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Continue reading →: Day 18- this is hardly a challenge
More than half of the way through No red meat December and quite frankly I’m a bit bored. This is not challenging. This is not that hard. I don’t feel like I’m denying myself anything and really I’m not. Giving up red meat for 30 days is a lot easier…
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Continue reading →: If you ever find yourself in Gundaroo….
This weekend we were in Canberra for the Half Ironman. Yes, The Runner went well, No, he did not come off his bike. Thank goodness! We had a lovely weekend exploring Canberra- well, that was really only Saturday and really, we spent most of it driving in circles. Canberra,…
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Continue reading →: I’m not the only one….
I’m not the only one…. Apparently I’m not the only one who thinks Christmas is done best in the cold! Read Lee Tulloch’s article on find out more!</p>
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Continue reading →: Another Sunday, Another Race
Greetings from the Nation’s Capitol! No, sadly I’m not home for Christmas in Washington, DC. We’re in Canberra and it’s 5:35am and we’re here for the 14th annual Canberra 70.3 half Ironman race. If you’ve never been to Canberra, it’s worth a trip for a weekend if you don’t have…
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Continue reading →: Oops, I did it again!
I don’t know how this happened but I’ve gotten myself into another wee pickle. First, let me make one thing clear, I am NOT a Christmas person. Christmas is expensive, commercialized, and not that much fun unless you’re the one sitting in front of a mountain of gifts to open…
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Continue reading →: Bonjour December!
Wow, today is December 1st and I seriously cannot believe how quickly this year has gone. It’s like time has somehow sped up and is going at warp speed. It’s December 1st which means No Carb November is over! Thank goodness!!! The hardest part about no carb November was having…
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Continue reading →: 3 more days!!!
Argh!!!! I received a box of cupcakes today as a present but unfortunately due to my 30 day challenge I couldn’t eat a single one 😦 So I just licked the frosting off of one! It was delicious but not as good as the real thing!!! 72 more hours and…
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Continue reading →: The next 12 months…
When I first started this blog it was meant to be about triathlons and recipes- mainly because at the time my boyfriend (now fiancee) was into triathlons and I had a stack of cookbooks that were gathering dust and that he was teasing me about. I started in good faith dutifully cooking…
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Continue reading →: Thankful.
Yesterday was our annual Thanksgiving Day party and it was fantastic. The weather held out and we were able to have people outside and inside and it was fabulous. It’s funny how much the party has changed over the last 5 years as our friends get older, settle down, have…
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Continue reading →: Anniversary.
1 year ago yesterday I was hosting our annual Thanksgiving party. 1 year ago today I got a call telling me I needed to come home- my father was on life support. 1 year ago tomorrow I was sitting in Sydney airport when my sister told me he had died.…
