Ladies! Wow what a few days it has been. My sis came over yesterday and as she was leaving she fell and twisted her ankle very badly. She is doing better today, but I had to pick her up and drop her off at school, as it is ver uncomfortable to drive. Since I won't make it to the gym I have been doing some outdoor work, as it is in the 50"s and very nice. We are having a quick lunch then off to the park for a little while so DD1 can play witha friend. will try to hop in tonight to post indies!!! Have a lovely day!

Upswife
Sorry to hear about your sister. Hope she gets well soon. Hope everyone has a wonderful time outside. The day looks like it is going to be nice. Not quite so warm here as it is for you.


Melody
I love horror. Not slasher but horror. Oh my gosh Christopher Lee can come suck on my neck any day of the week lol. I love the old movies remember Mr. Belvedere with Clifton Webb. The remarkable Mr Pennypacker is one of my favorites and the ma and pa kettles still make me laugh. I don't watch much tv but I have a great collection of the old movies and older tv shows. Sometimes it is to darn hard to play catch up. We just pick up and go on. You take care of yourself and try not to do to much. There is always tomorrow to do things.

di
The dietitian can just make or break your day lol. I told you, always have some kind of snack. This isn't about doing without. This is about eating a healthy balanced diet and making sure we get the things we love.

Morning all,
Had a lazy morning this morning. Had to get up and get the DS2 out of bed. He is a right horror with hours and things (I think there is a new lady friend on the horizon but don't tell him I said that) and he slept in. Then I went back to bed and read for a while. Sunday the cat got me up because she needed to go outside.
I have a whole raft of things to consider with the new job and overnight have had a massive email from the 'boss' with dates and instructions and things. One thing he hasn't mentioned and I'd better check it today is whether I need to apply for a working visa and does it make any difference that I am travelling on an NZ passport. All these things take time and I only have two weeks before the first trip.
The DS2 has put in his resignation from the job. I'm actually quite pleased about this believe it or not. It is a dangerous and dirty job he has, and I personally don't think any safety improvements have been made since DS2 had his accident at Christmas and that poor man died just before New Year. So he is considering his options at the moment. There is a mountain of work around at the moment, he won't be stuck for long. He wouldn't have been even if there wasn't much work around. He is a good worker and is constantly being offered jobs by people. I just want him to do his Pre-voc course and get into an electrical apprenticeship because I think that he will regret the lost opportunity later in life. But there is no use pushing this child, he will just go the other way, so generally I try reverse psychology first and often it works. And maybe this is because yesterday he asked me to check on pre-voc courses. :woohoo:

Rennie - snacking is good, apparently it levels out the blood sugars. I usually have yoghurt or fruit on hand or sometimes rice crackers and tomato.

Ellen - hope your sister is okay.

Mel - He looks not too bad at all. And if he is into travel, then I am all for him being at the villa. Take it easy with that back. I'm only going to be away for 2 weeks at a time so don't fret the son or Sunday. They will have me back one week in three - although I might be fairly dopey on the first day.

Michelle - Good going on the dietician and also that infernal elliptical. 30 minutes WOW :woohoo: YGG. I manage 16 minutes on a level 10 and the legs are just about jelly when I get off.
I will have internet access on my laptop which the new boss is now organising for me. I have to hit the ground running with this job. So you will hear from me. All the moans and groans, all the whinging about the job. Ask Happy, she always gets to sympathise with me about my projects and contracts. There have been some bad ones in the recent past. And no, I couldn't go without the support of my friends in my computer. They keep me sane.
First up on the new job will be the Training Needs Analysis. Something I did years back and am not at all sure whether I'll remember how to do it again, but I guess it will all come roaring back - and it is not as if I have a huge clientiele to deal with this time round. I think there are less than 50 employees who will work on the project. Nothing like the 1600 I had to sort out last time.

Annie - Glad to hear the kids are doing okay. I guess in time the colonic involuntary interaction will settle - yes? If not, do you have to drag a complete change of wardrobe around with you or can you sort of anticipate the 'bad' times?

Happy - nice of you to drop in when you had to be out and about early this morning. I didn't think we would hear from you until tonight. Hope the meeting goes okay.

Ruth - Thank Hershey for the morning greetings. Cute pic. What is this Welcome Wagon anyway? I've seen it on other mods posts and no doubt it has been explained, but I rarely have the time to trawl through the wealth of information on this site. Instead I have to specifically go looking for what I want otherwise I could be here all day. :spammer: Gotta love that smiley - it says it all. I was checking out my address book the other day getting rid of some I hadn't heard from in years and discovered that my blocked senders list is twice as long as my 'I love my friends' list. Do wish someone in Canada would get the idea that I don't buy medicines over the net much less from the Canadian cheap drugs store. I wouldn't mind getting my grubby mitts on the person who supplied them with the mailing list!!!!!

Okay - better get off and take out my frustrations and misfortunes on the tiled splashback in the kitchen. Deconstruction continues. But after this it is a matter of removing the floor cabinets and sanding, sealing and painting. :woohoo: But of course, nothing but nothing goes according to plan in this house. So I should get on with it, assume the worst and maybe :lol3: be pleasantly surprised! :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: :rofl: :lol3: I should be so lucky.

Shad
There really is nothing we can do but support them. My son is stuck on going into the navy. We keep getting the run around because of all his meads. He is asking again about college which is a good thing. We are going next week to ask some questions and see how college might go for him. I do know they have to follow his ipe so that is a good thing.

What a talkative bunch of chicks!

It's been a stormy day in the midsouth. My dentist appointment went okay. He gave me a script for pain meds which I had filled but don't think I'll have to use them. The sight is a little sore where he's worked.

Not much else is going on.

More later.

Cee
Oh i hate the dentist. I am sure she works for the devil lol she is a very good dentist but still lol. I sure hope you are feeling better soon.

Good morning chicks,

Just running in to say hello. Heavy storms all through the night messed up my sleep. Very tired today. I'll try and come by tonight. :wave:

Happy, We had hella storms last night also. Miss Bella couldn't sleep close enough to me. For being such a real b*tch dog, she was a little wimpy last night.

Not much going on this weekend. DS is having a few friends over tonight, never fails...give the house a thorough cleaning and the kids have a card party. Go figure. Got about 4 loads of laundry to do that is about it.

Have a wonderful Friday all.

Love and Hugs

Happy Friday ladies --

I'm taking today off to get caught up on some home stuff, and the day is flying by fast and I haven't accomplished much yet. So, this will be quick! I did 1/2 hour of cardio and 1/2 hour of weights last night, and later today I'll go do 45 minutes or an hour of cardio. Tomorrow, my coach is teaching a weight class, so I'll likely go to that. He teaches the weights class on Thursday nights too and I really enjoy it.

Mel - good for you for delegating stuff so you can relax. I hope your back is doing better.

Ellen - So sorry to hear about your sister's injury. That's nice of you to drive her around. Good for you for doing the outdoor work in the nice weather! I hope you enjoyed your time at the park.

Rennie - Thanks for the advice about snacking and making sure we eat healthy and eat foods we like.

Shad - You do have lots to think about with the new job. I hope you get answers to all your questions soon. That's good that your DS2 is leaving his job and looking for something better and safer. It's great that he's going to check into pre-voc courses! As for the elliptical, I did 30 minutes at level 2 - I didn't want to push it too hard with too much resistance right away. You do 16 minutes at Level 10?! That's awesome! You must be incredibly skilled and talented at your profession! You seem to get a lot of offers that you can pick and choose from! Good for you!!

Ceejay - glad the dentist appt went well.

Happy - glad to see you're doing okay. I saw the storms in your area when I turned on the Weather Channel last night. You hang in there.

Annie - I saw your storms too. I'm glad they didn't come up here. Phew!

Anyway, chickies, I've got cleaning to do, errands to run, and a workout later.

I'll try and check in tonight (or it might be tomorrow).

Hugs,

Happy
We had those storms also. At least I got to sleep in a little later. It's still a little dreary with a light rain.

Annie
Just be thankful that you know where the kiddo's are.

Michelle
Good job with the work out.

Shad
wow your new job sounds like they are expecting alot out of one week.
it would be nice if the ds could get a vocational license in do electrician work. There is money in that field. Are you gonna play match maker?

Rennie
Still haven't needed those pain pill's. He was in a very good mood yesterday plus there was a girl doing her clinical's. He and I usually are at the gym at the same time. He asked where I'd been.

Mel
Good for you in not over doing. This is what I really need to tell myself especially when doing my 12 hour shifts.

Just got off the phone with a dell rep. I know enough about the computer to really get myself into trouble. It's amazing how they can tap into ones computer with my permission of course and straighten things out.

Got my nephew's wedding invitation yesterday. It's different but I really like it. This is going to be a very sophisticated. I'm sending my rsvp back today. I'm really getting excited.

My goal is to lose 2 inches from each area of my body by this event.

Afternoon ladies!!!

I love being outside in such nice weather, unfortunately while we were at the park it got cloudy, and windy...felt much cooler. My back was spasming because of the change. :( Trying to feel better and get to the gym this afternoon when DS gets home from school. My hubby's nephew's wedding is tomorrow hoping to have a blast!!! Will try to check back in later tonight or tomorrow morning.

Have a wonderful weekend all!!!

Shad
Isn't it amazing the things we get in our email. We keep blocking them and they seem to find us again lol. One of the things I keep in the car for just in case I forget to take something is South Beach Peanut Butter cookies. They are a bit high in fat and such ( I think 5 grams of fat for two cookies ) but they are filling and keep me going until I get home. Since they are individually packed ( 2 cookies ). They can just be tossed in the glove box or arm rest and left there until I might need them.

I am the only person on my computer. I have a password no one can get into my system. I come to this site. Msn home page, my email sites and a few sites that I play cards on and other games on. I do go to sites to look up information but sure not to the kinds of sites that I get email from. Where on earth do all these people get my email address.

I do not buy drugs on the net. I do NOT need to find out how to make my woman happy lol and I sure don't need my male appendage made bigger ( good heavens they have no idea who they send stuff to ). I do not want a face lift, botox, nor do I want longer stronger nails in 10 days ( my nails are claws now and strong enough ). I do not want another credit card, I don't want want to buy porn, see porn or talk to woman who seem to want to talk to me. Where on earth did they get my email address. I have often wondered if I should send back messages to those woman and ask them to church. I do not want to buy a dell computer or any other computer I build my own, leave me alone. I do not need a credit report, on line education in another state, nor do I want to know my horoscope. I swear some how you get on a list and it gets sold over and over to people and company's you would never have anything do do with.


annie
I am going to do laundry tonight too. Get it done and out of the way. Somehow, my kids will have forgotten " just one piece of clothing " in their rooms and Sunday afternoon I will find their hampers full again lol.


di
I tryed swordfish today. It was ok I guess but for the price it should have prepared itself and then jumped on my fork lol. Think I will stick with wild salmon and wild Tilapia.

Cee
Glad to see you have been able to do without the pain pills. Doesn't it make you feel great when someone notices you haven't been around.

Upswife
It is nice her today but a bit chilly because it rained this morning. Was nice to sit on the porch this morning :) with a cup of tea and watch the world go by. Hope you have a great time.

Ruth
lol so sorry to hear about the snow. I would rather have the snow than the rain rain rain all the time for the next couple of months lol.

Let's get the frassin' weather out of the way!
 

Morning all,

It is not frassin' snowing here, however the natives should be starting to mutter about the cold about now. The temp has 'plummetted' over the past couple of days to early morning temps of around 15 degrees C. That's around 60F to you people. One morning it went down to 12.5. Dire warnings of a long hard winter according to the local population - and of course it is ALWAYS the politicians fault. Soon there won't be any winter clothes left in the whole of Brisbane.

Ruth - you do not hate that country - it is absolutely beautiful and soon enough you will all be complaining about the heat, dust, flies, fleas, midges, bitey things and things that eat the roses!!!! Spring will come, now get on out and clear out the back room or something to take your mind off the weather. Change the snowdrops for something like hibiscus and see if you can entice Spring that way. Plan a cross country snow shoe shuffle and invite Carla (who has disappeared into hibernation again) that's sure to stop the snow and bring on dust storms.

Rennie - At the moment I am getting women from Poland and Russia who are 'coming out to Australia' and NEED a friend, some of them with a view to marriage!!!! Needless to say they are blocked before they even see the light of day. I spoke to a friend in IT one day about this spam and he tells me that the people who send all this rubbish are actually very clever. It seems that they don't even need to be sold mailing lists now, they can trawl across the internet with some very sophiscated programs and people like me who make a lot of noise over the internet (his words not mine) get caught frequently. Basically the only thing I can do is to change my address and that will only work for a while. Well any person in business for themselves will know that doesn't get them any work and think of the expense in business cards!

Upswife - take care of the back and enjoy the wedding.

Ceejay - I am definitely not playing matchmaker :rofl: The kid would run a mile in the opposite direction. Besides which I haven't met her yet - she is a big secret and all I know about her is that she is doing a double degree in Business and something (Commercial law??). This makes a big change for the DS2 as normally he only finds lame ducks or people with baggage (physical and/or emotional) or those out to spend his money. Don't get me wrong, he has brought home some lovely people, but he is inclined to put them on a pedestal and they can't all take the care and loving he wants to give them. I keep telling him he needs someone who can stand up to him and who will work with him and not for him and who will be able to stand on her own two feet and who will push him to his limits as well. Sometimes he listens - but he is only 32! no brains yet.
The new job is exciting - it is going to push my boundaries I can tell you. There are a lot of thoughts swirling around in my head.
When is the nephews wedding?

Michelle - I don't think I ever explained my job, although someone did ask a while back. I do workplace training and development of training materials - mainly on computer programs such as SAP, Peoplesoft and Microsoft. Generally my chosen field is Plant Maintenance or Warehousing logistics (purchasing and inventory stuff) but I have been known to dabble in Finance, Quality Management and transport. I go out to mines and refineries - I've trained in nickel, coal, oil, electricity, fertiliser, manganese, bauxite, aluminium, uranium, gold, diamond and iron ore mines and refineries. I've also done retail, plumbing, government and corporate stuff. This is the first time I have really gone into HR (something that I have previously tried to have little to do with) and payroll. So it will be a fairly steep learning curve for me.
In this industry, you get to know a lot of people in a lot of places. It pays to be reasonably nice to each and every one of them since it is quite likely that in your next job, you will be working for or with some of them again. I've been doing this for 14 years. It seems I have a good reputation for hard work and a willingness to work until the job is done. With this job I did not apply for it, I didn't even know it was happening. It just so happens that the Project Manager on this job was a man I worked alongside (but not with) in a previous job in Townsville. When he was putting his team together some months back, he asked them to put forward names of trainers they had worked with previously who they considered to be good at their job. He tells me that my name was put forward by three people - one of whom had never met me nor worked with me but had heard of my work through various people he had worked with on other projects. So Mike rang me to see if I was available and I am. I just hope I am up to the job and the hype!!!!
Sorry about the long rant there.

Happy - you poor wee thing. Racing around at work again. Hope the meeting went off okay and there was no suggestion of staff cut backs or such?? It is Friday - weekend is here. Hope there is some time for Happy to enjoy herself for a while.

And with that, it is time to move on and get some bits done before my body balance class at 9.30. I got all the splashback tiles off the wall yesterday. Now I have to plaster the holes I just made, sand and clear everything up. Last thing before painting and removing the last of the old cupboards. It will be another busy day. I have a couple of friends to visit this weekend and a fair amount of thinking and planning to do.

Catch you all later.

THERE WAS A PRE-ELECTION SCREW UP GETTING SIGNATURES. WORKED ALL DAY. I MUST SAY THAT I AM GOOD AT WHAT I DO. A LITTLE BRAGGING HERE :dance: IT'S ALL DONE. EVERYONE IS VERY HAPPY. GOT SEVERAL CALLS OF THANKS. TOO BAD THEY DON'T SEND CASH!! :rofl: BUT IT FELT GOOD TO STOP FEELING SORRY FOR MYSELF, TAKE SOME MEDS AND MOVE ON. I GOT A NOTICE AGAIN FROM THE GOVT. I'LL BE GETTING ANOTHER CHECK FOR AROUND $300 (HOPEFULLY) AND COUPLED WITH THE INCOME TAX $$ I SHOULD BE ALMOST DEBT FREE. I TOLD JEN THAT I WILL HELP HER THIS SUMMER FINISH OFF HER DEBTS AND THEN SHE IS ON HER OWN. WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK, WE HAVE LEARNED OUR LESSON AND THIS WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN ANY TIME SOON. I HAVE SCRIMPED AND SAVED TO GET US BOTH TO THIS POINT AND GOTTA TELL YOU LADIES...I AM FEELING MIGHTY PROUD. :encore:

WILL WRITE AND READ TOMORROW. A LITTLE BIT OVER TIRED RIGHT NOW. SEE YA IN THE MORNING. :hug: