I have been busy sorting out my new laptop today, only to realise that the processor isn't powerful enough to load Adobe CS4!! Arrgghhh! So now I'm thinking do I look into changing the processor for a more powerful one or purchase a new laptop??? Hmmm, gonna have to think about that one!
Now I'm waffling on about my new laptop but I've not explained why I have a new one. Well in 5 days I will have to hand the other one back to work, they won't let me buy it from them (bah humbug!) so I've got me a new one.
Whoop, whoop...5 days!! I can't quite believe it. I'm hoping I can bow out gracefully, what I mean is I don't want any big goodbyes, just a 'catch ya laters!'. That would do me.
Come Thursday evening I'll be hosting our very first 'Book Club' then Friday morning I'll be catching up with the girls at the coffee shop. I'm going to embrace the 'lady of leisure' persona for my month, can't wait!
23 February 2013
19 February 2013
Quote me happy...
I love this following quote, Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who wrote on a number of subjects such as individuality, freedom, the ability for humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world.
He is renowned for his wise quotes, you can find more at Brainyquote.com
Have a great day! This printable is available here.
He is renowned for his wise quotes, you can find more at Brainyquote.com
Have a great day! This printable is available here.
18 February 2013
Book Club 101
Did you know I love books?? It's true, back in April 2011 I did a post on "What books should I read before I die?" called Books are the Bees which is a list of 1001 classic, must read books...go check it out. As and when I finish a book I update the list, it probably needs updating...hmm add to the to do list!
Anyhoo because I love books my friend Bev and I have decided to set up a book club, with this in mind I decided I would suss out the best way to go about doing that.
Good 'ol Oprah has some great tips on how to set up a book club and starts with a few questions to ask yourself first.
Why are you starting a book club? What do you hope to get out of it?
Reading is an individual activity but when a book really touches you or inspires you, you want to share your findings and thoughts about the book. A book club allows you to expand your mind and the genre you would normally stick with when reading, it will encourage the reader to think about what they are reading.
I'm hoping to read some fantastic, enlightening and thought provoking books.
What type of people will make up the club? Are you hoping that all of you will have something in common (beside your love of books), or are you looking to form a diverse group?
The people Bev and I have chosen for our book club are all mums who met at our childrens' school, we all love reading.
What types of books will your club primarily read? Fiction? Non-fiction? One particular genre, such as romance, bestsellers or biographies? Will you rotate through themes each month, like Asian literature, travel books or classics?
We have decided to let each member of the group pick a book on a monthly basis, it can be fiction or non- fiction.
Do you want to lead the club? If so, for how long, and how much time can you devote to organising meetings, refreshments and discussions? If not, will other members be willing to take on these responsibilities?
I don't think it is necessary to have a leader of our book club, we will organise the following meeting on the evening we meet to discuss the first book and so on. Refreshments will be provided by each monthly host, including drinks.
What are the minimum and maximum number of members your club can accommodate? (This may be dependent upon where you're meeting—see below!)
We decided to have a maximum of 6 members, enough to get round a table!
When will your first meeting take place? How often will your club meet afterward? What about the summer months, and during the winter holidays?
I'm hosting the first meeting. We are hoping to stick to a meeting each month. The first meeting will be to discuss the the 'rules' of the book club and discuss meetings etc.
I am super excited about our new book club, I love getting together with my friends over drinks and nibbles...and I can't wait to get reading! I'll keep you posted on our progress.
Anyhoo because I love books my friend Bev and I have decided to set up a book club, with this in mind I decided I would suss out the best way to go about doing that.
Good 'ol Oprah has some great tips on how to set up a book club and starts with a few questions to ask yourself first.
Why are you starting a book club? What do you hope to get out of it?
Reading is an individual activity but when a book really touches you or inspires you, you want to share your findings and thoughts about the book. A book club allows you to expand your mind and the genre you would normally stick with when reading, it will encourage the reader to think about what they are reading.
I'm hoping to read some fantastic, enlightening and thought provoking books.
What type of people will make up the club? Are you hoping that all of you will have something in common (beside your love of books), or are you looking to form a diverse group?
The people Bev and I have chosen for our book club are all mums who met at our childrens' school, we all love reading.
What types of books will your club primarily read? Fiction? Non-fiction? One particular genre, such as romance, bestsellers or biographies? Will you rotate through themes each month, like Asian literature, travel books or classics?
We have decided to let each member of the group pick a book on a monthly basis, it can be fiction or non- fiction.
Do you want to lead the club? If so, for how long, and how much time can you devote to organising meetings, refreshments and discussions? If not, will other members be willing to take on these responsibilities?
I don't think it is necessary to have a leader of our book club, we will organise the following meeting on the evening we meet to discuss the first book and so on. Refreshments will be provided by each monthly host, including drinks.
What are the minimum and maximum number of members your club can accommodate? (This may be dependent upon where you're meeting—see below!)
We decided to have a maximum of 6 members, enough to get round a table!
When will your first meeting take place? How often will your club meet afterward? What about the summer months, and during the winter holidays?
I'm hosting the first meeting. We are hoping to stick to a meeting each month. The first meeting will be to discuss the the 'rules' of the book club and discuss meetings etc.
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16 February 2013
Pinterest passion
Knowledge is da bomb...isn't that what they say?
I love facts, I don't care if they are useless. Recently I've been seeing loads of infographics floating around on Pinterest and while I already had a board called 'Did you know', I wanted to create a dedicated board to the infographic. Check out my new board 'Peddling the information highway'.
One of my favourites is Human Body 18 Amazing Facts.
This one came from Daily Infographic, they have loads of interesting infographics, check them out and maybe you could set up an infographics board.
I love facts, I don't care if they are useless. Recently I've been seeing loads of infographics floating around on Pinterest and while I already had a board called 'Did you know', I wanted to create a dedicated board to the infographic. Check out my new board 'Peddling the information highway'.
One of my favourites is Human Body 18 Amazing Facts.
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14 February 2013
10 February 2013
Bowled over by Lincoln
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The likeness to Lincoln was uncanny and, I felt, helped draw you into the story.
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There were many noticeable actors, Sally Field played the 'mad' Mrs Lincoln and I can see why she has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress. I would have to say that Tommy Lee Jones was exceptional, strange looking in his wig but exceptional. If he doesn't walk away with the Best Supporting Actor he was robbed!
If you're not into factual movies, that require you to really think about the movie, then this one is not for you. But I would highly recommend watching it.....now I'm torn on who should get Best Picture. Les Miserables and Lincoln are both completely different movies....let's wait to see who wins, the Oscars are on Sunday 24 February. I can't wait!
7 February 2013
Organising my life - part one
Today is 21 days until D-Day, that's done-day to those who don't know...as of 1 March 2013, I am a woman without a job!
So I've been thinking that for a whole month I am going to try and organise my life, get my mind ready to go out and look for a job and concentrate on getting healthy. I explained to my husband I'm taking a month off (yes there was a look of utter shock on his face, hey he'll get over it!) Yep, a whole month to myself, for me, to do what I want to do!
Well, I've started on the healthier me, it still needs work but I figure I am a work in progress, more of that later.
So why organise my life?
I would say I'm not really bad at organisation, for example I have a clean desk policy at my work at present, everything has its place and my in/out trays are rarely have anything in them but I could do with sorting out my home life more. When I started thinking about the reasons I came up with the following:
I want more time for myself
I would like to sit down in the evening after the children have gone to bed and be able to do my own thing, read my kindle, take a bath, watch a movie. As it is now, I do read my kindle or watch a movie but it usually happens between 11pm and 1am! Which then has a knock on effect for the following day, I'm exhausted.
I want to be stress free and be able to relax
My job at present is really stressful, I work at the office and from home, and invariably I work into the evening after the boys are in bed, then I read my kindle or watch a movie in an attempt to relax...it's not working for me.
I want to spend time with my children and family
If I don't have to spend my time cleaning or planning meals or sorting out paperwork, I will have more time to spend with the children and my family, that's a given.
I want to walk into my home, know where everything is and feel good about my environment
My home is clean, that's for sure, but there are days when there are mounds of clutter here and there, paperwork on the dresser, toys piled on the bookshelf, DVDs on the top of the toy box...drives me nuts.
I would like a place for everything, labelled and easily found.
I want my children to look at my organisation skills and adopt them subconsciously
I figure if I can organise my life it would encourage my boys to be tidy and keep things in places they can find...I can live in hope!
I want to be healthier
Okay, I touched on this above. I want to plan my meals better and incorporate some exercise into my life, I want to be healthier. I have started watching what I'm eating, cutting down on portion sizes but I really need to set aside some time to exercise
I want to save more
Well who doesn't right? If I can have meal plans in place this should reduce the amount of food that we waste, don't get me wrong, I don't waste a lot of food but I do waste some. I tend to buy pre-prepared food too which can be more expensive that homemade. I also want to take advantage of the huge chest freezer in my garage!
So where do I start? Well I'm going to try to address each of the 'goals' above, I will keep you updated with my progress, wish me luck!?
So I've been thinking that for a whole month I am going to try and organise my life, get my mind ready to go out and look for a job and concentrate on getting healthy. I explained to my husband I'm taking a month off (yes there was a look of utter shock on his face, hey he'll get over it!) Yep, a whole month to myself, for me, to do what I want to do!
Well, I've started on the healthier me, it still needs work but I figure I am a work in progress, more of that later.
So why organise my life?
I would say I'm not really bad at organisation, for example I have a clean desk policy at my work at present, everything has its place and my in/out trays are rarely have anything in them but I could do with sorting out my home life more. When I started thinking about the reasons I came up with the following:
I want more time for myself
I would like to sit down in the evening after the children have gone to bed and be able to do my own thing, read my kindle, take a bath, watch a movie. As it is now, I do read my kindle or watch a movie but it usually happens between 11pm and 1am! Which then has a knock on effect for the following day, I'm exhausted.
I want to be stress free and be able to relax
My job at present is really stressful, I work at the office and from home, and invariably I work into the evening after the boys are in bed, then I read my kindle or watch a movie in an attempt to relax...it's not working for me.
I want to spend time with my children and family
If I don't have to spend my time cleaning or planning meals or sorting out paperwork, I will have more time to spend with the children and my family, that's a given.
I want to walk into my home, know where everything is and feel good about my environment
My home is clean, that's for sure, but there are days when there are mounds of clutter here and there, paperwork on the dresser, toys piled on the bookshelf, DVDs on the top of the toy box...drives me nuts.
I would like a place for everything, labelled and easily found.
I want my children to look at my organisation skills and adopt them subconsciously
I figure if I can organise my life it would encourage my boys to be tidy and keep things in places they can find...I can live in hope!
I want to be healthier
Okay, I touched on this above. I want to plan my meals better and incorporate some exercise into my life, I want to be healthier. I have started watching what I'm eating, cutting down on portion sizes but I really need to set aside some time to exercise
I want to save more
Well who doesn't right? If I can have meal plans in place this should reduce the amount of food that we waste, don't get me wrong, I don't waste a lot of food but I do waste some. I tend to buy pre-prepared food too which can be more expensive that homemade. I also want to take advantage of the huge chest freezer in my garage!
So where do I start? Well I'm going to try to address each of the 'goals' above, I will keep you updated with my progress, wish me luck!?
4 February 2013
It pays to get angry...
It most certainly does! So I posted a few days back about the problems I was having recycling my mobile phone and getting paid for it, well guess what?
Yay! Money sitting in the bank people, money in the bank!
It makes me think that maybe a lot of people go through life not fighting for their rights and taking things on the chin.
Well this little lady isn't behaving like that any more...I'm going to stand my ground from now on and fight for my rights because it pays to get angry...
Yay! Money sitting in the bank people, money in the bank!
It makes me think that maybe a lot of people go through life not fighting for their rights and taking things on the chin.
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Well this little lady isn't behaving like that any more...I'm going to stand my ground from now on and fight for my rights because it pays to get angry...
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