Feijoas...

It's Feijoa Season! Yay - what I love about Feijoas.

1. Taste, byselves with a bit of sugar.
2. Picking them off Nana's tree
3. 42 Below Feijoa Vodka

4. Rush Munro Feijoa Ice Cream

Ideas...

Have had so many ideas of things to write about lately but no time/when get home knackered so thought I would write quick list to help prompt me for laters...
1. Good friends
2. Inspired by others, Kat, Mike and Mad
3. Gossip Girl
4. Sola Rosa, BSM, Anna Coddington, Open Souls and more...
5. Balance
6. Update on challenge...
7. Vivace
8. Leadership
9. Love
10. Babies

Another week down...

Work is taking over my life at mo... lots of good things but I need a bit of balance going on... anyway since I wrote last fav moments include:

1. Playing catch ups on Gossip Girl
2. Catching up with CPG at Burger Wisconsin
3. Drinks with Kylie at Cloak Room and chatting about great things in life :)
4. Climbed over Maungatautari with Mark and Jodi - 3 and 1/2 hrs - hard, and now sore but good fun! (sneakers very muddy)
5. Finished Girl with Hidden Dragon Tatoo then saw the movie
6. Met potential interior designer that is hoping to do Trecarne
7. Getting brief from Mum and Dad re. what expectations are re. ID and what they want ( so funny - had tears in my eyes)
8. Visiting gran at oakdale, playing catch ups late night on her bed, so could of fallen asleep after hard walk
9. Feijoas are back! Have a whole bucket.
10. Meeting new people ;)

K am fading - over and out. NG :)

Hydroslides

Groan - another late night at work and missed my Wednesday night training - dulp (fat and unfit) not helping the cause. (I am going to have to climb mt eden about a dozen times in one day to make up my 21 in 21 days). Anyways when I got asked what wanted to do for training before i knew it wasn't going to happen, but in the midst of another crazy day - hydrosliding - popped into my mind.

Used to love Te Rapa pools and frequented on a few birthdays with friends and fam when younger.  Last time I hit hydroslide was at Marriot in Gold Coast with Fife and Manda 2006/7 for New Years - weird looks from kids when in line, but sooooo much fun - even tho it was super fast. (question tho- was it std speed, or now older did it just seem faster?)

Actually another flash back - last slide was the Jumeriah Scariah in Dubai - OMG scary! Walking up took ages (back stretcher positiioned nearby), went so fast, and screamed so loud - lost my bikini top, undies went up my bum - and I can safely say I will never do that again! Still glad to say I did though :) Not best pic but gives you idea-ish :)

UGG Boots

I want UGG boots this year, but have no idea if they are worthy, that cool or just nice to have when hanging out at home over winter. Hmmm might have to go try some on.

Another week that was...

Another busy week, especially at work, great to have a full on weekend though and totally remove self from it all... weekend was great because...

1. Went kayaking with Mark on lake, nice to be back on water, been ages, was hard but enjoyed.
2. Went out in the tron for girls night out, V8's was on and mission was to find a bogan with a holden ute - ha hah not really but was the standard joke. Fun night out with Kel, Fife, Kylie and Cath for predrinks and then dancing.
3. Managed to get lots of home grown goodies from home, Dad, Kel and I dug up kumaras, potatoes and pumpkin - YUM!
4. Went to Warriors vs Panthers - love going to league games, sooo much fun, just bum we lost.
5. Loving my book at mo, girl with hidden tattoo, trying to power read through as quickly as possible.

So on that note, over and out. NG :)

Life is...

...a journey and not a destination!

Sometimes you need to stop and smell the roses!

Michelle Meiland Rose - Nana's favourite

I love...

I love the cool hunter - so many great ideas and always get lost looking at cool funky stuff! http://www.thecoolhunter.net/

The week that was...

So last week came and went and I wasn't so good on the updates.
Highlights and goss from the week that was:
1. Move went well, although there are so  many rooms and windows in house, will take while to get used to.
2. 21 day plan, week one: Diet 4 out of 7 days (57% - still pass plus lost 1 kg - better than nothing), also climbed mt eden 5 of 7 days and will make up others, so pretty and good to clear head watching sunrise.
3. Got to help tweak colours on tower other night, parked up eating my McD's - hmmm not good diet day.
4. Had bike lessons with Jodi - learnt turning corners and cadence - quite good, cornwall park is so pretty especially on sunny Autumn Sunday morning.
5. Caught up with Liz, Regan and Trace Sat night and checked out some of my new locals in the village, Mulberry and Molten - very cool/cute and will be visited again.
6. Am rocking out a new (well have had before but not for while) haircut, darker and shorter - looking for lots more change moving forward
7. Was another big work week so crammed in visit home to the bridge, was great to see Mum, Dad and Gran and Rob - do some baking and sit in sun on deck - must do again soon.
8. Hmmm can't think of much more but I can't end on an uneven no. it's a thing I have - will write about it one day. Ha ha...

OK me over and out. NG :)

Friends and super heros

I'm really lucky to have some great friends and Manda is one of those - wanted to do a shout out to her today as we caught up yesterday on Skype.  As always it was inspiring, fun, funny and great to play catch ups. We've done lots of fun things together and after her learning that I'm blogging and me finding this picture recently I thought I would share the time... we got dressed up as superheros in a Gold Coast shop for fun in our early 20's. Lame you may think - but we have had lots of laughs over the years about this one. Heh heh... this ones for you Manda :)

Day 1 of 21

Day one - tick :) YAY - 20 to go, imagine next few days going to be hard especially with work in the mix. Saw Stace today and she did in Jan and grumpiness is envitable with low calories... dulp. To keep me motivated am going to put out there where I am so can track progress... not something I want to admit but currently am as follows: 73kg, Arms: 33, Waist: 78, Hips: 104, Thigh: 60. Aim for 21 days is to hit 70kg. 1 kg/week here we come. On another note bought new kitchen scales today - they are electric and also do the tempertaure - very cool. NG :)

April - 3 Goals

Was inspired at the mount last week when out walking and decided to come up with 3 goals for April. To start tomorrow (Monday) after Easter so can take few days to veg before big April challenge...

Big three are:
1. Do the Australian Womens Weekly 21 Day Diet
2. Climb Mt Eden 21 times during 21 day Diet.
3. Only buy things I really need (during 21 days)

Boxing and Beauty Pagents

Had two firsts this week, went to my first proper boxing event - Tua vs Friday and beauty pagent - Miss World - New Zealand. Was fun to do both and check out a couple of different events.  Boxing was my fav - loved the hype and was cool as we did the weigh in at work day before.