Friday, November 28, 2008

Been thinking

I can't believe its nearly a month since I blogged, really can't get over that. This month has just been a blur for me. Another girl was let go in work at the beginning of the month & its just been little ol' me doing 3 peoples jobs now. Along with the whole catching up/changover thing that I didn't have its been a really really really stressful few weeks. Haven't even had a minute to think about blogging let alone actually do it. When I have managed to get online I've been reading & catching up on other blogs I read so by time i get to thinking about writing, something else has come up & i don't' have time, bit crap really. I have exams in two weeks actually make that 11 days......aaaahhhhhhhhhh. that I've been studying for most evenings so time is blurry at the moment :o) If it doesn't end soon I may have a bit of a breakdown cos a person can only take so much stress at a time. Hopefully that'll happen AFTER the exams & not before :o)

Huuummmm let me think anything new to report, ohhh i have a few tomatoes growing on my bushes?plants? you know what I mean. Can't wait to pick them, yummy yummy. What else? oh yeah....I went to Canberra the weekend of 15th/16th to help out at the races there. Think I mentioned the ones I help out with in Sydney well the centre holds them there too & in fact all over Australia but anyway I went down to give them a hand. It was the Triple Triathlon that was happening. Most people did it in teams but there were 7 soloists. I mean hello, one triathlon would be an achievement(one i couldn't do i might add) but doing THREE one after the other I mean HELLO, how did they do it?. It boggled my mind I have to say, it still does even thinking about it now, wow. It goes to show you what you can do when you put your mind to it. or maybe its expanding your mind to incorporate the possibility of doing it that's the key, huummmm deep thoughts for another day.

Anyway just a quickie to say hi & hope you're all doing well & hopefully I'll have more time for thought after the exams. I've one on the 8th & one the 9th Dec so keep your fingers crossed or say a prayer or whatever for me those days. Thanks.

I was supposed to go jumping this weekend but had to put it off as I'm behind in study, boo. I'm sure I'll be having a poor me pity party when S heads off to the dz. I told him to still go cos i get more done when its quiet.

Anyway hope you all have a great weekend & for anyone celebrating Thanksgiving hope you had a great day. :o)

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Jumping

We went down to Picton at the
weekend, we arrived later than expected on Sat so didn't get
to jump until Sunday. We met friends of ours there who had come up from Canberra. There was really long wait times as the only had one plane there so I only got one jump in, the others did two.
This is me, K & J & S is filming & taking pictures. What a great view huh?

I'm still a newish jumper, these two have loads more jumps than me but it was so fun. We did a three way formation skydive.

& S managed to get a close up of me jumping, how cool is that? Its the first clear picture I have of me in the air.

Life seems pretty simple when you're falling at 120kmH, it really clears the mind I have to say, it was what I needed. Well clears the cobwebs anyway ;o)

Hope you're all having a good day, I have video of the dive if I can manage to get it up on blogspot I will.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Growing veggies

I decided awhile back I wanted to try growing some veggies, got the inspiration from Rhonda Jean at the down-to-earth blog I read. I said ages ago I'd take some pictures so I finally got round to bringing my camera into work with me so I can post them. I'm very proud of my little plants. So heres a few picture of my little balcony garden. :o)











My lettuce

& a baby lettuce just growing



My tomatoes getting big, I need to get a few stakes to hold them up.






More tomato plants

& onions. They take the longest to grow but should be ready in couple of months. Sorry about the gaps Blogspot wasn't playing nice with my pictures today. Have a good weekend everyone.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Back to a bit of normal

I was just reading back over my last post, wow was I mad. Sorry about that bit of negative mental spludge but thanks so much for your thoughts it really helped a lot. I don't usually have brain wattage shortages like that so I was probably due one. ;o)
I'm glad it didn't last. I went to a pump class at the gym at lunchtime on Friday so that took the edge off & we went to play squash after work. So I really hammered there too so that defo helped. I'm so glad I did cos I would have seriously been pissed me off with myself if I carried it over to the weekend. But all good, got home & was pleasantly tired from all the physical activity that day so slept really well.
Sat & Sun passed in a bit of a blur of, the weather was fab, its so nice to have it back. Went for walks, went to the library, visited friends, did household stuff, TV & basically chilled out. It was really nice, exactly what I needed.
Well now we're back to Wed again & yes I did come into work on Mon, hard as it was but that's mostly the getting up early bit, I'm not a morning person. I wish I was cos when I do happen to be up early I really love the morning time but dragging my ass out of bed is no mean feat I tell you. The snooze button is my friend. :oD
Anyway just a quickie to say hi & I survived & I'm grand really, struggle on. I saw another nice quote so thought I'd share, seemed apt after last weeks challenging day. Hope you're all having a great day.

Challenges are what make life interesting;
overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
Joshua J. Marine

Friday, October 10, 2008

That kind of a day

You know the one I mean don't you?

The one where you get up & all seems fine, perfectly normal day. You go about your business knowing nothing of the way its going to turn out. Well I'm having that day & its only 10.30am. I am so pissed off right now. I'm sick of this job & the people here. You know its funny cos it wasn't anything big that happened today & if I told you it as just a one off you'd be like 'what? that's nothing' & I know that. Cos when I hear myself saying it out loud(had a bit of a rant to S about it) it sounds so lame & I'm thinking what am i getting myself worked up about. But I think it was just the straw that broke the camels back. I'm so in tune with that saying right now its not funny. Its the accumulation of all the little things that have been happening to piss me off here that have just avalanched & broken the dam for me today. THANK GOD its Fri so i can relax & maybe come back on Monday.
I tell you I am so tempted to just walk. If it wasn't for the crap economy & worrying about getting another job with loans, debts etc to pay I'd be outta here. Its so not worth the agro, life is too short. This is not what we're put here to do. AAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Ok feel bit better, but I'm going from feeling angry & want to hurt something to wanting to curl up in a ball & cry & eat chocolate. We're going to play squash this evening so that'll be so good for me I can just bash the crap out of the ball instead.
There is one guy here, a middle aged man, in his fifties anyway, not married & I normally get on really well with him but the last week or so he's been really weird not sure if its just with me or everyone. Maybe mid-life crisis or something. He's the one that started my crap day over something so small & insignificant its not even worth mentioning. Some things that are so small he takes so seriously. You know now that I'm thinking its like he needs to feel important or something, you know what I mean. But he''ll step on you to do it, to make himself feel big. Oh I don't know I don't get it.
Well really sorry for crappy day kind of a post, I hope you all are having a much better day & after all its the weekend so SMILE. :oD

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Tuesday'itis'

"Its a new dawn, its a new day & I'm feeling good" de dum de dum

Well I'm not actually its a Tue after a long weekend & back in work.....sucks. But I still like the song, having it playing here, something about it always makes me .......sing along, dance, sway in my seat, all of the above sometimes.... :oD but sure all good. I love Nina Simone.

I had a pretty good weekend considering the weather wasn't playing its part. We went to the Blue Mountains national park yesterday for a walk/hike, it was so nice up there. I really like getting out of the city for a bit. It calms my soul, all those rolling hills & trees. We'd planned on going on Sat but cos weather was crap we ended up going to the cinema instead, went to the see the new "mummy" film with Brendan Fraser. I'm a big fan of his & really enjoyed the first two but this one ......nah not impressed have to say, oh well.
One thing I wanted to do which I didn't was get my books out to start studying, I've two exams coming up in Dec & need to get my ass in gear. But its hard to motivate yourself to do it when its SO not what you want to be doing on your weekend so gave myself the weekend & I'm going to start tonight, even if I just do the organising bit tonight that'll be a start.
Oooouuuu did I tell you ages ago that I planted onions, tomatoes & lettuce? Well if not, I did plant them in Aug & the lettuce should be ready for picking in next few weeks. How cool is that? I have to admit I'm not the most patient person in the world & wasn't impressed that I had to wait for them to grow, hahaha. Its like what do you mean I've to wait 14 weeks??? Guess thats the society we live in today, everything now. So anyhoooo nearly picking time. I'm actually excited to eat something I've grown, sad but very true. :o) The tomatoes will be another little while yet & the onions will take the longest. I must take some pics to show you how they're coming along on our little balcony.
Sure better go & do some work. Hope you all had great weekends & are smiling a bit cos after all frowning gives you wrinkles. ;o)

Friday, October 3, 2008

21 Suggestions for Success

I saw this on Sharon's blog & found it inspiring so thought I'd share it here too. I added this pic cos its one I love.




21 Suggestions for SUCCESS
by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

1. Marry the right person. This one decision will determine 90% of your happiness or misery.
2. Work at something you enjoy and that's worthy of your time and talent.
3. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
4. Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.
5. Be forgiving of yourself and others.
6. Be generous.
7. Have a grateful heart.
8. Persistence, persistence, persistence.
9. Discipline yourself to save money on even the most modest salary.
10. Treat everyone you meet like you want to be treated.
11. Commit yourself to constant improvement.
12. Commit yourself to quality.
13. Understand that happiness is not based on possessions, power or prestige, but on relationships with people you love and respect.
14. Be loyal.
15. Be honest.
16. Be a self-starter.
17. Be decisive even if it means you'll sometimes be wrong.
18. Stop blaming others. Take responsibility for every area of your life.
19. Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
20. Take good care of those you love.
21. Don't do anything that wouldn't make your Mom proud.


So I hope it gives you something to aspire to & on that note I hope you all have a great weekend. Be happy. :o)

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Huuuummmmmm

I just haven't been in the mood to blog these last few days, I will try to catch up may be tomorrow.
We were in Canberra for the weekend visiting friends so I've a few pics of that.

Hope you all are well & blogging away happily.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Music

Its a really beautiful day today. Nothing like a nice sunny beautiful day to raise the spirits huh? It was raining this morning so I'm glad its brightened up.


I've been thinking about music. I had my itunes playing in work & as the different songs come on different memories are coming to mind. The good, the bad & the ugly, memories that is, all come flooding back. Music is pretty amazing like that it can transport you back to that very second, the first kiss, the first dance, the first heartbreak....... ahhhh sigh.
It makes me think of people I've met, loved and/or lost & places I've been, things I've seen. How its possible to get caught up in a song, is pretty special. It makes you feel. I suppose that's one of the amazing things about being human the ability to appreciate music. Although I've heard of playing music to plants but not sure how that works out. ;o)
Anyway just another random thought for today.

Oh yeah, update, S's Dad was discharged on Fri & came home from UK on Sat. Surgeon is happy they seem to have gotten it all out. He'll have to go back for more scans in few weeks but all good news for the time being. So thanks for your kind thoughts & prayers.

Have a good one.

Interesting Internet

I've learned something new. The internet is great ok thats not what I learned but I got what i learned form the internet, get me. ;o)
Just trivial bits of general knowledge that I found interesting. I found out yesterday that racquetball, which I'd heard of but didn't know what exactly it was is very like squash. So i decided to look it up (what can i say it was Monday & i was bored in work ;oD)
You can learn very interesting things about everything & nothing on the internet, well of course I knew this but haven't really thought about how cool it is really for awhile, just take it for granted, like everything else that we get used to having but think about it 20yrs ago, internet? what was that?

Anyway i'm totally digressing, heres what I found out, racquetball is essentially the same type of game as squash with just some minor differences. Anyone who doesn't care please switch off now but anyone interested in a bit of trivia please continue. What can i say I was interested, I'm interested in the different things people call things in different parts of the world.





Squash racquet - 27in long & 8.5in wide
& see the little itty bitty ball - usually 39.5mm







Racquetball racquet - 22in long & wider not sure by how much
Ball - 57mm diametre



The courts are slightly different too



32-ft. long by 21-ft. wide by 15 feet high

Also generally only one wall is glass & above the top red line is out.




Whereas racquetball court is

40-ft. long by 20-ft. wide by 20 feet high and generally 2 walls are glass.

There is no 'out' area the ball can bounce anywhere & still be counted as in.

Again isn't the internet great?

Friday, September 19, 2008

Squash

Ok so I had a comment what squash is so here is what I was playing last night, ok well that's obviously not me, ;oD just picture from web but its good to illustrate.




Its a box where you run around like a mad thing after a ball & get sweaty. But its good fun. Its sort of like tennis but using half a court & a much smaller ball.




Here are the general rules which I'm still getting the hang of. Each person stands in one of the boxes. One person serves, you have to have one foot in the smaller box(on floor) & the ball has to bounce between the top red line & the middle red line(in diagram) & in the other persons box to be in. Then its basically run all over the place trying to hit the ball back without letting it bounce more than once. It can bounce off the side & back walls but only allowed to bounce on the floor once. Ohh & its not allowed to go over the top red line. A game it first to nine points. I won last night, wehoo.

Its great fun. Its not like tennis in that the ball bounces a lot differently. Its doesn't bounce back to you you really have to run to get it. So its a great workout.

Well hope thats clear as mud, lol. I tell you though I had a great nights sleep after it & feel great today. Well to top it all off its friday too so thats always good. Also the weather is looking fab for the weekend so ALL good.

Hope you all have a great weekend & don't sweat the small stuff. :o)

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Seems ok

So the operation seems to have been a success, we're only getting texts updates at the moment. His dad will be discharged on Fri & the surgeon was happy with the op so all good for the minute. Not really sure what happens now maybe wait for more tests & hope that they've gotten it all.

Woke up this morning & thought it was Fri, how crap is that? anyway at least tomorrow is Fri & its not like Tue today or something that would be horrible. We're going for a game of squash after work I'm actually really looking forward to it. We've gone twice so far & really enjoying it. I'd never played before, S has. We're both wanting to get fit. S has gotten a bit of a belly going on & he's getting bit self conscious of it I think. And hes not really one for the gym so hopefully this will help. I'm just glad he's out doing some sort of exercise. I actually went to the gym yesterday, was surprised at myself but I'm glad I did I needed to burn off some stress so that was good & if I lose a few pounds in the meantime that can't be bad. ;o)
Anyway sure better do some work before I head out for our game. I'm just thankful that my meeting for tomorrow was canceled til next week so bit of pressure off.

Hope you're all having a good day. Saw a funny quote that I thought I'd share.

'BLESSED ARE THE CRACKED FOR THEY ARE
THE ONES WHO LET IN THE LIGHT!'

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Operation update & swap pic

Ok so not sure if i've updated you, but S's Dad's operation was moved from Fri 19th to yesterday. They had a free spot or something. So just waiting to hear, initial news seems it went ok, we'll find out more today. Hopefully they'll have gotten it all out.

Not much else going on at the moment, the operation situation has sortta been taking up our time.


Work.....hhhuuuummmmmm, same ol' same ol'. Having a bit of a "oh i'd love to win the lotto & quit work" kind of a day. Happens a lot as you can imagine. :o)


oouuhh I finished my swap I told you that, well she's gotten it I can put up a picture of my amateur efforts ;oD


Needlebook & pin cushion

It was fun to make in the end, its good to get off my ass & be creative for once it does me good. It balances out all the numerical stuff I do in work, well thats the idea anyway.


Well thats it I suppose, hope you all are having a great day.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Dad's

Well I'm not sure if no news is good news or not? :o) S rang his Dad last night to see how things went. His Mum had texted that he wasn't having the op on Monday, it was re-scheduled for 19th Sept but we didn't know why? So anyway he rang last night & it turns out that the surgeon was having a really long operation the next day(Tue) & needed to rest as this other operation was a priority. The doc said his wasn't so bad that it couldn't wait 2 weeks so in a round about way I suppose that's kindda good news. The scan result came back also & everywhere is all clear so that's really good. His eye is the only site of cancer. So while still not out of the woods its the best of bad news if you know what I mean. So just have to wait now til 19th & pray. S seemed a bit more relieved so that was good too.
Its been making me think a lot about my Dad, this whole situation. I miss him. He died when I was nineteen, wow can't believe it's been eleven years already. It doesn't feel it. He had skin cancer. It was so hard, so horrible watching someone you love wasting away from the inside. Still upsets me sometimes when I think about that time. This whole thing with S's Dad I suppose brought it all back. I miss him. Don't get me wrong I'd gotten past the stage of thinking he was perfect I'm well aware he wasn't but he was still my Dad & I always knew he would be there for me if I ever needed him. And then he was gone & he took that security blanket with him & I felt very lost for a long time. It devastated me. But like anything in life what can you do but just keep going, find your way. You learn to cope, learn to live, it never goes away but it gets a bit better with time. Am I brilliant, am i perfect? no. I'm just me, no better no worse than anyone else. Everyone has a story. Today, right now, mine feels sad. But thats ok, later on or maybe tomorrow, it'll be better and life goes on.
I think what upsets me most is the thought that S might have to go through it too. That's whats hard. You want to protect the people you love. I really really hope he doesn't. I pray that everything will be ok with his Dad. Keep him in your prayers.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Its raining

Its raining in Sydney today & its grey, we were teased with a few nice days of spring but now its raining. You know its funny, when I was in Ireland I was under the impression that it never rained in Australia, funny now when I think of it but a few other Irish people I've talked to had the same impression.

Its Friday & I'm not having a very productive day I have to say, I'm waiting on other people to finish their work & give it me so I can finish off the monthly reporting. Usually I'm busy with my stuff but I seem to have gotten it done more quickly than usual this month.
S came back yesterday morning he was so wrecked from the flight but ti was so nice to have him home. I got up at 5.30am to go pick him up at the airport as a surprise, he was so happy. He went to bed early but woke early then. I'm tired today
He had a bit of bad news on his way back, his mum called to tell him his Dad has a tumour behind his eye, he went for a full scan yesterday & hes going to the UK to have the tumour removed on Monday. We haven't many details as off yet its sort of wait & see. We don't even know any sort of prognosis yet or anything, not knowing is hard. S was quite upset about it but hes trying to keep positive. I feel so helpless that there's is nothing i can do for him right now. Maybe the rain suits this sad time.
I'm looking forward to a lie in tomorrow no alarm clock, yipee. I've to be up early on Sunday cos I'm helping out with a race. Not looking forward to it but I'm sure it'll be fine when I'm there.
Oh yeah I finished my swap finally & got it posted off today so I'm happy about that, I'll have some pictures soon.
Anyway think I need a cup of tea & some choc always a good recipe for cheering me up :o)
Hope you all have a great weekend.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Flowers

I decided to change my picture at the head of my blog cos the last one while I liked it a lot it had a bit of an autumn/winter feel to it & since its officially spring here in Oz I decided to change it to some nice cheerful daisies(well at least I think they are :oD ), they always make me smile & thing of spring.

I had to play around with it a bit to get it to fit so its a bit cropped but here is the original I took at the royal botanic gardens here in Sydney.






They're so ...........happy aren't they?




I love flowers, sure i suppose who doesn't. I also love taking pictures of flowers. Its a lot better too with my new camera, the focus is better on it & it has a better zoom than my point & shoot.
Here are some of my favourites that I've taken in various places.
























Let me know what you think?

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Hump Day

Thank God the hump day is nearly over & yipee S will be back in the morning, his flight lands at 6am so hopefully he'll be home before I leave for work. I've missed him a lot.

So to my swap project saga, thought I'd have it finished last night, ha, i tempted fate I think. LOL. I was doing so well until i have to iron the felt with fusible web, the first side went on a bit but ok so I thought I'd turn up the iron a bit to see if that helped. Cue the smell of burning felt. As soon as I put it down it stuck to it, d'oh. & when i pulled it off the iron was covered in singed felt, d'oh d'oh d'oh & that side of the needlebook had to be written off, but would you know it did stick to the card but was all curly & burnt. Was quite funny after i cleaned the iron. So back to the drawing board tonight & lesson learnt hopefully will get it finished. I've another few days left before the deadline anyway so all good. At least the pin cushion is done. :o)

S is coming home tomorrow, did i tell ya? can you tell I'm excited. lol

Anyway must go & do some work I suppose since they are paying to.

Have a good one.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Monday again? Whats the story with that?

I honestly do not know where this weekend went. Having said that it was nice & relaxing. Went to see' in Bruges on Friday, its actually was quite good, some bits were hilarious but not sure if that's just Irish humour, bit gross at the end (think tarantino) but I enjoyed it. S got free tickets at work so all good.
S had to take a bit of a short notice trip to Florida so he left Sat morning. Miss him loads, this will be the longest we've been apart since we met. Mad. But it was nice to have the place to myself for the weekend, I cleaned & tidied, & did all the recycling, so the place it nice & homely at the moment.

After the week I'd had I really took it easy on Sat, read my book which I always find is a good way for my mind to dis-engage for a bit, & there was loads of good films on TV so stayed up watching them. Sunday was the cleaning & tidying day then went to the library for a bit, did my shopping, it was so nice out, spring is really starting to show & its the first official day of spring today yipee. Ooh yeah I also started my swap project finally, but I've about half done just waiting on the glue to dry(its says leave 24hours, don't ask) & I'll finish it tonight, I'm doing the pin cushion & needlebook one. My swap partner is in the states.
I have a mixed feeling about the swaps, a sort of love/hate thing going on. I amuse myself sometimes. I get very enthusiastic & join & think it'll be great. then the thought of doing it seems like such a chore & a burden(yes i know how sad, oh how the mind works) & then i get started & i really enjoy it, & even when I'm thinking of it as a pain in the ass I know I'm going to enjoy doing it when i get started. Can someone please explain to me the logic there cos it has me at a loss & its something I'd really like to overcome? It was the same with the last swap I did too. So anyhoooo going to finish tonight hopefully & post it away tomorrow. The deadline date is the 6th so I'm doing ok for now normally I'm a late minute kind of gal but I'm trying to work on that too. I'll put a picture up when I know she has received it. Its all in the doing I suppose I'm trying to learn new skills, my Mum died when I was 8 & I'm sure she would have taught me all these things as she was a kind of old school country girl, my stepmother, lets just say, wasn't very into that.
I missed doing the sowing course at the end of July as I had a few unexpected doctors bills so I'm going to keep an eye out for the next one that's starting.

Well think that's all for now, feeling a bit better so think last weeks blues have finally passed on, well til the next time as only in this life is there ups & downs. But all good & I'm back smiling :o)
Hope you all are well & have a great week.

Friday, August 29, 2008

Thank Crunchie it Friday

So, I had a nice relaxing bath last night & a good nights sleep for the most part so that helped today. Also the fact that its Friday is HUGELY helping, yipee

Well what to say, I've no plans for the weekend, well, except we're supposed to be going to see 'In Bruges' tonight at the cinema but to be honest would prefer to just go home but we've arranged to meet friends so think will go. I'm sure it'll be fun when we get there.

Nothing else on the cards at the moment, I'm just looking forward to a lie on tomorrow morning. I live for Sat morning. :o) I'm a night person by nature so this 9-5 business so doesn't suit me. Maybe I'm in the wrong profession, LOL.

I'm getting itchy feet again, thinking about doing a bit more travelling but I'll have to wait til i replenish the funds somewhat. I'm due my tax return tax back soon so will use that I think. It always helps to have something like that to look forward to.
I might go buy a few photo albums & start putting all the photos I got developed into them its been something I've wanted to get done for awhile. I'm big on memory keeping. As I get older my memory isn't as good as it was so I find it so nice to take lots of pictures & record the little details of trips & things so that when you look back you can remember the good times. I guess that's what life is about, making good memories. Photos are amazing really, aren't they? they take you back to that exact moment in time & good or bad you remember the people, the places, the smells, the experience. Its great.

So that's all really, I'm thinking of leaving work a bit early today. The evenings are getting longer now that we're coming into spring so it'd be nice to go for a walk or something before it gets dark.

Hope you all have a great weekend. :o)

Thursday, August 28, 2008

So over it

There's a girl in my office who is very difficult to deal with at the best of times most people in the office have had run ins with her at one stage or other. I try to get on with everyone i meet i really do, even though its not always possible. But recently maybe the last two months or so she has been really difficult. Working with her & trying to get information is like trying to get blood out of a stone. There have been a few layoffs in the company & its like she guarding her 'work' with a manic determination. But I'm so over her passive aggressiveness i really am, its making working really unbearable. I don't know if because I've been feeling bit blue anyway that its effecting me more or if this situation has been a contributor to feeling like this. I've never... well never in work, wanted to throttle someone so much today as i have her, very unlike me. I just wanted to slap her & tell her to cop on, that this behaviour is not going to make her more assured of keeping her position but totally less likely that they are going to keep her if it continues. The ceo has even noticed.

You know what it is? she creates a bad atmosphere or something in the office & its crap to work here at the moment. I hate feeling like I'm tiptoeing around someone or that work is a potential battlefield at every turn. She told me to piss off last week & brushed past me out of the office (a little dramatic i thought)when I was asking her about audit stuff that was needed. Not stuff that i needed that the auditors needed, you would think she would at least put her work first.

Then i think there are so many people so much worse off than me & i should just get over it & get on with it. But I've had my little rant so I guess that'll have to do for the time being. People frustrate me sometimes. Grrrrrr

Think I'll go home have a nice relaxing bath & listen to relaxing music & just chill out. That thought has cheered me up somewhat so I'm off & hope you all are having a tad more pleasant day.

See ya.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Maybe its for the best

Don't know why but feeling really down today, not really sure why. I've a lot going on at the moment & a lot going on in my head too, that usually does it i suppose. I haven't been sleeping well the past few night & that is SO not like me.

Maybe its for the best cos its at times like these that it really makes me appreciate when i'm feeling happy & light & whereas before I could never see a light at the end, now I know or I've learned to know that I just need to hang on & that this will too indeed pass. It helps to reaffirm to enjoy the moments when you're happy to stop & take a minute to just enjoy & feel grateful for that feeling.

Think I may go to the gym after work, release some of those nice endorphins. If nothing else it will help me sleep but it may help shake this blue. Is it a full moon or something?

Anyhooooo still haven't gotten round to telling you about my trip away but don't think i can now cos it won't sound as good as it was cos my heart won't be in the telling. I must get the pics downloaded too. S's mom has been asking for them too. God its only Tue, its days like these I hate working wish i could just stay home in bed until i feel better. Not a solution i know but sure would be nice. Its days like these i think about winning the lotto so i don't have to work anymore. Most of the time i don't' mind working but when your heart & mind are not in it, its a struggle.

I'm getting bit morbid now so I'll stop & hopefully y'all are having a better day.

I'll be back. :o\

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

7 Things

Okay I got tagged from Letera to do this. Well at least I think it was me but always one to particiate....lol.....I'll give it a go.


7 Things


7 things I plan to do before I die

1) Walk on great wall of China

2) Swim great barrier reef

3) Go see the pyramids

4) Build a house

5) Do a bungee jump

6) Get fit

7) Finish all my photo albums & scrapbooks



7 things I can do

1) Skydive

2) Speak french & german (badly but heh!!)

3) Be positive - well most of the time

4) Play piano - been awhile though

5) Dance

6) Be a good friend

7) Listen



7 things I cannot do

1) Sing (doesn't stop me from doing it though ha ha)

2) Sustain unclutteredness

3) Touch a spider - but seriously who would want to anyway

4) Play didgeridoo

5) Be tickled

6) Tolerate rudeness or ignorance

7) Understand men - but i'll keep trying :o)



7 things that attract me to the opposite sex

1) Being strong

2) Nice eyes

3) Considerate & sweet

4) A nice smile

5) Being fun

6) Having nice forearms & hands (don't ask, just a thing of mine)

7) Gives good hugs



7 things I say most often

1) Like

2) Like, you know, like

3) That's hilarious

4) You're not serious

5) Shit

6) Oops

7) D'oh (what can i say i like the Simpsons)



7 celebrity crushes

1) Jon Bon Jovi

2) Brendan Fraser

3) David Boreanaz

4) Jason Hodges

5) Vin Diesel

6) Patrick Swayze

7) Keanu Reeves (I'm thinking 'Point Break' here....yum)



7 people who should to do this

Ah sure anyone one wants to give it a go for bit of a laugh.

Anyway hope you all doing well, I'm good just been crazy busy, I will get round to filling you in on our trip away & get my pics downloaded.

Catch ya later!!!!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Brisbane

Ok so there won't be a post for a few days cos we're going away for our anniversary. We're heading to Brisbane this evening until Monday night. I'm so excited. I love travelling & seeing new places. S & I said we wanted to see more of Australia once we got back from Ireland so that's what we're trying to do. :o)

We got cheap flight up cos they were on sale so that's always a plus & we've booked the cheapest (decent) hotel we could find that was central'ish. So that leaves more funds for the fun part of doing stuff. I've just checked out the weather for Brisbane & its looking nice for the weekend, yipee. Can you tell I'm excited yet??

Anyway we're planning on going to the zoo while we're there, its the Steve Irwin zoo. I really liked his tv programmes at home so always wanted to go & feed the crocs, sad but true. ha ha.
Other than that we're going to check out a few of the theme parks & do the tourist thing around town. But I'm looking forward to it, I think its good to do different things & challenge the rut. I think I was getting into a bit of a rut there for awhile so trying to do more.

Other news????? Huuummmm, well I'm still mad busy in work so what's new you say? But I've made a conscious decision not to let it get to me or get the better of me. I've made more time for the things I really enjoy like blogging for example, a bit more balance & I feel better for it I have to say. & I think its made me more efficient in work too & definitely less stressed.

So although its a bit early hope you all have a great weekend! Keep smiling.

Oh & I'll try take loads of photos, so stay tuned. ;o)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Few More Pics

I really need to think of a new heading. I'm not being very creative. lol


Anyway here is a bit of a visual of where we walked through at the National park on Sunday.



This was the view for most of the walk























This was the trail path we were following











These were everywhere, very pretty







Yes it looks dark cos it was getting dark at this stage & with the canopy of the trees, it seemed much darker. We came across this tree with a big hole through the middle, it was pretty cool & just to give you an idea of how big it was, that's me standing in the middle of it & I'm 5'10.



This was very eerie, I was taking a picture of the tree from the other side & this mist came through & I was like.....what the hell! Then figured it S was

standing next to me & had breathed out just at the second I took the picture so while we couldn't see it the camera picked up the heat of this breath. How mad!

Some more photos

These were the flowers I got yesterday.
Aren't they pretty??

Monday, July 28, 2008

Anniversary

Its our second anniversary today and since we haven't killed each other yet I'm going with 'that's a good sign', LOL.

I was surprised with a gorgeous bouquet of roses & lilies in work today. awh, I nearly cried(happy tears of course) ,what can i say I'm a mush when it comes to nice surprises. I'll take a picture this evening & show them to you tomorrow. S can be so thoughtful sometimes. We're heading away on Thurs to celebrate, we're going to Brisbane for 5 days, I can't wait. Queensland is somewhat warmer than New South Wales so should be nice holiday, well short break anyway. :o)


So what did I do at the weekend, Saturday we got a new carpet put down in our bedroom, well I should say our landlord did. I'm so glad cos the old one was pretty yuck. So that's actually quite nice. We had planned to go jumping at Picton but Shane was called into work at the last minute so I actually ended up doing a lot of sorting around the house which was great cos I've been wanting to do it for AGES. You know?? all those bills that are floating around & the random bits of paper that clutter up the place? it was getting to the stage where it was annoying me so I had gotten to the stage where they were all in one spot & then stopped & that pile was just getting bigger so I made a really good go of it on Sat & got through most of it so I'm feeling fairly organised for once & i threw out a load of crap too. So that made me feel productive, sat night we had a DVD & popcorn night which was really nice cos we haven't done that in ages. We turned off all the light like it was the cinema, was really fun. We had planned to go to the cinema but the weather was really cold & wet so we didn't bother.
Sunday we visited The Royal National park, it was amazing. The first time I've ever been in a forest that really felt like the rain forest. I kept expecting to see monkeys & things in the trees. It was so quiet. We did one of the trail walks(I'll put up some photos tomorrow) & it was really nice. Even being from Ireland I've never seen so many different greens & so many varieties of trees. I would have loved to have stayed longer but we started out alter than planned & got stuck in traffic cos there was some game on in Sydney stadium & since it gets dark at 5.10pm we had to head back to the car. We're going to go again soon.


Well hope you all had a great weekend. Huuummmm just have to figure out how I'm going to get these flowers home on the train in rush hour?? Methinks a taxi is in order this evening & that plan goes nicely with the fact that its just started raining.


Have a good Monday!

Friday, July 25, 2008

Time goes by

Here we are again, another Friday. Isn't it amazing how time is flying, nearly the end of July already. Although I have to say I'm feeling a bit like a broken record saying that, but it truly amazes me all the time. I was just reading on gary's blog today about a similar time flying feeling & thought well at least its not just me.
You should read it, its gets you thinking about the perception of time going quicker as we get older. I often wonder does it slow down again later in life as we retire & slow down physically?
I read on another persons blog about her grandfather who is 96 & fit & well & as she says as sharp as anything. I wonder what his perceptions of time are?

I think it makes me think of 'why are we here'? type questions. Whats the whole scheme of things that we were put on this planet for. The bigger scheme I suppose i mean. we can get drawn into our own little lives & little trivialities that they get out of proportionately big & important to us.

Case in point , my husband had a really bad dream the other night that I was knocked down (God forbid) and died and it was on his mind all day & he was really lovey dovey with me that day(well more than usual) & when I asked him why he explained about the dream & said 'it kindda makes the little things not so important anymore & I'm just happy to have you' I guess it made him stop & think & be grateful for the things he does have in life

So I suppose my thought for today is to maybe stop & think about all the great things in your life & be grateful for them, really grateful for them. The worries will still be there tomorrow so worry about them then. Give yourself a break today.

Anyway on that note I hope you all have a great weekend. :o)

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Wedding Pics


Isn't she pretty?




















The wedding party & cutting the cake


Us having fun & the first dance







Our hotel room, had to take two pics cos so big....nice!!










Tried to get these to gether but this was front of the hotel.
Great day was had by all

Friday, July 18, 2008

One of The Best Stories I've heard (read) in Awhile

I got this as an email forward today & it made me tear up so thought I'd share it as a thought for the day. :o)

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in markinghis papers with a broad red pen, making bold X's and then putting a big 'F' at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around.

'His second grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle.

'His third grade teacher wrote, 'His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken.

'Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, 'Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school.. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class.

'By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, 'Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to.

'After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs.Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her 'teacher's pets.

'A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy,telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy.He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.
Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times , he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs.Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came.This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs.Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course,Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet,the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on their last Christmas together.

They hugged each other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs.Thompson's ear, 'Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference.

'Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, 'Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you.

'(For you that don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)

Warm someone's heart today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very much, I cry every time I read it.

Just try to make a difference in someone's life today?tomorrow? just 'do it'.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

FOTA Pics



Although you can't see them this was where the monkeys hung out, excuse the pun.


And it was such a beautiful day too.













You can't really tell from the pics but these guys were huge!!!

How cute is he??






Loads of Giraffes