Suffer for Fashion & Do's & Don'ts for 2009 (Personality)

Suffer for Fashion....an interesting saying I’ve always thought but today I think I became a victim to it. I went to get my nails done and while I was there, realised that my legs could probably do with a wax as they were looking a little unkempt. So in my infinite wisdom, I asked if they would have time to do a half leg wax while I was there. She said “sure, after we’ve done your nails” so away I go. Now I’ve had leg waxes before but I’m not too sure what she used this time but as I soon found out after leaving my legs were feeling a little “sticky” not the normal feeling from wax. Off I went to medicare, another fascinating place I find, such a melting pot of people there and not somewhere I frequent all that often although it seems to be that the majority of people there do, especially a lot of very young mothers, but I digress. So I take a number, take a seat and wait, eventually that automated voice called my number and I went to get up and felt a little stuck to the chair, didn’t think much of it and away I went. Then I went over to Crazy Clarks to buy a couple of artists canvases as they are closing down and were going cheap, when I happened to brush past a towel which consequently also stuck to my leg. I looked down and to my horror I looked like a reverse lamington, white with all bits of fluff stuck to my leg where the sticky wax or whatever she used has clearly not come off. I had a chuckle to myself, and continued shopping, I’ve since gotten home and tried to get it off of me, but it’s staying put, one would hope it will come off in the shower tonight as everytime I sit on the lounge, which is black, I end up with black fluff all over me.....hmmmm, what we women do hey?

Time for some more Do’s & Don'ts for 2009.

Personality
Don’t overdo. Keep your limits.
Don’t take yourself so seriously. No-one else does.
Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
Dream more while you’re awake.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
Realise that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
Smile and laugh more.You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

Do's & Dont's for 2009 (Health)

A very dear friend of mine sent me a beautiful email with Do's & Dont's of 2009 so I thought I would share:

Health
· Drink plenty of water
· Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince & dinner like a beggar
· Eat more foods that grow on trees & plants and less food that is manufactured in plants.
· Live with the 3 E’s – Energy, Enthusiasm & Empathy.
· Make time to practice meditation, yoga & prayer.
· Play more games
· Read more books than you did in 2008.
· Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
· Sleep for 7 hours.
· Take a 10-30 minute walk every day and while you walk, SMILE

5am alarm on Sunday

Sometimes my darling husband can be SO annoying.......not only has he gone fishing for 2 days at Peaceful Bay after spending a week in Perth this hitch off, but he left his 5am alarm set for me this morning....but I do really love him, hey we wouldn't have been together for 22 years if I didn't, just sometimes he does those little things that I want to shout "Aaaargh"
Anyway, there's my vent for today. I haven't really seen that much of him this time home and he goes back to work on Wednesday and I'll be home alone again with the "kids in fur coats" (pets). But I know it's all for a reason and he works so hard and it's not forever.
My computer had a bit of a meltdown on Friday, apparently from downloading games to it, so no more games for me. I've decided to go back to reading, I buy books, but rarely these days do I actually get to finish one, I'm sure you all know what I mean, my bookcase looks great but there are not too many there that I can say how good they are coz I never fully read them.
Seeing as playing the computer games replaced my love of seeking comfort in all those bad foods and I'm changing the way I look at things, and now that I've uninstalled all the games, books are going to be my new passion - no virus in between those pages !! I always said to myself "I don't have time to read" but if I had time to play on the computer then I have time to read. Not only will I be healthier, I'll be more educated !!

Middle age......

Today's comment on my calendar was this "Middle age is when you realise that you'll never live long enough to try all the recipes you spent 30 years clipping out of newspapers and magazines"
When I read that today, I went OMG that is so true. I turned 40 on xmas eve, they say its the new 30, but one thing I have realised is that I don't feel any older, just the number keeps changing every year. I asked my mum, who is in her mid 70's, if she feels older, she said no, just that her body doesn't like doing what it used to do so easily. I think I know what she means since I fell off my bike in December, it has certainly taken it's time healing - a lot longer than it used to.
Work has finished for another week, as I only work 3 days a week. My boss came back to work today after not seeing him since before xmas, he's exhausted, reckons he came back to work for a rest with all his family around he has to play chief mediator of the house.
Not planning on doing much on my 4 days off, the weather here is going to be yuck - 37C tomorrow and 39C for Friday, we are usually a couple of degrees cooler but not that it's going to make much difference, Anook our malamute will be looking forward to coming into the air-conditiong, I must say though that since we've moved down here the weather has been a little more forgiving than in Perth.
Batten down the hatches......and start cooking all those recipes I've been collecting !!