tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72800183980753722752024-03-13T01:47:59.495-07:00UK to CaliforniaIm a British ExPat living in San Francisco, California. Moved here in November 2009 with my husband Dave and our two westies Jess and Bluey.
Joined Weight Watchers online in Jan 2012, follow my progress here on my blog.Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.comBlogger231125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-88417114020846827082013-04-01T09:36:00.000-07:002013-04-01T09:36:08.304-07:00March Photo a dayI took part in <a href="http://fatmumslim.com.au/how-to-play/" target="_blank">FMSphotoaday</a> in March and remembered everyday! So thought I would share all the photos here in one place. I plan to take part in April too as it was so much fun. <a href="http://fatmumslim.com.au/april-photo-a-day-take-a-photo-each-day-and-have-some-fun/" target="_blank">Check out the link for the topics for April if you want to take part.</a><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The peanut butter treats from <a href="http://www.littleeatz.com/" target="_blank">Little Eatz</a> were so yummy, and how do I know? Well they are created so they are edible for both dogs and humans, although they were a bit hard for my teeth!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This month's box also contained a pretty cool poop bag dispenser and poop bags with the <a href="http://www.angieslist.com/" target="_blank">Angie's List</a> info on. The super cute mouse was from <a href="http://lollycadoodle.com/" target="_blank">Lollycadoodle</a> All their toys are 100% wool and handcrafted in Nepal. The blue bone is a hemp bone stuffed with 100% recycled post - consumer plastics from <a href="http://www.harrybarker.com/" target="_blank">Harry Barker</a>.</span></span><br />
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<br />Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-62664445634552647642013-03-24T12:24:00.001-07:002013-03-24T12:24:27.566-07:00From the mouths of hardware store workersHad to share the conversation I had with the cashier in the hardware store today.<br />
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Cashier: Hi ma'am how are you today?<br />
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Me: Good thanks<br />
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Cashier: Cor blimey guv'nor - you're British (said in a very British accent)<br />
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Me: Yes I am <br />
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Cashier: (again in a British accent) Yes I am - that's so cute, you are so cute<br />
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I smiled politely in the hope the conversation would end there....<br />
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Cashier: have you heard of the spice girls?<br />
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Me: yes<br />
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Cashier: did you meet them?<br />
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Me: no but I used to live near one of their houses (true fact - one of then lived in Maidenhead!)<br />
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Cashier: (in an extremely loud and excited British accent) Oh my blooming god, that is spiffing<br />
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I roll my eyes at her and smile, I can feel the people behind me in line getting anxious for me to leave!<br />
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Cashier: did you watch their movie? <br />
She then starts acting out scenes from the movie - including a scene about a little black dress!!<br />
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Me: I never saw the movie (ok that's a lie!!)<br />
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Cashier: do you like it when we mock your accent? Or not?<br />
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Me: I'm used to it, it's happens a lot<br />
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Cashier: you said 'a lot' that is so cute. I wish I could talk like you all the time.<br />
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Me: that's what everyone says<br />
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Cashier then goes back to scanning my goods (finally)<br />
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Then the best line I've heard yet<br />
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Cashier: so do you have special classes at school where you learn to talk like that? I wish we had classes like that.<br />
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Me: (after deciding not to burst her bubble) - yes at elementary school we have special speech lessons<br />
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Yes, I know I shouldn't encourage them.<br />
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Finally my goods are all rung up and she tells me the amount - clarifying I have to pay her in American dollars not British euros (yes again I didn't correct her that we still have the good old pound!)<br />
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Me: thanks<br />
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Cashier: (in a British accent) have a spiffing day, are you going home for a cup of tea now<br />
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Me: yes!!<br />
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Cashier: do you think I would be allowed to live in England if I could talk like you?<br />
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Me: maybe<br />
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Cashier: there are lots of you (I guess she meant Brits) living here, it's not fair. But it's OK as I think you are all cute. Come back soon and talk to me<br />
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At which point I left.Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-47460652882646532272013-02-25T18:18:00.000-08:002013-02-25T18:18:07.131-08:00February Bark Box<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Nearly forgot to blog about this month's <a href="http://www.barkbox.com/" target="_blank">BarkBox</a>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The teddy bear knot toy is from <a href="http://www.aussienatural.org/" target="_blank">Aussie Naturals</a> and is made with jute, cotton, coconut fiber and natural gum rubber, all their products are tested by Atlanta rescue dogs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.wet-noses.com/" target="_blank">Wet Noses</a> (what a super cute name and super cute packaging!), they are organic treats that dont contain corn, wheat or soy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Get Naked chews are dental chews from <a href="http://www.n-bone.com/" target="_blank">N-Bone</a>, great way to help keep your dogs teeth and breath sweet :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We also received a $10 off coupon for <a href="http://www.wag.com/" target="_blank">wag.com </a>they deliver pet products, I am using a similar site at the moment, but will definitely give this site a try and will use the $10 off coupon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Those of you not lucky enough to be a winner can still get $5 off your BarkBox using the following link <a href="https://barkbox.com/r/6YgR2CIKcw/">https://barkbox.com/r/6YgR2CIKcw/</a></span></span><br />
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Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-29207963620032081742013-01-24T14:43:00.000-08:002013-01-24T14:43:22.433-08:00January BarkBox Review and giveaway<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Those of you who follow my blog will know I am a big fan of <a href="http://www.barkbox.com/" target="_blank">BarkBox</a>, and in fact I found out today I was one of their first ever customers when they launched 13 months ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My dogs know they get a box each month, and I let them rip open the box. This months box must have smelled extra good as it didn't take Bluey long to open the box and pull out the first treat.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next item was a 'wee-nut' from <a href="http://www.ruffdawg.com/" target="_blank">Ruff Dawg</a>, it's a rubber toy made in the USA and you can stuff it with treats.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The yumzies are all natural, grain free treats from <a href="http://www.nootie.com/" target="_blank">Nootie</a>, my two have had these in the past and again are huge huge fans of them. Hopefully they will enjoy the peanut butter flavored one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How cute is this toy, apparently he is called Elton the Octopus and he is from <a href="http://www.jaxandbones.com/" target="_blank">Jax and Bones</a>, not only do they make cute toys, they donate a portion of each sale to <a href="http://www.therescuetrain.org/" target="_blank">The Rescue Train</a> - an organization that is dedicated to saving animal lives.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you sign up for your BarkBox you select the size of your dog, small (0-20lbs) - this is the size I get each month, medium (20-50lbs) or large (50lbs+). You then have three subscription options. You can pay monthly which is $29 a month, or you can pay up front for 3 months which is $23 a month, or you can go for the 6 month subscription which works out at $18.20 a month, this is the option I go for. BarkBox also donate 10% of all proceeds to local shelters and rescues, I'm not sure which ones, as I couldn't see anything on their site, but they do send an update email each month (which I must confess I don't read!) so it maybe featured in there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now on to the main event, BarkBox have kindly offered to give one of my readers a free box (or $29 off a 3 or 6 month subscription).</span></span><br />
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to provide a positive review in return for the prize for the above giveaway.</i><script src="//d12vno17mo87cx.cloudfront.net/embed/rafl/cptr.js"></script>Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-1628891720722462612013-01-21T11:10:00.001-08:002013-01-21T11:10:48.951-08:00Palmolive Fresh Infusions<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I've been getting free stuff again!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I recently got sent a box of the new <a href="http://www.colgate.com/app/Palmolive/US/EN/HomePage.cwsp#FreshInfusions" target="_blank">Palmolive Fresh Infusions</a> - thanks to <a href="http://www.influenster.com/" target="_blank">Influenster</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">They recommend you keep one or two bottles and share with your friends too. It was a hard choice deciding which one to keep - they all smelled so good I wanted to keep them all. In the end I settled on keeping the Lime Basil one, and gave two of my lucky friends the other two bottles, which were Ginger White Tea and Lemon Thyme. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was washing dishes this morning and it really does smell awesome, and does a great job of cleaning the dishes. Plus the bottle looks really pretty next to the sink :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was lucky enough to receive some money off coupons to share also, but I made sure I kept one back for me so I can go buy another bottle. They are currently on sale at Walmart and Target and are priced at $2.99</span></span><br />
<br />Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-21700026885409316602013-01-16T14:20:00.000-08:002013-01-16T14:20:30.524-08:00Postcrossing<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today I received my 100th postcard since joining <a href="http://www.postcrossing.com/" target="_blank">Postcrossing</a> - so thought it was about time I updated you with some photos of how it is going. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First of all lets give some credit to my 100th postcard I received today - it came from Thunder Bay in Canada from <a href="http://www.postcrossing.com/user/Nature-Lover" target="_blank">Nature-Lover</a>. It looks and sounds like a beautiful place to live.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the 9 months I have successfully sent 110 cards to a total of 27 countries, and I currently have 6 traveling and sadly 5 expired (which means they didn't reach their destination within 60 days), although I have had previous expired cards take over 90 days and then get registered. The 100 (well 101 in fact) cards I have received have come from a total of 25 countries. I've taken some stats from the site to show you the breakdown, I also think it is interesting to see the time traveled data too. I personally log my cards on the day they are received, but I know some people hold their cards and log once a week, so this could make up for some of the longer sent times.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This month's box arrived just before Christmas, so I decided to hold on to it and let the pups open it Christmas Day with all their other presents - they were very spoiled pups (nothing new there!).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think this month's box was probably mine and their favorite one (the last few have been a little disappointing). So I hope this is a sign of things to come.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As you can see they were super excited to tear pen the box and get everything out, and make a mess with the packaging!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The toy that was included this month is one of the cutest toys I have seen in a while, it is organic and contains a squeaky and my dogs loved it. It came from <a href="http://www.simplyfido.com/" target="_blank">Simply Fido.</a> </span></span><br />
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<br />Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-16460577470875664202012-12-24T16:22:00.001-08:002012-12-24T16:22:30.305-08:00Merry Christmas<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merry Christmas from California.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have had lots of rain recently, but today the sun came out for us, so we headed down to Pier 39 with the dogs.</span></span><br />
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Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-55036810252889906052012-12-16T19:27:00.000-08:002012-12-16T19:27:03.253-08:00Cookie Swap<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday I attended my first ever cookie swap. This is our fourth Christmas in the US, and I heard about cookie swaps for the first time last year but never got to participate. So was super excited when I got invited to Shannon's cookie swap.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I decided to be very British and made <a href="http://losingweightandhavingfun.blogspot.com/2012/12/malteser-cake-bars.html" target="_blank">malteser cake</a>, I also took along a box of jaffa cakes and some M&S choc chip shortbread, all of which were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.</span></span><br />
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<br />Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-80220113112654528842012-12-14T16:49:00.006-08:002012-12-14T17:39:13.798-08:00New Blog is live<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm back as promised to share the details of my new blog, this will be where I will blog about my weight loss journey. I will still be keeping this blog and plan to update here too with my more everyday topics that are non weight loss related.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's only been live a short while, and I'm still tweaking it and plan to add more in the next week. If I haven't mentioned in my links over there please let me know and I will add you. Hope to see you both over there and here. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">As most of you will know Dave and I have just been back home to England for a visit and we had lots and lots of fun. Whilst there we met up with all our family and celebrated Christmas early. We had Christmas dinner, decorations, tree lighting, visits to Santa and there was even snow (although I never actually saw it fall from the sky!). I thought I had some photos on my phone to share with you guys, but just checked and I don't appear to have any on there - sorry! So now that we've had all our presents and meals, we don't really have anything to celebrate, although there is one wrapped present under our tree, and we will still be skyping with family Christmas day, but it was strange coming back and everyone talking about their Christmas plans when we have already done it all.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Whilst in England I went to London a few times, went with family to see Santa at Harrods, Ill be honest it was a little disappointing, but I think the kids liked it - I personally thought Santa was a little creepy and his elf was very miserable. I also went with my sister to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, was really good, was free to get into but things weren't cheap once you were in there. We spent a few hours in there and enjoyed the ice kingdom and playing a few of the fairground games. We also went to see The Bodyguard the musical, was really really good, although the big shooting scene I think could have been better done. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Was great to meet up with friends as well as family, and I'm always amazed at how easily we all fall back into conversations as if we had seen each other the other day rather than many months ago. Guess that is a sign of a good friendship. I think that having facebook helps a lot too as it doesn't feel like you have been away for that long or you are that far away.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Food, food, food. Yes I ate loads even though I said I wouldn't! I made it to Gregg's - twice in fact, the sausage rolls are still awesome. I skipped the curry, egg custard tarts and bacon sarnies this time though. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Got home Monday after a fantastic time away, was home only a few hours and suddenly got sick, the bathroom was my best friend for the next 12 hours!! I really thought like I was dying. Not sure if it was food poisoning or a virus I had picked up, it's now day 4 and I am feeling so much better. Today I managed to venture out of the house and eat something other than toast. Plan to resume normal routines from tomorrow. Sadly I had to miss hubby's work holiday party tonight, still quite tired but think that is due to not eating much the last four days. On the plus side I was 6lbs lighter the second day of my sickness than I was before I went to England.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Today I purchased two domain names - this one www.uktocalifornia.com and (name to be revealed shortly). I plan to move all of my weight loss posts/info over to the second blog - so you will see some changes here, as soon as I am finished setting up the second blog I will post with a link to it.</span></span><br />
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<br />Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-6238074017646348822012-11-25T10:38:00.000-08:002012-11-25T10:38:12.132-08:00Elf for Health<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hey Guys</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you may have noticed I have a new badge on my blog.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have signed up to be an <a href="http://nutritionella.com/elf4health/" target="_blank">Elf for Health</a>. What's that? I hear you ask. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two bloggers <a href="https://twitter.com/LeanGrnBeanBlog" target="_blank">Lindsay</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/nutritionella" target="_blank">Elle</a> got together and decided to put on a six week challenge starting from tomorrow running all the way through Christmas into January. It's a buddy system so you get paired with someone and you get to encourage each other and there are daily challenges involved and prizes too. You get assigned an elf every two weeks, so you will get three pairings for the whole challenge - sounds fun doesn't it? The elf matches are being sent out today, so you are too late to sign up for the first pairings, but I believe you can sign up before the second pairing, if you want to join in the fun.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I wasn't going to sign up as I'm heading back home to England for a visit next week, but decided having a buddy should help me stay on track, and hopefully I can help someone out too.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have also decided to start tracking using weight watchers again. So I will weigh in tomorrow morning and resume tracking, I still have my online membership so will be tracking online.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have a great week everyone and good luck to all the elves xxx</span></span>Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-23750772411899100872012-11-18T17:06:00.000-08:002012-11-18T17:06:07.904-08:00My first ever 10k<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WooHoo - Today I did my first ever 10k and it rocked.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm not a runner and probably never will be so planned to walk the route along with my hubby (thanks babe for getting up early and walking with me). Plus lucky I did plan to walk as I ended up forgetting my inhaler - again!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All week it has been raining here and we have eagerly been watching the weather forecast, and luckily the rain gods were on our side and it stayed dry and the sun even came out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you can see from the outfits it was definitely the Awesome 80's, with plenty of neon :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are now living in our third house and third location since moving to USA. Our first house was in Burlingame, then we lived in San Francisco (well the outskirts of SF) and now we are living in North Oakland (the nice part!), I think the house we are living in now is probably my favorite and the area is really really nice too, even with all the hills!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When we moved here we were on 3 year visas with the option to renew them, so there was a slim chance that if things didn't go to plan I would have been writing this post from England. Luckily things have gone great and earlier on this year we both got our green cards and became Permanent US residents :) </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now I am a GC holder I am allowed to work, but so far I have been keeping myself busy volunteering 4 days a week at various organizations.], and doing lots of baking.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>What is different here than in England?</i> ironically I normally say the weather! but today it is cold and chucking it down just like in England! Yes the weather here is a lot nicer and I think people in general are a lot friendlier too. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Would I ever move back to England?</i> I'm not saying never, right now life is good here and we have no plans to go back, we have been back each year for a visit and had lots of people come to visit us too. In two weeks we are going back for a visit to celebrate an early Christmas.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Do you consider here your home now?</i> I guess the answer to this would be yes it does now feel like home here, but England will also always be my home too, I spent almost 33 years of my life there, and that accounts for a whole lot for sure. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>What do you miss the most about England?</i> I definitely miss friends and family the most, and appreciate that people do spend time and money coming to visit us. It can be tough when we go back for a visit to see everyone, but we do try our best and we do stay in touch on facebook and skype with people. Yes we have made new friends here, but will never forget our friends back home :) and of course proper cadburys chocolate and Greggs sausage rolls!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here's to many more years here (well at least 9.5 as that is how long we have until our GC need renewing)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Love you all xxx</span></span>Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-30407786429430539352012-11-13T13:42:00.001-08:002012-11-13T13:42:39.325-08:00We have a winner..<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Congratulations to the latest winner on my blog giveaway.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you to everyone who entered and to <a href="http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/" target="_blank">Tropical Traditions</a> for supplying the awesome prize.</span></span><br />
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Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-72890867933021089072012-11-11T16:09:00.000-08:002012-11-11T16:09:15.814-08:00Another 5k done<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Another 5k day and another medal on my board :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Anyway... Amy is currently raising money for the <a href="http://www.lls.org/" target="_blank">Leukemia and Lymphoma Society</a> (great job Amy) and is training to run the Nike Half Marathon in DC next April. As part of her fundraising she is hosting a virtual Turkey Trot - you get to choose the distance you want to run and for a small donation ($20) you get a medal. I've just checked and she still has some medals left so it's not too late to sign up and help a great cause, you can sign up here <a href="http://www.pumpkintoprincess.com/2012/11/virtual-turkey-trot-to-benefit-leukemia.html">http://www.pumpkintoprincess.com/2012/11/virtual-turkey-trot-to-benefit-leukemia.html</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I decided to make my a virtual 5k, so I got up early this morning and decided to do three laps of my neighborhood. What I was expecting was it to be so cold today - it was 8/46 degrees out, at first I thought this was good and would make me walk (yes im still not jogging) faster, how wrong I was. My body was too shocked by the cold and my lungs weren't too impressed. You would think being an asthmatic I was prepared, but alas no I left my inhaler at home. So the first lap of the neighborhood I was wheezing away and felt like I was dying, I thought about quitting and going home but instead I changed my route and stuck to the flat streets instead of the planned hills, it took me about 30 minutes to get my breathing back to normal, but I did it and I completed the 5k, and by the time I was home I didn't even need my inhaler.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">It took me a whole hour to complete the 5k with a 19.21minute mile, so no records broken today, but I did also burn off 523 calories. Not sure what the scales will be showing tomorrow as I ate lots of food on the go again the last few days!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">My medal rack is looking good now with 4 medals, and I look forward to adding my <a href="http://awesome80srun.com/" target="_blank">Awesome 80's</a> one to it next weekend. Although not looking forward to the early morning start, I will definitely be wrapping up warm and taking my inhaler. Maybe I should have made my first ever 10k in the warmer months! I guess it's all training for my trip back home to England at the end of the month.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I was pleasantly surprised on Monday morning to only see a gain of 2.2lbs. I was expecting more. We did do lots of walking whilst they were here, but food choices weren't great. We ate out a lot and on the go, my body was certainly craving fruit and veg! I would say in the last two weeks I probably didn't even eat 10% clean. My eczema has also flared up really bad as a result of the bad food choices (far too much dairy). But I had lots of fun and made lots of fantastic memories so that's what matters the most.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I signed up for another race the other day, its a virtual Turkey Trot race and you can chose the distance, I'm going to make it a 5k, and plan to do it this Sunday, will probably do it alone and see if I can make it a new PR, as the dogs slow me down too much. The virtual race is being hosted by <a href="http://www.twitter.com/pumpkin2princes" target="_blank">Pumpkin to Princess</a> and you can sign up here <a href="http://www.pumpkintoprincess.com/2012/11/virtual-turkey-trot-to-benefit-leukemia.html?spref=tw">http://www.pumpkintoprincess.com/2012/11/virtual-turkey-trot-to-benefit-leukemia.html?spref=tw</a> There is even funky medals to go with it. I then have my Awesome 80's 10k (fingers crossed the weather is nice) the following Sunday - I think hubby has forgotten about it, so don't remind him!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Only 23 more days until I fly to England which I am super excited about, which means only 3 more weigh ins. Monday I was back up to 271.8lbs, I would like to try and reach my 40lbs loss and be at 265lbs before I fly - so watch this space.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Oh yeah - nearly forgot. Yesterday I reached 100 days of being soda free - Go Me :) Bring on the next 100 days. I'm still thinking of what else I can give up, but haven't decided on anything yet.</span></span><br />
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The pure maple sugar candy is something I have never seen before and was something from Bridgette's local area, I shared these with my husband and we both loved them. I must confess I haven't actually got round to trying any of the other items yet as we have had family staying and we have been eating out a lot, but I am looking forward to trying everything especially the popcorn, as I have never seen popcorn like that before. I am excited that they are all items that are from places local to Bridgette and that I haven't tried before. I also received some honey sticks, which will come in very handy when I drink my tea.</span></span><br /><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you so much for my lovely box Bridgette, I hope you enjoy your box as much as I am enjoying mine. </span></span><br /><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And now it's time for some details about <a href="http://theleangreenbean.us4.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=0cd73be86adfd5ac269467cfe&id=0032cd303d&e=ab23a0a0a8" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Foodie Penpals.</a> In case you’re a new reader, here’s a reminder of what the program is all about:<br /><b>-On the 5th of every month, you will receive your <span style="background-image: initial;">penpal</span> pairing via email. It will be your responsibility to contact your <span style="background-image: initial;">penpal</span> and get their mailing address and any other information you might need like allergies or dietary restrictions.</b><br /><b>-You will have until the 15th of the month to put your box of <br />goodies in the mail. On the last day of the month, you will post about <br />the goodies you received from your <span style="background-image: initial;">penpal</span>! </b><br /><b>-The boxes are to be filled with fun <span style="background-image: initial;">foodie</span> things, local <span style="background-image: initial;">food</span> items<br />or even homemade treats! The spending limit is $15. The box must also <br />include something written. This can be anything from a note explaining <br />what’s in the box, to a fun recipe…use your imagination!</b><br /><b>-You are responsible for figuring out the best way to ship your <br />items depending on their size and how fragile they are. (Don’t forget <br />about flat rate boxes!)</b><br /><b>-<span style="background-image: initial;">Foodie</span> <span style="background-image: initial;">Penpals</span> is<br />open to blog readers as well as bloggers. If you’re a reader and you <br />get paired with a blogger, you are to write a short guest post for your <span style="background-image: initial;">penpal</span> to<br />post on their blog about what you received. If two readers are paired <br />together, neither needs to worry about writing a post for that month. </b><br /><b>-Foodie Penplas is open to US & Canadian residents. Please <br />note, Canadian Residents will be paired with other Canadians only. We've<br />determined things might get too slow and backed up if we're trying to <br />send foods through customs across the border from US to Canada and vice <br />versa. </b><br />If you’re interested in participating for November, please <a href="http://theleangreenbean.us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0cd73be86adfd5ac269467cfe&id=cbf5e7267e&e=ab23a0a0a8" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> to fill out the participation form and read the terms and conditions.<br />You must submit your information by <b><u>November 4th</u></b> as pairings will be emailed on October 5th!<br />*If you're from somewhere besides the US, Canada or Europe and want to <br />participate, send me an email and I'll see if we get enough interest <br />this month!</span></span><br />Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-15400003101744363952012-10-28T16:31:00.001-07:002012-10-28T16:31:50.519-07:00Run the Hood virtual 5kToday we participated in the <a href="http://shrinkingjeans.net/2012/09/zombie-dash/" target="_blank">Zombie Dash 'Run the Hood' virtual 5k</a> We walked around Lake Temescal (3 times). It took us 1hr 25mins, but we did have two dogs with us stopping to sniff and 4 yr old Ebbie who did really well and walked the whole distance. It was a gorgeous morning and a lovely walk around the lake.<br />
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I now have another medal on my medal rack :)<br />
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<br />Sarah Louhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220711779955804159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7280018398075372275.post-61197142807071893642012-10-28T13:33:00.003-07:002012-10-28T13:33:56.045-07:00Dirty Girl Mud Run<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yesterday Lisa and I took part in the <a href="http://www.godirtygirl.com/" target="_blank">Dirty Gun mud run</a> at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. It was a 5k mud run and obstacle course, we had to climb over bales of hay, climb over a huge cargo net, climb over an inflatable hill, crawl through mud pits, climb over walls, the list goes on it was lots and lots of fun and we got really dirty. As you can see from the photos.</span></span><br />
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