40 Things for 40

Now watching the original (and the best)!

Not a patch on the original of course, but it's ok. It literally is a remake though, with only a couple of changes/ different lines (Columbia's "I hope it's not meatloaf again" being one).  I love that Tim Curry is the criminologist though!

We cancelled Sky in December, so that finished at the beginning of this month. Typically most of the channels I like to watch are not available on Freeview! We had a look at Now TV and they have a special offer of pay for one month and get 3 months, so we signed up for the entertainment and cinema package. I think we will use the cinema side of it the most.

Part of the WB challenge is to get myself fir enough to complete a one day event, as well as Amber. I admit that I am not a great one for exercising, so am going to start small and build up. Steps First I am currently aiming (and failing) to achieve 7000 steps a day. Once I am consistently hitting this target I will increase to 10000. Some ideas include making drinks in smaller mugs/ glasses so I have to refill them (and therefore move) more often, setting a timer on my phone to move around every hour, spending some of the day standing rather than sitting at my desk and arranging the office so I have to walk further to the printer/ shelves and only getting one item at a time. Also I need to get back into the routine of taking the dogs out more often during the day. HITT workouts I'm too poor to afford a gym, and to be honest the thought of working out in front of a bunch of strangers is rather scary. Instead I am going to start doing some 4 minute and 7 minute work outs each ...

I may have overdone the organisation as I have ended up with 5 diaries (one was a secret Santa gift though) and calendar for home plus a desk pad, diary and wall planner for work!! So that it does not end up in a huge mess, each diary etc is going to have a slightly different job so that I keep on track with everything. A5 Page A Day - this is going to be a type of bullet journal, and the one where events, tasks and notes about my day will go. Colouring Planner  - this has good note and planner sections, so I am going to use this as my 'doing' planner to record anything relevant to my 17 things, other goals and creativity. Dairy Diary - a bit of a nostalgic one as my Granny used to buy these when I was younger (plus they have nice recipes in them too). This will mainly be for appointments and 'don't forget' dates. Pocket Dairy Diary - same as the dairy diary, but will live in my bag so can make note of anything important when I am out and about. It also has...

So much for a positive start to the new year, have spent the week recovering from a horrible virus that wiped me out New Years Day.  Planned to ride Amber yesterday but she managed to cut her head right where the headpiece goes so decided it would be best to leave her and just ride Matti. Took time to warm up in walk, then he was an interesting mix of zoomy and crawly due to being unfit, but did some beautiful work in the in between times.  Of course my photographer was warming  up in the car at this point so no photos, but I at least saw it thanks to the arena mirrors. We didn't do much, just large circles, frequent transitions and focusing on rhythm and lowering the frame. Finished with a long walk to cool down. He is rather fluffy at the moment so was a little sweaty, I think he could benefit from a trace or chaser clip so will speak to the yard about getting him booked in (my blades are still waiting to be sent off to get sharpened!). Was very pleased him as he was su...

Here they are, my list of 17 things for 2017. I may change/ tweak a few over the next week or two, but am pretty happy with this list. 1  Happy Me I guess going some way to completing these tasks will help make a happy me, but in general I want to continue with the CBT ideas and be less anxious/ worried/ paranoid about life. 2  Healthy Me In general I want to eat better, drink more water, do more exercise and lose a bit more weight.   3  Organised Me By being organised I mean that I would like to remember appointments, have cards/ gifts for birthdays etc, have a better life balance, be able to find things easily, book things in rather than missing out, having a tidy, less cluttered desk/ office/ house/ life and that kind of thing. 4  Creative Me I want to be able to have more time to be creative - card making, scrap booking, colouring, writing and maybe even drawing. If I can, I will see if there are other creative hobbies I can give a go as well. ...

Technically it's also Amber and Matti's birthdays too, as traditionally all horses change age on the 1st of January. Although they are like the queen and have two as they have their passported birthdays too! Happy birthday my beauties! by Hazel Watts January 01, 2017 at 05:47PM from Facebook via IFTTT from Facebook via IFTTT

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On the first day of 2017 My true love gave to me His really horrible cold... 😡😂😂 Happy 15 years of not being married anniversary ❤ by Hazel Watts January 01, 2017 at 01:04PM from Facebook via IFTTT from Facebook via IFTTT