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21 March 2014

21th March

Managed an hour in the garden yesterday before my sister called. She is having a hard time with dealing with my mum. I guess being further away and having grown a thicker skin over the years helps me not to get too upset about her behaviour. There isn't really anything I can do about it. Its just so sad and most of the time it doesn't make sense. Sigh.

No bacon butty for me today. I didn't enjoy it last week.

Going to London tomorrow. Yeah. LB and I need a bit of quality time together. Plenty of things today before we are off. Quick gym session this afternoon and then we have LBs granddaughter overnight. Looking forward to the little chatterbox :)

Happy Days

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20 March 2014

20th March

976 reps. Ouch :) Not sure which part of me aches the most. But I love it. And to be the oldest girl there using the heaviest weights, even more than some of the guys, gives me a strange satiesfying feeling.

On the way to work I saw a Burger King sign for their chips: SATIESFRIED? LOL.

Glad its a rest day today. I don't know how I managed to work out 5 times a week. 3 times is more than plenty. So after work I have to dash over to let the woowoos out, as LB is gone off shooting somewhere for the day, then dash over to my place, have a long chat with my sister. Hang on...why don't I just ask her to call me at LBs place? Yep. Simples, saves me a lot of time and dashing about. Might even fit some gardening in at that rate.

Weekly shop as usual.

We got people putting scaffolding up in the hangar to fix the roof. Watching them has me at awe. They lob heavy bars and other bits around, up and down ladders all day long. Now wonder they are all rather lean and atheletic.
In the days when I worked in retail I never had to exercise either. I was on the go all day, walking for miles within the shop, moving containers, lifting boxes, running up and down stairs to fetch orders for customers.
Now I sit on my behind most of the day and only exercise my fingers on the keyboard.

Its supposed to rain today :(. It might help to relieve my hayfever a bit :)

Happy Days :)

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19 March 2014

19th March

Another Hump Day

If I had 1 wish, what would I ask for? Happiness? Money? Health?
NO

I reckon, I would ask for more time, or time to slow down a bit.
I remember being little....and time always seemed to drag. Especially if you waited for something it would be an eternity away. School days would last forever, christmas never came soon enough :)
Now: one minute its monday, I blink and its friday and I take a deep breath and the weekend is gone again. I can't understand!
The first quarter of 2014 is nearly gone. Please time, just slow down a little bit, so I can enjoy and appreciate my days, the sunshine, flowers growing and everyone and everything around me just that little bit more!

I surprised myself on how well I did foodwise yesterday. I logged everything without really paying attention to the numbers. It was much lower than expected and I did move plenty as gardening is high on my list of priorities. I only stopped because it was getting dark and I couldn't distinguish between friend or foe ;)

Today I will need to eat a bit more as I will need the energy for Kettlebells. It took a little while to feel the benefit of the hemp protein powder to show. But if I have an extra helping in the afternoon before my workouts, I have much more 'umpf'. I am toying with the idea to go up to 12kgs. But maybe not quite yet. Or could it be that my iron levels are returning back to normal. Well I hope its a bit of both.

More gardening on the agenda this afternoon. The front should be finished at some stage today and then I can move on the back. It will be much easier as there are only a few fiddly flowerbeds, the rest is lawn, shrubs, trees and my beloved veggie pat.

Happy Days :)

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17 March 2014

17th, Monday ( 1 month to my 48 birthday)

A weekend full of mixed emotions!

Friday I got to the gym: 30minutes of HIIT, 1 hour of Kettlebells. Managed 900 reps.
Went home, picked up the garden rubbish just to discover that the recycle centre closes at 4pm. Heyho, I didn't take it home again but drove straight over to LB.
I had half of my bacon/sausage baguette in the morning, I fed the other half to the dogs as I didn't really 'feel' it. I had my hemp powder with almond milk, a banana & some brazil nuts instead.

Saturday was sunny and gorgous. It just called for gardening :). Then at lunchtime I started sneezing. I should have gone & taken my antihistamin straight away but I was too busy. An hour later my eyes were streaming and by 4 o'clock I surrendered and went inside. I lay on the bed for an hour trying to read 'the little cafe in Kabul' (between the sneezes) but as it didn't make a difference I got up and we took the woowoos for a long walk. LB was chuckling at the two packets of tissues.....well, I did use nearly all of them. Come 10pm I was totally, utterly exhausted.

For some reason we didn't stop for lunch but just a cup of coffee and a slice of christmas cake. Dinner was a stirfry and a steak. All good and then I was trying to make myself feel better and started raiding the cupboard. I lost count of the things I shovelled down. Needless to say that it didn't make me feel better.

Sunday: On waking up I took an antihistamin together with my iron tablet.
Yes :) result, I only sneezed once all day long. I think I should buy myself a clicker. I am curious how many times I do sneeze: 500, 600 or more? Oh yeah and starring a Rudolph nose!

As his kids and grandkids where coming over for the first BBQ of the year, we didn't bother with lunch again. And by the time we got round to eat, Iwas starving and wolfed lots! I did not feel full til I topped it of with a banana and a chocolate bar(from christmas). Just before bedtime I heard the cupboard calling my name again. Really? Why don't I ignore it?

Well, I can't make it undone. But maybe next time, I can take a step back, pause and ask myself if I really, really, really want and need it!

The effect of the iron tablets seem to have turned the other way. Not sure which is worse.

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14 March 2014

14 March

Well exercise didn't happen yesterday. Sometimes there are not enough hours in a day to fit it all in. By the time I had driven to my house it was nearly 3.30pm. Again I tried to call my mom. When she didn't answer, I got the gloves and wellies out and worked in the front garden for a solid hour. The sun was shinning and the soil is dry enough now to pull the weeds up and not pull a ton of soil with them. Why are weeds always the first to grow and in such an abundance? I know they are only plants/flowers in the wrong place, but really? So many of them. I have already filled 6 huge bags and I am only 3/4 done in the front and haven't even looked at my garden in the back. Its about 4x as big as the front.

But my wild garlic is coming back :) I dug some out( with permission) when we were in dorset last May and planted it in my garden. I had never seen it anywhere else before. When we went walking in LBs wood shortly after...it was everywhere. Mixed with bluebells. Its the most stunning display and the smell is gorgeous - if you like garlic. Its lovely freshly picked in a salad and the bulbs fry very well too. Its just not as strong as your 'normal' garlic.

So looking forward to go on Holiday again. We go back to the same place as last year, as its not easy to find a cottage that will allow 3 or more dogs. Holly is still going strong at 15 and by the end of May we might have another puppy or two :).

I think I did good with food yesterday. Apart from a few little pieces of liquorice and a piece of 90% dark chocolate I logged everything.

Anyways. After working in the garden I did manage to get hold of my mom. Still no news on a sale of the house but I think it will take time. The housing market in Germany is way more complicated then in UK. My sister thinks that mom doesn't want to sell the house, after all she has lived in it for over 50 years, but I think she is ready for a fresh start. I just hope she will find a new place that will meet all her expectations.
A major change at the age of 75 can't be easy!

I love that the days are getting longer. When I drove over to LBs house( which is more a home to me now then my own place) the sun was still shinning. Quickly feeding the dogs, getting the woodburner ready for the still very cold nights and off we went for the weekly shop. Back by 8pm it was time for some dinner. A salad with olives, grapes, tomatoes, radishes, cucumber, spinach, mushrooms and a piece of mackerel was on the menu. YUM!

If the weather stays this nice we plan to get the green house up this weekend. And the first BBQ of the year :)

Happy Days

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