Missing in Action

Yes I have been absent for a couple of days.

I’ve had information overload with all of my researching about COVID 19 and the people in control of the info we receive, the same handful of people in charge of every global organisation - the tangled web of connections, financial investments, scientific funding, cover ups, pandemic planning, information flooding, financial pledges, panicked censorship, fear mongering etc etc etc.

It’s overwhelming and intriguing and time consuming and I can’t even figure out how to share it in small packages here to help you understand.

I know that I will never read another newspaper or watch another news or current affairs program again. I doubt that even 5% of it is real, honest or factual. Intellectual manipulation at best.

That’s all I have to say on that matter in this post.

Saturday was a fabulous day in the shop. Very busy and very happy for both The Motivator and I. The morning passed quickly and joyfully.

Adoring Husband and I enjoyed some fish and chips from the newly opened local cafe and spent the afternoon and evening watching Grey’s Anatomy. I’m now halfway through series 16 which is the current series being shown on free to air TV.

COVID 19 prevented the final four episodes from being made for this series, so it’ll be interesting to see how they remedy that.

I spent Sunday morning in bed and we decided to cook up our main meal for lunch so I climbed out of bed for that.

I have certainly not done anything productive around the house for the entire weekend!

Today (Monday) I remained in bed until dinner time! I’ve written pages and pages of notes, taken numerous screen shots of graphs, stats, lists of directors, committees and board members of various organisations, saved videos of speeches from conferences, events and seminars all made by people who hold positions of power..

I need to take a couple of days off from the research because my brain and my eyes are hurting!

I’m SOOOOO looking forward to coffee with the girls tomorrow. Our local seating area has opened up to the public again and there are currently zero active cases of COVID 19 in the Wide Bay. It will be good to sit face to face with my friends again!

Time for me to sleep because it’s 1.30am!!

Nite all.

TGIF

It was a great day at the shop.

I got to catch up with The Gypsy and a couple of the ladies who attend the art classes dropped in to say hello.

It was a good sales day too.

The weather was glorious and people are beginning to get out and about now that COVID 19 restrictions are being eased.

There are a few more caravans in the parks and those numbers should increase in the coming weeks.

The energy is definitely lifting.

It was easy chicken wing night for us and Adoring Husband even cooked up a GF chocolate brownie mix. So much sugar I felt like my head was going to explode!

I watched some more Grey’s Anatomy. Just half of season 15 left on DVD to watch and then season 16 is available on 7 Plus.

Time to sleep. It’s after midnight.

Nite all.

A State of Disrepair

I spent many hours in bed furthering my research on COVID 19 and all of the current vaccinations that are available right now.

Currently there is $2billion funding available worldwide for creating a vaccine for COVID 19. I’m not certain where all this money is coming from, but I do know that there are 219 different groups, including two of the top ten pharmaceutical companies using that money developing their own version.

Donald Trump has provided $650million to research effective treatments or a cure.

There is currently no vaccine 100% effective in preventing the disease for which it was created. 

“They” claim that the three strains of polio have been eradicated due to effective vaccinations, HOWEVER, there is a new disease with the same symptoms and prognosis as polio which they have named ‘Acute Flaccid Myelitis’ (in my opinion, to put us off the scent), and 547 children, just in USA, have contracted this disease.

IF polio has been eradicated, why do we require a vaccination for something that no longer exists?

6 doses of the Diptheria vaccine will give you 99% protection.

Tetanus is 99% effective as long as you have a booster every ten years.

Hep A vaccine has 99% effectiveness.

1 dose of MMR offers 95% protection for Measles.

Whooping cough vaccine only provides 80% protection.

Pneumonia - 75%

Flu - 67% but that is an average. Some years it’s around 30% and other years much higher depending on whether they’ve guessed the correct strain for the year. 

For me, it’s much like Russian roulette. I can hear Clint Eastwood’s voice asking “Are you feeling lucky punk?”

Anyway that’s some of today’s research that I wanted to share with you.

I presented myself pyjama clad and in a complete state of bed hair and disrepair when The Brains Trust visited to deliver her bag of pre-loved clothes this morning.

Only my desperate need to see a smiling friendly face, and my love and appreciation of her happy soul could get me to leave my bed For that visit 🥰

I got some more washing done today, but not much else. I learned a little about our new TV - it’s amazing how technology changes in such a short period of time!

Bubbles asked me for this recipe today so since I have the pic handy, I thought you might like to try it. It’s quite delicious.

I’m working tomorrow (Friday) so I’d best get some sleep.

Nite all.

Mother Nature strikes again

I think it began with The Wizard of Oz but I have always been intrigued by the vision of a tornado.

Then the movie ‘Twister’ captured my fearful imagination.

Our own tornado in 2013 sent me (and Adoring Husband) spiralling into a dark all encompassing bout of PTSD that lasted for many years.

I feel that I have, for the most part, recovered from that and while I once spent a good portion of my day studying the BOM and following storm systems obsessively, I mostly don’t even realise storms are coming now until they hit.

These days, AH is more skittish about forecast storm activity than I am.

I stumbled across this video today and found the different structures of the tornadoes fascinating. I doubt that I could find the courage (or the stupidity) to chase a twister the way these guys do but it would be awesome to photograph something like this from a safe distance.

The massive 2.6 mile wide tornado that hit El Reno in Oklahoma in 2013 lasted for 40 minutes!! 2.6 miles wide!!! It’s impossible to comprehend a monster that big.

Anyway I thought I’d share this short video with those of you who feel the same fascination.



Our new TV was delivered at 9am and the delivery guys unpacked it and lifted it onto the cabinet for AH.

Our old TV had developed a large vertical dark shadow down the centre of the screen so it had to replaced.

I had a very very quiet day in the shop but the time still passed quickly and I was taken by surprise when I saw our car moving up the driveway with AH arriving to help me lock up for the day.

There was no relaxing when we arrived home because the psychotic dogs had made a mess of our floor AND themselves so while AH got to work with the mop and bucket, I had to bath two of them.

Little buggers.

I got to watch 3 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy before cooking up a green chicken curry for dinner and we were in bed by 8.45pm. I swear AH fell asleep within 5 minutes of putting his head upon the pillow!

I’m trying to video him making strange noises while he sleeps but it’s almost like he senses what I’m doing because he stops as soon as I press the record button and then starts again when I turn it off! It’s very frustrating.

Time for me to sleep now.

Nite all.

A Tiny Spark

I finally found a tiny spark of motivation today!

After a fabulous morning phone call, I decided to play around with some paint and canvas.

I felt very rusty because it has been more than seven weeks since I played with some paint.

I cleaned all the tools afterwards and while we waited for the chicken wings to cook in the oven, I decided to clear off the dining table. I had already cleared about a third of it when I decided to take this pic ...

Except Adoring Husband has now left a drill and some legal papers on the table, but it looks much better this evening...

I cleared the side table and the floor beside my lounge chair which was covered with books and paperwork, notes, business cards, essential oils, pens, jewellery, art, plastic containers, shoes - you name it! I didn’t take a ‘before’ and ‘after’ shot of that.

I got two loads of washing done, read the accountant’s paperwork and signed it and then watched some more Grey’s Anatomy until dinner time which consisted of lamb chops and salad.

I’m working tomorrow so it’s time for me to sleep. Comparatively speaking, I expended a lot of energy today so I’m feeling a little weary!

Happy hump day everybody!

Nite all.

Still Nothin’

Nope.

No motivation today.

I was woken up by the neighbours across the road at 6.50am as they continued the laying of concrete for their massive new driveway.

Grumble Grumble Grumble

I read ‘some’ of a business book and ‘some’ of a body systems book ...

Took lots of notes.

Stayed in bed doing all of that until about 1pm.

Learned how to make chai latte from scratch but I haven’t attempted it yet.

Watched some more Grey’s Anatomy.

Cooked up a tomato based chicken casserole for dinner with vegetable sides, all of which was quite tasty.

I did not step foot outside of the house all day long so no fresh air and no sunshine for me.

Received some excellent news that my BFF will be heading this way for Christmas!! Doing cartwheels and happy dancing all over the place about that one!

Once again, I will aim for some productivity tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Nite all.

Mum’s The Word

I’ve had a pleasant Mother’s Day at home.

I heard from all three kids, which was really nice.

I stayed in bed until lunch time and between us, Adoring Husband and I made a main meal for lunch and we spent the afternoon watching Season 13 of Greys Anatomy. Two more seasons to go. Season 16 is showing on TV now and Season 17 is planned for 2021.

There is a storm building out west and heading in this direction. We had a bit of a downpour earlier in the evening, but we could do with some more rain.

I wonder if I can spur some productivity tomorrow? Still so much to do and no motivation to do any of it 😳

Perhaps the checklist that I posted here on Friday would inspire me? This one ...

Numbers 6, 12, 16, 21 and 30 would be a good start.

It’s almost midnight. I’m outta here!

Nite all.

Lucky Mums

We had a great day in the shop with lots of people spending on their Mums.

The Motivator and I enjoyed each other’s company in between customers and the morning passed very quickly.

Here is a ten minute video to make you smile and bring some joy to your Sunday.



I’m looking forward to a couple of quiet days at home and I hope to do some baking and maybe push myself to do some housework. If the weather is fine, we might spend some time lazing in the Bali hut too.

The psychotic dogs are all doing well although Adoring Husband accidentally locked poor Ruby outside. I had to get out of bed to see what the crying was all about and realised she was outside. Poor baby 😕

Happy Mother’s Day to all the people who provide some kind of maternal love to another human being. If nobody is celebrating you, then show yourself some love because you know better than anybody else what makes you happy!

I hope you all have a happy Sunday.

Nite all.

More Newbies.

There were quite a few new customers in the shop today.

It seems that people from The Bay are taking advantage of the 50km travel limit rule and escaping their isolation by visiting our lovely town.

Our local cafe opened for the first time in 8 weeks, so these visitors go there to order food and then visit our shop while they wait. They are not spenders but they are friendly and chatty and they fill the day with good vibes.

The fours hours passed very quickly and I had to make a stock order for a lady who ordered something months ago and I didn’t follow up.

Oops.

It’s ok. The order should be here in 4 days.

It was nice to arrive home and be greeted by three healthy dogs and we got to spend the afternoon relaxing together instead of rushing into town!

Thankfully, today was uneventful.

Looking forward to a morning with The Motivator tomorrow.

Nite all.

Opportunity

Well I certainly had a perfect opportunity to practice the power of detachment today ... twice!

It was a nice day at work and Adoring Husband picked me up at 2pm.

All of the psychotic dogs were happy to see me - nothing unusual - all wagging their tails and pushing each other out of the way to get a pat.

I opened the sliding door to give them the opportunity to go outside for toileting and then made my way to the kitchen to put away the meat that we’d just purchased at the butcher.

I turned around to discover a large bile coloured spew on the floor behind me. Then we heard a yelping dog outside but the yelping didn’t stop so we rushed outside to discover Colli lying on her side and not moving. The yelping had stopped but she was obviously in a bad way.

She didn’t move until Adoring Husband attempted to pick her up and she very gingerly lifted her body enough for AH to get his hands around her body to lift her into his arms.

I grabbed a towel from the laundry and we put her in the back seat of the car while AH called the vet to be sure we could get in straight away, which we could. So we drove directly to The Bay with her sitting on my lap looking quite agitated and panting heavily.

AH was stressing to the max, thinking the worst and asking a million questions, so I practiced my power to detach. I regulated my breathing, took a step back and observed our situation objectively. Instead of being dragged into AH’s drama, I remained calm, put my emotions aside, tossed the rope and waited until he was ready to help himself out of it. (Just quietly, I don’t think he’s taken the rope yet!)

The vet was very worried about Colli’s heart and thought that she may have had a seizure. She had noticed on our last visit that Colli’s heartbeat was a little erratic (due to age and deterioration) so she said that nature’s way of attempting to ‘reset’ was a seizure.

Dr Amanda asked us to leave Colli there so that she could administer a fluid drip, give her some medication and monitor her heart. She hoped that if Colli responded well enough she wouldn’t have to stay overnight.

Instead of returning home immediately, we tried killing some time with the hopes we would receive a phone call sooner rather than later. The vet called about an hour later to say that she was responding well and we could pick her up in 90 minutes.

We burnt a rather large hole in our pocket while killing 90 minutes!

When we returned to pick her up, there was a woman with two young men and a large dog wrapped in a blanket waiting in the reception area. She was patting the dog, crying and telling it that she loved it.

The vet saw them first and took them into the room.

It wasn’t long before there was loud, gut wrenching sobbing coming from the room.

AH had to step outside.

The power of detachment. The power of detachment. The power of detachment.

I too stepped outside.

Dr Amanda came to us after it was all over, obviously affected by the emotional trauma that that poor family just endured and she told us it was her third one that day and tomorrow looked like being just as bad.

She was happy that she could end the day with our ‘good news’ Colli.

It was 6.30 pm when we finally sat down and put our feet up.

I bought some Rogan josh lamb and chicken with rice for dinner from the little restaurant in Eli Waters. Delicious.

Time to sleep now.

Nite all.

Power to Detach

The power of detachment - detachment is experiencing our feelings and emotions in the moment without allowing them to control us. It is being able to step back and observe situations objectively, and then acting on inspiration or intuition, instead of emotion.

It means that instead of falling into the pit of despair with your friends and family, you can remain strong and loving and supportive above that pit.

It means not being dragged into the drama but throwing a rope so that they can pull themselves out of the pit when they’re ready.

Yesterday was a write off for me.

By lunch time I felt very unwell. By 3pm I was in bed. By 5pm I was asleep. I slept until 6am this morning ... hence no blog post on Wednesday.

Today I felt like I was in recovery mode so I took it easy. Tomorrow I work.

The Motivator sold a piece of my art today! This one ...

That’s a bit exciting 🤩

Here is where I wish Beautiful Girl With The Long Blonde Hair a happy birthday!! No fun in isolation and certainly not the way we planned our birthdays this year, but we made it to another year older and instead of having our road trip almost over, we actually have it to look forward to next year!

Time for sleep now, but before I go, here is a 25 minute video with some thought provoking information.



Nite all.

Brace yourself

This blog will be ten years old next January. Can you believe it!?

Some interesting information regarding autism Proof?

What I’ve noticed, in this time of uncertainty, is that everywhere you look, we are being told what to think, who to believe and how to behave.

Even though this so-called pandemic is unprecedented (never known or done before), we are listening to people who have made themselves the voice of authority - even though they too have had no previous experience to base their advice or orders.

Their decisions, on our behalf, were based on fear of the unknown and educated guesses that had to be made quickly and without factual scientific evidence at the time.

Because they had placed themselves in the position of power and authority, and because we believe that people in authority are our leaders, we blindly did as we were told and we did it without question and without searching further afield for answers.

The media were fed all of their information from these same people in authority and they added their own pinch of drama for effect.

Why do we believe with 100% certainty that they are doing the right thing by us?

Why do we not question their information?

Why do we DISbelieve anybody who tells us different information? Even if they are medical professionals who are currently working in the busiest hospitals dealing with this apparent health crisis? Or scientists doing the research and who are qualified to provide accurate and up-to-date information?

Why do the media NOT share that new information? 

Why do we consider the people who provide different data and facts as quacks or conspiracy theorists?

Why do we believe that we are not smart enough ourselves to do our own research?

Why do we not take advantage of all the resources available to us to look for the ‘other’ facts out there in the ether?

Why do we give mainstream media so much power over our lives, our emotions and our belief systems?

Why do we pick a side and refuse to budge no matter what new information comes to hand?

Why do we get angry when when people like me ask these questions?

We are fearful of having to make our own decisions.

If we make our own decisions and we are wrong, we have only ourselves to blame.

If we follow the advice of authority and THEY are wrong, we can blame THEM.

We can all band together and say “they should have ...” or “they could have ...” or “why did they ...” or “why didn’t they ...”

And what if there is a hidden agenda?

It’s much easier to be angry with everyone else after the fact.

Right now, ALL of our information is censored. 

We are given one-sided opinions and information and we are being fed fear based stories to keep us in silent unquestioning conformity.

Anybody who questions authority, goes against the grain or doesn’t conform is vilified to the ‘nth’ degree ... by the media, by the authorities and by the cowering conformists.

As always, it’s THEM and US.

My mantra is always question EVERYTHING 🤨 

Open your heart, lose the fear and know your own power because 7 billion of us are handing over our power to a handful of people and as a consequence many of us are losing our jobs, our homes, our mental health, our future and our freedom.

The reality of the world is not what you think.

Now, to momentarily distract you from my intensity ...

Funny dogs not wanting a bath

Nite all.

An Every Day Message

An 11 minute video about the power of your mind and it’s capabilities.

Firstly, who is Bruce Lipton ?



This one caught my fancy. I’m not a cat fan but I smiled a lot watching this.

Cats vs invisible wall

Three things I’m grateful for today:

1. Beautiful Autumn pink sunset skies.
2. Fresh strawberries and guava.
3. Supermarket shelves full of toilet paper.

I was lucky enough to receive breakfast in bed again this morning. A fabulous way to start my day. Thank you Adoring Husband 😘

It was another unproductive day for me. I have many things on my ‘to do’ list but absolutely no motivation to do any of them.

Fish for lunch. Duck for dinner.

I need to find my mojo. I need to find the power of my mind! I need to listen to Bruce Lipton’s message! Among others.

I need to sleep.

Nite all.

Back at it!

We opened the shop for three hours today and some of our favourite customers came to say hi and practiced some retail therapy.

The nonessential stores have all been closed for six weeks so there are some of us hanging out to put our shopping goggles on!

It was definitely worth opening and it was a happy day.

I found all of these pics that reminded me of my childhood so I just had to share because I know that most of you will have some memories triggered by these too.

I had a very emotional afternoon watching the end of season 11 of Grey’s Anatomy ... when Derek died 😭😭😭

The weather has cooled beautifully and the mornings are perfect for snuggling under the doona. I love this time of the year.

Three things for which I’m grateful:

1. Cool Autumn weather and snuggling under the doona.
2. Adoring Husband bringing me breakfast in bed for my first day back at work.
3. A friendly community willing to support our little shop.

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Nite all.