Saturday at Bonnie Doon

Greetings from Bonnie Doon !!



This is the view I awoke to this morning ...

It is a magical day, blue sky and sunshine.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Back soon ...

Take care,

Wednesday, Wednesday !!

Hello everyone,

Sorry I've been scarce ... too much to do, too little time !!

I am quickly posting this from my Mum's computer, as Hubby and I are over here, so Hubby can help mum set up her new surround sound system. He's good at that sort of stuff. I'm the computer nerd, he's the electronics nerd !! Works for us !!

I apologise for no Cats On Tuesday post this week. Have had a lot on these past couple days, and I'm back to work tomorrow (Thursday), then off to Bonnie Doon for Friday through till Monday (it is a public holiday here on Monday, for Labour Day, and Chicky has a Curriculum Day ... no school ... on Friday). The weather is looking warm for the weekend. We have friends coming up to Bonnie Doon, so there will be plenty to do. Should be fun !!

Somehow, I still need to find time to do washing, shopping, packing, take cat to cattery ... and all this on Thursday, when I'm at work from 9am till whenever !!! Hmmm, should prove to be interesting !! Fortunately, I went to the butcher yesterday, so food for the BBQ is covered !!

I'd better head off ... places to go, people to see !!

Have a good rest of the week, everyone. I will try to visit this evening.

Take care,

I'm A Working Girl !?!?

OK, now you can get your minds out of the gutters ... not THAT kind of a working girl !!

I have a job ... a casual job, only a few days a week. I started today, sort of a training session, but I stayed all day ... and did REAL work !! It's fairly repetitious work, sitting in front of a computer, basically editing and proof-reading and re-formatting stuff. But, for someone like me, who loves being in front of a computer, it is perfect. See, it didn't even worry me, to come home to my own computer, turn it on, and fiddle around some more !! It seems that I can work hours (mostly) to suit me and my family schedule, which I like. The people there are really nice, the atmosphere is fairly casual (no power dressing ... jeans are ok !!). It is just over the road from a large shopping centre, so lunch can be a variety (although I probably will bring some from home). I think I'm gonna like it there !!

I had an interview scheduled for tomorrow, for another job, which I had arranged before this one I went to today fell in my lap. I have actually phoned them to cancel the interview. It seems pointless wasting their time, when I now have a job, which seems perfect (hopefully!!). I think the one I was interviewing for would have been more structured, days and hour-wise, with little chance of school holidays and suff like that. It was also mainly reception work, taking orders over the phone, and a bit of MYOB work. Not really much typing and computer work at all (and everyone knows, I love typing and computers !!). As I may have mentioned, I really don't want to disadvantage Chicky, by my working, as she has after school activities to attend, and her father is a shift worker ... so he isn't always available to take her. So, therefore, this job I now have, seems just the thing.

Anyway, just wanted to tell you my good news.

Thank you, everyone, on behalf of my mum, for all your wonderful birthday wishes for her.

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Be back soon.

Take care,

Happy Birthday Mum ...

It's my mum's birthday today, the 2nd of March. I won't tell you how old she is ... I don't think she'd like that very much !!! This photo, above, was taken when she was about 10 or 12, I think. The following photo is of mum & dad, taken last September, when we went out for lunch for Father's Day. Don't you think my mum is just as beautiful now, as she was as a young girl ?? I sure do, and she is just as beautiful inside, as she is outside. (My dad's pretty hunky, too.)

Have a wonderful day, Mum.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR MUMMYYYYYY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUUUU

I love you with all my heart, Mum.

Grrrrr

Grrrrr, I'm trying to visit you all, but all of a sudden the Word Verification on many of your blogs is not showing me anything to verify ... therefore, I cannot comment. Sorry. Will try again later. Hugs to you all.

Take care,

A Quote To Share ...

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

--Thich Nhat Hanh--

Take care,

A PINCH AND A PUNCH FOR THE FIRST OF THE MONTH ...

Hello everyone,

Hope your week is going well. It is Thursday afternoon in my world, and the weather continues to be warm and humid ... not really mega-hot, but very uncomfortably anyway !!

I have had a strange week ... very busy !!

A friend came running over yesterday afternoon, with a phone number for a place about five minutes from me, who are looking for an admin person to work a day or so a week, as they are flat-out busy, and don't have anyone in the office on Wednesdays. Apparently, she was chatting with them, and told them about her friend (that would be me !!) who would be perfect for the job. They gave her their card to give to me, and said for me to give them a call. So, that's what I did. I will be going in for an interview early next week.

Well, a few hours later, a woman (also a friend) from down the street, dropped over. We had been talking a few weeks ago, about where she works. She is in charge of an office that does heaps of data-entry type work, and they are always looking for casual staff to put on their rosters. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I am going in on Monday for a training session, and to see if I like the work (and to see if they like me !!), with the view to work there on Mondays and Thursdays !!

Oh my goodness, it doesn't rain, but it pours ... what's a girl to do ... two jobs (both part time / casual) on the offer !!! I don't know that I really have the time to work 3 days a week (I don't want to disadvantage Chicky, either, with her after school activities). The data-entry job sounds more flexible (it being casual), I would probably be able to get school holidays and stuff off. I'm not sure how things would be with the other, whether it is part-time, or casual ... I've gotta say, casual sure sounds more "up my alley". But, I'll leave the option open, and attend the interview next week for the part time one ... who knows, I might not even be what they want !!! It sounds as if I have the other position (the casual one) for sure !! Gosh !! I still need to leave time for my hubby & daughter, my typing business, my occasional work at the Boarding Cattery, my old-lady friend at the retirement village, and of course, my blogging !! Then there is housework, washing, cooking, reading ... blah, blah, blah !!! Hmmm, guess I have to re-organise myself a little !!

Chicky is off on a school camp at the moment, just for 3 days (Wednesday through Friday). My world is very empty without her around, but I know she is having a ball, and is making many new friends. The purpose of this camp is for all the new Year 7 students to get to know one another, in a way that they probably wouldn't just going to school and classes in a normal way. I hope that she has plenty of stories to tell, and heaps of photos to share, when I pick her up from school Friday afternoon at 3pm. I miss my baby !!

So, it's the 1st of March ... the first day of Autumn here in Australia. Hopefully the rains will come soon ... we are still waiting down here in Melbourne, Victoria !!

I'm sorry, I've gotta go, I am feeling sad all of a sudden. I just had a run-in on the phone with someone who I thought was a friend. She is going through a lot of sh*t in her private life at the moment, but seems to be taking it out on those who care about her (people like myself who have always been there for her). I can't cope with that ... I am not the enemy, and don't like being made to feel that I am. She needs to sort herself out. Excuse me while I go and have a good cry. I hate feeling like this.

Thanks for listening.

Take care,