so busy this week. So it will be a quick post.
This has been my week.

- Husband home for a few days...Yay!

-Lots of rain the past few days....Yay!

- 3 Dressing changes on my sons skin graft, not healing as well that they would like. He had some granulation of the skin on the part that isnt healing, so they had to reburn it...EWWWW.
He is a tough kid and doing well with it all

-Running like a mad woman as im doing a Challange with Livy...Yay!
http://www.walkingwithattitude.com/

- I have been seriously watching my eating...Yay!

-I'm starting BFL with Kek early next week....Yay!

-I'm off to Rosebud Victoria for the weekend with Hubby and the kidlets...Yay!

So its all good.

Hope everyone else is well!

I'm off for a run, so have a great weekend all!

Cheryl xx

Clearing Sales and Life

Welcome to Sunday!
Last Saturday I went to a clearing sale and pick up a few goodies. The person who was selling their stuff at the sale was down sizing her home, and selling the farm and excess furniture etc. I saw the old lady who was pottering around, and has happy as Larry. The clearing sale I went to yesterday was a deceased estate. For me this wasn't really an issue until i got there. It was in quite a small town not all that far away from me. The person who had died was well in to his or her 90's I would guess, looking at the things that were for sale. The moth ball smell was everywhere. There were books, lots of medical books, some from the 1920's. There were hundreds of lots to be sold. Most were small lots with things like, a group of 2 table cloths, 3 shawls, 6 hats, bed, etc. I really went there looking for furniture for our farm house, there wasn't much of that, but more personal stuff. Eye glasses, like those really old tiny round ones. Long gloves, purses the list goes on.
Whilst I was looking through all this stuff, I felt strange, like I was doing something wrong. Like spying in to someones life.
This made me think, Is this what life comes to when you die? A clearing sale to get rid of all the stuff that your kids don't want?
After mentioning this to my husband he laughed, and said, "Fuck Cheryl, the sale would be for 2 weeks in our home and that would only be your shoes!!" Yep very funny but he didn't get my point. These things had a story to tell, such as I looked in a purse and there was a beautiful lace hanky in there and receipts to a show. OMG, If these things could talk.
Something I have thought of in the past and came back to me at the sale was, Have I left my mark on the world???
I mean I haven't discovered anything life changing :(
I haven't invented anything :(
I haven't done anything to make history :(
But I am bring up the next generation :)
I am a nice person :)
I love life :)
I could always become the next supermodel!.................LOL.................joke.
I do have my name on the papers for a sheep station that we own :) ( when be brought it we got a list of past owners going back to 1900)
So is the end of your life just one bit clearing sale?
Makes you think huh?

Cheryl xx

PS: Mind you it was so bloody hot that the flies were in your eyeballs looking for a drink, I kid you not, so I didnt hang around. So I didnt bid on anything but I did leave with a heavy heart though.

Treadmill

Welcome to Friday!

I had a bit of a sook to Mr C in the wee hours of this morning,(He is still doing night shift in Melb and finishes between 2 + 3.30am) about how I want a treadmill. To which he replied, go and have a look at some. Yep been there done that. I have my eye on one it is $1600. I don't really know anything about them and would really appreciate any advice that anyone has on the matter. I wouldn't want to spend any more than this or else in time it might come an expensive dust collector. I hope not but im a road runner and prefer this, but its get so hot here. Today is 37deg, and its nothing for it to get in the 40's. Way too hot to run outdoors.

I find running on the tready much kinder on my knees.

I still have a few thought provoking subjects I want to blog about, I think I will start this next week.

I am currently reading a book called: Look me in the eye, by John Elder Robinson.

John had Aspergers syndrome, a mild form of Autism. As im sure my readers know by now that my son has high functioning Autism, not Aspergers. I can see so many similarities between this man and my son. This is a very funny book. So much I can relate too, such as random things being said. I would say to my boy Tom, "Nice day today huh?," To which he would answer, "Remember when we lived in Tassie, You know my teacher Mrs......, She has nice hair" Now where would that fit in the convo?? He says stuff like that all the time. Like when he was told he needed skin grafts for his recent burn, he said..Hmm ok, well what time will you cut off my arm, can I play playstation first? This was after he was explained what was going to happen. Its like he doesnt listen to others, only me. He smiles and looks at the other person and is always polite but has no idea what they said. So often I have repeat and explain it all to him. He finds it hard to make friends because they think he is odd, and that he is, he knows but doesn't give a shit. He is a very kind and caring boy. When he went on his school camp a few weeks back he took a photo of the local Target in Bendigo and he knows I love Target!! Most people this this is odd, but this was his way of saying I was thinking of you Mum. Some of the most brilliant people in the world have Autism, such as Bill Gates.

Anyway I recommend this book if for nothing else but a bit of education and a bloody good laugh.

Have a great Friday!!

Cheryl :)

My Maxi Dress

Hey You!!

This was taken today, before I did lunch with a girlfriend. Ohh yes my lovelies, I am a lady who lunches..

I brought this Maxi dress afew weeks back and I wore it today. God I love these dresses. Im not really a dress person, but this has changed. It also would be fair to say that I have undies on that Bridget Jones would be very proud of..Grin. Note the stunning arm brace? I know you all are jealous!! Bloody arm is giving me the shits big time!! I have booked in for acupuncture on Monday. I will let you know how I go.

According to Miss 14 it is very cool on My Space to take pics of yourself not looking at the camera.....LOL..So am I cool? I think not! Hence the top pic.

I have been busy the last few days, You know those days when you don't have time to scratch your bum, but have not managed to accomplish anything? Yep, well welcome to my week.

My day tomorrow consists of , kids to school (thank god), the best facial in the world at 11am, so think of me relaxing. It goes for 90 mins including foot scrub, back massage, hand, face and scalp massage and facial. It truly is gods gift!!

Ohh what a day!!!

Love to all,

Cheryl :)

Funny (3)

Sorry for the daggy Pic posts, I have been so busy the past few days. I will try and arm wrestle my daughter for use of the computer later.

:)

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Funny.

Ive been Tagged!!

Morning all!
OMG Ive been tagged. Does this make me a real blogger in the bloggerworld?
Thanks to the sensational Livy for tagging me, We had a chat the other day on the phone and im convinced that we both could have the same conversation, underwater, with a mouthfull of marbles and still know what each other said!! Livy your a sweetheart.

Ok now for the tagging thing.

FOUR DISHES I LIKE TO COOK.............
Like..Hmmm me liking cooking..Nah...it should be four dishes I can cook.
I dont cook, well I do when I have too. Im very spoilt and my husband does all the cooking.(Mind you my punishment is cleaning up after him. He cooks like a man and uses every dish and pot in the place.)

Ok, things I can cook.
Roast Pork.... I can do a sensational crackling.
Chicken hoysin stirfry...my fav

Fuck this is hard....LOL

Lasagna
Spag bol.....See told ya I cant cook, but I know if i really put my mind to it I could do it.

FOUR QUALITIES I LIKE IN PEOPLE...............
Humour
Compassion
Kindness
Honesty

FOUR PLACES I HAVE BEEN....................
Ayres Rock NT
All of Tasmania, Lived there for 11yrs
Sydney
Melbourne How bloody boring!! Mind you we are going to Canada next year, does that count??

FOUR THINGS IN MY BEDROOM..............
My Husband, when he is home
Books, I love reading. I should get my shit together and post the books I read.
Window seat.
Photos of my family.

FOUR DIRTY WORDS I LIKE TO USE..............
Fuck, Usually Ohh for fucks sake!!!
Arsehole
Bitch
Bastard.
These words I usually used in one sentence LOL

Hmm now who to tag...Cause im new to blogging I dont know many people and the blogs I read, have already been tagged.

Diana, This sweet lady reads my blog and is new to blogging herself.

Kek, not sure if she has been tagged but soon to be my BFL trainer.

Hmm I feel like bloody normie no mates!!!

K, Whos blog I have been reading for a little while, she is sad!! Go say hi and cheer her up.

Umm that will do.

I have so many posting ideas in my head. I need to write them down before I forget...LOL
So I will be back later.

Hot one here again today!! I love it!
Love to all.
Cheryl X

You know your a dickhead when..............

Morning All,
Yep as the heading suggests, Im a dickhead!
Above is my phone, It uses the Next G networks.(Dont get my bloody started on Telstra and Next G!!!!!!!!!!!)
I have had this phone for about a month now, Im quite retarded when it comes to any thing Tec. Such as DVD players, computers, phones etc. I usually get the kids to do everything.
For the past week, I have noticed that I couldnt hear anyone on the phone. I got the book out to find the volume button to no avail. I was so pissed off. My darling husband is away working to keep me in my palace and with all the luxuries a princess like me deserves..(Yeah right) I couldnt bloody hear him when he called. I finally worked out that the screen saver(the plastic thing on the glass bit) had moved over the ear speaker thing!!!! What a fucken dickhead huh?
God I even make our sheep worry!!!
I am so dumb when it comes to computers that i cant even work out how to put a list of the blogs I like to read on my blog, despite the fact that the lovely Tiny Donna gave me step by step instructions on how to do it. Sigh........................

Have a great Monday everyone!!

My Weekend.

Hey All,

The weekend is all but over, I thought I best post about the past few days.

On Saturday I went to my first clearing sale, Hmmm OMG, I loved it. Infact I did quite well and didnt really go overboard, considering I have the companies cheque book..LOL

I really loved the lamp but I didnt bid enough. It sold for $120. This was a bargain!! My house was built in 1924 it would look sensational in here but I chickened out as I really was a bit scared with the whole auction thingy. Ebay is cool but this is a different kettle of fish as everyone is looking at you. I worked out to stand at the back where noone looks your way. Grin

I did buy the occasional table for $85.00 and the kitchen suite for $85.00. I have looked everywhere for a kitchen table for our farm house. I didnt want to pay much for it as no one lives full time in the house and we only leave in the house what we can afford to loose if we get done over, which happens quite often believe it or not. I also got a few other bits and peices. I didnt spend too much $225.00 but a good time was had by all. My husband is scared now cause I liked it so much. Everytime I won something, I called him (He is still away in Melb). He said well done honey but keep your wits about you girl! Guess what? There is another one locally next weekend!

Whilst I was spending all our hard earned money I get a phone call from Miss 14 (Lucy) Ohh Mum ive lost my phone. FUCK FUCK FUCK!!! She had a company phone that was on a plan. As we have 5 mobiles on the one plan any calls between those mobiles are for free for as long as we like. This saves us a fortune, I gave Lucy one of these so she could call me, with no excuse for no credit! So after waiting for 1/2 hour on the phone with telstra we had the number blocked and the handset made useless. sigh!! Bloody Kids!!

Anyway on a brighter note Tom will be going back to school tomorrow, after 2 weeks off school. All is well with him. He now has the dressing off his leg where they took the graft, although he will have dressings on the graft on his arm for months to come. All this means I will have some normality back in my life and can go to the gym again, etc.

My bloody tennis elbow has been giving me bloody curry the past few days, Im thinking of having acupuncture on it...Anyone ever had it?

Im also starting Body For Life with Kek in the next few weeks! Im shit scared but excited all the same.

Love to all!

Cheryl :)

PS: If you read this blog please say Hi! As im new to blogging I would love to know who read it.

Nails

Today I decided on blue with a blue glitter line, though its hard to see. All dressed up with no where to go! LOL

Its a shit photo but i was in a hurry.

Cheryl :)

Anniversary!!

YAY!! Yesterday my Mr C and I celebrated our 15th year Wedding Anniversary. OMG. I cant believe I havent killed him yet..Grin. We went to a really nice restaurant on Tues night. As always I ate to much and drank too much but the french champagne was too good to refuse!!
As 15yrs is crystal I brought Mr C some really nice Sturt crystal glasses. He love stuff like that.
And I got............................................................................................................................BUGGER ALL!!
Mind you this is quite normal for us..LOL. My husband works away most of the time but brings home seriously big bucks, so im quite spoilt. He NEVER, EVER asks what I have spent the money on or how much things cost. I use to get really upset that he didnt buy me things on birthdays etc, but as you get older and wiser, I know its because he doesn't get near shops or if he does he is in a truck and cant park the bloody thing. In saying all that though he does surprise me now and then with things so i guess it all comes out in the wash.

My man Mr 11 (Tom) had a check up with the doc yesterday and his skin grafts were a complete success!! Yay!! The plaster is off and the pain killers have been cut right down. (For a few days he was on 23 tabs a day!! it was seriously like having a new born, getting up though the night to look after him) Mums do this stuff because the love for your children is like no other!!

Now my life is getting some normality back i really need to get my shit together with my lifestyle. Im too scared to get on the scales. Ohhhh NOOOOEEEESSSS!!!!

On a brighter note, Im getting my nails done today. Im thinking blue tips!! Nice for a change. Pics will follow.

Cheryl :)

Monday Monday!

Hey All,

Thank fuck its Monday! I have had the busiest weekend. Here is a pic of my boy Tom.

This was taken when we got home after his op. Poor man has plaster on his arm and bandages on his legs from where they took the skin for the graft. He was so brave. The main thing he was worried about was if he could bend his arm enough to play the playstation!! Bloody kids.

He is on 24 tabs a day, we are slowly cutting a few doses out now.

Husband is away again and daughter at school. Boy it is quite. I have heaps of work to do today, working out traffic management plans for some up coming roadworks we need to do.

I havent even bothered with the scales over the past few days, infact im scared to go near them..LOL. I havent done any exercise last week so I really need to get my shit together this week. I know I will never get to 113kgs again but even a slight gain is too much for me.

Best get this work done , might check back later.

Cheryl :)

PS: Em is doing so well with her loss and exercise, Im so proud of you honey.

Welcome back Kitty. check this girls blog, she is one funny chick. Sorry I dont know how to do the link things yet..LOL

Skin Grafts and Tears.

Hi ya on this Friday night.
I thought I would have a blog and a de-stress. As we expected my son did need a skin graft to his arm. We thought today would just be a dressing change but one look from the surgeon who sent us straight to the childrens ward. After a few hours of waiting he had surgery at 4pm. He was such a brave man who requested a PSP cause he was so brave! As im a mean Mum i said Nope. (Shhh Santa is bring him one!) All the tears came from me! I didnt let him see me cry but it is heart breaking to see your child put to sleep knowing whatever happens is out of your control! It is almost 10.30pm and he is asleep at home now. He is on so many pain killers and antibiotics, I even have to wake him though the night to keep his pain relief up. I feel like i have a new born again...LOL, with no bloody sleep. Of course to top all this off we have visitors coming from Melbourne for the weekend, and ive done bugger all housework. Well tuff I think. Im bloody good but im not wonder woman.
We go for a check up on Wednesday. No school atleast until then. He even has plaster on his arm to keep the graft in place.
Im very pleased to say that I couldnt have asked for better staff looking after us both. I guess the ED nurse was having a bad day, not that i have seen her since.

I took some photos of Mr 11 before he went to sleep, I will post them next week as i doubt i will have time for blogging over the weekend.

Have a fantastic weekend all!

Cheryl :)

PS::: Its raining again tonight! gotta love that!!

I think its going to rain!

Rain?? Whats that?? Just sometimes we get a little rain, but it mainly comes in the form of a thunder storm. Ohhh scary!! Yep I am scared of thunder. Yucky!!

Why does it always rain when you have doonas and quilts on the line??

Weightloss update. I hopped on the scales and I have put on 3kgs?? In a week? Nah. It is TTOM and I feel like crap but I just going to pretend that I didnt look and try again next week..LOL..cheating? you bet! do I care? Nope!!

Congrats to Em who is now a 60's girl....Im so proud of you honey!!
Also to Miss Tiny Donna who lost 1.6kgs this week!! Soon we will have to call her Miss Teeny Tiny Donna!! Fantastic work girls!! I have followed Donna's blogs for a while now and im so proud to say that I have never seen Donna give up. She is a super star in my book!

Son Update:::
He has his dressings changed yesterday the nurse was fantastic! Because he was a brave boy we had Macca's (Yep its poison and i really dont like it) for lunch. The nurse called me to say she was quite worried about his burn and wants a burns specialist to look at it on Fri morning. She thinks he might need skin grafts but it can take up to 3 weeks before they know for sure. My poor man, atleast it still isnt sore...Not sure if that is good or bad!!

Can anyone tell me how to put other peoples blogs on my site or do that link thing when I mention them? Im computer retarted! And im new to blogging!!

Ummm I think that is about it.

Cheryl x

Farm Antics and Bad Parents

Hello on this lovely Monday,

First school morning of daylight savings.. EWWW.. It is still quite early but once i wake the kidlets it will get VERY ugly!!

How funny are these signs?? As i mentioned before we have a sheep station, it is seriously in the arse end of nowhere. There are a few nutters around, odd people , people hiding from life, and the occasionally normal person living near by. A station about 60kms from us has these signs up...I laughed so much. The police made them take it down about a month later. (Yep things happen slow in the bush!

We had a great time on the weekend. Miss 14 had 2 of her friends with her. We hardly saw them, they were swimming in the dam, driving the farm ute and riding motorbikes.

Motorbikes...Hmmm, this is where the bad parenting comes in the play.

My kids have been brought up with motorbikes, they arnt even allowed to look at one without a helmet on. Up until recently we always made them wear long sleeves and pants. It was quite hot on the weekend and we let out son ride with only a tshirt and jeans. (Bad parents)

Mr C and master 11 were checking fencing about 10kms from the house when master 11 crashed. He didn't look that bad, nothing broken, battered and bruised with a nasty graze on his right forearm. Mr C brings the lad in for me to patch up. (Mind you Mr C had done a first aid course the weekend before, but as always its my job to clean up the mess after all the fun)

My poor man was white but not really crying. We sat him down gave him lots to drink and panadol and begun to check him out. His arm looked yuck but wasnt bleeding, and beleive it or not not sore at all!! I washed his arm with saline and coved it with a nonstick pad thingy, and put a cold pack on it. After we picked the millions of prickles out of him he wanted to go riding again, but we told him nope!!

The next day it looked alittle better and we were coming home the same day anyway.

So last night i took him to the hospital for a check up. After bloody hours of waiting, I found out it was a sever burn...OMG!! WTF??? so of course we had a cranky nurse who said that despite the fact we were almost 3 hours from the nearest hospital we should have brought him in. Made me feel like an arsehole. Fuck if i knew how bad it was of course i would have got him help!!!! The doctor was great though, all he kept saying was...gee its deep. The nurse who treated it was fantastic. My boy was scared (thanks to bitch nurse) that he would have to have his arm cut off!! Mr 11 is Austic, he is high functioning though but needs to have things explained to him in black and white, he us ally doesnt understand jokes. I told him at the worse he would need a op for skin grafts but i think that would be most unlikely, then he was cool with it all.

I understand that nurses are overworked and very underpaid, i honestly have the upmost respect for them but for fucks sake she could have had some compassion with my boy and not get up me so much. I thought i was doing the right thing. She said we should have ran it under running cool water for half an hour. We have DAM water!!!! more yabbies and germs than what was in the bloody burn!! we did treat it and cool it down for about an hour. Anyway im over it now.

We find out in 72hours if he needs grafts, most likely not and we are off the burns unit on Tuesday!! Sigh.

The top photo is of our station from the air, well its not all of it but the homestead paddock.

Im still not sure about how to move pics around yet, but i will work it out sooner or later.

This pic was taken before we owned it, and we are pleased to say that it has heaps more grass on it now, as we have rested it by keeping only a small amount of stock on it and held off the cropping for a few years.

So that was my weekend!! Nothing like a bit of drama huh? The story of my fucking life Grin

Cheryl x

Spin Class and Nails

Em, Here are my nails, look at my granny hands!! I use to get called granny hands at primary school. Next time i will go for a brighter colour. As I've said before I always have french, so this is nice for a change!

This a pic of gods gift to spinners LOL A gel bike seat cover! My arse didn't hurt this time, I even did a full spinners class! Yep and hour of the fucking thing!! You know what? I loved it too!

After the first class i almost needed to sit on one of those donut pillows!!

Isn't this a sensational photo? Yep it is of a rose in my garden, and I even took it, yay go me!

I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend!!

I'm off the farm this weekend to get the sheep in a smaller paddock ready for crutching next weekend! I call it a farm but its really a sheep station, all 33,000 acers of it. Lucky we don't have to mow it Grin!

I will have farm pics next week!

Cheryl :)

Weight Loss Success

G'day G'day,
Yeppers i have has some success, 1.8kg loss, in about 2 weeks.
How did i do it?
Celebrity Slim.
AHHHH I hear you say!!!
Yep I know its a fad diet, and it doesn't work. Last time I looked this IS working.
Yep I know I can do it forever. Like I would want too anyway

Well as you can see from my weight loss, I have done a bit of it. I have really hit a patch where I need a shake up!
I plan on only doing this for another week or too, then its back to the good old faithful healthy eating plan.
So there...........
I have been working my arse off at the gym though. I did my first spin class yesterday. It was a spin combo, which was spin and weights. Mind you I looked like a dickhead only using weights for some of the moves because of my elbow, but i didn't care.

Miss TinyD, have you got any spin tips for me, as it is something I would like to do again. My arse is so sore today but not so much my legs.

Daughter is doing really well, We went to the flicks last night to see Death at a Funeral. Have you seen it?? Bloody funny!

Mr 11 is away on a school camp, and husband is away for work! I cant believe how quite it is around here!!!

With all this warm weather here in NSW, My garden is looking bloody sensational if i do say so myself. I will post pics very soon, maybe even today.

Okies enough crap,
Take care

Cheryl xx

Mowing, Tennis Elbow and Nails

Hey Hey Its Saturday! Remember that show? Grin. I really like mowing the grass! sick yeah? We have to use a ride on as we have 3 acres here, it really doesnt take that long, About an hour or so with out the orchard, Yep I have an orange orchard. About 70 trees. It picking time about Jan Feb, yep of course the bloody hottest time of the year. Believe me when i say life is never easy nor simple for me. I have mowed half of the orchard, and will finish this weekend. Mind you all this is Mr 11's job. Bloody kids! I would much rather use a push mower. Why I hear you ask? Because it is work everyone leaves me alone!! Just incase i ask them to do some for me! LOL.
Yep as the title says i have Tennis Elbow, I have had it for about 6 weeks, after 2 massages, i decided to go to the physio. Now i am supporting a bloody ugly band thing on my are. She said to rest it?? WTF?? Its my right arm for fucks sake. Im sad to say that my tennis career is over for this year, so Leighton your spot is safe.
Im just loving my nails, with the pink tips, Em I will get you a pic very soon. Im not very good with all this tec stuff so it takes me a while to get my shit together.
New chooks are doing great.
I have so much shit going on in my life right now, most of which i dont post here, but maybe i should, just maybe someone is going though what i am and can offer advice.
I took Miss 14 to the docs yesterday as she has self harmed herself a few times, but cutting. The doc thinks she might be Bipolar. OMG!! she is only 14?? Fuck..
Enough,
Cheryl

Pics

Hey All,

Pics follow. These were taken today by Miss 14 who would rather be doing something else.

I have a odd look on my face because I was talking and had the sun in my face when this was taken!

Will get some better ones soon.

I had a sneaky weigh today, 66.3kgs, Yeppers but I wont change my scale thingy until Monday.

I played tennis 2 sets of doubles and 1 of singles, and as always I got my arse kicked. Im a B1, which is the top player for B grade but I really think I should be a B2.

Went to the gym and ran 5kms on the tready. I honestly believe that it is easier on the tready then on the road, maybe because I know i can stop when I feel like it rather then having to make it all the way back home.

Enough for today.

Cheryl :P

PS: Note no whining today, im not always a cranky old scrubber!

Another Day!

Hey All,
Im starting to feeling alot better after my month of so of sickness. I did a weight and core class at the gym today and then ran 4kms. Im still not as fit as I was but I really dont think im that far away from it.
Today I got some chickens!! I love chooks, I had them when I lived in Tassie. I went to the local grain and feed store to pick them up and people were carrying them by the legs, in tiny cardboard boxes. Not me, ohh no no no. I picked them up in towel lined cat cages. Im sure the guy thought I was a dickhead, but hey Im an animal lover. My girls are only 3 months old so a few more months and we will have yummy fresh eggs. I do have a bit of a zoo here, 3 dogs, 3 cats, 4 chickens, 2 kids and husband! Ohhh yes I also have 250 sheep at the farm.
Beautiful here day 25degs, but shit we need rain! Fucking flies, I dont think I have ever seen them this bad.
Well that is my whine for today.
Keep smiling everyone!

Cheryl :P

PS: Today is KatieP's birthday!! Go Katie, Happy Birthday running star!!!

Have Been Away!

Hey Everyone!
Yep as the title says I have been away. Some serious retail therapy has been done! But a girl has to do what a girl has to do.*Grin* It was lovely to catch up with my family, in Melbourne. Im a Melbourne girl at heart. I lived there for 25yrs them moved to Tassie for 11yrs and now im in country NSW. Anyway back to shopping. I fucking hate the size thing!! How can I be an 8 in sussan jeans yet a 12 (almost 14) in Tommy Hilfiger?? This shits me to no end! Im so sick of taking 3 sizes to the change room. Yep I know ive put on 2kgs of late but shit i dont need this bullshit of not knowing what size I am. I just say im a 12 and start from there. And dont get my started on bloody undies. Why is that you can get 8-10 and 12-14?? 8-10 is too small and 12-14 is too big!! I also hate security guards! I went to Target, and the beeper thing when off when i walked in, the security guard called me over, he checked my bag, asked me to walk though again, it didnt go off, them he asked me to come back and walk again, You guessed it Beep it went. He then asked me to go to customer service and get desensitised?? WTF?? There were 10 people in line with returns...Now i got cranky, I said im not lining up to go in to Target!! One look at my portfolio would show that i dont need to shop here and nor would I bloody need to steal from fucking Target!! Miss 14 (who is more of a smartarse than me at times) suggested that maybe he stripped search me on the the way out..LOL. With that i told him to get fucked and walked in. Ohhh gotta love a smartarse kid. LOL, so i was pissed off that i didnt even have a look, just followed Mr 11 around looking at playstation games.

Nothing better then a good whine!!

I did have a great time in Melbourne, I always do. Ate so much crap so it will be interesting to see what I weight tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow the Kids are back at school and its back to healthy eating and exercise for me.
I brought one of those Ipod + Nike things so im looking forward to using it. I was running 6.5kms most days but I got a viris thingy that put me on my arse for almost a month so im hoping it wont take me too long to get back to where i was.

Pics are on the way, Miss 14 has lost the bloody camera!! She is cleaning her bedroom as we speak so she should find it, unless the family of rats that im sure have set up home under her bed are using it!

Have a great week!!
Cheryl :-)

This is me 3yrs ago weighing 59kgs, With Mr C, we won an award for our buisness. Dont I look hot!! If i do say so myself.

I will endevor to get a pic of me now sometime very soon.

Photos

This is me in about 2000 weighing about 113kgs, Yep im on the left!!!

Another Day!

Hey All,
Another day in paradise for me. Going to be 27deg today. I have just got back from a run. The results are below. Alittle better than yesterday but plenty of room for improvement. Im not too worried as i havent ran for 3 weeks cause ive been crook. I was running 6.5ks in about 50 mins.
THANK YOU so much for the welcome KatieP. (sorry i dont know how to do the link thing to your site yet, but i will endervor to find out.) I am in ore of you and many other bloggers , another is Tiny Donna. As i said before i have been lurking for a long time, maybe a year or so, so i do know alittle about you guys.
Ok my story.
Im 2000 i was 31yo weighing 113 plus kgs. (I weighed myself 6 weeks before i started changing)
I had PND, but still the lunches of bigmac, cheeseburger, chips, sundays, coke and the odd nuggets were the blame. I was to blame, but of course i blamed everyone and everything else.
So I decided to stop eating crap, and here i am. It hasnt always been plain sailing. Loose 10kgs put on 2, you know the story. But 7 yrs later i weigh 67kgs but 4weeks ago i was 65kgs, so the circle doesnt seem to be ending. 3yrs ago i was 59kgs. I will try to post pics. I have done WW about 8 times, (this is how i found Tiny D) I am now a WW life timer. Mind you i dont believe 100% in WW. More stories for future posts.

As for running. I run because i can.!!!! at 113kgs i could hardly walk. Im serious i use to get so tired all the time.
A few months back i did a 5 week, 3 days a week bootcamp. OMG, (I will go in to the details of that another time), but basically i cried for the first week, then i thought, well i can cry or i can get off my arse and try, now i can, i will and i do!

Have a great day!
Cheryl x

3km
26mins
Ave HR 150
Max 198
Cals 245

My First Post

Hey All!!
Im Cheryl. I have been lurking in the bloggerworld for a while now and thought it might be time to add to the world of blogging.
Don't expect any witty humour, I think at this stage it will mainly be my whining..LOL. And boy do i have enough of that too do! Grin.
I have taken up running over the past few months. I have been sick for the past few weeks, so all I have done is feel sorry for myself (Im bloody good at it too!!)
I have just finished my firt run for 3 weeks. The really sad results that my trusty polar heartrate montior have told me are below. :-(

Enough for now!

Im sure your bored shitless reading this but I did warn you!
Cheryl x

3km
27mins
Ave HR 147
Max HR 178