{"id":3387,"date":"2011-11-04T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2013-08-27T07:48:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T21:48:26","slug":"8-things-i-love-this-week-new-zealand-zumba-love-on-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2011\/11\/8-things-i-love-this-week-new-zealand-zumba-love-on-top\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Things I love this week: New Zealand, Zumba, Love on Top"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another gratitude round up&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Our trip to New Zealand<\/h2>\n<p>We had a fantastic first family of four holiday to New Zealand. The only problem being that it was too short! You can read more about it over on y travel blog on our posts written about the<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ytravelblog.com\/tag\/new-zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\"> New Zealand trip<\/a><\/strong>, or see some photos of our <strong><a title=\"Family Time in Rotorua New Zealand\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2011\/10\/family-time-in-rotorua-new-zealand\/\" target=\"_blank\">family time in Rotorua.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Speaking at the Australian Writers Convention<\/h2>\n<p>I was incredibly nervous to be talking about writing and blogging to a group of professional writers. I kept thinking they would check my blog and see how bad my writing is!! It, however, went really well. They were a receptive audience, who were very excited by the possibility of travel blogging and the opportunities available in Australia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3345\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2011\/10\/family-time-in-rotorua-new-zealand\/rotorua-294\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3345\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3345\" title=\"Rotorua 294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rotorua-294.jpg\" alt=\"Polynesia spa Rotorua\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rotorua-294.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rotorua-294-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Rotorua-294-580x386.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Polynesian spa<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Inspirational Quote<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a\u00a0chance\u00a0to show how badly we want something&#8221;- Randy Pausch<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Zumba<\/h2>\n<p>I am going <strong><a title=\"Zumba: Exercise the Whole Family Can Enjoy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mojitomother.com\/2011\/10\/zumba-exercise-the-whole-family-can-enjoy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zumba<\/a><\/strong> mad lately, doing it every day. I love it because it is fun exercise. I am sure I look ridiculous, and Craig giggles a lot. I would never call myself a dancer, but my soul is loving it as my body so who cares!<\/p>\n<h2>Song of the Week: Love on Top by Beyonce<\/h2>\n<p>I love the soul in this song! So much fun.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know how she manages to dance in that black suit at the end without her boobs flopping out.<br \/>\n<object width=\"853\" height=\"480\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/Ob7vObnFUJc?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"853\" height=\"480\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/Ob7vObnFUJc?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<h2>Breaking through fears and just doing it<\/h2>\n<p>Four years ago I met one of the most inspirational person, Yossi Ghinsberg, whose stories and lessons learned from them have had a huge impact on my life. I have really wanted to interview him on our podcast for a very long time, but have been too scared to ask.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, I just got over that and asked. Feels good to break through your fear barriers. Now if only he&#8217;ll say yes! If he does I will be stoked, yet will freak out.<\/p>\n<h2>Blog Post: The Difference between You and the Most incredible People on Earth- Corbert Barr<\/h2>\n<p>I love this post by Corbert Barr outlining<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.corbettbarr.com\/incredible-differences\" target=\"_blank\"> how you can be\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ee;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">extraordinary<\/span><\/span>. <\/strong>It just means doing a few extra things that others aren&#8217;t willing to do.<\/p>\n<p>It is similar to my guest post this week on Lifehack: <strong>h<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifehack.org\/articles\/lifestyle\/how-to-go-from-ordinary-to-extraordinary.html\" target=\"_blank\">ow to go from ordinary to extraordinary<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another gratitude round up&#8230; Our trip to New Zealand We had a fantastic first family of four holiday to New Zealand. 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