It seems too easy

A few weeks ago I noticed a sign on a shop window asking for "jocks & socks" for Cholmondely Childrens home. The sign said these kids have been through enough in their short 10 years and less so please give NEW jocks & socks.

I happened to see their car parked at the P O Boxes at St Martins last week so spoke to the person driving the car. Yes! There is always a need for jocks n socks plus hair ties, tooth brushes, tooth paste and any other little things this age of child would need and like.

It seems too cheap and easy to be able to supply a bunch of goodies for the less privileged in our city ~ like it is certainly less of a privilege to have parents for sure, I thought of that as more of the right of every child!!!

Want to spent $10 - $20 for someone else? We all have that to spare really. Gather some useful stuff from you and your friends and phone Sarah 329 9781 or 027 544 9977. Heck, why dont you just tell me and I will make sure our gift brings excitement to whoever.

Yes, it all seems too easy!

I wish I had exercised more :(

Guess where I went last week. This is to assist those who anticipate the same appointment.

Many women are afraid of their first mammogram, but there is no need to worry. By taking a few minutes each day for a week preceding the exam and doing the following practice exercises you will be totally prepared for the test and, best of all, you can do these exercises right in your own home.

EXERCISE 1
Open your fridge door and insert one breast between the door and the freezer box. Have one of your strongest friends slam the door shut as hard as possible and lean on the door for good measure. Hold that position for 5 seconds. Repeat again in case the first time was not effective enough.

EXERCISE 2
Visit your garage at 3am when the temperature of the cement floor is just perfect. Take off all your clothes and lie comfortably on the floor with one breast wedged under the rear tire of the car. Ask a friend to slowly back the car up until your breast is sufficiently flattened and chilled. Turn over and repeat for the other breast.

EXERCISE 3
Freeze 2 metal bookends overnight. Strip to the waist. Invite a stranger into the room; press the bookends against one of your breasts. Smash the bookends together as hard as you can. Get an appointment with the stranger to meet next year and do it again.

No problems were found.

The best job in the world

I left school with school cert when I was 16 and to fill in a few months I went to work as a dish washer in the Ashburton Nurses Home. What a fun job for a girl fresh out of school AND, AMAZINGLY, THEY PAID ME FOR IT!

I have had lots of jobs both paid and unpaid since then but now, in my mature years, I have landed tHE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD!

How long is 2 seconds??

A couple of weeks ago today we travelled north of Brisbane for about an hour or more with our nephew, Graeme, to visit our niece, Karen and her partner, Mick. I forget the name of the place but address Paddington to 'Heaven' and I am sure he would get to visit Karen too. It is warm, the smell of gum trees fills the air, the birds are colourful, it is not over cultivated and WARM, oh my it was wonderfully warm!

Returning I saw a sign by the road asking cars to keep 2 chevrons apart. On the road were painted big white chevrons, (inverted Vs).

In doing this there was room between each car for another car to enter the lane easily, it surprised me that the cars were asked to travel so far apart and I mentioned this to Graeme. he just said. "It's 2 seconds." I was amazed.

If that distance apart is 2 seconds then I think we very seldom do it and would not know how to judge it if we wanted to.

I am aware that the law requires that we be able to stop within HALF the clear distance ahead of us and remind myself of that when I am out and about at times. To say that the car ahead stopped suddenly is not a defence if we hit it because we have to be able to stop within half of the clear distance ahead. I try to practise this.

But then to see by the road markings the distance that is 2 seconds shocked me as it is quite a space. I have seen such markings only the once but I think it should be practised much more as it is a very practical way to demonstrate how long 2 seconds is.

It's gonna take time!

Bought some super soft loo paper the other day.
Happened to notice the package said to 'Use thoughtfully"
Dont usually but if you insist, just dont bother waiting at the door!

I need photos!

I think it must be coz I am getting older!

In the last couple of years I have been to Australia at least twice, once when Jeremy had another hand op and more recently with my young grandson, James R, aged 13, to visit Jeremy and Eva in Melbourne; when James R returned to NZ we flew to Brisbane, met James, my husband, and stayed for a week in a house with my cousin, his wife, my bro and his wife, 8 of us. I hadn't seen Robert for about 25 years nor Euan for more like 50 but that is another story.

I have been for a month to South Korea. Sharyn has graduated with an MA, Annie-Rose has grown from sleepy baby to 6 months old, and I have lived a life in beautiful Christchurch.

It is a full life and I enjoy it very much.

Recently when I was in Melbourne Eva and I went through the 1,100 photos from Korea which they had on their computer and we sorted out the best which came to 450. As we sorted I talked about Korea and she patiently listen as if she was interested, and I think she was. Afterwards it felt like a completion to something. We had viewed and talked of places I had been to and things I had done. It felt good.

At the end of our time in Brisbane, where we had celebrated Robert's 70th, Eva & Jeremy printed out about a dozen photos and gave them to me, that kinda completed this visit too.

I have photos on discs, on my computer, on a memory stick and in my camera but the ones I enjoy most are the ones I can pick up and look through. I think it helps to remember the precious people I know, the good times I have had, the special places I have been to. From now on I will make small photo albums of the best of my photos.

I think it must be coz I am getting older; I really think I need photos.