I did not see the Prime Minister today

At work the Prime minister came in to open the call center which was a bit nerve wracking. lol
The time he walked through the call center the phones were going crazy. I heard clicks of photos being taken behind me and I am hoping to find a good photo of me in the back ground (my back that is). So hence my title "I did not see the Prime Minister today"

After watching a cooking show on tv

I thought, it would be so good if restuarants put a suggested wine for a particular meal on the menu list, it would be awfully helpful to those guys who don't like asking questions nor do they like being embarressed by choosing the wrong wine.
And one might be more interested in buying a wine that is recommended as a compliment with a particular meal for a few more dollars.
After voicing my thoughts with hubby, he thought if might be considered not so PC (politically correct) in this day and age where in New Zealand anyway it would not be considered correct to advertise an alcoholic beverage with a meal.
I had another think and thought out loud....
"how about if it was on the wine list in brackets saying which meal it would best compliment?"

Hey you restaurants out there what do you think?

After 26 years

I have decided to learn the violin again. They used to cost $400 up, now I got my first ever violin for $150. Yes I know it is a cheapy but I can always get a better one if I get good at it.

As my weight is going down I must highlight why

I gave up on that list some time back. I have made my own diet that seems to be working.

I am going to call it the fist diet.

Since I am not normally hungry in the morning I will have something with approx 100 calories in to get my metabolism up.

I keep with me sugar free lollies (licorettes, Werthers sugar free and tic tacs to be precise) for sugar cravings.

I am drinking quite a bit of either green tea or herbal teas to fill the food gaps and cause I am not really into water straight at the moment.

For lunch I can eat what I like as long as it is the size of my fist (so alot of the time I have a sandwich and an apple or in the weekend 4 pieces of sushi and miso).

Then for dinner again I can eat what I like as long as it is the size of my fist (we have been eating a lot of KFC twisters).

If I eat slowly I don't have to wait the 10 - 15 mins before my brain tells me that my stomach is full. If I feel like something else, I will have it (a very small bit, to get the taste, so I don't feel like I am missing out.)

Hopefully this will get me all the way to my ideal maintenance weight (120 - 126 pounds)

Wish me luck, or have a go yourself and let me know how you go.

Weight loss 2009 - 2010 cont...

Starting weight is 188 pounds
30th June 2009 188 pounds
7th July 2009 187 pounds
14th July 2009 188 pounds
21st July 2009 185.4 pounds
28th July 2009 183.8 pounds

4th August 2009 184.6 pounds - bought my fitflops around this week

11th August 2009 186 pounds (I have gone back to Paul McKenna hypnosis mp3, fell asleep listening)

17th August 2009 184.6 pounds

24th August 2009 183.8 pounds

1st September 2009 182.8 pounds

8th September 2009 181.6 pounds

15th September 2009 178.4 pounds

22nd September 2009 175.8 pounds

29th September 2009 174.6 pounds

Check list for our next home

1. Is this where I want to live? (view?)

2. Is it within budget?

3. Will it take us into the future?

When the kids grow up.(till retirement)

A guest room.

Preferably a rumpus room.

4. Enough bathrooms?

5. Safe garden for children and a little dog/dogs.

2 weeks later look at tooth soap

http://suzannejeffares.blogspot.com/2009/08/tooth-soap-fake-or-real.html

The plaque at the back of my teeth is noticably improved :-) , the "remineralisation" of my teeth is still out, although I am not getting as many sensitive teeth moments.

I will look at it again a bit later

Sick of counting calories and watching my weight go up

So I have weighed in at 185.4 pounds

My new list of allowed items to eat, no more counting calories

(This list will grow)

Alfalfa

Apples

Asparagus

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Capsicum

Cauliflower

Carrots

Celery

Courgettes

Cucumber

Diet Coke

Diet Lemonade

Eggs

Garlic

Ginger

Green Beans

Green Tea

Licorettes (sugar, fat free licorice tasting lollies)

Lemon

Lettuce

Mushrooms

Oranges

Oysters

Pepper

Prawns

Salt

Scallops

Smints

Soy sauce

Strawberries

Tic Tacs

Tomatoes

Vinegar

Water melon

Werthers sugar free

Wine

White fish

Yogurt (Low fat)

Maori seats in Auckland City Council

I am totally against "Maori Seats" put aside for the Auckland City Council

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10592987

A dilemma - May I make a suggestion
We still need to honour the Waitangi Treaty - It would not be racist or incorrect to suggest that some seats set aside for Waitangi Treaty affairs then who ever goes for the position is the best person for the position (what ever race they may be)
Your thoughts please?

telecom engineers strike

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10589203

May I make a suggestion. If telecom want an owner - operator model, let them, engineers get together and become a force to be reckoned with FORM ONE COMPANY.

Weight loss 2009 - 2010

Starting weight is 188 pounds
30th June 2009 188 pounds
7th July 2009 187 pounds
14th July 2009 188 pounds
21st July 2009 185.4 pounds
28th July 2009 183.8 pounds

I must say I absolutely love my reebok easy tones - someone in New Zealand needs to start selling them in the shops!!!! My legs look far more toned, I may even have a behind I am proud to show off in bikinis this summer :-)

4th August 2009 184.6 pounds - bought my fitflops around this week

11th August 2009 186 pounds (I have gone back to Paul McKenna hypnosis mp3, fell asleep listening)

17th August 2009 184.6 pounds

24th August 2009 183.8 pounds

1st September 2009 182.8 pounds

Tooth soap fake or real?

http://toothsoap.com/

It claims that it will restore enamal, and teeth will regenerate from minerals in your diet.

The first time I tried it was mid day today, it does not taste too bad. I will try to get a good photo of my teeth to add to this post.

Because my diet is not always the best, I am taking Schuessler Tissue Salts (all 12) Combination12.

My present teeth issues -

My gums ache and bleed from time to time - maybe some cavities but not documented though.

I have sensitive teeth.

Plague behind my teeth is hard to get rid of.

My enamal as you will see in the photo I am going to add shows that the enamal is getting worse.

(I don't think the photo shows how bad my teeth actually are thats the best I can do)

You can at least see my gums and you can see where the enamal has worn away between my bottom teeth, this is actually also quite bad on my top teeth, all around my top teeth.

I will give you an update in 2 weeks time.

Starting weight is 188 pounds
30th June 2009 188 pounds
7th July 2009 187 pounds
14th July 2009 188 pounds
21st July 2009 185.4 pounds
28th July 2009 183.8 pounds

I must say I absolutely love my reebok easy tones - someone in New Zealand needs to start selling them in the shops!!!! My legs look far more toned, I may even have a behind I am proud to show off in bikinis this summer :-)

4th August 2009 184.6 pounds - bought my fitflops around this week

11th August 2009 186 pounds (I have gone back to Paul McKenna hypnosis mp3, fell asleep listening)

17th August 2009 184.6 pounds

1st September 182.8

A few important notes

There are a few things that need to be noted

Mum has got the all clear from cancer (as much as a doctor will give), follow ups for the next 5 years. She is looking well and she has been so strong.

Another big thing is happening in my life at the moment, last night Richard and I put our first offer in for a house (an investment property) after a few to and fros last night we are waiting on the Vendor to give the big tick or the big cross.

Starting weight is 188 pounds
30th June 2009 188 pounds
7th July 2009 187 pounds
14th July 2009 188 pounds
21st July 2009 185.4 pounds
28th July 2009 183.8 pounds

I must say I absolutely love my reebok easy tones - someone in New Zealand needs to start selling them in the shops!!!! My legs look far more toned, I may even have a behind I am proud to show off in bikinis this summer :-)

4th August 2009 184.6 pounds

11th August 2009 186 pounds (I have gone back to Paul McKenna hypnosis mp3, fell asleep listening)

1 week later

Starting weight is 188 pounds


30th June 2009 188 pounds
7th July 2009 187 pounds
14th July 2009 188 pounds
:-( Better than going up too much, have decided to start calorie counting again, aiming for calories a day for now
received my reebok easy tone shoes last night :-)
21st July 2009 185.4 pounds
(reebok easy tone shoes are the best, I can see a difference already in my legs, my feet got a big sore at the beginning, I just took them off, and tried a bit later) ps I am still listening to my hypnosis tapes from time to time.

Hubby bought a Wii fit on Sunday

I love it, we should have bought it earlier. We are both addicted to it, fighting over whose turn it is. We have both made mini miis which I think are the cutest little things.
I like going for a jog around the little island before I start work.

Hi again, It has been a while

I have a question to the scientists out there,
Would there be more CO2 in the atmosphere if ice melts, like the glaciers have since we came out of the ice age?
And by looking at this lovely little chart would you come to the same conclusion as me that it looks like we (humans) have absolutely nothing to do with global warming?


The graph above shows the temperature changes of the lower troposphere from the surface up to about 8 km as determined from the average of two analyses of satellite data. The best fit line from January 2002 to April 2009 indicates a decline of 0.25 Celsius/decade. The Sun's activity, which was increasing through most of the 20th century, has recently become quiet, causing a change of trend. The green line shows the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere, as measured at Mauna Loa, Hawaii. [4]
(4.Friends of Science, Global Lower Troposphere Temperatures and CO2 )

Just something to ponder

http://www.drroyspencer.com/global-warming-natural-or-manmade/

Gaining the weight back

Trying a few things again -
starting all over again at spark people and
using hypnosis to try and stop this really bad comfort eating and
trying to eat my protein first on my plate as protein is supposed to tell the brain that it is fulfilled and
trying not to give myself too hard a time about it and trying imaglow (tablets with collagen in) and Hawaiian Tropic 30 plus sunblock with Vitamin AC&E (vitamin C taken topically helps to promote collagen also) to look after my skin that was aging quite badly recently. It has only been 3 days but I think I see a considerable change in my skin.

Finally got my own photo album set up
www.suz.bz/mypics/

Lots of stuff going on at the moment that is stressful - not for public knowledge though

Obama's inauguration

I got up this morning at 5.30am, raced around while one eye was glued on the T.V. at 6 05am New Zealand time I got to see the first African American get sworn in to the history books as the first African American to be the President of the United States of America.

President Obama made a grand speech and later found out that they were lovely enough to walk the streets (instead of sitting in the limousine with very dark tinted windows) waving at the 2 million people who came to see this momentous occasion.

Now President Obama you have the challenge of holding to those lovely and very promising words you made. There are a few nations out there who would be better friends than enemies. :-) All the best of luck and I am wishing you all the best.

sold

my baby ford yesterday. Looks like she has gone to a good family who will look after her.

Selling my little Ford Laser

I will miss her, she has been a good car.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=197004591&ed=true

since taking apple cider

My mood has lightened, I feel happier on average.
The pain that I get shooting down from my leg from time to time has not visited since taking it
and I have had no reflux issues, also my sinuses are a lot better.

Naughty or very nice??? A sober high?

If you add apple cider vinegar ( a very small amount about a twentieth of a glass) to Coke Zero - I get a high from it. If any one knows why please let me know.

How absolutely gorgeous - sweet family 1 white twin & 1 black twin

Parents of 1 white twin and 1 black twin have twins again, another white twin and another black twin 7 years on.
Apparently the odds of this happening twice are astronomical.
What a lovely looking family. :-)
http://www.3news.co.nz/Video/Mixed-race-couple-have-black-and-white-twins---again/tabid/313/articleID/85788/cat/61/Default.aspx#top