Anyone for some random thoughts?

Well another week has passed and it seems that once again the best I can come up with are some random thoughts. However, it seems that you get more out me with the weekly random thoughts than you would if I posted daily. Anyway, lets move on.

I put a few pictures up on Flickr if anyone is interested. One set is all of the pictures I took from our friends wedding which you can see here. The other set is a few pictures I found that I took a few years ago and I thought I would share them. They can be found here. Enjoy...

I continue to look for employment. I received two more "thanks but no thanks" letters. So far it's not looking very encouraging, out of 26 jobs applied for, I have been turned down by 5 of them I'm still waiting to hear something from the others other than "thank you for your application we will get back to you shortly". We will be patient and persevere but it's not easy.

This is the last week of summer and based on the temperatures it looks like it is going out with a bang. We are going to have a few really warm days and some thunderstorms. Summer has been basically pretty mild this year until this last month and mother nature finally turned up the heat most of the month.

As mentioned last time, hubby has been working in the yard. He planted some new grass seed in an area that gets very little sunlight in the winter and as such moss actually grows where the lawn should be so in the summer most of that area is pretty crap. So hubby dug up the top layer and replaced it with new soil, tossed out some grass seed and we now have a wonderful new patch of lawn. In saying that now because that new patch looks so great hubby says he will need to do the rest of the lawn but like this last section he will do it in stages.

I might have mentioned that we are going to Sydney next month (March) so I can see my neurologist for a 3 month review of the progress made on getting the feeling back in my legs. I think that it will be another bit of improvement over last time except we have a new problem. It seems that the neuropathy in my feet has decided to rear it's ugly little head. I don't know if getting the feelings back into my legs has created this problem or not. I'm wondering that if I'm getting the feeling back in my legs, that because the nerve paths are waking up, is it a new way for the damaged nerves to send out the incorrect messages using the re-awakened nerve pathways in my legs? All I know is that they started hurting about 2 weeks ago. I thought maybe it was just a bad day but it has turned out to be 14 bad days in a row so something is happening. We'll just have to wait and see what the doctor has to say.

The bushfire continue to burn in Victoria. Such a tragedy so many innocent lives and they continue to add to the death toll I hope it stops soon...

On a happier note I'm sure that I've talked about the great food we have here in Tasmania. The fresh fruits and vegetables are some of the best in the world and I'm not just saying that because I live here but apparently it's the truth. December and through to late February is cherry season and the cherries grown here are so plump, dark and sweet. I can't stop eating them. I have been eating them every day now since like the middle of December. They are finally starting to dwindle in their taste, plumpness and overall quality as their growing season comes to an end but not to fear the ever so lovely blueberries have started to come into season. Berries in general seem to grow well here. I think it's the temperate climate that helps, that and the fresh air and clean water. We get fantastic blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries which a lot of the blackberries are just growing wild as opposed to the others being farmed. You can see people on the sides of the roads collecting wild blackberries. Anyway I've switched to blueberries and now they are my daily treat.

Well on that sweet note I think I've rambled on enough and besides my random brain has called it a day. Well actually just the morning but as far as the post is concerned I'm all out of things to say. So, I'm done until next time take care and I'll see you next week unless something really exciting happens in between and if it does you'll be the second ones to hear about it, right after hubby. See ya....

Random thoughts again....

It seems that posting random thoughts is the best I can do at the moment but at least it's a post. So here goes...

First and foremost Happy Valentines to my Hubby. I'm so glad I found you. You are my rock. I can't imagine my life without you and I know that our future together is solid. So in front of all that read this let them know that "I Love You and always will."

On a more serious note. Well not that my love for my hubby isn't serious because believe me it is dead serious but on another serious topic. I am heartbroken about the bushfire's on the mainland that have devastated the state of Victoria. The loss of so many innocent people. So many others who have lost their homes and everything that made up there lives. The loss of native animals as well as domestic. It's all so very sad. We have all been affected by this disaster and hope that soon it will end.

Job hunting continues and it is extremely frustrating. I keep applying but as of yet no interviews. As I might have mentioned before out of all the applications I've submitted I've only been turned down by two which leaves like twenty plus that have not said no but they also haven't said yes so there is still hope.

Hubby has been busy in the garden lately. I think he is trying to do two things. One he wants to get things done out there before his school starts again which will be Monday after next. Two I think he is doing a number of things getting the garden ready for autumn/winter. He likes his gardening as do I it's very relaxing and at the same time very rewarding.

A very dear and old friend recently visited. She has known hubby since forever. It was her first visit to our home since we moved to Tasmania. I, as did hubby, really enjoyed her short but sweet visit.

Hubby is going up to Sydney on Tuesday to see his parents. His mum is having a hard time with her chemo and the resulting loss of her hair so he thought he might be able to cheer her up. Mom if you are reading this and I know that you do. You know that if it was as easy as a two hour plane trip I would be doing the same for you but unfortunately it's a 20+ hour plane trip to come to see you so it's not that simple but it will happen. We just have to make sure that when it does we make the best of it.

I go up to Sydney in March to check in with the neurologist to see how the nerves in my legs are progressing since the back "surgeries". I think that they will be better than last time although there are still a few problems but as the doctor said last time it will take several months before we know the total impact of the surgeries.

Well that's it from me for now so I'll leave it at that. I hope that you get to share Valentines day with the one you love and even if you are single than be kind and love yourself. Take care and enjoy the day.

Complete and utter randomness...

Today, because it's raining outside and I'm tired and I will probably crawl back to bed after I type this, all you're going to get are a bunch of complete and utter random thoughts. So here goes. I've applied for thirteen jobs so far I've only gotten two rejection notices. My worst nightmare is that the other twelve will all want to interview me and it will be for the same day or on the other hand they could all turn me down like the first two. We shall see. There are a lot of jobs that I could apply for but don't simply because I know it's not the right thing to do. What I mean is I could apply for a job at a fast food outlet but I won't. It's not that the job is beneath me but realistically I know as does the employer that I will never stay in the position. There is no incentive for me and I would get bored, hence leaving a month later. It's not fair to the employer or me.

All the kids in the neighborhood go back to school on Monday and I couldn't be happier. I think they should have to go to school year round and only get time off for good behaviour. Now that sounds like a mean old man talking and you're right. All summer long their running around yelling and squealing. They climb to top of the back fence to play peek-a-boo. They're lucky I've given up nude sunbathing. I'm just sayin'. All summer whenever we've tried to go out and do something like catch lunch somewhere or tried to go shopping they are every where running and screaming and they worst part is that their parents are completely oblivious to this behaviour. Maybe it's the parents I should take a stick to???

Since the kids are going back to school that of course means autumn is right around the corner. Boy the time sure does fly rather you're having fun or not. I heard that as you get older time seems to go by faster and that really does seem to be the case. In reality I think that when we are younger we are just oblivious to the notion of time and are concentrated on having fun and enjoying life. Where as when we get older we are very conscious of the time and now that we live in the real world and not that of a child, life is not all fun and games so time is suddenly an enemy. It's an enemy because we are getting older and those birthdays seem to come around faster each year and we don't have enough time to have fun anymore because we are working so hard to keep ourselves afloat with the car, house, and food bills. When we do get some time off we either can't afford to go somewhere to get away and relax or if we do we worry about the fact that we have to go back to work at the end of seven days and how we are going to pay for this holiday that I've put on my already maxed out credit card. Not to mention that we're older and time is flying and, well you understand.

I will miss summer. I hate the heat but if the summer can be mild and the temperatures can stay like in the 21-24C range (70-75F for all of you over there in USA land) then it wouldn't be so bad. I love all of the flowers that summer brings and now living in a temperate climate the flowers just bloom like madness. I also love having the windows open and letting a nice breeze run through the house. I love being able to hang the clothes outside to dry in the sunlight and air. There's nothing nicer than the smell that your clothes get from being dried outside in the summner breeze. It's not that I can't also dry them outside when winter comes it just takes longer. You know summer 2-3 hours winter 2-3 days.

Autumn officially arrives here in the land down under at the end of the month. I know it's not official according to all of the calendars but I think it just work out easier for Aussies instead of starting and stopping a season in the middle of the month or to be more exact three quarters of the way through a month. I mean it makes sense to me and it's a lot easier to remember. Now some of you might argue that it's very easy to remember (I'm going to use Northern hemishpere examples here) that winter starts December 21 and springs starts March 21st. I bet if you asked most people when does winter begin. I bet a lot of them would say December 1st. As well ask them when summer begins they would say June 1st and so on. I think mainly it has to do with markers, like in Autumn most people think that Autumn starts over Labour Day weekend, hence September 1 and not the 22nd of September. Kids are going back to school and Labour Day is here so is must be the beginning of Autumn. Well here, I think Aussies just simplified it and made the beginning of each season the beginning of a month so Autumn starts March 1, Winter on June 1 Spring September 1 and Summer on December 1. Now isn't that just easier to remember? Well I think so.

Last but not least not only does fall official start here in 22 days but March 1st will also be important for a very a special reason. What may you ask will that reason be? Well, I'm not going to tell you. Unless you already know then it doesn't matter, but just don't tell anyone else and make them wait until I tell them. In a way it's like you have a secret too

I'm outta' here so take care, stay well and as each day goes by try to take just a little time to Enjoy the day. (bet you thought I was going to say to Enjoy the View, As if)

p.s. if you see any typos please feel free to correct them yourselves. Thank you...