Happy Easter

OK, is this enough to put you off chocolate eggs!!! I did a google search looking for a yummy looking chocolate egg to start my post with and this cartoon was the first hit I got - had to go in instead!!
Thankyou so much for your lovely comments on my “skite” pictures. It’s really great having the on-line support to brag to.
Life got a bit tough in the last couple of weeks with DS1. Without going into the gory details, he has left home again and the rest of us are getting back to normal - whatever that is!!!

I do have exciting news though that I don’t think I’ve mentioned before. On Friday we (DH, DS2, DS3 and me) are going to NZ for Easter – yippee. DH’s Mum is having a big 70th birthday on Sunday, which is the main reason for the trip. We have a large family on DH’s side in Auckland whom we miss so much so we are really looking forward to spending time with them. My boys have 16 cousins over there and I know they will have a ball with them. Poor DH is only going for 5 days, he’s coming back for work on Wednesday. I offered that I would come back and he could stay and I really, really meant it ;-) but he said he needed to come back. I am staying for another 5 days and returning with DS2. He’s in Year 12 this year so he better come home and do some study – yeah right!!! DS3 who turned 12 last weekend gets to stay the full 2 weeks of the school holidays and come home by himself so he is wrapped. In my extra couple of days I am going to stay with my best friend over there and really catch up. It has been over 15 years since we left NZ but her and I are just as close and talk and e-mail lot’s. This will be the first time since I left that we will get to spend ‘quality’ time together so that will be fantastic – can’t wait.

I am a little concerned how I will manage for 10 days with my food choices when we are staying with other people but hopefully I won’t put on too much in that time. My scales have been creeping up just a little in the last week or so. I went to WW for my April weigh on Monday and was actually .2 over goal so I wasn’t impressed. I was determined to be ‘good’ for the 4 days before we leave, to get back to where I was a few weeks ago. DH was reassuring me that I looked just fine and he couldn’t ‘see ‘ the extra kilo or so but I know that if I don’t keep vigilant and get that little bit off, next month it will be another little bit in the wrong direction and as we all know it just keeps on going up!!! It’s been hard being really strict again, after being more relaxed. It does really P*** me off that I can’t even have 3 pieces of Pizza and a small piece of Mud Cake for DS3’s birthday without the scales going the wrong way. On Sunday DH & I had a really strenuous1 ½ hour walk up and down steps along the coast which I felt sure would make up for the indulgence but no it didn’t seem to. I know I’m obsessive with the scales but they really seem to be my key for helping me monitor how I’m going. Anyhow on a positive note, after 2 days of being super careful I’m back to 65 and with 2 more days up my sleeve I should be 64 something when we go.
Now I’ve got the hard part of deciding which of me new slim clothes I get to pack – oh what tough decisions!!!

Congratulations to all the Melbourne bloggers who did the walk/run last Sunday. You all did so well – way to go!!!! It was the Melbourne bloggers talking about their 1000 step trail that inspired me to improvise with our own Adelaide one on Sunday. I used to hate steps and hills but now enjoy the challenge if I’m in the right mood. Some days I can only manage a flat walk!!! I am getting a few odd thoughts lately!!! Well very odd for me – I’m wishing I could run!!!! I love walking but sometimes I wish I could just take off. All I can ever manage is a few hundred yards and then I’m stuffed.!!! I have read a bit about starting off slowly with walk/run intervals so maybe, just maybe I will try that when I come back. I have always said I would never be able to be a jogger but so many of you are doing it so there may be hope for me yet – we will see. It would be easier with a treadmill but I don’t fancy my chances of talking DH into that. I had a treadmill previously but sold it when I lost enthusiasm a couple of years ago. It was electric but didn’t have any programmes or anything. Do many of you use a treadmill? I love my bike but I can’t run on that!!!

Biggest Loser
I am going to miss this while I’m away but I will record it so I can catch up. I know we are coming to the end but exactly when that is I don’t know. I’m having a real love hate with the show. It often drives me crazy but I never miss it! I loved last week when they were at Camp Eden. When Adro was clinging to that tree and Bob was trying to get him to jump was really inspiring. I was getting really excited in my lounge room!! I’m not sure I like the other contestants coming back. It looks like it’s just going to sink to a real catfight, which is not what it’s all about.

My car broke down last night, which wasn’t nice. I am such a girl and do not like any thing going wrong with my car. I’ve had my little Excel since new 8 years ago and she has never given me a spot of bother. I got stuck in a traffic jam with a temperature dial off the scale. Luckily the other traffic let me through to get off the road and the RAA got me going again eventually. Turns out my fan is stuffed and will need replacing. He’s got it going now but I will have to get it fixed when I come back. DH has my car today and I have his. I can’t afford the time today if something goes wrong. I lost a couple of hours yesterday afternoon so I have to catch up today.

I know this has been a long post but as I won’t be around at all for a couple of weeks I wanted to give you something to read!!! If I don’t get a chance to get around to your blogs before I go I will catch up when I come back. Have a great Easter break, enjoy the Hot Cross Buns but before you pop one of those little yummy eggs in your mouth think of the cartoon above!!!!
Added Later
How could I forget to mention this bit?!!! On Sunday it was 12 months since I started this journey again and was "Back On Track" Here's to the next 12 months.......