I finally finished it and framed it!
Cat Shenanigans 2
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Pete trying to turn her into a gamer
And lazer pointers are very useful for getting them out from behind the fridge
Cat Shenanigans
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Yep... Crazy
Sitting there wondering why her head was getting wet
Tattoo of Awesomeness
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I wanted it because I didn't really know Kim before she got sick and I'm not as close to her as Mel is. I was scared of forgetting her which is completely illogical but it was there and it was a way for me to be close to her, even in 20 years time.
On Saturday we went and got Mel's done, because Kim needed a doctor's cert to get her's done and by the time they'd done Mel's we needed to leave so that Mel could go to a hen's night. Sunday we all went back and Kim and I got ours done.
It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would, its a little red now but all in all it looks great. Kinda weird getting used to the idea of 'me with a tattoo'
Goals of 2008
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At the beginning of the year I put down a list of goals for the year. Sad to say I haven't really done any of them.
1. Finish a cross stitch - This one will still be done by the end of the year as its a present for my mum. Its just it wasn't the cross stitch I had in mind when I said I'd finish one.
2. Write an astrology paper on Neptune/Uranus/Pluto - Had to pick one for my astrology class, wanted to do all 3. Have just done Pluto to day.
3. Read Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park - Have not managed any of these. I tried but couldn't get into them. I did try though.
4. Write 3 short stories - none to date
5. Get a new computer - did this one! Yay!
6. Eliminated Credit Card Debt - definately not managed this one. I'm about $6k in now, partly cause of the wedding etc.
7. Lost 10kgs - Nope, I'm about the same as I was in March, going up a little and back down again.
Now I feel as though I've done nothing this year so maybe I should create a list of what I've done just so I don't freak out...
1. Finish a cross stitch - This one will still be done by the end of the year as its a present for my mum. Its just it wasn't the cross stitch I had in mind when I said I'd finish one.
2. Write an astrology paper on Neptune/Uranus/Pluto - Had to pick one for my astrology class, wanted to do all 3. Have just done Pluto to day.
3. Read Pride & Prejudice, Emma, Sense & Sensibility, Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, Mansfield Park - Have not managed any of these. I tried but couldn't get into them. I did try though.
4. Write 3 short stories - none to date
5. Get a new computer - did this one! Yay!
6. Eliminated Credit Card Debt - definately not managed this one. I'm about $6k in now, partly cause of the wedding etc.
7. Lost 10kgs - Nope, I'm about the same as I was in March, going up a little and back down again.
Now I feel as though I've done nothing this year so maybe I should create a list of what I've done just so I don't freak out...
- Gotten Married
- Got a House
- Got 2 kitties
- Coping with Kim being sick
- Quit WoW
- Watched
- Stargate Atlantis
- Supernatural
- Lost
- Heroes
- Fringe
- Gossip Girl
- Some of McLeod's Daughters
- Sanctuary
- Grey's Anatomy
- Started running again
- Worked lots
Craft Projects
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So its come to my attention that I haven't actually completed a craft project since before I went to Singapore in 2004. I have 5 craft projects on the go at the moment and I really shouldn't start a new one until these are done.
The quilts will be a little harder as they require sewing machines or me figuring out how to quilt (or machine quilt as the case may be).
- Original Quilt (Created back in like 2002 - 2003, the top is all together, just have to do the backing quilting and binding)
- 21st Quilt (My 21st was in April 2004 and all the blocks are still blocks. I really should combine them)
- Enchantress Cross-stitch (Working on this one for AAAAAAAAGES)
- Mum's Christmas present (Needless to say this needs to be done by Christmas. But its about 1/2 done at the moment so another couple days of sewing should finish it)
- Cross stitch given to me by K (Haven't started it yet, was focusing on the Enchantress one)
The quilts will be a little harder as they require sewing machines or me figuring out how to quilt (or machine quilt as the case may be).
Garden
Posted in Garden on byWell our grass is kinda growing a lot and as we don't have a whippersnipper to cut it yet theres not that much we can do about it. Kinda amused at how quick its growing though considering it is supposed to be a drought!
Theres a rose bush in the back garden but I have no idea what kind of rose it is so I took a picture of it. Maybe Mum can tell me.
I planted tomatoes! Now to watch them grow. The ones in this pot supposedly grow up and need the additional support.
While the ones in this pot are supposed to trail along the ground.
Random Universal Messenger Guy
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Last Thursday, after visiting Kim in the hospital I jumped on the tram to head home. The tram driver saw me running for the tram which was nice of him, and then when I got onto the tram, a random guy gave me his seat. He ended up sitting next to me. He was the Random Universal Messenger Guy. We started talking and he was in really happy mood, which he explained was great because this was the first time he'd felt so good in about 5 months after breaking up with his girlfriend.
So we get onto the topic of Kim being in hospital and crystal healing. By the end of the trip he'd told me the names of 3 stones and the store of where to go to get them. Turquoise to draw out the cancer, Onyx for fighting infections and Blue Howlite for fighting nightmares. And the store was just off Swan St in Richmond.
Then that night I had a fairly major meltdown, with about half an hour of crying and I think it was me just releasing a lot of the emotions and stress that had been building up inside me. I felt pretty comatose afterwards. Friday I felt fairly battered and bruised by the whole thing.
However, I figure it was the Universe's way of putting out a huge arrow and slapping me up side the head.
I went to the store on Sunday and while the store was your usual new age fair, and the woman who ran the store wasn't that awe inspiring, I still got the stones and they felt good. They're now with Kim in the hospital.
So we get onto the topic of Kim being in hospital and crystal healing. By the end of the trip he'd told me the names of 3 stones and the store of where to go to get them. Turquoise to draw out the cancer, Onyx for fighting infections and Blue Howlite for fighting nightmares. And the store was just off Swan St in Richmond.
Then that night I had a fairly major meltdown, with about half an hour of crying and I think it was me just releasing a lot of the emotions and stress that had been building up inside me. I felt pretty comatose afterwards. Friday I felt fairly battered and bruised by the whole thing.
However, I figure it was the Universe's way of putting out a huge arrow and slapping me up side the head.
I went to the store on Sunday and while the store was your usual new age fair, and the woman who ran the store wasn't that awe inspiring, I still got the stones and they felt good. They're now with Kim in the hospital.
Ketosystem - Day 1
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So my naturopath recommended that I go on this Ketosystem diet to kick-start my digestive system and hopefully weight loss as well. It seems very similar to the South Beach diet but this time its supported by a herbal tonic, a multivitamin, some cerillium husks and fish oil. It also requires me to pee on a stick to see what my fat burning level is. The diet involves next to no carbs (though as many veggies as I want that aren't potato) no sugar (not even fruit juice) and a hell of a lot of protein.
As I had already bought all the food for the week and planned the menus I'm going to be half starting it this week. Substituting my usual toast with nutella for an egg omlette this morning etc. Though I had already pre-made all the lunches for this week with a pasta base so thats out. Oh well, it'll give me time to get used to it, to start taking all the herbs and tablets and to get into the swing of it slowly.
I had my herb tonic this morning, it tastes disgusting so I was glad I was using up the fruit juice to get rid of the taste. No idea how I"m going to get rid of it from now on though as the juice is gone and I'm not buying more. I'm getting the rest of the products today, another $100 worth of stuff. *sigh* why is it so expensive?
Also need to bump up the exercise apparently, so while doing the C25K program is good, thats only 3 days a week, I need to be doing stuff 6 days, even if its just a walk rather than a run. Which is possibly a good thing but with Kim in the hospital for at least another 3 weeks I'm kinda wondering when I'm going to get time. Her solution was to go for a walk at lunch but most lunches I'm ultra busy anyway so *shrug*
Trying not to take this as a 'punishment' and trying to tell myself that I'm 'blessing my body' this way. But its hard, at least for now.
As I had already bought all the food for the week and planned the menus I'm going to be half starting it this week. Substituting my usual toast with nutella for an egg omlette this morning etc. Though I had already pre-made all the lunches for this week with a pasta base so thats out. Oh well, it'll give me time to get used to it, to start taking all the herbs and tablets and to get into the swing of it slowly.
I had my herb tonic this morning, it tastes disgusting so I was glad I was using up the fruit juice to get rid of the taste. No idea how I"m going to get rid of it from now on though as the juice is gone and I'm not buying more. I'm getting the rest of the products today, another $100 worth of stuff. *sigh* why is it so expensive?
Also need to bump up the exercise apparently, so while doing the C25K program is good, thats only 3 days a week, I need to be doing stuff 6 days, even if its just a walk rather than a run. Which is possibly a good thing but with Kim in the hospital for at least another 3 weeks I'm kinda wondering when I'm going to get time. Her solution was to go for a walk at lunch but most lunches I'm ultra busy anyway so *shrug*
Trying not to take this as a 'punishment' and trying to tell myself that I'm 'blessing my body' this way. But its hard, at least for now.
Ostara
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Last night we celebrated the spring equinox, or at least I tried to. With everything going on at the moment it was too much to be there, even after Jacq's fantastic Reiki attempts. We ended up waiting for 2 hours for one of the girls who was organising the bulk of it, and by the time she got there I was just a bit too raw to cope with everyone, even though their intentions were the very best.
I don't know how the night ended up, I hope it went well for them.
I don't know how the night ended up, I hope it went well for them.
Meet Onyxia and Whiskers
Posted in Onyxia, Whiskers on byWe got adopted by two gorgeous girls. We went to the AAPS down in keysborough looking for a kitten. They didn't have any kittens at the moment, but invited us to look at their cats, so we did. Most of the cats in the place ignored us completely however Onyxia and her sister were like 'pick me pick me.'
They were found in Noble Park together, and therefore needed to be rehoused together, which put me off initially at first but they are both so lovely that we couldn't refuse. They're about 9 months old so still pretty kitten-ish.
They were found in Noble Park together, and therefore needed to be rehoused together, which put me off initially at first but they are both so lovely that we couldn't refuse. They're about 9 months old so still pretty kitten-ish.
Onyxia
She was the first one to come up to the cage and demand to be patted. In fact she's sitting my my lap right now kneeding me with her claws. Wait, she's stopped and is sitting contentedly... for now. She's also the more adventurous of the two, quite happy to go exploring or come and sit with us.
Whiskers
She's a little timid this girl, which is understandable as its been a big couple days for them. She has so far hidden out in the study, and is now under the couch but at least theres sun getting to her, and she did come upstairs on her own accord last night. She just needs some time to adjust to having a forever home. Oh and she sounds like a bird when she purrs and meows at the same time. Very cute.
Gardening
Posted in Garden on byIn the midst of all the crap thats happening in my life at the moment, I've felt a strong pull towards gardening. It could be the warmer weather, it could be the fact that now I have my own garden, it could be that I need an outlet, it could be that I need to connect to the earth more. Regardless, I spent a little bit of time outside in the sunshine today, soaking up the sun.
Below are the beginnings of my own garden. I have 2 planter boxes hanging over the stairs railing, a rosemary plant that will be transplanted into a bigger pot soon, and I just noticed a couple of bluebells in the garden. I love bluebells. Almost as much as I love sweet peas. That will be my next trip to bunnings, sweet pea seedlings and a pole for them to climb up.
Below are the beginnings of my own garden. I have 2 planter boxes hanging over the stairs railing, a rosemary plant that will be transplanted into a bigger pot soon, and I just noticed a couple of bluebells in the garden. I love bluebells. Almost as much as I love sweet peas. That will be my next trip to bunnings, sweet pea seedlings and a pole for them to climb up.
Moving
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The move is progressing slowly. Though our home is slowly getting into the CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome) stage where there a lot of boxes everywhere. Thankfully the bed is free, the couches (well one of them) and the computers.
I started the whole move process by dividing up the new house into zones and then when we pack we say what goes where. e.g. most of our books and DVDs will be in the study rather than the living room. So on each box of books (there are a lot) I've written Study and a general list of whats in them, my books, Pete's books etc. So that if we have to find something in a hurry, its not a big deal.
I arranged a connection service to connect our gas, electricity and water and also called Telstra to move our connection. Once Telstra give us our new number I'll set up the net to transfer as well.
As the move is in 2 weeks, I figure next weekend I'll be packing up a lot of the kitchen. I'll have figured out what I'm cooking that week by menu planning so will be able to generally tell what we'll need to use and pack the rest.
Slowly but surely its happening and kinda getting scary with becoming a reality.
I started the whole move process by dividing up the new house into zones and then when we pack we say what goes where. e.g. most of our books and DVDs will be in the study rather than the living room. So on each box of books (there are a lot) I've written Study and a general list of whats in them, my books, Pete's books etc. So that if we have to find something in a hurry, its not a big deal.
I arranged a connection service to connect our gas, electricity and water and also called Telstra to move our connection. Once Telstra give us our new number I'll set up the net to transfer as well.
As the move is in 2 weeks, I figure next weekend I'll be packing up a lot of the kitchen. I'll have figured out what I'm cooking that week by menu planning so will be able to generally tell what we'll need to use and pack the rest.
Slowly but surely its happening and kinda getting scary with becoming a reality.
July = No Buying Lunch Month!
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My challenge for myself this month is to not buy lunch.
There will be one day (this friday) when I do because a colleague is leaving work, but that is acceptable to me in terms of being an exception.
This will test my meal planning and lunch grocery shopping skills and it will be interesting to see whether I just have sandwiches the whole time (which will be boring and painful) or I actually have some variety.
If I buy lunch I spend about $10. Even if thats once a week its $40 a month. Last week I bought lunch 3 times. And then after work drinks. Prob spent $70 that week on food/drinks. It adds up so quickly.
There will be one day (this friday) when I do because a colleague is leaving work, but that is acceptable to me in terms of being an exception.
This will test my meal planning and lunch grocery shopping skills and it will be interesting to see whether I just have sandwiches the whole time (which will be boring and painful) or I actually have some variety.
If I buy lunch I spend about $10. Even if thats once a week its $40 a month. Last week I bought lunch 3 times. And then after work drinks. Prob spent $70 that week on food/drinks. It adds up so quickly.
The Weekend
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This weekend was pretty productive, but at the same time I don't feel like I've gone very far.
Saturday morning was a successful shopping trip, though we still managed to go about $20 over our weekly budget. And then on Sunday I had to go back because I had forgotten the items I needed to make a Raspberry tort.
Saturday day was spent, after the shopping, playing World of Warcraft for the most part, though managed to stop that at about 4pm. Consensus is that I need better gear to Off Tank in Zul'Aman. Working on that at the moment.
I then put a roast chicken on for dinner, fully intending to use the left overs from it for chicken burritoes for dinner during the week (tonight in fact) however the ants, that attacked while we were eating it, had different ideas. While the chicken was in the oven I made a yummy soup that I'm having for lunch today.
Sunday was more baking in the morning, put our sheets on to wash as it was very windy outside, a little bit more WoW and then an Undercoverwear party for one of Mel's friends, and a pointless trip to Cranbourne. We were supposed to pick up a couple of couches from a girl from highschool who was giving them away, but she wasn't there. Found out later she was at the doctor's at the time with 2 sick kids. Understandable I suppose but an sms would have been nice.
In terms of FlyLady I thought I did well planning and pre-cooking some meals for the week. I did my House Blessing on Saturday with the sweeping and wiping and emptying of bins. Didn't do my pamper mission on Sunday though, would have been nice to do a face mask and just chill.
Saturday morning was a successful shopping trip, though we still managed to go about $20 over our weekly budget. And then on Sunday I had to go back because I had forgotten the items I needed to make a Raspberry tort.
Saturday day was spent, after the shopping, playing World of Warcraft for the most part, though managed to stop that at about 4pm. Consensus is that I need better gear to Off Tank in Zul'Aman. Working on that at the moment.
I then put a roast chicken on for dinner, fully intending to use the left overs from it for chicken burritoes for dinner during the week (tonight in fact) however the ants, that attacked while we were eating it, had different ideas. While the chicken was in the oven I made a yummy soup that I'm having for lunch today.
Sunday was more baking in the morning, put our sheets on to wash as it was very windy outside, a little bit more WoW and then an Undercoverwear party for one of Mel's friends, and a pointless trip to Cranbourne. We were supposed to pick up a couple of couches from a girl from highschool who was giving them away, but she wasn't there. Found out later she was at the doctor's at the time with 2 sick kids. Understandable I suppose but an sms would have been nice.
In terms of FlyLady I thought I did well planning and pre-cooking some meals for the week. I did my House Blessing on Saturday with the sweeping and wiping and emptying of bins. Didn't do my pamper mission on Sunday though, would have been nice to do a face mask and just chill.
FlyBaby
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Last night I spent 15 minutes in the bedroom cleaning up the shoes that somehow always manage to get left out, same with the clothes, and then dusting the book shelves. Then I got a bit sidetracked and de-cluttered my photos.
I had printed out a bunch of photos from Cambodia and they were still sitting in the same packet that I picked them up from the photo lab. Then I had an album that I've been keeping for quite a while, but had lots of photos of just random scenery from traveling with family when I was younger. So a lot of those went out as well. Then I also had a lot of the cards from our engagement party which was over a year ago sitting in a box, and they went out as well. Loved the sentiments in them but they were literally just sitting in a box gathering dust and taking up space.
Planned the menu for next week too, and the thing I noticed this week was that I didn't plan this week very well and have bought lunch 3 times this week which is just not good budget wise. So the budget is planned, the shopping list written all ready to be bought tomorrow morning and I've got a rough plan of what I'm cooking when, as a couple meals need to be cooked on the weekend purely from a time perspective.
I had printed out a bunch of photos from Cambodia and they were still sitting in the same packet that I picked them up from the photo lab. Then I had an album that I've been keeping for quite a while, but had lots of photos of just random scenery from traveling with family when I was younger. So a lot of those went out as well. Then I also had a lot of the cards from our engagement party which was over a year ago sitting in a box, and they went out as well. Loved the sentiments in them but they were literally just sitting in a box gathering dust and taking up space.
Planned the menu for next week too, and the thing I noticed this week was that I didn't plan this week very well and have bought lunch 3 times this week which is just not good budget wise. So the budget is planned, the shopping list written all ready to be bought tomorrow morning and I've got a rough plan of what I'm cooking when, as a couple meals need to be cooked on the weekend purely from a time perspective.
The Beginning
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My life has seemed to be a constant struggle to balance my spiritual side with the more mundane every day things. I would get caught up in one side of things and the other would get out of whack.
A bit of background about me. I'm 25 years old, married to a wonderful man who is still trying to find his place in the world of work, I've been a practicing witch for 10 years with increasing interest in Shamanism, I am a computer geek, working as a test analyst breaking computer programs, I play computer games with the most regular one being World of Warcraft, I eat too much, carry too much extra weight and am regularly sidetracked.
3 months ago I got married and it has been a wonderful 3 months. However, the housework wasn't getting done, or when it was we fought over it, I didn't have a place where I could be spiritually so that got left by the wayside too. So basically my house was a mess, my mind was a mess and my spiritual practice was non-existent.
Then one of my friends introduced me to FlyLady.net and it has opened my eyes. Small routines I'm finding help so much with just getting the house in order, and I'm working through the Body Clutter book right now to try and deal with some physical order. I'm hoping that once these all get in place, I'll build on them slowly and live a more balanced life.
I accept that it'll never be perfect and you know what? That quest for perfection stopped me doing anything! So now I'll take baby steps, build it up, if it doesn't work I'll change it, if I have an off day I won't kill myself and all in all, things will get under control.
A bit of background about me. I'm 25 years old, married to a wonderful man who is still trying to find his place in the world of work, I've been a practicing witch for 10 years with increasing interest in Shamanism, I am a computer geek, working as a test analyst breaking computer programs, I play computer games with the most regular one being World of Warcraft, I eat too much, carry too much extra weight and am regularly sidetracked.
3 months ago I got married and it has been a wonderful 3 months. However, the housework wasn't getting done, or when it was we fought over it, I didn't have a place where I could be spiritually so that got left by the wayside too. So basically my house was a mess, my mind was a mess and my spiritual practice was non-existent.
Then one of my friends introduced me to FlyLady.net and it has opened my eyes. Small routines I'm finding help so much with just getting the house in order, and I'm working through the Body Clutter book right now to try and deal with some physical order. I'm hoping that once these all get in place, I'll build on them slowly and live a more balanced life.
I accept that it'll never be perfect and you know what? That quest for perfection stopped me doing anything! So now I'll take baby steps, build it up, if it doesn't work I'll change it, if I have an off day I won't kill myself and all in all, things will get under control.
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