It’s Definitely Christmas

After much discussion and mind changing this morning, Adoring Husband decided to stay at home while BGWLBH and I drove into The Bay with a very long ‘to do’ list.

The traffic was horrendous and finding a car space to park was a challenge in itself.

Our first stop was Dan Murphy’s.

We don’t drink.

For some reason, we decided that we would drink alcohol over Christmas and New Year.

As we reached the entrance to Dan’s (9.10am), there was a steady stream of people exiting with trolleys loaded with all kinds of alcohol. When I say ‘steady stream’, I mean a ‘Niagara Falls’ of trolleys! 

There were so many people inside Dan’s, that we had trouble navigating our way through the aisles!

We purchased 4 x pineapple vodka cruisers, 4 x lychee vodka cruisers, mango/lime margarita mix, pina colada mix and a small bottle of vodka.

From there we went to Petbarn to get some liver treats and a Christmas present for Harley.

We battled our way through Stocklands to various stores and because there had been an accident at one of the main exits, we had to join a long queue at the Aldi exit. It was slow moving and a little frustrating.

By the time we’d finished and started heading home, it was 1pm.

Starving for lunch.

We’ve had some more good rain today. 20mm in 24 hours!

Now I need to sleep.

Nite all.

So Much Love

Wednesday was the end of year celebration for meditation.

Because of work or holidays, there was only three of us. The Gypsy, Heart of Gold and ME!

The Gypsy had booked a room at a resort in The Bay for three nights so Heart of Gold picked me up at 8.30am and we drove to the resort.

For two hours we sat on the balcony, drinking coffee, eating GF morning tea and chatting.

We decided to walk 500m to The Spotted Goat cafe for an early lunch which was absolutely delicious! 

On the walk back to the resort, we stopped and sat in the shade overlooking the beach and chatted for another hour.

Back at the room we changed into our togs/swimmers/bathers and jumped into the pool while it was quiet. We had an hour of peaceful floating and swimming before the holiday families took over.

Next we received juggling lessons from the Gypsy. A tough task that filled the room with laughter and little success!

The Gypsy then read our cards.

After 8 fun hours, it was time to pack up our goodies and head home.

Luckily, Adoring Husband and BGWLBH had organised their own dinner so I didn’t have to concern myself with cooking.

It was a long enjoyable day and I slept well that night.

Yesterday was a lovely day with Heart of Gold 💛 who wanted to create a vision board. She’d never done one before and after 3 hours we were still only part way finished. Here is mine so far …

The woman on the throne is something that we discussed in our last meditation class. We should be able to (metaphorically) sit on our peaceful throne and not be affected by the craziness of the world around us. 

When friends, family or others bait us with their nastiness or try to drag us unto their drama, our peaceful throne can keep us calm, lovingly detached and unaffected.

This is my imagined throne.

We had home made burgers for dinner last night and followed that up with some trivia.

There has been some lovely rain falling and the forecast is for much more over the coming week so we’re expecting a wet Christmas which is okay by me!

It’s currently 7.30am and I am still in bed. Harley is asking to be let out of his bed so I’d best get moving.

Have a lovely day everyone!

Good morning all.

Final Meditation

It was the final meditation of the year and we managed a two hour session, forfeiting the Qi Gong.

We couldn’t have asked for a better way to end the year.

I arrived home at 11am and filled the next three hours, with Adoring Husband, trouble shooting admin/email/payment/banks/finances etc.

It was draining.

AH had picked up some GF goodies from the bakery so we sat together over a cup of tea, profiteroles and citrus tart.

I packaged Harley’s food for the freezer.

The grocery delivery arrived and needed to be unpacked. It was a big order.

The courier delivered our gift from Melbourne.

Harley got play time.

I threw dinner together with leftovers and scraps.

We played trivia.

I have a big day planned for tomorrow and it’s on the way to midnight so …

Nite all.

Another Day

"This is the part of my life where I silently remove myself from anyone who hurts me more than they love me, drains me more than they replenish me, brings me more stress than they do peace, and tries to stunt my growth rather than clap for it.

 I think that I’ve done more than enough talking and trying to make things work with certain people…I’m done."

( Cici.B – The CrimsonKiss )

What is there to say about today?

I’ve watched more than my share of Christmas movies - all with the same storylines and set in similar small snow packed towns in USA. 

I watched the finale of Love Island and my favourite couple won (Tyra and Kale).

I caught Harley doing this …

An interesting, but too long, a story to tell here.

I swam this afternoon in a very lukewarm pool. Hardly refreshing.

Cold roast chicken, garden salad, potato and leftover spinach pie for dinner.

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Cookathon

After playing with Harley, I headed straight for the kitchen.

I chopped up all the vegetables for Harley’s meals and put them on to boil.

I made mushroom soup and ate a bowl of it with some toast, then froze the rest.

I picked a LOT of silver beet and chard from the garden and made a spinach and feta pie …

I cooked up some lamb mince with mushroom and onion and made little lamb pies …

I cooked a whole chicken and made a salsa with tomato, capsicum, onion, grapes, avocado and radish.

A very full and successful day in the kitchen.

Australia defeated Pakistan in the first test in Perth.

Nathan Lyon got his 500th wicket.

Adoring Husband got some work done.

BGWLBH spent the day in The Bay.

Harley got plenty of play time.

I swam!

Now I shall sleep.

Nite all.