Of course I wouldn't throw a fit.
I'd go and spend $500 at Cellarbrations.
Wednesday, 4 June 2008
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Big Bucks!
Today I went to the Craft and Quilt Fair. I enjoy doing a bit of scrapbooking and occasionally make some jewellery when the mood takes me. (My passion is painting especially oils but my teacher has left and gone back to England. Anyway thats another post.) The size of this fair is huge. Over 4 days they will pack over a thousand and more women (and some token men) a day through the doors at the Convention Centre. And today I was one of them.
They had over 100 exhibitors and we had only 5hours to get through them all. We gave it our best shot and came out pretty unscathed and our purses fairly well intact. Some others did not fair so well. I witnessed women with baskets piling them up with stamps, stickers, papers, brads and all sorts of accessories. Now that would be OK if they were on special say for a couple of bucks. But when I looked most of these items were over $12 to $15 and over. They were filling their baskets! I couldn't get over the amount of money being spent on something that to me is a small hobby!
2Bar would have a fit if I came home and said I spent $500 at the fair on stamps and stickers!
They had over 100 exhibitors and we had only 5hours to get through them all. We gave it our best shot and came out pretty unscathed and our purses fairly well intact. Some others did not fair so well. I witnessed women with baskets piling them up with stamps, stickers, papers, brads and all sorts of accessories. Now that would be OK if they were on special say for a couple of bucks. But when I looked most of these items were over $12 to $15 and over. They were filling their baskets! I couldn't get over the amount of money being spent on something that to me is a small hobby!
2Bar would have a fit if I came home and said I spent $500 at the fair on stamps and stickers!
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Doughnuts, doughnuts lovely doughnuts!
This weekend I'm tagging along with 2Bar to a work conference in Sydney. Children are at Grandparents for four whole days. Ahh the freedom! But since starting this diet and being quite successful so far I'm a bit worried about how I will go in the eating capital of Parramatta. I know I'm going to fall off the wagon, which doesn't worry me too much. It's just how far I'm going to fall and what I' going to have to do to get back on. Maybe the suggestion from TroyG to go jogging with 2Bar will be the way to go? Bahahahaha! I couldn't run to save my life!
Actually I've spent quite a bit of the day trying to work out how pieces of fruit I have to give up to have a Krispy Kreme doughnut. MMMMMMM KK doughnuts! As we don't get them here in the West they are a real treat when someone goes over east and brings them back. The girls and I have quite an obsession with these round doughy delicious delights! Last person over there brought back 4 dozen and carried them on the plane whilst eight months pregnant. She was slightly embarrassed but nothing was stopping her from those KK's or the wrath of us when she got back!
Actually I've spent quite a bit of the day trying to work out how pieces of fruit I have to give up to have a Krispy Kreme doughnut. MMMMMMM KK doughnuts! As we don't get them here in the West they are a real treat when someone goes over east and brings them back. The girls and I have quite an obsession with these round doughy delicious delights! Last person over there brought back 4 dozen and carried them on the plane whilst eight months pregnant. She was slightly embarrassed but nothing was stopping her from those KK's or the wrath of us when she got back!
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Me and my lack of Backbone.
I've joined up on the Tony Ferguson weightloss program with one of my closest friends. We're only three days into it and she is already complaining and finding fault with the effect it's having on her body. The diet is based on having no sugars or carbohydrates and ketosis. I didn't look too closely at it as lot's of words and big ones bore and scare the hell out of me. Just happy to follow what they tell me and lose 12kgs.
But my mate has already picked holes in it (even though she's the one whose talked me into it). She's already affecting my sense of determination to succeed but I'm too nice to tell her to suck it up and give it a few weeks. Oh the dilemma of me!
But my mate has already picked holes in it (even though she's the one whose talked me into it). She's already affecting my sense of determination to succeed but I'm too nice to tell her to suck it up and give it a few weeks. Oh the dilemma of me!
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Running Update
Run 2Bar, Run 2Bar, Run Run Run ...
Thought I'd keep a log of my running for the last couple of months:
March
Total Kms: 63.36
Total Calories: 6838
Average Pace: 5.35
Total Time: 5:53:20
April
Total Kms: 90.91
Total Calories: 9799
Average Pace: 5.33
Total Time: 8:25:17
I've been training up for an improved 10Km time (50 minutes) using this program. I'm currently at 51:57 for the 10K so not too far to go now.
Could do with warmer mornings, though.
Thought I'd keep a log of my running for the last couple of months:
March
Total Kms: 63.36
Total Calories: 6838
Average Pace: 5.35
Total Time: 5:53:20
April
Total Kms: 90.91
Total Calories: 9799
Average Pace: 5.33
Total Time: 8:25:17
I've been training up for an improved 10Km time (50 minutes) using this program. I'm currently at 51:57 for the 10K so not too far to go now.
Could do with warmer mornings, though.
Monday, 28 April 2008
Last thought for the night
until the next one, anyway
Of the bazillions of blogs now in existence, how many are solely dedicated to apologising for not posting in a while?
Of the bazillions of blogs now in existence, how many are solely dedicated to apologising for not posting in a while?
Speaking of ...
nothing much, really.
Inspired by Troy's post here, I wish to add my own complaints about crappy language, focusing on pronunciation:
Inspired by Troy's post here, I wish to add my own complaints about crappy language, focusing on pronunciation:
- O becomes U eg Uh-lympics or a Biggest Loser influenced Uh-limination and all policemen are not Constables
- S becomes Sh eg Telshtra. I blame Liz Shmiley, the Exshtra shpruiking exsh-tennish player with "the great tashte that really lashtsh".
- S disappears altogether eg and especially Specifically becomes pacifically.
What on Earth???
Or more precisely, in England?
It's not often something gets my blood boiling.
This is one of those times.
It's not often something gets my blood boiling.
This is one of those times.
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Bits and Pieces
When all else fails, LINK!!
No wonder I drink alcohol.
* How boring am I? I had a rare 1/2 hour to myself at work so I worked out my tax return for this coming June.
* A new season of AFL has begun, so make sure you head on over to Football Invective for all your fixins.
* And Eaglesflyinghigh.com for all the pain an Eagles fan can bear.
* And Aftergrog.blog for all the pain a Melbourne fan can bear.
* W00T$$ - sold our first thing on flea-bay. Now to clear out the rest of the house. And no, dear, you may not sell any of my guitars.
* Youtube goodness, cause I need a laugh:
David Blaine 1
David Blaine 2
David Blaine 3
Cheezits! Cheezits! Cheezits! Cheezits!
* 2BarRiff is running in the ASICS Gel Bridges fun run this weekend. First person to spot me and introduce themselves wins breakfast at McDonalds with the 2BarHousehold straight afterwards.
As you may be able to tell, it's been busy and tough the last couple of weeks so I haven't put much as much energy into blogging. Work is going freakin' nuts (I have two 'Acting' job titles, in addition to my normal one at the moment) but still in a good way. And another relative died this last week, not extremely close but enough to suck out whatever wind was in the sails.No wonder I drink alcohol.
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Death by T-ball
"If we lose another game I'll kill myself" said the Princess.
"Don't do that" I said.
"Why not?"
"Because you're too small to think of a cool way to kill yourself. Let me do it. I'll think of something cool."
"Like what?"
"Oh, I don't know. I might tie you to the back of my car by your wrists and drive around the block a few times. Or I could just tickle you until you explode".
Such are the morbid conversations we have. Since the kids got Tamagochis (not my doing, talk to Madame2Bar) the whole cycle of life thing has become topic du jour in the 2Bar household.
My brother died yesterday.
The cancer got him in the end, after a long struggle and apparent remission.
We weren't that close due to RIWGI (Reasons I won't go into) but it's still been an emotional time, especially this last week. My immediate family are taking it hard and, while I aren't crying or carrying on, I am feeling physically ill - which is my standard response, apparently.
The Bomb wants to know if his uncle will come back as an egg, just like the Tamagochi.
"Don't do that" I said.
"Why not?"
"Because you're too small to think of a cool way to kill yourself. Let me do it. I'll think of something cool."
"Like what?"
"Oh, I don't know. I might tie you to the back of my car by your wrists and drive around the block a few times. Or I could just tickle you until you explode".
Such are the morbid conversations we have. Since the kids got Tamagochis (not my doing, talk to Madame2Bar) the whole cycle of life thing has become topic du jour in the 2Bar household.
My brother died yesterday.
The cancer got him in the end, after a long struggle and apparent remission.
We weren't that close due to RIWGI (Reasons I won't go into) but it's still been an emotional time, especially this last week. My immediate family are taking it hard and, while I aren't crying or carrying on, I am feeling physically ill - which is my standard response, apparently.
The Bomb wants to know if his uncle will come back as an egg, just like the Tamagochi.
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