Stopping to notice the small things.

Bee coz I...am quite a mindful person, I often stop and look at the beauty in simple things, then I become aware if how many people don't.

I often look up, back or sideways and snap shapes or angles of light that make me smile.

Then a few days later I come across them in my phone and I am reminded of the moment!

Bit soppy and slightly nutty but that's me!

Bee x

B:bread roll with feta, sun dried tomato and spinach
L:dumplings
D:grilled fish

I want to go back!

Bee coz I....flew to Alice Springs, hired an RV with my buddy Wendy back in March, I got to have the most amazing holiday that I will never forget.

I want to go back!

It's cold now here in Melbourne and I spent the day at work with Wendy talking about the trip.

I want the heat, I want the lazy arvo's by the pool, I want to get up early and take photos of a giant rock, I want to drive for 5hrs without stopping at a traffic light, I want to get sore eyes from trying to spot camels in the desert, I want to drive in to a caravan park and immediately click if we have the best set of wheels!

I'm reminded of a queen song "I want it all"

Bee

B:banana
MT:strawberry and custard tart (small) and fruit
L:triangle sandwiches, two little cakes and more fruit
D:mash veggies and meat (thanks to Wendy)

Christmas in July

Bee coz I....have never eaten Hungarian food, I was very much looking forward to our Christmas in July celebrations in work!

We went out to a restaurant in Elsternwick after spending an unhealthy amount of the day all talking about what we were going to have off the menu. I chose Grandma's chicken soup and a small side serve of peasant potatoes and braised red cabbage!

The soup would have been enough and I didn't get through my side dishes. It was so hearty with a small delicious dumpling in the middle!

We had a great laugh as I had expected but I ducked off early as I was getting wheezy. I'm not in the office tomorrow but I'm looking forward to hearing if there were any shenanigans after I left!

Bee

B:cheese and cucumber sandwich (yes I'm officially obsessed)
L:pork and salad roll
D:chicken soup, potatoes and red cabbage
D:small hot choc and lots of water

Crazy few weeks

Bee coz I.... have been missing in action, I thought I had better throw up (not literally) a quick post!

I have been up to my eyeballs with my annual major event that I organised as part of my wonderful job. As usual I bit of more than I could chew but luckily (and through hard work) I didn't choke! The event was a huge success, thanks to some amazing young people I am working with.

Amidst the last few days of chaos before hand, my beautiful niece endeared this world (despite telling her to stay where she was until after my event) so I had a quick trip interstate but conned my mum and dad into helping me get some of my work sorted so I wasn't too far behind. When I got back about 38hrs before the event I had about 4hrs sleep on the tues and Wednesday nights (probably more than the new parents) so was not capable of blogging.

Then I had the usual celebratory weekend of fun that included karaoke, watching a friends band and a big stomp up the hills!

Then it was back to work for the end of financial year craziness and to clean up my desk!

Another quick trip to the quacks, looks like I have picked up bronchitis so back on the anti biotics to nip it in the bud!

Bee

B:muesli
L:chicken teriyaki, steamed rice and salad
D:cheese and cucumber sandwich (my new obsession)

Missed Zumba because of my chest.

Just keep swimming!

Bee coz I....got to hang with Maxi Moo and Missy Moo after work today, and I had to pick up a badly listed bargain on eBay then hit Zumba, I got through a tuff day in one piece.

Today (18.06.14) marks the 7th anniversary of my beautiful cousin Mandy meeting Elvis at the pearly gates.

This year I struggled to keep it together, maybe because I had just been back to the UK to see everyone and she wasn't there in flesh! I think she was there in spirit especially when I threw up my kippers all over the deck after overheating on a lifeboat! She would have been weeing herself over that!

Anyway I got through the day by quoting Dory (finding nemo) over and over "just keep swimming, just keep swimming"

Live you, miss you Mandy x x

Bee

B:cheese and cucumber sandwich
L:Vietnamese roll (chicken and salad)
D:1 burrito
S: 2 choc digestives

Lots of water

It's nice being organised

Bee coz I...make soup on the weekends in winter it means I don't need to cook on the first two days of the working week. It makes life so much easier!

So has going to the launderette in stead of spending half of Saturday doing 4 loads and having the house full of damp clothes for days, it took me about 1hr and 10mins to wash, dry and fold the laundry and 5mins to put it all away, plus I got to read my book while I was at it!

Being a bit more organised will help this week as I am crazy busy in work!

Bee

Mon
B:toast
L:soup
D:yoghurt and tuna

Tues:
B:2 choc digestive biscuits (was running late)
L: veggie, chicken and prawn dumplings and 1/2 spring roll pancake
D: soup and grilled flake

Life's to short!

Bee coz I....had a very busy weekend I'm merging this in to one post.

Friday I finished work at 2pm and headed to the local shopping centre to see what was on offer in the end if financial year sales! I hate shopping so I only ever go to a couple of shops then leave, it was a good expedition because the three shops I went in had a bargain in each for me!

Shop 1=black velvet hoody $15 thank you Katie's
Shop 2= light woolen work top $14 thank you Myer
Shop 3=leather purse $29 thank you Strandbags

Then it was all fun as usual at the local Tav.

Saturday was spent at the gym (15 mins on xtrainer) and Zumba, the laundromat, quick walk between rain bursts, lunch with the lads after I picked them up from work then out for more laughs and Karaoke.

Sunday was a much needed sleep in day I did go for a 30 min walk very early then jumped back into bed. Still having to be carful in my area as there has been a number of incidents lately.

Then it was off on an adventure with Ando to Costco where we had a dessert disaster, I bought 2 cherry and choc Sundays, even though I don't like chocolate and when I gave Ando hers she said, you know I don't like cherries! I ate her cherries then only managed a few mouthfuls of the ice cream before the chocolate put me off!

Then headed to the shops to pick up some Zumba shoes (proper ones) Ando nearly had tap dancer rage as some guy was testing out shoes while we were waiting ages to get served! Then we went back to hers and made a big pan of soup!

I finally put up my treasured red lights using removable fairy light clips because life's to short to wait for the perfect branch to put them on. Then I  had my friend Tim over to watch a movie, I made him admire my lights!

2kg down as of today which means 9.5kg to get back to my goal.

Bee