Thankful Friday

Well its been a very busy week, I was away at a training conference tuesday, wednesday and thursday. It was a good chance to catch up with friends and get excited by the good news of Jesus and preaching it! Now the down side...i was tired and generally out of sorts for much of the conference, i didnt realise how much i like my routine until i had to step out of it for a few days. BUT i did manage to do 2 8km walk/runs in the 2.5 days, however the scales still hate me :(

But on to thankfulness:

1. I am thankful for exercise and how much fitter i am than at last years conference

2. I am thankful for sleep ( but would like more of it!)

3. I am thankful for Jesus and the joy of life in him

4. I am thankful for my family, they are so lovely!!

5. I am thankful for diet Coke!

6. I am thankful for the 2 regular girls who come to youth Bible Study, i really hope i can be an example and teacher to them :)

7. I am thankful for cuppa soups especially the laksa flavour

8. I am thankful that it is time to go home from work!

9. I am thankful that it is only 17 days til holidays!! eeekkk!

would love to hear what you are thankful for....

Thankful saturday!

So i had a busy week so i missed thankful thursdays...so here it is on saturday and its very very easy to think of things to be thankful for!

1. I am sitting in my lounge room with my mum and dad! yay for mum and dad staying!

2. We are full of yummy thai food yay!

3. i voted today and although it was a long line, I am very pleased to have my say in Australias governance.

4. I got to marry some people today, its fun being ordained!

5. I like the new top ryde shops and having them so close

6. I had dinner with my lovely friend Claire last night and we skyped Rachelle in Israel!! yay!!!

5. 24 days til my holiday!

6. Max is cute! and has a cat flap being installed!!

7. We are having lemon tart for dessert as an early birthday celebration! YUM

8. Pride and Prejudice.....

9. spring is in the air

10. God is good and i finished my sermon for tomorrow night on thursday and i feel pretty good about it!

yeah!!

Thankful Thursday!

so here we are the end of a thursday, i'm a bit tired! But here are the things i'm thankful for:

1. exercise endorphines!! I was feeling grumpy and yuck and hormonal and then i went to boot camp! yay it was fun! and i feel better!

2. Credit cards! They mean that i can buy my groceries tonight, rather than wait til monday when i have other things on! (although they are bad cos i spend too much!)

3. 4.5 weeks til holiday!

4. Maxie :)

5. Bronwyn at work, she makes my thursdays fun and we have cups of tea :) Speaking of work i was very productive at work today. although i still have a wedding sermon and a sunday sermon to write!

6. the new top ryde shops - they make me feel like i live somewhere not nowhere!

ok sleepy and big day tomorrow, time for bed!

City to Surf!

I am so proud of me for completing my first city to surf!!

I was a bit nervous and there were lots and lots of people..80,000 but it was so much better than i thought...i never really felt crowded. It was a beautiful day and it was so lovely :)

I think my time was about 105 mins, i will find out on tuesday when it will be in the paper :)

Here is a before and after shot :)

Firm?

So I am on a journey toward getting buff and so eating right, working out etc but one of the unfortunate side effects is a lack of buffness in the skin....i mean i could almost fly with the wings i have got going on.

So even though i have been on a financial lockdown i splurged today on some Body firming cream. I mean it probably will do nothing but i though i would give it a go...stay tuned and maybe i'll do a review :)

what else? I went to body attack class tonight it was SO hard! ah well, city to surf this weekend!

only 6 weeks to go til holiday!

Thankful Tuesday!

So i missed thankful thursday last week, i was madly trying to get organised for the high tea we ran at church on saturday and i had a training day in the city all day!

So here are some things i am thankful for this tuesday:

1. My sisters! I love them :) Its so great to keep in touch with them, Deb and i are on facebook and text often which is lovely and last night i spoke to jen on the phone which was great - lots of talk about baby vomit but nice all the same :)

2. My holiday - its only 6 weeks away and i cant wait!!!

3. God's kindness - after being in a bit of a funk lately i have begun to see afresh Gods kindness to me in the everyday things of life. He has been teaching me and growing me even though i dont enjoy it all the time. I have gotten through a bunch of stuff and feel like i can see Gods work in my life :)

4. Zumba - its great, so much fun!

5. taking steps to get my credit card debt under control! hurrah!

so i think thats it for today, there is much more to say but i should do some work! :)

Its August!

Well i cant believe its august! This time last year i was in Belfast, well Islandmagee actually at the wedding of my lovely friends Sarah and Grant Connor. ( they have now welcomed Bella to the family!)

Its a similar day here in Sydney as it was there, cold and windy! But I feel like i have grown a whole lot this year.

Here are some photos for comparison



I am quite pleased with my getting buff progress :)

Also I have decided to stay at my current job which i think is a good decision, even after all my whinging :)