TGIF Again

BGWLBH had a nail appointment today, so I accompanied her into town.

I had 45 minutes to shop on my own and I purchased 3 items. Two linen tops and a cotton lacy hippy type top which could pass for a little dress too.

I bought the purple one … because in the shop it looked blue! I’m going to phone and ask her to put away the pink one and white one because they are so loose and comfy and cool and swishy to wear.

Apart from those items, I got a new art journal with a spiral spine because my other journal is falling apart as the pages detach through use.

I also bought two tubes of Matisse paint and we know to avoid Office Works for the next couple of weeks due to “back to school” traffic and crowds.

Ugh 😩 

Harley was the recipient of 12 big meaty beef neck bones.

We had coffee at our favourite cafe and at the end of our day we had juice from our favourite juice bar.

We checked our lotto too and I was a bit of a winner with $50 for my back pocket.

By the time we got home, I was feeling pretty weary from staying up til 2am watching the Medvedev tennis match where he lost in five sets to Tien from the USA. So I lay on the couch watching tennis for the rest of the afternoon.

Adoring Husband cooked our chicken wings for dinner.

I watched Djokovic win in three sets and as I write this, the Aussie, Vukic, is playing the Brit, Jack Draper in a tight match. Vukic is winning two sets to one and it looks like the fourth will be a tie breaker.

So I’m off to lend my support.

Nite all.

Thriving Thursday

REMEMBER WHEN the Media laughed and said ivermectin was ONLY for horses and cows? THEY KNEW it was made for people since 1987. 

Here’s what they didn’t tell you👇

1 – It prevents the damage caused by drugs created using mRNA technology, blocks the entry of Spike Protein into cells and, if the person was vaccinated, they can treat themselves for damage already done.

2 – It only has beneficial effects and no harmful effects in the treatment of the C virus. In fact, even before entering the cell, it has already destroyed the virus in the blood.

3 – It has a very powerful anti-inflammatory action against and has a powerful impact on traumatic and orthopedic injuries, it strengthens muscles and has no side effects like corticosteroids.

4 –It treats autoimmune ailments such as: rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, Crohn's disease, allergic rhinitis.

5 – It improves the immunity levels in cancer patients and treats Herpes Simplex and Herpes Zoster, plus reduces the frequency of sinusitis and diverticulitis.

6 – It protects the heart in cardiac overload. In an embolism for example, it prevents cardiac hypoxia because it stimulates the production of basic energy so that the tissue is not destroyed and thus improves cardiac function.

7 – It is anti-parasitic, anti-neoplastic (anti-cancer). Allegedly, it suppresses the proliferation and metastasis of cancer cells, preserving healthy cells and improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatment.

8 - It can kill cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy, defeating the resistance to multiple chemo-therapeutics that tumors develop, and combined with chemotherapy and/or anti-cancer agents, it provides an increase in the effectiveness of these treatments.

9 – It is antimicrobial (bacteria and viruses) and increases immunity.

10 – It reaches the Central Nervous System and regenerates the nerves.

11 – It helps to regulates glucose, insulin metabolism, cholesterol levels and reduces liver fat in steatose.

12 - It can be used as a prophylactic agent and has been associated with a significant reduction in infection, hospitalisation and mortality rates due to C-19. 

Now that we’ve got that out of the way.

My Thursday was uneventful.

Harley play. A couple of loads of washing. Lots of tennis. Crumbed chicken with coleslaw and tomato salsa for dinner.

Adoring Husband played golf.

Alone.

In 34°C heat.

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY

AND … with a sore knee!

Seriously!

No … seriously?!?

I wouldn’t mind so much if he had a life insurance policy 🫤 😝 😇

Oh I swam 15 laps of the pool this morning and Harley had the ball waiting for me at each end. By 10am we had to come inside because the ground was getting too hot for his paws.

Stinker of a day with a couple of storms passing us by.

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Too Tired

Nite all

Sportify

I started my free five day art course today.

Within 20 minutes, I scribble painted over my art and unsubscribed from the course.

The “course” consisted of five screen shots of the teacher’s progress through the painting. No instructions on colour mixing, shading, blending etc.

I couldn’t figure out how to make ‘turquoise’ out of these colours …

I tried mixing different colours together, but couldn’t create the bright turquoise that was in one of her screenshots.

I tried and failed. This was supposed to take 25 minutes to complete. It took me half of that time to attempt to mix ‘turquoise’.

I’m sure that experienced artists would know exactly how to mix it, but I am not one of them.

So back to square one and I will hunt down an artist that can teach me what I want to learn.

Adoring Husband and I investigated the price of a new Apple MacBook Pro. It’s a lot.

So I found my old one, which I haven’t used for over three years. I needed my password to sign in, so of course I spent 40 minutes searching for my password book, which I found in the darkest recesses of my wardrobe behind handbags, bulk coat hangers and bags of taxation paperwork.

According to Apple, it doesn’t even have value as a trade in and is only good for recycling.

This evening, I’ve researched iPads and their ability to edit raw images from my canon camera and it seems the iPad is capable of doing just that for almost half the price of a MacBook Pro.

Something to think about.

I also got to watch lots of tennis AND the cricket, so I am sated with sports viewing 

I cooked duck breast with spicy orange sauce, last nights leftover mash and steamed green beans, carrot and zucchini for dinner.

More tennis tonight.

Now I need to sleep because it’s 1am!

Nite all.

Big Dilemma

My whole evening has been a big dilemma!

The cricket was on one channel.

Kyrgios was on another channel.

Djokovic was on another channel.

Alcaraz was on another channel.

Kokkinakis was on another channel.

O’Connell was on another channel.

Aiava was on another channel.

I needed 8 screens on the wall, to watch all the things!

In the end, I chose the Djokovic match, and flipped to check the scores of Kyrgios and Kokkinakis.

I was surprised that Kyrgios stayed on court, given his stomach strain, but all credit to him, he knew the fans had waited a long time to see him play, so he saw out the match, losing in 3 sets.

Djokovic played a 19yr old American, Basavareddy, who wiped Novak off the court in the first set beating him 6-4. Basavareddy cramped up in the second set and Djokovic came back and won the next three sets. Basavareddy is an amazing player and I think he’ll be around for a long time.

Of the 11 Aussies who played today, nine of them have won through to the second round and one of them is still playing and into a fifth set. It’s been a very successful first round for the Aussies.

 In the cricket, Sydney Thunder defeated Perth Scorchers by a lot.

Adoring Husband and I spent most of the morning in The Bay.

He dropped me off at Eli Waters and drove off to run his errands while I browsed the gift section of the newsagent, purchasing a couple of bracelets and a calendar for myself plus a gift for BGWLBH.

He appeared at my side while I was strolling through the supermarket.

It has been a few years since I could casually stroll through the supermarket with my trolley and enjoy the shopping experience. Usually I’m rushing through, grabbing what I need and finding the shortest queue at the checkout, knowing that either AH or BGWLBH was waiting for me.

So I grabbed what was still on my shopping list and we found a checkout. I followed up with a Farm Gate shop grabbing some fruit and veg, then some fresh seafood and fresh bread and then home.

Tonight’s dinner was fresh fish with sweet potato chips and potato chips and garden salad. I had a few chips, a plum and a dairy free ice cream.

I’ve been glued to the tennis ever since.

I’m very tired so I hope this match doesn’t last too much longer.

Nite all.

MORE rain!

Adoring Husband emptied 120mm of rain out of the gauge this morning. That’s for two days.

We had a short, hard and heavy storm late this afternoon and at one stage the rain was horizontal!

The sunset was pretty spectacular, but I didn’t get pics.

I started my day the usual way, with a cup of tea, throwing the ball around the pool for Harley.

Because I’m participating in a free online painting course on Monday, I spent an hour sketching the pictures onto the canvases in preparation.

Mine are not on timber, like these, and the sketches are very basic to start, so it’ll be interesting to see what the painting instructions will be.

When I finished, I reheated my leftover pizza from last night and plonked myself on the couch to watch more of the Big Brother series that I started.

I switched between some tennis from the Australian Open and the Women’s One Day cricket match between the Aussies and England and tonight I’m switching between the tennis and the BBL cricket between Melbourne Stars and Melbourne Renegades. Stars are winning easily.

I’m in sporting heaven this month.

AH cooked lamb loin chops on the barbecue while I mashed sweet potato and potato, steamed some green beans and carrots and made a delicious gravy with my fresh chicken bone broth for dinner.

I’ve booked a day in the bay with AH tomorrow, so now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.