Time...........

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Inspired by something I had recently read but can't remember where or what - I often wonder .......

 

If I had a year to live what would I do???

 

Would I reconnect with old friends, right my wrongs, go on a misson of spiritual enligtenment????

 

or would I................

 

 

Laugh more

Worry less

Spend quality time with my husband

Spend one on one quality time with my children

Tell them all how much I love them

Encourage them to follow there dreams

Accept the unknown

Don't worry about the what ifs

Relax

Accept people as they are

Tell it like it is and be true to my feelings

Spend time creating wonderful family memories

Capture these memories in my scrapbook albums

Create more

Keep only what I truly love and cherish.

Surrond myself with positive people who love me for me, who accept me as I am and don't want to change me.

 

 

Why wait for a year to live to have the life I deserve all the time!

The above is what I need to be stirving for each and every

day that I am alive so I can be

 

TRUE TO MYSELF

LOVE MYSELF

BE ME!





Nana Turns 90!

On the 14th January 2012 my Nana turned 90!

She still lives at home alone and just got her drivers license renewed for another two years!

Amazing Right!

Her son came over from Canada to see her and along with him and my aunty we celebrated her birthday with family and friends.

My aunt and uncle got a photographer in to help celebrate the occasion

Here are some photos from the day.

The Family

Just the Kids

Nana and the kids

Family Fun Day............



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We headed to watch Auckland City FC play against Waikato FC
at Kiwitea Street in Sandringham
It was a good game altho the final score was 0-0.

It was a great day spent as a family - having fun and watching football

Our Pets - The Frogs

After my lovely catch up with Chris at Diet Coke Rocks and her mentioning about our frogs and how she is getting some herself - I thought why not show you them:

Here they are sitting on a rock waiting
Hubby takes a section of the lawn and places it inside the tank
along with some rocks at the bottom and a couple of larger
rocks for them to sit on, he also places a bit a bit of wood in there for them
as well to sit on and view the world, Then fills it up with some water and
neutalises it like you would with a fish bowl.

A closer view of them

This is the top - the orange and white part is what Hubby uses to put the flies in.
Hubby made the top so they can't jump out, altho they know where the flies
come from and have a couple of times managed to jump up and pop open
the orange lid and get out. We now have to keep a heavy item on top of the
orange lid so that they don't get out.

These are my sons ones in a smaller container, these ones have a slightly smaller
piece of lawn placed in and the water is just an old glass container.
Along with some branches for sitting on.
You can't see it but this container has an opening on the top to
drop the flies into.

A close up of one of them who is just sitting around
waiting for his lunch!

There they are - the one closest to us just tried to catch a fly that was on the outside

We have had the two in the larger tank for about 4 years.  The kids and I gave them to hubby one christmas as tadpoles, as he can be hard to buy for sometimes!

The smaller ones we have had nearly two years and again from tadpoles.

Hubby catches the flies by hand - an art form he perfected as a child when he use to have a pet frog.

Altho in winter when the weather gets colder we usually need to buy them from the pet shop.

So there you have it - our frogs

Does anyone else have unusual pets??

Squash Game Tonight and Tomorrow!

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Whilst I don't look like Carla Khan above - we do both enjoy a game of squash!

I have booked in tonight and tomorrow night to play squash with different people.
I am really looking forward to it and I am hoping to arrange a weekly game with each of the ladies so that I am playing at least twice a week.
Which will not only help my game, it will improve my fitness levels and also make very good use of my membership!

Fingers crossed I am feeling ok tomorrow!

Healthy Lifestyle Journey Update:

I am still on track, eating well and drinking lots of water.
I haven't been tempted to snack yet so that is good.  I will have a big test this weekend at my grandmothers 90th Birthday gathering.
We have an "open house" from 2-4pm with nibbles and then a big shared dinner, I am taking a lettuce salad and am thinking of making it as follows"

Two bags of the mixed leaves (as it has to be a large salad)
Cherry Tomatoes halved
Red Onion -sliced or chopped
Grated carrot
Maybe some capsicum (sliced or chopped)
Feta cheese cubes?
And then toss with a balsamic vinegrette.

Does this sound good?
Thoughts and suggestions PLEASE!

Family Outing...................

Southern Cross and Pointers - From Google Images

On Christmas Eve, hubby and I took the kids to the Auckland Stardome.

To see the show at 8pm about what can be seen in the sky on a summer night!

It was ok - informative - but not quite what we were expecting, but I think we might need to try them again when they have more of a story one being shown.

One of the kids enjoyed it, the other not so much.  Hubby and me - Take it or Leave it!

We weren't able to look thru the big telescope as the night sky was cloudy but they did give us all a rain check voucher (good for six months) so that we can go back and view the sky - so that was good.

So that is the first of my family outings for my 44 Things List!

Family Day

Looking up to the top

Well today was a family Fun day and we headed to Snow Planet for some snow fun!

The drive is about 1 hour from door to door which was a little bit longer than I thought.

But we got there - decided who was doing what - skiing or snowboards - the kids and me chose boarding and hubby decided on skiing.
We got all suited up, boots on and headed out!

The kids enjoyed themselves altho Courtney being so skinny felt the cold pretty quickly despite layering up.

Hubby and Courtney all ready to go

Hubby had the most fun - even tho its not really his thing

Liam found it a bit hard and started getting cold

Liam all ready to begin

And as for me - well I thought I could have managed the snowboarding but I couldn't and when I changed over to the skiing - the ski boots killed my calves! So I was in them for about 20 minutes and didn't even get to ski at all as the pain was too much.

I will admit that I was disappointed that I was unable to enjoy the day and thought that it would have gone a lot better but I guess at the end of the day when you are weighing 115kgs alot more effort is needed for sports orientated events.

Next time it will be better!

Happy Birthday To My Little Man

Here he is already to head off to school

Today is my little mans 9th Birthday!

So I thought I would share 9 Fun Facts about him:

He is a very talented little soccer player
He is showing alot of promise with cricket as well
He is doing brilliantly at school and is currently reading at the level of 11 year old.
He has a great sense of humor.
He has a sensitive side that he tends to only show his mummy!
He can't stand to stay inside for too long and is happiest when playing outside.
He is a typical kiwi kid that is happiest in barefeet
He has broken his arm once and did not cry at all,but he has stubbed his toes numerous times and cries every time!
He still believes in Santa, The tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny 


For his gifts Mr B and I got him a scooter and his sister is giving him a skateboard.

He was spoilt by the in laws with a cricket set and he also got some more Lego from an aunt!

On Saturday, I am taking him and three of his friends to Extreme Edge for a spot of  rock climbing!

Happy Anniversary.................

Today is my 18th Wedding Anniversary!


Wow - that is a long time to spend with someone isn't it - But I can say it has been great. Mr B is a wonderful man, an awesome father, and a valuable member to our community with all that he does.

Today we will be spending the morning together before picking up the kids from my sister in law, and then doing our own thing this afternoon as he has work to do a the local sports club!

Oh well thats life!

Elvis has left the Building and was in the Park..................

Gotcha!

As a Family we headed off on Sunday for a family day out and ended up at a Free Concert called:

Elvis in the Park

huh huh.............

It was lots of fun, sitting around watching the Elvis impersonators and the old rockers walking around in there Elvis gear, or Elvis Tattoos all over there body.

My Dance Class had a stall there as well and did a performance to show off the skills

Here are a couple of photos showing my different dance teachers in action!

This is Vanroe and Alana

This is Vanroe and Naomi