Pinkie Promise...

So Thursday afternoons are swimming lessons for Mikaela, once upon a time I used to go into the pool with her after her lesson, pretty much every week. I love to swim, float... to just be in the water.
Not so much lately.
However, the trickster.... MADE me pinkie promise I would yesterday... that damn pinkie promise!!!

So I HAD to go in.... mmmmmm nice heavily pregnant woman in a swimsuit! Funnnneeee.
Sorry I dont have any photos to share. LOL! At least I wasnt in my bikini (only because it wont fit!) Hahaha.

It was hilarious - Mikalea and one of her class mates (Jessica) had me in stiches as they swam underneath me as I floated.... what was I some giant whale?? Probably :-) They were playing all kinds of imagination games, mermaids... creatures under the water. Me as a whale, wellllll its not much of a stretch.

I almost drowned as I was laughing so much. Have you ever tried to float and laugh at the same time?

Happy Friday peeps...
Bx

Parallel Universe.....

One of my besties Kim... said it best when I told her this story... she said "its like living in a parallel universe"....
One where Bek gets up in the morning and does her walking....
THE OTHER (the dark side)... where Bek DOES NOT get up and go walking!!!

*I* KNOW I am not much of a morning person.
No-one else knows this better than Nathan and Mikaela.
With my walking of late.
We all forgot.
Yesterday morning... we were reminded!

The day before I had walked in the morning and swam in the evening... about 1.5 hours excercise all up.
So....
I decided.... I could take a morning OFF.
I decided.... I could have a little sleep in.
I decided... I didnt need to walk EVERY morning.
I decided ... WRONG!

Man... I am a B.A.D morning person.
Really ugly BAD.
Uiw... shudder kind of BAD.
Okay.. maybe not quite THAT bad, but not nice!
I hate the mornings when I dont walk.
Full stop, simple ... truth!

FLIP SIDE, Parallel Universe.... when I DO get up and walk.
I love everything and everyone....

Okay, THAT is not entirely true... I didnt like the sooky lalilah, victim, shop assistant girl complaining about all her shifts and taking it out on us {her customers} by being rude... at 7am, I did not love her! But HAD I NOT walked ?? well, lets just say.... I probably would have given the girl a mouth full !! (Nasty pasty)

When I get up and walk... I feel good, really good. I get a kick start to the morning.. and the rest of my day goes so well. I have a good attitude about anything that comes my way.

I have my outfit (my sweaty gross outfit) - I wear the same thing everyday... yep GROSS, but its a consistency thing! (I DO wash them)...
I have my wrist weights... my ipod, and a beautiful, big and steep hill mother nature made *just for me* (and everyone else I pass as we cheerily greet each other at the dawn of the morning)...

I dont always FEEL like getting out of bed... but I have given myself this mantra, that DOES IT {for Me} it may not for you, but I share anyways...
To reach goals, a successful person will DO IT, even when they dont want to!

I have found without a shred of a doubt... that it is much harder NOT to do it, than it is TO DO IT, if that makes sense, if you know what I mean?

This walking thing is new to me. I have only been going for 2 weeks... and I have been fairly consistent. I am enjoying the changes. I am committed to this new regime.

By Christmas I hope to have lost quite a few kilos.... and that is just another reason to inspire me.
It began.... as THE incentive, THE only reason - now it has become the icing on the cake.

I love walking Bek!
I am going to keep her!
She is much more fun.
And.... I LOVE FUN !!

Love and Peace out....
Bx

Happy Monday....

Our Scrapping sleepover was so much fun!
The girls had a great time... although I think they only scrapped one page.
Both dressed as Princesses... with their "clapping shoes" as Mikaela calls them...
They found GLITTER in Kaela's scrap box.
So now our house is TOTALLY GLITTERED. We're just going to leave it !
{Nath found it most amusing that glitter was all over his side of the bed (and Pillow) Saturday night}

NOTE TO SELF: If, after the event, you are going to be totally relaxed and blase about it, best to be that way the whole time.... I was on the phone to Nath the next morning, insisting we go and buy a super duper vacuum cleaner (we have two rugs in our home to vacuum, thats it.. and the crappy vacuum we have does okay in usual circumstances).

The girls spilled the glitter all over the living room... the couch and rug. AND IN THEIR HAIR (of course).....
They had fun dancing in the living room, with the disco ball and torch.
Harassing the young boys next door.
Running, squealing and giggling in the courtyard and through the house.
Painting their nails...

Di and I just scrapped. Humming, occasional chats... mostly just enjoying the time to relax and scrap.

As all REALLY fabulous evenings do, it ended in tears!!
They were jumping on the bed {we think} and Jasmin fell down and banged the side of her head.
Poor darling has a bit of a bruise and gash... Girls are such little toughies....

I DID NOT get up to do my walk up Red Hill.... since we'd only been in bed for 5 hours, I just couldnt do it!
After a breaky, a bit more scrapping and fun Di and Jasmin went home to do a few things.
Kaela and I went for a pedicure.

Di came back to collect us... we went to a Card making workshop at a her friends {Julie}.
It was a Stampin Up party... I just LOVE their products... YUMMY stuff!
Julie was the perfect host... made delicious food and even gave beautiful gifts.

Saturday night... Nath had returned from his guy weekend in Sydney... and cooked us a PERFECT seafood BBQ. Lovely relaxing evening at home together!

Sunday morning... I got up to do my 4km walk up Red Hill.
Nath and I walked down to the local... got the papers. Kaela didnt walk, she went on her scooter... and she fly's down this hill near our place (scares the crap out of me)!!
We made a great Sunday brunch... mushies, spinach and soft boiled eggs on rye toast.
Kaelas horseriding... then to her Dad's - I dropped them to the pool !

Nath and I went and bought Mikaela her Chrissy pressies.
We got her exactly what she was after.
We know this because.....
A couple of weeks ago the Toys R Us catalogue came with the Sunday papers.
Early on a Sunday morning... like 6am, she comes into me.... pointing to the things she likes.
I tell her to get a pen... and CIRCLE ALL THE THINGS YOU WANT.
I think this will give me a bit more sleep time... you know, like at least half an hour!
Nooooooooo...... my dear child circles TWO things.
Well, she had circled THREE things... # 3 she circled quite a few times in fact !
Then she put a big cross through it.
Now she had my total attention.
Me: So why did you put a cross through this here Kaela?
K: Because its too big...Is it Mum?
Its a Little Mermaid kitchen set... and of course we bought it for her yesterday....

The thing is ... I do not like for Mikaela to have A LOT of toys.
I rather she has a FEW really good quality ones... and then the rest I tend to give away pretty frequently to charity.
I often have a large bag in the boot.... on its way to drop off.
Sometimes it takes a week or so!
It gets there in the end.

Here are a few photos (as requested by Shazz) of some paper mache hot air balloons I made for Mikaela when she was about 3 years old. I have only just put them up in our new home last weekend. And yes... some of them still do not have baskets... sheez!

Oh.. BTW.... I KNOW this is a long and boring post... but I am trying to keep it as I originally intended.

I am saving each month in a word file... and I print them off with each Banner, laminate it as a marker... store in a folder for Mikaela to one day be bored TO TEARS with!

Bahahahahahaa.

Love to you all peeps... have great Mondays!! Bx

Random Monday thoughts...

Kaela fell OFF her horse at yesterday's lesson, first time in two years, so thats a pretty good track record. It wasnt her fault, the horse tripped and fell over with my baby on its back !!! Mikaela didnt cry, she was shocked... I scooped her into my arms immediately. We checked the horse out, it seemed he had injured his knee, though he was more concerned with Mikaela... nudging an apology to her... it was very sweet. She got right back on him. I was holding back tears for at least 10 minutes afterwards.

Nath and I walked up Red Hill again this morning... there were about 5 hot air balloons, it was sunny and beautiful. Now its kinda overcast and blah!

Yest. Nath and I lay on this bed and we are going to have to go and buy it as soon as we can. It was like laying in clouds, or how I imagine that would be. Our body types were tested to provide us with the best bed design for US, together... We tried a few other beds too, but nothing came close, nothing compared. All I know is... that returning to our bed felt like we were sleeping on bricks! Its gonna have to wait a while because we just spent all our bucks on....

a beautiful bedroom suite ( a piccy for my sisters) for Mikaela, bed, bedside table and tall boy. We are going to let her fall asleep in our bed on Christmas eve, then set her room up, put her into her bed... and when she wakes UP.... Eiiiiieeeeee - we are so excited, and delighted with ourselves for conjuring this cunning plan!

Saturday morning... I had my assesment for my photography course, I did a power point presentation... and they accused me of being a VIRGO. I am not a Virgo. Nathan is a Virgo. I think I have Virgo tendencies!

Saturday night... me and my love watched "An Officer and A Gentleman"... all time classic romantic. Heavenly.

Friday I was in bed all day because Nath poisoned me with MSG !! So funny... I was gulping down this beautiful slow cooked soup he had made. He asked me if it tasted okay "because he had added tonnes of stock".....mmmm not good for me! Internal warning bell not working so well.

This past weekend was exactly what I needed to recharge.... LOTS of family time, relaxing time... doing "not much" time. Cleaning and purging time. No scrapping time! Connecting with loved ones across the miles time. Some one-on-one out to dinner time.... Sunday nights, leisurely walking.. outdoor dinning... the BEST way to end a weekend... and get ready to start a new week ...

And today I am just very happy and content. Smiling peacefully. So very in love with him!

EDIT: to top off my most lovely day... my womens circle sister, the goregous and talented Kaylia, sent me a short story about passion, which is just SO YUMMY!! Thank you Kaylia for such a beautiful gift!

Enjoy
Peace and Love
Bx