Archive for January, 2009

We’re all going on a Summer Holiday

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

So, it’s that time of year again — time to start thinking about the summer holiday and looking at places to stay.
This year however I have something new to take into consideration, whereas in the past the choice of destination and hotel would come down to where had a good night life, places to eat [...]

Heart Rate Monitor is dead!

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

Ah crap, why do things always break just after Christmas?
I started working out tonight and my hear rate monitors watch just stopped working. I assume it just means the battery is dead, but I am not sure — I took the back off and it is not an ordinary watch battery so I am not [...]

Christmas gain be gone!

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Woohoo there goes that Christmas and new year gain already!
3 pounds in less than two weeks, that is pretty major for me. It seems that taking my foot off the pedal did me good, shocked my body into doing something, because I was pretty stalled and I doubt I would have lost 3 pounds [...]

A good start to the new year

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

One of those pesky pounds lost already
I can’t wait to get to my next mini goal of ‘Under 11 stone’, I feel it will be a huge mental break through for me to no longer be in the ‘obese’ category, and within the same stone as I was 5 years ago at my [...]

Free Kids games at MEGA Brands

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

I remember several years ago when I was a teacher in the brownies, I used to spend countless hours trying to think up games and activities for the girls to play. It was hard work I can tell you, it was also hard work running around after 30 hyper kids two nights a week — [...]

Happy 2009

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

I can’t believe it’s 2009 already, my how time flies. It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes ago it was turning 2000!
We went out to the local pub with some friends, watched some fireworks and then came home and have been playing N64 since. Nothing like a bit of retro gaming to bring in the new [...]