Rambleyness

Had one of those rare perfect moments late yesterday afternoon. Hanging with Nw and Torby cleaning up the front yard (such as it is). It was lovely weather, I had my boys with me, it's hard to explain but it was lovely.

Have wasted time at work doing googleymaps of our road trip.
Now I know how to get between home and Dawn's house on Saturday (via dropping Miss Charlie at her sister's house) then how to get from chums house in Glen Waverly (where we're staying after our nerdy warcrack night) to the cafe for brekkie with Dawn, to home again. Everything in between is unmapped and means we may get a wee bit lost.
I also have very little sense of direction in Melbourne, mountains are on the wrong side and the water isn't where it should be. Badly designed I say.

I'm really looking forward to the roadtrip. Will be nice to have MissCharlie's company in the car for extra conversation and to help Nw with driving. Then have lots of alone time and catching up with people and eating and walking and looking and squeeness.

I have a sneaking suspicion that we might miss Torbyboy a bit though. Just a smidge.

Oh and today is haircut day. Hooray for haircut day!

5 sleeps to go...

...till we're on the road on our way to exotic Melbourne... Squee!

Oh and sneezing when you have a thumpy thumpy headache is roolly roolly painful.
Just in case you were wondering.

tee-hee

DrNik just sent me this link

Tales for the leet: Romeo & Juliet

It iz teh funnee

A self portrait..or eleventyfive

Ovilah, originally uploaded by Miss DV.

oh, and..

8 sleeps to go!!

A decision at last!

Birthday/Aniversary dinner will be here

My son, the subtle one.

Torby loves going to the butchers so he can get some stamps on his hands (a red bumblebee and blue happy face).

We had discussed that we needed some lamb kebabs for dinner. We had also discussed that they migth not have any stamps and we would see.

So we arrive at the counter, I pop him up so he can see them and out comes 'six lamb babs and stamps please'.

The nice man laughed, a lot, and gave him his stamps and a kiss.

must be Nw's child..

... he just sat on me and farted.

Horrid creature

The shoe gods are pleased with me

So I had a mission this afternoon to get a new pair of shoes. I had a budget. I had a plan..

Well, instead of one pair of shoes, I came home with 3 pairs and still under budget.

I got these in purple and bronze (they were down to 30- each, how could I resist!)

and a pair of Colorado shoes (Gerty) (Also on sale)


I am happy shoe piggy, hear me go Squee!

Forgetfulness

I left my mobile at home today and I feel so naked.

Reliant much?

In other news...12 sleeps till Melbourne!

Heard during a TV ad for Sorbent 'Long Roll' Toilet Paper

"..so you can change the toilet roll less often and have more time in your busy day"

Excatly how long do they think it takes to change the roll?

hooray!

I may actually be able to vote Labor in the next state election now.

Iemma & Costa are out!!!

All the cool kids were doing it... well okay, just TOA, but still...

Your result for The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test...

9 - the Peacemaker

Thanks for taking the test !

you chose BX - your Enneagram type is NINE (aka "The Mediator")

"I am at peace"

Peacemakers are receptive, good-natured, and supportive. They seek union
with others and the world around them.

How to Get Along with Me

• If you want me to do something, how you ask is important. I especially
  don't like expectations or pressure.



• I like to listen and to be of service, but don't take advantage of this.



• Listen until I finish speaking, even though I meander a bit.



• Give me time to finish things and make decisions. It's OK to nudge
  me gently and nonjudgmentally.



• Ask me questions to help me get clear.



• Tell me when you like how I look. I'm not averse to flattery.



• Hug me, show physical affection. It opens me up to my feelings.



• I like a good discussion but not a confrontation.



• Let me know you like what I've done or said.



• Laugh with me and share in my enjoyment of life.

What I Like About Being a NINE

• being nonjudgmental and accepting



• caring for and being concerned about others



• being able to relax and have a good time



• knowing that most people enjoy my company; I'm easy to be around



• my ability to see many different sides of an issue and to be a good
  mediator and facilitator



• my heightened awareness of sensations, aesthetics, and the here and
  now



• being able to go with the flow and feel one with the universe

What's Hard About Being a NINE

• being judged and misunderstood for being placid and/or indecisive



• being critical of myself for lacking initiative and discipline



• being too sensitive to criticism; taking every raised eyebrow and twitch of the mouth personally



• being confused about what I really want



• caring too much about what others will think of me



• not being listened to or taken seriously

NINEs as Children Often

• feel ignored and that their wants, opinions, and feelings are unimportant
  



• tune out a lot, especially when others argue



• are "good" children: deny anger or keep it to themselves
  

NINEs as Parents

• are supportive, kind, and warm



• are sometimes overly permissive or nondirective

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy

Discover the 9 Types of People

Harper
SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages

You liked the test?

so S P R E A D I T ! tell everyone!!!
(use Quick-Paste below)

you wanna know MORE?

so check out, what Wikipedia says about your type...



...even more you'll find in Google

or do you prefer to

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You are not completely happy with the result?!

You chose BX

Would you rather have chosen:

AX (SEVEN)

CX (TWO)

BY (FOUR)

BZ (FIVE)

Take The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test at HelloQuizzy

i is techno leet gurl!

I've managed to get haloscan installed and working - it does the recent comments thing.

yay for me and my leetness!

no wonder work wanted to keep me *grin*

Woot!

Well, my boss just called me to say that my interview technique dosn't suck and therefore I sill have a job. 

Well, it's a few grades higher and has a slightly different name and I will still be working in a different department to where I should be (gotta love the public service), but it means that I'm still employed and dont have to do more applications and interviews for a long while.

Hooray!

sleep is for babies.

why am I awake?
2am is a hateful time to be awake.
not as bad as 3am, I'll grant you.
but close.
all cold and boring and wrong.
well, would've been okay if I was awake after a raging night out instead of awake again after a nice nap in my warm and toasty bed with the warm and toasty husband next to me and the warma nd toasty cat near my feet.
gah I say!

I is lucky

Went to meet Miss J last night before she wooshes her way back to England. Despite her being out here for a month, due to a combination of sickness and feebleness and timing, this is the first chance I'd had to catch up with her.

Got to laugh at MissCharlie and her Lord Nelson/Hero of Waterloo confusion. So similair in so many ways, just not in location of pub :)

Got to catch up with lovely lovely chums and once again be made content by my friends.

Got to watch the excitement as MrH broke his news to people. I do so love to see my friends happy and excited.

Got to fall in love with Sydney again as I walked up Kent St from Wynard to The Rocks. Old little houses and glimpses of the water and the low sliver of a moon. Also when we got icecream and sat on a bench at Circular Quay and marvelled at the purtiness.

Got to be amazed at the adventures people are going on. Wether it's moving o/s to be with a boy, moving house, yachting to another country, announcing a new relationship or a new step in a relationship to people, job interviews and making decisions about where your life is going. All adventurous and all brave and all good.

It was a pretty cool end to a pretty cool day.

Get Some Freaking Perspective!!!

There are many things that could be called child abuse.
Beating, raping or starving them for instance.
Putting them in childcare doesn't even come close.
No matter what Mem Fox says.
Comparing one to the other is insulting and stupid on so many levels.

Grrrrrrrr!!!


cross-posted at ForRattle

yay!

Plans are slowly coming together for The Roadtrip of Dooooom!! (TM)

We have a place to stay (thanks MissDawn. You're t'riffic) .

We have recomendations of places to eat. Although if anyone can recomend a nice place in town, that would be good.

We have an Art Gallery to visit.

We have a breakfast and a brunch and a dinner organised where will get to catch-up with a variety of chums.

We have a fabulous sister and bro-in-law to look after Torby. (hooray for family!!)

We will soon have a cat feeder.

We have 19 sleeps to go!

Spring has Sprung

Stuff what has made me smile this morning;

That the first day of spring dawned warm and sunny aftter a wet and manky end of winter.

All the jamine I pass on the way to the train station was fragrant and made me extra happy.

My ipod only gave me happy, bouncy tunes to listen to.

My train was pulling into the platform as I got there and there were flowers on my desk when I got in.

All-in-all, it's shaping up to be a delightful day.