Quick Hello

It's late and there is not much to tell about today.

Coffee with the girls this morning and then The Motivator and I sat down and ordered some clothes, hats and bags to sell in the shop.

We met with the man who does pyrography on cheese boards, bread boards and lazy Susans but declined his request for us to sell his goods in the shop.

His work is very good, but we would then be in competition with Burrum Traders and we try to avoid that when possible. I purchased a lazy Susan from him on the spot and we'll display his business card in the shop.

He and his wife were lovely people.

Tonight I've booked some accommodation on the Sunshine Coast for Friday night so that The Motivator and I won't be driving for 4 hours to Brisbane, attending a seminar for a couple of hours, stopping at IKEA and then driving 4 hours home all in one hit.

We'll leave early on Saturday morning to reach home before 9am and open the shop.

Now I need to sleep. My intention was to attend meditation in the morning but I think I'll stay at home and have a lazy morning. I'd like to spend the day at home.

Enough of this frivolity.

Nite all.

Crazy? Maybe.

I had a fabulous day today!

I wish every day was so good!

Adoring Husband drove me to work because I didn't wake up until 7.50am! He helped me open the shop, as he does. What a man.

The Gypsy was in-house today and we each had verbal diarrhoea between her customers. It's been a couple of weeks since we were together in the shop and she wasn't booked out with clients, so there was plenty to catch up on.

There was only one customer ALL day, but it was one hell of a customer! I am still gobsmacked!

The Motivator came for a quick visit and spread some love.

AH came at 2.35pm, bought our afternoon coffee, chatted for a little while before helping me close the shop, as he does. He's still the man!

We came home and sat for a little while in the pool area.

We watched a movie called 'Suburbicon' which was very very weird.

I cooked a butterflied lamb with roast veg and gravy for dinner.

It's now 9.20am and I'm off to bed for an early night so that I can be bright eyed and bushy tailed for coffee with the girls in the morning.

Have a wonderful Tuesday.

Nite all.

Done and Dusted

Adoring Husband and I started very early this morning.

I had fifteen ladies coming for a Nutrimetics party in the pool area at 2pm.

We drove to the shop to pick up five chairs and a couple of plastic drinking vessels.

We had to go to the supermarket to grab a few more items for my food preparations.

We rearranged the furniture under the Bali hut and added some little tables and chairs and a bigger table with table cloths.

We vacuumed all the grass and dirt from the ground around the pool and under the hut.

We set up the tea and coffee corner in the outdoor kitchen.

We set out all the plastic wine glasses and tumblers.

We filled the metal tub with ice and some bottles of wine.

We baked cupcakes and iced them.

We made two platters with cabanossi, cheeses, grapes, raspberries, sun-dried tomatoes, carrot sticks, pickles, dips and crackers.

We filled a container with grapes, raspberries and slices of watermelon,

We made a dip with avocado, creamed cheese, capsicum, shallots, lemon juice and salt and pepper.

We made a jug of margarita mix.

We made a jug of alcohol free punch.

We filled a bowl with chips.

We cleaned the bathroom.

We vacuumed the floors.

We did two loads of washing.

We mowed a small section of front yard.

Aggie arrived while I was still in the shower so AH showed her to the pool area and she began setting up before I joined her.

Everybody else arrived on time and found a seat while I managed to provide a few drinks until I had to take my seat ready for a facial!

A few of the ladies joined in and either gave themselves a facial or gave the person beside them one.  There was a bit of giggling going on and I felt quite naked being with so many people and not a skerrick of makeup on my tired old face.

I must say that my face didn't 'feel' so tired and old after the facial!

While everybody made their orders, I brought all the food out, refreshed some drinks, waded in the pool, chatted with a few ladies, went right into the pool - only three other ladies brought their swimmers but they all went in.

I wanted to sit with the girls and have a chat, but Aggie asked me to sit with her while she calculated my sales and then I had to go through the catalogues to select my purchases. I got $200 worth of products for $100 plus I received a $50 voucher which I spent on bronzer and soap.

It was a pretty successful day for Aggie AND for me. The ladies had a good time and Aggie was driving away just after 5.30pm.

It didn't take long for AH and I to clear most of the pool area. I washed all the dishes and AH brought the shop chairs into the house so that he can return them tomorrow. I cleaned the outdoor kitchen and AH vacuumed (and by 'vacuumed', I mean 'ate') almost all of the leftover food.

We didn't have any dinner.

Now, I am exhausted. It's time for sleep. I am working tomorrow.

Nite all.

Hello There

Well, here I am after a dreadful Friday afternoon and evening.

For some strange reason, my back began to feel uncomfortable around lunch time on Friday and by 2pm the pain became more intense.

I couldn't find a comfortable position to sit or stand so I walked around, did some stretching in all kinds of directions to no avail.

By the time Adoring Husband came to help me close the shop, the pain was incredibly uncomfortable and I was leaning over the counter or over my desk trying to breathe it out, but it didn't help.

The pain was strange and filled the area from between my shoulder blades, down the muscles on either side of my spine right down to my lower back. It felt both internal and external and like nothing I'd ever experienced before.

I had to go to the post office to mail three customer orders and I was barely able to complete the task.

The drive home was painful and I had a few ideas in mind to hopefully ease my situation.

I arrived home and changed into my swimmers. I thought floating in the pool would help. It did help a little. I swam a few laps hoping to stretch it out but it still felt uncomfortable and the cool water temperature felt ok to a point.

Eventually, I had to get out, so I went straight into the bathroom and ran a hot shower. The strong water pressure and heat from the water felt good and I think I stayed under the shower for about ten minutes.

By the time I was dressed, the pain returned and increased significantly.

I lay on the bed and attempted to find a position to ease the pain. It didn't work.

I tried a specific meditation for pain, but two minutes in I was squirming and breathing very heavily.

The pain was unbearable and I stood up and leaned over the bed trying to breathe out the pain. I knelt on the floor trying to breathe out the pain. I lay down with pillows putting pressure on different spots on my back but it did not help.

The thought crossed my mind that I may require an ambulance because I would never get through the night in this kind of pain.

I asked Adoring Husband if he had any pain killers. I don't buy pain killers and it's been more than a year since I took one to ease a headache that I got from caffeine withdrawals.

He didn't have any. It was now 5.45pm and the supermarket closes at 6pm, so I pleaded with him to hurry and get me something for the pain.

He returned with the necessary drugs and I took two immediately.

I didn't have anything for heat. No water bottle and no wheat bag (we don't have a microwave to heat a wheat bag anyway) so AH filled a tall locknlock container with hot water and wrapped it in a tea towel for me. I placed it between my back and a pillow so that there was some pressure there.

By now, I was begging AH to take the pain away.

Of course there was nothing else he could do.

Within about 15 minutes, I could feel the pain ease and then fifteen minutes later again, there was just a mild throb.

I fell asleep almost immediately and woke at 7.30pm pain free.

I asked AH to heat me up some chicken broth, which he did before coming to bed himself.

I watched a couple of hours of TV in bed and fell asleep until just after midnight. I could feel some slight twinges in my back, so I took some more pain killers and went back to sleep until my alarm woke me at 6am. I took a couple of pain killers 'just in case' - not something I would normally do, but that pain really scared me and I didn't want to risk it setting in again.

The pain has not returned today. I haven't taken any more pain killers. I have no idea how or why that pain came or why it has completely disappeared without even any tenderness remaining.

So that's why I didn't do my blog. I was traumatised!

I fell asleep at midnight listening to a long sound healing meditation. I started the day with another healing meditation followed by various kinergetic exercises hoping to send the right energy through my body for strength and healing. I also did a mini physical 'journey' before getting out of bed.

I'm hoping that the power of my mind is strong enough to prevent this happening again.

Ugh.

Feeling good today and looking forward to a large gathering of ladies around the pool for a Nutrimetics party tomorrow afternoon. It should be fabulous!

This means that I require a good night's sleep so that I have the energy to prepare and party!

Nite all.

Begin Again

Adoring Husband dropped me off at The Motivator's house and from there we two girls walked to the hall where the lead group of the Anzac march was just arriving.

We went into the hall and claimed our wreath, putting our very large donation in one of the tins provided and then found a spot close to the muster area ready to lay the wreath when our business name was called.

After a few short speeches and some music from the local choir, the names of about fifty groups, organisations, businesses and memorials were called and we all took our turns to lay our wreaths.

It was all over in less than an hour and even though we were invited inside the hall for morning tea, The Motivator and I chose to leave and we walked to her house to have some 'us' time.

We chatted for a while, practiced some kinergetics and then chatted some more.

Suddenly we realised that it was midday! The Motivator may have realised it before me because I was eating into one of her rare days off and she had some 'her' time to attend to! Still, I enjoyed my morning with her and even though we did talk some business, it was nice to have some friend time together.

AH came to pick me up and we headed to the shop to find something for lunch and get coffee. Unfortunately it was 12.07pm when we walked through the doors, and they had shut off the coffee machine at midday.

Ugh.

I made lunch as soon as we got home and watched 'Twilight' on Foxtel.

I created one small piece of art ...

I really love the colours in this one.

... and then created another failure, which again, I will not share here.

So I sat down and watched some more of the Twilight movies.

I made tuna and potato cakes for dinner, which turned out quite well considering I used almond meal as the crumb.

Right now I'm watching the final movie 'Breaking Dawn Part II' and then I'll have to get some sleep because I actually have to work tomorrow.

We decided to not open the shop on Anzac Day.

I'm looking forward to work!

TGIF and have a good one.

Nite all.

Nine Years Married

Sixteen years together and nine years married.

To celebrate, we lunched at Goody's in Toogoom.

Adoring Husband enjoyed a SurfnTurf and I ordered a GF Salt and Pepper Calamari with sweet potato chips and salad. It was delicious, but too much for me to finish and AH ate half of it for me.

It was disappointing because I so wanted dessert, but my belly just couldn't accept another morsel of food.

We had a couple of errands to run in The Bay after lunch so while we were there, we decided to have a look at some beds and bedroom suites. Our bed is 16 years old now and fading fast. Our biggest decision is whether to purchase another mattress and base, or an entire bedroom suite.

We found a delicious king sized bed that when I lay upon it, felt like I was floating on a cloud.

It was crossed off our list when the price was revealed. $12,000 - yes that is twelve thousand dollars just for a bed. I remember two years ago we looked at a $16,000 bed - one of which Beyonce (apparently) owns. It was half price at the time, but for us, still too expensive for a bed.

We also searched for an outdoor bar setting, but were unsuccessful in our efforts.

I got a few more canvasses and acrylic paints so that I can play some more.

We got back to town early enough to get coffee and to drop in to the shop to see The Motivator.

Earlier in the day, I had attended meditation and had picked up my birthday parcel from the post office. The one that BGWLBH had sent.

Unfortunately, I was running late for my date with AH so I had to wait until the end of the day to open it. You need to understand that our gifts to each other are not just one gift. It's multiple gifts with little tags that explain why the gift was chosen.

It's a journey that takes a good half an hour and needs to be savoured and enjoyed. It can't and shouldn't be rushed.

Here are just a few of my pressies ...

I think my favourite is the golden staff, which is very appropriate for this Queenie!

Anzac Day tomorrow and The Happy Abode is placing a wreath, so I'd best get some sleep so that I can be fresh early in the morning.

Nite all.  

My Birthday

I have no idea where my head was at yesterday when I blogged that my birthday is on Thursday and our anniversary is Friday.

Just to clarify ... my birthday was today, 23rd April and our anniversary is on 24th April.

I think I was watching something weird like 'Hughsey We Have a Problem' and I got totally distracted!

Anyway! Happy Birthday to me!

I lay awake in bed last night from 11pm until almost 3am. I have no idea why I couldn't sleep and I lay with my eyes closed the entire time hoping that I would eventually drift off.

Eventually I did and then I woke to look at the clock at 6am, fell back to sleep until Adoring Husband woke me to accept my glass of celery juice at 7am.

I started the day having coffee with the girls, sitting in my throne which was decorated beautifully by The Motivator and eating the GF birthday cheesecake that she so generously provided and with the added touch of a candle to blow out ...

Even though we were supposed to be at the restaurant for lunch at 11.30am because Aggie had a hair appointment to get to, we didn't leave the shop until 11am and with the holiday traffic, combined with  roadworks, it was 11.45am by the time we arrived at our destination.

Luckily Aggie had already ordered her meal, so she was able to leave on time for her appointment and we got a quality 30 minutes with her before she left.

From there, it was time to shop!

I shopped til I dropped!

I bought myself a very expensive top and four other tops that, combined, didn't cost as much as the first one 😳

It's my birthday and I'll buy if I want to 😁🤣😁 (sung to the tune of "It's My Party")

It was a really great day and I love my girls for making my day so special for me.

For listening to me prattle on about stuff that they'd only hear from my mouth.

For buying my lunch, which by the way, was bloody delicious!

For writing the perfect words in my birthday card.

For giving me honest critique during my modelling stint.

For being so patient while I indulged, trying on numerous items of clothing.

For one of you 'always' being my chauffeur in all our social situations.

For providing laughter, giggles, smiles, hugs and snorts at all the right times and especially today.

So thanks girls for making 59 a memorable one.

I received a funny voicemail from Vegan Chickie and Chicklet with a very tuneful "Happy Birthday" song.

I received texts from special people.

A gift to open on the morning of my birthday, from Bubbles and Knight in Shining Armour.

A phone call from Bubbles.

A phone call from Number One Son.

A phone call from Best Cousin in the World.

A message from Beauty.

A message from Squirt.

A lovely message from Grannymus even though I tried to confuse her with my incorrect days. She's not silly.

So many messages on Facebook.

A beautiful card from AH this afternoon.

A parcel is somewhere between here and Griffith from BGWLBH which I'm excited about.

The Motivator gave me a lovely little gift and I know that she has more for me tomorrow (should have been this afternoon except I returned home late and was too exhausted to move from the house) so my birthday is going to be extended in a couple of ways.

Just the way I like it!

It's 10am and I plan on going to meditation early in the morning so it's time for bed.

Nite all.

An Awakening!

We were expecting the Mirror Art artist at the shop today, but we didn't have an ETA - unfortunately he  was waiting in the carpark when The Motivator arrived to open!

I was still in bed, so a quick phone call from TM and I jumped up and was ready to leave within 20 minutes.

As the artist so diplomatically stated "You look tired"

Thanks mate 🙄😠

Take your mirror art and leave the premises.

He should have looked in one of his mirrors and he would have seen that he wasn't looking too crash hot himself!

Haha. Triggered much?

Mirror Art is not my cup of tea. It's very retro and reminds me of stuff that my Dad had behind his home bar back in the 70s.

This man is very good but also very pricy. The value is there but for our demographic, we can't see it selling very well.

However, we've asked him to provide a book of his work and a number of business cards, which we can show customers and they can decide for themselves.

We didn't stay long and pulled out of the driveway before the artist did.

The Motivator had a crazy busy day in the shop.

Thank you Universe!

While she was run off her feet, I was watching 'You Can Heal Your Life' videos and listening to their podcasts ... as a lead up to their big summit that begins early May. I'm still considering whether to be involved in that one.

I was watching more youtube videos about fluid art.

I was swimming in the pool. I lost count of how many laps I swam, but it was definitely more than yesterday, by at least 4 laps.

I was sharing some quality time with AH under the Bali hut.

I really wanted to do some art, but yesterday's effort put me off a bit, so I have to regroup and go back to basics.

Maybe on Wednesday.

Thursday is my birthday.

It's a baby number.

59

I'll be spending it with some special people.

Friday is AH's and my 9th wedding anniversary. I've never celebrated 9 years married before!

We are also 16 years together and I've never been with one person for that long either!

We must be doing something right.

We must love each other!

Nite all.

Discombobulated

That's how I felt all day long.

My mind couldn't really focus on one thing all day, I couldn't decide what I wanted to do, so I stayed in bed until after midday.

Adoring Husband brought me the usual celery juice, chicken broth and coffee. He even cooked dinner tonight! Lamb chops on the barbecue, with mashed potato, mashed pumpkin, zucchini and broccoli. It was perfect.

I had a great idea last night, for a piece of art, and I almost stayed up late to create it, but chose to go to bed instead and save it for today.

Trouble was, I couldn't remember the great idea this morning and even though I searched thoroughly on youtube, nothing triggered my memory.

Finally, in desperation, at 4.30pm, I decided to wing it.

What a disaster!

It was so terrible, I'm not even going to show you a photo. Tomorrow, I'm going to white wash it and start again.

I did go for a swim today and swam two more laps than yesterday, so it was more than 200 metres.

I sat under the Bali hut while it rained, which was really lovely.

Tomorrow, I'm going to be more productive. I'll be visiting the shop because we have an artist bringing in some of his work and we'll decide whether to take some on consignment. I may even take my camera for a ride and see if there is anything to photograph.

I discovered today that Toblerone is GF ... who knew?!

The Motivator has had a big couple of days in the shop, so Easter weekend has been pretty successful  and there is still one more day to go.

I'm ready for bed. I think I'll end my day with some meditation and hopefully I'll have a clearer head tomorrow.

Nite all.

Experimental

I'm not entirely happy with my results, but I'm entirely happy with my day of experimenting.

I woke up thinking that it was Good Friday and sat up in bed like Lady Muck enjoying the moment.

Then I realised that it was actually Saturday and that I should go into the shop because there are tourists everywhere and I've had plenty of time off.

Adoring Husband brought my celery juice and I texted The Motivator to tell her that I was coming to the shop but would be late.

She replied "Why are you coming in? It's absolutely fine."

She's a good egg.

Even though I miss the shop and feel almost like I've abandoned it, I am also really enjoying the time away and using my time to do stuff that is bringing me joy.

I went for a quick visit anyway and took some cards to put at Foodworks and deliver to the caravan parks.

AH and I did some grocery shopping before sneaking home through the throngs of tourists. The streets are lined with boat trailers and the road through the council caravan park is lined on both sides with vehicles, the queue at the supermarket was a mile long and thankfully, people have been visiting The Happy Abode all day!

It was a very fruitful day and hopefully tomorrow will be equally successful.

At lunch time I got ready to create and my first experiment was to make a wave. It's the first thing I ever wanted to do with this method of fluid art, but I got distracted by other ideas.

... then I attempted something else that was a complete failure, so I got my. hair dryer out and blew it to smithereens ...

... the result wasn't too disgusting and I will have another go with some more vibrant colours next time. The final piece that I did tonight was to put rows of colour across the canvas and then drag a wet cloth all the way along from one end to another. I like the result and the colours are very vibrant.

I have a couple of ideas for tomorrow and I only have three canvases left so I need to make the most of them!

The weather has been a bit strange today with scuds of dark heavy clouds containing heavy rain in short bursts. They appeared when we least expected them and disappeared as quickly as they hit. I imagine it was annoying for the campers and fisher people who are here for the fishing classic.

I didn't swim today, but I will tomorrow.

I hope that you are all having a lovely weekend and that you're spending happy times with loved ones over this Easter break.

I think I'm ready for bed now.

Nite all.

Dreaming Humming

Last night, I dreamt of a hummingbird drinking nectar out of a flower. The bird was so tiny and the most beautiful colours imaginable. I was excited because I love hummingbirds and I sat and watched it for ages. Nothing else happened in the dream and then I woke up.

So I looked for meanings. What does it mean when you dream of hummingbirds?

This is what I found ...

"Hummingbirds in a dream represent freedom and independence. You feel secure about your current actions and you know they will bring something good to you.

If you dream about a hummingbird, it means there is a lot of positive energy in your life currently and you should use this energy wisely to realise all your plans in the best possible way.

Hummingbirds represent how small ideas that seem unimportant, can make a big difference, so this can be a big motivation for you to start realising certain projects that you have forgotten about, but were important to you.

Dreaming about a Hummingbird drinking nectar out of a flower might be a warning sign to start enjoying life a bit more and stop worrying about small things."

So I take from this dream ...

My visions for this year, which included revisiting my website, creating an online course and finishing my book have been sitting on the back burner and I haven't even glanced at them. I think this dream is a sign that I should choose one of them and get moving on it.

Today, I woke at 6am but chose to close my eyes and sleep some more. I slept until about 8am.

Adoring Husband brought celery juice, chicken broth and coffee to my bedside (in that order) and I got out of bed just after 10.30am.

The pool was calling to me so I waded in and swam twelve laps of freestyle, 6 laps of backstroke and six laps of breast stroke. That's one lap short of 200 metres!

I followed up with some gentle stretching and exercises before drying off and doing some artwork.

The first one I did on Thursday night at 11pm and I was in bed by midnight! The other two I did today.

I've run out of safe drying spaces for the canvasses. I can't put them outside because it's too windy and they'll end up with bugs and dust and grass in the wet paint.

I'm already utilising two large cardboard boxes, the dining table and the couch in the family room.

So I have to stop painting until some of them dry and I can move them on to make space for the new ones.

We have a sour sop tree in the back yard, which is fruiting for the first time. It's been there for about five years so it's about time!

I've had a great day today.

Have a happy Saturday!

Nite all.

The Crowd Builds

The Easter Fishing Classic begins on Saturday, so the caravan parks are full and there are people EVERYWHERE!

This competition is always popular and families come back year after year to participate. Let's hope they find The Happy Abode.

I got out of bed late today. Adoring Husband brought my celery juice early. A bit later he brought my coffee. A bit later again he brought me some chicken broth fresh from the slow cooker.

At 11am I put on my swimmers and jumped into the pool. It was a bit fresh, but not uncomfortable. I swam a few laps and did a few exercises then sat on the edge of the pool in the warm sunshine for a bit.

I watched another youtube video on fluid art while AH drove to the supermarket to get some fresh salad stuff for lunch.

It was after lunch when I realised I hadn't been to the post office to send a very important package. A package that has been in the pipeline for 6 months and was promised some time ago. So we jumped in the car and rushed down to complete that chore.

We got coffee while we were there.

Art was on my mind, but so was Aquaman, so we sat down to watch the movie.

Good movie.

He is HOT.

I put some vegetables in the oven to have with that chicken I cooked yesterday and then proceeded to mix all my paints.

I got through about half of them before I remembered the vegetables, which was a bit scary because I forgot to put the timer on and it had been almost an hour! They were a little overdone.

We ate dinner and while AH was snoring in his chair, I returned to mix the remaining paints. I have 30 colours to play with tomorrow.

Sadly, I didn't get to paint today. We had a visitor mid movie and he stayed for about 30 minutes, so between the trip to the post office and our visitor, that cut into my painting time and now it looks like Good Friday will be my art day.

It better be a GOOD Friday!

So here are some Easter messages for everybody ...

... and on that note.

Nite all.

Another One Bites the Dust

Another day gone so quickly with nothing to show for 24 hours.

We had a guy come quote for a sun block blind on the Bali hut early this morning.

The Brains Trust visited bearing gifts - two delicious dragon fruit which were so sweet and juicy. Yum!

Adoring Husband and I then made ourselves presentable for public viewing and drove into The Bay to get an Apple connector so that I could do everything I've been needing to do for the past week but couldn't because I've lost my Apple connector!

You watch, now that I've spent a fortune on a new one, the old one will magically appear.

We bought lots of art supplies. New paints, some machine oil to keep me covered until I can get some Dimethicol Silicone Oil (which I've ordered online) and some different sized canvasses.

I'm ready to play big now!

We also bought the Aquaman dvd which I hope to watch tomorrow some time. I can't believe I haven't seen it yet!

I enjoyed a delicious Mint Condition juice from Boost and coincidentally bumped into The Brains Trust and The Garden Guru!

At 2pm, we were starving, so stopped for some salmon and avocado sushi and grabbed a takeaway coffee to drive home with.

I immediately sat down to do all those things I needed the connector for and then began to prepare dinner.

We had rolled chicken thighs stuffed with cheese and bacon ... although the cheese melted out of the thighs in the oven so really, there was only bacon left behind lol. This was served with a side salad.

While I prepared that, I also put a whole chicken to bake in the oven, filled the slow cooker with everything to make chicken broth and made up a tray of toffee nuts to have with the fruit whip ice cream that I made later. I'd bought some fresh raspberries today, so the fruit whip with those and sprinkled with toffeed nuts - so delicious.

Now, at 8.30pm, I'm exhausted!

I was thinking of working tomorrow (Thursday) but thankfully The Motivator has sent a text suggesting that I take some more time. I'm very grateful that she did that.

I think I need to clear out some cobwebs by taking a dip in the very cold pool tomorrow. I'll follow that with some painting/creating and then watch Aquaman.

I'm not sure if I'll go to the Club in the evening yet. I'll see how I feel.

Meanwhile, I'm off to bed.

Nite all.

Quick as a Blink

Where did the day go?

Coffee with the girls.

Catch up with The Motivator.

Grocery shopping.

Home.

Lunch.

A movie. (The Tuxedo - Jackie Chan)

Searching for my Apple connector to download some photos to a USB stick.

Unsuccessful.

Youtube videos on more Art.

Gathering all the birthday gifts for BGWLBH ready for wrapping and mailing.

Pains in my belly.

Being still for a while.

Drove to The Happy Abode hoping to find the Apple connector.

Unsuccessful.

Watched MKR.

Watched more Art videos on youtube.

Considering an early night except it's already 10pm!

I had an unpopular thought ...

I don't give a rat's pizzle about the Notre Dame Cathedral and I agree with this statement made by somebody I admire and respect ...

"The Catholic Church is a symbol of oppression for women and minorities - it’s not a real romantic symbol of beauty. It hasn’t alleviated poverty in the world, it’s a collector of people, power and real estate.

It’s not a moral centre. It’s a hot bed of abuse, cover ups and oppression run by men, not Gods.

I have nothing against religion, except when it’s used to control and punish people.

Yes Notre Dame is super old and pretty, but so are trees, rainforests and coral reefs that are being destroyed every day."

Judging by the craziness and world wide mourning on social media over a partially burnt building, I'm certain those words will be offensive to many.

One more thing. I read in a news article that the spire is coated in 250 ton of lead and every time it rains, water leaks through the cracks and leaches lead into the gutters of the city. So it's been poisoning the population for centuries.

Oh and Nostradamus predicted this ... apparently.

Ah well.

To close for the evening ...

Nite all.