January 27

Here I am back again. More blogging about our trip. So we are going abck to the 27th of January. It is the day we actually arrived in Australia. It was a long flight, but not as bad as I was expecting. The kids really seemed to enjoy it. It was so hot when we got here. The difference in climate was very drastic. Talk about a heat wave. It took a couple of hours to get out of the airport. By the time we went through customs and waited for our bagage and then went through customs again. Or whatever it is we had to go through. It took forever. Shawn was waiting patiently for us outside the Sydney Airport. We did pretty well dealing with the jetlag. shawn kept us up and going the whole day so we would crash that night and get right into the swing of things. He took us to our home for the next month and a half and then we went to the Parklea Markets, which we love. It is an indoor flea market with everything imaginable. I can't quite remember what else we did that day. I think we went to Hungry Jack's which is Burger King back home. We were so glad to finally be here and in the warm weather. That's a summary of our arrival. I'll be back with more of the life of the bored and restless.

January 25, 2008

So the day has finally arrived. It is January 25, the day we leave for Australia. The flights were uneventful. We flew from Avoca to Chicago and had a 2 hour lay over there. It was a nice little break. We got some munchies and did a little shopping. We boarded the flight to San Francisco next. That was a nice flight. The kids enjoy flying. It is a shock. Acacia said we would never be able to get her on a plane. She loves to fly now. We had a 9 hour lay over in San Francisco. It was rainy and horrible outside. We took a shuttle to a hotel near the airport, ordered room service, took a nap, freshened up, and headed back to the airport for our flight to Australia. It took forever to board. We didn't have seats together, so the kids and I were on edge about that. They were nervous about a flight that long and not sitting together. I was able to check-in and have them put our seats together. I had to ask a gentleman to switch seats with me, but he was great about it and kindly obliged. The kids slept most of the time. I didn't. I was so swollen and puffy by the time we got there I thought I was going to explode. One of the flight attendants urged me to drink some water. I couldn't figure out why. I got up to go to the bathroom and realized that my face was quite swollen. He must have noticed the change, because he urged me to take the water so I then took it. I was very dehydrated and he told me as much. I know this seems all boring and not worth blogging about, but I might not be able to remember the details later on. We finally arrived in Sydney on the 27th of January. we lost an entire day. Sydney is 16 hours ahead of Pennsylvania time. So that was pretty much the flight. I know there are many other details that I could bore you with, but for now I really must go. I will be back soon with many more non-essential details of our trip to Australia.

Blogging About Trip

So I have decided to blog about our journey's overseas. It might get boring, but I guess it is a good way to remember everything that we have seen and done. I am going to start at the beginning and work my way forward until now. We will see if my memory is up to the task. I am kind of excited. Thanks goes to Colin for making such a simple suggestion.

Blogging

So a friend recommended that I blog about all the things we have done the past two months. My family has been in Australia. I didn't really think about it until now. I guess it is a good idea. So I have this plan, we are moving out of our apartment today and we are moving to a cabin at a caravan park and then next week we go for holiday up to Brisbane. We are in Sydney at the moment. When I get settled in this weekend, I am going to go back through my calendar and blog about all our trips we have gone on since we have been here. I am hoping that I can recall everything that we have gone to do. I think that if the kids help me, we will be able to get some good summaries of it all.

Another Day

Man, I haven't blogged in forever. I am bored so I figured this was something to keep my mind off of it. Shawn has left Ohio, which is our new temporary residence, for Canada. He is currently in Quebec. I have to pack up here and head back to PA, then head on up to Canada. Too much going on right now. I have found my new favorite thing, it is massage. I visited a spa this week and what a dream. Awesome. I recommend it to everyone. I am going back this week. I have to do something to keep from going insane. Nothing too much else is going on. Just stranded here for the time being. I hope life is moving along smoothly for everyone else.

Diet

So I think I am going to try the diet again. I haven't been on it for months. Shawn is trying to watch his diet for health reasons, I think I could get into it again if a put forth a little effort. I mainly want to keep eating the way I am , because I have been eating pretty well. I have been good about junk food, I have been eating healthier. I just need to get on track with my pilates again and I know I will see results. So here it goes, I am hoping to feel up to working out in the morning.

Week Fifteen

Another week!!! I have not weighed in for the past few weeks. I have lost another 2 inches. I am happy with the results. I have been having so many cravings lately. I know I am really missing home. I am hoping that when I get back I will feel more like myself and get back in the diet swing. I am just trying to finish things up around here, do any other things here that we planned on doing, around packing up our stuff. I have a busy week once I get back home. I am hoping it will keep me away from the fridge. The assembly is the weekend following when I get home. I am sure I will have a lot to do around the house, so I need to keep a positive outlook. I will acheive my goals, I have gotten into much better shape that I was in. That is a big PLUS!!!!!

Week Thirteen

Hi Everyone!!!! It has been a while since I have posted anything. I was getting discouraged about weighing in. I wasn't seeing the results on the scale that I would like to see. I knew I was doing OK because my clothes were definitely fitting differently. So I was like...WHAT IS UP WITH THAT? So I have decided to take a new approach. I had gone home to get my mom for a few weeks, and I grabbed my weight journal and my tape measure. I have since then been measuring myself instead of getting on the scale. At this point I am ready to throw the scale out the window.

I think the thing is that I do not have a big weight loss goal. It was a simple 10 pounds, well ten pounds is hard when that is all you have to lose. I lost 5 pound or so, maybe around 7, and then leveled out. I was working out and dieting, but to no avail. I got discouraged. I have since then traded in the scale for a tape measure, invested in 4 new work out videos and have been working my but off, literally. My total loss in inches has been 15 and 1/4 inches. I am so happy about that.

I hope everyone else is doing great and has found a method that works best for them.

Week 10

I forgot to post last week. I am staying the same. I have decided to now weigh in anymore. I am going to try to just measure every 2 weeks to a month. I have lost a total of 10 inches all over. I might weigh in monthly, but I am not sure about weekly. It just has been too much of a disappointment not seeing the results I would like. I am happy with my size, I just want to get into better shape. I am making that my main focus right now. So I will see how it goes for now. I need a new form of motivation. I am really sticking to a diet plan, and I have been upset that I am not seeing better results. I refuse to starve myself, so if I am going to continue to stay this weight, I am just going to focus on the loss of inches.

Week 10

I forgot to post last week. I am staying the same. I have decided to now weigh in anymore. I am going to try to just measure every 2 weeks to a month. I have lost a total of 10 inches all over. I might weigh in monthly, but I am not sure about weekly. It just has been too much of a disappointment not seeing the results I would like. I am happy with my size, I just want to get into better shape. I am making that my main focus right now. So I will see how it goes for now. I need a new form of motivation. I am really sticking to a diet plan, and I have been upset that I am not seeing better results. I refuse to starve myself, so if I am going to continue to stay this weight, I am just going to focus on the loss of inches.