Merry Christmas!

My little Christmas tree back in Canberra. :) It was a Christmas present from Rish about 6 years ago. I love it!

I’m off to my sister’s soon for lunch – but I have the sorest throat I’ve had in a while so just need to keep up that water!

I hope you all have a great day!
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And to all a good night!

We’re up in Newcastle – being social butterflies and trying to relax all at the same time :) Beach today and yesterday and much much food!

I hope everyone has a great couple of weeks! We’re off to NZ on Boxing Day, so will probably check in sometime after new year!

Take care! :)

Crash

Okay, write this, eat my tomato, then off to bed.

After telling myself more days for the past month that I’m not sick and that I don’t have time to get sick so I’d better bloody well get on with things, I’m feeling my body start to give in, and I feel myself starting to let it.

Part of me is thinking that maybe if I just stay home tomorrow then I’ll feel better and won’t feel crap for christmas/social events/travel and so on. Actually a big part of me is thinking that. particlarly the bit that happily came home and crashed for an hour this afternoon.

There’s a lot of sick people in and out of work this week, just pushing themselves that extra day.

I’ll decide in the morning.

At least it smells nice

A run of bad luck before netball tonight

1. My shampoo kinda exploded through my bag. At least that smells nice and it’s only soap, afterall
2. I forgot my dodgy game/I might have them knocked off my face glasses. Fortunately I did not get hit in the face tonight. Unlike last game
3. My hair band snapped just as I was tying my hair up (I had it out all day and got lots of compliments!) So had to dash across to superbarn to pick some up
4. Forgot my water bottle. Picked up some bottled water when getting hair bands
5. We lost netball

But I had fun, and we aren’t playing until a couple of weeks into January – with the humidity it was sweltering in the courts today.

I think I’ll go for a morning cardio session tomorrow, as I doubt I’ll get there tomorrow night, I think there’s a trip to the pub after work lined up for me. More food and alcohol – just what I need!

We have kangaroo sausages and salad for tea (aka ‘kanga bangers’). Low-fat and amusing all at once!

Why are vampires so sexy?

Okay, I am completely stuffed from a bbq where more and more meat just kept appearing. So here’s some “content”

1. Interview :: with the vampire
2. Army :: Army Ants
3. Unwrap :: me
4. Evolve :: it’s evolution, baby
5. Bus :: I missed the bus (a kris kros song)
6. The real thing :: ohh mao mao mao mao come and see the real thing
7. Streak :: running across the msg at the boxing day test
8. Gorge :: what I did this afternoon on all that meat
9. Spicy :: people of the world! (spice up your life)
10. Course :: par for the

Nice face (shame about the hair)

Despite not feeling up to it (completely emo and off), I felt that it was the best thing to do and threw myself into heading out into town last night. So after settling on wearing a short sparly silver dress because I felt just as good in that as anything else, and it IS christmas, afterall, we went into Garema place to start off. Started with dinner and drinks at Mama’s Trattoria (mm finished with a divine Tira Misu that was so rich I only work about halfway through before passing it on to Matt to finish), then Rish and I wandered off to find ourselves a place to boogie – Mooseheads it was.

My feet were killing me, so we had short bursts on the dancefloor, during which time I impressed and scared Rish with my knowledge of the lyrics to the latest pop and RnB that has been playing on channel V whileat the gym. In the time between dances, I sipped on my vodka and raspberries and started critiquing the crowd.

As in most nightclubs, there was a large number of girls in short tight black or white shorts, or cute little dresses. There was the pinned up fringe. And then there were the skunks. Skank (with an a) is a word often used in an Australian night club. But skunk it was tonight. Sporting the apparently in-fashion blach-blonde hair on top and brown-black underneath, there seemed like there were masses of girls wiht this colour, in differing lengths. the shorter ones were the worst. *shudders* “There’s another!”, I shreik and point out, oh so obvious. But seriously, they were nice looking girls (most of them anyway) but they’d done somethign terrible to their hair *cries*

(That photo is probably tamer than alot of the girls last night… like I said, the sorter it was, the more horrible it got!)

The Gift of Pop-Up Pirate

Working with kids, you have to have sure-fire ways to keep them on track.

One of those ways is the simple, yeat very effective Pop-Up Pirate.

The idea is simple. Kid does something you want, you give verbal praise and then a plastic sword to them to stab into the barrel to see if they can make the pirate leap out and up into the air. Basic extrinsic rewards. Usually, I use it with articulation therapy. Kid attempst their target sound at their level e.g. /k/. They have a go, if they get it great! I give them a sword “well done, that was such a lovely /k/ sound”, then step it up a notch, e.g. two /k/ sounds. The kids love the pirate, so in group sessions we tend to have it as the final group activity where the kids come back into the circle and then we reinforce to them and their parents what they are to work on until the next session.

So, when Carmen tells me this afternoon that Big W has them on sale for $10, I decide that I must get a couple to wrap and put under the giving tree someplace. It’s a fun game even if you’re not doing therapy with it… and if they are doing some sort of reward system, then I’m sure it’s a welcome bonus! :) If you have kids under about 8, I’d certainly recommend it for an inexpensive gift. Or for a niece and nephew! :)

It’s Resolution, Baby

Before I make any serious resolutions, I must of course see if they are possible according to my Horoscope *rolls eyes*

Sexual Horoscope (start with the most pressing, hmm??)

Cancer you are in for a major transitional year in 2008 in terms of love, sex, and relationship. The key to handling what is likely to come your way will be cultivating a fearless approach to intimacy.

Hell, yes! I can be fearless when it comes to my approach to intimacy, can’t I?

My Year in the Stars (it blathers on so here’s the end:

In the end it’s up to you, and even the best influences can be reduced in impact, if you are determined life won’t change. But with money improving from September and a feeling that you need to organise everything as efficiently as you can, 2007/8 sees a lightening of your situation, a move away from purely practical concerns and much greater emotional fulfilment, than you have dared to dream about for ages.

If I want change I can change, yes?

And to be sure, my Chinese Horoscope:

Some sentimental deceptions may be feared for this year. They’ll be due not so much to human inconstancy as to a lack of imagination on the part of the Dog. Now everybody knows that routine and pedestrianism are the worst enemies of love!

So, spice up your life!

I shall take these into consideration of course when making my list of resolutions for 2008. You realise that will probably be get fitter, lift more weights, lose weight, have more sex, save more and yet buy more clothes :p Oh yeah and something to do with work and being a happy person. So long as the stars support it, of course!

Music to Write By

So, I’m currently listening to the “Holiday Pop” channel at AccuHolidays Radio. Apparently, just by listening I’m helping charity, which is always an added incentive.

OMG It’s No Doubt.

*sets into writing her Chrissy cards*

Pussycat Dolls!

The Start of the Cards

After spending time of Saturday night Wikipedia-ing Penguins trying to figure out if there was one from Argentina, I’ve recived my first Chrissy card, with a penguin on it. FromEva! Thanks! It’s even all sensory – felty and I can run my fingers along its blackness :)

Admitedly, it wasn’t really the first card of the year – there was of course the one from the re-elected member for Canberra Annette Ellis. I can tear the front off, and it becomes a handy 2008 calendar for the fridge. Excellent.

I have written and posted a total of three cards this year. I have stamps and cards for all the local ones I need to do – hopefully I’ll get myself into gear tomorrow while Rish is on the coast and write them out, and get them in the mail before the end of the week. At least they should get to their destinations in time!

In work Kris Kringles, I have scored this year – a pencil set that can be decoraated with pipecleaners, toy microphones, and today – Lip Smackers Strawberry Hair Detangler spray. Yes, it was the gift I put in, and I scored it :) At least I didn’t walk away with the chewable vitamin C I put in for the team kris kringle!