Category: Life

• Camilla D&E Day 2

  Ughhhh. Carrot sticks are on my work desk today instead of chocolates and chips. I don’t mind the crunchy carrots but they aren’t really fun to eat. Still, I’m trying and that’s what counts. Yesterday I walked the 15-20 minutes from a train stop before the one I usually get off at. Every part of […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 28, 2022

  food, goals, Life, overeating, Walking, weight

  overweight, weight, weightloss

• Camilla D&E (diet and exercise) Day 1

  Ughhhh day one! I weighed myself yesterday and my mouth dropped open at the 85kgs (!!!) where the red arrow on the scales seemed nervous to pause at. I yelled at it, like it’s the scales that are at fault, not me. Hmph. For my height, I’m supposed to weigh 50-55kgs. Omg. This huge weight […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 27, 2022

  food, goals, Life, overeating, Walking, weight

  changes, eatingproblems, goals, overweight, weightloss

• I find it hard to forgive

  That’s a toxic trait of mine…if an apology isn’t offered, then you better bet I’ll hold that grudge until I die. Alun is the opposite. He wears his heart on his sleeve and forgives easily and moves on from a fight/disagreement pretty much right away, bless his heart. This is what I have to keep […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 19, 2022

  Family Obligations, Life, marriage, Mindfulness, relationship advice, Relationships, remarriage

  2ndmarriage, breaking chains, family patterns, forgiveness, forgivingishard

• My first “Book Coach” meeting…and 2nd guesses

  I wonder if God places people in our paths or if He lets us wander and whoever we meet, He’ll use that situation to help us grow? In my case, I found a great “Book Coach” who specialises in Memoir which is great because that’s what I’m writing (woohoo). Annie lives in Colorado and has […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 12, 2022

  Author life, books, Fears, fed up, identity, Life, memoir, Work, Writer, writing

  author, bookcoach, editingsucks, manuscript, memoirwriting, writerslife, writing

• The Girl before

  I used to be her. Bubbly. Full of life. A mischevious laugh. A big – yet charming – flirt with guys and a best friend to all girls; especially to the shy introvert. I couldn’t help but adopt them. I was an extrovert – loud, brash, mouthy, cheeky and filled with rainbows, forest green glitter […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 11, 2022

  anxiety, death, depression, grief, happy memories, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness

  canweevergoback, changedforever, Life, memories, mental illness, nostalgia, painful, Relationships, thegirlafter, thegirlbefore

• A calculated risk

  The phone rang and lit up an orange box at the top of my screen, indicating that a new call was coming in. This was to be my 1st call of the day for work and 200-300 more were to come. That’s my usual work day and I’m slowly starting to get used to it. […]

  janetdthomas77

  September 10, 2022

  communication, grief, hospital, Life, loss, Relationships, Work

  breaking rules, calls, risks, taking risks, Work

• The little things

  A fellow blogger has a blog titled “the pauses in between”. It’s a gorgeous blog, I highly recommend it ☺️. We Filo’s gotta hype each other up, huh? Anyway. What I wanted to write about was about the small moments in life – the ones in between all the big moments, because they’re the ones […]

  janetdthomas77

  August 30, 2022

  happy memories, Humour, identity, Life, Mindfulness, Relationships

  advice, alcohol, alunandjanet, AppreciationPost, beinthemoment, besthugever, blessings, bloggingcommunity, encouragement, favourites

• Square 1. Again.

  I’ve re-drafted my Memoir and feel really confident that it’s a beast right now. Yass! I’m anxious to have an Editor read it, but it was ready…so this evening I’ve sent my Memoir to my new book Coach/Editor to look over. Squeeeeeee! I’m hoping Annie likes it and hope the feedback won’t hurt. Fingers crossed […]

  janetdthomas77

  August 28, 2022

  Humour, identity, Life, loss, love, memoir, Relationships, writing

  author, Author struggles, authorlife, book production, bookdeal, books, buddingwriter, emotional, grateful

• For Shanti…a shining star in a dark storm

  As writers, we live lonely lives. We write and we try to share our hearts on paper (or in these times of modernity online) but there is always that fear – that worry – firstly of “Is anyone going to read this?”, then the anxious thoughts of of “Will they like it?” when really we […]

  janetdthomas77

  August 21, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Fears, food, Friends, grief, Grieving, happy memories, identity, Illness, kindness, Life, loss, love, Relationships, Work, worth

  bloggers, bloggingcommunity, Dad, family, friendship, grief, Life, supporteachother

• The Camilla diet

  Disclaimer: “Camilla” (name changed to keep her protected) is a woman at my work who seems really, really lovely. She’s polite, friendly, sweet and works hard. When you read my following comments and observations about her in this blog, they are really observations and concerns aimed at me. Not Camilla. This is how I see […]

  janetdthomas77

  July 6, 2022

  food, Life, Mindfulness, Work

  99problems, addictedtosugarandsalt, doppelganger, fat, overweight, twin