Old Photos Of Me

Day 8 - Old Photos Of Me!

Properly one of the easiest blog posts ..
a bunch of old photos of me :)

1987

1990 - 1991

1997

1993

2007

High School Ball - 2003

10 Favourite Foods

Day 7 - 10 Favourite Foods

Below is the list of my 10 favourite foods, in no particular order .. as well as how I like them. I have also narrowed down some of them too, for example the first thing Chocolate, I like all chocolate but my absolute favourite is ...
well keep reading and find out :)

Chocolate - for some reason at the moment my favourite is "Cadbury Twirl"!

Potato Chips - all time favourites are Cooper Kettle - Wood Fired BBQ

Lollies - So many different favourites but I'll always go for Haribo Tangfastics

Fruit - Love almost every fruit (but am fussy with Bananas, Apples & Oranges)

Chicken - Pretty much done anyway with anything!

Satay Sauce - goes hand in hand with Chicken! but also Roti!

Pasta - I love pasta hot or cold with pretty much any topping.

Marmite Sandwiches - with VERY fresh bread - a little spread & a little marmite! 

Pizza - Most favourite would be Hell Pizza or Homemade Satay Chicken 

Nuts - Roasted & Salted Cashews, Macadamias and Honey Roasted Peanuts.

 

Considering how much I like food, that was hard .. not to narrow it down to only 10 but to actually think of 10! Anyways time to sleep! See you tomorrow.

My Guilty Pleasure ...

Day 5 - My Guilty Pleasure ..

Watching DVDs!

I would have to say that my guilty pleasure would be watching DVDs,
I can spend all day lying around watching DVDs, whether its movie after movie
or a complete TV Series! 

 I am usually doing other stuff at the same time but I always have a movie or something on TV at the same time. Over the last weekend I watched the remaining few discs Season 4 of Gilmore Girls and started on Season 6 of CSI-NY, but I also sorted out all my Jane's Jewels NZ Jewellery, did 3 loads of washing and helped my partner with pulling cables from our house to our garage!

Since New Zealand television went digital, we have not had actual television, but this has not bothered us at all as we hardly ever actually watched TV anyways.
This would be because we have a massive DVD collection with over
1400 DVDs, all which are originals!

Below are our three main DVD cases, which are all in the lounge.
Left - Movie Sets        Middle - TV Series       Right - Our Favourites
We then also have 2 smaller DVD cabinets in the dining room (all other movies)
and a 60L plastic container fill of Children's DVDs.

  

So that's my guilty pleasure! See you tomorrow :) 

 

My Earliest Childhood Memory

Day 4 - Earliest Childhood Memory ..

Playing in the Tupperware cupboard with my younger brother!  

My brother and I for some unknown reason quite often liked to pull
EVERYTHING out of the Tupperware cupboard!
Here is a photo my Mum snapped us!

Even my childhood best friend remembers doing this with me!
Goodness knows why we did but we must of had fun if we did it so many times!

I have quite a few other memories from my childhood, as I guess everyone does,
but this one really sticks out for me.

See you tomorrow :)

20 Facts About Me!

Tonight's post is both Day 2 & 3 because yep I completely forgot to do
Day 2 yesterday! Completely useless I know!

20 Facts About ME!

1. I have 2 middle names 
2. I was born 4 weeks early 
3. I have been with my partner 4 years, 4 months
4. I'm a huge Animal Lover
5. I have a younger brother
6. My first plane ride overseas was at 18 months 
7. I am meant to wear glasses (& really should considering the cost of them)
8. I wear a size 8-9 shoe depending on the fit.
9. I have a major sweet tooth!
10. My favourite TV shows are all crime related - CSI, NCIS etc
11. My left pinky finger is still bent from when I broke it at age 12
12. I spend way too much time on Facebook & Pinterest
13. I love Winnie The Pooh
14. My favourite colour is Purple!
15. I did a 6 month student exchange in America, 10 years ago
16. I would rather wear tights (under tunics etc) than wear jeans.
17. I really enjoy baking and cooking
18. I have had 4 surgeries - all on my jaw.
19. I suffer from tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
20. I named my business after my cat! 

Wow that was surprising hard! To think of 20 different things, and to not go on writing about each one! I properly could have written a good paragraph on each!

Number 20 is also Day 3 blog post topic :) "Meaning of my business name"
My business's name is "Jane's Jewels NZ" and comes from our cat Jane, who always used to look after (& play) with my beads and jewellery making supplies, while I was trying to make jewellery.

So there we go Day 2 & 3 complete! See you tomorrow :)

31 Day Blog Challenge - Introduction

What's the best way to start writing posts on other topics .. to start a 31 Day Blog Challenge! 

Today's topic (been Day 1) is Introduction!

As you all know I'm Andrea & I am 26 years old.

I enjoy talking, shopping & jewellery making.

I love animals, purple, chocolate & movies.

I live in Palmerston North, New Zealand with my partner Grant, our cat Jane & our puppy Atlas.

This month, you are going to learn lots about me, that you may or may not know already. So I'm not going to go into too much detail today.

Have a great night everyone and I'll see you tomorrow for Day 2!

Andrea xx

A Final Update

This is my last weekly update post for a while, as I don't seem to be writing about anything else .. and I have about 15 draft posts on all sorts of different topics that I have yet to finish and post! 

I also have an awesome 31 Day Blog Challenge which I am starting tomorrow!!

 Well the past week and a half have been great! There are no photos from the dinners but we stuck to the Tuesday night takeaways (after Puppy Obedience Training) and at the most one other night per week. We have also been making conscious decisions on what takeaways to have and how much we are ordering. For example on Tuesday last week we had Hell Pizza, and instead of ordering 2 pizzas (as we like different flavours) and 2 sides, we agreed on one flavour and just ordered one pizza and 1 side!

My exercise goal has been going well, for the exception of all the rain we have had! But I am keeping track of all my walking (with Atlas) on Map my Walk, which has been a great tool to see how far I have walked each day and over the week.  

Since I always talk about what we have for dinner, I thought I would mention the other two meals of the day .. Breakfasts are always great, my usual breakfast is just toast (and usually eaten in the car on the way to work) but had I had
Hot Cross Buns over Easter! YUM!! 

Lunches .. well that could be whole another post! Lunches on the weekend are pretty good, sometimes we might pick up something from the bakery but most of the time we have lunch at home. Here are three examples of our weekend lunches ..
BLT Sandwich, Chicken Pita Pocket & Sausage Rolls

It's the weekday/work lunches that I really need to work on  I tend to just eat for the whole 30 minute break, whether I am that hungry or not.

And snacks lets not even go there!! They are my major let down, they are cause of my weight gain and why I am not losing any weight!!!

Anyways .. from now more posts about Living, Laughing & Loving Life!!