The diary of an outrageously successful year - 2008

Day 3 Season 5 - Spending Time with Friends from phil bradburn on Vimeo.

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Went for a drive to look at houses. We were looking around an area called Kings Hill. It is in West Malling. It used to be an airbase I understand. We have decided that we really do want to live there. It is similar to where we live at the moment, but there are some really big houses there - which is what we want.

Went to a friends place for dinner. Lindsey and Paul's. We had a fab meal, a great chat and lots to drink. It was fun being with friends that are so much fun. We had some much to talk… Continue

Season 5 Intentions - 100 day challenge from phil bradburn on Vimeo.

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Day 67: Season 4: Relaxing day

So, weighed in at 11stone13lbs today. That was odd since I cycled 40 miles the previous day and somehow gained weight. Am sure that it is a temporary upward blip. My target for the end of the week - Day 74 is to be at 11stone 9lbs.

Feel great after cycling. Went out running with Susie, and with Nick. We managed only 1km before I twisted my ankle. It was agony - and got worse during the day. Susie looked after me really well though, so it was nice to be looked aft… Continue

Did I make it to Whitstable - 55 km cycle adventure from phil bradburn on Vimeo.
Watch this and see the lovely Kent countryside and the lovely towns of Faversham and Whitstable.

This is a story of friendship, conquering challenges, and having fun on the road.

Doing this challenge was one of my intentions for this season.… Continue

Catch up on the latest

It is snowing! Yippee! I love it when it snows because everything looks so beautiful and clean.

Was interviewing on a board this morning. really enjoyed it. I love doing interviews and I was pleased to help an old colleague of mine out too by being on the panel with him.

We have been looking at houses on the internet. There are so many more opportunities at the moment - lovely houses that just were not on the market a year ago when we were looking. Prices of course are lower - both for ours an… Continue

Went to my italian class and learned (in theory at least) to count to 1 billion :-) In practice to count to 100. Sounds so good! ;-) I am doing so well and will be able to use my Italian when I do my Italian Roadtrip. One of our friends has said that we can stay with them in Italy when we go. It will be really good to see them.

I wrote in my journal that I would get something unexpected. My partner Susie got me some arm and leg weights to use during my running! There were also two letters waiti… Continue

Great couple of days.

Made some lovely food - am experimenting with fish at the moment and making healthy meals. They seem to be doing pretty well!

I weighed in at my lowest ever on day 25 - 11stone and 11lbs! How cool. I was half a pound up on day 26 - but I am sure that is a minor blip.

Did a 3km run this morning. I achieved a personal best on my pace - managing 5minute km's on average. I am really pleased at that.

My hip is hurting a little from when I fell over on the ice last week. I wi… Continue

Day 23 was work. That went pretty well. I met up with one of the new people joining my division. She will turn out to be an excellent choice. Did plenty of other things at work - making progress on a number of fronts. It was possible to scope out some work that will be coming up that we need to do over the next few months. I am looking forward to it all.

Had another estate agent around. We are clear about what we are going to do with our house buying - basically it will happen during season 5 a… Continue

Had an estate agent around tonight. He gave some useful - and honest advice. He said I should wait before I put our house on the market. We are in no rush - and things are going our way because we want to buy a larger house. We will be able to build a larger deposit too!

Did a few things at work. Seems to be working pretty well. I am getting plenty of things done.

I have redone my massive spreadsheet and it calculates everything now. It shows when we can afford to move house at different point… Continue

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An excellent day.

I did my second Toastmasters speech. This one was around developing transitions between key ideas or issues in the speech, creating a strong opening and conclusion. I did really well. I focused mine around Getting things Done - or as I called it - Hyperproductivity!

On the way back I bought some more eggs and bread so that I can make my own poached eggs on toast in the morning for breakfast. Doing it myself is saving me an absolute fortune on what I used to spend in the cafe.… Continue

I made it into work. It took 3 hours. It was good though that the train kept getting diverted, closer to its original destination ! Cool. I walked across the park to work and took some video. I will upload that soon.I got some small tasks completed today, and I made the most of my extended time on the train to do some writing in my journal.

Working again on the house figures and I think I understand it better now - including how much we can accept and how expensive a house we will be able to bu… Continue

I am in control of my finances: I have gone through the finances with a fine toothed comb and assembled a spreadsheet which includes a budget, our accounts, and also a house buying sheet which does all of the deposit, stamp duty calculations, and mortgage calculations. I can actually see now the impact on the amount we can spend on a house, when I reduce spending on frivolous items. What a motivator that is! :-)

I am currently trying to find the best place to buy frozen veggies -… Continue

Fitness / today i went running at Trossley Country Park in Kent. Went with a friend and my partner. We had good fun and we did a 4km run at an ok pace. Weighed at 12/1 this morning.

Money / reviewed finances and set a budget. We will save lots of money. We now have a goal of amazing enough for our new house. Can't wait. We had an. Had an agent around. We will probably go on the market soon. We will find a house we want for the ptrice we want to pay.

Great day and it also snowed!

Had great fun on Friday. Some friends came down for dinner. I cooked balsamic beef with spinach, potatoes and peas. Was lovely - and of course we washed it down with a few bottles of cava. It was fun to have a relaxing evening with friends.

We are out tonight with some friends. We are going to an indian restaurant called Lazzat in Vigo village. It is a lovely place and we have been a few times before. We are going to celebrate a friends birthday and so it will be great to see him and our other… Continue

I am doing really well today.

I was super productive. I did lots of mini-tasks at work and just blasted through them. Was great to get the buzz of finishing things off or making progress on things that I could easily find myself procrastinating on. I marked everything that… Continue

Day 13 Season 4 : Mi Chiamo Phil from phil bradburn on Vimeo.… Continue