New England and the Granite Belt
Just had a ripper couple of days with Mum on the road, visiting Aunty Pam and my wonderful old school buddy Olga down near Armidale in the New England region. On our way back we spent some time at Stanthorpe, did some bushwalking at the beautiful Giraween National Park (climbed up to “The Pyramid”) and […]
New position
I realised with some clarity today that I’m feeling a bit low. Why? some changes afoot at work, and a bit of emotional insecurity. One of the other office ladies gave notice, she’s leaving at the end of December. There is another position vacant also, so our boss is looking at restructuring. It makes sense […]
Dealing with shy
From Mark Tyrell’s social anxiety tips: Shyness makes us self-absorbed. This is descriptive, not judgemental. Shy people aren’t self-absorbed in a narcissistic way. Quite the opposite, they’re usually really hard on themselves! Shy people are self-absorbed in that they obsess about how they’re coming across and what others are thinking of them. Shy people can […]
Right Out of his Flip-Flops
My birthday last month brought on some sobering memories of the same time last year, when H. had a lucky escape from serious injury by the work van he’d been driving. Last week I was finally shown the related CCTV footage. The video shows my husband arriving at the scene in the work van, which slips […]
Home Garden
This was taken a few months ago, a splendid view of some of my potted herbs and geraniums. There is also a pot of Sansevieria trifasciata, also called snake plant or mother-in-law’s tongue. Beyond the pots in the garden bed above, grows hibiscus from Dad’s cuttings. Updated 23/10/2013: When pottering in my garden, the gardeners […]
October holiday
Coming towards the end of another holiday.. back to work in a couple of days. I’ve had two weeks off, the first week at home and just back from my week away with Jo. The week at home was very productive. I managed to get in a lot of reading and sent off two accounting assignments. […]