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Thursday, January 31, 2013

It is hard to stay optimistic! Floods, Fires and Tornadoes.



I won't put up pictures of the devastation along the east coast of Australia.  There are so many already.

I really don't know how we can help the victims of the fires and the floods and the tornadoes.

I will not give money to the Red Cross.

I do not trust the Red Cross any more after it was discovered that they kept at least a third of the money that was donated to the Bali Bombing victims and families.   I do not know if the whole of this money was ever distributed as it should have been after their greediness and fraud was discovered.    The Red Cross promised not to do this again so the Victorian government let them handle the donations for the bushfire victims of  Black Saturday,  February 2009.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires

 I wonder if ALL the monies, amounting to over 25 million dollars was given to the ones entitled to it.

 Also,   who kept the interest paid for these monies invested in interest bearing deposits?















Sunday, January 27, 2013

The body is failing!



               I'm  a wreck! 

 I went to consult the doctor again last week after having a dodgy knee for about 2 months.  
 An X ray the week before had shown 'mild arthritis'.

We all know X rays do not show up soft tissue very well and I don't know why she went that way.  Maybe to keep the guy in business.         So,  the diagnosis is " Runner's Knee" !!!!   I must have got this from many years ago when I actually ran.   I knew it was tendon related because I'm  like that.
  I can self diagnose pretty damn good!      I have a few sensible exercises to do twice a day.  [sometimes].     There is improvement.

I was optimistic about being pain free so started to look through some travel brochures,  planning a trip over seas.  Dreaming is good for your spirit.   I was drooling over a 21 days coach trip to the UK and wondering if this is the way to go and easier than hiring a car and doing the B & B thing.
B & B's are NOT cheap any more!!!   A tent might be a better idea.

Nek minnit!!!   I wake up with a very sore big toe joint that then progressively worsens.   I consult Dr. Google with my suspicions and sure enough......   Feckin  GOUT!!!       I thought only people that drank alcohol got that....  wrong.    After a lovely hot soak in various herbs and spices, it felt better.
3 painkillers  helped  get a good sleep.  This morning it's improved but is swollen with the tell tale red mark.       The toe pain totally puts the knee pain in the 'minor' category.     This too shall pass.

It's Sunday here and I plan on making  a batch of soap.  The sun is out with a vengeance, drying up the puddles and it's too bloody hot to be doing too much work.    Soap making is ideal.  See how I'll go with the standing needed to do this.     The humidity  has made my unwrapped soaps sweat.   They may all have to go in the oven to gently dry off.  I'm hoping that this will happen naturally when  the weather changes. 
We've just received an invitation to go to a friend's for lunch so I'm going to take a bowl of lightly stewed mango and look around the pantry for something else to go with it. 
Take care. xo 




Friday, January 25, 2013

Is it Drama for attention or just because we can????


I   read quite a few blogs because I am a blogaholic. 

 The common threads running through many  of these are  sadness,  worry,  turmoil,  troubles,  boredom and low self esteem.
 There are  many  happy,   contented bloggers out there too ...

   I can end up in tears  after reading some blogs.  I know I am a sook so that accounts for some tears but not all of them.

Is it a sign of the times or is it that social media encourages  the airing of our lives whether for good or bad?   
There are bloggers that milk the most they can out of a tragedy, even months later.
I know there are horrible events in our lives.    I've been through many of  them.   

But,  do we want to move forward gently and slowly heal  or do we want  to drag it out to keep the readers  coming back.     I don't know.   Every one has their own ideas on coping and every one's blog is their own.  The content is theirs and I know I can move on and not read, which I do.

It's like TV..... just switch channels!

I love the funny girls, the travel tales, the amazing quilting women and  the self sufficiency blogs.

I totally approve of making money from blogs.   Who would want to pay for child minding and  risk the ill treatment of your babies?     Who wants to pay for working clothes when you can earn the bikkies in your pyjamas?    You go girls!!!    Just don't be milking your tragedy for all it's worth.   Boring.....

So much to choose from.    And that is what it is all about..... choice.

I'm sorry if I stood on toes.





Wednesday, January 23, 2013

just being able to talk and let any words flow.

"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away." (Dinah Craik)

I would love to have a friend or a sister or a lover that fills that description.  To never have to worry if I stumble with my sentences because I'm trying to explain how I feel on a certain subject.

Even to just talk freely about the things that I am passionate about.  To talk of UFOs, of the deaths in my family,  of  the unexplained,  of seed collecting and even the lovely soap making that  I'm learning.      To talk of my worries.  To find some solutions to family problems that are still ongoing. 

 I think I need to get myself an imaginary friend!
 


Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Keep safe.



What the hell is wrong with people?????       It seems that there is a murder or attempted murder every news bulletin.  I'm over it.      Is it the drugs or the grog or can't people contain their anger?

The judiciary must enforce the full extent of the law.      Hand out huge sentences with no remand.
Earn their bloody money and be seen doing their jobs.  
  If it looks  and sounds dangerous.... GET OUT OF THERE.    Particularly girlfriends and wives with power freaks for partners.  GET OUT!!!

Women have to take more management with their safety.   Be alert,    look around.     Mothers teach your sons to respect women even if the father doesn't.   I can see that trend of treating women badly running through families.  Any way..... enough of my rant but for god's sake,  stand up and be counted.      Have a good day!    xo



Monday, January 21, 2013

The long delayed story.



This is what happened.   Picture a stinking hot humid day.    Got that?    We've driven 15ks to pick up the trialer that sh!ould be loaded with someone else's rubbish to take it to the dump  as we had lent them the trailer for this purpose.   We had to take the old Toyota Landcruiser because it has a tow ball.   IT DOES NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING!    It is dirty inside because my fella is dead lazy when it comes to cleaning vehicles.  Well..... cleaning, full stop.     

We get to the place, the rubbish is in and off they go to the dump.   a long time passes and still not returned.  Meanwhile, I'm sitting in the front yard under the shade of a red bottle brush tree.  Cool breeze blowing so it's not too bad.    Eventually, the phone inside rings so I let it go.  Not my business. It kept on ringing over a few times so I answered and sure enough, they had car trouble.

They had only got down the road a little before the fuel supply seemed to cut out.  RACQ called  and after some walking in the hot sun,  the toyota is off to be repaired.   Another little car that had a tow ball then takes the rubbish off where you have to run around sorting the bastard and pay $12.00 for the privilege!    Back to pick me up then off to our house.    
It doesn't read too bad really but it was hot!   Hot makes me cranky at the best of times, like today.

About 4 days later it is ready. I have to phone them!   It was something to do with leads and condenser and costs $285.00.   Pretty stiff seeing that the call out and towing is free.  just the parts and labour.  Labour was $124.00.  

I knew I should have stayed at home!!!!

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Postponing a long story until tomorrow...

I was going to tell you about my day but will do it tomorrow as I hate this keyboard and it's a long story.    I'll be back!!!  

Tuesday, January 1, 2013



I would like to thank each of you for sticking with me. 

I really appreciate this and plan to post more often.  It might just be  frivolous thoughts, a rant or some thing mind boggling!

I love it that some of you live in China,  Russia, Malaysia. UK,  USA, including Alaska and even good ole Australia with our next door neighbour, New Zealand. 

If any one from China lives in Nanjing I would love to know how to get in touch with a darling
girl  ( even though she was 28 ) that I met on a coach tour through Europe. 
 

We just loved each other as soon as we met.   She was in England expanding her knowledge of the English language after studying at the Foreign Language School.  When she returned to Nanjing, she was going to have her baby and if it was a girl, call her Mavis after her lovely teacher in England.

Anyway,  I digress.   Thank you from my heart.  XXOO



Soap and Whinges. Not my usual self here!



This smells gorgeous.


                   I am still in love with soap making and   I plan on learning as much as my little brain will retain about  it all.   I love the wonderful soapies who so very generously share their knowledge on the Internet.
Thank you so much. 

  We are a little limited in Australia with the fragrance and essential oils end of the process.  What is available, costs an arm and a leg....    I've now spent a fortune so I have to carry on and have a stall at some markets in our area to get some money back!   .  It will kill me physically,  I know,  but there are effective pain killers on the market!

This is the whinging, whining part.  

My bloody weight is sky rocketing and I now have a dodgey, dicky  (sore )  knee.
 It began as achy and sore to touch behind my left knee,  moved further to the right side, then over onto the front.
I, of course,  have consulted Dr Google with no answers being found.  It looks like I may have to actually..... god forbid..... consult the medical profession!

I do like my 2 doctors and semi trust them.     Then to fucking throw fuel on the fire,   I broke a tooth, right in the bottom front.   On a soft potato chip, of all things... Right off at the bottom, leaving a feral gap!
This was while I was in Townsville to meet up with my daughter who flew up from Brisbane.
We had planned a day's road trip to do the tourist thing.  So after the tooth breaking and the accompanying cursing,         I go to the car to throw a few things in while my daughter finished her make up and there was a feckin scrape on the rear of the car.   Some one must have driven  in to park just a little too close!    I was extremely cranky and went in to the office to see if they had CCTV.    Nuh....    The car next to me had just driven in as the bonnet over the motor was really hot and the water run off from the air conditioner had just started.    I still believe he was responsible.

The manager got his mobile number for me and his name for me to talk with him.   I didn't ring him for some reason.
Maybe, I felt sorry for him as it was an older car and had those stupid family stickers on the back window.      I took photos.


  My daughter and I had a great day touring but each time I came back to the car, I felt a little sick!
We enjoyed the next two days together and then she flew out and I drove the 5 hours home.

I rang the insurance company only to be told that  the excess was $500.00.    The car already has a $2000.00 panel beating job to be done and so I thought I would get these scrapes fixed at the same time for less than the $500.00.

Took the car in to get it looked at.  He  rubbed at it and said to hang on while he went and got some magic water.   He came back and proceeded to clean off all the white paint left on it and now, if you look hard you can see 2 tiny scratches.       I was so pleased that I had not phoned the suspected culprit and bothered him too,  just before Christmas.

 So... there was a guardian angel.... for both of us.