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iTouch iWalk iTravel

Posted on February 24, 2009

I’ve got iPhone envy– baaaad!  Only thing is I rarely use my phone other than to text so I can’t see the point of get­ting an iPhone.  Seri­ously I have a pay-as-you-go plan and only have to top up £20 every 2–3 months.  Now the iTouch sounds like an ideal com­pro­mise. It does every­thing the iPhone does except take pics and make calls.    Another rea­son I’d like it is that you can down­load that maps thingie so I’d never get lost again.  If you know me you know that’s usu­ally a prob­lem!  What do you guys think?  Any­one have one?

I’m still going strong with my morn­ing walks.  Now don’t get all crazy and think I don’t moan like stink when I’m get­ting dressed and head­ing out the door.  The impor­tant thing is I’m get­ting out the door– just 25 more days to go before it becomes  a habit.  Isn’t that what they say? We’ve also been eat­ing much much health­ier.  Gone are the fish pies, the chicken and chorizo casse­role (drool) the chicken and leek pies, the chili (have I ever men­tioned I make the best chili ever?) and all those other things that I tend to cook in the win­ter because it’s just good home cook­ing type of food and what I grav­i­tate to when the days start draw­ing in.  It’s been baked chicken, sal­ads and rice.  We’re try­ing to cut back on the carbs– I know, I know rice but give me a break I can’t cut them out all together!!!  Tomor­row I’m mak­ing Turk­ish lentil soup– it’s a veg­gie dish and I might make my own flat bread, we’ll see how it goes. Debat­ing on the bread because you know CARBS but it’s what is usu­ally served w/ this dish (so says Wal from his fre­quent trips to Turkey)

The days here are defi­nately get­ting longer, Wal and I noticed it was still light out at 5:30 the other day– Yay!!  Also plan­ning on going to Kid­der­min­ster. Any Ukers know the place?  Any sug­ges­tion on photo friendly places to visit?  Wal will be out vis­it­ing a cus­tomer and I thought Squidge and I could do some sight­see­ing. Ha look at me act­ing like peo­ple in the UK actu­ally read my blog!  

Look­ing through my photo archives– oooh mah gawd where has my baby gone??

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  • maria says:
    February 25, 2009 at 1:13 AM - Reply

    Woo hoo on the walks.. and great about eat­ing bet­ter.. if Wal is sup­port­ive that is half the bat­tle.. look­ing at the baby pic.. it is cool though how you can still see ‘her’ in it.. Adorable in both by the way..Looks like she has a good role model.. smile!! chhheeeessee!!

  • Firefly says:
    February 25, 2009 at 6:33 AM - Reply

    I really need to get a lot more exer­cise as well. And eat bet­ter. I lost weight so nicely towards the end of last year, but is slowly pick­ing it up again. Don’t know why, cause I don’t overindulge. Puz­zling. More exer­cise may be the answer.

    I received the photo yes­ter­day. Thank you very very much. I will be fram­ing it and will find a good spot for it in the house.

  • Vic says:
    February 25, 2009 at 10:41 AM - Reply

    Well you’ve got at least one UK reader here. I won’t pre­tend to knwo where Kid­der­min­ster is though — some­where North of Lon­don, right?

  • bubblewench says:
    February 25, 2009 at 11:52 AM - Reply

    I don’t have the iTouch but I have a few friends that do and totally love it. Good job on the walks! That’s awesome!

    The cook­ing on the other hand.… I wish! Scott won’t eat any­thing like those dishes so it’s steak and taters as ususal… for now.

    She’ll always be your baby.. but I do love that shot w/the apple(strawberry?) hat! So adorable!

  • SCM says:
    February 25, 2009 at 7:12 PM - Reply

    Don’t know any­one with an i-phone, i-touch, etc so can’t really help. I know I keep look­ing at all-singing all-dancing phones but really wouldn’t use most of the fea­tures.
    I like the idea of walks but would really have to strug­gle to fit them in. Good for you on work­ing at it.
    Lov­ing the sound of your cook­ing. I’ve just wiped the drool from my chin.
    Kid­deminster? Some­where near Brum. There are Kid­der­min­ster Har­ri­ers but for all I know it could just be a name and noth­ing to do with the place. Google?
    She’s still your Squidge. Beau­ti­ful as ever.

  • maria says:
    February 26, 2009 at 12:11 AM - Reply

    Kid­der­min­ster about an hour (on a clear road ) from Birm­ing­ham.. Don’t know what there is .. but I have seen it on signposts..

  • lieslf says:
    February 26, 2009 at 11:14 AM - Reply

    Oooooooooh, aaaaah, those iPhones are so cool! Now I rarely use my phone for any­thing past a call or two, or, like you, some tex­ting, so I really can’t jus­tify the expense just for the cool and fun fac­tor, but still, I waaaaaaant one! lol

    I don’t think I’ve ever seen any pic­tures of Squidge as a tiny baby — oh my gosh the cute­ness! She was (and still is) adorable!

    Good luck on the walks, the diet, and the house…all good things going on in your life — YAY for you :)

  • Wendy says:
    February 26, 2009 at 1:36 PM - Reply

    Lindy, you don’t need the iphone :) Only your best friend could tell you that straight out! You are noto­ri­ous for want­ing all of the newest gad­gets but, as you said, you don’t use your phone much so, don’t get it!

    I am pumped that you are keep­ing up with your walks! That is great. Keep going and it will become a habit, maybe even an addic­tion :) BTW, try to make chili with tofu. I know it sounds dis­gust­ing but tofu is great for chili, will take on the taste of the spices very well and has a great tex­ture for chili.

    See ya soon!

  • Lindy says:
    February 26, 2009 at 3:01 PM - Reply

    I know! I know!!! I’m not get­ting an iPhone– total waste of money and I’d much rather get a new lens!! Wendy knows me so well! Wal I and were talk­ing about the fact that I’d much rather get a nice bit of techy bling than jew­elry! Now don’t ger me wrong if Wal gave me some dia­monds I would turn my nose up at him BUT to really make me happy buy me some lit­tle bit of techie lovelyness!!

    As for mak­ing chili w/ tofu– hmmm will give it a try but I’m not con­vinced. What is the tex­ture like?

    I’ve googled Kid­der­min­ster and I’m sure I’ll be able to keep busy while Wal is at his meet­ing. Thanks for all the walk­ing love– I’m still at it and am begin­ning to enjoy the time alone before I start my day. Of course that means leav­ing Squidge alone w/ Wal– the state of the house when I get back is some times funny some­times not– depend­ing on my mood! I’m also strug­gling w/ believ­ing that 30 minute walk every day is going to make a dif­fer­ence! The ‘experts’ say that is all it takes so we’ll see.

  • SCM says:
    February 26, 2009 at 11:54 PM - Reply

    TLP said he went to Kid­der­min­ster one and it has got a nice cathedral.

  • beth says:
    February 27, 2009 at 12:46 AM - Reply

    that’s great about the walk­ing. our dog is get­ting a lit­tle chubby and could use some extra walk­ing, but I’ve been lazy. look how much she’s grown up!

  • Karen says:
    March 1, 2009 at 4:39 PM - Reply

    Well done on your walks and diet changes. That lentil recipe sounds yummy — you’ll have to post it!

  • Joanne says:
    March 2, 2009 at 2:22 AM - Reply

    Lindy I got my laven­der pho­tos and I LOVE them. Thank-you so much!!!

  • byrney says:
    March 2, 2009 at 8:55 PM - Reply

    I remem­ber that hat..it is so cute…
    Don’t think I’ve ever been to Kidderminster…if I have it really hasn’t left a last­ing impres­sion but sure you’ll have fun wan­der­ing around a new place! I fol­lowed Richard on a busi­ness trip once and had a great time explor­ing new shops etc…