Life is a Journey – Page 126 – The life and times of Libby Withnall

Saturday morning walk

Posted on October 21, 2012November 4, 2026 by Libby Withnall

On Saturday morning it was already rather hot when we headed out on our walk at 8.30am so we took the alternate route to get some shade. There’s not much to say so I’ll just let the photos tell the story.

One day I’d love to sit here for a while and just soak in the view.

Recently a lot of exercise equipment has been installed in this park. I haven’t used it as I always have the dogs with me, but one day I’d like to give a go. I’ve seen others using it which is good. It’s certainly what you’d call working out with a view.

We actually walked almost twice what we normally do, at a fast pace, and came back rather exhausted. But I still had enough in me to do an upper body workout :-).

Do you have a special place to walk or do some outdoor exercise?

Spring Favourites 2012

Posted on October 21, 2012October 31, 2026 by Libby Withnall

A day in my life – Monday 15th October

Posted on October 18, 2012November 2, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Kevin had to get up early at 4am but luckily enough I managed to get back to sleep until around 6am.

Eventually I got up and made a cup tea.

Then at 7.20am I got dressed and drove Amy up to the bus stop. Came home and striped the bed to wash the sheets.

Bailey likes to roll on them, trying to get our smells on him. Too strange.

Christy was home sick so I spent time tidying the house.

And got the dishwasher unpacked and repacked. As you can see there was quite a bit waiting to go on so I actually put the load on already.

Time for some breakfast and my medication.

I then hung out the sheets. And even though it was already hot (finally) the dogs chose the lie in the sun.

While outside I watered the veggie garden.

and thought how much I might enjoy a swim later (never happened).

Time to take the dogs for a walk before it gets too hot.

I managed to caputre this gorgeous bird just as it took off.

Back home and on with more chores. I emptied and cleaned the bins.

And watered the front pot plants.

And emptied the dishwasher…again…

I got a call from Mum to come and help them get the caravan through the front gates. When I got back the dogs were barking at the gate.

Time to have a green smoothie and sit outside with my feet up for a bit. Even though it was hot we seemed to have a nice breeze through the house.

We were out of bread so I headed down to the bakery, with my mate.

All stocked up now.

Christy got to work making herself some lunch.

And I prepared a salad with some leftover rice salad and mexe-beans. Yum.

I then played around on my laptop for a while and got quite excited when I saw our disneyworld ticker. The weeks are going by so fast.

I relaxed for a bit and wanted to get up, but Rosie was all settled beside me.

Eventually she moved and I was free to get up. Time for another tea and some dark chocolate.

I then bought in the sheets and went and made up the bed.

Amy arrived home and I watched YouTube while doing the ironing.

When Kevin got home he had a couple of parcels for me. Our Disneyworld photopass…

and a big stack of magazines….which get delivered to our US Postal address.

Time to collect the chicken eggs and take them some food.

Dinner was a really easy one tonight. A quorn fillet, potato, corn and some green veggies (not photographed).

Then I had to get changed….

and head out to the school P&C meeting.

Luckily it didn’t go too late tonight and Kevin & Amy were just heading to bed when I got back at 9pm. I made a cup of tea to enjoy with a chia fruit roll.

I was naughty and had this in bed. It was still warm so the pups were sleeping on the cold bathroom tiles.

I read till about 10pm, enjoying my nice freshly made bed.

The week that was

Posted on October 16, 2012November 4, 2026 by Libby Withnall

It was the week of very mixed weather….

and a return back to winter….

It was the week of crazy wind, rain and cold on Friday. Around 10am it was just 8 deg outside!!!

Yuck!!!

It was the week the dogs went to the vets for their annual checkup and shots…

followed by a walk near the beach…

It was the week I noticed more signs that it’s supposed to be Spring…. these trees we drive by are all growing new leaves…

and we have buds on our ornamental pears….

It was the week of finding things on our walks… first the dead baby shark….

then some very cute baby snails…at the park… not in my veggie garden :-)….

It was the week I found Christy watching her fav show Good Luck Charlie right in front of the TV….

and it was the week I found a home for the cute little chalkboard I bought at Typo. I started out writing our dinner but have changed to putting todays featured snacks…. makes it easy for the girls to know what they can eat after school…

It was the week these two books arrived in the mail… can’t wait to dive into them both….

and it was the week I got another order from iherb (which now offers free international delivery) and included some more real technique brushes. I love iherb for luna bars, supplements and these brushes. Great service, a huge range of products and you can use this code WIT896 to get $10 off your first order.