I jogged!!!

I have a great Treadmill with some great programs on it, i have been doing my new workout routine and my hubby said i needed to "up" my treadmill workout. So i tried a diff program that had me jogging!!!!!!! Yes me!!!! i only did the prog for 30 mins and you had 90 secs of resting just a walking pace then for 30 secs it had me at a jogging pace, it kept this up for 30 mins!!!!! and i did it!!!!!!!!!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOEEEYYYYY!!!! I was knackered at the end of it though and boy did i ever sweat, then i did crunches and sat in an exhausted heap on the floor, but i did it baby!!!!!!!!!!!

Maytag suck...

.......or maybe its me, we bought this dishwasher back in 06, we had to take out a cupboard to put it in and plumb it in and all that good stuff. Well i was over the moon, no more having to wash dishes by hand, having people over and me stuck in the kitchen washing hoards of dishes because i can;t just relax knowing they are in there.........waiting..................drying food on them. I have to get in there and wash them, i cannot stand it and i cannot relax. So for our wedding anniversary that year we decided to get a dishwasher, or was it my birthday.... hmmmm. ANYWAY!!! we got it, went to the store to pick that baby out, money was fairly tight but we had a decent budget, we decided on the Maytag one. Black and pretty!!! ( i love new appliances!!!) so we took the little thing home and were all excited!!!

Yeah well that was until we had to take out the cupboard, which we knew we were going to have to anyway, but did not realise it was a job and a half.Two days later and we had the hole, it took two days as my hubby was on shifts so he would fit it in when he had time. He put the plumbing in,wired it up,slid it in and away we went.... GREAT. Til a few months later it started making a grinding noise, that lasted a few weeks but we couldn't see anything wrong with it, we had peeps out to look at it and nothing. then as soon as it started grinding it stopped it. All was good until 2 weeks after the warranty ran out.................................it stopped working all together. Oh i was so mad at it, i wasn't about to pay for the man to come out again as it would cost us a fortune, so we turned off the water, unplugged it and took it to a little man that can.... fix things!!!!!!!!! told him if it was going to cost more than 150 bucks to fix it not to bother we would go buy an second hand one,but it only cost about 80 bucks. Hoorah, fixed and back in the house.....all is right in the world again.......until about 7 months later and it stops working again, but this time my Hubby got it working.......until last week when it once again packed up on us. This time hubby could not get it going, he had to go get a part for it as the little man that could doesn't fix em anymore, more money to be made in A/C's apparently!!!

So i am once again washerless and hubby is on nights, so no washer, all by hand again, that's why i'm putting off going in there to wash them, i keep looking at the washer and sighing.......and of course calling it all the names i can think of, don't think i will be buying a Maytag again.....i had a Hotpoint washer dryer once that blew up on me so i have never even looked at another Hotpoint.............but thats a whole other story of flashing lights and sirens and smoke....................and bright red luminous fire engines!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would love one of these.....

IF MY SISTER HADN'T SCOFFED THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For weeks since she went back to Scotland she has been saying she will send me some..........well i'm still waiting sis of mine, the min she gets any they are scoffed by her......or her daughters!!!!!!!! She says they just call to her......hmmmmmmmmm well stop listening!!!!!!!! Love you really sis!!!!!!!!!!! hmmm i hear a three musketeers bar calling my name......................must go................

This picture goes with the song Time in a bottle..... I love this man with my whole heart and soul!!! He is my reason to get up in the morning.....I would never want to be without him..... Love you Pooky!!!!!!!!!

Another moving story of WW1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7720299.stm


I've posted a few blogs the last couple of weeks about remembrance, i just think we really should never forget. So much was sacrificed so that we today could have the lifestyle that we live. You know we can fly to almost anywhere in the world safely ( well relatively safely in this terror climate) we get to move around our home countries freely, we can do so much thanks to those that fought and died for their countries. So much is said about bringing troops home from Iraq and such places, but if we do then those people that live there will face tyranny and death in large numbers, torture, any number of cruelties. I don;t know what the answer is, as i certainly don;t want anymore troops dying out there, so if you have a spare min or two today, bow your head and remember those that fought in wars past and those that fight in wars today.

OOOooooeeeyyy Gooey...

I made these babies yesterday....ooooooooo they are so good, can't eat just one though!!!

12 ounce(s) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
11 1/2 ounce(s) 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Chips
6 tablespoon(s) unsalted butter
3 eggs
1 cup(s) sugar
1/3 cup(s) all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon(s) baking powder
1 cup(s) chopped walnuts



Directions

In double boiler over hot water, melt bittersweet chocolate chips and butter. In large bowl with electric mixer or whisk, beat eggs and sugar until thick; stir into chocolate mixture. In small bowl, stir together flour and baking powder; stir into chocolate mixture. Gently mix in semi-sweet chocolate chips and walnuts. Using a sheet of plastic wrap, form dough into two logs, each 2 inches in diameter and about 12 inches long. As dough will be quite soft, use plastic wrape to hold dough in log shape. Wrap tightly; refrigerate at least 1 hour or until firm. (Dough may be frozen; thaw in refrigerator before proceeding with recipe.) Heat oven to 375°F. Unwrap dough; with sharp knife, cut into 3/4-inch slices. Place slices 1 1/2 inches apart on greased or parchment-lined cookie sheet.
Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until shiny crust forms on top but interior is still soft. Cool on baking sheet; store in airtight tin up to 1 week.

Ghirardelli Cooking choc is the best to use, they are fabu!!!!!!!!!

Lest we forget...