Hah, hah, hah, this just isn't me is it? ...   My new page design and user pic.

I am so bored with pastel, I am always some shade of pastel

So I dared to be different

Check it out and let me know what you think

If it's gone,  along with the "magic happens" user pic, then

I have already changed it ..

In the meantime I'm off to find my tarot cards and see if I remember how to use them

this page may give me some superpowers !! 

There are a few things I am feeling happy about this week


1)       I decided to book in for the cortisone injection in  my shoulder,  (done under ultrasound
           guidance), for next Friday.   I am being very positive that this is the right decision.

2)       I was walking passed Sportsgirl and went in to have  a browze around - I came out with a
           lovely  white top (like I really need another white top!!) but it was so lovely and light and cool
           and it will look great  with  denim clothes;  ( the pic doesn't quite do it justice .. )

                                                            


3)      My son and family are off on a cruise for a week, they leave Brisbane  on Saturday; 
         they  will have such a good time.   The children are very excited,  Kids Club and all, 
         so that makes me  happy.


4)      I have prepared dinner for tonight and all is left to do is pour over the stock and put it
          in the oven.   Voila - tea is done.  Oh and btw this is the tea I drink every afternoon, it is
          divine ..

              
                                                                                

5)      In my garden there is a plant that only flowers once a year, the leaves stay the same dark all
          year long and then  a bloom appears  from the middle.  It only lasts just over a week.   (I noticed
          it yesterday.        
          It looked so beautiful I just had to take a pic.
    

                                                 
         
so,  there are some things that have made me happy this week .....

I was given an "L" by

sahm3170


Ask me for a letter of the alphabet. Then comment here with your 10 favourite things beginning with that letter, post it in your LJ, and invite others to do likewise.


 1)    Lace:   I love lace edgings on certain items of clothing (white lace)

 2)    Lemon and Honey Herbal Tea:   Lovely and refreshing at any time and as a change from coffee
        and black tea

 3)    Lavender:   Of course, it's my favourite thing or smell

 4)    Lazyboy couches:  I have one and I love being there  for watching TV or reading

 5)    Libraries:  That is where all the good books are and it is a very peaceful place to wander around

 6)    LJ icons:  I love finding them, (smiles to Sahm), also  downloading them but I don't change them 
        on my journal as often as I should

 7)    Laughing:  The best thing in the world, it's so good to have a belly laugh and laugh with friends or
        about oneself

  8    Lammingtons:  A very favourite cake but they have to be very fresh and full of cream

 9)    Love:  Where would we be without love. Romantic love (ideally), love of life, of children, of flowers -
       of anything really. We all need love of something

10)   Lying in bed:  Usually for a reason, like a nap or reading,  but most of all I love lying in my bed for
       sleeping
  

... and it started when I got out of bed and took Darcy for a long walk by the High School and along the start of the bike path where the riverbank is .. where it meanders along and through the shopping centre, it's not called a river, it's Schutz Canal I think.

The grass is green now,  there was dew this morning and Darcy got wet up to his tummy., which isn't very far off the ground!  We were out for about 40 minutes and a wet tummy was a good excuse to give him a bath and a good grooming.  He loves me when I do this, he stands as still as can be while I wash him with a Doggie Emu Oil shampoo and then towel him dry and brush him while we sit in the sun and I tell him how lucky he is.

The wind started blowing from the north west later, it was so hot and the temperature on the deck said 31 degrees.  Winter is definitely over. Later I cleaned ..  even the floors;   they got a vacuum and mop, they sparkle.  SO, clean house, clean dog, happy me.

After that  my shoulder was aching quite bad so I put rollers in my freshly washed hair, thinking it would be easier than blowdrying .. I was wrong!   I won't do that again in a hurry.  My shoulder is very sore right now  .. lucky the ultrasound is tomorrow.

I have felt so relaxed today, I played no music, the TV has not been turned on, Bob hasn't called in and out for morning tea, lunch etc. so it has been me and the wind and the dog.  I needed a day like this,  with no noise, nothing.  I must do it more often.

It's time to  light my candle, I always light it around this time of day and I love the shape it's becoming.  I wish it would last forever just as it is right now.  The perfume is sandalwood, an amazing perfume.

Here it is, I'll share it with you..before I go into the kitchen to prepare dinner and pour a wine..

                               

                                                                                                

                             

OR THIS                                                                   
                                                                                       

.....

pitter-patter, rain dropping
harder, softer
stopping suddenly then starting

strong winds blowing,
leaves falling,
fig tree berries messing paths

black crows diving
looking, squawking,
landing safely in the trees

tyres hissing, squelching,
roads drowning 
drivers braking far too hard

gutters blocking, gurgling,
swirling, collecting
dead leaves from the ground

posties hurrying, blinking,
sniffing raindrops
quickly stuffing mounds of mail

mummy reading, writing,
puppy sleeping
smelling candles all aglow
 
wondering, hoping, praying
all this rain
has gone into our dams




  

      





  

                  

Your Vocabulary Score: B

You have a zealous love for the English language, and many find your vocabulary edifying. Don't fret that you didn't get every word right, your vocabulary can be easily ameliorated!

Thanks to Curvey for an inspiration. I have been trying to do a post since before dinner, I am too busy looking at you all. It's fun though. Ok here we go:

10 things i hate

1. Cleaning the bathroom and toilet
2. Sweeping up leaves from next doors huge gum tree
3. Getting out of bed when its cold
4. Argumentative people
5. Headaches
6. Food shopping
7. Putting it away
8. Grumpy people
9. Opening wine bottes with corkscrews
10. Coughing

I have been on and off Livejournal since 12 o'clock. I am so much further ahead than I was this time yesterday and learning all the time.

Today was so beautiful here in Brissie. 26 deg. a gentle breeze - the winds that I predicted haven't arrived. I was wandering around outside in a singlet top and 'cut offs", that's what you call them Sahm, isn't it?? I can't remember what I call them, I'm a bit brain dead at present.

My garden looks so much nicer now it has all been piled up with bark and had a bit of pruning. Got to get in quick because up here it can be spring one minute and summer the next.

I was talking to Bob tonight and mentioned that I wouldn't mind going to Sydney later in the year or early next, just by myself for a little visit. There's a few people I would like to see. I'm not sure yet, I have to have my other two holidays, but it's nice to think it might be a possibility, specially as I get those staff rates with Virgin. Never know when Nic might leave, not that I can see that happening any time soon but I should make the most of it and I haven't been doing that lately.

I'm going to have a nice cuppa tea now, that has been specially made for me, and a cuddle with my puppydog on the couch. By the way, I'm sure his beautiful brown eyes haven't got cataracts as the photos I have taken without a flash show his eyes the beautiful brown they really are. I will post a photo soon. Till then, adios .....





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This is a small quote but a favourite.

The snow goose,
need not bathe
to make itself white.

Neither need you
do anything.
but be yourself

'Lao-Tse'