Another great year 2009!

Having a great time. Over the last few weeks we have moved to the countryside. We are now living in a small village in Kent. We are loving it. It is a great place and some great neighbours too.

The local pub is an old hunting lodge. It is a lovely place. Good beer and great food. We went there last night for a lovely meal.

I am becoming quite the expert when it comes to lighting fires in our wood burning stove. It is lots of fun and very countryside!

I have only been in work a day last week.… Continue

Done more packing today. Think we have most of it sorted out. Great news. It is getting close to Friday now when we will move.

Once we have moved I will be going running more. I will be more settled. We have so much stuff around - boxes, rubbish and all kinds just now.

Most of the kitchen stuff is packed away. That means that it is quite difficult to make any food. I am still trying to eat really healthily - though have been enjoying some chocolate today :-) Had KFC - was lovely. Like KFC. A l… Continue

Did an absolute tonne of packing up during the day. Mostly focused on the garage. We have sooo much stuff. I also went to the tip.

Waking up every morning and feeling like I am a kid at christmas. It is sooo cool. I am really looking forward to moving to our new home.

I received the final statement from the solicitors. We need to send through about £5k to complete on the purchase of our new home.

Had a pizza in the evening. A little naughty - but I am so excited I could not possibly cook anyt… Continue

Here is my intentions brochure. Click on it - you WILL love it - I promise. It is written from the point of view of day 100!

http://web.me.com/pbradburn/Challenge/Daily_life/Entries/2009/12/11_Season_7_Intentions_files/Season%207.pdf

I had a great day today. I have finished for Christmas. Great, Now I just have to pack up our stuff for our house move.

I took my partner to the Toastmasters dinner last night. She enjoyed it. I really enjoyed all the guys meeting her too - particularly after I did my speech about Susie a few weeks ago. Susie had a good time and really enjoyed the speech from Frankie. I really like those guys at Kent Speakers. They are great. Everyone is really good fun, it is a really supportive group, and whats more - people are fabulous speakers!

What is so great about today? Well - I woke up this morning and remembered - we… Continue

Read the blog and then watch the video!

So, this morning is the day that we exchange, as planned, smoothly, and precisely. I get a phone call very shortly after 9am this morning which confirms from our solicitors that we have exchanged both with our buyer and our seller. We will be moving in well before Christmas. The completion date will be at the latest on 18 December. We agree an even earlier date for completion just following confirmation that we have exchanged.

The cake… Continue

That was a good day for getting things sorted out. I had a number of phone calls with the agents and solicitors. In the end I agreed to pay £400 to the buyers as a contribution to them moving house before Christmas. Was good to get things moving. I am expecting exchange very very early tomorrow morning. After which I will activate the house insurance. I will also be able to confirm with the removals people that they will definitely be able to move us on Friday 18 December. That really would be a… Continue

The big news for today is that I achieved a personal best 10 mile running race. It was in Margate in Kent - and the route went along the coast before doubling back. It was wet and wild on the front!

Here is the film

My rapid 10 mile race in Kent from phil bradburn on Vimeo.

Weighed in after the race at 12 stone 2lbs. I always temporarily gain weight after do… Continue

This is great. I have got down to 12stone. Exactly! I just wanted to post early because I had to tell someone because I was so pleased!!! :-)

Got a few more things sorted out. Heard back from the estate agent who are trying to find a place for the family to rent whose house we are buying. I am sure that it will be sorted tomorrow so that we can buy and move into the new house. Can't wait!!

Got a few things done yesterday at work. I was a little distracted by the house. Buy nevertheless I got lots of things sorted out.

In the evening I did a bit of packing up for when we move. It is amazing quite how many boxes we will actually need.… Continue

Hey guys. I had a really great day. It was amazing.

I got things shifting on the house front. That was good news. I was able to unlocking things and by standing firm I was able to get what I wanted so that we could all exchange and move house. I will hear tomorrow from the agent confirming that we are able to exchange tomorrow and then to complete on the deal well before xmas. Looking forward to it.

Great news is that all of the money that we need to buy the house in already in my account. Tha… Continue

2 December 2009

Went to Toastmasters last night. My role was as general evaluator. Which more or less I can do what I like as long as I get across what was great and what could be improved about the evening. Its a fun role too because it is not possible to prepare in advance, you simply have to find something clever to say and boil down the whole evening.

Had a great chat with some people at the club. That was fun afterwards. We had an interesting discussion about goals and targets and how imp… Continue

I am sure that I will make a tonne of stuff happen. I am going to be really ambitious with this season.

I will really enjoy seeing myself achieve. I will also be putting together a vision board and put together some videos.

So... I am very excited!

First of all, I am excited about moving to the countryside into our new Bungalow. That is going to be so cool. It is going to be marvellous settling in to our new home.

Second, I am going to enjoy some great time with my family… Continue

I quickly relaxed after this morning when I got in a bit of a flap after I thought I had lost my wallet - it was in my bag. I also missed my train - but there was another one straight after it. It is a reminder that nothing is that much of a problem so not worth getting into a flap about.

A friend of ours has lent us some money so that we can exchange on our house really quickly. I can't wait. It is going to be so great. We will be moving in a week on Friday, and we will start packing on Tuesda… Continue

Had a great weekend.

It was lovely seeing our friends. First in Oxford - we went to our friends 40th Birthday. Enjoyed a lovely meal at a french restaurant and had a great chin-wag. We stayed over - which was nice - and had a lazy start to Sunday too before driving back home.

Went for a run today - almost 11 miles. Good pace too. I did 10 miles in 1 hour 32 minutes. I am doing a 10 mile race next weekend. So I was pleased to have done that distance. I started off slowly and I felt by the end t… Continue

Great news today. We have signed all the forms on our house buying and selling and we will be moving in a couple of weeks time! Very exciting! I cannot believe we are actually moving so soon! We will be in before christmas for sure.

Weighed in this morning at 12 stone 2 lbs. I will be going for a run in the morning. It will be quite a long one I think. Can't wait. I love running and I just got my new magazine through the post today - Runners World.

We have been enjoying some really lovely cham… Continue

26 November

Went for breakfast this morning at my usual cafe. A friend of mine popped in and said hi and had a bit of a chat. Great to see Ed.

Walked over to the conference. I was at it all day and I sent updates back to the office after each session. People really enjoyed them and I enjoyed it too!

Went for a run - 7.2km - tonight. In the dark. Obviously. It was a little cold at first, but as soon as I got into it I loved it!

Weighed in this morning at 12st 2lbs. I will be 11stone 13lbs tom… Continue

All very exciting.

I weighed in at 12 stone 1lb this morning. Thats really good because it is over 3.5lbs lower than yesterday. Clearly those clementines have done their work. I was really pleased that I managed to get out for a run last night. It was dark. It was wet. It was windy. You know what - I really enjoyed it! Just me battling against the elements. I also did some weights for my arms, and chest, and did stomach crunches. My biceps are getting really quite large now. Cool!

On my challe… Continue

Weighed in this morning at 12stone 4lbs. A result of eating lots of fruit yesterday. I always wonder whether eating healthily is always good for the weight. The key thing is though that it is all about getting the balance right, and quite possibly eating a whole net bag of around 10 clementines probably was not entirely consistent with eating a balanced diet. I am sure that tomorrow I will 12 stone - on the nose!

I have eaten really healthily so far today.

Poached eggs on toast for breakfast (… Continue

Since we are moving house I thought that I would reflect on what has happened in the last five years in terms of major events and changes.

Promoted - I have been promoted twice and my pay has increased by around 50%
Fitness - I have lost 5 stone in weight and I am so much fitter than I used to be.
Cars - I have owned 2 more cars
Runner - I am now a runner. I did not used to do any sport
Cyclist - I used to cycle to work - but i have now done long distance cycles - e.g. chatham to whitstable
Exp… Continue