MOTHER

1sr March

Today I had an experience that put everything into prespective. I love to cook and whenever I cook, Riley my 3 1/2 year old sits up on the bench and he's in charge of the mixer. There's a little button on the front of the mixer which he calls the booster and today when I put the flour in to make the lemon cake and it's mixing nicely he pushes the booster button and flour goes everywhere. That was the first thing that annoyed me. Anyway whilst we were cooking we were eating these cheese and cracked pepper biscuits and I put the bowl near him so he could have some as well. I turned around and when I looked back the bowl was empty and the cake mixture was extra lumpy. All I could do was stand there as all the biscuits cracked and crumbled into the mixture. Then my blood started to boil. "Riley have you every had a cake that there was biscuits in?" "NO" he replied "well wasn't that silly " and believe me I didn't sound calm I sounded angry and cranky and would of looked like a psycho mother. After I settled down, I felt guilty of course for getting so cranky when it's not really a big deal. Then a knock came at the door and it's was the lady who lives next door's daughter. She came over to tell us that her mother had passed away last night and thought we should know. From our dining room table we can see their back verandah and I have watched as people have come and gone all day. Trying to imagine how much pain they must be going through. How could I possibly understand what life would be like without the glue that holds the family together(mum). Then I think back to getting angry at Riley for some biscuits in the cake mix and think how that's irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things. How I constantly get caught up in the day to day irrelevant details and often overlook the things that really matter. How lucky I am to have children at all, to have a family and good friends. I continually complain about not having enough money but you know, I have never missed a meal, my children always have clean clothes and we have a home even if it's not the flashiest. So as I look at the sad faces sitting up there on that verandah without their mother sitting along side I think how lucky I am to be sitting down here eatting my crunchy lemon cake.

kym

Mutton dressed as lamb

29th February

I was talking to my best friend yesterday about the photo's of the clothes I had bought and she asked why don't I ever where the turban it suits me. I thought and I said Jo I think that I'm to old to wear the turban I would love to but i think teen's and people in their early 20's could get away with wearing that. This bought up something for me to ponder on. I have had a few incidents lately which have led me to look further into this topic. My mother in law was in hospital on Thursday because she was experiencing pain in the middle of her back. Me being the over reacter I am thought of course she would have cancer or something wrong with her heart. I said to poppy (father in law) she's only 61 yrs old she's to young to have anything wrong. Isn't it funny I can remember when my grandmother was in her 60's she had a short hair wave and got it set every week and the blue hair rinse (who ever began that trend should be plucked) and she seemed old. She wouldn't do much activity and the highlight of her week was having her 3 dear friends over for tea and homemade cooking. Now my mother in law and mother are in their 60's and they are nothing like that. My mother is very youthful and has non stop energy she is very social and has a fantastic relation with her partner. They are like young teenagers in love or more like lust. Then my mother in law well well. I will tell you a little story and you will understand she's going through her youth for the 10th time. A young 11 year old moved in next door and Maddy grew very fond of Helen. She would come over every day for a visit. On one occasion I rang Helen ( I was still living in Brisbane) and asked how she'll going. "Oh Kym" she said "I must think I'm 16 still I lept over a bush after Maddy and I broke my ankle I'm not as young as I used to be". Now I know a lot of 60 yrs old that look 160 yrs give or take a few days. So it really comes down to attitude, energy and not giving a damn what other people think. So today i will go out and wear that bloody turban which I love because I know I'm the only one worried about it.

keep glowing

kym

Detox day one

Tuesday 26th February

Ha Ha the ferrel looking before photo. I'm the type of person who always has a dot or a blotch on her face, neck, back, chest so looking at the photo dosen't really show how uneven by skin is. You can get a fair idea I have dehydration lines on my forehead. A nice festy zit in between my eyes (which is exactly where you want a nice big festy zit). I pulled my hair back with a head band so we could fully see if there would be a difference after only 5 days. Well this morning I woke and being the most unorganised person on the planet forgot to get the natural yoghurt and seeds so all I have had so far is carrot, apple and wait for it beetroot juice. I feel quite hungry but I am unable to go down to the shop as charlee is asleep. I walked 5 kms last night and will go swimming shortly. OK my beginning weight is 65kgs so it will be interesting to see if I will lose any.

Love and happiness

kym

The dreaded detox

well I forgot add one goal which I have been putting off for years and years and yes begun many a time yet never completed it. THE DETOX ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!! I will start off with a little 5 day detox to begin with. Only 5 days you say, piece of cake until you understand my obsession. 3 + CUPS OF COFFEE A DAY and wait there's more 2 GLASSES OF WINE A DAY. Up until 5 years ago I would of had to add one more thing in a packet of cigarettes. ( don't I sound like a clean and respectable catch). The packet a day and two packets when drinking cigarette habit was ended when the pain in the butt (let's call him Jason) began bringing me home listerine lollies to suck on. I thought oh you beautiful thing you, until the penny dropped and I realized that my breathe stunk and thinking I was a hot sexy mamma when in reality I was a hot stinking mamma and maybe not so hot oh well. So as you can see 5 days without coffee and wine (not to worried about the wine) is going to be a test in willpower which I have proven over and over to myself that I have very little of. That's the beauty of blogging I put it on paper/ computer screen so I have to go through with it.

I checked out http://www.altmedicine.about.com/ and did the detox quiz which showed me the side effects to expect when cleansing out my system. So I'm feeling pretty pumped about begining to get healthier and not to worried about the headaches, rashes, lethargy and mood swings.

I have an amazing book called the 28 day vitality plan so I will do their juice fast which only lasts for 2 days and quoting from the book "Apart from the immediate internal cleansing effects it does have such a visible effect,too. You will see weight loss and an improvement in your skin, hair and nails. By the end of the week you will have more energy, and as you already look and feel so much better you won't find it hard to keep to the rest of the programme" so lets put it to the test. I will put a before photo on tomorrow and an after photo when I finish the juice fast.

So how do we begin.

B'FAST NATURAL YOGHURT WITH SEED

CARROT AND APPLE JUICE

SNACK APPLE

LUNCH SALAD AND VEGIE JUICE

SNACK APPLE

DINNER FRUIT SALAD WITH YOGHURT

AS MUCH HERB TEA AND WATER DURING THE DAY

I AM GOING TO STARVE OH WELL LETS SEE THE CHANGES IN ME

ABOVE IS THE MENU FOR THE FIRST TWO DAYS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LEAD UP TO THE TWO DAY JUICE DETOX.

KEEP GLOWING

kym

Imagine waking up to this every morning. This is the view from our back deck this morning we watched the sunrise. This is my first ever blog and I will be using this as my no more excuses for staying stagnent in life. What I will be doing is putting down my 2008 goals and then hopefully even one person will read this and I will have to go through with it. So lets begin by introducing myself my name is Kym and up until one month ago I was living in Brisbane with my partner (no we're not married) and our 2 children. My partner for the last 2 years has been a cranky pain in the butt and i would say what's wrong and he would just say he's tired. Then one day we went down to his home town in northern nsw and it all became clear. We were having a few too many and I was watching Jason dancing and drinking and I couldn't think of a time when I had seen him happier. So the next day we went our for a romantic thai dinner at the only a la carte restaurant in town and I discovered that the reason he's been a pain in the butt is he was homesick. So fiddle de dee we packed up our things and moved to a tiny town. So going from a population of 2.5 million to 15000 is a little strange to say the least but I love it. Isn't it funny where life take you. So I'm living in a tiny town and I'm going through a mid life crises and 34 years old. So back to the purpose of the blog. My life is nothing as I had thought and now that I'm getting older I have to begin to challenge myself. So here are my goals for 2008
1. Get fit (walk,swim, ride) 4X per week
2. Guitar lessons
3. sewing lessons
4. be more organises (Sunday night organise the week)
5. Begin home based business & be successful
6. Get my blog into the top 100 women's blogs
7. Begin teaching at charles darwin uni midyear
8. have the body I have always wanted
Now that I've written them down I will keep you up to date at my progress tomorrow i will do photo's of myself so we can get a before I begin the fitness programme. Would n't it be lovely to read this blog on december 2008 and think wow I've done everything.
cheers
kym
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