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