Cheers to Australia

Cleaning all morning to get ready to go out overnight.
Always more to clean and I do get help.
Getting the train into Adelaide and looking forward to that bath, quiet time, Champagne??.
?Zoo, Desert Country.
Cheers to Australia Day.

Fly me to the new week

Fliers needed for Sunday Sessions, Sunday Pancake Brunch, Girl's Brekkie program, Easter celebrations.
Have 20 minutes left on the computer. Our home internet on the blink need a better modem?
YES!
Trying to download some tix for Julian for the cricket - taking forever.
Conclusion - computers are frustrating.
My week-:
Monday - Semaphore
Tuesday - Adelaide - ?Palace Nova cinema
Wednesday - Australia Day buffet brekkie and day in Adelaide - includes a review of the Desert Country exhibition.
Thursday - cafe meet up with Tracy
Friday - Hub meeting and catch up with Nick.
Is there a network meeting in their somewhere?
Various other appointments and applications, enquiries etc.

Getting sorted.

The de clutter new year, new me project continues.
I will get the house fully organized if it kills me!
Am taking refuge as the driveway is being dug up.
New driveway, new wall, new curtains, clean cupboards.
Thought I had a meeting today about projects in March, but apparently not.
I feel I need to do some study again.
Jerry is gearing up for 2011 @ Flinders.
Would it be a Masters? Post grad is something I would consider if someone else is paying....
Second half of the year??

Minutes to spare

Early starts.
Things in the making.
Impatience.
Appointments.
Cakes in the oven.
Minutes to spare.............

Fresh beetroot and red cabbage.

So the clean up in the house has gone a bit slower than I thought- hmmmm.............
The summer reading however is going great guns. See previous post.
TV program of the week - Big, bigger, biggest - SBS. Facinating story of how the world's great tunnels are made. They are building a tunnel under the Swiss Alps - yes - under that massive mountain range.
Cooking a roast chook and salads tonight - have fresh beetroot and red cabbage.
To consider - Sunday school picnic? Plan it on the calendar.
Wanders to Adelaide, Norwood and Semaphore.
Fantasy dream - a full time cook in my house doing the whole shebang, shopping, cooking and the clean up - that's what I'm talking about!

All the reviews.

User: Essy (City of Onkaparinga Libraries)
Review of How Starbucks saved my life : how one man who had it all lost everything - then found it again at Starbucks / Michael Gates Gill.
Some harsh critics in the house I see. I do not need to read a linear history of someone's life for it to be considered decent. You sit in a cafe and memories are triggered. People, places, scents. Michael Gates Gill is writing as therapy. How did I get here? Making sense, so life doesn't all make sense. We have many desires that conflict. I went along for the ride and I guess it helps if you are a coffee fiend!
Reviewed on Jan 15 2011
Review of Truth / Peter Temple.
Peter Temple can nail a person with a few sharp words. Delicious text, Stephen Villani - chief of homicide is the lead man. A mix of altruism versus self obsession. A razor wire written interwoven tale of the savage, brutal and mundane life of Melbourne crime and retribution. A modern day Power without Glory. Punchy and powerful. Read it!
Reviewed on Jan 15 2011
Review of What makes us tick? : the ten desires that drive us / Hugh Mackay.
This is a five star read. Hugh McKay is a social researcher who taps into our prime motivations in life. As some one who is very interested in mental health, spirituality and wellbeing this was facinating stuff. Hugh gets to the heart of what really drives us and why we are such a confused and complex mix.
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Reviewed on Jan 09 2011

Living with less.

The clean out continues at home.
Old clothes, cupboard drawers - it is a good feeling.
Many more to go.
Live with less.
Reading Truth by Peter Temple - don't know his background, but he paints a realistic picture of the inner workings of the police.
I like his quick sentences that start of seemingly mid thought, almost like a riff.
An author who can nail a person with a few sharp words.

Staggering floods

In a cleaning makeover frenzy.
It is time to get things sorted.
Frustration with passport renewal stuff, but I will keep trying.
Flood crisis is staggering to see.
Am about to investigate donating via the Uniting Church.
It is like 10 years of rain all at once.
It feels really dry in S.A. despite a bit of faint drizzle.
Art courses I was intersted don't seem to be happening - yet.
So will have to do my own thing.
Book proposal??

Minor details

Zucchini fritters, just seen in Delcious magazine.
Have a look at the vege garden.
Quote on the way for makeover for driveway and retaining wall.
Rain water tank??
Had a scrumptious mushroom tart and a latte at Le Terre - wasn't planning this, but Jerry took the car to see a film, so was stranded again.
To food shop, do passport renewal, ATEC payment.
Read about 5 books.
Sort out every cupboard in the house.
Already unloaded 4 bags of books - a lot unused for the last 20 odd years(!)
Box of assorted kitchen items.
Tupperware draw in order - check.
Christmas deccies away - Not done yet!
Buy picture hooks.
Minor details really........................

Where have I been? 2010 got just too crazy busy.

Haven't blogged for ages.
Life got a little crazy busy.
I think 10 months is too long not to have a proper holiday.
Or maybe I should have downsized the work commitments - 2011?
Have a bit of a cough at the moment that I am ignoring.
Have a few weeks off. 4 I thing - WOW!
My to do list is too long to write up.
Think it is coffee time, but I'll go home for a plunger.
Cheers for the new year and new possibilities.