I have been living under the impression that my life was reasonably good and that everything around me was just simple and uncomplicated. How wrong was I......OMG the last few months (irrespective of last year) have been horrendous. Why has my life turned into such custard?
I wake up every morning and believe that the day ahead is going to be fine...but almost every day lately there has been a drama or I don't cope or I have felt out of sync with everything around me.
Been speaking to a couple of friends in the same age group as me and they seem to be experiencing the same down feelings. I thought originally it was just the winter blues but we have a few months more to go of winter and I don't want this going on any longer - so I have been trying to think of ways to upgrade, update and generally up my life to somewhere where I don't feel totally redundant.
Every day on the news it is so depressing and I know that compared to so many other millions of people my life is amazing by comparison - all the same I am not coping.....bummer!
Has my bi-polar mental health come back to haunt me, lol - it never goes away though, so don't think its that. I don't feel like writing my blogs don't feel like going out or even connecting with anyone at the moment and it sucks. Have even lost the thought of what to do to keep awake and not go back to bed after breakfast and just sleep my life away. What is wrong?
A friend has kindly been helping me do things on my computer as he feels that when you have a computer you are never lonely, all very well except with my feeling of redundancy 24/7 I don't seem to be able to get my head around any of the things he has shown me to do. I have never taken computer lessons and just know a minimum on this little machine and it has become so hard to even think logically so this has to change.
I was so gutted when my dog of 15 years passed at the end of January this year but someone I don't know very well at all has given me thee most amazing present that I have ever received. Six months to the day my JR died he gave me one of his two little toy poodles as two was one too many.....I have called him Pepe Le Pew after the comic character from the 1940's - he is sweet only 1 year and 1 week old - fluffy and cuddly and very easy to train. He already had lots of basic knowledge but without the other dog he is calmer and much less norty - he has become a mature lady's lap dog almost overnight. One downside has been my peeps (the 3 cats) have gone nuts, even though they were used to a dog for their entire lives, two cats have decided not to come back into the house at all and I don't know where they have gone...so good and then bad...phew enuf is enuf.....only have one cat left after 4 days of Pepe Le Pew and she is ensconced at the back corner of the kitchen bench only to come out when we are upstairs during the night......
I don't know how to do trackbacks and this is a problem, should I take lessons, maybe I should....evidently to get known with blogs there are lots of things you can do but I at the moment don't give a stuff - so I have a brick wall totally around me and no strength to push or break it down. If you can't make plans what the hell do you do for the rest of your life?
My capacity to remember things has been making me anxious for no apparent reasons other than I'm tired and I always used to cope well with problems and turned them into challenges - where has that all gone........where?
I have had to turn off my 15 fin heater as I cannot afford the cost of $13-00 per day to run it - this has been a big challenge for me to turn off the heater I have used for years. Am typing this at the computer as I have a 4 fin now going and am wearing every warm bit of clothing I can put on without drowning.....lol but have a cold nose and cold ears....mmmmmm I was a good person and looked on the local energy costings and my heater was .53 cents per hour to run this new smaller one is supposedly .22 cents per hour so if all goes to plan I can pay my power bill currently sitting at $1,200-00 in arrears - most of which the power company has sent off to a debt collection agency as I am on the emergency power assistance group as I use a nebuliser they won't turn off the power but I can't afford to eat if I have a warm house...this is why I havn't been coping I'm going backwards all the time, no good road forward for me that I can see.
It would be wonderful to find someone who could look after me I'm sick of me having to look after myself for all these years, the kids etc. they arn't around so that isn't helpful.
Monday, August 2, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
CANADA HAS DONE IT - should we?
Posted By LillianPetal On Tuesday, June 29th 2010. Under: OMG Tags: banning substances, beer, booze, dorkish behaviour, driving, legislation to infiltrate our homes, nanny state, parliamentary unpleasantness, racing, wine, you name it its being legislated against Edit Post
A smoking ban in Canadian prisons has worked well with no riots or uprisings.
From July next year New Zealand inmates will have tobacco taken off them. Critics say the policy could put prison guards in danger, due to increased unrest from stressed prisoners.
Union for Canadian Corrections Officers spokesman Lyle Stewart says they also had warnings about problems, but as they were well prepared nothing eventuated.
“I think that if your prison service prepares well, offers smoking cessation aids and makes sure that everybody knows well in advance what the rules are going to be and they are properly enforced then there will be minimal problems”.
Mr Stewart says he has not seen a single instance of violence related to the ban on tobacco, although there has been a small black market established. He recommends the move to a smokefree policy in New Zealand prisons.
Cut and paste above…..now my input -
I think that a ban on smoking within our prisons is going to be one enormous headache for the inmates and as they are already incarcerated to also stop them smoking (for the sake of the other non smoking prisoners and prison workers) is stupid and short sighted. As far as I know now they only smoke in their cells and in designated areas so what is the big deal……Your freedom is taken away and then the Government legislates that you can’t even smoke – to me this is short sighted and going to cause more grief than they ever imagined.
I wonder when it will be illegal to smoke outside in public or in your own home……getting scary now people, too much legislation is your privacy and rights being totally abused…. Lets also ban booze and drugs and bad parenting and anything else that may or may not affect us as individuals….go Nanny State………
A smoking ban in Canadian prisons has worked well with no riots or uprisings.
From July next year New Zealand inmates will have tobacco taken off them. Critics say the policy could put prison guards in danger, due to increased unrest from stressed prisoners.
Union for Canadian Corrections Officers spokesman Lyle Stewart says they also had warnings about problems, but as they were well prepared nothing eventuated.
“I think that if your prison service prepares well, offers smoking cessation aids and makes sure that everybody knows well in advance what the rules are going to be and they are properly enforced then there will be minimal problems”.
Mr Stewart says he has not seen a single instance of violence related to the ban on tobacco, although there has been a small black market established. He recommends the move to a smokefree policy in New Zealand prisons.
Cut and paste above…..now my input -
I think that a ban on smoking within our prisons is going to be one enormous headache for the inmates and as they are already incarcerated to also stop them smoking (for the sake of the other non smoking prisoners and prison workers) is stupid and short sighted. As far as I know now they only smoke in their cells and in designated areas so what is the big deal……Your freedom is taken away and then the Government legislates that you can’t even smoke – to me this is short sighted and going to cause more grief than they ever imagined.
I wonder when it will be illegal to smoke outside in public or in your own home……getting scary now people, too much legislation is your privacy and rights being totally abused…. Lets also ban booze and drugs and bad parenting and anything else that may or may not affect us as individuals….go Nanny State………
I HAD FORGOTTEN ABOUT MEN WHO ARE -
Judgmental, snobbish, up-themselves and generally too much to handle. Far too many programs already in place and inflexible to the degree of pedantic arsehole...... Well I met such a man the other evening for a drink....he has done nothing but send me emails on my behaviour which are sad as much as funny...he couldn't take my forthright personality (sometimes I do admit its a little over the top) but it does always weed out the wheat from the weeds, as the saying goes.
I had forgotten about this type of male and he says he wants to date women hence being on an internet dating site but in actual fact he is more concerned about what his friends might think of someone like me instead of seeing the happy and friendly person I am by judging me and saying in an email that yes I would be good to play with but not good enough to meet his friends. What a wanker.....
Made me think long and hard about who and what I am and how others peceive me...but came out the other side with the knowledge that I am a good person with a great empathy for others and someone who is willing to take on elephants in the room. This in my book has been a honed skill over the years by having to bring up children on my own and being both male and female parent on many an occasion.
Our programming does come into this - he has stopped and I am still progressing which for him I feel has hog tied his beliefs and of course is so entrenched that he can't change. OMG the most important think in life for me is being able to go with the punches and also take on board new and different perspectives - maybe I am a chameleon and blend in where ever I may be - but I don't go around judging anyone, especially on a first meeting and then giving them grief for not being what they wanted.....well onwards and upwards.
Not very nice to cut and paste the emails in here and I would love to do that, but I'm not that crazy today....maybe yesterday I would have, but today not so much.
Going off to reevaluate my thoughts and motives for even being on a dating site - this is not about my age its about trying to meet friends and not stay stagnant and inflexible. Oh and I think I am maybe a tad still romantic enough to believe that there is someone out there for me but what a bummer of a journey and do I have the guts to keep going? Now that is my conundrum and today's issue to fight, fix and forgive myself and get on with my life.
I had forgotten about this type of male and he says he wants to date women hence being on an internet dating site but in actual fact he is more concerned about what his friends might think of someone like me instead of seeing the happy and friendly person I am by judging me and saying in an email that yes I would be good to play with but not good enough to meet his friends. What a wanker.....
Made me think long and hard about who and what I am and how others peceive me...but came out the other side with the knowledge that I am a good person with a great empathy for others and someone who is willing to take on elephants in the room. This in my book has been a honed skill over the years by having to bring up children on my own and being both male and female parent on many an occasion.
Our programming does come into this - he has stopped and I am still progressing which for him I feel has hog tied his beliefs and of course is so entrenched that he can't change. OMG the most important think in life for me is being able to go with the punches and also take on board new and different perspectives - maybe I am a chameleon and blend in where ever I may be - but I don't go around judging anyone, especially on a first meeting and then giving them grief for not being what they wanted.....well onwards and upwards.
Not very nice to cut and paste the emails in here and I would love to do that, but I'm not that crazy today....maybe yesterday I would have, but today not so much.
Going off to reevaluate my thoughts and motives for even being on a dating site - this is not about my age its about trying to meet friends and not stay stagnant and inflexible. Oh and I think I am maybe a tad still romantic enough to believe that there is someone out there for me but what a bummer of a journey and do I have the guts to keep going? Now that is my conundrum and today's issue to fight, fix and forgive myself and get on with my life.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
WINDOW SHOPPING - a cool way to spend time and no money
Okay couldn't put in the dog photo will have to learn how to do this but check out my http://MissLillianPetal.com/
This great dog is called Louie and I met him today whilst I was doing some extremely serious window shopping at Birkenhead Point shops. There are a little set of shops in Hinemoa Street from about number 80 to 120 that are very special.
It is the cutest little nook of shops and a couple of great cafes and a very special tea shop.
Now first of all I will talk about the tea shop who serves lovely cups of tea in proper china cups with saucers and plates and old fashioned club sammies and home made goodies to die for…..what a treat – plus they also sell old fashioned sweeties like black balls….oh oh oh went into a total spin the most lovely place to have a meeting with a potential beau or with a couple of your coolest friends or just by yourself. “The Tea Lady” at 100A Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead Point. A mum and daughter have this as a little business and everyone should try this experience the interior has lovely old 1950’s and 60’s furniture and tables and cloths….OMG stunning -
Now there are other great places to see and look into Primrose Cottage on the corner – quality gifts to treasure – yeah rite! I saw at least 30 things I wanted and will put a photo in with their plaques on the back wall just as a taste of whats inside this shop. Romantic roses made of silk through to beaded curtain tiebacks – kewl kewl stuff.
Then I went and saw my friend Karen to have a chat and a coffee as she was helping today at Sway Boutique at 94 Hinemoa 09 480 8989 – will put in photos that I took of some goodies the clothing is perfect for anyone who likes taste, style and great clothing reasonably priced – in other words not Ponsonby prices…sorry Ponsonby but you do have more expensive prices even for a coffee….lololol Didn’t get a website addy for Swag so just turn up and look and buy…..I’ve got my eye on the colorful frock you will see below in the pics. Also they are currently having a SALE so get there toot sweet…..
This great dog is called Louie and I met him today whilst I was doing some extremely serious window shopping at Birkenhead Point shops. There are a little set of shops in Hinemoa Street from about number 80 to 120 that are very special.
It is the cutest little nook of shops and a couple of great cafes and a very special tea shop.
Now first of all I will talk about the tea shop who serves lovely cups of tea in proper china cups with saucers and plates and old fashioned club sammies and home made goodies to die for…..what a treat – plus they also sell old fashioned sweeties like black balls….oh oh oh went into a total spin the most lovely place to have a meeting with a potential beau or with a couple of your coolest friends or just by yourself. “The Tea Lady” at 100A Hinemoa Street, Birkenhead Point. A mum and daughter have this as a little business and everyone should try this experience the interior has lovely old 1950’s and 60’s furniture and tables and cloths….OMG stunning -
Now there are other great places to see and look into Primrose Cottage on the corner – quality gifts to treasure – yeah rite! I saw at least 30 things I wanted and will put a photo in with their plaques on the back wall just as a taste of whats inside this shop. Romantic roses made of silk through to beaded curtain tiebacks – kewl kewl stuff.
Then I went and saw my friend Karen to have a chat and a coffee as she was helping today at Sway Boutique at 94 Hinemoa 09 480 8989 – will put in photos that I took of some goodies the clothing is perfect for anyone who likes taste, style and great clothing reasonably priced – in other words not Ponsonby prices…sorry Ponsonby but you do have more expensive prices even for a coffee….lololol Didn’t get a website addy for Swag so just turn up and look and buy…..I’ve got my eye on the colorful frock you will see below in the pics. Also they are currently having a SALE so get there toot sweet…..
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
ARE YOU SELECTIVE ABOUT YOUR REALITY?
I know that I am quite often not actually in like with the world I live in, sometimes I go into another dimension in my head, doubt that this is good for me, but I was wondering if any of you are selective about your own reality? Are you able to go out of your own current reality as I do as I find that I go into not in a good place, or are you constantly in a nice place and really in your own current reality? As I am a positive person most of the time I think I do look at my world with rose coloured glasses and every now and then I have to take them off to just see how my life is actually going otherwise I would be a fruit loop all of the time….lol
Being positive has a down side though, I every now and then feel that I may have not thought something through as much as I should as I only looked at the good side of whatever it is and not taken time to regard the possible negatives associated with whatever I am doing. An example would be the blogging – I have no reality about who may or may not be reading my blatherings and then every so often I get this feeling that I’m talking just shit and nobody wants to listen or read what I have written or said…but the bottom line is that I shouldn’t actually care about that the most important thing for me is that I am doing something that I adore and feel maybe soon might be good at, but I can be quite a flake and this does creep in ever so often……hehehehe My two children think I am a total creep so without their approval I go on…..they havn’t been supportive of my blogging at all so my nearest and dearest don’t want to know….
That is quite a reality check – I think they think (lol) that I am going to tell you their secrets about them and their lives but actually in the scheme of things as far as my blogs are concerned they don’t figure in any of this – this is my own point of view only no one else assists with this…I network and talk with many people and seem to get my blogs out of my head or thin air…….To have children who are NOT THAT INTO YOU does give me a feeling of sadness but I can’t change their minds they are grown up and quite frankly from the old movie “Gone With The Wind” - quite frankly my dear I don’t give a damn. lolololol I can’t afford to dwell on them otherwise I would be permanently crying and feeling like crap. I am the one that HAD to move on. Now enough of the personal crimes….onto others -
Comments from those of you who have children that are ungrateful and not into you – I would like to see if I am the only one out there or there are more mums and dads that get the non support I do….please post
I type at my laptop on a table in the lounge and above the screen is a mirror which reflects the room and also I have the tv right where I can look up and then watch what is on…its a great idea as you can sort of watch a program and also type as I do my blogging. Just at the moment watching and listening to Mylie Cyrus on David Letterman singing from her new album the new single ”I Can’t Be Tamed” it sounds great and I remember seeing the video of this track about a week ago and thought it was rather kewl and very special. Make a point of having a look at it if you like music as she has the most amazing song with really interesting dance moves and bird wings to die for…..I want a pair of her black wings just to put on and prance around my house singing at the top of my voice. Well why not – only my peeps (the 3 cats) would get a fright and I promise my neighbours in advance that I will not go outside and prance around with wings or anything else that might freak them out and make them call the ‘wagon’ to take me away. It isn’t often that I like a music video but this one I really did…so there!!
Being positive has a down side though, I every now and then feel that I may have not thought something through as much as I should as I only looked at the good side of whatever it is and not taken time to regard the possible negatives associated with whatever I am doing. An example would be the blogging – I have no reality about who may or may not be reading my blatherings and then every so often I get this feeling that I’m talking just shit and nobody wants to listen or read what I have written or said…but the bottom line is that I shouldn’t actually care about that the most important thing for me is that I am doing something that I adore and feel maybe soon might be good at, but I can be quite a flake and this does creep in ever so often……hehehehe My two children think I am a total creep so without their approval I go on…..they havn’t been supportive of my blogging at all so my nearest and dearest don’t want to know….
That is quite a reality check – I think they think (lol) that I am going to tell you their secrets about them and their lives but actually in the scheme of things as far as my blogs are concerned they don’t figure in any of this – this is my own point of view only no one else assists with this…I network and talk with many people and seem to get my blogs out of my head or thin air…….To have children who are NOT THAT INTO YOU does give me a feeling of sadness but I can’t change their minds they are grown up and quite frankly from the old movie “Gone With The Wind” - quite frankly my dear I don’t give a damn. lolololol I can’t afford to dwell on them otherwise I would be permanently crying and feeling like crap. I am the one that HAD to move on. Now enough of the personal crimes….onto others -
Comments from those of you who have children that are ungrateful and not into you – I would like to see if I am the only one out there or there are more mums and dads that get the non support I do….please post
I type at my laptop on a table in the lounge and above the screen is a mirror which reflects the room and also I have the tv right where I can look up and then watch what is on…its a great idea as you can sort of watch a program and also type as I do my blogging. Just at the moment watching and listening to Mylie Cyrus on David Letterman singing from her new album the new single ”I Can’t Be Tamed” it sounds great and I remember seeing the video of this track about a week ago and thought it was rather kewl and very special. Make a point of having a look at it if you like music as she has the most amazing song with really interesting dance moves and bird wings to die for…..I want a pair of her black wings just to put on and prance around my house singing at the top of my voice. Well why not – only my peeps (the 3 cats) would get a fright and I promise my neighbours in advance that I will not go outside and prance around with wings or anything else that might freak them out and make them call the ‘wagon’ to take me away. It isn’t often that I like a music video but this one I really did…so there!!
Saturday, June 19, 2010
EMPOWERMENT - my own journey
I had an amazingly creative day yesterday (I must apologise to those I told I was doing this blog last night) at a Seminar at The Langham “Women in Business” what a day – I admit I learnt a lot and found it empowering, informative, funny, a mind expansion, wonderful networking, met new and cool people, an absolute blast…..except for the numb bum – I also have to admit that the 3 hours flew past and as my normal attention span is that of a gnat I lapped it all up and had no idea where the 3 hours had gone…so I must have been totally enthralled.
I have very rarely gone to an event like this where there are over 500 in a room all listening and me sucking up all the words and the total energy from within the room. It was wonderful and totally empowering. Only trouble was I came home like I had done a marathon running up the Himalayas like one of our speakers actually had done. So I just sat and reflected on what I had heard, seen and done. Hence the blog this morning.
There will be a plethora of links in here today as I feel that everything I saw was interesting enough to put into here and I am surprised that I feel this way. Maybe I do need to go where there are a lot of people and change the way I feel about events like this.
Our first speaker was Barbara Kendell – stunning life and achievements – her journey is/was awesome and she was so humble with the accolades she has earned and received with, I would imagine, from what she was saying was extremely hard work and focus. This is what she spoke about and made me feel like I had just been cruising through my life with very little purpose and just being lax and slow and not focused at all……was a great speach but I felt small and insignificant after she had spoken. At my age I couldn’t do what she has done NOW but there is no reason why I can’t pick up my game and do more…MORE omg!
Before and after the seminar there were stands outside with enthralling products and items that were unique and I will chat now about what I saw and put in some links – firstly there was USANA Health Sciences- I must have been hidden away from the world for far too long – didn’t know about them – but a great friend of mine Karen Ovens, whom I hadn’t seen for years, actually sells for them -and the last speaker was Collette Larsen who is one of the best within USANA and she comes to New Zealand often to speak, I found the products were interesting and I tried on of their body cream on my hands at the beginning of the seminar and for the rest of the day they felt like silk (must save up and get some asap) Will read their brochure at length soon. Actually, my hands today even after a shower are still soft…..mmmm – interesting
Met the awesome Susana Sarmiento involved in quite a bit of my winning makeover and in the flesh she is beautiful and emanates total confidence and serenity – how she does this is a mystery, no its not it DNA focus, strength and overcoming all your negatives – wow am I blessed to get to work with her over the coming weeks and learn as much as possible to fill the gaps in my old brain that need a revanp, and there are a significant number. I had seen her a couple of times on the tv in the morning programme but hadn’t taken too much notice as she is young and beautiful and I didn’t equate that I may need her assistance to help me evolve…..how dumb is that? LOL only thought she would be perfect for my son – yeah rite! LaQua Image International and also WE – Women Empowered. Tomorrow I have another session with Mink Photography to have my makeover and photo taken – can’t wait. I’m almost child like about this one today I’m excited and very keen……calm down woman….lololol
At a couple of the stalls they had draws for product and prizes I made sure I was in all the boxes as I am such a winning person at the moment I want MORE and MORE and MORE….the person who came in with me through the door got a ticket (the guests were in a draw) I was number 1 and she got number 2 and she won a fantastic garden prize…Oh I was just one number out but I didn’t begrudge her the win, I hope that she and I can meet again and talk, we chatted about the end of my makeover and having all the people who were involved with it come to have tea with me where Lynda works Stamford Plaza and that would be a fitting venue to say thank you to everyone involved for my prize win. Good idea I thought….
Other stalls had amazing things some so inviting like the organic chocolate Natures Gold delicious and no sugar…great for me – then the really kewl idea if you have a car accident they will come and give you assistance, take your car and have it fixed and then give you a car to use and bring yours back groomed and finished – kewl eh? Accident Repair a business by women for women, making accident a pleasure - there is a God out there………wonder if men would also use this service – they often need it much more than women do…lololol
A cute little product was an ice file made in Europe and not metal so they don’t bleep at the airport so you could do your nails in the air…..they also had crystals on them, they were cute and last for a lifetime – must get one and throw away my diamond file I have had for over 40 years, time for a new one me thinks…. Also jewelery that was unusual and very pretty made mostly of glass hand done by Justine McInally and Kari Lindsay-Beale there were beautiful glass beaded bracelets, one of my favourite pieces of jewelery I wear quite a few at a time and often…….I wear mostly vintage though but these really took my eye. I want some……………and also earrings and necklaces – here we go —- I want it all…..(words from the song).
When we went in there were goodie bags – I havn’t had one of these for years and I came home and looked at everything and ate the amazing chocolate square like a lollipop on the stick of chocolate yummy Choc-o-Lait the milk one mmmmm so norty of me but I didn’t care it was delicious. I didn’t even feel guilty opps not good…..hehehe
Now if I forget anyone and you are reading this please feel free to comment and I will put in your link there are a couple more I’ll put here, but I hope I got everyone’s stall – now I went into a draw with Spa Travel- journey to the new you (me) and briefly spoke to Sharon will be calling her this next week to find out more, and last but not least three of the last stalls I acquired cards from, first Pharmaceutical Compounding which is all about improving your health and providing wellness – an essential requirment in today’s world. Nuts – well there were in the goodie bag a small cotton bag of natural soap nuts ‘Soap Grown By Nature’ ugly little buggers but I washed some delicates last night OMG they were perfect after their wash you just throw bag and all into the washer with your clothes and they are available from Jirah Health Ltd, no more soap powder for me I’m going into this big time – think the concept is really awesome. Then spent a moment or two at Two’s Company a singles introduction service, this I might join as internet dating is just so so and this might be more up my ally…..then finally after ‘doing’ the stalls I went inside and sat down. There were so many people who turned up they kept moving back the walls in the ballroom until the room was packed, I think my initial number above might have been more like 700 it was full. I looked around the couldn’t believe my eyes…….some men also dotted amongst the seminar attendees some of whom were Affiliates to USANA.
Now I will start making appointments to find out more about all these goodies and try extremely hard to do as the speakers said actually empower myself to do better and enjoy my life more….good idea as I’ve been a little too slack, no more staying at home and being lonely and only networking close to home I’m off out into the big world.
I have very rarely gone to an event like this where there are over 500 in a room all listening and me sucking up all the words and the total energy from within the room. It was wonderful and totally empowering. Only trouble was I came home like I had done a marathon running up the Himalayas like one of our speakers actually had done. So I just sat and reflected on what I had heard, seen and done. Hence the blog this morning.
There will be a plethora of links in here today as I feel that everything I saw was interesting enough to put into here and I am surprised that I feel this way. Maybe I do need to go where there are a lot of people and change the way I feel about events like this.
Our first speaker was Barbara Kendell – stunning life and achievements – her journey is/was awesome and she was so humble with the accolades she has earned and received with, I would imagine, from what she was saying was extremely hard work and focus. This is what she spoke about and made me feel like I had just been cruising through my life with very little purpose and just being lax and slow and not focused at all……was a great speach but I felt small and insignificant after she had spoken. At my age I couldn’t do what she has done NOW but there is no reason why I can’t pick up my game and do more…MORE omg!
Before and after the seminar there were stands outside with enthralling products and items that were unique and I will chat now about what I saw and put in some links – firstly there was USANA Health Sciences- I must have been hidden away from the world for far too long – didn’t know about them – but a great friend of mine Karen Ovens, whom I hadn’t seen for years, actually sells for them -and the last speaker was Collette Larsen who is one of the best within USANA and she comes to New Zealand often to speak, I found the products were interesting and I tried on of their body cream on my hands at the beginning of the seminar and for the rest of the day they felt like silk (must save up and get some asap) Will read their brochure at length soon. Actually, my hands today even after a shower are still soft…..mmmm – interesting
Met the awesome Susana Sarmiento involved in quite a bit of my winning makeover and in the flesh she is beautiful and emanates total confidence and serenity – how she does this is a mystery, no its not it DNA focus, strength and overcoming all your negatives – wow am I blessed to get to work with her over the coming weeks and learn as much as possible to fill the gaps in my old brain that need a revanp, and there are a significant number. I had seen her a couple of times on the tv in the morning programme but hadn’t taken too much notice as she is young and beautiful and I didn’t equate that I may need her assistance to help me evolve…..how dumb is that? LOL only thought she would be perfect for my son – yeah rite! LaQua Image International and also WE – Women Empowered. Tomorrow I have another session with Mink Photography to have my makeover and photo taken – can’t wait. I’m almost child like about this one today I’m excited and very keen……calm down woman….lololol
At a couple of the stalls they had draws for product and prizes I made sure I was in all the boxes as I am such a winning person at the moment I want MORE and MORE and MORE….the person who came in with me through the door got a ticket (the guests were in a draw) I was number 1 and she got number 2 and she won a fantastic garden prize…Oh I was just one number out but I didn’t begrudge her the win, I hope that she and I can meet again and talk, we chatted about the end of my makeover and having all the people who were involved with it come to have tea with me where Lynda works Stamford Plaza and that would be a fitting venue to say thank you to everyone involved for my prize win. Good idea I thought….
Other stalls had amazing things some so inviting like the organic chocolate Natures Gold delicious and no sugar…great for me – then the really kewl idea if you have a car accident they will come and give you assistance, take your car and have it fixed and then give you a car to use and bring yours back groomed and finished – kewl eh? Accident Repair a business by women for women, making accident a pleasure - there is a God out there………wonder if men would also use this service – they often need it much more than women do…lololol
A cute little product was an ice file made in Europe and not metal so they don’t bleep at the airport so you could do your nails in the air…..they also had crystals on them, they were cute and last for a lifetime – must get one and throw away my diamond file I have had for over 40 years, time for a new one me thinks…. Also jewelery that was unusual and very pretty made mostly of glass hand done by Justine McInally and Kari Lindsay-Beale there were beautiful glass beaded bracelets, one of my favourite pieces of jewelery I wear quite a few at a time and often…….I wear mostly vintage though but these really took my eye. I want some……………and also earrings and necklaces – here we go —- I want it all…..(words from the song).
When we went in there were goodie bags – I havn’t had one of these for years and I came home and looked at everything and ate the amazing chocolate square like a lollipop on the stick of chocolate yummy Choc-o-Lait the milk one mmmmm so norty of me but I didn’t care it was delicious. I didn’t even feel guilty opps not good…..hehehe
Now if I forget anyone and you are reading this please feel free to comment and I will put in your link there are a couple more I’ll put here, but I hope I got everyone’s stall – now I went into a draw with Spa Travel- journey to the new you (me) and briefly spoke to Sharon will be calling her this next week to find out more, and last but not least three of the last stalls I acquired cards from, first Pharmaceutical Compounding which is all about improving your health and providing wellness – an essential requirment in today’s world. Nuts – well there were in the goodie bag a small cotton bag of natural soap nuts ‘Soap Grown By Nature’ ugly little buggers but I washed some delicates last night OMG they were perfect after their wash you just throw bag and all into the washer with your clothes and they are available from Jirah Health Ltd, no more soap powder for me I’m going into this big time – think the concept is really awesome. Then spent a moment or two at Two’s Company a singles introduction service, this I might join as internet dating is just so so and this might be more up my ally…..then finally after ‘doing’ the stalls I went inside and sat down. There were so many people who turned up they kept moving back the walls in the ballroom until the room was packed, I think my initial number above might have been more like 700 it was full. I looked around the couldn’t believe my eyes…….some men also dotted amongst the seminar attendees some of whom were Affiliates to USANA.
Now I will start making appointments to find out more about all these goodies and try extremely hard to do as the speakers said actually empower myself to do better and enjoy my life more….good idea as I’ve been a little too slack, no more staying at home and being lonely and only networking close to home I’m off out into the big world.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Upward trend in mortgagee sales
2:45 PM Sunday May 30, 2010
A new trend is emerging in the latest figures for mortgagee sales of property.
Mum and Dad owners are now losing their homes in record numbers, as the effect of the recession continues to bite.
Terralink's latest data shows two-thirds of mortgagee sales in March were for properties owned by individuals, rather than companies.
Managing Director Mike Donald says it shows ordinary property owners are now being forced to sell. He says at the height of the recession a year ago, it was mostly companies and property investors which could not meet their mortgage payments.
- NEWSTALK ZB
2:45 PM Sunday May 30, 2010
A new trend is emerging in the latest figures for mortgagee sales of property.
Mum and Dad owners are now losing their homes in record numbers, as the effect of the recession continues to bite.
Terralink's latest data shows two-thirds of mortgagee sales in March were for properties owned by individuals, rather than companies.
Managing Director Mike Donald says it shows ordinary property owners are now being forced to sell. He says at the height of the recession a year ago, it was mostly companies and property investors which could not meet their mortgage payments.
- NEWSTALK ZB
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