So its true what Michelle from curves has told me Yes i am a seriel faller offer when it comes to weight loss and mgt. However after much soul searching I came to a conclusion 1. I wasnt in the right frame of mind for it and 2. i was bored of curves and needed a change. SOOOOoooo thats what I did. I quite curves in July and at the time i was back up to 82kgs :/ so not a great place to be after a year of "falling of the ladder and climbing back up again".
What am I doing now you ask me?? well since then I've basically started walking around 10k a day (weather/exhaustion permitting) AND i have picked up Theater Jazz for beginners at the Sydney Dance Company in The Rocks this seriously I love. Not only am I learning how to dance for Broadway shows which will come in handy for AMS but its so much fun AND its a great work out. I am loving it. So far we have done a routine for "Burlesque - Burlesque", "Push da Button - A Color Purple", "Footloose - Footloose" (my fave so far) , "lullabye on Broadway - 42nd St." and "Icarumba (sp?) - Show Boat". The last one is my least favourite so far, i was having the worst week and couldnt get anything right in the technique part of the class (turns, gallops leaps etc) then the instructor through that on us.. I found it hard to call it a beginners routine, it was quick and difficult, to top it all off i ended up not finishing the class cause i went and hurt my ankle. Next week he promises something from "thourilly (sp?) modern millie" so im seriously looking forward to that. hopefully my ankle will be better.
The other thing im doing is counting WW points again. im not going to class just doing it all myself at home with my calculator and a spreadsheet i created. As for weightloss after 6 weeks im down to 78.2kgs.. and have set myself a goal of 75kgs for when Pirates opens in November and 72kgs by christmas. Anything more will be a bonus.
Claire
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
A singing frollicking band of daughters We
Ok so you might think "What the Hell is she on about" its quite simple. As you all know I joined Ashfield Musical Society earlier on in the year. Which was seriously the best decision i have done in a long time. Back to the 80's was a success and I had so much fun. So I decided to keep on doing it. Our next show is "Pirates of Penzance" and I have been chosen as a Daughter of the Major General Stanley (hurrah for the major general). Which means I have to frollick :/ eek!!! This means that i have to dance gracefully and prance about the stage, graceful like a swan, unfortunately for me im about as graceful as a charging bull so this will be an interesting process for me.
Oh and it gets better, the one and only Matty J has joined the chorus as a pirate arr!!!. Not only am I having a great time in rehearsals but he is seriously enjoying it. hes got this natural energy that I seriously wish I had sometimes. I remember being like that when i was younger but alas I guess ive gone to conservitive in my old age (would like to point out the matt is actually older then me). hum i just realised how negitive ive been sounding about myself, lol best stop that straight away.
On a good note now that Ive done a show already I am more confident in singing out (also helps being separated into proper vocal groups) and my audition this time around wasnt a failure. there are still many things I need to learn, Like keep more eye contact, act out while singing and keep my hands out of my pocket. hopefully next time ill get that right and be asked to do a reading for a part. still praying on chicago which is an Alto show. YAY!!! pirates unfortunally is a soprano show with the only alto being a 47 year old woman. Still i auditioned for that part knowing full well i hadnt a hope in hell is going anywhere with it. most of the chorus songs are quite hard for me with the notes we hit but the more we are singing them the easier its getting so its 100% a positive thing for my range.
once again ive been making baked goodies for the show and my cupcakes where a success.
More updates of Pirates to come :D
claire
Oh and it gets better, the one and only Matty J has joined the chorus as a pirate arr!!!. Not only am I having a great time in rehearsals but he is seriously enjoying it. hes got this natural energy that I seriously wish I had sometimes. I remember being like that when i was younger but alas I guess ive gone to conservitive in my old age (would like to point out the matt is actually older then me). hum i just realised how negitive ive been sounding about myself, lol best stop that straight away.
On a good note now that Ive done a show already I am more confident in singing out (also helps being separated into proper vocal groups) and my audition this time around wasnt a failure. there are still many things I need to learn, Like keep more eye contact, act out while singing and keep my hands out of my pocket. hopefully next time ill get that right and be asked to do a reading for a part. still praying on chicago which is an Alto show. YAY!!! pirates unfortunally is a soprano show with the only alto being a 47 year old woman. Still i auditioned for that part knowing full well i hadnt a hope in hell is going anywhere with it. most of the chorus songs are quite hard for me with the notes we hit but the more we are singing them the easier its getting so its 100% a positive thing for my range.
once again ive been making baked goodies for the show and my cupcakes where a success.
More updates of Pirates to come :D
claire
Are you there Immi? Its me Claire (Part 4)
So tomorrow is September and the 17th of sept will equal a year since the visa application went into Immigration. Its been a long and stressful year and hopefully this will all come to an end shortly. HOPEFULLY!!!! my greatest fear is being declined and having to re apply all over again. The thoughts of having to wait up to another year is just frightfull espically after everything myself and Matty have been through. I contacted immi a week and a half ago and was told that finally we have a case officer. Huzzah!! usually once this happens its just a couple of weeks till we get an answer and my nerves are ratteling with so much anxiety. I spoke with the most lovely guy who I have to say has been the most helpful, polite and informative person I have had the pleasure of speaking too whenever I have called up. He said that seeing as I havent actually heard from my case officer that i should take it as "no news is good news" I hope he is correct.!!
Not sure if I have mentioned before but the reason we fear the decline so much is that we havent fulfilled one of the main requirements. The you must have lived with each other for a year when applying for this visa. one that we missed out on by 4 months. however we did state in our Stat Decs that we moved in together so quickly because since we got together over a year before we applied we had actually spent every night together in one or the others apartments and that we were doing joint shopping for both. So im really hoping that seeing as its now been a year and nine months since moving in with each other they will give us the benefit of the doubt.
Every other requirement we have fullfilled and we have provided enough evidence that we are in a genuine and continueous relationship.
So please for the next few days/weeks if you can all keep your fingers crossed for us I would greatly appreciate it.
On a good note if it does come through its likely i have 2 jobs I can choose from to walk into.
Claire
Not sure if I have mentioned before but the reason we fear the decline so much is that we havent fulfilled one of the main requirements. The you must have lived with each other for a year when applying for this visa. one that we missed out on by 4 months. however we did state in our Stat Decs that we moved in together so quickly because since we got together over a year before we applied we had actually spent every night together in one or the others apartments and that we were doing joint shopping for both. So im really hoping that seeing as its now been a year and nine months since moving in with each other they will give us the benefit of the doubt.
Every other requirement we have fullfilled and we have provided enough evidence that we are in a genuine and continueous relationship.
So please for the next few days/weeks if you can all keep your fingers crossed for us I would greatly appreciate it.
On a good note if it does come through its likely i have 2 jobs I can choose from to walk into.
Claire
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