lol

seriously I overuse LOL, and seriously come to think of it :)

http://www.someecards.com/ is one of my new favourite sites. I laugh uproariously at them - and I wish I could really send some of them to people.

I was just looking for a photo for todays' blog and this one jumped out at me. I remember when I made my sister take it she was all like "that's not very nice" but I at the time thought it was hilariously funny (I also think the consumption of few too many cocktails might have been involved.) I had been trying to showcase the perfect picture of the ring I am wearing which I bought in Byron Bay a few weeks ago and just love. This photo neither showcases me nor the ring very well - but hey you get that. It was taken at the wedding we went to a few weeks ago - of the broken tailfeather fame - and which I am off to the physio again this afternoon trying to rectify some problems. I wander if this appointment will bring a happy ending?

a quandry

today I was scheduled for my fortnightly beauticians visit - this week I was having a facial. This hit me with a bit of a quandary because I couldn't decide what to do with the necklace I am wearing in this photo. You see it has a wish attached to it - so the thinking goes that before I put it on I made a wish - I wear it wan wear it and wear and wear it until it breaks and then lo and behold my wish will come true. SO my quandary was should I take it off for the facial? I decided not to - she did ask me and i had to say " Sorry this necklace has a wish attached to it - I cannot take it off" Might that have seemed a little crazeeeeeeee?

Please also note the straightness of my hair - I did it myself even - I even used a section clip and absolutely positively did not try and do it with just 3 swishes of the GHD. I think I made my little sister just a little bit proud.

welcome back kotter

you may not have known - or even noticed for that matter - but I haven't blogged for 2 days. After my last blog on Monday morning the computer literally D-I-E-D. It needed a whole new hard drive and stuff. Let me say the last 2 nights have been very very boring at my house. I hadn't realised just how integrated the Internet had become in our lives.



If you were eavesdropping outside my house last night you would have heard this.



Me : What's the time

Housemate: 7.30

Me: Are you kidding me???!!!!!!!!!!



several hours later



ME : What's the time?

Housemate: 7.35

ME : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO





ME: Wanna play Yahtzee... or should I do my physio exercises in the middle of the lounge room?

Housemate: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO



and so it went for several hours....





A few Friday nights ago - my cousin and I went to see the Cat Empire and hence the photo - and just in case you were wandering what i looked like on a Friday night...your questions have been answered...

phew...

I'm happy to be starting a new week so I can have a breather. Last week was hectic.

In summary

• Physio for bad back Wednesday - She hasn't even started on my shoulder injury that I have have had for ummmmmmmmm about a decade - I did see her eyes turn into dollar signs though. People were curious as to whether I had booked in for a swedish massge with a happy ending, and were predicting that the physio was going to be young, male, hot. Alas my prediction was true - mousy brown hair, beige pants and very sensible shoes!!



• Thursday / Friday - conference in the big city which involved me being very urbane walking to the train station etc - it was all about reducing my carbon footprint. I also spent 2 days wiggling in my seat because of back and wishing I could lay out on the floor and do my back exercises - do you think that would have been ok?



• Friday night was all about a birthday dinner for Renita - there was no use in traveling back to my house only to get in the car and travel back to the city so I had a few hours to spend until our dinner booking - let me say when you are not spending money because you are saving for a holiday it gets a bit boring so I decided on a city cat adventure - what a civilised way to get to and from work - along the river.



• I did have to sit on a street corner for about an hour though - I let my sister know the exact location in case the police needed it for their report

and that's only up to Friday...

and of course there has been way to much eating- so this week - and all future weeks leading up to June - is all bout detoxing and staying on track.

sorry if I have used today's photo already - I've lost track.

super busy

just a quick message - so that the fans don't panic that I'm never blogging again. Last few days have been hectic - with the physio, conference, dinners out etc etc and the next few days promise to be just as busy , so next week I'll be back. promise

super early

check out the time stamp - yes it is 6am..ish. Why so early you ask? Well I have a physio appointment after work today - you know the back I hurt shaking my tailfeather a few weeks ago - well it really needs to be seen to. Add to it the fact that I have had a recurring shoulder problem for about a decade - I thought it was probably time to go. ( I also had people nagging me) I'm going shopping after that - so you know I didn't want to disappoint the reading public.



I will probably be asked to remove this picture of my sister and I - because well don't you just love the crazy eyes that my sister is displaying...

to be sure

to be sure...it is St Patrick's Day to day - now I am neither Irish or catholic but you know I like the colour green, so accordingly this was my ensemble today -



is it possible to wear too much green?

another year older...

another year wiser - or so the story goes.

I had my birthday on the weekend and accordingly spend the whole weekend with friends and family eating truly delicious things.

In summary it went a little something like this...

• went to Cat Empire on Friday night - had Mexican on the way - Chimi changa's I love them


• Saturday got up early to make cupcakes for the family lunch


• Sat night went out to Viet with girlfriends - ordered the banquet which had some yummy things that I would never normally try but are now on my list of fav things...they are tamarind fish and the salt and pepper stuffed chicken wings. Also had nice champagne - Zibbio Pink - I love that


• Also went to the Bowery bar for a cocktail - it was yummy too


• Sunday Krispy Kreme donuts for brekkie- I know they are unhealthy but they were a gift


• Sunday lunch with Dad and Jo was meant to be at a restaurant called Monsoon - but even though they took our booking the weren't open - RUDE. So we went to the always yummy Watt at the powerhouse where I had one of my all time fav cocktails - a Vodka Mule


• Did some walking around the valley to work off lunch and then went to freestyle for dessert where I had the yummiest brioche dumplings filled with white chocolate..YUM


• Oh also I had oreo's they were on my birthday list and some American chocolates - a butterfinger it was tasty and crumbly and sort of had cornflakes and peanuts in it...nice.

I did tell you it was all about the food and this week should henceforth also be all about the gym :)

a week of weddings

more wedding photos...

seriously there are a million of them so I could bore you for weeks on end.

Today I have been sufferin..I'm in pain...

have you ever done so many sit ups at the gym that your abs hurt for the next 2 days? People at work tried to tell me that it would feel better if I did some more - so I did - right there on the floor - let me say - it's not better! I even had to deny myself a trip to the gym tonight because of the soreness of the abs - and as a replacement I have been eating. I have had the munchies non stop - since I walked past Bakers Delight this afternoon. Tomorrow is always another day - and of course a big weekender coming up with some birthday celebrations

Post Traumatic Stress

AS i mentioned in yesterday's post - I went to a wedding on the weekend. These were the shoes that I did approximately 3 hours worth of non stop dancing in. And you know I would never ever ever take my shoes off when my feet started hurting because well mum always, always said that that just isn't proper and not what ladies should do. So you soldier through the pain with a beguiling smile on your face. And then continue to feel the pain for days and days and days - I have just gotten back from the gym and how can it be possible that gym shoes are not comfy and are hurting my two little toes on my left foot- or could it possibly be post traumtaic stress on my feet from Saturday night?

surfing the menu

Yet another action packed weekend. We had a wedding down the coast on Saturday night which involved a sleep over - always nice to get away I say. The wedding was great and no doubt I will be showing you some photos later in the week.









After much fun was had at the wedding - and let me say I shook my tailfeather a bit too much - think I've done my back in :) , mys sister and I decided that since we were already down the coast we may as well go to Byron for the day - heck why not - so off we trotted. I tell you the number of times I am going to Byron these days anyone would think I was getting some really good coffee in actual fact it's really good cake









Anyway - while having lunch at out favourite coffee shop - Twisted Sista - (they do great fresh cakes that they bake themselves on the premises so every single time you go there are different cakes) - I looked up an spotted Curtis Stone just casually strolling by.

definitely nice eye candy - however things may have gone down hill for any future realtionship he and I may have as when we were leaving I spotted this...

Yes it is a black Lamborghini with the number plates...STONED. Is this a coincidence or does this make him a really big w*nker???

is it rude

to be a passenger in a car and leave rubbish where you have been sitting? Is it? Methinks possibly it is. I discovered this rubbish stuffed in the back of my car just this afternoon - and I know for a fact who the culprit is. Should they pay? I mean chip packets and water bottles - it's a bit too much.

dead behind the eyes

don't you think I totally look dead behind the eyes in this photo? I obviously did because that is the title I gave it when I saved it to the computer. I also look like I have a lazy eye - but I don't think I do in real life - well no one has ever said anything?????? People is there something you want to tell me?

up up and away

at my cousins wedding recently they had a rather natty idea. It involved butterflies. Apparently you can 'commission' butterflies, so the company makes breeds them so that they are ready for an exact time on an exact day. At a certain part of the ceremony we were all asked to release them - and well it was really pretty and a nice touch I thought - as an added bonus it's good for the environment.

blue skies

have you ever seen a sky so blue? I went to Byron Bay on the weekend - I really do like the place. Not sure if I have mentioned before but I could totally get in the groove of the bay. ( although I'm pretty sure that I would never like the Mung Bean cake that was on offer at the markets yesterday) maybe I just like the thought of being on holidays or a mini break as they are called in Bridgette Jones. The weekend was spent pottering around, going to the beach, going to eat, going to the shops etc. We didn't need our car at all - walked everywhere - except up to the cape where this pic was taken. It was extremely hot. I have been going to Byron for a long long long time and may just work on a little photo montage over the next few days to demonstrate. On another note I'm back into the gym ( well if you count going on a Monday and planning on going tomorrow back in to it )