Just a quickie before I fly off to work, but today is our second wedding anniversary. Two years of saying “No, it’s spelled R-A-N-D-A-L-L”.
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Many things have changed in the last two years. We moved to another part of the country, and parts of me are gradually disappearing…
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But one thing will never change. The glorious, fun, life-affirming, daft and loving relationship I have with my husband.
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Happy anniversary, hubster. I love you.
- Owned gym equipment.
- Used gym equipment.
- Photographed myself after using gym equipment.
- Uploaded photo to Flickr.
Continue reading about Things I wouldn’t have done a year ago. Part One.
So, there went 2007, and here’s 2008.
It’s been an interesting sort of a year for us. When 2007 arrived, we’d only just moved to Devon, and had sort of theoretically started new jobs, but not quite. In the space of a year, I’ve settled happily into the new job, while Sam’s been through a few of them. We’ve lost a cat, and Sam’s lost a grandmother and eight stone. Her mum had cancer, and then didn’t again.
Speaking of my work, I’ve had a couple of successful projects there - PenFinder and Pencyclopedia, along with enjoying the general day-to-day stuff.
The First Six Months In Pictures
April 2006 - our Wedding Day. I had no idea how much I weighed then, and I didn’t really care. Although I was aware that my weight was a problem, I thought that it was such a part of me and my identity that I never really felt motivated to do anything about it. After all, a fat bride is still a bride. I’d managed to trick that man into thinking he wanted to grow old with me and that’s all I really cared about.
Last Monday, I joined our local Slimming World group. After years of swearing I’d never do another diet ever, ever, again (and, I’m sure, putting on a pound in weight every time I said it), I decided to give Slimming World another go. I think I’ve been motivated by a number of things - like the cold, hard slap of reality brought on by seeing myself on video; feeling energised by the beautiful surroundings we live in and wanting to be fit enough to make the most of it; and being able to buy clothes somewhere other than Evans; but most of all, I just had the feeling that enough was enough, and it was time to do something about it.
Continue reading about Attempting the biggest Life Hack of them all…