As I said , I’m feeling pretty drained today. The crap weather doesn’t help, particularly as the ice makes it so difficult to get anywhere at any speed slower than a crawl. It did look like it was clearing up though when I left work this evening, so fingers crossed there isn’t any more snow or sleet.
Yesterday I went to see Avatar at the IMAX with Joe, and it was just so beautiful. It was a bit Disney in parts with the themes, and then I saw on moviemistakes.com that it was actually written in 1995. So maybe it’s not The Lion King it reminds me of, just 1995 
It’s beautiful, anyway. I definitely want to go and live on Pandora.
Going back another day…Saturday was pretty much where my budgeting slipped up. I went for lunch with Bethany (and had a lovely healthy veggie burger made with chillies and sweet potato), but then ended up buying cleaning stuff and face scrub. Doesn’t sound too bad, but I spent nearly £40 on an E-cloth mop, some cloths, some discounted stuff and glow sticks. Then the scrub I bought was Clinique, and that cost £16. What with having to buy stuff yesterday at the IMAX, I’m pretty much down to my last £15 until the 26th of this month, if I want to stick to my budget. Yeah, that’s not going to happen. Particularly as I’m going out this Thursday for drinks with Tabi and some others. But I did make almost £20 online so far this month from paid writing.
On the plus side, the healthy eating is going well and I’ve lost a couple more pounds. I’ve been using up food to reduce the amount I’m throwing away, so tonight I just had mushrooms on toast. Then I made a smoothie with some milk, an overripe banana, apricots and a kiwi. The kiwi wasn’t ripe yet and made it a little sour, but other than that it was great, and I used up the milk before it went off as well.
I even updated the Twitter plugboard today, though I had a dumb moment where I tried to hit F2 to save instead of the save button. The program we use for editing at work is based completely on keystrokes, which is why I did that. Guess it’s been too long since I used FTP manually! And to add to the geekiness, I absolutely LOVE my new keyboard. It’s just about the cheapest Logitech you can buy, but the keys feel really smooth and press quite softly…yeah I’m too much of a geek But I really do love my new set up, and it makes such a big difference to be typing at a desk, with a proper keyboard and mouse, with no one else wanting to use the computer, and not having to do work.
So…tonight. I should be doing some kind of workout but I really can’t be bothered. Maybe I’ll get up early tomorrow and go on Wii Fit Plus. At the moment I’m playing Settlers of Catan, but I think I’ll do some SEO work and menu work on the Adobe Photoshop tutorials, because I started that way back in July and never actually finished it. Then a shower, get my laundry out, and relax in bed with a book and some music. My life at the moment would frustrate some people, and it definitely frustrates me sometimes with the slow pace at the moment, but I need to learn to be patient. Yep, so that’s my past couple of days!
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I’m really tired of the cold weather and ice now. It was fun at first but now it’s just boring and like you said difficult to get anywhere faster than a snails pace! I’m terrified of falling on the ice, because i’m just that accident prone haha.
My Mum just bought us a Wii Fit Plus (to go with the Wii we got for Christmas… which i’m still so buzzed about having!) but i’m yet to have a go on it. I bet it’s lots of fun though! Do you think it actually does aid in weight loss?
Oh dear, i’ve rambled on a bit too much now haha
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Ahh, I’m just tired of rain. It’s been raining where I live non-stop for the last few days, beginning to have to swim between buildings than walk, hehe.
But yay for paid writing. I do enough to pay for my domains and hosting, and that’s about it.
Aww.. good luck with the snow – we’ve got bunches of it here as well. I heard Avatar was a REALLY good movie o_o A few people says it’s terrible though.. hmm.
Oh good luck sticking to your budget! What’s the scrub smell like?? x3 Have fun with your workout..
Doh – I asked a question, thinking there would be a place to put my name, but there wasn’t any
So yeah, the question about ‘where did you find me?’ was mine 
It’s way past my bedtime, but I will definitely explore your website tomorrow! Sweet dreams
Hey thanks for saying hey on my blog. Have you read the article on CNN today about people that were depressed, literally contemplating suicide, because they were so depressed after watching Avatar? Because they wanted to live on Pandora and were sad they couldn’t. I mean, I thought it was pretty and all but… I’m not depressed about not living there!
My mom bought a wii fit for herself, she loves it. She’s so good at doing it. I… don’t do it ever. I should.
Oh and I’ll take your snow any day!
gah i hate it when the weather does you even worse
i think i should start eating more vegetables instead of junk food 
omg i really want to see avatar now !
congrats on healthy eating
Thank you
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Avatar
! Seems like an interesting movie :O! i still haven`t watched it 
. Healthy eating 
! Always a benefit! Wii fit is fun 
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Enjoy!
Ah, Avatar. I thought it was fantastic visually but it was a little lacking plot-wise. I didn’t know the script was written in 1995, though! How interesting.
OMG I would love a Wii Fit haha. I definitely need one. I am also planning on seeing Avatar in 3D. Can you believe it took them almost 15 years to fully make and finish this movie? Its incredible.
Thanks for the birthday wishes
I want to see Avatar D: But it’s always full. There’s like a 2D, 3D and 4D one and I can’t book either of them so I was like okay wtf. I mean, I live in Hong Kong and people speak Cantonese so shouldn’t they be watching like the Cantonese version D: They’re hogging up my seats. Not cool.
There is a really big hype around avatar, people say it’s really good. My cousin practically stole the 3D glasses from the theaters because she thinks she can see everything in 3D AFTER the movie.
Healthy eating sounds great
I love mushrooms. Never thought of putting them on toast before, though.
Is the Wii Fit good? Like do you actually get to exercise and stuff?
Hey, at least you actually set a budget and attempted to stick to it! I can’t even say that much…hence all my credit card debt. lol. Yay for Wii Fit Plus! I love Rhythm Parade.
Never seen Avatar. But I heard it’s pretty cool though.
Nice site you have here.
And I never really said I hated snow XD I just said it wasn’t pleasant walking through it, haha. 
And man, everyone, EVERYONE’S saying Avatar is great. I don’t really like joining the mainstream bandwagon, but I might really have to check it out . . . though I think I’m more inclined to watch the new Sherlock Holmes movie before Avatar.
What a lovely blog! It’s always great to see a new blog. I did see Avatar in IMAX 3D as well. I thought the visual effects were outstanding. I didn’t care too much for the acting (mostly) but it was a great movie and worth every penny! I’m glad to see it’s doing so well.
I do hope you can stay in budget! I’m having that problem as well.
Good luck with your budgeting. What sort of system do you use to keep organized? Notebook, excel spreadsheet, or a fancy program?
Also, I agree with you on Avatar looking lovely. The plants were so beautiful! I’d love to be able to grow some in my garden like those. Especially if they lit up at night. XD
WOAH! You’ve had a jump in the number of comments! Hehe!
Sorry to hear that you’re drained and that the weather isn’t helping. =( I know how that’s like… =(
Haha, yeah, socializing costs a lot… =( Good luck with your budgeting, even though you may not make it this month.
Glad to hear that the healthy eating diet’s going well! =) Hehe.
Hehe, I have a Logitech wireless keyboard, but I have yet to use it. Don’t feel like wasting the batteries… =P
Aw, that really is a shame. It’s terrible when it starts getting icy instead of snowy, and it gets dangerous because people can easily slip. I’ve heard it’s the first snowfall you’ve had in ages too! :O
My friend saw Avatar in 3D, she said it was great.
I also heard that they did write it in 1995 but they wanted to wait for technology to catch up or something. 
It’s hard for me to keep track of my money sometimes, which is why I try and put it in the bank or avoid taking it out.
I earned a bit of money from paid blogging last year. ^^
Those treats sound both delicious and healthy. It’s always exciting when you find something that is tasty and good for you!
I love FTP, haha. I’ve been using the same program, Leech FTP, for five years. It just does the job for me. XD I use a laptop most of the time and the keyboard is great; I’ve always wanted to try one of those squishy ones. XD
Hi! Thanks for visiting my website. I need a new keyboard too! I don’t care what it looks like! Hehe.
I’m hoping to see Avatar soon. I keep hearing so many raves about it!
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
It’s always encouraging when someone comments.
I swear I read the whole entry but I’m going to go crash. So so tired. I’ll have more coherent thoughts tomorrow!
It’s good to know you’re having more of a success with being healthy than me. It’s just so hard! But the budgeting is definitely something I need to work on more. You don’t really pay attention to how much you’re spending until you sit down and look at it. I blame it on all the plastic. I’m going to try to use cash more often, it helps me visualize.
Do you find the wii fit plus to be beneficial? Or at least, do you feel like it is helping you be healthy? I’ve been considering buying a console for years now, and now that I want to really lose weight instead of just thinking about it, it seems like a good time to do so.
AVATAR was awesome!!! I watch it too.
i must say i’m VERY impressed with your web design skill. did you do all the coding yourself from scratch?? i think i’ve been around the internet as long as you or even longer; took up the same self taught interests but am nowhere as advanced, of course, i never bothered to teach myself/get caught up on things once css became mainstream. i can mod my way through a wordpress template, can probably build a custom theme, but have never integrated a custom page w/ wordpress on my own yet. ah-someday!
i love snow.
except you can’t really move with thick clothes one. :] anyways, i haven’t seen avatar, wish I could in 3D if it’s still on theaters. 
Hey, thanks for commenting on my blog. ^_^
Yeah the cold weather is bothering me a bit cause I’m trying to go walking in the early morning, but it’s too cold. It rained on me today when I walked in the middle of the day.
As far as Avatar goes, I had to go see it twice because it was so pretty. I want to see it in IMAX, but it’s always sold out. Grr. I don’t understand why the humand wanted to dig for some stupid metal when their planet is dead…. they should be looking for a new place to live. That’s why I cried each time someone died in the final battle. I cried for both sides, it was a disaster.
Smoothies with overripe bananas are the best
Catan is kind of addicting; my friends got me hooked on playing it online xD
I am so bad at sticking to any budget I try to set for myself. It only takes one slip-up to ruin it!
Keeping a budget isn’t easy, but it sounds like you are pretty conscious about it, a great thing.
I know how you feel about life being slow.. same deal here. I figure it’s a good thing, rather than feeling overwhelmed. 
I had that a few months back, so I’m happy for the trade.
Oh! I haven’t seen avatar yet, james cameron is really one my fav. director of all time.. Maybe nextweEk I have time to watch. I wonder how much you earned from pay you to blog,how to be accepted?
I’ve been thinking about going to go see Avatar, but I’m not really into the whole Sci-Fi genre in movies.
Keeping a budget sucks – I try not to spend over the money I’ve earned from doing jobs around the house, but somehow I always go over. o.O Thanks for the comment! x
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I want to get into paid writing so much but I can’t find a good way too. >.<
Anyways, I am so glad I "found" you again online. I used to love reading your blog I am glad I get to again!
It has been pretty slippery on the roads here lately as well. I find myself walking so slowly that a turtle seems like a top athlete next to me.
I loved Avatar as well. The movie was so good! I would definitely love living in Pandora:D