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In my younger days

I got this from my sister as a forward, thought it was good so I'm going post it here. Enjoy

When I was in my younger days,
I weighed a few pounds less,
I didn't need to hold my tummy in
to wear a belted dress.
But now that I am older,
I've set my body free;
There's comfort of elastic
Where once my waist would be.
Inventor of those high-heeled shoes
My feet have not forgiven;
I have to wear a nine now,
But used to wear a seven.

And how about those blasted tights --
They're sized by weight, you see,
So how come when I put them on
The crotch is at my knee?
I need to wear these glasses
As the print has been getting smaller;
And it wasn't very long ago
I know that I was taller.
Though my hair has turned to grey
and my skin no longer fits,
On the inside, I'm the same old me,
the outside's changed a bit.


But, on a positive note... I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they’re gone from your life.

I've learned that making a ’living’ is not the same thing as making a 'life.'

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life just being a doormat. You need to be able to throw something back.

I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

I've learned that people will forget what you said,people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.


So on that note hope you have a brilliant day.

Case of the Blahs

Don't know whats wrong with me today, having a case of the 'blaaaaahhhs'. I was going grand up until lunchtime then sort of slumped. Can't seem to find any energy to do anymore work. I'm supposed to be going to meditation tonight & I don't think I'll manage that. I just want to go home to bed. I hate when I get like this, it frustrates me cos I want to be doing things but nothing happens. It kindda makes me disappointed in myself that i let precious time slip by by feeling crappy. I've been told before to give myself a break that everyone gets like this but i find that hard to do. Sad but true.

I had Monday off, so I've only done two days work so far but I feel like I normally do on a friday, totally zonked. Its crap knowing i still have two more days to go until a lie in. oh well.

Makes me think of motivation, how do you motivate yourself? I'm learning about myself all the time but this is something i struggle with. How do i motivate myself when i really don't want to do something even when i know it''ll do my good. Its kinda like having a parent/child conversation in my head. You know the one - parent 'you should do such and such it'll be good for you', child' i don't want to', parent ' why?' child ' i don't know i just don't'. But all going on inside. It's the easiest way to try describe how I'm feeling right now. strange but again true. :o/

Blaah blaah blaah. Seems like such a waste of a day. All I want to do is crawl into bed & sleep. Maybe i need some vitamins or something. Hope you're having a better day & hopefully i'll have a better one tomorrow.

Jumping

We went jumping at the weekend, was good fun, its been awhile so it was nice to be back in the air again. I only did one jump in the end as Sat weather wasn't great & we had friends visiting us from Ireland. They're on a world trip & are in Australia for 2 weeks so they came down to Picton too. S was able to borrow gear for F to jump so I lent my gear to A to get a few jumps in. That's why I only did one, I let her use my rig & she got 2 jumps in so I was happy with that. She hadn't jumped in 2 years so she was happy out :o)

I took yesterday off work. We've been away the last three weekend so I just felt I needed to just be at home by myself for a day. It was really rejuvenating. I needed it. Sometimes I just need some time to myself to let my soul rest & be peaceful. Later on I put the TV on & the Oscars were on, I watched a bit of them, they were quite good. I like Hugh Jackman though so that helped :o). I actually saw him & his wife & kids in Sydney, they went into a restaurant near my apt. He is as cute in the flesh.

I started studying for my next round of exams. I was hoping that this would be the last set but I just found out that 2 of the exams I want to do are on at the same time so I can't. How crap so I'll just have to do that on the following round. I'm nearly there though, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. S has been really good about me having to study, ie tv off but we'll if that lasts the 3 months until the exams :oD its hard on him too.

I've noticed the days getting shorter already its feels like no time since winter & we're heading for autumn again. I'm going to try get out more while the evenings are still bright.

I hope you're having a good day.

Bushfires update

The death toll has reached 181 so far & they're expecting it to go as high as 300. Its beyond comprehension. Its the worst natural disaster of this kind in Australia.

One of the things that really has amazed me, is the amount of support that the area's effected have been getting from the whole country, it really has surprised me. There have been national & local fundraising going on for the people & areas effected, set up since even before the first death was reported. I think they've raised AU$38 million so far. There really is amazing sense of community in Australia, I knew was there but hadn't really seen it put into action as evidently as now. It warms the heart that people are still able to pull together in a tragedy. The Red Cross is accepting donations both here in Australia and from their locations around the world. You can read about their current efforts here.

Life really is so short, enjoy it today.

Bushfires

There have been bush fires raging in South Australian & Victoria these past few weeks really but the past few days they've gotten worse. 108 have been killed as of this mornings news. Its so sad. I've been hearing on the news that some of the fires have been started deliberately. It makes me so angry to think someone did this on purpose. Whats were they thinking? What is the world coming to?

Keep these people, who've lost loved ones, homes, livestock, everything in your thoughts and prayers. Also the firefighters who are out there constantly & some of whom are finding friends bodies in the wreakage.

I can't even begin to imagine what its like, so terrifying. I used to have nightmares about fire when I was little so that would be a particular phobia for me. Here in Sydney its been ok, but temperatures soared to 44oC yesterday. I felt like I was slowly cooking, even staying in the shade & with suncream on. it was too much. I've heard from people at home that its snowing. Ireland rarely gets snow at all. What is going on with the climate? Hope everyone is doing ok.

Writer in the making :o)

I got a good nights sleep last night so not feeling to ragged today which is good. I'm going to try get another early night tonight & hopefully that'll sort me out.

I actually turned off the TV last night at 8.30pm cos there was nothing on & normally I'd sit there & just watch whatever crap was on but last night I decided no I'd turn it off & do something. I'm glad I did. I think it helped me sleep better too. But anyway I went through loads of old photos that I've been meaning to go through for ages, to sort, throw out or scrap book. So that's done. I played a little more with the stitch software I was talking about yesterday. Its so cool. S had been wrecked cos he was working all weekend & with 2 late nights he was shattered so he went to bed at 9.30....shock horror he NEVER goes to bed early even when he knows he should but he did, fair play & he said he's feeling better today too. Although he did fall asleep at his desk yesterday so that might have prompted it :oD

So got all that sorted & by then my eyes were dropping so went to bed at 11pm, early for me these past few weeks.

I was surfing through some other blogs today and I saw a blog that had an entry about a writing competition. You know I've wanted to write for ages but never really knew what or how. They say that everyone has a least one book inside them & its something I've wanted to give a go. And it struck me as I was reading this competition thing, my first thought/reaction was 'I'd never be able to do that' & the second was 'I'd never get anywhere so whats the point'. I was surprised at myself when I realised that's what I was thinking, that's not really like me at all. It surprised me that negative thoughts were the first thing to come to mind. So now that I'm aware I do that subconsciously I'm going to try to change that. I think I've come to realise that life isn't the things you succeed at, its the things you try that make the memories of your life. After all what are we here for. I went to see 'Yesman' last week (hilarious) but it kindda got me thinking too. I can be a bit like that sometimes. So with this very late new year resolution I'm going to be more aware of negative thinking & I'm going to try more stuff, just give it a go & see what happens. Could make for an interesting life :o) So I'm going to give this competition a go & see what happens.

Anyway there's a few nuggets for today, oh & if anyone else is interested in entering the writing comp here's the website.

Enjoy your day.

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"
- Theordore Roosevelt

A few musings

Don't really know whats wrong with me today I'm so tired. It was quite warm last night so maybe I didn't sleep all that well? Its so hard to concentrate when I'm so tired & this being the month end time I really need to be on the ball. D'oh. All I can think of is crawling into my lovely bed & sleeping. I don't normally drink coffee I'm more a tea girl but i think it might be called for today to get me moving.

I had been hoping to get to my 100th post within a year of starting to blog but even if I write every day for the next month which I don't think I will I don't think I'd get it. Oh well. I'll try anyway see how I go. It may loosen the creative parts in me that haven't been oiled in awhile.

Went for a walk after work it was so nice to be out in fresh air, I'm going to try do that every evening if its fine. Its good to clear the cobwebs :oD.

I just started a James Patterson book, its called 'Sundays at Tiffany's'. I'm a fan of his Alex Cross series but this one is a romance so I'm not sure what to expect but thought I'd give it a read. I'll let you know.

I've been reading alot lately I go through phases of reading loads then nothing for ages. I've always loved reading. It a kind of an escape for me. My favourite author is Nora Roberts, I've read tons of her books. Another favourite is Kathy Reichs. I find it amazing that a book can transport you to other worlds, invoke emotions, I've cried at so many books, if you haven't read P.S I love I'd totally recommend it. I quite like a good few Irish authors too, Marian Keyes is hilarious. I read a lot of fiction but travel book interest me alot too, photography, biographies huumm what else do I like to read? Bits of everything really. My sister bought me a book for my birthday, its poems, short stories & essays so not sure what that'll be like. I've always wanted to be interested in poetry but haven't quite gotten there yet.

I've found myself searching for something recently. I don't' know what that's the frustrating part. I'd love to have a calling in life, you know like doctors & writers & that. These people know exactly what they want & are passionate about it. I'm good at alot of things but I'm not really passionate about anything. I'm a good started but not really that great at consistency. I wish I was. any ideas on how to do that I'd love to hear them.

Well guess that's a few thought of mine today, hope you all have a great day.

"Live well, be humble & strive for happiness"

February

February, I mean wow. Still feeling like a broken record but heh i hadn't caught up with 2008 yet & the first month of 09 is gone...I mean HELLO.

ok so another Monday! I can handle it, I can, really I can ok I have to keep telling myself that. :o/

I'm not sure if its the working thing I'm not that into, this job in particular or the fact its flat out busy ALL THE TIME now, but anyway it has me thinking of looking for another job. BUT, (there's always a but isn't there?), in order for me to do that I'd have to apply for a different visa to stay in Australia, cos the visa I currently have my company sponsored me so I have to stay working here basically. It also begs to ask in the current economic climate what if I'm let go or the company closes? I'll be in the same position. So I'm going to apply for this different visa which lets me work for whoever I want or should I say whoever will employ me :oD. But its such a pain there are loads, I mean LOADS of forms to fill out every single bit of your life is scrutinised & you need certified documents for EVERYTHING. I mean i understand for national security & all that but when you're a pretty normal average everyday person with no funny business in the past, like me, its kind of a pain. But what can you do?

So along with being busy in work I'm trying to get all my school & college certs organised from home so I can do a skills assessment. Fun. & get this, it takes 8 weeks for them to do the skills assessment & then I've to fill out all the forms for the visa itself & could be waiting 6 months!! The joy. But I'll just plod on cos I do want to stay here for a bit longer anyway, the economy at home is pretty bad at the moment, everyone is telling us we should stay here for another while. I'm just not a fan of form filling. Is anyone?

I did a whole heap of sorting at the weekend of all the clutter I mentioned before, so that felt good to get that out of the way. I was also playing with my new photo printer & some stitching software I'd gotten recently but hadn't had a chance to try out. It basically lets you stitch together shots of the same scene & puts it into a panoramic view, its pretty cool. I'd taken a sunset picture of Sydney harbour bridge & another further along of the opera house & I'd been trying for ages to get them photoshopped together but could never get it just right that you couldn't see the lines cos the sky was so many different shades of oranges, pink & blues. So I decided to try this software out. & it was SO COOL. you just pick the photos you want to paste together & it blends it for you, its so cool I was so pleased all day with my cool photo. I must put a copy up to show you.

What else did I do? oh yeah I treated myself(well with a voucher I'd gotten from S for my birthday) to a manicure & pedicure, it felt so nice to be pampered I don't normally bother, just do it myself but it felt so nice.

It was really hot at the weekend but not as bad as its been down in Victoria & South Australia, major heatwave at the moment, think it reached nearly the 50's at one point & thats oC. wow. It got to 41oC in Sydney a coupe of weeks ago & that was too much for me I'm not used to that kind of heat at all.

Well being month end and all I'd better get back to work. I'll try be more social tomorrow, today's a bit of a write off cos I'm tired, I stayed up to watch the Australian Open final between Federer & Nadal, it was so good. Nadal got it in the end but it was amazing.

Anyway have a good one. :oD