Month: November 2013

The wife came home early and found her husband in their bedroom making
love to a very attractive young woman.  And she was somewhat upset.!

You are a disrespectful pig she cried, how dare you do this to me – a faithful wife, the mother of your children!

I’m leaving you and I want a divorce right away!

The husband replied – Hang on just a minute love, at least let me tell you what happened.

Fine, go ahead, she sobbed, but they’ll be the last words you’ll say to me!

So the husband began:

Well, I was getting into the car to drive home, and this young lady here asked me for a lift. She looked so down and out and defenceless that I took pity on her and let her into the car.

I noticed that she was very thin, not well dressed and very dirty. She told me that she hadn’t eaten for three days.

So in my compassion I brought her home and warmed up the enchiladas I made for you last night, the ones you wouldn’t eat because you’re afraid you’ll put on weight.

The poor thing devoured them in moments

Now since she needed a good clean up I suggested a shower, and while she was doing that I noticed her clothes were dirty and full of holes so I threw them away.

Then as she obviously needed clothes I gave her the expensive designer jeans that you bought a couple years back but don’t wear because you say they not the ‘in’ name this year.

I also gave her the underwear that was your anniversary present, which you don’t wear because I don’t have good taste.

I found the sexy blouse my sister gave you for Christmas that you don’t wear just to annoy her, and I also donated those boots you bought at the expensive boutique and don’t wear because someone at work has a pair the same.

The husband took a quick breath and continued

She was so grateful for my understanding and help that as I walked her to the door she turned to me with tears in her eyes and said,

Please … Do you have anything else that your wife doesn’t use?

The future depends on what we do in the present. – Mahatma Gandhi

When I walked out the door yesterday to meet up and have coffee with some friends the above quote was in my mind.

I knew I could follow all the eating plans I have and ‘be safe and secure’ in the thought I used the allowable calories to the best of their advantage or I could risk having some beautiful hand made chocolates, feel a bit guilty but enjoy it, and know I was going to have to work like crazy to use all those calories up.

Half an hour later when I stood in front of this cabinet I still wasn’t sure what I was going to do but at that moment I knew I wasn’t going to become depressed if I slipped off the wagon and would as the song goes ‘pick myself up, dust myself off and start all over again’

Handorfs Fine chocolates
http://www.hahndorfs.com.au/content/our_stores/montrose.html

So what is it (asked a friend in an email) with all this talk of food, weight loss, body shape, self esteem ( do I look fat in this? ).

Because at the end of next week we are off again -16 days of cruising up the eastern seaboard via the Coral Sea, across the Top End into the Arafura Sea and the Timor Sea, past Indonesia by way of the Java Sea and then on up to Singapore.

And that means trying on clothes to decide what to take with me!

Thank you all for your comments and emails in relation to my previous post – Thoughts from the Pathway.  Todays post sort of explains why I was thinking outloud lol

Yes Friday is here once again
It’s that day between Thursday and Saturday
which turns up regularly every seven days!

Now heres something I bet you didn’t know
The name Friday comes from the Old English Frīġedæġ, meaning the “day of Frigg“,
Friday is associated in many cultures with the love goddess Venus, and/or the planet named for her
You might like to visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday and find out more 🙂

Anyway I’m going to call today Fun Friday
And to help you shake of all the stress and strain of the regular working week I am going to show you something that, from what I can gather, not many people can walk away from.

It’s a piece of bubble wrap
Yes,  that floppy plastic stuff covered with bubbles full of air

Bubble wrap is a pliable transparent plastic material commonly used for packing fragile items. Regularly spaced, protruding air-filled hemispheres (bubbles) provide cushioning for fragile items.

Now tell me that doesn’t interest you lol
Tell me you don’t have twitching fingers lol
But to be fair I should say it’s actually a virtual piece of bubble wrap I’m going to introduce you to.

It’s just waiting for you to pop
so click on this link
http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml
scroll down the page a bit to where it says pop some now
Click on that link and away you go!

Hours of fun just at your finger tips
What’s more – theres plenty more where that came from
and better still
It’s Free

Does anyone else enjoy whiling the time away doing silly things
Makes you feel good doesn’t it lol

Reading An Exacting Liife the other day I saw that Dar was setting herself a challenge – to read a certain amount of all the unread books she had in her house by the end of next year (2014)  I wondered how anyone could have that many unread books in their house and then took a look at one of our bookcases 😦

First, I must tell you that a few years ago we would go to a discount book warehouse in the city – it was fun to pop in and see what they had to offer and all the books were so cheap as well.  Nothing over $5 which at the time certainly suited our pockets.

To begin with we’d be quite cautious with our spending, the thrill was finding something to read, then it changed and it wasn’t unusual for us to take the train in and come home with at least $50 worth (10 books) to read.  In all fairness I will say lots of them were bought with the idea of taking them to Queensland to read while we spent time up there in the winter.

Then I discovered we could use the library in Bowen – which meant I didn’t have to haul a ton of books in the car; then The Golfer got an ipad which meant he downloaded and read ebooks rather than actual books.  With thoughts of more overseas travel coming up and the need to save we had also got into the habit of using our local (free) library more and more which meant there was still quite a few books sitting on the bookshelfs in the back bedroom lol

Dar’s challenge called Reading Down the House has come at the right time because it was going to be a case of read them or rehome them!!  So I’m showing you the books I hope to read between now and the end of 2014.  There are just 9 in the pile, none of them ‘heavyweight’ – however after looking them up on Fantastic Fiction ( a marvellous site for book lovers) I’ve discovered unbeknown to me some are part of series so I’ll check the library to see what they have that I can read before those ones.  Can see this going into 2015 before I’m finished lol

In no particular order:

The Betrayers
Blood Royal both by Harold Robbins (with Junius Podrug)
One Sunday by Joy Dettman
I still dream of you by Fannie Flagg
Blue Earth by Jules Hardy

and these I have discovered are part of series.
Lifeless by Mark Billingham (Tom Thorne)
Odd Socks by Ilsa Evans (Laundry)
The Templar Legacy by Steve Berry (Cotton Malone)
Dead Run by P.J.Tracy (Monkeywrench)

I’ve also got others sitting on the shelf that I know are definitely part of series but they can wait for another time (year lol)

Do you have things in your home that could be the basis of a challenge of any sort?