A few days ago I went for a quick jog around town, just 3klms to keep me going. Unfortunately halfway through I was almost in tears with pain. I did finish my run, but after consulting with my Husband I booked a massage and an appointment with the local Physio.
The massage was painful but great. It did leave me bruised, but the masseuse did a number on my sore spot (which happens to be my glutes muscle), and it gave me some relief for a few days.
At the same time I booked into the physio but I had to wait a few days for that appointment. When I finally got to see her, she saw straight away what my problem was, given my history. I described my injury (which occurred approximately 4years ago), and after a quick examination, the physio described my gluteus maximus as a piece of soggy cardboard!
All I could think of was, I am not crazy, the pain I have had all this time was real! No matter what my previous physicians had told me (I am sure they thought I was imagining my pain), it was real. And I finally had someone who believed me and knew what to do about it.
Unfortunately, she is not so keen on my participating in the Tough Mudder event on the weekend. We will see what happens with that one!
So, armed with a lot of strapping tape, a crash course on how to strap my butt, and a few stick on heat pads, we journey off tomorrow for the event we have been training for all year. If nothing else, I will get a few solid nights sleep!
See you all on the other side! (and I am still undecided about that damned artic enema).
Tuesday, 13 August 2013
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Stinky gross stuff, be warned!
So I was going to write this blog about how good my alone time was toda, but I think this is better.
Today I farted in the car. I got out and when I came back it was still in there!
Today I farted in the car. I got out and when I came back it was still in there!
Monday, 5 August 2013
Times a' ticking!
Wow, only 12 days till our massive Tough Mudder event. Don't know if I will ever feel ready for it, but we are attempting it all the same!
There is so much happening lately.
Today Little Miss 4 had a Mini School event where she got to go to a school and meet and play with other distance ed children in her program. I was a little sad when I walked away cause she kinda gave me a goodbye kiss (which I had to ask for), turned her back and did not once look back to me. To make up for this, when I picked her up she had the biggest grin on her face which showed me she was so proud of everything she had done today.
The one thing Little Miss 4 did tell me about her day was she made two pasta necklaces, one for her and one for Rusty, go figure!
She has one more day of Mini School tomorrow, then back to normal days at home, well as normal as we busy people could possibly get!
I am pretty excited because on Wednesday I am meeting with my 'boss' to sort out some details of the Kindysport programme I am implementing in our community. I will start that next term, after a trail day during the next school holidays, in all that spare time I currently have! I really can't wait to get this started, it will help to keep me occupied next year when I have both of my children at school.
I also have to consider planning Little Miss 4's next birthday coming up in a few months. She reminds me every day it is only 2 weeks away! Not far off, only 9 weeks to go, but if I am to do a party, planning is key out here!
With all that happening, the weather will warm up soon and we will start camping again, not that the temperature has stopped us, we have been a tad pre occupied with training to worry about camping, and DH was sick, amongst the silly roster his company maintains, and we have to remember Master 6 is still required to go to school (even though he had today off because he was a little weary from our weekend, and will have a week off soon for our tough mudder event).
Add to our list, jazz lessons, music classes, touch footy, golf, Master 6 wants to do Martial Arts, homework, my personal studies, the eKindy program I am trying to run, and housework. No wonder my house looks like a bomb hit most days! And thank goodness for my slow cooker, thermomix and fantastic Husband. I am going to relish my time off tomorrow (to do the grocery shopping alone over a period of 5 hours ALONE)!
There is so much happening lately.
Today Little Miss 4 had a Mini School event where she got to go to a school and meet and play with other distance ed children in her program. I was a little sad when I walked away cause she kinda gave me a goodbye kiss (which I had to ask for), turned her back and did not once look back to me. To make up for this, when I picked her up she had the biggest grin on her face which showed me she was so proud of everything she had done today.
She has one more day of Mini School tomorrow, then back to normal days at home, well as normal as we busy people could possibly get!
I am pretty excited because on Wednesday I am meeting with my 'boss' to sort out some details of the Kindysport programme I am implementing in our community. I will start that next term, after a trail day during the next school holidays, in all that spare time I currently have! I really can't wait to get this started, it will help to keep me occupied next year when I have both of my children at school.
I also have to consider planning Little Miss 4's next birthday coming up in a few months. She reminds me every day it is only 2 weeks away! Not far off, only 9 weeks to go, but if I am to do a party, planning is key out here!
With all that happening, the weather will warm up soon and we will start camping again, not that the temperature has stopped us, we have been a tad pre occupied with training to worry about camping, and DH was sick, amongst the silly roster his company maintains, and we have to remember Master 6 is still required to go to school (even though he had today off because he was a little weary from our weekend, and will have a week off soon for our tough mudder event).
Add to our list, jazz lessons, music classes, touch footy, golf, Master 6 wants to do Martial Arts, homework, my personal studies, the eKindy program I am trying to run, and housework. No wonder my house looks like a bomb hit most days! And thank goodness for my slow cooker, thermomix and fantastic Husband. I am going to relish my time off tomorrow (to do the grocery shopping alone over a period of 5 hours ALONE)!
Thursday, 25 July 2013
Dessert, and our busy life.
Going through my handwritten recipe book recently I found a list of ingredients for some kind of pudding (desert), but it had no method to go with it. So, when DH asked for something sweet tonight, I decided to 'interpret' this list of ingredients!
And what we ended up with was pretty yummie! I would describe it like a choc-banana caramel-sauce self saucing pudding.
It had a perfectly crisp top (from where the caramel sauce ran over and 'caramelised' over the edges of the cake), lovely chunks of banana throughout and that all favourite chocolate flavour!
The only thing I didn't like, is that I did not know the caramelised sauce had dripped to the bottom of the oven where it has now dried and set hard.
On another note, when I picked up Master 6 from school, I came home to finish the mowing (I earned my desert tonight - I used the push mower). Master 6 quickly asked if he could mow for me, so once he finished his homework I let him loose on the yard (I had left one side of the house yard for him to finish). I must say he did a fantastic job, zigging and zagging about, but he managed to cover almost every long piece of grass in his section. I am very proud of the effort he put in, it took one hour for him to finish, and I had to tell him to stop (he was looking to keep going!).
Master 6 and I had a discussion about what we got up to today, I told him I went for a run and did the mowing and his response was 'so not that much then'. I had to laugh. Sometimes it feels like we don't do that much, but reality says we do way more than we think! I know I don't do as much as I should at the moment, but I do the essentials (laundry, kitchen, and I feed everyone - most of the time!). I only have 6months left with Little Miss 4 until she starts school, so the windows and walls can wait until then I think, I am having way too much fun playing with leggo, dolls and board games!
And what we ended up with was pretty yummie! I would describe it like a choc-banana caramel-sauce self saucing pudding.
It had a perfectly crisp top (from where the caramel sauce ran over and 'caramelised' over the edges of the cake), lovely chunks of banana throughout and that all favourite chocolate flavour!
The only thing I didn't like, is that I did not know the caramelised sauce had dripped to the bottom of the oven where it has now dried and set hard.
On another note, when I picked up Master 6 from school, I came home to finish the mowing (I earned my desert tonight - I used the push mower). Master 6 quickly asked if he could mow for me, so once he finished his homework I let him loose on the yard (I had left one side of the house yard for him to finish). I must say he did a fantastic job, zigging and zagging about, but he managed to cover almost every long piece of grass in his section. I am very proud of the effort he put in, it took one hour for him to finish, and I had to tell him to stop (he was looking to keep going!).
Master 6 and I had a discussion about what we got up to today, I told him I went for a run and did the mowing and his response was 'so not that much then'. I had to laugh. Sometimes it feels like we don't do that much, but reality says we do way more than we think! I know I don't do as much as I should at the moment, but I do the essentials (laundry, kitchen, and I feed everyone - most of the time!). I only have 6months left with Little Miss 4 until she starts school, so the windows and walls can wait until then I think, I am having way too much fun playing with leggo, dolls and board games!
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
Addicted? Not anymore!
Not a bad addiction, but just a time consuming one. Yup - that stupid game called Candy Crush.
I would say I was addicted, but now I am at a level I can't complete, and I really just could not be bothered trying anymore! It is such a good feeling (not that I have gotten much else accomplished this week), to not want to play that game anymore!
Now I might be able to concerntrate on more productive things, like the laundry and cooking a good dinner more often than I have been !-)
I would say I was addicted, but now I am at a level I can't complete, and I really just could not be bothered trying anymore! It is such a good feeling (not that I have gotten much else accomplished this week), to not want to play that game anymore!
Now I might be able to concerntrate on more productive things, like the laundry and cooking a good dinner more often than I have been !-)
Tuesday, 16 July 2013
A slave to my kitchen.
It feels like today has been all about food.
The moment I wake, I have breakfast.
On school days, I eat my breakfast whilst preparing the days lunchboxes, and the kids eat breakfast at the table.
Today, while packing the lunchboxes, I packed a picnic morning tea for Little Miss 4 and I to take to the park.
When we got back from the park, Little Miss 4 was asking for lunch straight away (an hour and a half before our usual lunch time). I managed to distract her for a period of time, by making four different coloured bowls of playdough. Once I cleaned up the playdough mess, I sat down with a cup of tea and some bikkies.
After that it was time for Little Miss 4 to have lunch, so more food. Whilst preparing her lunch I put on a batch of strawberry jam (love my thermomix!). While the jam is cooking I prepared dinner (casserole chicken cause I wont be home most of the afternoon). I am waiting for Little Miss 4 to have a sleep so I can make a banana and cinnamon swirl loaf I have been drooling over!
And all that before Noon!
I am looking forward to a Nanna nap today.
The moment I wake, I have breakfast.
On school days, I eat my breakfast whilst preparing the days lunchboxes, and the kids eat breakfast at the table.
Today, while packing the lunchboxes, I packed a picnic morning tea for Little Miss 4 and I to take to the park.
When we got back from the park, Little Miss 4 was asking for lunch straight away (an hour and a half before our usual lunch time). I managed to distract her for a period of time, by making four different coloured bowls of playdough. Once I cleaned up the playdough mess, I sat down with a cup of tea and some bikkies.
After that it was time for Little Miss 4 to have lunch, so more food. Whilst preparing her lunch I put on a batch of strawberry jam (love my thermomix!). While the jam is cooking I prepared dinner (casserole chicken cause I wont be home most of the afternoon). I am waiting for Little Miss 4 to have a sleep so I can make a banana and cinnamon swirl loaf I have been drooling over!
And all that before Noon!
I am looking forward to a Nanna nap today.
Sunday, 14 July 2013
That's next!
Just when I thought we had had the worst day of the month, it continued the next morning, with Master 6 having a massive stack at the end of golf, taking a chunk out of his knee, by falling over on some cement. Ouch, an absolute massive ouch. He was checking it out tonight, and underneath the 'flap' of skin looks like creamy vomit, eewwww!
So, he busted his hip (torso), scratched his arm, had a bang on his back, I told him after we left the park the other day he just needed to do something to his head and his leg then he would have covered his whole body, I guess I jinxed myself!
And to top things off, Little Miss 4 has had a cough/cold for about 3 weeks now, and last night came out in a rash which has gotten worse throughout today - things are going good round here!
So, he busted his hip (torso), scratched his arm, had a bang on his back, I told him after we left the park the other day he just needed to do something to his head and his leg then he would have covered his whole body, I guess I jinxed myself!
And to top things off, Little Miss 4 has had a cough/cold for about 3 weeks now, and last night came out in a rash which has gotten worse throughout today - things are going good round here!
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