A Thousand Lengths Blog

I have decided to do a challenge to get my butt off the sofa. I need to lose weight and get fitter.

I like swimming, probably more than most other sports, so having done Breast Cancer Swimathons before, decided to do something a little more challenging.

Over the next 3 months I will be swimming 1, 356 lengths of my local pool. That equates to 28 miles, which is half the distance of the Irish sea as being swum in relay by Richard Branson, Ronan Keating and Jason Bradbury on Sept 1st 2011.

My aim is to complete my challenge on that day, but do have until the end of September if necessary.

I have also decided to motivate myself by writing a blog. There is a link to THE SWIM and also a link to MY SWIM PAGE and another to the blog A THOUSAND LENGTHS

Please post comments and help me through the good and bad days. I'm hoping that I stay well and can do a few sessions each week to do this at a steady pace.

and of course you can join in and swim yourself (or just donate) if you wish.

The Hat Says it All

This young boy is older than his years and potentially a time bomb. He dabbled with Thomas the Tank Engine and CeeBeebies for a while but suddenly leapt from a cute 4 year old to a pre-teen.

Having a brother nine years older didn't help. Not prepared to play 'baby' games, he would sneak into his room and 'borrow' his XBox games - unknown to us until we heard the rapid fire of a COD machine gun blaring from his room. Many fights and tears later, we were forced to put a keypad lock on his brothers door.

A year or so later, a skateboard, scooter and BMX bike appeared. Trips to the local skatepark with his brother resulted in hanging out with teenagers who thought he was a 'cool kid' and taught him how to do tricks and gave him the nickname Little Dude.

Little Dude is very cute, has a charming smile and a wicked sense of humour - according to outsiders who know him well. He has dozens of friends constantly calling on him to pay out. It's nice to know he is popular and well behaved when he has to be. He still has lots of cuddly toys in his bed too.

He is now 8 and a half years old. Listens to Death Metal on his iTouch, plays age inappropriate XBox games - (as do most of his school friends), drops the bowl like a pro and will wear only black skinny jeans with Nike Hi Tops.

I love him dearly, but know he is going to cause me many years of worry as he gets older and wants more freedom. He already pushes the boundaries to their limits. This boy will need careful handling. I sense he would think nothing of packing a bag and taking off on an adventure without a backward glance.

They say having a son takes eight years off a mothers life. I reckon this one will be more like 16.

Testing, testing, one, two, three

Seems that when I want to blog something and can't use my laptop, the flipping App decides to get all technical on me and prevents me from doing so.

I have followed instructions, deleted and re-installed.

But does it work?




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