September 2010

Weekly Weigh In and The Truth About Soy

One of the things people struggle with when losing weight is wrapping their head around food. Trust me, THIS I understand. Been there, it’s overwhelming. It’s a long road to understand proper nutrition and I still have a lot to learn as well but there are some really simple guidelines you can take advantage of [...]

Look! There’s Paint

I am loving renovating Boston’s room. It’s physically exhausting and completely messy but I’m having so much fun DIYing. I think I was born to DIY. I’m so happy. We’ve primed the doors and edging of the room. I used my spray primer that I buy for furniture upcycling. It made things so much faster [...]

The Inspiration

Spotty like a spotted thing. We’re making seriously impressive progress now. The kids have decided they want to join in too so they’ve been given odd jobs to help us out. Isn’t it great when kids want to help so badly that they’re happy to pick up rubbish or attempt to vacuum? I would feel [...]

There is NO Wallpaper

Hallelujah! The room is finally stripped. Not a single piece of wallpaper is left on those four walls and we were able to take the next step. Andrew wanted to help so I won’t be doing this alone after all. All good by me! We set about sanding down the walls, evening everything out. It [...]

Mini Makover – Home Edition (I Can’t Afford an Extreme One)

I figure because life goes on and I have plans, I will continue to use my blog as a motivational tool to help me get through the bits and pieces I want to do. I really want to join in with the 30 Days of Me blogs that are happening right now but I have [...]

One Week Later – Weigh In Day

It’s been a week since 21 Days of Accountability finished… and what a week it’s been! My life is still slightly out of order as I help my husband recover from surgery. It’s Wednesday now though, so that means it’s weigh in day. This week I managed to drop 1.2kg. Another week, another kilo gone. [...]

21 Days of Accountability – What Happened

When I launched Creating My Reality, nine months ago, I wanted to create a place that showed my personality, my flair for life, my loves and my passions. I wanted somewhere others could learn about me, the person behind the ‘artist’. I wanted to show that it is possible to follow your own dreams but [...]