Category Archives: health & happiness

oh fer fuck’s sake…

12 Wednesday Aug 2009

Posted by in cancer, health & happiness, rants, trips, yoga

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cobra

Well, wouldn’t you know it. I get back from a lovely holiday quite chuffed that I had actually lost a bit of weight whilst stuffing myself full of gorgeous tapas every day. And then, as there are no yoga classes this month, I started up a new gym routine which included some yoga stretching, abs & arms, and then 40 minutes on The Bike. I was feeling really good about “taking my life back” after finishing chemo, and about getting healthy & fit again. Then I had to go to the hospital yesterday to get my port flushed out and while I was there everything went for a burton…

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low

08 Saturday Aug 2009

Posted by in food & drink, health & happiness, photohunt, photos

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low

Today’s Photohunter theme is “low”.

After a rather hedonistic week away in Málaga full of sun, sea and tapas I am about to embark on a new weight loss/antioxident/fitness regimen that will include a low-carb diet (taking a page out of my friend Gaelen’s book). As you can see, low-carb eating doesn’t have to be dull. This is garlicky grilled tuna with broccoli and a bit of rice & veg salad.

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more low-carb options below…
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sunny is 16 today!

05 Wednesday Aug 2009

Posted by in animals & pets, birthdays, family, health & happiness, holidays, home

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sunny at the beach

Sunny was born on August 5th 1993 between 10-11am.

Since I am away at the beach for his birthday – the first one I have ever missed! – I thought I’d show you this photo of Sunny “at the beach”, taken when he was about 10 months old. This was in my first apartment in Sevilla (across the street from where I live now), a very small studio apartment about the size of the living room at casa az. So I didn’t have a lot of storage space and that rascal Sunny used to love scratching open bags of cat litter, spreading it all over the floor, and then rolling around in it.

I just spoke to Chiara and she said that the boys are fine and that Sunny is taking his meds. But she didn’t know about Azar’s bendy paw and at first was worried that something had happened to him!  Anyhow, they are both doing fine and I am very happy to hear that, but I do miss them a lot. Somehow it doesn’t feel right to be missing Sunny’s birthday, but I’ll make it up to him with lots of extra snibbles when I get home.

Happy birthday, Sunny bunny!

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málaga apartment

04 Tuesday Aug 2009

Posted by in change, health & happiness, holidays, spain, travel, trips

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livingroom
Nice, innit?

Imagine our delight yesterday when Nog & I got to the apartment and saw how lovely it was. First thing we checked out was the view from the terrace and found there were two: one of the port and another partial view of the sea. Very nice. I can listen to the waves as I sit here writing this out on the terrace after a two-hour siesta. Heaven.

The apartment is also BIG. At least, a lot bigger than casa az. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a bright pretty kitchen with a little workroom off it and a huge living/dining room area. We’re on the top (13th) floor of the building so there is tons of light. And we’re about a ten-minute walk to the old town centre. It really doesn’t get much better than this.

And the price is right!  😉

More pics below…

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going to málaga! (part 2)

02 Sunday Aug 2009

Posted by in friends, health & happiness, holidays, spain, summer, travel, trips

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suitcase & sunglasses

It’s been just over two weeks since I wrote this post telling you all about my friend Manolo offering me the use of his beachfront apartment in Málaga in August. It’s been like waiting for Christmas but finally today is the day! Nog and I are going to leave just after lunch, catch the train at 3pm and should be at the apartment by 6 o’clock. In time to unpack and get settled in and then hit the streets early evening in search of tapas…

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