I have crawled from my sick bed to let you all know that I will be appearing on Today Tonight tonight discussing the issue of why fashion excludes sizes 16+.

Tune in tonight from 6:30pm, Channel 7 and have a look at what I and others have to say on the issue. When I can find a copy online to embed on the site, I’ll be sure to do so!

(A quick update from my Bridge to Brisbane 2009 donation page. I’m still raising money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, so go and donate now!)

So I’ve been training hard for the Bridge to Brisbane. I’m doing pushups to get some upper body strength. This will allow me to push people out of the way and to support myself when I get to the end and need to lean on something.

However I’m also walking whenever I can. I fit in a bit here and there on the way and back home from work. I’ve also done a couple of walks around the area during my week off work last week.

All in all, it’s all going gangbusters and I’m looking forward to doing the actual walk at the end of August. Don’t forget to dig deep and give! Every dollar helps.

My mum has been working hard over the last three years to organise a community garden in her local community. The official opening was today and Natalie and I went down to check it out. Natalie has even put together a video of our trip (and also a review of some new pens she recently bought). You can check out her other videos on YouTube as well.

It’s a space to allow people who don’t have the space, or who enjoy community company, to get together and grow their own veggies. There are around 40 plots of 3 meters x 3 meters which is plenty of space to grow enough veggies for yourself and to have some left to spare. There are even raised beds for the physically disabled to allow them to enjoy the fun in the sun.

I’m very proud of my mum and what she has achieved. She even had the audacity to ask for more money for more beds (as seen in the video). My mum is awesome. They estimated that over 300 people attended this afternoon’s opening. That’s amazing to be honest. Maybe it was due to her becoming a media tart in the last few days.

Lets hope we can get some stuff like this in our local area soon. I’d love a garden bed to get into a grow some veggies of our own!