Cheers!

I’m so excited! Just received an email that made my day! Will reveal in time to come, just that I can’t wait for March to arrive!
With that said, this year is starting right thus far. The Beloved and I went for a run yesterday after work. Good to feel my body aching all over this morning – a sign that its being stretched.
Have a good weekend and I hope to put up some pics real soon!

Now there’s a great crunch…..arggh!

The last few days have been rainy here. As much as I have set my heart to running home, dear Mr Sun decided to hide behind his blanket of clouds… So when the working pants showed signs of being overstretched, I decided to do a series of crunches at home. The Beloved must have found it amusing when he saw me at it, grinning occasionally, when he finally told me that “you need to curl yourself as you come up, not lift your torso.” So that meant that all the great satisfaction I felt of having been doing the crunches religiously were thrown out of the window! However, under his guidance, it all soon worked out and oh boy, did my abs feel the strain! It felt good at the end though=)

In this cool weather, it was a treat being able to eat a bowl of yummy snow fox dessert!

   

This is a dessert which some call hashima. Boiled this in the slow cooker with red dates and dried longans. It was certainly refreshing after a hard day’s work.

On the scrapping front, been doing a layout of my nephews. Been having fun playing with my sizzix to create these titles. I like how the colors mimic those on a pizza.:

Fulfilment

This is gonna be a long post! Just returned from my work trip to Bangkok. It was certainly exciting, given the political situation there presently. While I was looking forward to having a glimpse of what is happening, we only went past a spot where the people were gathered to board buses that will take them to the government house. Beyond that ‘eventful’ historical moment, the food in Thailand was great! Pics and more details another time.

The past weeks has brought a sense of accomplishment. Completed various craft projects and also finally, the rhythm of running has started. No more just running because I am asked to, but am establishing a pattern of running on alternate days. Time to get fit!

On the creative front, the following were done, with loads of stamping thrown in:

Love this card that was created using primarily Purple Onion Designs stamps. I love this card, not only because I enjoy history, but just the overall nostalgic look to it. Using utee over the stamped word such contributed to that! Details of the card are in the following picture:

Riding on the ‘history’ idea, a memories box was also created, using the container that my dear tea set came in.

Used the days and dates stamp to create the pinwheels and sticks to tie in with the idea of time passing and remembering to cherish each day. This shall be a gift to someone soon!

A card for an upcoming birthday using the same pp which I love so much:

 

 

Making all these certainly brings back loads of memories about the time when the following was created for the Beloved for one of our dating anniversaries – a chess board with matching case for the chess pieces.

So that pretty much sums up what I have been doing on the recreation fun and that brought for me such a great sense of fulfilment. As the Beloved mentioned the other night – once we sleep well and recreate well, each morning is a joy towake up to!

Adranaline Rush

After a longggggg break and procrastination, I finally resumed my 5km run! Yup, ran home from work yesterday! It was certainly satisfying at the end, when I can proudly say to DH that I resisted the temptation of boarding the shuttle bus when it actually paused a moment for me at a bus stop when I ran past… I must continue this and make it a habit…It’s really not that difficult and my body will certainly thank me!

With that said, it seems too that having a blog pic and template that I love is also helping me write more. That is good… As I consider what are possibilities open to me in life and what I can do in the next chapter, I’m seriously considering something that involves my gifts and talents, something that allows me to play with colors and types and a daily basis… Pray along with me as I seek directions… Hmm, I should think about this as I run… Here’s to a great weekend!