Well, we did it. We finally moved. Moving house didn’t go quite how we planned, in fact it was kinda downright depressing. (more…)
These Four Walls – My Heartbreak Over Moving House
Life
The Full Moon Meditation
There was a full moon last month. An absolute whopper of a moon to be more precise. You would have seen it. In fact there was no way you could have missed it. It was a crazy giant-sized full moon just flitting about in the night sky, as bold as brass, shining its moon face light all over everything. (more…)
What I Never Realised About Parenthood
Parenthood is one of those funny things. Super hilarious in fact. You think you know all there is to know about what it will be like when you become one, based on everything you have seen or heard over the span of your own life so far. Even though you kind of expect it to be “hard”, you have stuffed yourself full of so much confidence by the time you finally fall pregnant, that you strut completely into the role of a new parent like a smug parenty jerk. Pffft. More fool you. (more…)
The Five Best Shows on Netflix
In the transient time between finally having my son and before starting this blog, I developed a teensy weensy addiction to Netflix. It really all began when we were still floating through that early stage of parenthood. You know, the stage where your baby just flops about and sleeps all the freaking time (lazy little buggers)…Oh how I miss those quiet days. (more…)
Going Back To Work, And The Pressure Of Time.
I don’t know about you, but my life is flying by in an absolute blur. I remember when I was young, the future seemed hugely infinite – like it would never end. And because I still had aaaaallllll of that glorious time ahead of me, it seemed like anything was possible. And then…well, life happens. We get older, and all of a sudden we get so damn busy just doing…stuff…sometimes, totally meaningless stuff, that we lose track of the life we should be truly living. (more…)
My Fitness Journey: Week 12 – The Woohoo Wedding Week!
Well. My fitness journey is over… Sort of. For the last twelve weeks I have been working hard (errrr, sometimes) and watching what I eat (with the exception of chocolate as you all know that I am absurdly addicted), in an effort to shed some kg’s and to start getting this baby body back into shape. The amazing wedding that represented my “I-better-bloody-well-be-a-skinny-mini-by-then” deadline has now come and gone. And the wedding was awesome. Yes, but did you reach your fitness goal, you ask? Well, keep reading and find out! (more…)
The Power Of Words – And The Call For A Kinder Life.
Words have so much power. Some people don’t even realise how much. They have the power to make or break someone so completely. (more…)
My Fitness Journey; Weeks 7 to 9. The I fell off the wagon weeks.
My name is Ellyn, and its been 3 weeks since I last posted about my fitness journey. My freaking fitness freaking journey. I started out so well. So strong. So clean, and really heading towards lean. Well, sort of anyway. (more…)
My Childhood Dreams About Growing Up
When I was young, I used to imagine my future. Who I would be, where I would be, and what I would be. The future seemed so infinite, so full of possibilities, and so damn exciting! I imagined that when I finally grew up and hit the ripe old age of…ooooh, say…. “twenty-five”, that I would be rich. I thought that I would be a corporate high flyer doing something amazing, something special every day. I also thought that I would be married, that I would have at least three kids and that I would know just about everything that there is to know in this world. (more…)
My Fitness Journey, Week 6- The Why Am I So Angry Week?
Well, its Week 6 of My Fitness Journey. Can you believe it? Half way through already?!! Woohoo! So, I started a new meal plan a week and a half ago as part of my 6 week Extreme Shredder program. Gawd, clean eating sounded so boring boring boring boring. But I got through the week without too much trouble. And as I mentioned in last weeks post, the recipes the program provided were actually pretty darn delicious!! Thank freaking goodness. Now my goal for THIS week was to reeeeeeally focus on doing it right and doing it without cheating. Like, at all. Not even a little cheating. PUT THAT SNICKERS DOWN GIRLFRIEND! (more…)