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I have noticed that so much in life is negative!!!
- what we point out about others
- what we watch on the TV
- the way we are taught
- what we read in the newspaper
walking down the street the things and people you pass do you see the good things or do you look at the bad? Do you see people outfits that don’t go together, if they are over weight, are they under weight, do they have a bad hair style, how unclean the streets are or how many paving slabs are broken?
How are we taught at school? Did your teachers point out to you what you had done right or what you had done wrong? If I wrote a list of 10 words and one was spelt wrong, would you say to me well done you got 9 out of 10 right? or would you say errrr you spelt that wrong? So many of the things we point out to others are how they have done something bad, why? because this is how we are taught, so we are programed to think this is the only way we can teach, but this is not true.
The things we read in the papers! Well I can’t remember the last time I picked up a paper and there was a positive story on the front page. This is nothing to do with all the people working for the paper being negative and depressing it’s what sells the papers. Why do we love to read about how many people have been killed and how many have been burgled in your local area, wouldn’t it be uplifting to read about how many people have helped there neighbors, and reach a goal they have been working towards, or have achieved something great. Rather than how many shops are closing down how many are opening.
The TV programs that get good ratings are what? X factor, Jerry Springer, dancing on Ice, Jeromy Kyle ect ask yourself what are they about? what bits do you most enjoy? I am guilty of it too I only watch the auditions of xfactor too see the bad people and to see what Simin Cowell is going to say bout them. Dancing on Ice I only noticed this while watching the other day, I thought I was watching to see them doing the dances on the ice (I do aswell) however I was laughing at how bad Kerry was and then waited to hear what the judges said about her and of course it wasn’t good. Often in these competitions some untalented people get votes to keep them in as how did Waner do so well on the x factor?
Today try and see how many positive things you can see, a beautiful view, someone who has achived something great.
I hope you have a happy and positive day 
P.S What ever happened to the good things that used to be broad casted at the end of the news,
Toning that tummy
I have had some great feedback from the last video, and some great questions so I will be answering them very soon. If you have any questions just comment bellow and I will get back to you asap.
This is the second part of the workout I used to loose my baby weight. Like I had said before if you are limited for time for any reason e.g a baby, work, shopping, or socializing the workout can be split into these two different sections so you can just grab 10 minutes and do something that will for sure work. I got my tummy back to normal within 4 months of having a baby with these exercises. I will take some pictures no so you can see the real results.
I hope you enjoy and you get the time to give it a go.
What pushchair???
I found this very difficult as there are so many and they all sound great in theory. I decided that I wanted a travel system so I didn’t have to wake Leo every time he arrived somewhere so this was the first decision.
There are thousands, I looked and looked and got my husband and Alan who works with us into different pushchairs and their specs.I was out with Alan once and he nearly dragged me across a main road to see what type of pushchair a lady had.
I had chosen the maxi-cosi car seat as they are reviewed to be the best you can buy so anything that didn’t work with that was out, but still so many. Some of the travel systems are so ugly and others look like the baby will fall out when you go up a hill. I read review after review on the internet and asked women in the street what they had and what was it like. The only one that stood out beyond the rest that was the icandy, I have still never heard a bad thing about them. It folds and turns, the baby can face you or away on any of the attachments that come with it, there is the general seat ( that can lay right down flat), the carrycot, the car seat, the foot-muff, the matching bag, the fleece seat liner, the sun hood, the rain cover and you can change it from a 4 wheel to a 3 wheel if you go off road. the handle bars can be moved up and down so whatever your height it’s right and no excuses from the other half about pushing!!!
I went for the apple, because we are planning on having more children and I don’t want a big gap in between them. You can get an extra the converts it into a double pushchair, but not one of these that the child is almost on the floor ( I’d be worried about kicking them in the head as I walked). The pear also dose this however is much heavier and I didn’t want to be lifting it in and out the car if I was pregnant again or to have to ask a passer by to help! And the Cherry didn’t have the option to become a double buggy. Do your research and go to the shop and push them around and don’ forget the department stores have baby sections.
I’m so glad I went for this chair I love mine, they are one of the more expensive but I think you need to ask yourself what’s it worth to put you baby in a safe place and push a comfortable push chair, you must think of your health and your babies.
Good luck hunting the right one for you down, do feel embarrassed ask people how they find there’s and take them for a test drive. If you can take your man along with you as he will need to find it comfy too. Be realistic in what you need from a pushchair if you are clear in your mind before you go looking it can save so much time.
Enjoy.
Kung Fu Summer Party :-)
The Kung Fu Schools Summer party went really well I want to say a massive thank you to everyone who came and supported the event and for the wonderful food that everyone brought along with them. It makes such a difference when so many people do a little something.
We had a bouncy castle, giant jenga, giant connect 4, space hopper races and face painting, it will be hard to beat next year but I’m sure we will come up with something.
I have started working on Halloween things, I can’t wait to decorate the Kung Fu Schools again, I just hope that baby will give me chance to whizz round and do it, he will have to have a day with daddy
Thank you again for all the help and support from everyone.
A Gift For You Treat yourself to dinner!
It’s far to hot to cook this week so why not pop out for dinner?! use this 2 for 1 voucher at Prezzo’s.
Enjoy your dinner!!!!!!!
Welcome to the women’s martial arts!!!!
I’m Lindsey Hawkes the Simo (Wife of Sifu) of Sifu Paul Hawkes of The Kung Fu Schools. Thank you for visiting my blog site.
I will be blogging from a woman’s point of view about, martial arts, life as a Simo, events at our Kung Fu Schools (parties, fates, gradings, seminars) etc. I’m dyslexic so there will be spelling mistakes along the way however why should I let this hold me back.
I am seven months pregnant at the moment so will also be reporting on the many changes my body has been through and what is happening each week. I will let you all know how I find being a mum and all the trials we went through to find the right pushchair! Exercise while your pregnant is hard work so will be letting you all know what I have been doing in detail including any breaks I take.
Of course I want to show you how you can still defend yourself (including if you’re pregnant) . I will do some videos on this with the help of my husband Master Paul Hawkes.
I will be posting links to shopping vouchers as these are always useful to everyone so the more that are out there the better.
For those of you that train at The Kung Fu School you will have heard about the “Lindseyisumz” they will also be available here. “Lindseyisumz” are my own explanations of what the Chinese name for the shape this is how I have remembered the system of Wing Chun Kung Fu. Not all of the instructors like them as they say they are “far to girly and nontraditional” however it helped me learn and has helped some of the students at the school and my job as an instructor is to help them learn the system.
I look forward to seeing your comments on the these things so will be posting very soon. I hope you have a great day.