Back soon......

I will be absent for just a little while ok - stuff is happening and i just need to deal with it.... will be reading blogs though, i couldnt imagine a day when i dont read blogs....

I am ok, dont worry...... just a corner has been turned and my path needs to be renegotiated.

Sorry i couldnt come for lunch..... didnt want to cry....

Luv

hmmmmm......

grrrr......

had some kid on my computer all evening doing a project that was due last friday..... grrrrr

havent been able to get near it until a little while ago......


have had all sorts of deep and profound thoughts runnign through my head earlier and now all that is in there is "grrrrr".............

oh dear.... the story of my life..

due to sick kids this week i have not had much sleep at all....

eyelids are even pushing the matchsticks out of my eyes..... (kidding - am not into some crazy s&m stuff, i assure you - not that i am judging anyone who Is into that stuff) ......

will DEFINATELY blog tomorrow......

i promise....

hope fully i can make it to the cottage tomorrow night... need hubby to walk in early, am affirming for that muchly ....

going to push up some daisies.... oops i mean zeds!!!!!

silly me

too tired to think again...

luv marshmallow brain

Five tips for a woman.... hee hee

1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.

2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.

3. It is important to find a man you can count on and doesn't lie to you.

4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.

5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.

Love this pickie....

Just had this picture emailed to me and loved it so much i wanted to share - busy right now but will get on later and blog........

I AM NOT WORKING THURSDAY..... YAY

Am incapable of thinking or putting together more words then the above heading.... found some gorgeous pickies for you though....... am feeling very overwhelmed....

promise to blog tomorrow ....

lots and lotsa luv

jen

xoxo

P.S. - in case you missed it... I AM NOT WORKING THUSDAY... will be my first week day off for weeks..... YAY - DOUBLE YAY..... (sorry - am very excited, did you notice??)

I know this is evil - but it still cracked me up......

Some people are like slinkies...

They are not really good for anything...

But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs!

Saturday.....

Phew - what a couple of days...

We went to The Gardens, greyhound racing at Birmingham Gardens today for Brads work Christmas party.... wasn't particularly looking forward to it as i am not into gambling but i have to say that I had a really good day... Brad's boss has been a friend of ours for at least 20 years and has one daughter that was really special to me when she was small. Her parents and us kinda went our separate ways for a few years before they asked brad to drive for them... Sam is 18 now and still an amazingly beautiful person, inside and out. When she was little she used to call me 'Mum' - we had a very special bond.... I could still feel that today. I don't see her much anymore... once every year or so but when we meet there definitely is some connection that spans longer then this lifetime. She had a lovely friend named Jenna with her today and for a pair of 18 year olds they are amazingly balanced. Chatty, friendly, easy to get along with.... you can probably tell that spending time with Sam today was the high point of my day... along with winning$63 in total for the day... I started with $2 - let my intuition guide my choices and won on 8 of the 11 races i bet on. It was a good day, good company, good weather, good winning!!

Have been researching on the net tonight for a tattoo design i like. I haven't found one yet.... and i haven't really decided where i want one... am kinda swayed towards an anklet but i don't want a thick heavy design..... hmmmmm maybe the boob...... and what to get..... have been searching for some kind of symbol - sanskrit or something - with a meaningful meaning.... and hope that it really means what it says it means... bit of a worry.... but still.... still so undecided... that is why i haven't already got one... I will do it!! I was supposed to get one for my 40th birthday last year and couldn't decide on a design... and am still looking..... hmmmm - hoping it will just jump out at me...

Had a fairly exciting afternoon yesterday too... I have decided that i will definitely go to the staff Xmas party in a couple of weeks.. only trouble is that it is a 'formal dress' function. I do not own ANYTHING that could even remotely be considered formal. Being the casual, swinging towards Bohemia type dresser that i am. So inappropriate for a 'formal' do.... So - I went and bought a Frock from Target. (notice the capitalisation of Frock - this is intended to give due reverence to the Frock) I had to take my bestie with me to help me choose. She made me try it on, cause i didn't like it, then after i had discarded all my other choices virtually 'made' me buy it - reasoning (quite rightly) that i could take it back if i decided i didn't want it after all. Hmmmm - once i got home, put on a bra to lift the twins up above my waist and the dress with some nice high heels and decided that it looked OK ....... well as good as anything was ever gonna look on me.... and am happy to keep it.

So - the moral of the story is I HAVE A FROCK!!!!

Sorry - that was probably pretty boring but big news around here.


Hmmm that was very interesting.... just went outside for a smoke and there was a huge huntsman spider, two frogs - one of which just sat on the table and looked at me, and a pair of bats fighting for landrights or something - hanging from the branch of a palm tree out the front.... that's me officially freaked out.... talk about wildlife.

oh well, will sign off now
luv to all
jen
xoxo

Mindless funnies.... sorry to say i can relate to most of this....

How true is this?..................or am I just OLD?


25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP

1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a t shirt no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time McDonald's closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the chemist for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good shit."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work. (blogging is 'real work' right??)
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh shit what the hell happened?" (nah - i think i am back at the 'shit what the hell happened point)
Bonus:
26: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old ass.

Then you forward it to a bunch of old friends 'cause you know they'll enjoy it & do the same.

I am a Prophet (as opposed to a Puddle)....

I received the latest version of Rob Brezeneys Astrology Newsletter today with a very timely message for me.... I have been struggling all afternoon with another self worth issue. It goes something like this....

I have worked at a local public school casually (one day per week plus relief) for the past 3 and a half years. During this time i have never really been made feel part of the staff because my kids (the elder two) have been there. I have never been invited to any staff function outside of school. I am halfway through my second week of 6 weeks straight work (3 - 4 days per week). I received an invitation to the staff SPC party today.... first time ever. On one hand i am happy to be finally included. On the other i just want to tell them to stick it where the sun dont shine. Hmmmm.... self worth..... deep down i feel that they never accepted me and that must somehow be my fault..... that i am not worthwhile... BUT I AM.....

Thought it through.. too much.... and decided to go... maybe i have stepped away feeling unaccepted in the early days and have stayed away... Individually i get along really well with every staff member there... as a member of the whole group i dont feel like i fit in.... so i am going to go and i am going to have a good time... and if i dont have a good time... well.... i will refuse next years invitation.

So here below is the email from rob breezeny - grab some refreshments because it is very long.....

YOU'RE A PROPHET

With the authority vested in me by the little voice in my head, I'm pleased to give you permission to add another job title to your résumé: prophet.Am I being ironic? Only partially.

The truth is, you generate numerous predictions every day. The source is your imagination, which tirelessly churns out visions of what you'll be doing in the future. The featured oracle of the moment may be as simple as a psychic impression of yourself devouring a fudge brownie in an hour or as monumental as a fantasy of building your dream home in Hawaii.

Your imagination is a treasure when it spins out scenarios that are aligned with your deepest desires. Indeed, it's an indispensable tool in creating the life you want; it's what you use to form images of the conditions you'd like to inhabit and the objects you hope to wield. Nothing manifests on the material plane unless it first exists as a mental picture.

But for most of us, the imagination is as much a curse as a blessing. You're just as likely to use it to conjure up premonitions that are at odds with your conscious values. Fearful fantasies regularly pop up, many disguising themselves as rational thoughts and genuine intuitions. They may hijack your psychic energy, directing it to exhaust itself in dead-end meditations.

Meanwhile, ill-suited longings are also lurking in your unconscious mind, impelling you to want things that aren't good for you and that you don't really need. Anytime you surrender to their allure, your imagination is practicing a form of black magic.

These are the imagination's unsavory aspects, which Zen Buddhists describe as the chatter of the "monkey mind." If you can stop locating your sense of self in the endless surge of its slapdash fantasies, only then might you be able to be here now and want what you actually have.

But whether your imagination is in service to your noble desires or in the thrall of compulsive fears and inappropriate yearnings, there is one commonality: Its prophecies can be pretty accurate. Many of your visions of the future do come to pass. The situations you expect to occur and the experiences you rehearse and dwell on are often reflected back to you as events that confirm your expectations.

Does that mean our mental projections create the future? Let's consider that possibility. What if it's at least partially true that what we expect will happen does tend to materialize? Here's the logical conclusion: It's downright stupid and self-destructive to keep infecting our imaginations with pictures of loss and failure, doom and gloom, fear and loathing. The far more sensible approach is to expect blessings.

empty green puddle....

i am still a puddle.......

have just arrived home from the last ever p&c meeting i will chair in my life YAY

(hmmm - that must be why i am a green puddle - i am a green yay too)

Am going to get into a cold bath now to try to cool down enough to sleep - wish i had of thought of it earlier i would have put a hot (cold) water bottle in the freezer for a while...

I survived touch footy - bl*#dy hot though.....

hot - tired - fed up - got cranky at work today because of overwhelmed feeling - tried not to pick on anyone though and just thought evil thoughts - does that make me evil? - probably - do i care - not right now

signing off for today....

having a bath....

i never have baths so that tells you how distressed i am

poor me....

i will get over it so dont worry...

luv empty head

xoxo

i am a puddle

this is all that is left of me...

i have melted....

dont know why i am green.....

am going to pour myself into the car and attempt to drive some kid to touch football... plurgh...

back later....

luv jen (the puddle)

Empty head....

I am the Mary of the blank mind.....

Am in dire need of sleep - too much late night partying with Marys etc, singing, laughing, tearing (not on purpose), snickering, standing, sitting, drinking hot chocolate, laughing some more, solving the problems of the world, finding out why i am so spacey, eating, talking, walking... i could go on but i won't.....

Today wasn't much better - too hot!! I wilt in the heat... It is going to be hotter tomorrow - plurgh!! At least i am in an office with air conditioning tomorrow...

Cant think -


its now an hour or so later then when i started this pist - rotten bug got in again and blocked my connection. Just about had enough of this... it is happening too often!!!

sorry.... cant think....

Trying to find something truly inspirational to leave you with...

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire

under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Stephen R. Covey

fog.....

another day....

dont know what is in store for me today.... except have to take the princesses up to supre (joy of joys) - dont forget your earplugs..

romy has me all worried about evil old ladies out of control with shopping trolleys (notice the word 'troll' in 'trolley').....

will pop into the calendar club to see if there are any bali temple type calendars in stock and to say hi.....

its very quiet in blogland lately.... everyone obviously has lives .... I did try to blog last night but had the same something blocking me from connecting - ran adaware and bingo - success. Hmmm....

I am a bit foggy in the brain - as am drugged to the eyeballs....

I woke up yesterday with a huge abscess on my gum from a tooth i am too scared to go and get pulled out. Aaaggghhhh - self medicated on antibiotics i have in the cupboard... feeling ashamed - hate drugs but the pain is too much. tis a lot better this morning. also woke up yesterday with angelina joile style lip with coldsore starting.... cant cope with that either... dropped a couple of non drug horse style tablets for that... is a little better this morning .... plurgh - and i have a big gump..... NOT SCHMICK

Basically, in the head department, its all bad....... and i feel like i am trying to think through cotton wool...... so thats off the adgenda today... thinking....

I sat down to try to put together a clever, funny, deep and meaningful pist... but now realise tit is totally beyond me...... (you probably noticed that already)

oh and i am sure i have a couple of old Jimmy Barnes, Lynard Skynard and Wiggles cassettes laying around here somewhere if anyone wants them..... free of course...

I was thinking i might wander into the Spiritualist Church tonight to hear Karen Brown... havent been there for months, could be interesting.... especially if going down for hot chocolate after the event is a possibility - i love darby st on a sunday night, well i love darby st on any night really!

Am sitting here trying to work up the energy to put some washing on.... will go and endeavor to at least get the work/school clothes and socks/undies clean.....

have fun
luv jen
xoxo

Another funny one.... am not being very deep lately... never mind, laughing is good!!!

WHY MEN ARE JUST HAPPIER PEOPLE

Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack.
You can be Prime Minister.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water slide. You can wear NO shirt to a water slide.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another servo toilet because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$100.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
The occasional well-rendered belch is practically expected.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
A five-day holiday requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, maybe decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
Your belly usually hides your big hips
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
You can "do" your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a mustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.

Bitchdom....

When I stand up for myself and my beliefs, they call me a bitch.

When I stand up for those I love, they call me a bitch.



When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts or do things my own way, they call me a bitch.



Being a bitch means I won't compromise what's in my heart.



It means I live my life MY way. It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.



When I refuse to tolerate injustice and speak against it, I am defined as a bitch.



The same thing happens when I take time for myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.



It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I "should" be.



I am outspoken, opinionated and determined. I want what I want and there is nothing wrong with that!



So try to stomp on me, try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty held within.



You won't succeed.



And if that makes me a bitch, so be it. I embrace the title and am proud to BEAR IT.

B - Beautiful

I - Intelligent

T - Talented

C - Charming

H - Hell of a woman

Regarding TEENAGERS - I only have the following to say.....

Thursday....

Aaaggghhhh - please don't threaten me with photoshop...... i will explode!!!

am here....

got home last night all buzzing and hypo and my puter was offline and having a hissy fit, the lying modem said it was on but it was off!!! LIAR - never trust appliances i say.

Had a WONDERFUL and Mary filled night last night belting away on a drum, dancing, finally meeting old friends and having an AWESOME time - thanks Laz, you rock!!! I even came home with a bargain pair of earrings!! Couldn't be better really....

Anyway am blown away by the orbs in the pickies posted by Mary's Raihn and Anchell!! Not surprised though - the place was certainly buzzing! (one word for it anyway)

Am buggered and sick of typing. Have typed for 6 hours straight at work today and have had a gutful and am going to hit the sack....

Luv you all
jen
xoxo

Three things....

1. Todays storm - it was hot and sticky and i thought i would melt, next thing i looked out the door of the office and it was black, looked like twilight with a sky that i could bump my head on. After a brief moment of panic re hail damage on my soon-to-be-for-sale car, i proceeded to rejoice in the sudden enthusiastic downpour..... I love storms.....

2. Steam on the road - After the storm passed, and the sun came out, like five minutes later - i noticed steam billowing up from the road... i dont think i have ever seen so much steam after rain on a hot day....

3. Big bike - on the way to taking my kids to school this morning i saw a little girl, riding a bike that was much too big for her, on her way to school too. Pedalling her heart out, it made me wonder how she stops, she would have to do a flying leap... cute....

HOW TO CLEAN THE HOUSE

1. Open a new file in your PC .

2. Name it "Housework."


3. Send it to the RECYCLE BIN.


4. Empty the RECYCLE BIN.


5. Your PC will ask you, "Are you sure you want To delete Housework permanently?"


6. Calmly answer, "Yes," and press mouse button firmly......


7. Feel better?


Works for me!

A pist full of pickies....

Well here is the pickie of the pister(oops i mean poster) i was telling you about - i LOVE IT!!! and i think it goes most excellently perfect in my lounge room which you can see below - just thought i would join the band wagon and pist some pickies - please try to ignore the small naked butt of the boy on the floor - he had just gotten out of the pool.... wish i could run around rudie nudie like that in this heat.... lol - i havent got enough money to pay for the kids therapy though so i guess i will refrain!!!

Below is a pickie of my most favouritest corner in the room - she brings me back to centre when i am spinning......

Here you can see my computer desk, totally messy (I think thats Jaqui's blog on the screen there!!!) and the small butt i mentioned earlier in this pist. Doesnt that poster look good!!!

thanks for looking....

oh and here is one of kitty wearing a dress!!! (this is what the bloomin princesses do while i am away, my poor boy....)

he doesnt look happy does he...... hmmmm that is the face of the long suffering.....

Luv Jen

xoxo

Aching feet and empty wallet.....

Phew - what a big day....

Have only recently returned from a fundraising shopping tour of Sydney warehouses with our school. ......

Returned to discover comments wondering why I havent pisted lately... lol

Well here i am, finally pisting, and glad that if i disappeared at least someone would miss me!!!

What a day, won 1st and 4th prize in the 50c raffle on the way home.....

Purchased a few gifts for the 'stolen pagan ceremony', a few things for myself - including a cool lump of quartz crystal with a hole drilled in it for a tealight candle, when the candle is lit it glows through the crystal, cant wait for that one.... and got given a poster on cardboard of astrology all purple and lotus etc... looking forward to putting that one up above my puter - will post photo, it is really cool (and free, even better).

We had lots of laughs and i didnt even have to donate my bra for the treasure hunt (i usually do). although there was a swear jar and i made several deposits during the day, at one point i thought i would have to open my purse and just tip it in after the bus driver told us that we may be running a bit too late to visit the Supre factory outlet... plurgh!!! we made it.. although with only 15 mins to shop... hmmm managed to snag an armfull of bargains for the princesses in the allotted time though - power shopping at its best.

anyway - very long day - i awoke at 4am and couldnt get back to sleep, the alarm was set for 5.30 - decided at 5am that if i fell asleep then i would go into a coma and sleep through the alarm and miss the bus!! So i got up, turned the computer on and was going to blog but hubby surfaced and was very chatty (strange time of the morning to be chatty i know) so missed that window of opportunity.....

Sorry for my tardy pisting.... promise never to let it happen again.... and fully intend to come on wednesday evening to the cottage to play - i love larry potter too!!! his drumming sends me off into another dimension!!! Please everyone help me affirm for my hubby getting home from work in time for me to go....

Wish i had one of those foot spa's!!! wore my most comfortable shoes and all.....

What a girl will do in search of a bargain i tell you.....

luv jen

xoxo

Thursday....

Well it has been a very peaceful couple of days - within school hours anyway....
Have wandered around my house, tidying up.... enjoying my last few days of freedom before the onslaught of 6 weeks work comes around.

have been giving a bit of thought to the quote i published yesterday about truth. I wholeheartedly agree with it. my issues comes from putting it into practice. I seem to be a walking example of not listening to any organisation, or anyones creed or dogma. My entire time i have been endeavoring to know myself. I think i have been failing miserably - as i dont feel to have made any progress for a long time.

I have come to the conclusion that without like minded friends, you tend to get trapped in your head and growth is slow, if at all. or is it just me? how do those guru's that shut themselves in caves get on i wonder.

Am going to try very hard to come to RC next wednesday evening. Will depend on my hubby getting home in time to mind the kidlets. Will affirm for this all week.

Oh well... will go to bed and continue to ponder.....

Luv Jen
xoxo

Tickled my fancy.....

TO: GOD
FROM: THE DOG
Dear God: Why do humans smell the flowers, but seldom, if ever, smell one another?
Dear God: When we get to heaven, can we sit on your couch? Or is it still the same old story?
Dear God: Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not ONE named for a dog? How often do you see a cougar riding around? We do love a nice ride! Would it be so hard to rename the "Chrysler Eagle" the "Chrysler Beagle"?
Dear God: If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?
Dear God: We dogs can understand human verbal instructions, hand signals, whistles, horns, clickers, beepers, scent ID's, electromagnetic energy fields, and Frisbee flight paths. What do humans understand?
Dear God: More meatballs, less spaghetti, please.
Dear God: Are there mailmen in Heaven? If there are, will I have to apologize?
Dear God: Let me give you a list of just some of the things I must remember to be a good dog:
1. I will not eat the cats' food before they eat it or after they throw it up.
2. I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc., just because I like the way they smell.
3. The Litter Box is not a cookie jar.
4. The sofa is not a 'face towel'.
5. The garbage collector is not stealing our stuff.
6. I will not play tug-of-war with Dad's underwear when he's on the toilet.
7. Sticking my nose into someone's crotch is an unacceptable way of saying "hello".
8. I don't need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm under the coffee table.
9. I must shake the rainwater out of my fur before entering the house - not after.
10. I will not come in from outside and immediately drag my butt.
11. I will not sit in the middle of the living room and lick my crotch.
12. The cat is not a 'squeaky toy' so when I play with him and he makes that noise, it's usually not a good thing.

Truth.....

"Humans cannot come to Truth through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest, or ritual, not through any philosophic knowledge or psychological technique. They have to find it through the understanding of the contents of their own minds, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection."

-J. Krishnamurti

International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day...

I received this email today - thought i would share it....

Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day, so please send this message to someone you think fits this description. Please do not send it back to me as I have already received it from a Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman! And remember this motto to live by:

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Have a wonderful day !

nurture spirit

Hello

here i am

there you are

am feeling a bit overwhelmed

just been offered (and accepted) 3 - 4 days per week work til the end of this term.... awesome money wise, not so awesome life wise.

Hmmm - whole purchasing and collating of gifts for whole family for the hugely expensive, totally overrated, 'stolen pagan celebration' first and foremost in my mind.....

Going on a fundraising bus trip to the Sydney factory outlets this Saturday.... will need to make copious lists. Am not a list person. The need to get organised is annoying me.

More work coming up you said Lisa, you were right!!........ Organisation - my big 'thing' in this lifetime. 5 planets in Virgo, should be a piece of cake..... not!!

Majorly high on my agenda now is the need to nourish my spirit. I have been trying to carry on regardless over the past few months as my spiritual connections have dropped away. Thinking that i have been doing ok. I realise now that i am doing far worse then ok. Without being surrounded on a regular basis by people of like mind - a person just cannot maintain their connection. Am intending to frequent Rose Cottage as much as possible in the near future. Need to look after 'me'. Need (massively) to nurture my spirit.....

my mission - nurture spirit....

monday....

Hello my friends...

Well it has been a busy couple of days for me. Yesterday i spent almost all day and night head down bum up creating graphics and typing information on my new PAID website. I am pretty happy with how it is coming along.... I found an awesome program that can resize MULTIPLE images at once!!! How cool. I found it when faced with the prospect of resizing 700 - 800 photographs individually. YAY - I resized 260 photos in about 10 minutes.... all good.

Today my better half had a roster day, so we spent the day wandering around the shops, pricing this and that, trying to figure out our renovation budget and where we wanted to spend our money. We wandered into a shop we thought sold kitchen appliances, most specifically a wall oven (ours still has a 1cm gap at the top, even when ocky strap closed - without the ocky strap the door falls open and wont stay closed... time for a new one is well and truly here i think) well this shop actually built new kitchens not appliances. So here we were in the grip of an intrepid sales woman who showed us the most amazing designs in kitchen innovations and storage. We were blown away with what is available now at the top end of kitchen design.... sadly way out of our price range for the foreseeable future.... will keep buying lottery tickets!! We went to the House of Peking at the Jesmond Hotel for lunch... yummo - cheap too!! Lunch with dessert each for a grand total of $17!!! bargain. After the school run this afternoon then the girls off to various ballet and jazz lessons - that's the day over!! Here i sit, ready to hit the sack now.

3 things......

1. A $17 - 2 course lunch for two... including the most scrummy banana fritter with ice cream and caramel sauce.....

2. The (just past) full moon!! Catching sight of her beautiful shining face down the end of a wallsend street this evening after picking my daughter up from dance lessons. No matter how many times i see that sight, it never fails to almost move me to tears.

3. Enjoying a relaxing - child free day with my hubby today who had a roster day.. he only usually gets them every couple of months or so and a day together with out children happens very rarely....

ta taa for now
luv jen
xoxo

Soaking, oops and trash

3 smiles today


1. Rain - beautiful soaking misty rain. Wetting everything thoroughly and giving good reason to have a lovely lazy day indoors, rugged up in a woolly jumper.

2. Typo's - getting a big chuckle from accidentally typing 'tit' instead of 'it' and reading the witty comments from Mary's who noticed. Oops a daisy - oh well, it made people smile....

3. Trashy television show that i watched with my middle daughter tonight - it was all rubbishy reality TV but sitting on the lounge snuggled up with her after everyone else went to bed and sharing that moment was priceless. I love the way she laughs......

Is that better???

Just changed my text colours and wondered if it is easier to read???

Feedback Please :-}


Luv jen Y

On my desk right now....

I thought i might give you a glimpse into my personality by telling you what is on my desk - and i would like to hear what is on yours in return!!

On the desk

2 x digital cameras (one is my new one, and one is my old one i let the kids use - never to be taken to school though as evidenced by stick-boy)

A teledex, listing both past and present contacts - (hmmmm really must get a new one and weed out the weakies)

A shopping list from last week (that i forgot to take to the shops)

A little pewter wizard that should be holding a crystal ball (fell off a couple of moves ago)

Stainless steel pencil tin that is holding a yellow highlighter, 2 x black permanent markers (how they are still there i will never know), a red pen, a black pen, (wow - two pens), a pair of scissors, two small rulers (one metal, one plastic) a CD texta and a marble (a marble??? how did that get there)

2 x spindles of discs - one dvd, one cd

The headphones for my mobile phone

assorted pamphlets and cd's about the dance studio i am doing the website for.

3 x (holy snappin duck feathers!! 3??? yep one two three) brassieres (i have a habit of whipping them off and dropping wherever i am when i get home from anywhere)

A little glass angel in a satin box

An almost empty, cold mug of coffee (or coffee flavoured milkshake to some) - the cup reads " Bitches Brew"

A mobile prepaid voucher (activated)

Speakers

A little laughing Buddha who is holding up a tray of gold (for abundance)

A Big W brochure (this weeks)

Assorted papers, both important and unimportant - (i wont go into it)

ADSL modem

A guardian angel tarot type card "Learning Experience" of an angel with her wings spread holding a white dove

Dance concert dvd

A bottle of hand cream

A set of headphones

Our home phone in its charger

Blue tacked to the front edges of my monitor

A jewelled cross - (even though i don't like crosses anymore - they are a sign of female oppression to me)

A gold star (passed on to me from my son who had it stuck to his shirt at school)

Yin Yang symbol

A pewter dolphin holding a dangling crystal (off a broken sun catcher)


Hmmmm - think i am ready for a clean up......

What is on your desk????

3 things have been neglected

Oh dear- i have really neglected my 3 things havent I!!! well i will do more to make up for it

1. Hearing from my absolute dearest friend (one of them) who lives in Canberra now. She rang tonight and i havent spoken to her for a couple of weeks. So much to catch up on.... soul sisters we are.....


2. Hawk. This afternoon i was sitting out the front and what should be hovering about 10 metres above me and out towards the wetlands was a beautiful hawk. I was so happy to see him, I have seen them out over the wetlands before, but not as close as this one today. Very Special!!!


3. Neighbours - How blessed am i to have such awesome neighbours. A dear friend of mine moved into the house next to me about 6 months ago, we are blessed. Today (her day off work) i ran out of petrol in my driveway. Thank goodness she was home to run me down to the servo. Then we proceeded to giggle like schoolgirls while we managed to put the 10 litres of fuel in my car...... and we only spilled about a litre of it, and only a little bit on her foot and my hand.


4. Peace. With the Freak of Nature at camp, this has been a really peaceful week. Although on another level i have missed her terribly. So true - just take one out of the picture and it makes the world of difference.


5. Chardy - thank god there is no wheat in chardy.....


6. Eckersleys - A big thick advertising brochure arrived by mail from Eckersleys today. I love those brochures. Luxury - make a cuppa, sit down and drool. After reading it though - i can fully understand why Anchell spent $30 on a pencil!!!

Hello my friends....

i survived the day...

got the job...

charged the woman....

may end up with more then one job out of it...

all good....

i felt sick when we talked about money....

i wish a stranger would come along and i would charge him the whole kit and kaboodle....

i want to give my friends every thing i can....

dont worry anchell, you are in....

am extremely tired...

cant remember a harder daylight savings change to get used to...

thank you for all your positive encouragement....

it really, really helped...

gave me resolve....

when i held my breath and talked money....

i recalled your comments on my last post and did it....

yay - go me....

the result wasnt optimal, as over a 3 hour conversation, 5 mins were spent talking about my fee...

but....

in the end, i won....

now i need to start resizing 800 photographs....

lucky i dont have a life....

or i would be missing from it....

thank you everyone...

did i say that already???...

i really mean it....

i am having trouble recalling when i have felt more blessed and supported....

thank you....

love to all

jen....

p.s. am as tired as this dog, less hairy though.... (and no boy bits)