Hey! I’m doing Sweat with Pride this month to raise money for Rainbow Kiwis 💪🌈 Today is the last day and every dollar donated will be matched - so your donation will go twice as far. Here’s my fundraising page: 👉 www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/... Thank you ❤️

The view for our last breakfast at Musket Cove Resort in Fiji. Like any good holiday with my hubs it feels a few days short 😔

I am raising money for better health outcomes for our rainbow whanau in NZ. This is the last push for activity logging and fundraising for the month! www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

Fiji is quite lovely as a break from southern hemisphere winter

This doesn't suck Bula!

Sometimes I exercise self-control. An acquaintance posted a selfie (where he looked adorable) but was surrounded by prep materials for a colonoscopy. He asked what he was getting ready for and I desperately wanted to reply "Jello shots for a pool party!!" but I don't know him like that so I didn't

Stoned humor: In my head: y'know what'd make a fun drag name. Fab Ergé And every outfit is subtly egg themed and ya loves some sparkles.

At the risk of exposing just how angsty my teenage self was "Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge" by My Chemical Romance is actually a pretty great punk-pop album. Some bangers, some diverse influences, a distinct guitar sound, great vocals. I think I had moved on by the time Black Parade appeared.

I want to learn how to knit. Any knitters out there have any solid beginner guides/resources?

Hey, it's dollar match day! I’m doing Sweat with Pride this month - I’ve committed to working out for 42 minutes a day to raise money for Rainbow Kiwis. Every dollar donated will be matched - so your donation will go twice as far. If you chip in $40, it turns into $80.

Official itinerary for our Fiji trip at the end of the month landed in our inboxes this morning. Not a bad way to start my monday.

Portugal ... Take me back there already. Lisboa (yes we were tuktuk tour tourists 🫣), Sagres lighthouse, and Porto river tour

0. I'm a human garbage disposal. I will try most anything and have eaten all of these items already. Most are items I would eat at least a few times a year already with the exception of liver, sardines, and fish where I would want to know what type and the preparation

Arthur: I feel like my gym work.ia paying off, I look slim (for me) Bathroom scale: 3XX lbs Arthur: 👀🫣👀 Bathroom scale: 3XX+1 lbs Arthur: I don't feel like I look like I'm 3xx+1 lbs Arthur's phone: this right here 👉👉👉 Yay for the phone finding those 15 lbs I thought I'd lost. Such a helpful device

I'm raising funds for Sweat with Pride - an initiative that supports better health outcomes for NZ's Rainbow community 🌈🌈🌈 Consider supporting if you are able www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

🎶 I'm just having a very blegh time 🎶 Not super sure why but this funk is pervasive and heavy like a wet quilt. Luckily it's nothing a bit of high quality online complaining won't fix!

Feeling militant. Who wants to encourage me to weaponise being good at banking/finance to weasel my way into leadership positions and promote pro-labour and anti-shareholder policies and positions

Craft producers in NZ are a touch unhinged and I enjoy that very much. "we like our brownies like we like our men - dreamy, delicious, and just a little dense"

Craft producers in NZ are a touch unhinged and I enjoy that very much. "we like our brownies like we like our men - dreamy, delicious, and just a little dense"

Gym accountability ✅

Note to self: These blue straight leg chinos are a lie, do not be deceived. Your legs are not straight, nor are they slim enough to wear straight leg pants ... Sincerely, Your legs, whom currently appear to be cling wrapped in the blue fabric of aforementioned chinos

Looking for socks are there is a "Dad" themed multi-pack ... its this the point I commit to this evolution in myself? feels a little premature but ...

having one of those mornings where words just aren't landing in my brain nor spilling out of my brain right. Sorry for any disjointed sentences with missing words or flubbed edits.

We deserve more punk and rock queens in pop-culture. I know that vibe its doesn't always translate in that big drag reality show, but damn if they don't have the political opinions and attitude to make you smile.

Gym moan: Chest day can suck my balls ... I'd rather do three leg days a week than this. But also gym accountability ✅

Gym accountability ✅

Gym and hip rehab accountability ✅

Look how cute our Ali was as a puppy (she is still a beautiful and cute pup just with much longer legs)

A green sort of Tuesday. Hair is smaller than pictured. Arthur is as grumpy as pictured (seems it's my new default, such fun)

Back at the gym this morning. Hip flexor/deep abdominal rehab focus, small movements done well and with control

Volunteering ✅ Now to rugby The volunteering was helping set up a fundraising banquet in the Ōtautahi lounge level of the new stadium in Ōtautahi. Not my aesthetic but you can't argue with raising monies for NICU facilities and services.

Operation confuse personalized ad algorithms is working because, while I am a touch hirsute, I am definitely not the right audience for this type of service.

and reader, let me tell you something. He had messed something up. namely the timing of the whole thing, he had gone a weekend early. Showed up on the wrong fucking day, an entire week early. Dumbass.

Brains are wild and fascinating things. The speed with which I went from confidence and commitment to no motivation and doubting everything to do with myself should give me whiplash. Gotta find that mojo again.

Saw a hotel sign on the way back from rugby that just read "No" Instead of "No Vacancy" and honestly, same.

Grumble moment: It is so frustrating when basic volunteer coordination falls over. Biked downtown in cold fog to be at the meeting spot at 7.20am, 10 minutes early. I waited. Checked in with security at 7.40am. Waited. Checked again at 8am. Waited. By 8.10am with no contact I headed home.

Pratchett Day I think about this quote a lot

Some beautiful skies taking off towards Auckland yesterday

big hair dont care ... Royal Mile in Edinburgh in 2018 ... the close/court that bears the family name (my ancestors knew the importance of a comfortable and sanitary poo spot and, from memory, lead the charge in civil infrastructure including indoor plumbing).

Gym accountability ✅

Someone in the neighborhood put out a bag of feijoas for free and my week suddenly looked that much brighter and shinier

Off the horse just to climb back on. Gym accountability ✅

Gym accountability. Chest day catching up on missing yesterday with the public holiday

In a horror moment for my own sensibilities, my piping bags look like ... Um ... Ghosts 🫣

Gym accountability. Delayed from yesterday and a bit of a struggle bus day (been on my legs a lot this week so they were already tired) but I got there.

sure ... why not

Gym accountability ✅

What to do at 4.30am when you are wide awake? Go to the gym of course Who even am I?

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