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TUESDAY 22ND JANUARY

Well, this should be interesting... 8 days have passed and I didn't make notes. Did I hear someone say "GOOD!"????? *S*

I'll have to work backwards and things might come back to me.... (bad luck !!!! *S*)

 

We spent the day at the Animal Park yesterday.

Jared's best friend at school, Nicholas, arrived yesterday morning to stay for 2 days. His Dad is supposed to collect him after surgery this evening (he's a doctor) but they've been so good I might phone and ask if he can stay an extra day.

If you are interested in more photos
click on the pic below.

Of course there's method in my madness <grin>, in getting Nicholas to stay another day (He! He!)
While he's here Jared leaves us alone *S

TUESDAY 22ND JANUARY
Later in the day...

Just came home from the Waterslide and Mini Golf and the kids had a great time... too many steps for ME!!
My plan to have Nick stay one more day fell flat :-( I guess his Dad misses him.. he's gotta go home tonight. Oh well... "the best laid plans etc...." Seems Nick hasn't "slept over" before... we missed Jared the first time too *S*... not any more <grin>

Now I have to try to remember if anything interesting (?) happened in the last few days... hmmmmm....

Took this photo of Jared when he got up one morning.. Ugh!!

This is what it looks like when it gets up <grin>

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So we thought we'd stick a guitar in the pic since he looks like a 60's Rocker

Actually.. looking at these photos reminds me of one night when we were short of milk, I looked like a DRAGON and didn't want to be seen by ANYONE, Jason wasn't home... so, I asked Jared if he'd come with me to the garage (service station) to pick up some milk.. that was OK so we trundled into the car and up to the servo... Jared was just about to get out of the car when he discovered he'd only got underpants on under his shirt... he'd forgotten to put on his shorts.!!

I told him not to worry about it, the lady behind the counter probably wouldn't even notice, besides she'd think they were his togs (swimsuit). Do you think he'd be convinced... NO!

Then I said
"Do YOU REALLY want Nanny TO GO IN THERE looking like THIS????"

I guess he felt sorry for me and gave in. He kept the front of his shirt pulled right down <grin> and apparently he explained his predicament to the attendant inside because I saw her laughing.

Everything was OK until just before he went to pay for the milk and a chocolate treat he conned me into... a lady... a 7 or 8 year old girl and their dog turned up! Jared freaked!! The girl waited outside with the dog while her Mum went inside.

Jared made a dirty dive for the car, facing the girl because he didn't want her to see the back of him, fumbled with the door handle... the more he tried to get in quickly the longer it took. The attendant was laughing her head off and so was I. He's SO MODEST!! You know if he'd just waltzed in as if he had a swimsuit on under his shirt no-one would have been any the wiser.

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I've been so tired lately, have had a lot of catching up to do on the computer now that the weather has cooled a little... 32C instead of 39C or 40C. Lord... I hope we never have another summer like this. My power bill rose by $100 for these last 3 months! We've had all the ceiling fans on, floor fans in 3 rooms and an air cooler going all day. My eyes feel like they're full of sand most of the time.

I spent 2 days transferring pages from one site to another for a group I belong to. Then I updated the pages as well. I sat up until 5:30am one morning for a meeting I couldn't get into! The server that has the chat room just wouldn't load for me. I was like a zombie for the next 2 days. That was last Saturday and Sunday. I feel a little better now that I've had some sleep.

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I think I mentioned in one of my earlier Journals that my Bowen Therapist had given me a "Home Remedy" to reduce the swelling in my ankle but instead of it reducing it ended up 5 times worse. Well, I wasted no time at my last appointment telling him (nicely) that it DIDN'T WORK!!

He asked me to relate exactly what I did...then he nearly fell on the floor laughing!!

This is MY recollection of his instructions...
He'd told me to buy Washing Soda, put it in a sock, wrap it round my ankle then cover it in glad wrap (saran wrap) and go to bed, but have a towel under my foot because the fluid would be drawn out through the pores.

What I did WAS....
bought a kilo (2.2lb) container of Washing Soda..
put HALF of the container into a sock...
wrapped it round my ankle>>
finished it off with Glad Wrap!
It felt like a TON weight...
the next morning my foot and ankle were 5 TIMES BIGGER than they had EVER been!!!
I was really ticked off, it took 2 days for the swelling to subside!

NOW... What I SHOULD have done WAS...
put enough Washing Soda in the sock, so that when it was lying flat there was only about a centimetre in depth of washing soda.
That's this much <-.....->
NOT THIS MUCH
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He said "Neither wonder it felt like a TON weight hanging on your ankle!!!"
That was after he stopped laughing!
Hmph!!

I haven't yet tried it with the right quantities
but I suppose I better before my next appointment, in a month. *S*

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WEDNESDAY January 23rd

Jason was gone all night again... no prizes for guessing where he stayed (even though he denies it). I mean... 'her'(the ex) daughter rang yesterday looking for him, she's (the ex) a hairdresser and he turns up this morning sporting a haircut...
GIMME A BREAK!
I'm not even going to elaborate further *S*

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Jared's back to bugging me again... no Nicholas to keep him occupied. I thought they had to go back to school next Monday
WRONG!!!

Monday is a holiday (Australia Day)!
The next (Tuesday) is a Pupil Free Day
(Do they ever work... teachers?)
So he goes back Wednesday... hardly worthwhile *S*
Lucky I spoke to Nick's Dad about it because I'm sure I would have trundled Jared off to school on Monday and we'd have been the ONLY ones there <grin>
Sometimes I think I'm losing my "Marbles"!!

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Saturday January 26, 2002 - Fraser Coast Chronicle

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Monday 28th January

Did very little this weekend. Today is a holiday. Australia Day was Saturday SO we get Monday off as well... go figure!

Mum was doing her crosswords (competitions) as usual and only had a couple of clues she needed help on. So she calls out to me...
"What's the name of that 'Biblical city of sin'? ... Is it 'SOD OFF' or something ????"
I cracked up! So did she when I told her it was SODOM not SODOFF! <GRIN>
(You had to be here *S*)

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On Saturday I decided the front lawn needed weeding so I got sick of bending and sat down on the grass to do it. About an hour into it Jason drove off for an errand. He was gone about half an hour and I was praying that he'd come back soon (did I say that???)... I couldn't get up! This damned foot of mine.... I can't put any pressure on it, not even to do the simplest of things. It's so damned frustrating.
I tried the "Home Remedy" the Bowen Therapist gave me, with the right quantities this time. Yes, it drew fluid from my ankle BUT it didn't make the least bit of difference to the swelling. He told me I should WALK MORE! That would be great... if I COULD walk any distance. I just don't believe it's arthritis.... It's got to be something else. The reason I think this is because the arthritis medication works for my hands BUT NOT MY ANKLE!
SO it HAS TO BE something else.

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Jason didn't come home Friday night OR Saturday night. So that's 3 days this week. Yes we know where he was... he apparently doesn't because he keeps trying to tell me he was somewhere else!
He's close to being booted out of here. He must think I'm completely stupid. You'd think after 32 years he'd know better. What is it with SOME men... are they brain dead??? This schizophrenic weiro caused him a great deal of pain, money and embarassment and he's too weak to get on with his life. Makes me wonder what he has instead of 'grey matter'!!

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Thursday 31st January

Well.... there we are... one month down and 11 to go until 2003!

Believe it or not....
I took down my Christmas tree between yesterday and today!!!
I hear you all.... "What the hell has she been doing...
Christmas tree still up at the end of January?????"

All I can say is.... you have to live here in Queensland!!
Then you'd know why. *S*

It took me all day and half the night to get it up and half of yesterday and half of today to strip it and pack everything away. You have to remember that it's damned hot and humid here at this time of the year so what I did was just closed the door to the living room anytime anyone came by (so they wouldn't see how slack I was *S*.) I contemplated throwing a sheet over it... figuring THEN I wouldn't have to spend he time re-erecting it in 10 months <grin>. BUT I thought better of that idea :-)

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Got off to a good start yesterday.... NOT!!

Got Jared ready for school and we went up in 2 cars (JARED RODE WITH ME *s*) so that Jason could take Jared to his new class and so I could go to the office and organise a refund for music lessons (which we paid in advance) BECAUSE....
ARE YOU READY FOR THIS....?????
Jared and his Nanny are both going to get private piano tuition!


BUT
that's not the reason for the 2 cars...
Mine had to go for a service and Jason was to follow me so he could drive me home.
So we turned up at the mechanics and I go in to hand over my keys..
the lady looked really puzzled...said
"Are we going to work on your clutch today?"
I said...
"You can if you want but I won't be paying you for it *S*
It's here for a tune up and to get the back brakes done"
She said...
"That's strange... Peter has you down for Thursday..."
Jamie said...
"THURSDAY! Isn't THIS THURSDAY?? SHOOT it's bl...y WEDNESDAY!!!!"

I was so embarassed, all I wanted to do was crawl through a crack in the floor.

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Jared's first and second days at school with his new teacher were "EXCELLENT" according to him. So, hopefully things will look up this year... I live in hope,

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I'm sure I've forgotten something... but it'll keep until the next Journal entry. If I don't get back before Valentine's day....

this is a graphic I made for Webdreamers.

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Well, that's all for this second half of January,
Hope I haven't bored you to tears AGAIN.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.
~Oscar Wilde~