Released & Ready!

Releasing: Letting Go of STUFF!

So I started writing an in dept blog about the Law Of Attraction, and how I was dealing with the process of 'letting go'.  Lucky for you all, I got too drunk and never finished it...maybe I wasn't dealing with it at all???

I have however done some serious 'Releasing' the last two weeks....you thought i'd been fishing?? We wish Jelly Fish!!!   Too busy getting ready for FULL TIME FISHING.

Sold my Ute: Ending of the Positive Pools era!

I brought my ute a couple of years back now, when I was cleaning pools, so I could cart chemicals and equipment in the back.  I stopped cleaning pools a few months ago with plans to sell my ute then, but never got around to it, then the wet season started and I didn't want to walk in the heat/rain.  Once we moved our leaving date forward I knew it had to go.

Sold Smith Machine: Ending Positive Personal Training era!

One of my fun, dedicated clients!

I haven't done Personal Training in my shed for 6 months, and my Pride & Joy Smith Machine was already starting to show signs of neglect.  It's been in my shed for 4 years, getting constant use and still looked like new.  Almost as soon as I stopped using it she started rusting!  My first plan had been to keep it in storage, as it will be so hard to replace when we return, but with the realisation that she wouldn't be in good shape on our return I made the decision to sell.  I almost pulled out mind you!!  When I set her up with all weights and attachments to show off to buyer. I stood back and realised what a mean machine it is!!   Memories of fun, dedicated Personal Training Clients came rushing back!!!  The end of another era!!  Never say Never!!!  Personal Training is a rewarding job that doesn't even feel like work; felt like hanging out in my shed with my friends, lifting heavy weights = heaven for me!!

Now that all the 'releasing' has been done, it's time to get READY!  That means to boring stuff like cleaning: oven, windows, walls etc etc blah blah blah....do you want photos of that???  NO.  

Did I say all the releasing was over???  Oh boy, it hit me this morning that is not the case!!  I am current in the middle of my very last Positive Steps Life Style Challenge.  Boot Camp has been such a BIG part of my life for the last FIVE years, actually if you ask Johnno he will say it HAS BEEN my life for the past five years.  Every boot camp and every Life Style Challenge has been SO rewarding!!!  I get to help people change their lives!!  There isn't a better feeling!  Today, at half way mark, I watched my new and regular boot campers pushing their limits, giving it all they've got!  It's a great stage in the challenge when people realise they can push it to that next level!  So the next month, as my participants smash weight loss and fitness goals, is going to be a bit emotional for me!!

2015 = 5th Positive Swimmers Virtual Rottnest Swim in a row!

On a happier note; We almost have everything we need ready to go.  Two BIG boxes of camera gear!!!  Ready to record and share all our great up coming fishing adventures!!!
Here's a few practice runs from the Phantom Drone:  Edited Drone footage

Saying Goodbye to Dopey xxx

7 weeks and 2 days until departure date:

Old boy Dopey

My long term friends in Derby will remember a few years back when I was ready to leave Derby.  We put the house on the market, with plans if/when it sold, we would buy a house in Exmouth and move there.  It didn't sell, and I changed my mind about moving.  My gypsy dreams, and thoughts on Derby, are a whole different blog!  What happened?  Our long time friend/pet/companion; our 14 year old Dog, who we had his whole life, died.   Keeping a sad story short, he was old and went down hill very quickly, until he couldn't walk anymore.  I waited longer than needed, to know it was his time to go.  He didn't move for days, but it took us that long to come to terms with what had to be done.  After making the decision to send him to a lighter place, where he could run on the beach and chase fish forever, we buried him in the back yard, planting a lemon tree on top of him.

Right: Charlie; Middle: Dopey's Lemon Tree; Left: Puppy.

Once Dopey's final resting place was settled and secured, I had an over whelming need to stay not only in Derby, but in my back yard.  Although the lemon tree hasn't grown at all,  I now have a beautiful green lawn, for my new puppies to run on, and a wonderful tropical garden surrounding my whole yard.  I am proud of the tranquil paradise I have made for Dopey, and myself.  I enjoy sitting in my back yard, beside the lemon tree, which is in the shade of our big gum trees, after mowing our big lawn, and having a cold beer, just chilling, remembering 'old boy' sitting beside me, as he did for so many years when he started ageing.

Dopey left us a few years ago now.  We already had Charlie and Puppy before he went, I made sure of that!  I didn't want replacement dogs, I wanted them to be part of the family! Over the years I have watched Pup, and I see Dopey in him, I'm sure he learnt a few tricks from the old boy, he often sits like an old dog, with his elbows sticking out as if he can not hold himself up.  I laugh, and sometimes cry, picturing Dopey Dog, and it makes me even happier that I got Pup before Dopey passed, giving him the chance to learn from the old dog!

Pup, myself, and Charlie recently enjoy the beautiful garden I created for Dopy, beside his never growing, but still alive Lemon Tree.

Time heals!  I still cry for my old boy, I still miss him!!!  But these days I cry over babies and dead birds as well, and I never used to, maybe this has something to do with being in my 40's?  Or just my new understanding on how connected everything in life is.  But lately I've realised it's time to let go...not of Dopey, but of the peaceful garden I have made for his resting place. Young Dopey would rather be running on the beach anyway!

Younger Dopey on holiday at 80 mile beach.

Then the dreams started.  Intense, very real feeling dreams.  Then I knew it was ok.  It is time.  It's ok to leave this place, leave his resting place.  I cried a lot after the first dream I had about saying goodbye to Dopey, but then I started to understand.  Once I came to terms with the fact that it's ok to say goodbye, I wasn't 'leaving' my long time best friend in the garden!!!  Once I cried some more!!  Then I know it was time to move on.  WOW, everything has happened SO FAST since then!!!  Bless you Dopey Dog!

We went from, we will go on a beach holiday some time this year, to lets go camping on the beach in May, to....lets go live on the beach NOW, all within weeks!!!

Suddenly we are frantic with renovating, gardening, cleaning, selling, packing, sorting, all while still doing our normal jobs.

I still get sad just writing this, thinking about my Old Boy, who in the last few months couldn't even follow me down the beach, but in earlier years would have chased the fish, caught his own, and then demand I cook it in butter and garlic...no raw fish for him!!!  But I also get excited about taking my new Mates, long term camping on the beach.  Pup and Charlie LOVE the beach!!! They have learnt, thankfully, from LOTS of shouting on my behalf, that they are not aloud to swim in the rivers around Derby when we go fishing (CROC's!!! For those who don't know Derby!).  They go crazy as soon as the car stops at the beach, running up and down the sand dunes, in and out of the water, and when they slow down enough to see them, they chase the bait fish in the shalllows!!  I'm excited that it is their turn to live on the beach!!!  Dopey grow up on the beach.  These dogs have been deprieved, it's their turn!!

Last photo of all dogs (with Johnno) on beach together: Quondong Point, a place Dopey spent a BIG part of his life!

Looking forward to using 'Charlie Cam' on the new beaches we discover together!