Not much to report this week after last week's blogging efforts! I expected to have done heaps this week being an extra long weekend for me but as usual I was sick for 5 of those days so I spent the whole time cold and miserable with a throbbing headache and wanting to sleep all day. I did get to watch the first season of "Hart of Dixie" which one of the girls at work suggested I would like so I spent most of the weekend on the couch watching it with hot tea and lots of soup and toast. A couple of times I actually fell asleep so had to rewind it and go back to the ones I missed. Good show and I really enjoyed it. MM is not keen on my "girly shows" but he was really busy with customers so I barely saw him in all that time! That took care of Friday and Saturday.
Sunday I received really sad news that a friend of ours from New Zealand had passed away quickly on Sunday morning. Her husband came home from work for lunch and found her on the floor, dead. She was only 32 years old and it really hit me hard for some reason. I spent most of Sunday upset and MM was really down about it. We found out a few days later from her husband that it was a blood clot. This one got her three years to the day that another one had passed through her lung and almost killed her then. It was just so sad because we had been chatting on Facebook the night before and she was still feeling off colour. She had been ill since Friday night. She had also had a hip replacement operation a couple of months ago as well that she wasn't really recovering from too well. So I wonder if that may have contributed as well. Either way she will be so sadly missed and made me think a lot about my own health issues and taking better care of myslef as well as though around me.
It also made me aware of making sure I tell those closest to me how much I love them because you just never know if you will see them again. Family and friends still have a bit of a chuckle as it has always been a habit of mine and MM's to give each other a kiss before we go our separate ways for the day. People always say "after 14 years and you are still kissing each other goodbye". At night we still do the "I love you" before going to sleep. Another habit we started from the time we started sharing our bed. It has always worried me that one day we may not see each other again for whatever reason.
Anyway back at work today and feeling a little better although still a little chilled. Hopefully all will be good by this weekend!
Anyway have a great week!
Ciao! xoxoxoxox
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Pic for Chris H - Hunners!
Chris here is a picture of what are apparently called hunners...high heels runners!
Here is the contestants and the lady in question is in the bottom row on the right hand side with the cleavage!
Third Year Anniversary
Today is the third anniversary of my dad's passing which is sad as always but this year was the first time I got through the day without feeling down about it. Probably because I thought the 6th was Thursday and I was psyched up for that day! Anyway I posted a nice verse on Facebook then because work was so busy today, I plugged on and never really gave it too much more thought although at lunch time I did have a sit and think about dad but then got on with things again.
I called mum after I got home from work to see how she was coping. As you can imagine this time of year is very hard on her and as I suspected, she was a bit down but in reasonably better spirits this year. We talked about her day and she talked a bit about dad and how 60 years ago today Dad was in England being Guard of Honour at Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. He had been called back from fighting in the Korean War and was specially selected as one of a few Australian soldiers selected to be Guard of Honour. He always spoke of attending the Royal Dinner with the Queen and was the dinner partner of Queen Salotti (unsure of spelling!) of Tonga who he said was an immensely massive woman who had to have a chair specially made to suit her large frame. The Aussie soldiers had spent several weeks training how to eat properly, how to meet dignatories, how to march with the Queens Guards as well as learning to stand perfectly still for hours on end! That was his big claim to fame! He always told us how much he hated Charles and Anne, the prince and princess. Apparently they were the biggest brats and would spend hours trying to get them all in trouble by trying to make them move. Dad always said they were horrendously spoilt by the Queen.
Other than that my day was fine. I managed to leave work at a reasonable hour. Still icy cold outside but no wind tonight. MM and I just had soup and toast for dinner as AJ works back late tonight and he generally gets his own dinner when he gets home.
Anyway almost time for The Amazing Race Australia. This one makes me laugh. There is some silly woman in it who is insisting on wearing her "hunners" - high heel runners! And she looks ridiculous. That along with her little g-string, tiny short skirt and her boobs popping out of her top as she runs and her makeup makes her look like a clown! But her boyfriend on the race with her seems to love her. She is good entertainment!
Nighty night!
Ciao xoxoxox
I called mum after I got home from work to see how she was coping. As you can imagine this time of year is very hard on her and as I suspected, she was a bit down but in reasonably better spirits this year. We talked about her day and she talked a bit about dad and how 60 years ago today Dad was in England being Guard of Honour at Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. He had been called back from fighting in the Korean War and was specially selected as one of a few Australian soldiers selected to be Guard of Honour. He always spoke of attending the Royal Dinner with the Queen and was the dinner partner of Queen Salotti (unsure of spelling!) of Tonga who he said was an immensely massive woman who had to have a chair specially made to suit her large frame. The Aussie soldiers had spent several weeks training how to eat properly, how to meet dignatories, how to march with the Queens Guards as well as learning to stand perfectly still for hours on end! That was his big claim to fame! He always told us how much he hated Charles and Anne, the prince and princess. Apparently they were the biggest brats and would spend hours trying to get them all in trouble by trying to make them move. Dad always said they were horrendously spoilt by the Queen.
Other than that my day was fine. I managed to leave work at a reasonable hour. Still icy cold outside but no wind tonight. MM and I just had soup and toast for dinner as AJ works back late tonight and he generally gets his own dinner when he gets home.
Anyway almost time for The Amazing Race Australia. This one makes me laugh. There is some silly woman in it who is insisting on wearing her "hunners" - high heel runners! And she looks ridiculous. That along with her little g-string, tiny short skirt and her boobs popping out of her top as she runs and her makeup makes her look like a clown! But her boyfriend on the race with her seems to love her. She is good entertainment!
Nighty night!
Ciao xoxoxox
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
My Terrific Tuesday
Today is my usual day off and although I had nothing actually planned, it turned out to be rather fun. Overnight an arctic chill seemed to hit Brisbane so it was actually a good day to stay in bed a bit longer and snuggle under the doonah! Outside I could hear the wind howling so it definately was an effort to get out of bed.
I stayed in my flannies until around 10:30am, did a bit of housework, watched a movie with MM then decided I would go shopping. I had a couple of errands to run so figured I should probably make a start. It was rather horrible getting out of the car once I got to Westfield because I had the car heater on and it was oh so warm in there as opposed to outside which was oh so damned icy cold!
I ended up ringing N1 and my sister K and asked if they wanted to come down and do lunch which they did so while I waited for them to get there (and knowing Ni would take at least an hour to get dressed and make herself presentable!) I wandered around the shops. I had to buy MM a couple of pairs of new trackie dacks as his old ones were...well...OLD and no longer fleecy lined and with more holes than swiss cheese! So they were keeping nothing warm! Had a quick look around at a couple of stores and ended up buying a couple on special at Best and Less. MM hates the trackies with elastic at the bottom of the legs so I managed to find some that were straight legged and had a back pocket for his wallet and deep pockets for his keys and phone.
Then off to the Post Office to mail a special care package off then back to the Food Court to await N1 and K.
As I suspected they took ages to get there so I quickly ducked into a couple of jewelery shops that sell Pandora charms. Didn't buy of course but found a couple for my wish list :)
At last they arrived so we headed to find something eat and ended up running into mum and her sister who had just finished their ten pin bowling game. I have managed to convince mum to spend a day out once a week with her sister and they both love to bowl (my aunt is in a league) so they play lunchtime every Tuesday when there is absolutely no-one in there! So we ended up sitting with them and yakked for about an hour or so. N1 had the sushi, I had a plate of really nice chinese and K went for the McDonalds. Was a really nice hour spent chatting and eating. Haven't done that for a while.
Eventually mum and my aunt decided to browse some more at one of the Bargain shops and N1, K and myself went to have a look at new trendy clothing store because N1 wanted to show the dress she wants to buy when she gets a job. She has finally decided she needs to work now as all her friends work and can afford new clothes and she can't. Funny how our teens never listen to what we tell them eh? She is looking for a new handbag as well and loves mine so she wants one similar. I told her I would buy her one once she gets a job which made her happy.
Next N1 wanted to get a new motivational type book. She finished the Miranda Kerr one I bought and hasn't stopped talking about it. She has actually started reading it again and following some of the advice which pleased me immensely to know I have actually made some kind of impact on her life. Apparently Miranda drinks something called Nori juice or something like that which N1 bought and is now taking religiously every morning. It smells and tastes revolting but you have to take 10mls in a glass of apple or orange juice. She has been taking it for 2 days and seriously you can already see the difference. She had a huge zit the night before and she said by next morning it was completely gone with no redness...nothing. And she claims her skin has already starting looking better.
Anyway at the book shop she wanted to find a book by Louise Hay called "How to heal yourself" or something along those lines because it is Miranda's favourite self help author and helped her to write the book and a lot of the ideas in it comes from Louise Hay. We ended up finding it but N1 was disappointed in not being able to afford it so I ended being the good aunty and buying it for her. Hey...she is on a roll and I would love to see where it takes her. So one very excited girl will be reading tonight. Two books in 2 days...that's a record for her lol. While in the store her boyfriend rang and said he was almost at Westfield and he would pick her up earlier. They had to go meet with his dad so that was my cue to leave. Hugs all round and N1 said she would let me know how the book goes.
Still so cold when I got home. MM was curled up on the couch wrapped in a blanket so I made a coffee and curled with him for a while. Then I got him to try on his tracks which as usual are too long...he is such a short arse! So I took up a couple of inches and sat at the sewing machine and ran them up. He tried them on again...perfect! The back pockets also had velcro holding it shut which he hates because he can't get his wallet in there so I unpicked the velcro off both pockets as well and now he has 2 new track pants that are way warmer than the others! Another older pair he has a still good however the elastic no longer holds them up so I will fix them later with some more elastic and that should do him.
Anyway another early night in bed. Too cold to sit up tonight so I will snuggle in bed with MM again and watch some telly.
Night all...have a great Wednesday!
Ciao! xoxoxoxox
PS I called the juice Nori Juice...I was told today by someone else who drinks it that it is Noni Juice lol...available at most health food shops and a quick Google search says it is from a fruit from Tahiti and is a great juice to overall good health.
I stayed in my flannies until around 10:30am, did a bit of housework, watched a movie with MM then decided I would go shopping. I had a couple of errands to run so figured I should probably make a start. It was rather horrible getting out of the car once I got to Westfield because I had the car heater on and it was oh so warm in there as opposed to outside which was oh so damned icy cold!
I ended up ringing N1 and my sister K and asked if they wanted to come down and do lunch which they did so while I waited for them to get there (and knowing Ni would take at least an hour to get dressed and make herself presentable!) I wandered around the shops. I had to buy MM a couple of pairs of new trackie dacks as his old ones were...well...OLD and no longer fleecy lined and with more holes than swiss cheese! So they were keeping nothing warm! Had a quick look around at a couple of stores and ended up buying a couple on special at Best and Less. MM hates the trackies with elastic at the bottom of the legs so I managed to find some that were straight legged and had a back pocket for his wallet and deep pockets for his keys and phone.
Then off to the Post Office to mail a special care package off then back to the Food Court to await N1 and K.
As I suspected they took ages to get there so I quickly ducked into a couple of jewelery shops that sell Pandora charms. Didn't buy of course but found a couple for my wish list :)
At last they arrived so we headed to find something eat and ended up running into mum and her sister who had just finished their ten pin bowling game. I have managed to convince mum to spend a day out once a week with her sister and they both love to bowl (my aunt is in a league) so they play lunchtime every Tuesday when there is absolutely no-one in there! So we ended up sitting with them and yakked for about an hour or so. N1 had the sushi, I had a plate of really nice chinese and K went for the McDonalds. Was a really nice hour spent chatting and eating. Haven't done that for a while.
Eventually mum and my aunt decided to browse some more at one of the Bargain shops and N1, K and myself went to have a look at new trendy clothing store because N1 wanted to show the dress she wants to buy when she gets a job. She has finally decided she needs to work now as all her friends work and can afford new clothes and she can't. Funny how our teens never listen to what we tell them eh? She is looking for a new handbag as well and loves mine so she wants one similar. I told her I would buy her one once she gets a job which made her happy.
Next N1 wanted to get a new motivational type book. She finished the Miranda Kerr one I bought and hasn't stopped talking about it. She has actually started reading it again and following some of the advice which pleased me immensely to know I have actually made some kind of impact on her life. Apparently Miranda drinks something called Nori juice or something like that which N1 bought and is now taking religiously every morning. It smells and tastes revolting but you have to take 10mls in a glass of apple or orange juice. She has been taking it for 2 days and seriously you can already see the difference. She had a huge zit the night before and she said by next morning it was completely gone with no redness...nothing. And she claims her skin has already starting looking better.
Anyway at the book shop she wanted to find a book by Louise Hay called "How to heal yourself" or something along those lines because it is Miranda's favourite self help author and helped her to write the book and a lot of the ideas in it comes from Louise Hay. We ended up finding it but N1 was disappointed in not being able to afford it so I ended being the good aunty and buying it for her. Hey...she is on a roll and I would love to see where it takes her. So one very excited girl will be reading tonight. Two books in 2 days...that's a record for her lol. While in the store her boyfriend rang and said he was almost at Westfield and he would pick her up earlier. They had to go meet with his dad so that was my cue to leave. Hugs all round and N1 said she would let me know how the book goes.
Still so cold when I got home. MM was curled up on the couch wrapped in a blanket so I made a coffee and curled with him for a while. Then I got him to try on his tracks which as usual are too long...he is such a short arse! So I took up a couple of inches and sat at the sewing machine and ran them up. He tried them on again...perfect! The back pockets also had velcro holding it shut which he hates because he can't get his wallet in there so I unpicked the velcro off both pockets as well and now he has 2 new track pants that are way warmer than the others! Another older pair he has a still good however the elastic no longer holds them up so I will fix them later with some more elastic and that should do him.
Anyway another early night in bed. Too cold to sit up tonight so I will snuggle in bed with MM again and watch some telly.
Night all...have a great Wednesday!
Ciao! xoxoxoxox
PS I called the juice Nori Juice...I was told today by someone else who drinks it that it is Noni Juice lol...available at most health food shops and a quick Google search says it is from a fruit from Tahiti and is a great juice to overall good health.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Not-so-Manic Monday
For a Monday today went pretty well. It's meant to be a really busy week for us in the office this week because:
1. Our wonderful and efficient admin assistant/receptionist is on 2 weeks leave so that means the phone answering/opening and sending off mail duties are divided between us. I get it the days I am in the office and D gets it when I am on my days off; and
2. We have some lovely visitors from Singapore who are here to visit our schools and kindys and see how well we do things here. My first duty this morning was to welcome them and to organise a morning tea for everyone to do a meet and greet. Thankfully boss agreed to cater in which made everything so much easier...it was just a case of whack a table cloth on the table, put out plates and set out the trays of food. Voila! Load up the dishwasher afterwards and all done...easy peasy.
Morning tea lasted until lunchtime when the Managers took the visitors off in the hire bus to visit some of our schools and kindys and during the week they will take them sightseeing to places like Lone Pine, Southbank and Seaworld.
The rest of the day was actually rather quiet which was nice so I completed my to-do list for Monday and I usually prepare things for my day off on Tuesdays so that Wednesdays at work aren't quite so hectic. I have a huge day of chores planned for Wednesday which should be good as everyone will be out of the office doing the sight seeing thing. That is of course unless something more urgent crops up which will put those plans out of kilter. Invariably this is what does happen but I will manage that as I usually do...with a *sigh* and a grumble and then on with it...
Today N1 posted me a picture on Facebook of dad's rose bush. Until a week ago or so ago this rose bush was just a stick in the ground and a very dead looking stick at that. So dead looking in fact that mum had decided she was going to pull it out but couldn't bring herself to do it as it is the last of dad's rose bushes in that particular garden. It got left as she was ill most of the week and had no energy to do anything around the house. On Friday they had the solar panel guy around and he asked to see the meter box which sits above the rose bush and this is when mum noticed the same rose bush covered in green and carrying 5 huge roses!
This is the photo N1 took. Now on Thursday is the 3rd anniversary we have been without Dad and it seems every year at this time his roses take on a life of their own. Now I know that this time of year is colder and I think this is probably the time of year that roses generally bloom but to mum it always seems to her that at this time every year Dad leaves her this gift because she is always feeling sad and down around now and it just cheers her up to have his roses in the house again. She is now adamant the rose bush is staying and she is giving it some rose food and will take good care of it. It's not really in a good spot as the soil is mostly clay and the roses in that garden never did very well even when Dad was around but for now this little bush will stay for as long as it keeps mum happy. It's certainly a far cry from the dead little stick it was when last she looked!
I have nothing planned for Tuesday's day off. It has rained on and off all weekend so I am reluctant to make any plans for that reason...I guess I will wait and see what eventuates when I get up tomorrow morning :) Have a great evening everyone!
Ciao!
xoxoxox
1. Our wonderful and efficient admin assistant/receptionist is on 2 weeks leave so that means the phone answering/opening and sending off mail duties are divided between us. I get it the days I am in the office and D gets it when I am on my days off; and
2. We have some lovely visitors from Singapore who are here to visit our schools and kindys and see how well we do things here. My first duty this morning was to welcome them and to organise a morning tea for everyone to do a meet and greet. Thankfully boss agreed to cater in which made everything so much easier...it was just a case of whack a table cloth on the table, put out plates and set out the trays of food. Voila! Load up the dishwasher afterwards and all done...easy peasy.
Morning tea lasted until lunchtime when the Managers took the visitors off in the hire bus to visit some of our schools and kindys and during the week they will take them sightseeing to places like Lone Pine, Southbank and Seaworld.
The rest of the day was actually rather quiet which was nice so I completed my to-do list for Monday and I usually prepare things for my day off on Tuesdays so that Wednesdays at work aren't quite so hectic. I have a huge day of chores planned for Wednesday which should be good as everyone will be out of the office doing the sight seeing thing. That is of course unless something more urgent crops up which will put those plans out of kilter. Invariably this is what does happen but I will manage that as I usually do...with a *sigh* and a grumble and then on with it...
Today N1 posted me a picture on Facebook of dad's rose bush. Until a week ago or so ago this rose bush was just a stick in the ground and a very dead looking stick at that. So dead looking in fact that mum had decided she was going to pull it out but couldn't bring herself to do it as it is the last of dad's rose bushes in that particular garden. It got left as she was ill most of the week and had no energy to do anything around the house. On Friday they had the solar panel guy around and he asked to see the meter box which sits above the rose bush and this is when mum noticed the same rose bush covered in green and carrying 5 huge roses!
This is the photo N1 took. Now on Thursday is the 3rd anniversary we have been without Dad and it seems every year at this time his roses take on a life of their own. Now I know that this time of year is colder and I think this is probably the time of year that roses generally bloom but to mum it always seems to her that at this time every year Dad leaves her this gift because she is always feeling sad and down around now and it just cheers her up to have his roses in the house again. She is now adamant the rose bush is staying and she is giving it some rose food and will take good care of it. It's not really in a good spot as the soil is mostly clay and the roses in that garden never did very well even when Dad was around but for now this little bush will stay for as long as it keeps mum happy. It's certainly a far cry from the dead little stick it was when last she looked!
I have nothing planned for Tuesday's day off. It has rained on and off all weekend so I am reluctant to make any plans for that reason...I guess I will wait and see what eventuates when I get up tomorrow morning :) Have a great evening everyone!
Ciao!
xoxoxox
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Finally feeling good about myself....
Just a quick blog before bed. I just got a beautiful message on Facebook from N1, my gorgeous niece, that made me so happy and so proud of her :) Just recently she knuckled down and did a 15 week course to obtain her Certificate III in Child Care. This included 3 week's prac work at a childcare centre which she loved and has decided she wants to do this as her profession and will do her photography when she has the time. This may not be exciting for anyone else but believe me this is a big deal for us as since she left high school she has drifted...not interested in working, or helping around the house, huge screaming matches with mum on a daily basis and basically just staying away from home for weeks on end with no-one really knowing who she was with or where she was. Well we did sort of know she would be with the boyfriend of that period but where was anyone's guess. She is now in much nicer relationship with a really nice guy and I beleive he is changing her for the better. I'll explain more about him later as it's bed time for me and I want this to be brief :)
Anyway I bought her a little book called "Treasure Yourself" written by Miranda Kerr and I wrote a beautiful message inside from me telling her how proud I am of her and how much I love her. I finally gave it to her today when I was over at mum's. Now N1 is not much of a reader. Generally she will start a book then get bored by Chapter 2 and then just won't go back to it. I just received her message saying how much she loved the book and that since I left she hadn't been able to put it down and is going to keep it in her bag as a motivational tool. She has already marked her favourite passages and quoted a couple to me already! I had a quick glance through the book when I bought it and there were some lovely things that made me think. Just inspirational things and things that I thought would help N1's self esteem as she doesn't believe she is good at anything and doesn't think her photography is any good and hates her looks and the usual teenage anxiety things. She was amazed to read that Miranda Kerr has the same anxieties etc and had based her book on the things people had taught her.
To have N1 message tell me how much she loved the book and how much she loved me for thinking of her just made me so happy (and yes I had a cry) :) I had bought 2 of these books (we have those door to door booksellers who leave a pile of books at the office for a couple of weeks and you can order the ones you want). They were just really cheap and I already knew I would give one to N1 but I have yet to decide whether I should keep the second for me or give it away to someone else!
Anyway bed for me...busy week at the office this week so I'll keep you posted on this week's adventures! Nighty Night! xoxoxox
Anyway I bought her a little book called "Treasure Yourself" written by Miranda Kerr and I wrote a beautiful message inside from me telling her how proud I am of her and how much I love her. I finally gave it to her today when I was over at mum's. Now N1 is not much of a reader. Generally she will start a book then get bored by Chapter 2 and then just won't go back to it. I just received her message saying how much she loved the book and that since I left she hadn't been able to put it down and is going to keep it in her bag as a motivational tool. She has already marked her favourite passages and quoted a couple to me already! I had a quick glance through the book when I bought it and there were some lovely things that made me think. Just inspirational things and things that I thought would help N1's self esteem as she doesn't believe she is good at anything and doesn't think her photography is any good and hates her looks and the usual teenage anxiety things. She was amazed to read that Miranda Kerr has the same anxieties etc and had based her book on the things people had taught her.
To have N1 message tell me how much she loved the book and how much she loved me for thinking of her just made me so happy (and yes I had a cry) :) I had bought 2 of these books (we have those door to door booksellers who leave a pile of books at the office for a couple of weeks and you can order the ones you want). They were just really cheap and I already knew I would give one to N1 but I have yet to decide whether I should keep the second for me or give it away to someone else!
Anyway bed for me...busy week at the office this week so I'll keep you posted on this week's adventures! Nighty Night! xoxoxox
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