The Weekend!

I had a great weekend.  It as fantastic to see my sister again!!!  We spent the whole day Saturday together which was great!  I then “let” her spend Saturday evening with our brother, seeing as he is off on Honeymoon tomorrow so she will not really get to see much of him.  Mr OL and [...]

Need motivation

I am trying to motivate myself to go for a swim after work!  I have not been in so long, I find it very difficult if I don’t have a goal in mind.  Something like Ironman where I have a program that I stick to and an outcome!  I battle just to get in the [...]

Mom is always right?

I saw this on Goblin’s blog and am shamelessly stealing it.  It is Monday and I am in need of some blog inspiration.  I am rather surprised at how many things I am saying yes too…. YIKES.  I am taking it to mean that I have lived a full and “colourful” life….. Some of them [...]

Feeling icky

Edited to clarify: Ok, so I went from feeling no unpleasant side effects of being pregnant to feeling decidedly icky in one day – yesterday!  It feels like a hangover (but isn’t) that just won’t go away.  Well I suppose this (entire pregnacy) is a result of too much alcohol too…..  We are blaming a [...]

How to get the heart racing on a Monday morning!

The newspapers sure know how to give a girl a heart attack – and how to sell newspapers!   The headlines on the bill boards all the way down the streets were “Killer Shark Attack” and such likes.  When I saw the first one I nearly crashed my car.  Holy crap – I was in [...]

Nearly a week???

I can’t believe that I have been on holiday for nearly a week – time has flown. In fact how on earth do I ever fit work in as well??? So have I been sticking to my holiday plans of long swim, cycles and runs? The short answer – no. I have been sticking (mostly) [...]

Back in the water

As I might have mentioned (a couple of times or more) I have been really battling with my shoulders and so have not been doing ANY training except cycling.  The have not been getting better and I have been getting frustrated!    So what did I do yesterday – I went swimming.  I figured resting [...]

This is soooooo embarrassing to admit.

more animals A rather embarrassing situation has occurred. So far I have managed to keep it contained to the walls of my house but the temptation to go outside is huge!  I never in a million years thought this would happen to me, but it has.    It was not really my fault; they were [...]

Thank you.

Thank you so much for all your good luck wishes.  I think the exam went well.  Or at least I thought it went very well until I started checking the answers!  I put the book away and will worry about it when the results come.  There is nothing I can do now anyway.     [...]

If you are happy and you know it clap your hands!

For some reason I feel happy – AND I AM NOT SURE WHY!!!!!   On Sunday it was the first swim of the Ocean Swim Series and I was SO looking forward to it.  The swim only started at 9 but I got there at about 7 just to check out the water etc.  I [...]