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I know this seems early, but really there’s only 8 weeks until Christmas. Also, I have a few things in mind, but when it finally gets to December and family ask me what I’d like I can never come up with anything, so why not write it down?

That’s about all I’ve got at the moment. Not too bad! lol.

EDIT

Wow, now I’m coming up with lots of stuff!! Greedy!! I’ll probably end up buying myself the olay moisturiser and jandals before Christmas.. hehe.
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Rob and I went to pick up coffee today for lunch. I ordered a trim mochaccino and he had a hot chocolate (not a fan of coffee).

When we got home he held up his hot chocolate and proudly said ‘this is my slim mochachocca!‘.

I couldn’t help laughing.

Yes, I was due for a weigh-in post on Tuesday and I didn’t do it. I had a bad weekend. The wedding food, lunch in Matakana and Rob and I had a takeaway on Saturday night. So yes, not good at all. I gained a kilo.

I’m back on track now. Getting back to writing down my daily food.

Next Tuesday will be good!

A radio DJ here in New Zealand is currently on Jenny Craig and she’s doing well. I love reading her diary as it’s inspiration to keep going! I can’t wait until my clothes don’t fit me (like in her previous post). Check her out.

Also, check out stuff you didn’t know. A big list of trivia facts. I knew some.

..all in one weekend. Well, it was a long weekend.

On Friday night we attended my Dad’s wedding to Laurel, whom he has been with for six years now. They had the ceremony at home and then took us out to dinner at Mollies. It’s the flashest restaurant I’ve ever been to! It was beautifully candle lit dining. We even had a piano and opera performance while we ate our entrée.

I have a picture of the menu here. I had the quail, baby chicken and sticky date pudding. Rob ordered the salmon, lamb and chocolate marquise; so we each got to try a bit of everything.
The food was delicious and the night was great fun and of course we all looked great!

If you want to look at more photo’s from the wedding and dinner, I have a set of 49 photos here.

On Saturday morning I headed off to do some work and make some money while Rob went to his first cricket game for the weekend. I went out to see how it was going after work. Unfortunately they didn’t win.

On Sunday it was an OK day outside and we felt like doing something. Rob came up with the idea of going to Goat Island, up North, as he has never been there. I thought this was a great idea, road trips are fun!

It took just over an hour to get there. It was a bit overcast and very windy, but still good to get out. After taking some photos and checking out the fish we headed back into Matakana for lunch.

We came across a pub having a shear a sheep, eat a pie & drink a pint competition. Very typical New Zealand country town stuff. Unfortunately we missed it by about 20 minutes. So we headed into the pub next door for food. I had a seafood chowder which, honestly, is one of the best I’ve ever had! Rob had some BBQ chicken wings which he thoroughly enjoyed.

After lunch we went to the Matakana Vineyard where we enjoyed some wine tasting (well I did, Rob doesn’t drink wine). I bought a bottle of Pinotage for $25 which is reasonable. I am yet to enjoy it as I felt a bit light headed after all the free wine.

Sunday night we went to Rob’s parents for dinner and a catch up. Both Rob and I feeling exhausted, no idea why, because we were sitting in the car for a few hours I guess. After dinner we picked up some DVDs on the way home to watch. We got through two; Jerry Maguire and Men of Honour, both great movies.

On Monday, Labour Day (in NZ), Rob had another cricket game. So I decided I’d go watch too. It was a yucky day, very windy, cold, grey and it kept raining on and off. What sucks most is that Rob was playing for a different team, so none of my friends (girlfriends of Rob’s friends in his cricket team) were there to watch with me. Luckily I could park the car right up close to the game, so I could sit in it and not freeze my ass off.
After the game we went back to the cricket club and caught up with everyone. I bought five $2 raffle tickets and won $50!! WOOHOO! We didn’t get home until after 9pm, so today I am feeling a bit lethargic.

It has come the time that I must get off the damn internet that distracts me so easily and start some exam study. Grrr.. my enemy!

My day started off as normal; I got up and headed off to the gym. Came home, showered and made some breakfast. Today was muesli and “low fat” apple crumble flavoured yoghurt, which turned out not so low fat! A whole two weight watchers points. Damnit, have to cut back on something else today.
Headed off to Uni for my Tax lecture. When the class finished at 11am I headed off to the bank to increase my interest free overdraft so I could make it through my exams and not have to work lots of hours. Those hours are needed for study. The bank approved me, yay, spending time. Only the essentials of course.
My most important purchase was a new top to wear to my Dad’s wedding on Friday (I will blog more about that after the ‘do). It took five shops before I even saw anything I liked! But in the fifth shop I was successful and found a cute top which only cost me $24.99 - bargain! I didn’t want to spend lots, because I’m doing well on the weight loss and I’m not planning on being this size much longer, so it was a good find! (Pics will be posted after Friday). In the same shop I also found two cute tees. They were only $13.99 each, so I had to plunge. One was in my 365 day shot for today and I’m sure you’ll see me in the other one soon.

Also relating to my Dad’s wedding I was trying to schedule in a cut and colour for my hair. The re-growth is gross! I needed to do it regardless of the impending wedding. I was very lucky that my hairdresser could switch one of her appointments to squeeze me in on Friday at noon. So I’m very fortunate, it’s my fault for leaving it so late!

After my shopping expedition and phone calls to my hairdresser I figured I should squeeze in some exam study for Law before heading off to tennis. I managed to cover a couple of topics and then headed off to tennis at 5.30pm.

This was my first interclub game of the season. I hadn’t picked up my racquet since March! I was dreading going, thinking I was just going to lose every set - who wants that much fun? But you can’t let your team down, so I turned up and won my singles!! 6-4, 6-2. I played as number 2 (out of 4, 1 being the best) as well, so it’s a harder game than when I used to play at 3 or 4. I was so thrilled. We won all our games, except my doubles partner and I lost our doubles game. But overall our team won. What a great way to start a season!

Now I’m home, it’s 10.30pm, I’m showered, exfoliated, absorbing the fake tan I applied 30 minutes ago and ready for bed.

This afternoon, after working all morning, I headed off to a friends baby shower with my sister. This lady is not a close, close friend, but I used to work with her and my sister, Allie, still works with her, so I thought it was sweet she invited me. She’s an Iraqi lady and she is the sweetest ever!
Allie had told me that there would be over 100 people there, I didn’t believe her. But she was right, 120 people. Of course the Iraqi community is huge, so there was lots of family and close family friends. They are the most friendly and lovely people! They all cooked up a storm, both sweet and savoury foods. Allie and I, two out of four non-Iraqi’s, felt out of place at the beginning, but we knew a few people there and they were just such fun. We laughed and chatted the whole time!
I loved watching the elder ladies with the children and newborn babies, their facial expressions are priceless so full of joy and love. I wish I had taken my camera with me, the shots would have been better than any Hallmark card. Their faces, not my photography.

You should have seen her present table, it was huge!! The decorations; flowers and balloons, were beautiful too! I even stole one at the end.. haha. It has dummy’s and a baby bottle in it, so cute.

Now we have Dylan and Nat on their way over for pizza and some drinks. Not good for the diet, but I’ll only have 1-2 pieces of pizza and some pepsi max (point free).
I haven’t done any studying for exams today, so that’s tomorrow’s chore!

Bold everything applicable. I am hoping to improve this and have doubled the amount of things I’ve done by the time I’m 30!

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a babies diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two harddrives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had/Have amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the snake river
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in a Rocky Horror Picture Show
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept 30 hours in a 48 hour time frame
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someones mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read “The Iliad”
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

First week down and I’m down to 93.4kg, that’s a loss of 600g (1.3lbs) since last Tuesday. I’m happy with that. They say that 0.5-1kg per week is a healthy weightloss.
I went to the gym this morning and my arms are feeling a bit achy from the weights, but that’s good, I can feel the workout.

Something fun, if you’re a mum, you’ll love this. I’m not, but I’m sure my mum has said most of these a few times to us when we were younger.