Update

Four gals in the middle are H&HB with our supporters Mel and Steve!

Things have been pretty quiet on the social front for Dons... lots of training myself at the gym, training others and also training with my fellow team mates for the oxfam trailwalk... check out our blog page for our weekly walk updates and fundraising details.





It really takes up a lot of time with the training, preparing for fundraising and getting the right mix of walking attire. The next biggest challenge is night walk practice. We have been walking during the day for the past couple weeks and time to get into the bush at night. Will update the blog with all the updates.





This weekend we are off to the Blue Mountains for a weekend away and to practice walking on a different trail.... with a nice dinner planned at a French restaurant in Leura for Saturday night. Who says walking has to be hard work all the time!!

Dinner for Courtneys pre birthday celebrations

Thought it might be nice to go out to a nice dinner on the eve of Courtney's birthday (and cause I am working tomorrow night) we have been wanting to go to Pony in the Rocks for a while now, so we booked a nice early table and went and had dinner. The restaurant is small, quite quaint and the kitchen is open and not noisy at all... the ambience in the restaurant is quite calming, low lighting and the service spot on.

The menu is divine - so much to choose from... but I chose to have something I have been craving for the last couple weeks, spinach and ricotta pasta.... tortellini... it was homemade pasta and came with sage burnt sugar and pine nuts... oh my god, delicious!! Courtney ordered the lamb cous cous dish and we shared the bubble n squeak... yum yum yum. I am going back for the cheese plate and the tawny port.... who is keen? Ask for Gail the scottish waiter, she was quite witty and entertaining, but also a great hostess and we were defnitely looked after.

We then telepathically decided on going to Lindt for dessert, even though the dessert menu looked divine we felt like a change of location... but Lindt wasn't open, so we found another place across Darling Harbour for dessert... mm cheesecake and hot chocolate!

Fabulous pressie!

Check out my new broach - motivation pin from Sez! Such a wonderful graduation present indeed, what a unique idea - love it!!! Thanks Sezza xx

Graduation!!

Six months after finishing Certificate IV in Fitness I graduated this evening at Randwick TAFE - was great to see the other classmates and teachers who put up with me (us) for those night classes.

Sera and Courtney came along to help me celebrate and took some good piccies Stayed around for some free juice and sandwiches, talking to the teachers and students before heading off to Newtown to get a nice hot chocolate to celebrate (oh and a brownie.. mmmm)!

Looking forward to the next graduation ceremony, wonder what it will be in!!!

Hairspray and hiking boots - Oxfam Trailfinder walk

Yes I have done it, signed up with a team to walk the 100kms in 48hrs. Myself, Caroline, Debs and Katie to trek from the Hawkesbury to the Harbour for Oxfam - one of my charities who do such brilliant work. Check out the Oxfam website to see all the good work they do.

If you would like to donate, please see the link on the left hand side of the blog to donate.

I will be updating my Born to Tri blog with training updates....

Bring it on!

Paella & Rioja at Casa Donnas

Love having people over for dinner and it has been a while since I invited some great friends over for some good food and wine. I have been wanting to cook Paella for years as I love the dish, especially with loads of fresh Sydney seafood. So invited Sera, Kevin, Claire, Amy & Adam over for some spanish cuisine...

After a slow shopping day at Birkenhead point in Sydney I managed to get some amazingly priced seafood for the paella. It was quite easy to cook and I think for my first one it tasted pretty awesome. I am in love with vintage cellars as they stock some classic red riojas and crianza - spanish red wine for an afordable price.

A great evening, with good cheese, wine, paella, company and Adam's amazing delicious cheesecake that he slaved away on all day whilst the girls were shopping... scrumptious!!! The good thing about having dinner at your casa is you get to keep the leftover cheesecake for breakfast... time to get the coffee pot on the stove.

Ciao

I am successful

Completing the 2-day Success & You seminar in Lindlfield on the weekend has re assured me that I am on the right track for my purpose in life.

My purpose is:
To be true to myself, my feelings and my passions. To work in health, nutrition and fitness, to be more honest within myself, my feelings and decisions made in my life. To allow opportunities to be accessible by keeping an open mind and not limiting myself in career, money, relationships or spirituality.

My mission is to:
Learn all that I can, be open and a sponge listening and learning from others. To control my finances and not limit myself by the amount of money I have or don't have, to achieve all I want. To eliminate negative thinking and fill my life with positive surroundings, ideas and goals that are realistic and achieveable.

I will complete this by:
studying further in fitness, health & nutrition, keeping my personal training on purpose, keeping records of emotions and tracking patterns with my training, letting go of emotions, reducing my busy mind and taking time out to switch off. Sticking to goals set that are my passion. Reducing my habits associated with emotions (spending, eating). Having the faith that the decisions I make will be on purpose.