Two weeks ago I flew to Cape Town and Durban to speak at some Discovery award functions.

I flew in and out the same day which meant lots of time in airports and lots of time on aeroplanes.

Even though my main goal for the day was simply to show up and do an inspiring talk, I found that I actually had exceptionally productive days aside from the talks.

Let me show you what I got done:

On flight

1. Wrote out thank-you cards for the babies’ birthday presents
2. Read 3 ebooks I’d downloaded
3. Reviewed my notes for the talks
4. Planned out my How to say no without feeling guilty teleseminar (If you missed it, I now coach on this topic in 30 and 60-minute segments)

At the airport

1. Responded to all emails
2. Completed this expert interview
3. Returned and made telephone calls
4. Chatted to fellow passengers and tourists still in the country from the Soccer World Cup

The one thing which saved me such a lot of time and energy was using Platinum Parking at OR Tambo airport. Their service truly was fantastic and I will definitely be using them again. No question!

P.S. I’m not being paid to write about Platinum Parking

I’m trying to sneak in a few pictures that are even REMOTELY connected to food every week on my MPM post. Did you notice?

This is real, authentic, Scottish shortbread that Suzanne ordered at a coffee shop in Loch Lomond, near Stirling in Scotland. I had to take a pic because it was so pretty. Can you see the dusting of icing sugar on the top? She said it tasted as good as it looked (I didn’t have a piece because I was saving myself for some cake).

Dion says we girls were flirting with him but I am quick to correct him and say, “hello! that was Suzanne!” The coffee shop was conveniently empty when we arrived so he spent a good 30 – 45 minutes just chatting to us – lovely to hear the Scottish accent.

Last week’s talk
I can’t even believe it was just a week ago when I was speaking to those ladies and amazingly, there were a couple of men there too.

The setting was GORGEOUS (Mangwanani Spa at the Indaba Hotel) and the groups were nice and interactive, just like I like it. Lots of questions which means they were listening

And they ALL signed up to my newsletter afterwards

Last week I am so glad I ate well on the Monday because that is all I ate the entire week until I got home from the hospital. Dion ate ready meals so he was constantly hungry – I keep telling him those things don’t fill you and are expensive to boot, so he finally gets what I’ve been saying

So this week…

Monday
Honey and mustard chicken with brown rice. The chicken’s cooked with carrots and onions so that’s the veg.

Tuesday
Dion’s night

Wednesday
Dion to movies, Marcia – chicken biryani from freezer

Thursday
The curry, rice and pumpkin from the freezer. It’s been there for 3 weeks now

Friday
Out to supper at our friends’ house

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Visit Laura for more menus and have a WONDERFUL week!

Remember last week when I told you about that expensive sandwich in England?

Here’s another one. This one cost 5 Euro (R60) in Clonakilty, Ireland.

Today I’m speaking to two groups of women in business on “how to manage your time and get the right things done”.

I’ll let you know how it goes – I’m sure it’s going to be FABULOUS because this is my FAVOURITE speaking topic to my FAVOURITE type of audience so we are sure to have FUN FUN FUN

Can you tell I’m excited???

Tomorrow, I’m having an operation and they say I won’t have to stay over *please pray that this is so* I’ve had this done twice before and the previous two times I had to stay the night which I hated.Anyway, because of that, my menu is very simple this week:

Monday
My usual stir-fried chicken, veggies and noodles. I made it last week with a satay sauce (really just a tablespoon of peanut butter per pan – I do each meal separately) which was SO DELICIOUS it was almost sinful

Tuesday
I’ll be drugged on painkillers, probably. Dion will grab some leftovers…

Wed – Friday
I have some things in the freezer. The curry and rice from last week is still there, there are also some ready-made meals to just pop into the microwave. Normally I hate buying things like this – expensive and not as good as my cooking – but I’m taking it easy and focussing on getting well.

Any ideas for some REALLY quick meals? I won’t be able to stand for very long periods…

Visit Laura for more menus (did you have a good holiday, Laura?) and have a great week!