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Done

Back in August I mentioned that I was going to start C25k – that is, couch to 5 kilometres; a program designed to get you from the couch to running 5 kilometres in 9 weeks.

When I started it was a pie in the sky dream. I could huff and puff my way through half an hour of walking on the treadmill with maybe two minutes of jogging that would then cause me to collapse.

Well this morning I did it. I made it to half an hour of jogging. I can’t believe i achieved my aim, and so quickly. I jogged my thirty minutes straight through and I felt fantastic. When I look back on how far I’ve come in these few months I shake my head. If someone had have told me I’d be getting up at 5.30 in the morning (okay, today it was later but that’s a normal  weekday start now) to happily go and jog for half an hour! I would have laughed, and laughed, and laughed and gone and had quarter pounder for lunch at McDonald’s.

So now I’m consolidating, I’ll stick to the half hour jog for a couple of weeks before I contemplate my next step, maybe 8k or 10k. I’m also now concentrating on food. I’m using My Fitness Pal to keep an eye on what I eat and, oddly enough, I’m realising I have to eat more now as I’m still loosing weight and would prefer to stay where I am.

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Bye Bye Foxtel

We’ve cancelled our Foxtel, again.

Last year Rae received a nice bonus at work and we decided to splurge on Foxtel, primarily for the football. We went with the HD Sports package and after a few months of introductory of pricing it reverted to $81 a month. Now the footy has finished we sat back and had a look at what we spent our money on.

The short answer was not much really.

We got to see a few extra games live that we wouldn’t have, mainly the interstate ones, but we didn’t watch many, if any, other games. It was great to have the games in HD (are you listening Channel 7!) but even then some were only upscaled from the 7 feed. Despite paying so much we still couldn’t watch the most important game of the year, no, not the Tigers v Doggies, I meant the Grand Final, in HD.

When it came to watching shows on Foxtel we didn’t. We may have had the music channels on a couple of times in ten months, maybe a flick through some channels on a handful of other occasions but with the options available on free to air television and the series we have on our media PC there was not one show Foxtel offered that we couldn’t source elsewhere. Not that we watch much television any more, it seems to be on in the background more for noise than entertainment.

So it was pretty much a no brainer and Foxtel has now gone. The money will most likelyn be redirected towards extra payments on the mortgage. We don’t regret having had it as we said all along it would be a trial and we will probably miss it for those few games we’d really like to watch next year but it’s simply not worth spending almost $1000 over 12 months just to watch a couple of matches.

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My Tweets For The Week

  • I seem to have brought an extra child home from school today, oddly enough though it's a lot quieter than normal. #
  • Sick of your little games winter, just accept we're over and leave me alone. #
  • Need some aluminium dross material or zircon sand? Then call my latest site http://t.co/VSE38Uur #
  • They are loading a trailer and cars at the ferrals. #
  • Street is full of trailers and four wheel drives lining up at the ferrals. Wondering if they are doing a midnight flit. #manysherrifvisits #
  • Rae tells me the ferrals were still going at 2.20am. All quiet there this morning. #
  • Found out some news today that makes it look like The Ferrals had no option bit to leave their house. Even though they made life hell a few #
  • times I feel sad for them. #
  • Woo hoo, all inspected now so we're finally feeding power back in to the grid. #
  • Sheriff's and locksmiths at The Ferrals. #
  • Ask me another question and then talk over my answer again, go on… #
  • Couple having dinner next to us. 3 hours later we pull in to get petrol. They are filling up in the car next to us. Freaky. #

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Henry’s Lego Who

Henry has been busy building little Lego of late and yesterday he went on a Doctor Who building spree.

Can you spot :

  • The Doctor, Rory and Amy
  • The TARDIS
  • The Statue of Liberty menacing the hostel
  • The Face Of Bo
  • Tiny The Triceraptops
  • The large robot from Dinosaurs on A Spaceshop
  • A Dalek
  • A modified blue Dalek
  • A Cyberman
  • A Weeping Angel
  • A red eyed Ood on it’s ice planet
  • The SIlence

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My Tweets For The Week

  • Rae bravely taking the four kids to the show while I work. Perfect day for sugar highs. #
  • New pb, just jogged for 25 minutes. #
  • Need to employ someone to stand behind me and poke me everytime I hunch up over my desk. #sorelowerback #
  • Oh great, a bee swarm in our garden. #
  • Anybody know where I put the charger for my camera battery? #
  • Bees have now gone thanks to Chapman Apiaries #
  • Bees are back looking for their queen. Another day to stay inside. #
  • So, putting those bright yellow flowers in pots next to the front door may not have been such a good idea. #attackofthebeescontinues #
  • Last swipe-only debit card expired but no replacement. Who needs groceries… #
  • Fantastic day off spent with Rae. Movies, lunch out, ice creams by the bay and to top it off a bbq with great company. Couldn't ask for more #
  • 2 hours spent in the deepest darkest recess of NIC configuration only to find the the #$#@! cable was the problem. Idiot. #
  • Never thought I'd hear the phrase 'it's Sheena Easton on 6 Music'…. @BBCChrisHawkins #
  • Best way to keeps the kids quite is to slip them a tablet.
    10.1" Android tablet that is. #
  • I get to take someone to the @astor_theatre for their first time today. Can't wait. #
  • Thank you @astor_theatre , Lawrence Of Arabia was spectacular. #
  • Given I've only just woken up I think I'll give myself a day off pretty much everything today. #
  • Wow, can't believe they won. Go team! #coversthepasttwoweeks #
  • Love daylight savings but it's hell getting the kids to sleep #

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My Tweets For The Week

  • Rae bravely taking the four kids to the show while I work. Perfect day for sugar highs. #
  • New pb, just jogged for 25 minutes. #
  • Need to employ someone to stand behind me and poke me everytime I hunch up over my desk. #sorelowerback #
  • Oh great, a bee swarm in our garden. #
  • Anybody know where I put the charger for my camera battery? #
  • Bees have now gone thanks to Chapman Apiaries #
  • Bees are back looking for their queen. Another day to stay inside. #
  • So, putting those bright yellow flowers in pots next to the front door may not have been such a good idea. #attackofthebeescontinues #
  • Last swipe-only debit card expired but no replacement. Who needs groceries… #
  • Fantastic day off spent with Rae. Movies, lunch out, ice creams by the bay and to top it off a bbq with great company. Couldn't ask for more #
  • 2 hours spent in the deepest darkest recess of NIC configuration only to find the the #$#@! cable was the problem. Idiot. #
  • Never thought I'd hear the phrase 'it's Sheena Easton on 6 Music'…. @BBCChrisHawkins #
  • Best way to keeps the kids quite is to slip them a tablet.
    10.1" Android tablet that is. #
  • I get to take someone to the @astor_theatre for their first time today. Can't wait. #
  • Thank you @astor_theatre , Lawrence Of Arabia was spectacular. #
  • Given I've only just woken up I think I'll give myself a day off pretty much everything today. #
  • Wow, can't believe they won. Go team! #coversthepasttwoweeks #
  • Love daylight savings but it's hell getting the kids to sleep #

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Visitors

We have some visitors in our garden today, a swarming buzzing group of buzzing visitors. They’ve formed a nice clump in the bush next to our letter box and this is how I first noticed them – the postie bypassed our place today, riding on the road to avoid us and I wondered why.

Well, here’s why.

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I’m staying firmly inside. Mum tells me that I am allergic to bees, apparently I was taken to hospital after being stung by one when I was young. Although I have no recollection of this whatsoever I figure it’s better to be safe than dead. We’ve rung someone who will come and collect them this evening if they don’t  decide to leave by then.

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The Show

Rae took the kids to the show this year and they’ve just returned, all running on no energy and 10,000kj of sugar. You’ll hear the crash from your place, where ever you are. Showbags were the highlight again and I even scored one although this year it wasn’t the Pepsi, Cadbury or Wizz Fizz bag, This year it was the Men’s Health bag. How times have changed, or, looking at the photo below, how they haven’t.

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My Tweets For The Week

  • Was nice to be able to drive Rae all the way in to work this morning. #
  • Peak hour at the park. http://t.co/ImoQOiaf #
  • Farmer wants a peck on the cheek. #channel9cuts @rhettrospective #
  • Moo has taken to calling her brother's 'pea brains' when she's in a grump. I know I should stop her, but…. #
  • Slight win – our smart meter doesn't have to be replaced as part of the solar power sage. #
  • Is there any way to see the Grand Final live in HD in Melbourne or are we stuck with VHS quality? @7NewsMelbourne #
  • Who turned out the lights? It's like night time here all of a sudden. #
  • Last time I trust weather forecasters, off to get a gas refill for the bag. #
  • Channel 7 cut off Paul Kelly! #unaustralian #thismeanswar #
  • Another great grand final day, thanks everyone. #
  • Not difficult to tell the kids had a big day yesterday and nowhere near enough sleep last night… #
  • Boys obsessed with minecraft. http://t.co/Xb8ckjYM #
  • Lemonade scones with jam and cream. Off the wagon for a weekend. http://t.co/fFGFyVCH #
  • Primal Scream in December – anybody wanna come along? #
  • Matt Smith has really become the Doctor in this season; five fantastic episodes and now the long wait for the Christmas special. #

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