In Malta RIGHT NOW

Hiya all

hope everyones good. As the title says we are in Malta.... Finally got rid of the shop....Januar 14th we closed the doors and emptied the stock.... yes it was scary, yes it was hard.... no nobody decided to give it a go and buy it..... so we thought what the hell..... close up and enjoy our lifes together..... in fact i cant wait.....

So what have we been doing since we got here on the 15th.... well we sorted out the water leak.... very easy that one it wasnt our water leaking :)

We have finally seen the new door we paid for and very nice it is too, we have asked freddie to come and see us on monday to do some more work..... so we will see if he comes, should do.

We have also made lists of what we need to do, we do have to thank danny for this ... list list list thats his motto and we are following it.

Both Tina and myself have put skype on our iphones, how awesome is that, we were talking to zoe and danny on friday night for absolutley nothing.... yep Nowt, bugger all, NO WONGA AT ALL..... pretty cool and it was as if they were standing next to us.

i have emailed the Dive school and received an email back from viv today saying that alan is in UK doing MSDT and CD Update so will see me this week when he gets back.

apart from all this we are finally relaxing, i am writing this as tina is reading next to me, very relaxed (Especially since i have just completed a 3 miles run and mostly uphill.....see it here )

Time for shower and i will update with tomorrows news....

ALL I CAN SAY IS I AM SO GLAD WE HAVE FINALLY CLOSED THE SHOP AND BOTH TINA AND MYSELF HAVE TIME FOR EACH OTHER AND RELAXATION

WAKE UP WORLD YOU ARE MOVING TO FAST !!!!

Well this is now Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year you all...

What have we been upto and have i started smoking again........ two big questions there....

Answers on a postcard please ... no not really... we decided that the business needed to go so we handed in the notice on the shop on the 10th December and close for good on the 9th January. The stress of wanting to sell is no longer with us and we have our house on the Market also......

So after all this stress have i started smoking again....No ... the little stick hasnt entered my life any more... i do silly things like run 10 miles or 5 miles or in extreme cases i ran 13.1 miles.... and i am in the London Marathon... yes i am silly but i need some funding for this one so can you all please click on the little widget on the right and donate some bucks to me...

We fly out to Malta on the 15th January as I have to meet the guys at the Dive centre and we have some little bits to sort out with the apartment.

When do we go for all time.... soon i hope the Virgin London Marathon is on the 25th April and i hope that we will be in Malta either just before or just after that.

I am going to cut this short as i need to go for a run...... what ever happened to i need a cream cake or i need a cigarette or i need a sh..... mmmm we wont go there.

No Smoking .....

Thats it, I have had enough of the Little Nicotine stick taking over my life........well this could be true for most people, but for me its not.....

I have been on this wonderful get healthy and stay fit regime.... all to do with the doctor telling me that one day i will die.....wait there doc.... so will everyone else....

I have high Cholestral, i need to stop eating fat.... good god.... no more cream cakes, no more Lattes...argghhhhhh...

anyway i digress, with all of this Healthy eating and the gym work i have been doing, i though, in my wisdom.. that giving up smoking will also help.... why do i do this to myself.....

So, i went to our local no smoking Clinic to see what they could do to help, rip off my arms or something similar, they suggested Nicotine replacement or a Drug called champix that acts on the Nicotine receptors in the brain to help you not actually want nicotine... hey they sound great... do they do them for cream cakes ;)

So...... 13 days into the treatment..... I have not had a cigarette for 8 days, my health is improving, i can smell the difference between people who smoke and don't smoke.... unfortunatley the cravings for the cream cakes still haven't gone away....

In the past 6 weeks since the doctors diagnosis i have lost 1 stone (14lbs) in weight, my body fat has reduced from 33% (Yes a third of me was blubber) to 26% and i have stopped smoking.... GOD HELP TINA !!!! I MUST BE REALLY SHIT TO LIVE WITH.....

My darling wife thank you for putting up with my moods (Nothing new) and for giving me you unconditional love.... I love you right back XX

oops need to get back to work..... bye for now

Fathers Day....

Sent my father a card, felt guilty, was it enough.... why do we always asume that a card will do.... i didn't even phone my dad on fathers day.....why ?? because i was to consumed in my own little world... If you read this Dad...(Highly unlikely) but i am sorry, i should have rung even to say the same to you...HAPPY FATHERS DAY .....

Tina was kind enough to get me a card.... and a few pressies..... i know, she just wants me to be happy......

I didn't receive anything from my children on fathers day, i did however have a phone call from my son which was nice.... they did send cards, i had to pay £1.08 to collect them from the post office... Its the though that counts.... especially when you have to text dad to send you money because you spent upto your overdraft or you have a special weekend sorted out and need £100 for the clothes and hiking boots etc.....

I can say though that my children will never be roped in to the hype around these days, i.e. easter, fathers day, mothers day etc.... they have never got any money to buy anything ...

anyway off for now and back to reality of work..... still no one looking at the pruchase of the business yet but who knows i may win the lottery on Saturday.... here's wishing