My Other Job

Started my 2nd job today, at the bakery/cafe/deli in Cleve, 25 km away from Arno Bay.
LU-U-URVED IT!!!
I worked in a very busy, top-class bakery when I was in Wallaroo on the Yorke Peninsula.
While this bakery is not on quite as big a scale, I gotta hand it to Trudy (my new boss) - bloody hell..... she's doin' a shit-hot job of it all!!!!
Everything is baked on site.
I had one of her pasties today, as good as what I'm used to on the other side.
She also has a really good menu for the cafe style meals - wraps, foccacias & burgers as well as sandwiches and rolls (and, of course, the pastries). She even has bbq chickens!! All the bread, rolls, foccacia, etc. is all baked on site as well. AND HER BUNS................. OMIGOD!! They look bloody fantastic. Hope I never weaken & eat one LOL!!!!
So here's to working 7 days a week (my goal - Hey! I have no life & nothing better to do!!)
Cheers

Coffin Bay & Gallipoli Beach

A friend and her kids came from Moonta (Yorke Peninsula) to Coffin Bay (Eyre Peninsula) for a holiday last week. I managed to spend the day with them on Friday. I haven't seen them for 8 months. It was really great to catch up and hang out together for a while.

Coffin Bay is about 45 km's northwest of Port Lincoln, with a permanent population of 600, that swells to about 4,000 in the summer months. Main industries are professional fishing and the famous Oyster Leases within the bay system.

We went for a drive to Farm Beach

It was quite cold and very windy. Perfect conditions for...............

From there we went on to Gallipili Beach, where the film Gallipoli (starring Mel Gibson) was made.

It was so breathtakingly beautiful, and I couldn't believe how high the cliffs were. I know it wasn't the REAL Gallipoli, but we did pause and we were all quite thoughtful about what the real thing must have been like. It was all quite timely, as it was the day before Anzac Day.

The day was finished off with some Arno Bay snapper that was cooked to perfection by Karyn, some red-hot local wine, and a really good game of Uno with Kara and Damon. Then a very late night with lots of giggling and plenty of fart-humour between me and the kids. LOL
Thanks Kayleen, Dimitri and Karrissima - alias Karyn, Damon & Kara for sharing your holiday with me. I had a top day. XOXOXO

No Cause For Celebration

Day off today and I did Nothing

That's right.......
Absolutely NOTHING

Didn't even crawl out of my jammies, much less the front door.

And you know what?

It feels great!!!!!!!!

Hair Update

I wasn't very happy with the back of my hair so I had another go at it today

And now I think I am happy with it

Wanted to keep a bit more length than I have, but it will grow quickly enough

So, a before shot

Now - After

That's all for now

Bye

Some Photos

Here it is, as promised, a pic of my VERY CHEAP hairstyle!!

The back is a little bit scruffy, but I reckon I did a bloody good job!

These pics are of my one of my favourite spots, the Creek Mouth, taken at sunrise. All this is just a 10 minute stroll from my house.

And this is what I see frommy front door .

And that's all I have time for today.

Off to work now

Bye

It's Make-Over Time!!

Yeah, yeah....... I know!!
It's been a while.
Not much has been happening though, so nobody's missing anything. Haha
I've been continuing with my ss efforts tho, AND HOW!
I had a massive bake-up and filled my freezer with lots of healthy, portion-controlled Too Good to be True meals (about 6 weeks worth!!) And I've done a meal plan. And I'm getting by on 10 bucks a week. And today I'm making some sweet and savoury snacks, also STGTBT. I've already made a batch of mini quiches (75 cals each) and I'm not done yet. Just gotta go thru my pantry and figure out what I have on hand to make my next creation.
I also have written up a freezer and pantry inventory so I can go shopping from there instead of the supermarket, especially for this month (my $10 challenge month). I'm actually very surprised at how much I do have on hand, t'is a very good feeling because I won't be getting as many hours after Easter when things go quiet.
Speaking of work, the boss took a week off and left me in charge!! I was so flattered that they asked me and trusted me enough to do it. I haven't been there that long really, only 6 months. So I guess it's all working out for me on that front.
I've done a very un-ss thing and hired a treadmill for 3 months. The reason? I'M GOING HOME!!! Only for a few days, at the end of May. And a very special friend is going to come to Wallaroo from Adelaide to spend the weekend with me. He hasn't seen me since I left and I certainly don't want him to see me like this (20 odd kg overweight), so I'm busy dieting like a mad thing and treadmilling and doing abs and all that. So that's why the expense of the treadmill - I know that when Warren and I hmhmm...... you know (winkwink), it'll be worth EVERY penny. LOL
I got a little crazy last night. I started out colouring my hair, then I streaked it. Looking good so far. Then I got REALLY crazy and didn't just trim the ends - I FULLY CUT IT ALL OFF!!!! I've gone from bra-length to a just above the collar bob. OMG!!! It looks fantastic, I just can't believe how great it turned out. Tomorrow when I've got some make-up on and look a bit better than I do just now, I'll take a pic and post it.
Okay, I think that's about it for now, been going on long enough. Hope you're all well and healthy and happy.
If I don't get a chance to post again this week, would just like to wish you all a very happy Easter. Drive safe everyone.