The Don's Meddle

Febfast time again.  Where you give up alcohol for 28 days, raise funds and awareness for charity, how hard can that be right? Well now they have extended the Febfast range to include giving up sugar, caffeine and digital screens.  So for this to be a REAL challenge I have decided to give up ALL of the Febfast options.    You are giving up WHAT? I hear my coffee addict voice in my head scream at me.... but but how will you cope without coffee daily, how will you function, be alert, in control and survive?  That I will find out because I have NEVER given up coffee on purpose or for a purpose.  The only days I never drink coffee are the ones when I am feeling sick. So this is going to be HUGE and to not have something else to replace it with (ie with sugar & alcohol) will truly test my patience. So I have already apologised to those around me as I am not sure how my moods will be affected by this... I have given up alcohol before for three months and it went really well, took a w

Happy Year of the Horse!  As the clocked hit midnight the first thing I thought was,  "I am getting married this year", then proceeded to nap on the couch, got to love being old (well I did drink an entire bottle of French rose to myself and a glass of Moet, party girl really)! 2014 is going to be a great year, I have so many personal goals to smash (health, fitness, career) plus I leave my 30's and head into my 40's -  I love that I will be 40 when I marry my gorgeous 39 year old fiancé.  In true Aries fashion nothing makes me smash goals like leaving things to the last four months before an event, I function much better on a smaller time frame & do think more clearer with some stress (it is a ram thing).  My  lists have started to grow and  I have ordered my lists by month to help me keep calm and have little boxes to tick off.  How very organised of me. Love being super organised. Keep calm and just do it. My brain goes into overdrive thinking about all t