Wednesday, 30 July 2008

Open Water Swim




The water rose within an hour, and Brian had to rescue our yearlings. This sort of flooding occurs on average once every 10 years, but it's the worst I've seen it in 15 years of living on the Hauraki Plains. We took over this property on June 3rd. We knew it was going to be wet, but now it's really wet! Our home farm is wet too, with some surface flooding.

Tuesday, 8 July 2008

And so it begins....................

I'm officially back in training mode for triathlons. This of course means that I have to start swimming again. I don't particularly enjoy swimming, mainly because I'm slow. The only way to get faster is to practice, and get a bit of coaching. I'm off to Thames shortly to do a few lengths and see how I go.

I've put on a fair bit of weight. I've just been really hungry! We've got a busy time on the farm coming up with calving, so if I can keep outside, and busy, I should be able to drop some weight.

I've been busy with family things, Dad was in hospital, my friend has been diagnosed with Lymphoma, and we've had numerous other 'issues'

I've got 101 things to catch up on, including finding Celine's dental plate. Which Ella has 'hidden'. GRRRR.

I've also got lots of emails to reply to, bills to pay and training to do. Ahh life goes on (thank goodness!)

Cheers,
Juls