Life is a Journey – Page 283 – The life and times of Libby Withnall

Mothers Day at the farm

Posted on May 9, 2010November 14, 2026 by Libby Withnall

When I woke up this morning I was instructed to stay in bed. I did but requested my laptop.

A short while later I was presented with tea and freshly made cookies….

What a great way to start the day. I was also given a fabulous cap from Amy (which I wore today) and this lovely chalkboard heart from Christy.

Amy made breakfast….

And around 9am we headed off to Belgenny Farm. We had a fabulous day and I had lots of fun taking photos with the DSLR.

There was sheep shearing…

cow milking…

And horse demonstrations…

and working dogs…

Rides..

and most importantly pony rides…

and lots and lots of photos ops.

Freaky Friday

Posted on May 8, 2010November 15, 2026 by Libby Withnall

A lovely morning walk – though a good bit chillier this morning. I’m in a bit of a slump because my weight loss is VERY slow and at the rate I’m going I will NOT fit into my jeans before our trip. And buying another pair isn’t another option – I’ve tried but I’m right in between sizes. The next size up are too big. I don’t want to gain weight so I therefore, have to lose a bit of weight – only about 4kgs so it’s still doable but I need to get a move along. Not that you’d think so by todays eats :-(.

Breakfast…

Lunch…

Dinner…

Desert….

There was other stuff conveniently not photographed :-). Not good. Definitely not the way to be fitting in my jeans, and hardly a fruit or veggie to be seen.

Out and about

Posted on May 8, 2010November 14, 2026 by Libby Withnall

I was woken up early this morning by Bailey being sick. Eventually at 5.30am I gave up on going back to sleep and got out of bed. Of course with him not feeling well a walk was out of the question. This plan to walk every day is NOT working out very well. Started the day with a cup of tea and chocolate muffin.

After dropping Amy at AG I headed off into town for some shopping. Before heading home at 11.30am I got an iced chocolate from Gloria Jeans as I was rather hungry (not suprising when I didn’t have a proper breakfast).

I also picked up this parcel which I was very excited to recieve. So fun to have leftovers in….

I even used it for afternoon tea as well…

While Christy was having her singing lesson Amy and I went to a coffee shop. I had a tea and a mouthful of Amy’s lemon tart – but it was too sweet for me.

Dinner was an easy one tonight – potato gnocchi with cheese sauce.

Home made dressing delight

Posted on May 8, 2010November 15, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Had a lovely morning walk with the dogs followed by the upper body part of my workout. Then came a green smoothie – using freshly ground flaxseeds cortesy of my new grinder.

After dropping the girls at school I had a cup of tea and a slice of grainy bread with hummus.

Spent the morning doing random jobs around the house. Lunch was a salad with egg…and homemade dressing. I finally got around to making a honey mustard dressing with equal parts (1 tbsp) dijon mustard, honey, olive oil and lemon juice from Kath Eats Real Food.I fully expected not to like it – after all I do like a creamy dressing – but this was REALLY good.