Happy New Year

Happy New Year to everyone – if there is anyone still checking my blog after I went AWOL!!!
Reading my last post it looks like I went to the mall to do my Xmas shopping and never came back. In reality that mad hecticness( is that a word) of pre Xmas organisation just took over everything so I didn’t get a chance to do a wrap up like lots of the more organised bloggers did. Over the holiday time I spent very little time on the computer and am now only just getting back to normal life – whatever that is!!!
I hope you all had a great holiday season and wish everyone the best of luck with their goals for 2006.
We didn’t go away over Xmas but spent 2 weeks at home having much needed R & R. We work in our own small business so this is the only time DH & I get to have holidays together when the business is closed. The weather was kind so he got his wish for lots of golf and I got my trips to the beach. Although we only live minutes from our local beach it is very rocky so when we want to swim we go this one which is about 15 minutes away. It’s really beautiful don’t you think? This is DH & DS3 playing beach cricket.

The real highlight for me was a morning boat trip that DH & I went on together. Although we have lived here for 15 years we had never been out on the water along the coast. We went out on a Catamaran that conducts dolphin cruises along the coast. We had a fantastic 4 hours in beautiful conditions. The boat sails past the area where we live so that was really great but of course the best part was the awesome dolphins close up. We were the only locals on the trip, everyone else was from overseas!

In the background of this shot below you can see smoke in the sky that was from a grass fire that was burning as we were going past. It looked like it was pretty bad but as the vegetation was low there was nowhere for the fire to go thank goodness. Within 30 minutes the firemen had it out.

In this next picture you can see Hallett Cove (where we live) in the background. This area around the cliffs is a conservation park and there are some great walks that we regularly do. The council have built boardwalks and steps up and down the ravines which are really challenging.

Usually I tend to walk to the beach and back which is not too bad but today DH & I did my normal 1 hour walk and then continued up and down the ravines for another hour. We were knackered and boy can I feel it in my legs this afternoon. For the first time ever we saw a brown snake on the path – that freaked me out as you can imagine. We are going to friends for tea tonight so we had to earn lots of bonus points!!!
I actually have been pleased with how I did weight wise over the holidays. My aim was to reach goal by Xmas but that didn’t happen –close but not quite there!! I did relax over the break but didn’t go totally crazy. I did discover that a couple of ‘bad’ days would put the weight up but then a couple of ‘good’ days would drop me back again. I can sure see how I get out of control and how easy it would be to revert to bad habits but that was why I started this blog – to hold me accountable – and hopefully help others on their journey. DH has now decided he would also like to shed 10 kilo’s so it will be good to do it together. I am nearly at my goal and then I would like to try and lose a couple more to give me some leeway so I will keep on trying.

I’m looking forward to continuing this year with my blog friends. I certainly won’t be a daily poster but I sure will try and update at least weekly. Good Luck everyone and have a fantastic year.

Added 16/1/06 - I eventually got the photo's loaded after heaps of attempts. The only way they would work was by selecting no layout option. I will certainly look for a better alternative as that certainly wasted so much time - I could have been reading other blogs instead!!! Anyhow hope you enjoy. :-)