Autumn

The weather has been amazing the past few days in Sydney & its supposed to continue until next monday. Its so hard to work when the sun is shining outside your window and the sky is clear blue. I just want to be out & about in it. Just checked the weather & its about 26oC now. wimper wimper want to be out walking on the beach or in a park or something.

Its coming into winter here. wow. I'm from Dublin, Ireland originally & my husband & I have been in Sydney just over a year but I’m still totally on the northern hemisphere zones, every cell in my body along with my mentality, psychology, physiology, whatever is all tuned that it should be spring now & with the weather being nicer now it fits with the psychology, its just too weird to think its autumn. :o)

But the good weather has brought out a few shoots on my tomato plant did I mention that before I think I did. Anyway checked it this morning & I have another two germinating so that brings total to seven now. So excited. I checked into lettuce seeds & pots at the weekend & I got a few books out of the library but decided to read up a bit before I buy any, just to be sure. So I’ll let you know how that goes.

I joined a shopping tote swap on another blog and we got our swap buddies today. I'm really looking forward to trying it out. I'm a total beginner. I think the last thing I sewed was in home economics class in school.

You should check it out its: http://down---to---earth.blogspot.com/

She has so many wonderful tips & recipes its well worth a visit. I'm not normally a joiner in’er but this site really inspired me to give it a go. We'll see. I'll post a picture of the bag when I'm finished. I was paired up with a woman from Wales & I've emailed her already but I'm sure she’s still in cloud cuckoo land as its about 3am over there about now.

I thinking I must post up a few pictures soon. I'll do that soon. I had no idea how many blogs were how there I was having a bit of a surf yesterday it really is amazing, people from all over the world. I'm looking forward to meeting some new friends from around the world. I'm only new to this whole blogging thing & it’s been a revelation.

Yesterday I mentioned that I wanted to try to improve my diet & exerices etc. Well I actually brought in a proper lunch with me with plenty of fruit which I’ve just finished & feel very full after & last night I did an exercise routine from a Tai-bo class I used to do at home. I really miss it I used to LOVE doing it at home but I haven’t been able to find any classes here yet. So I worked up a good sweat at that. Another name for it is Kai-bo which is the original Billy Blanks US version. Its mixture between Taiquando & kick-boxing but done as an aerobic exercise as opposed to martial arts. It’s so much fun so if anyone out there knows of a class in Sydney please let me know.

I just saw a really good quote that I thought might be a nice thought for the day.

“Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing himself” - Leo Tolstoy

I thought it was quite appropriate as that is exactly what I'm trying to do at the moment. Anyway hope you all have a great day & keep smiling. :o)

A blue day

I'm having a bit of a down day. Don't know why as nothing has happened & I got up feeling normal enough. Maybe its the grey sky thats doing it or the promise of rain. Its still warm here in Sydney supposed to be 25 oC today but I'd say we're in for another thunderstorm. There are plenty of them at this time of year.
So back to wondering why I'm feeling bit blue today.....huuuummmm. Its friday I should be elated its the weekend. I guess its just one of those troughs in the rollercoaster of emothions. Its funny isn't it we can be so happy then so sad then middle'ing & so the cycle continues.
I so dont' want to be in work today my heart is not in it. I really try to put my best effort into my job as thats what I'm being paid for but today its a bit of a non starter. Does anyone else have days like this?

I've been thinking a lot about work recently. I like my job & at times I even enjoy it depending on the relevant days events & stress levels. I work in an accounts dept of a financial services company. I sort of fell into this profession as I was good at maths & good with numbers in general & that continued through my schooling. But what I was thinking about is I dont' have anything, job included that I'm passionate about, REALLY passionate about. I often envy those who KNOW they want to be doctors for example, they just know. Or teachers or whatever they seem to just know thats what they want to do. I envy that. I'm sort of trying to find that now & hopefully will make it my profession whatever it is I find but in the meantime there are bills to pay, food to buy you know yourself.
I went to a tarot card reader a few years ago & she was very good I'd have to say, freaky good actually. & she questioned my current profession too which was strange & suggested I do something more creative. I suppose thats partly why I decided to start this blog to find out what I want to do & how I can help others that might help me find my passion. I guess like everyone I just want to have that feeling of finding my place in the world.

But still haven't figured out why feeling so blue today. I really have a heavy heart, nothings happened nothings gone wrong, I was even very cheerfull this morning. maybe I just need a good cup of tea, growing up that was the answer for everything, LOL.

So hopefully you all are having a better day & hopefully I'll be a bit more cheery next time.

Here is a really good thought for the day - everyone must row with the oars they have.