The word for the day is ....

choice , choice , choice. I have decided that this is going to be my personal mantra. isn't it true that nearly everything in our life's is about choice. So I am choosing to work on this idea this week. I can choose to be down , angry or I can choose to create something good. I don't think its a denial thing, I really do think that you move towards things that you focus on. I'm not talking about denying the way your feeling , but as a very smart and much loved friend said to me recently , identify the problem , then grab it and invite it in for coffee. OK she wasn't so polite , she mentioned something about genitals.... but that's the gest of the idea.

My brillant disguise

Its 40 degrees outside, hot dry wind. This is my summer outfit, huge sunhat and glasses are a necessity. I really want to try and protect my skin. There are some women here who literally have skin like leather and look 10 years older than they are. So no face like a handbag for me. My boss made the earrings , aren't they pretty.

Yes that is my mountain bike in the background. I haven't actually taken it on a mountain yet, but I do ride it to work and back and forth to the dining room and daycare. Actually hit a stone two weeks ago and ended up spattered on the road outside my work. Someone can and picked me up , bruised bottom , knee, thighs, hands and hands. But proud to say I eventually got back on. The pot behind by shoulder was full of petunias , now well and truly dried up as summer makes its way. We have drip irrigation so I don't have to worry about watering them. The blue bucket that is sitting in the hedge ( I only just noticed it was there is one of by washing baskets and I have no idea what it is doing there. The shed on my other side , is half full of junk but we don't really use it as the door is broken so it is full of dust and sand. My brothers sports shoe is sitting on top as he just went hiking for a few days and came back filthy. Of course I also have my horrible maternity bra strap showing underneath my singlet top. Can't wait to give up those things !

Sometimes you just need to laugh...

As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world ... as in being able to remake ourselves.
Mahatma Gandhi