Netball - NZ Silver Ferns V's Australian Diamonds - I was there!

I did not think that I would be there but on Tuesday night one of the girls from Salome's netball team sent a text asking if anyone wanted to go on Thursday night.  Jumped at the chance!

We started at Sal's Pizza in Parnell.  I have never been there before and their pizza was really nice!  Then onto the game.  Here is the court from our birds eye view.

  

Australian Diamonds warming up

 

Unfortunately we lost 45-47 but it was a very tense, sit on the edge of your seat game and I was very happy that I had the privilege to go to the game.

 

Thanks Silver Ferns for a great night!

Blogging whilst waiting for children

It is with great pride that I let you know that my 8yo dd is a swimmer like me ( or like what I was in my younger years).

 

She swims 3 days a week for HPK, does a race night once a fortnight and she also went to her first competition last Sunday.

 

The reason I am telling you this is because her Saturday morning 2 hour training session has allowed me to tick off 2 of my goals today:

1. I have been for a half hour walk and used my phone to 'Map My Run'
2. I started writing this blog (took about half an hour to format and complete when I got home)

As you can see from the picture below this is an outside pool BUT it is heated (warmer than the indoor heated pool they normally train in).  They are swimming in the Pakuranga College pool for the next 2 weeks on a Saturday.

 



Dolphins swimming at Pakurange College

 

As you can see by the jackets in the background it was a really cold day, the wind was icy and it kept raining off and on.  I went for my walk and then stood by the pool for about 5 minutes before going back to the car to write the blog.

 

 

All in all a successful start to my Saturday – lets see if I can do my third goal which is to stay at home for at least 1/2 a day and get some stuff done!

It all takes time - take 2

Unbelievable!!!!

I have not blogged for 17 days even though I wanted to set it as a priority.

I also wanted to work part time and spend 1/2 a day on the weekend at home - neither of which I have accomplished.

So what went wrong?

Time again (same excuse I use for not doing exercise as well!)

So do I really not have time to do what I want?  Here is my normal day

6.30 am - listen to the news and then get out of bed and have a shower

7.00 am - in the kitchen having breakfast, feeding children, getting them ready for school.

8.00 am - leave the house to take the children to school, carry onto work

5.00 pm - arrive home from work, catch up with husband & children, help with dinner or fold washing etc.

6.00 pm - sit down for dinner, dishes

7.00 pm - watch Shortland street and cuddles with 8yo dd

7.30 pm - cuddles with 8yo dd and 5yo bb.

8.00 pm - 8yo dd goes to bed

8.30 pm - 5yo bb in bed

Too tired to do anything now.

I see a couple of solutions

1) get up half an hour earlier so I can do 1/2 an hour of exercise

2) don't cuddle for so long with kids

3) don't blob after 8.30

4) make a lists of what i do each night so I can look more closely at things

I will let you know how I get on by hopefully finding 1/2 an hour each day to blog.

PS - I only managed to write this during my lunch break at work but I would not like to make a habit of it!