Nice to see you!

Three major events occurred for me last year (2010), all in the space of about 2 weeks. I turned 50. The following day I got married. Two weeks later, my oldest daughter became pregnant with her first child and my first grandchild.

Most middle-aged people will tell you that in their minds, they still feel 20 something. It's the same for me.

Wasn't it only yesterday that I was planning a night out with guys from the surf club? That gorgeous new perm. Flaired, cuffed denims and the red t-shirt with the off-the-shoulder frill. Corked platform wedgies. **sigh**

Suddenly I'm looking in the mirror and wondering how 30 years can flash by so damned quickly!

So here I am in cyberspace, sharing my genuine shock and horror with anyone who'll listen and maybe I'll even meet some other over 50s who find themselves in the same predicament!

Welcome to my dilemna!!

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Nothing to see

Nothing different.

Nothing new.

Same s#$% different day.

Tomorrow will be different while I prepare for the art day on Saturday.

So much to do! 

So little time!

I need to make a list.

I also need to get lots of sleep!







Nite all. 

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Just a Day

Cooked breakfast.

Played with Harley.

Did two loads of washing.

Cooked the vegetables for Harley’s meals. 

Wrapped some gifts.

Wrote a letter.

Watched the replay of yesterdays episode of The Block.

Unpacked the FROG box.

Napped on the couch.

Played with Harley again.

Mixed and batched Harley’s meal packs.

Chatted with The Motivator who accidentally phoned me.

Bangers and mash for dinner.

Watched Thank God You’re Here.

Now it’s time to sleep.





Nite all.

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Art Fail

Today, I created a beautiful piece of art.

It was a simple but effective abstract and the colours were amazing. It only took 25 minutes, I proudly displayed it on my main easel and as I went to leave the room, I turned at the door to admire it from a distance.

At that point I thought it needed one more touch so I walked back to the easel and gave it the touch.

Big mistake.

It was no longer beautiful.

I attempted to undo what I’d done but made it worse again.

I tried three different things to fix/improve/change what I’d done, to no avail.

What was left was a canvas full of mess - I had destroyed my beautiful piece of art.

So I spent the remainder of the day sulking over my blunder.

I napped on the couch and we had easy tacos for dinner.

It’s almost 11pm so I’m ready to sleep.

This is NOT my art haha.







Nite all.

Scaryborough

Today, Maryborough lived up to its AKA - Scaryborough name.

Every person that we came across was a little left of centre and we weren’t sure whether we were in a safe space.

From elderly women who looked and sounded like they were ice addicts to staggering elderly men who may have just downed a box of red wine to carloads of loud, foul mouthed young men with no regard for anyone but themselves to teenagers on skateboards who looked like they might like to knock over and mug a couple of older women to two police cars screeching to a halt out the front of a bank and their occupants rushing inside - we thought it must have been a hold up!

The list goes on.

We entered a jewellers to ask the price of a beautiful baroque pearl bracelet in the window (expecting it to be around $299) to discover it was $699!

There was a beautiful old shop filled with lead light lamps, screens, mobiles and other gorgeous pieces all made by the male owner of the shop. BGWLBH purchased an item that I admired to put away for Christmas. One of the lamps that I really loved was $500. As with the baroque pearl bracelet, it remained unsold in the shop.

Lincraft and the local art shop received some of our money, as did a little coffee shop where we savoured delicious coffee.

We browsed the real estate windows admiring some lovely old Queenslanders that, with a little work and TLC, would look spectacular.

I was keen to visit Gatakers Artspace but we were disappointed to discover it doesn’t open on Mondays so instead we walked across the road to check out the community art centre. There was displayed there, both beautiful art work with reasonable price tags and some very questionable pieces asking absurd prices.

We drove through some back streets to admire some of the old Queenslanders for which Maryborough is quite famous.

It was an interesting and quite enjoyable few hours spent in a town to which we usually only make rushed visits.

We also drove back to The Bay to visit Nana’s Pantry, Coles and the newsagent before heading home.

Harley was happy to see us home.

It’s now after midnight so I’m off to sleep.



Nite all.

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Healing

While playing ‘fetch’ with Harley this morning, I found two things on YouTube.

1.  The flatline sound of 528 hertz frequency tone which is the healing sound that repairs your dna.

2.  Meditational healing music (with a long explanation for how it works from a scientific level).

Firstly I listened to the meditational healing music while playing with Harley for about an hour.

I came inside, made myself a prawn roll and cup of tea for breakfast and took them to bed with me.

I climbed into bed with Chicklet’s letter and my writing materials, turned on the 528hz sound and wrote a five page letter to Chicklet while listening to that healing sound. 

After an hour, I fell asleep so I was listening to that healing sound in my sleep for another 2 hours.

I have to say that I woke up feeling clear in the head and quite refreshed!

So I thoroughly enjoyed my Sunday spent mostly in bed.

I cooked honey soy chicken for dinner served with baked white sweet potato from our garden and organic beans and snow peas.

Now it’s 11.35pm and I’m off to Maryborough in the morning so I’d best get some sleep.







Nite all.