Morning all,
Madcat - how delightful to see you here in our wee corner(s) of the world. Hope you had a delightful day and that you have now exercised off the champagne - either that or you've got enough for all of us to descend on you for a birthday drink.
I miss seeing your cheerful posts in the journals and I have lost your e-mail addy so can't catch up.
Happy - sanity checks are free, unbiased and given with love and understanding. Don't all queue up at once! Feeling a bit introspective myself this morning. Not sure whether it is the dying gasp of another year or change of season or what. Maybe because of the gray skies.
Holly - doing well on your journal. May I suggest that you put the affirmations (the to-do list and the mantras) in a different colour, in bold, and in large print. That way you can really see what it is that you have achieved and have yet to achieve for the day. Also not a bad idea to print and stick it on the fridge and the bread bin. Aaaaah bread - the staff of life - and one of natures comfort foods.
Mel - hang on to that doctor, see him every Wednesday as often as necessary. A Doctor that does housecalls!!!!
WHAT???!!! Nice of you to share CJ with Willy and the ladies. I'm sure that Linus would be happy for you to share the real thing if you were closer. That way she would be able to get some well earned zzzzzzzz's
Painter - A client is a client. You are on your way back. Like happy says - 90 minutes on the art for every 30 minutes on the business or the house or the garden. You go get them. And who says you can make money out of the art. Set up a website - prevent downloads - and see who would like to buy. There is sometimes a market out there we haven't thought of yet. Dig that ground, mix in some good compost, gypsum to breakup the clay and water crystals to hold the water. Then plant the bulbs. Come spring you can paint the flowers!
And yes Linda's cattle prod is always plugged in. My persuader is ready to travel as well.
Ceejay - are you working hard? Usually see you in here around this time. Have a good day friend.
Hello to Tig, Teel, Linus, Meadow et al.
Well it is Friday, the weekend stretches ahead. Yummy. What's on the menu? A call from Mel - always a welcome diversion, Gym, laundry and ironing, housework, football Saturday afternoon and the kids for dinner - no I am not eating them - maybe the brother will put in an appearance (he rang me yesterday), deciding on what to put in the bag, making the list, putting it in the bag. Figuring that I need some new clothes, buying the clothes, putting them in the bag. Clean the car, pull out some weeds and tidy the yard. Lots of other things.
You know I was sitting here earlier and thinking about all of us - both individually and collectively. There are times when no doubt we hack each other off big time and yet we have not yet had a major row, tossed our heads and retreated in high dugeon to opposit corners of the ring, stormed out and sworn never to darken the thread again. Indeed, although we have had people (good people) who came and went, they went because they figured there was nothing here for them I guess, not because we treated them badly.
There have been times when no doubt I have really annoyed people with my lists, organising, whinging about work, db's, ds's or the cat. Yet no one has ever said anything to me about pulling my woolly head in (great forebearance that). Maybe someone just put a block on my userid until I got over it.
Despite all the cultural differences, personal differences, circumstances distances, time zones and weather we have made it through several years of conversation and constructive criticism, help, opinions and dictatorial statements, pregnancy and pain. It's got to be an achievement. And long may it last, amen.
I sometimes wonder if the friendship, kinship and good old fashioned love between friends is the reason. When you face it, there are on this thread - those with a physical disability (although most would not realise it was there), those who have been through the mill with medical procedures and those who are taking drugs to alleviate pain or diseases, some with children, some who are not married or in relationships, differences in ages, different races, those living in their own countries and those who are 'displaced', some are well educated and some like me are self taught and maybe some who struggle, those with cats and those with dogs.
Some of us have calm personalities, some go through highs and lows with equal enthusiasm and ease, although it must get wearing on those with a calm karma. We have peaceful souls and passive souls, energetic and frenetic souls, worriers and warriors, battlers for the underdog and champions of democracy. So how come we don't have the problems I have seen on other threads and in the journals?
When you get the answer to all of the above - let me know. I'm through with philosophising (sp) for the day. I don't know the answers to life's questions and dang it if I did, the buzzards would probably change the questions.
6 days to go
But that is a story for another day. Take care my friends.
Very exciting!
Everybody put on a tune that makes you want to move, shake your groove thing, shake your bling, bling! 
when people pull back, even if it's for a short time. ***hint, hint to some of you *** 
It is done with love so no offense taken but I think it does a person more harm than good to constantly support bad behaviors simply because we are afraid to offend. 
I sure do fritter away the morning even if I do get up a bit earlier. The race is on, thank goodness it's the last leg of the week. See yah!
