Ok here I am on Tuesday morning doing a post about the Sahara Desert Ant, heard of this ant, nope me neither but it is one indestructible creature. You can find this ant in the Sahara Desert which is one of the hottest places in the world.

Most desert animals stay in their burrows during the day and come out at night when it’s cooler, not desert ants. They wait until it’s stinking bloody hot then dash out of their nests to look for food, which is less tough insects that have been frazzled to death in the heat.

These ants can really survive, their bodies reach more then 50°c or 122°f and can run over sand as hot as 70°c or 158°f bloody hell.

Because of how hot the desert sand is they natural run across the sand and can move pretty damn fast. Desert ants have long skinny legs to lift them up of the sizzling ground and they zip around at a high speed. Every few seconds each ant checks the position of the Sun, so they can remember the way back to the nest. As soon as it finds a meal it grabs it and runs back to the nest..

Here are this weeks first random thoughts and things, I will be doing this type of post most weeks.

Ever had a moment when you are trying to cut a sandwich in half and are finding it difficult and then you realise you have the knife upside down and felt like a dill………………….

Some days I eat too much…………………..

Mostly I am happy…………………..

Taking your shirt and singlet off in pubic because you’re stating to feel warm and no longer want the singlet on…………..

Seems even 28% of Muslims find women in a full burqa makes them feel uncomfortable……………..

Seems that the 2017 flu is the worst on record here in Australia………………………………

I write a lot of letters………………………….

This is the warmest August we have had in years……………………………….

But still there are some bloody cold days and nights……………………………..

I like banana and choc chip bread, thinly sliced and toasted under the grill……………………….

Haven’t posted here since Friday because I don’t do much over the weekend on the computer and the last couple of days haven’t felt like doing much, Monday felt busy with my morning exercises followed by taking Leo to school then off to my aqua class.

When I got home Jessica and Kelli were here with Blain who was laying in Leo’s bed, he was sent home sick from school. Kelli hung around so she could talk to Natasha about him being “sick” like me she thought it was an act, every Monday for the last 5 or 6 weeks he is “sick” he tried to say that it is the drive from Cessnock to Warners Bay causes him to be sick but if that was the case he would also get sick on the drive from Warners Bay to Cessnock on Friday afternoon. When she got here Natasha stormed into the house and down the hall saying “are you really sick” “this is beyond a joke” every bloody week you pull this shit.

Then just as Jessica and Kelli were leaving Jessica received a phone call from the school about Leo, another student had pushed him and got in his face so Leo shoved the kid back and he Leo is getting a suspension warning, how unfair, he was defending himself and gets into trouble the teachers say he should have walked away and found a teacher but really not that simple.

Speaking of Jessica on Saturday night she had me have Leo while she went to see Kelli and hang out for a while and what happened she broke down on the freeway, cost her $400 to join the NRMA and get the car towed to her mechanics and at this stage she doesn’t know how much it is going to cost to fix, looks like a large water leak at the back of the engine. So at the moment she is without a car and getting a lift to and from Tafe with a friend from Tafe.

This morning I woke up at 5.55am and thought what the hell, I have no memory of the alarm going off at 4.30am but it must have. I didn’t do an exercises this morning just didn’t feel like it.

I don’t feel sick but I also don’t feel great just not really right and yes I know many may think that I am never quite right, I get that, it is kinda hard to explain how I am feeling just not 100% me.

Going to be another very warm to hot day here in Newie with temp of 30°c again and no we are not in Summer yet that is still a few months away for us Aussies.

Here we are at Friday yet again, some weeks Friday seem to come around pretty fast, well this Friday it is a nice warmish day.

Here are this Friday’s five things for Friday……………………….

First week of aqua aerobics done

Leo loves to scare his nanna

Sometimes I am not scared I just fake it

Leo has a big rip in his school pants at the knee, he doesn’t care, most of his pants are torn at the knee, just one knee

Telling the boy over and over to do stuff, is frustrating, but he is just a normal child, all children need to be told over and over to do stuff.

Here we are at this weeks indestructible things post, today I am going to tell you about the Ironclad Beetle, now all insects have an exoskeleton, a tough skin or shell on the outside of their, instead of bones on the inside. But still, most of them are easily squashed but not the ironclad beetle, it has one of the toughest hardest exoskeletons of any insect.

Museums keep dead insects pinned to special trays as a record of all the different species but it’s almost impossible to bin the ironclad beetle. Instead they have to make a hole through it with a drill.

There are reports of ironclad beetles being trodden on, trapped in doors and even run over by cars, then getting up and walking away without a care in the world. Of course, if you ever meet one, please don’t attempt to squash it just to see what happens.

Because their tough shells are so thick and heavy ironclad beetles move slow and can’t fly at allA.

Hello everyone, not Friday but Saturday but here are five things for the day:

Weather all over the place

Home alone, well after Tim goes to work

I never get bored

I don’t get lonely

I love being alone

Hello blogland, here I am at last doing a post this week still not 100% but getting there, managed to drag my body out of bed at 4.30am and do 61 minutes of exercise before Leo wanted my attention in the kitchen so I packed it in.

Yesterday I managed to write 6 letters to penpals and have a 7^th half written which I hope to finish today.

It’s the Father’s Day stall at Leo’s school today so found $10 for him to take to get something for whoever he wants to buy for, usually he buys for his mum or papa or Jono who he calls “dad” but he knows Jono isn’t his dad he is Blain’s dad but in many way is a father figure to Leo.

Father’s Day Tim and I are going over to my parents place for lunch, be it an early lunch this year as my brother and his family are going to the footy so he wants an early lunch. We are having fish and chips because it is cheaper then KFC which cost us $100 on Mother’s Day, fish & chips should cost us around $40-50, yeah even fish & chips costs a pretty penny when there are a lot of people.

Asked Tim last night for $60 to get his Father’s Day present from me, he wanted to know what I was getting that cost so much, wouldn’t tell him all I would say is I saw something I thought he would like and wanted money to get it.

A few years back Tim was complaining one Father’s Day that I hadn’t got him much and my mum said to him well how much did you give her to get you a present his answer nothing, so mum said if you don’t give her money how is she suppose to get you something unless you give her money to buy something. At times he forgets that I have no money of my own, all I have is what he gives me.

Hello Friday, well it is after midday so the day is half over and before I know it I have to go and get Leo from school.

I bought myself a chicken fillet burger and chips from KFC, I am glad Tim was at work so I didn’t have to listen to him go on about me having it.

Well here is this weeks five things for Friday…………………….

It’s bloody cold today

Arthritis in both knees

Ankle healing at last

Sore feet

Aching back

I was told last night that I have let myself go because of how big I am. If it was easy to stop eating and if I could walk I would do so but these things are easier said then done, just because you don’t see me trying doesn’t mean I am not doing the best I am able to do, feeling bad about how I look doesn’t help when it comes to weight loss because when one is depressed and feel that nothing they do works one feels why am I bothering but still I try and still I get up and spend 60-70 minutes each morning exercising does anyone thing I want to be a short fat woman who struggles to do things.

Do you think I like all the muscle strain and pain and not being able to move my legs and arms without pain. I may be big but I am trying to like who I am and learn to deal with it while still trying to lose weight and be slimmer. I try to dress nicely…………….Being told you have let yourself go doesn’t help and people cannot tell me what to do that will help, because what I am doing isn’t working so I have no bloody idea what else to do.

This is me, this is who I am at this stage in my life, I am still the same person just in a bigger package, telling me I look fat doesn’t help, try telling me I look nice and help me feel loved and needed and not like a failure. Because I often feel like I am a failure, in case you didn’t know………………

Hi all it is a cold Monday here in Newie, I got up at 4.30am and did 70 minutes of exercise and have taken Leo to school come home had food and now write this. I read around 40 blogs this morning and now I am here writing this morning dribble.

Yesterday we had Leo during the day while Jessica studied and worked on assignments for Tafe, Tim and I went over to my parents with Leo of course and I hung some photos on the walls for mum and Tim did stuff with the van before we came home. Then Tim took Leo for a motorbike ride which made Leo really happy he loves going for a bike ride with papa.

Last night Tim cut my hair for me so it is nice and short again I am happy with it, I prefer short hair, last week Tim also cut his hair again so he has short hair also.

The last couple of weekends I have skipped exercising as by Friday afternoon my ankle and calf is so very sore so I wanted to rest it over the weekend.

I have the heater on this morning as it is just so cold here.