December 2009

My Last Blog Post Of The Year

by Chavah Kinloch on December 31, 2009

It just dawned on me that tonight is the last night of 2009. Another year gone, I got my first grey hair this year…see what kids do to you? Haha. Before the clock strikes midnight I just wanted to stop by and thank you for sharing the year with me. Wherever you are tonight, whatever you’re doing, enjoy yourself and be safe. I look forward to seeing you again in the new year. Goodbye 2009, you’ve been a wonderful learning experience. Bring on 2010!

Here are some highlights of my 2009.

My son, my brother and some missionaries at Oreti Beach. We had a great day out floundering and catching crabs.

Going to Auckland for my cousins wedding. This is my kids at the playground by a beach. I love being in Auckland to see my kids play with their cousins.
Visiting Queenstown for a weekend away. One of my favourite places.

The painting I created for my fantastic cousin and her awesome hubby.

My beautiful Boston.

The Stags won the Ranfurly Shield and it was fun to celebrate with all of Southland.

Watching Nas while he watched Transformers. LOL!

Helping the kids dress up for their production in the costumes I made overnight.
Seeing my daughters artwork up at the public library and realising she also thinks about the little details.

What am I doing tonight? I’m at home sick and working hehe. Almost time to cuddle up on the couch and watch a good movie. Don’t worry, we’ve got some chilled sparkling grape juice to celebrate and count down. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Christmas, New Years and My Life in Between

by Chavah Kinloch on December 30, 2009

My husband and I have been working overtime setting up my new blog over on wordpress. We’re doing this because of the ongoing issue between IE and blogger. I can tell you that we’re almost there! If all goes well we’ll be launching on New Years Day. If things don’t go quite so well it’ll be within the week. So do stay tuned. I’ve also been busy with the family these past few days. There have been water fights, teething dramas, illnesses, hayfever and movie days. Everywhere else in NZ seems to be getting sun, we’re still battling rain and wind with 2 hours of glorious sunshine here and there.

This is the last week before the Random Act of Kindness Challenge finishes for the year and the winners are announced. Have you done yours? Be sure to let me know where you’ve put your entries so I can read them and put you on the list the appropriate number of times. I love reading what you’ve been up to. I can’t wait to see where the paintings will be headed. Don’t forget that every entrant will also receive two wallpapers of my artwork for their pc. These will be emailed to you at the conclusion of the challenge so make sure you include an email address for me to contact you. If you’ve forgotten to include one don’t worry, just email at chavahkinloch@xtra.co.nz and we’ll sort it out.

Can you believe there’s only one more day left in 2009? Wow. I’m excited, are you?

Here are some snapshots from the past few days of the kids and some of their Christmas gifts.

Davis set up camp.

Riding his new bike.

Testing out her new cupcake maker. Mucky business.

The cupcakes she made for her brothers.

Filling up a water pistol.

Vahnija went and set up her own picnic, complete with strawberries. I love my kiddos.

A bunch of paint we picked up on boxing day for Bostons nursery. You can see pics of what’s going on here and here. We’ll be doing more on the nursery this week. Yay!

Lots and lots of fun. Water fights. Need I say more.

The boys prepping.

My little terror. So lovable.

The money shot! lol

How cute are these chubby little feet? The jandals are from my cousins in Utah. I think they’re from Old Navy. They barely fit my gigantor of a baby. This may be the only time he gets to wear them :(

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Watch Boston Move

by Chavah Kinloch on December 28, 2009

This is how The Boss makes his way around our house. For those on FB here’s the link.

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This Is My Vision Board

by Chavah Kinloch on December 28, 2009

Have you heard of them? Most people by now will have but for the few that haven’t, a vision board is a board that you create. It’s a collage of pictures and words that define all your biggest desires. It’s said to be a powerful tool in the law of attraction.

I created mine when I was newly pregnant with Boston so that’s why it has a few pregnant women. I wanted a great pregnancy. My pregnancy was everything but lol BUT I did get through it and every time I saw the happy pregnant women it changed my attitude.

My vision board includes pictures and words for all areas of my life. Work, relationships, home, family, spirituality, travel, health and fitness… Everything I could desire is up there.

So here’s mine. Do you have one? If not, why not make one and share the photo? We can track our progress together.

I’ve completed the pregnancy part so now my focus is on other parts of the board, namely the health and wealth sides. I’m always working on good relationships, that’s just a given for me.

These aren’t new years resolutions, they’re more life resolutions. I’ve been working on them for years and will carry on working on them…until.

After baby #3. I’d dropped about 40kg. Hmmm should I share the before photo for THIS pregnancy? Yikes!

32wks pregnant with a baby elephant.

Me at 39wks pg with Boston. This is what a woman carrying an almost 12lb baby looks like. That’s my packed suitcase in the corner (wishing it was my last night!)
Don’t I look SO happy?

So right now, my BIGGEST goal of all is to drop the fat. I did it after baby #3 was born and I’m going to do it again now, once and for all. I think I worked a total of two times when I was pregnant. The rest of the time I felt like I was slowly dying. This time around as I find my way out of this rut, I’m going to push even harder, go even further and take my body to a place I never realised I could get it to. I will be lean, I will be flexible, I will be the healthiest me I can be. Feel like supporting me? Thanks, that’d be great :)

I want to be fit enough to do kickboxing again, I thrived on the physical exhaustion those classes took me to. They made me mentally tough.

I want defined muscles. Not in an ugly way but in the way that you’ll know I worked hard to earn them.

I want to conquer my fear of hurting. Ever since I delivered Boston I have been battling physically of course but mentally the fear of pushing myself to a point where I might actually really hurt again has paralised me. I can’t explain the pain I was in, all I can say is that it was bad and I spent many nights awake in bed with tears rolling down my face with no way to relieve the pain. It’s been 5 months, there’s a whole lot I can do now. It’s time to move on and push past the mental barrier that has a hold on me.

So there we go. I will keep you well and truly updated with my progress.

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Coming Your Way Tomorrow

by Chavah Kinloch on December 28, 2009


Now that Christmas is over and done with I can finally get around to other things. So Brenda, Melissa and Amber, keep an eye out :)

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