Happy 2010   Everone  Long time no Blog  but I am Back  the Photo above is of me at aged 51year old  I weighed 50 kgs   now weigh   108.3 kgs  I have lost 21.9 kgs in 2 years   and I am still chpping away at it and probably will be untill the Day I die

This Photo of Hubby and I was taken Christmas Day 2009  as you can see I still have a long way to go   but I will be happy just to be able to fit into the Clothes I have outgrown since I first became sick many years ago .
My Garden is Beautifull at the Moment .. we have had a lot of rain and water restrictions have been lifted and the Garden has just come to life .. Tomatoes  have not done well they have been attacked by Grubs and other pests Choko is doing well  snow peas were not good either  strange as in other years we have grown these Veg and Fruit with no problems ..however   Paw paw  trees were laden  abd we did not lose one to insects .

My Family are all well we have some in Brisbane and some in Tasmania  we were hopefull of takeing a trip to Tasmania in February  but anythin and everything that could break or stop working has so mabe next year I hope

ur Grandaughter in Tasmania is allmost 6 years old and Boy has she grown we really miss her very much .. This Photo is of all our Children and Grandchildren  taken over a year ago Our Grandson is missing from it  and now with 2 families in Tasmania I am thinking we will not probably get one .

I will Take some Photos of our Garden and put into the next Blog  and put in the before ones also when we started it two years ago in April .


Untill Next Time all stay safe  and May God Bless you and Yours ..   Berys

Have missed a couple of weeks

Well this is me taken at the 50 year reunion of my School taken in year 2000.. I was perfect weight perfect health and did not have a worry in the world .

Then we moved to Hervey Bay Queensland Hubbys Dream a little further north as was his catch cry in those day we bought a beautifull 3 bedroom villa in an over 50's Village and we loved the place ..my Days were so full Mornings saw me walking right along the Bay and back aprox 2 Hr walk then water arobics followed by Tai Chi and then the usual chores of housework and garden and most days another walk in the evening ..life was so full then of course I missed my Children and Grandchildren but usually one or more of them would visit at least a month for the weekend.

Unfortunatly life did not stay like this for too long by mid 2001 I had become unwell after 2 lots of surgery in 2002 our Doctor suggested maybe we should move back to Brisbane as we were having to see Doctors in Brisbane weekly .

We put our Home on the Market packed up and moved to a rental in Bribie Island .. a Beautifull place ..

So now we are at last settled ..I am feeling Okish I once again have a beautifull Garden small but I love it ..

I find the Days long now I do not do the things I used to do ..Time and Tide has slowed me down but I do try and enjoy my life to the fullest within my scope and with the Grace of God I will get to see a few Springs in the Garden I so Love .

My Son..My Baby..even though he will be 35 years old on the 23rd of this Month he will allways be my Youngest and only Son.

My Son and His Family are coming for Dinner tonight ... Son was to leave Sunday to Start his new Job in Tasmania ..so this was to be our little get together before he leaves ..How ever his New Position has been put back another week ..so we will have him in Queensland a little longer LOL

I think all Mothers can relate to their Youngest leaving the nest .. well Going to Tasmania is a bit more then that ..but I know he will be very happy doing the work he has allways wanted to do ..He will of course miss his Wife and Daughter ..untill they can join him later this year.

My Emotions are running wild at the moment . I do not know how much we will get to visit with them ..Tasmania is a long way from Queensland but we do how ever have a great web cam and speaker ..so seeing them and chatting will not be a problem ..I used to do this with , what was our youngest Grandaughter when we lived in Hervey Bay ..we sang songs told stories looked at her Kindy paintings and we really are still very close now and Miss 4 is allready looking forward to chatting with Daddy when he leaves ..( and Oh how she can Chat )

Time moves on and so must we.

One Year Ago

Well How Fast the year has gone this Photo of Hubby and I was taken at his 70 th Birthday 2008 and in 8 days time he will celebrate his 71st

He still looks the same even same weight

I have managed to lose 14 kgs since then but still have a long way to go ..but I have to say I am feeling so much better since this photo was taken .

I am getting around better and I am doing my own housework and pottering in my Garden .

I have managed to lose this weight thanks to an online weight loss Site ..it is not the site as much as the Forum or thread I post in the 50+kilo Group that I have joined ..I have found such friendship with these people that I now call my extended Family . I have laughed with them Cried with them and in General felt so loved by these people .. I have gone from a very frightened very lonely person who was virtually house bound except for my many Hospital stays with my Heart and Renal Failure to a happy Getting Older by the Day but contented Person who now when feeling down knows she win this battle with her weight with the help and support of her Group . I have acheived something ..I have made Friends who mean the world to me and with there support ..I feel strong .

I do not mean to imply that my Husband and Children do not give me support and love of course they do ..BUT ..they have their own families to attend to work to go too ..I remember how hard this was for me when they were growing up not easy being a working Mum and most of my family are single parent and this must be really hard ..and I applaud them for what they are doing ..but I will not burden them with my trivially day to day problems .

I am enjoying my life in every way I can and I am Happy and I hope I am still arround when Hubby turns 72 in 2010.

Wonderfull Day in My Garden

This is part of my Garden as it was ,We have had a lot of success with out Paw Paw Trees 'they were so small when this photo was taken . I will when I have finished mulching and replanting take more photos .they are arround 1300 mm tall ..I hope they will fruit in 2009.

My Garden is a work in progress 'the soil is poor and hard so I have had to try and make it a no dig Garden ..this has worked to some extent ..but it really needs to have heaps more Mulch

applied ... this is very hard work for me ..but Oh I do so love it.

The Brown netting you see was to stop the crows and Cuckoo Birds from takeing my strawberries.

A Lot of my Garden has had to be made with self watering pots .due to the water restrictions ..but I have worked out what will and wont grow well in these pots ..more photos of the updates will follow in futher Blogs.

I feel so alive in my Garden it is a lot smaller then I have ever had before ..but due to my failing health , just enough to keep me happy.

New Year Resolutions 2009

Top of the List is of Course Keeping myself as Healthy as I can

(2) Loseing at least 30 kgs

(4) Doing more Exercise

(5) If I managed only 3 Hospital Stays in 2008 then maybe None for 2009

(6) Try to not miss my Family in Tasmania too much (hard Task)

(7) To manage to do my own Housework without Homehelp

(8) Spend more time in my Garden

(9) To get on the Bus that runs past my door

(10) To Thank God everday for allowing me a bit more time On the Earth to share with My Beloved Husband and My Wonderfull Children and Friends.

New Year 2009 Resolutions

Think it is time to make some New Year Resolutions.