Fleas and Ear Mites!

Yup...literally!!! we have been inundated by fleas this summer....no idea what to do! We have had to take our poor kitten to the vet due to ear mites, and now issues with a massive flea invasion. Does anyone know what to do with these lil suckers??

So I have been researching, and we have found the lemon steeped in water and sprayed on helps, as well as flea combs, but I have a bischoodle...good luck getting it through his coat!

So tomorrow is operation Flea irradicate! First step is brushing the puppies, and then taking them down to the hydrobath. Here we will wash and then spray for fleas and ticks. Kitties will be getting revolution and a flea comb. While we are out, my dad will be liming the yard and hubby will be vacuuming carpets. so much involved because of these lil buggers!

So does anyone have any handy hints? especially to get rid of them for good?

everything seems so hard...

well a bit of a woe is me post...I guess I had to do it somewhere, and twitter is probably getting sick of hearing it..

We are moving house, back in with my folks for a lil bit to try and save money, but things have been pretty shit going.
we moved into mums early..BIG MISTAKE...it left us 3 weeks to pack up and move. But I also got hit with a mass of college assignments, and D got rostered on every weekend. so instead mum and lil sis ended up packing everything for us, we called in removalists and had hoped just to have to clean the house. well....we kept running out of boxes (I wasnt there to throw stuff out), the removalists didnt take all of our stuff, so we still had to hire a truck, and the cleaning has taken 3 days and the real estate still isnt happy. So we are at the last weekend. I have a varnish stain on the carpet from our side table (crap!) and just over it. So I am leaving the real estate to call in a cleaner. Tomorrow I will go up and try WD-40 on the stain (Im all out of other ideas), wipe over a few others cupboards and leave the walls to the professionals. Time to bite the bullet and just fail! I hate how fussy Delfin is about its houses, we have never had this drama before!

So we are moving forward. I am on my second last semester at college, that has started, I thankfully finished summer semester...thank god! and now for new adventures. we are focusing on trying to pay all our bills out and buy a house. Fingers crossed we can do it. Now to learn to be super frugal and get cracking! from next week we should have all our bills paid and then to focus on paying out the credit cards. Well that and make our room here more liveable.

Work is getting a bit tense, we are close to the end of our contracts, so it wont be long until I have to find another one. I would really love a government position, but will have to see what I can find. I want the stability of government, the money from government and the ability to go further in gov. But we will see what happens over the next few months.

Something I am toying with as well is going vegetarian with the option to go vegan later. D is really bad at being able to process meat, his system just cant do it, so Im thinking it might be a good idea. We both hate how inhumanely animals are treated in the process and could live a little happier knowing we dont have anything do to with it.

Just stuff to think about.

mobyxoxox

Personal Excellence + Healthy life challenge

Ideal Vision of health, fitness and lifestyle


My Ideal vision – I am around a 10-12, and fit. I don’t want to be buff, I want to be toned but still feminine. I want to be able to run 10km easily and at least 3 times a week. All up around 20-30km running a week, and cycling 3 times per week. Lifestyle would be up early every morning and doing an hour of exercise before work.



What do you want to accomplish at the end of the 21 days

Over the next 21 days I want to lay the foundations of a healthy lifestyle. Getting up and walking, starting with 10mins of a morning and working up to 30 minutes. If possible I would like to fit in another 30 minutes of an afternoon with the dogs. With food I want to cut out the crap food and get to a point where I am eating 80% unprocessed foods. Cutting out majority of dairy products except for some milk and yoghurt and small amounts of cheese.



Get ready. What are 3-5 things that you can do now that will help

The most helpful would be to find a job close to home. Other than that, preparing food, getting up 30 mins earlier to have breakfast and go for a walk.

I need to get up early enough to prepare breakfast and have a cup of tea. This is number 1 priority, otherwise I am too tempted to get something on the way into work. Breakfast could be weetbix, oats or toast with eggs. The other thing that is a must is preparing something for lunch, and having a snack. Whether it be a stirfry, steamed veg or salad. Snacks can be fruit, nuts or yoghurt.



Day 1. Drink 8 glasses of water. Daily requirements are 3.5Litres

Eeek this actually equates to 15 glasses of water. I need to start chugging. But this could also be why I am having so many issues like waking up feeling ill, being constantly hungry and fluid retention.



Day 2. Create Calorie List – use my fitness pal

Calorie list is pointless, I don’t really have general things that I eat constantly.



Day 3. Calculate Daily expenditure. BMR 2152 - + 1.2 for sedentary lifestyle = 2582



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Good morning



So far today I got up at 5.30, took my puppies for a 15 min walk (starting with babysteps) had weetbix for breaky. Just devoured a tuna salad with wholemeal roll for lunch and will most likely have a stirfry for dinner.



On the drinking side of things, I am going for 2L a day for the first week, 3L the second week and working up to 3.5L. I have just bought some cordial to add to it. I know its not the best of ideas, but it does help it go down, and I have already nearly finished the first litre.



I have logged my calories for yesterday and today. So far I am at 900calories for today and yesterday I finished up on 1783. so a definite deficit.

because sometimes asking the right questions is the answer

1.           How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? 25
 2.          Which is worse, failing or never trying? Never trying
3.          If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do? Good question
 4.          When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done? yes
5.          What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world? The need for money
6.          If happiness was the national currency, what kind of work would make you rich? Helping people – being bossy
 7.          Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? settling
8.          If the average human life span was 40 years, how would you live your life differently? No idea
 9.          To what degree have you actually controlled the course your life has taken? I thought my choice, but its been more go with the flow.
10.      Are you more worried about doing things right, or doing the right things? Doing the right thing
11.       You’re having lunch with three people you respect and admire.  They all start criticizing a close friend of yours, not knowing she is your friend.  The criticism is distasteful and unjustified.  What do you do? Stick up for her
 12.       If you could offer a newborn child only one piece of advice, what would it be? Be confident, you deserve the best
 13.       Would you break the law to save a loved one? yes
 14.      Have you ever seen insanity where you later saw creativity? yes
 15.       What’s something you know you do differently than most people? Fold towels
 16.       How come the things that make you happy don’t make everyone happy? I have my own desires
  17.       What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?  What’s holding you back? Own my own business. Confidence and the need for security
 18.       Are you holding onto something you need to let go of? My weight, fear, 
 19.       If you had to move to a state or country besides the one you currently live in, where would you move and why? Canada because it is appealing
 20.      Do you push the elevator button more than once?  Do you really believe it makes the elevator faster? Yes, no but it helps with frustration
 21.       Would you rather be a worried genius or a joyful simpleton? Worried genius
22.      Why are you, you? 
 23.      Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend? I believe so
 24.      Which is worse, when a good friend moves away, or losing touch with a good friend who lives right near you? A good friend moving away
25.      What are you most grateful for? My husband, and my life
 26.      Would you rather lose all of your old memories, or never be able to make new ones? Not be able to make new ones
27.      Is is possible to know the truth without challenging it first? no
 28.      Has your greatest fear ever come true? Yes  and no – no security but Ive never lost my husband or family
 29.      Do you remember that time 5 years ago when you were extremely upset?  Does it really matter now? Yes it made me who I am today
 30.      What is your happiest childhood memory?  What makes it so special? Weekend holidays with nan and pop. They were carefree
 31.       At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? I don’t think I have, maybe the week dave was down. Ive never felt as good as that week. But I know that it can be better
 32.      If not now, then when? I need to learn this one
 33.      If you haven’t achieved it yet, what do you have to lose? security
  34.      Have you ever been with someone, said nothing, and walked away feeling like you just had the best conversation ever? no
 35.      Why do religions that support love cause so many wars? Because they also support ignorance
 36.      Is it possible to know, without a doubt, what is good and what is evil? no
 37.      If you just won a million dollars, would you quit your job? no
 38.      Would you rather have less work to do, or more work you actually enjoy doing? More work that I enjoy
 39.      Do you feel like you’ve lived this day a hundred times before? Everyday is the same
 40.     When was the last time you marched into the dark with only the soft glow of an idea you strongly believed in? never
 41.      If you knew that everyone you know was going to die tomorrow, who would you visit today? I would visit my mum and sister, and go home to my husband
 42.      Would you be willing to reduce your life expectancy by 10 years to become extremely attractive or famous? no
  43.      What is the difference between being alive and truly living? Enjoying each and every moment
 44.     When is it time to stop calculating risk and rewards, and just go ahead and do what you know is right? There never is a time
 45.      If we learn from our mistakes, why are we always so afraid to make a mistake? Because we learn that they hurt
 46.      What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? nothing
 47.      When was the last time you noticed the sound of your own breathing? I concentrate on it often
 48.      What do you love?  Have any of your recent actions openly expressed this love? I love my husband, I show him always
  49.      In 5 years from now, will you remember what you did yesterday?  What about the day before that?  Or the day before that? no
 50.      Decisions are being made right now.  The question is:  Are you making them for yourself, or are you letting others make them for you? I let outside pressures make them.

Health and Fitness Challenge

Twitter: mobylovescoffee
Age:29 (in a few days)
Location: Brisbane, Australia

Also include your challenge goals in terms of your:

My non- scale victory - my boardies...I want to fit in them before Summer is over, I don't want to fit in them at all next year :)


My goals with exercise is 15 min walk each day, 45 min exercise vid or wiifit x3 per week


Keep calories under 1600, keep track via my fitness pal

Starting Weight: way too much..lets just say +50 for now

Target Challenge Weight Loss: 15kg

2012 and all it's promises...

Well here we are very near the end of the year and 2012 is holding so much hope. There is so much to be done next year, and I don't want an ordinary year. I want to be busy, I want to feel like we are climbing out of the rut we are in. So many aspects of our lives need to be improved on, and I know where to start, I know how to start, and HAVE started. I just need to keep on keeping on.

Number 1....as everyone knows, my weight. I have seen a dietician this year, as well as exercise physiologist, it has to come down. Exercise is required daily, 3 times a week minimum, and food needs to be cleaned up. No more dairy, very little carbs, many fruits, veg and some protein. (No I am not including real food in my carb count, as long as I eat all of the fruit, bought juices are out)

Number 2... work on our fertility. D is giving up smoking, and he is in on this health kick. It's time to kick infertility to the curb and claim our baby.

Number 3... money. D needs a job, I need a secure full time one. This obviously is a priority. We then have to focus on paying out debt and starting to put money away. Dave Ramsay is going to be my friend this year, he just doesn't know it yet.

Number 4... working on creating at home businesses. We are under no illusion that this will be easy, or that it will be only one. D and I both want to work from home. We want babies in the next year or two and this will be the best way. D is also bi-polar and doesn't get along well with people, this would probably give us more security than him working for someone else. So we will be focusing on Safe Cycling Australia, Sharp Chic, A Fashionable Marriage and Sharp Organising. Somewhere in all of this we will derive an income sufficient enough to be stay at home workers.

Number 5... yes there is more! D and I both need careers. We need to feel like we are contributing to the world, by working on Number 4 and 3, this could happen.

Number 6... I want to socialise and go out more. I don't want to feel that the year has flown by and we have nothing to show for it. I want to go out for dinners, weekends away and exploring our city. I want to meet new people, entertain and hold dinner parties. I want to be social.

Number 7... I want to set my home up. I want it to exude elegance, to be clean, tidy and people to walk in and think 'these people have it together'. I don't like walking in and seeing the mish mash that is our house. I want it to have style, grace, and character. I will be blogging about the changes we make, however slowly it may take us.

Number 8.. .I want to work on me. Not only do I need to lose the weight, but I want to change the way I present myself. In no way and I saying that I wish to change me...just how I present myself to the world. I am doing a workshop hopefully soon to learn basics of makeup and haircare. Next on the agenda is clothing and manners. I am taking the challenge not to swear and this will start from tomorrow night when my MIL arrives.

Number 9...I am committing to blogging. I will have 4 sites up and going. This is going to be a HUGE Task. The plan is one blog post for each blog a week, 2 for the personal blog. This personal blog will also be a record of my challenges, my progress against my goals and my accountability. I will be adding a page specifically to hold these goals and my progress markers.

Good luck to me and good luck to 2012 and all the hope that I lay on it.

love
Moby

So as always...its been awhile

Things have been going more than crazy lately. I have been making up hours at work to pay for 10 days off at xmas...so I've got 4 days left :( Christmas has been okay, more than a little dull. It just doesnt seem as magical as it did when I was younger. I think not having kids around helps to make it better.

D finished up work the Thursday before xmas, so things are pretty stressful. He has a job interview tomorrow, so I am crossing all fingers and toes that he gets it. We can survive on just one wage :(. That I have to say is one of the goals for next year, get to a point that we can exist on only one wage. Well hopefully.

well anyway fingers crossed it all turns out. Im ready for stuff to go right for a change. We start a detox tomorrow, well 2 days of it. D's mum gets here on Saturday arvo and will be here the night. Then I am back to work on the 3rd. Not really much has been done, but I will have to finish cleaning the house tomorrow, then I need to put stuff on ebay, finish fixing the study computer, get a new diary and then get ready for another yeah of study, craziness and job hunting. I am hoping a full time job is around the corner, Im not liking the travelling to work or the instability. 2012 has to be a year of stability, losing weight and getting my baby. I need to feel like Im getting somewhere in life, at the moment I feel like Im pretty stuck.