Bad Day........

AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

*sigh*

I feel better now.

Thanks!

From the Universe

The only way to get what you really want, is to know what you really want.
And the only way to know what you really want, is to know yourself.
And the only way to know yourself, is to be yourself.
And the only way to be yourself, is to listen to your heart.
I do,

The Universe

What's your job description?

Over the past few days I have been:-

Fleet Controller

Mother

Nurse

Marketing Manager

IT Consultant

Photographer

Graphic Designer

Psychoanalyst

Councellor

Politician

Director

Chauffeur

Secretary

Chef

Dog Groomer

Creative Writer

Editor

WebMaster

Accountant

Courier

oh yeah, and occasionally I get to be what I REALLY want to do.... Jewellery Designer.

Wise Words from My Chocolate Wrapper

Smile – every 7 minutes someone doing aerobics pulls a hamstring

The weekly rant..

I love Antiques Roadshow. They play it here on an afternoon, and if I leave work on time (or maybe a little bit early..tee hee) I get to settle down with a cup of tea to enjoy the wide varied English accents I don't get to here so much down under, and get to marvel at how valuable people little trinkets are.

I also enjoy watching the faces of the owners.. pretending that they are surprised that their great great aunties ugly vase cost $500. I like to look for the whiff of disappointment when they find out that it is as not so rare as they thought. Most cover it really well, but next time you watch just remember... it's in the eyes!

I got to thinking how these days: the days of multi manufactured, conveyor belt, made in China, flat pack, throw away society, would these pieces nowadays make it to be antiques of the future?

Come with me... to 2167, or thereabouts. Michael Aspel has been defrosted from his chriogenic resting place especially for this comeback extravaganza.. a new series of Antiques Roadshow..

"So what do we have here? A lovely little piece from the famous swiss furniture manufacturer, IKEA... very popular around the early 2000 era. Fantastically preserved, made from a laminated MDF you know, absolutely remarkable! Shame it's worth bugger all, but an absolutely fabulous piece nonetheless. Thanks for bringing it all the way down here!"

Everybody Needs Good Neighbours

Sorry the photo is so dark. One of the occupants was outside round the corner and I was scared he would see me and come at me with a baseball bat or pipe wrench or something else in his heavy outdoor artillary.

Sooooo glad you don't live next door huh!

From the Universe

A mirror never lies, and neither does time and space as a reflection of what you're thinking.

If you put it out there, it has to come back. No matter how much it weighs, glitters, or costs.

It's the law -

The Universe

Yum.. er Cool

Check this out...

Nir Adar does awesome art based on delectable treats.

.... and my mum told me not to play with my food.

Room 101

Tosser alert! This is Kyle Sandilands.
Really this guy needs to be locked up in Pentridge Prison, but locking him in Room 101 is a nice aternative.
Rude, arrogant, takes great pleasure in insulting people or trying to shock them. All he actually succeeds in doing is making himself look like a dipstick.
I see him on TV and I am actually embarrassed for him. Locking him up could be considered as being for his own safety and dignity.

Wise Words from My Chocolate Wrapper

Money Talks. Chocolate Sings

At Last@!

Let the world rejoice…. BIG Brother is finally being Axed…. Whoo hoo!!!

Check this Out....

Trippy huh!

Why I Love Australia...

You can go out on a Friday night in your ugg boots and no-one bats an eyelid.

Wise Words from My Chocolate Wrapper

Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.

From the Universe

Often, you don't know what you can do until you do it; what you can be until you become it; or what you can have until you have it.
But hey, that never stopped you before!
Arriba, arriba, undulay, undulay

- The Universe

You're doing so well for yourself, just hope you give yourself all the credit.

Who are They?

At yesterdays trade show, I succumbed to a young ladies sales pitch about her fabulous heat packs. She could have just said "buy them - they are good" and I would have done, having needed heat packs for a while now, but she was keen to show her knowledge so I let her rant..

".... and they are so much more hygienic than the wheat heat packs that you microwave. They are trying to ban them now you know, because they harbour bacteria and can....."

My 20 second attention span had long since expired, and my mind wandered as I handed over my bartercard.....

Just who are "they". Are they the government? The police? the CSIRO? Maybe it's a vegan society who think that imprisoning wheat in a cord fabric and subjecting it to micro-waves is cruel and inhumane? Or maybe it is a secret society of genetically modified beetle who have escaped from a secret testing lab and have evolutionised into a sophisticated organisation that rely solely on wheat for their survival...

Hmmmmmm....

RIP Jane McGrath

A truly amazing, inspirational courageous woman. She will be missed.

10% of my cash jewellery sales will be going to the McGrath Foundation, in her honour, until 30th June.

20% of my Bartercard jewellery sales will be going to National Breast Cancer Foundation, again in memory of Jane, an extraordinary lady.

From the Universe

All you have to do is think about what you want often enough that you start talking about it and moving with it, even if you have to fake it. Your job is simple. Even if you only "attempt" to do it, you will have done it. The slightest effort on your side is leveraged 10,000 times on my side. A nod, a wink, a whisper are sometimes all I need; a demonstration that breaks the ice, beginning a domino effect of happy "accidents" and "coincidences." If you do this, I'll do the rest. It is that easy. I am that powerful. Life is that magical. Thinking of your smile, The Universe

I'm not worthy!

My rantings are pale in significance compared to those of the morning radio show I listen to. Ian "Dicko" Dixon has now made it a daily outburst on Vega 91.5, and it's hilarious.

You can download the podcasts of the show and have a listen for yourself. This mornings rave (called Dicko Fires One Off) in particular about a saying he doesn't like had me laughing out loud in the car. Add to that Chrissie's raucous guffaws in the background and it's enough to set anyone off to a great start!

I'm extremely humbled and very jealous of his scarcastic razor sharp wit. I only hope my occasional whining is at least half as entertaining. I will be listening intently for guidance.

Things you here in passing

It can raise a few eyebrows and make you wonder when you walk past someone
and overhear them say:-

".... Cucumbers the size of cricket bats......"

Hmmm... wonder what they were talking about and how they got on to the
subject...