Currently I Am......

Currently I Am

Listening To:

 Sarah Brightman's album Eden. I love listening to this album when the seasons are changing. This my favourite Sarah Brightman album from the first sounds of nature in In Paradisum to the chanting of the Gregorian monks in Eden to her take of Dust In The Wind to the beautiful Nella Fantasia (love this song so much that we had it song at our wedding) to finale of Nessun Dorma. I love how Sarah Brightman themes her albums, whether its nature, water, air, opera, middle east or Gothic there is always a theme running through her albums which I love. I am excited about her new album details are still top secret but her official website has said that on 19th September more details will be released!

 Drinking:

 White Grape & Peach juice yummy and refreshing!

Wearing:

Nothing special, black ankle boots, black tights, a tunic dress and a black cardigan.

Feeling:

That we need a little holiday so we have had a little chat and we are hoping to here in March

Beautiful Rome

Wanting:

I really, really, really, want a pair of these for winter, maybe next pay day!

Needing:

Estee Lauder double wear foundation. I am actually going to buy this today. I love this product its amazing. I have been out of it for a while but with my new job I can finally effort to get a new bottle. Review to follow

Thinking:

How lucky I am to have married my best friend. I know I'm a soppy cow but he is my rock and I am so lucky & grateful to have him. I know I don't tell him as much as I should how much he means to me.

  

Enjoying:

 Re-watching my Downton Abbey boxsets before the new series starts on Sunday. I really love Downton and can't wait for the new series.

What are you currently doing??   

The Glad Game

The Glad Game Things I Am Glad For:

- That the seasons are changing and autumn is almost here!

- That I have a lovely hubby who took care of me the past few days while I was smothering with a horrible cold.

- That I have lots of pretty flowers around the apartment to cheer me up!

- That I finally have a nice little job that I am enjoying (plus I'm glad of the extra money too)

- That we had a lovely little bird songs to wake up too all summer!

- That the hubby has discovered Gordon Ramsey and is going to cook more!

- That I have the most amazing parents and I love them lots and lots

What are you Glad for?

Summer Fun - Final Part

Since Summer is coming to a close here are the last of our pictures from over the summer

Battle of the Bulge - Week 11

I have decided to take a bit of a different mind-set going into week 11 of my plan. I have decided there are worst things in the world than being a large size 14! I am going to look at different blogs and stuff and to try and learn how to dress for my size. I will still be doing exercise and trying to eat right. I will do my best, but I am not going to get upset or beat myself up anymore if I don't lost a pound or two. All I can to is my best and wait until I am back in the hospital in November and see what they say and what different treatment the doctors are going to put me on for my pcos.

Week 11:

Monday: Paul & I both had today off and we continued our anniversary long weekend with drinks and takeout food.

Tuesday: Back to work so I walked 4.5km to work today. Dinner was beef hash with baked potatoes and corn on the cob.

Wednesday: Walked another 4.5km to work  today. Dinner was pork chops with mash potatoes and fresh veg.

Thursday: I walked another 4.5km to work today, dinner as a really quick pasta bake.

Friday: I woke up this morning and my throat was really sore and nose feel like in has closed down! I had a really bad cold, so I didn't wall to work I got the bus to and from work. Dinner was a concoction of lemslip, uniflu,and chicken soup!

Saturday: I spent most of the day in bed today and it was so lovely and sunny out =( Today again I had lots of hot lemslip, drank lots of water, and took uniflu. I managed to have some chicken salad for dinner.

Sunday: Today I felt a good bit better and managed to cook some Sunday lunch. It was ham with potatoes and veg.

The Bad:

- Getting a really bad cold the end of the week it zapped the energy out of me =(

- Not getting to the gym this week.

The Good:

+ All the walking I done this week

+  My new out look on my weight gain.

So hopefully I will be back to top health next week and hopefully my new out look on my weight gain lasts a while!! Any other bloggers have any tips for dressing for a larger size or where is good to shop?

I Think Reading Is A Gift!

“I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know.” - Ann M Martin

Pictures at an Exhibition by Camilla Macpherson -Claire & Rob are trying to get over a miscarriage and there marriage is starting to crumble. Claire finds some letters from Rob's Grandmother from the 1940's. The letters are about London during the war and are from Rob's Grandmother's cousin Daisy Milton. Daisy has decided to go see a different painting at the National Galley each month.
Claire decides to do the same soon she becomes engrossed in Daisy's world. Picture by picture month by month Daisy's world becomes more real to Claire than her own. She begins to notice the parallels between her life and Daisy's.
I really loved this book. The start was a little slow and it took be a while to like Claire as a character, by I can understand why she was blaming Rob on the miscarriage. The layers to the characters and storyline was very well done. The way people can hurt the people they love the most is so true yet so heartbreaking.
I loved the idea of a painting a month and I thought the idea of QR codes at the start of each chapter was brilliant. I could view each picture at the start of each chapter on my hubby's phone, great idea. I did think that the picture on the cover was a little misleading, when looking at it you could easily think historical chick-lit but the book is so much more than that. I couldn't put this book down but also didn't want the book to end. It's the first book in a while that I really enjoyed. Would recommend it to everyone!

Fifty Shades Of Grey by EL James - Well I finally managed to get around and read this book (got it as a present of the hubby guess he heard good things about it!) I know you all must know the story by now! Anastasia Steele early twenty's, pretty brunette, innocent, naive and sweet meets Christian Grey mid twenty's, billionaire business man, sexy, dark, brooding and he likes to beat the crap out of women in his red room of pain/pleasure!
I was really in two minds about reading this book, and after reading a few random pages out loud to the hubby I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. I decided to give it ago and started it Monday evening by Tuesday I was hooked and Wednesday I finished the book! Yes the writing is not great and it took me about 100 pages to get into it. I read three sex scenes before I has stopped cringing! But like a bad soap opera or cringe worthy bad time talk show I just had to find out was happened next!
I am still not sure why women are crazy about Mr Grey, he comes across as an overprotective, control freak, with dark mental and physical scars. Not sure I would like to met him on a dark night! I do think the character of Anastasia is very well done her self doubts about the red room of pain is justified, but I think maybe she is a little too native, is there any women like this any more? She seem to have stepped out of one of her favourite English books! The writing does get better near the end of the book. EL James is a very clever woman by ending the book on a cliff hanger. I ran out and bought Fifty Shades Darker review to follow! I liked this book and I wasn't sure I would!

Have you read Fifty Shades or pictures at an exhibition of so what did you think of them? 

Our Anniversary Weekend

We had a lovely anniversary weekend and we spoiled each other!

Anniversary Presents!

My Anniversary Presents - Flowers, Card, Chocolates, 50 Shades & tickets to Swan Lake!

 

Paul's Anniversary Presents - Card, Chocolates, His Favorite Book & Tickets to see War of The Worlds

Yummy Breakfast!

Glass of pink bubbly!

At The Hotel At Our Night Away!

We finished our Anniversary weekend with takeout and drinks!

Love / Hate

Hate

* That the little bird has gone from our window - thank you little birdie for your lovely songs all summer!

* Housework - enough said!! 

* That my battle of the bulge plan has hit a wall - I haven't lost any weight in four weeks and I am so dishearten that my weight is more or less the same since 10 weeks ago.

* People who over-react to everything - I mean there is no need to have a breakdown because you broke a nail!!

Love

 * My Hubby - thank you for a amazing anniversary weekend and the presents you spoil me and you are even willing to see Swan Lake with me...I could ask for a better husband xx

* The good weather - love how we always seem to get good weather when the schools start back!

* My new job - its great to get out of the apartment for a few hours, work my brain and met new people!

* 50 Shades Of Grey - the hubby got it for me as one of my anniversary presents (I know he has a one track mind!) and I have to say I'm enjoying it. Its badly written but it is very addictive! 

What are you loving and hating this week?

 

Our First Wedding Anniversary

This Sunday is our first wedding anniversary we can't believe that it was a year ago already! We have planned a lovely relaxing weekend of eating out, night away, watching our wedding dvd, listening to our wedding cd, present giving and drinking bubbly. Here is some of our favorite wedding photos.

We are also thinking of my brother Patrick who would of been 26 this Sunday we love & miss you xxx