As a woman, I am just as guilty as the next……. If the world were to end tomorrow – I’m sure I would be able to feed, water and cater for the needs of at least 10 human beings, all from the confines of my overweight, over-sized handbag!
In theory this might be great but……….. it leaves many women with sore backs, arms and necks, simply because they do carry too much ‘stuff’ around on a daily basis.
Let’s be honest, let’s be minimalist. We carry far too much around and it is affecting our health.
Hands up – who carries, make-up, pen/s, notepad, book, diary, phone, headache tablets, chocolate (for a quick pick-me-up) This can weigh almost 2kilos. Bet you never thought of that.
Add to that keys, wallet and ‘other’ stuff and you are carrying the weight of small newborn child on one half of your body.
This affects the muscles in your neck as the weight pulls down on your shoulder, it can compress the ribs on the side you carry your bag. It can harm the tendons and muscles in your arm if you prefer to carry the bag over your arm. This can affect the way you walk, it can cause headaches and muscle aches, that would not occur if you didn’t carry this much weight around.
If you are fortunate enough to own a mini-PC, you know the type less than 30cm/12” in length, don’t go adding that to the burden, get yourself a slim-line back pack to take that weight.
If you have children, it is tempting to add their ‘stuff’ to your bag also, you think it is easier than taking two bags to the same location. Do get a second bag for the kids’ stuff, because as sure as there is day and night, you never quite take all the stuff out when you get back home, thus adding more weight to your bag.
So in closing, think of these things:-
1. Do you really need such a big bag?
2. Get a backpack for mini-PC’s
3. Get a 2nd bag for the kids’ ‘stuff’
4. Make a regular thing of checking what is actually in your bag and be critical
5. Consider a stylish backpack, instead of a ‘handbag’
6. If your shoulder, arms, neck or back are sore – get it checked out
7. If you can manage it – use a small/er bag as often as possible
Good luck and remember – you were only given 1 body to last a life-time!
Friday, January 15, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Give Me The gun or Take Your Chances With Me
I’m an idiot, what else can I say?
I'm minding my own business, doing my own business when I hear 1, no 2, better make that 3 gunshots.
SHIT – the dog is going nuts – I’m babysitting 3 x houses in the street, 2 with dogs, I instantly think some loon has taking a dislike to one of the dogs, the shape of valley makes it sound like that
4 shots, what the F**** is going on?
I grab my phone and car keys – nearly driving the car out THROUGH the roller door.
5 shots – F*** who is killing what? No roo, the unfortunate result of meeting a car, would require that many shots – unless you were as pissed as a parakeet and kept missing
Who the hell is shooting a BIG gun in our street?
Race down the drive, I can see lights on in most houses,, nothing unsual, I stop the car, I can hear raised voices.
Ch**** Domestic violence on OUR street? – the street where there might be some problems, but nothing THAT BAD
Down our street, up into the next, most outside lights on with people on the porch, on house stands out as NOT having the porch light on, something is up.
I pull in there, knock on the door, the door is answered by the lady of the house, she is shaking and I’m thinking I’m an absolute idiot, turn around NOW
But stupid me……………… I invited myself in. Asking at the same time, “what is going on?”
She fills me in – apparently the neighbour has been threatening the man of the house and threatening his dog – YOU NEVER EVER threat the dog, ANYWHERE
The man of the house comes inside, I tell him to lock the gun up NOW, thankfully he complies. Then sit down and assess the situation, the police WILL TURN up, it’s just a matter of time.
Went through the story, and just before I cleared out, the police turn up. The police turn up – full body kits, mace, side arms – you name it – they must have been expecting a gun fight.
Their radio is going nuts with reports – I knew it was only a matter of time.
Once I could make my escape I did, but the next person to draw (and fire) a gun near me – will find themselves having to deal with me and my walking stick.
I’m not anti-guns, just guns and booze and arguments always cause problems.
Guns have their place, but not in the hands of people who have a tendency to drink too much or have a temper.
I’ve fire a gun in defence of my animals, I’ve fired a gun to humanely destroy animals when needed. That is what you have to do sometimes living in the country. I just don’t like guns when close to houses and with alcohol.
Enjoy the life you have – you only have one!
Post-script - said neighbour came to my door this morning (Friday) and apologised for his behaviour - I hope he apologised to everyone else in the street also
I'm minding my own business, doing my own business when I hear 1, no 2, better make that 3 gunshots.
SHIT – the dog is going nuts – I’m babysitting 3 x houses in the street, 2 with dogs, I instantly think some loon has taking a dislike to one of the dogs, the shape of valley makes it sound like that
4 shots, what the F**** is going on?
I grab my phone and car keys – nearly driving the car out THROUGH the roller door.
5 shots – F*** who is killing what? No roo, the unfortunate result of meeting a car, would require that many shots – unless you were as pissed as a parakeet and kept missing
Who the hell is shooting a BIG gun in our street?
Race down the drive, I can see lights on in most houses,, nothing unsual, I stop the car, I can hear raised voices.
Ch**** Domestic violence on OUR street? – the street where there might be some problems, but nothing THAT BAD
Down our street, up into the next, most outside lights on with people on the porch, on house stands out as NOT having the porch light on, something is up.
I pull in there, knock on the door, the door is answered by the lady of the house, she is shaking and I’m thinking I’m an absolute idiot, turn around NOW
But stupid me……………… I invited myself in. Asking at the same time, “what is going on?”
She fills me in – apparently the neighbour has been threatening the man of the house and threatening his dog – YOU NEVER EVER threat the dog, ANYWHERE
The man of the house comes inside, I tell him to lock the gun up NOW, thankfully he complies. Then sit down and assess the situation, the police WILL TURN up, it’s just a matter of time.
Went through the story, and just before I cleared out, the police turn up. The police turn up – full body kits, mace, side arms – you name it – they must have been expecting a gun fight.
Their radio is going nuts with reports – I knew it was only a matter of time.
Once I could make my escape I did, but the next person to draw (and fire) a gun near me – will find themselves having to deal with me and my walking stick.
I’m not anti-guns, just guns and booze and arguments always cause problems.
Guns have their place, but not in the hands of people who have a tendency to drink too much or have a temper.
I’ve fire a gun in defence of my animals, I’ve fired a gun to humanely destroy animals when needed. That is what you have to do sometimes living in the country. I just don’t like guns when close to houses and with alcohol.
Enjoy the life you have – you only have one!
Post-script - said neighbour came to my door this morning (Friday) and apologised for his behaviour - I hope he apologised to everyone else in the street also
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
New Blog
I think I've created a monster.
Those that have been following me - are aware that I have another blog It Ain't Always So
Well life never is as you expect it.
Accordingly What I thought would be occassional blog post, has turned into daily, sometimes twice daily blogging and it became a monster - So I'm going to seperate the 'Real' life from the 'real' life and give you the drama and facts of humans at 'It Ain't Always So' and other little bits and pieces here.
So here goes - this blog is for the light-hearted, the other for the more serious bits of life.
Enjoy and PLEASE comment - even if you disagree - I love a good discussion!
Those that have been following me - are aware that I have another blog It Ain't Always So
Well life never is as you expect it.
Accordingly What I thought would be occassional blog post, has turned into daily, sometimes twice daily blogging and it became a monster - So I'm going to seperate the 'Real' life from the 'real' life and give you the drama and facts of humans at 'It Ain't Always So' and other little bits and pieces here.
So here goes - this blog is for the light-hearted, the other for the more serious bits of life.
Enjoy and PLEASE comment - even if you disagree - I love a good discussion!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
The National Nanny State
Every day I read that someone wants something actioned because it’s dangerous. Someone wants something stopped because it causes noise. Someone wants something stopped because it sends the wrong message. It’s getting ridiculous. It's not always dangerous or noisy or even sending the wrong message - it's perceived to be doing so, which is completely different to actually doing that.
Case 1:-
A QLD school gave stubby holders to graduating students, I believe emblazoned with the school logo, a parent steps up to the mark and says that it’s wrong. We are trying to stop binge drinking, we are trying to stop copious amounts of alcohol being drunk. Hello, a stubby holder with the school’s logo can also hold, soft drink bottles, cans of soft drink. Some people even cut them down and use as padding on various implements. Argument lost, the school did nothing wrong, I repeat they did NOTHING WRONG.
Case 2:-
NSW Government has enacted a law that makes it legal for council officers to enter your property to determine if your pool fencing is adequate and up to ‘council standards’ Now this isn’t a real problem, we all agree that pool fencing saves lives, but kids will kids and parents have to watch their children as though they have eyes in the back of their heads. Nothing replaces watchfulness with fencing. Argument lost. Pool owners have done nothing wrong (as long as they have a pool fence) The pool owner did nothing wrong, I repeat they’ve done NOTHING WRONG.
Case 3:-
A Tasmanian publican was given the keys to a motorbike of a drinking customer, as the customer had heard that a booze bus was in the area. The customer then requested his keys back in what I believe to a forceful manner. The keys were returned, the rider departed and subsequently lost his life, due to drink driving. The family of the rider, then pursued the case through the courts, claiming that the publican had a responsibility in regards to the death. The first court case determined this was the case. The second court Case in the High Court, determined it was NOT the case. Argument lost, the publican did NOTHING WRONG. I repeat he did NOTHING WRONG.
Case 4:-
Victorian parents are calling for cap on fast-food outlets numbers. According to the Herald Sun of the 26th October 2009, there is 1 outlet per 505 people. The national average is 1 per 575 people. Now see we pay for fast-food, we have to go to the store to buy that fast food, the money has to be earnt by someone (read between the lines) an adult. Therefore why must the government control the number of fast-food outlets? It’s up to the parent NOT to buy the fast-food. If less people bought less, then there would be less fast-food outlets, it’s called supply and demand. Argument lost, the fast-food outlets have done NOTHING WRONG. I repeat the fast-food outlets have NOTHING WRONG.
As I’ve previously posted an Ode to Common Sense, available here! The Passing of Common Sense.
It would appear that common sense is no longer common and that HG Wells', “War of the Worlds” and the concept that life has to continually evolve and 'earn' its right to exist. Through renewal of generations, hardship, learning, life earns its right to exist.
Read that as you may!
Case 1:-
A QLD school gave stubby holders to graduating students, I believe emblazoned with the school logo, a parent steps up to the mark and says that it’s wrong. We are trying to stop binge drinking, we are trying to stop copious amounts of alcohol being drunk. Hello, a stubby holder with the school’s logo can also hold, soft drink bottles, cans of soft drink. Some people even cut them down and use as padding on various implements. Argument lost, the school did nothing wrong, I repeat they did NOTHING WRONG.
Case 2:-
NSW Government has enacted a law that makes it legal for council officers to enter your property to determine if your pool fencing is adequate and up to ‘council standards’ Now this isn’t a real problem, we all agree that pool fencing saves lives, but kids will kids and parents have to watch their children as though they have eyes in the back of their heads. Nothing replaces watchfulness with fencing. Argument lost. Pool owners have done nothing wrong (as long as they have a pool fence) The pool owner did nothing wrong, I repeat they’ve done NOTHING WRONG.
Case 3:-
A Tasmanian publican was given the keys to a motorbike of a drinking customer, as the customer had heard that a booze bus was in the area. The customer then requested his keys back in what I believe to a forceful manner. The keys were returned, the rider departed and subsequently lost his life, due to drink driving. The family of the rider, then pursued the case through the courts, claiming that the publican had a responsibility in regards to the death. The first court case determined this was the case. The second court Case in the High Court, determined it was NOT the case. Argument lost, the publican did NOTHING WRONG. I repeat he did NOTHING WRONG.
Case 4:-
Victorian parents are calling for cap on fast-food outlets numbers. According to the Herald Sun of the 26th October 2009, there is 1 outlet per 505 people. The national average is 1 per 575 people. Now see we pay for fast-food, we have to go to the store to buy that fast food, the money has to be earnt by someone (read between the lines) an adult. Therefore why must the government control the number of fast-food outlets? It’s up to the parent NOT to buy the fast-food. If less people bought less, then there would be less fast-food outlets, it’s called supply and demand. Argument lost, the fast-food outlets have done NOTHING WRONG. I repeat the fast-food outlets have NOTHING WRONG.
As I’ve previously posted an Ode to Common Sense, available here! The Passing of Common Sense.
It would appear that common sense is no longer common and that HG Wells', “War of the Worlds” and the concept that life has to continually evolve and 'earn' its right to exist. Through renewal of generations, hardship, learning, life earns its right to exist.
Read that as you may!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Things You Should Know, but Probably Don't
The dot over the letter i is called a "tittle".
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww). That's why the nickname "Fish Lips" must have been created.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time hence, multi-tasking was invented.)
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples!
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.
A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.
Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.
Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww). That's why the nickname "Fish Lips" must have been created.
Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.
Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.
Leonardo DA Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time hence, multi-tasking was invented.)
Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!
There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange, purple, and silver!
Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.
A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.
By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)
The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples!
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.
Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Heaving in the Kitchen
What else can I say? – It was disgusting. I was about to prepare dinner, caramelised vegetables with Schnitzel and I went to retrieve the potatoes from the bottom of the cupboard.
The first thing that hit me was the smell – I mean a vile wafting smell that took on a life of its’ own and tried to possess the house.
OMG – I didn’t know what it was – I removed the ½ bag of potatoes, nothing there – I then bent down to remove the second bag of potatoes and nearly vomited.
Stuff like vile bile (it was yellow in colour) was leeching through the plastic bag and the smell – I raced outside dry retching – expecting to be dry for not very long.
I braved a re-entry and raced for the bathroom – grabbed an armful of towels and holding my nose, I bent towards the seething stinking vile mess and grabbed the bag of potatoes, and put them on a towel and heaved them outside.
Hubby heard me dry-retching and wanted to know what the problem was. My response ”the bottom of my cupboard is a vile smelling stench filled shithole” He couldn’t figure out what I was ranting about, so came inside to see, and he too was beaten back by the stench.
I grabbed the Glen 20 and liberally applied before attempting a further re-entry.
Re-entry achieved, the smell covered as best as was possible. The items from said cupboard removed and placed on another towel to be assessed for keepability or disposal.
All food stuffs need to be inspected to determine if safe to consume, if safe, they needed to be washed and put somewhere else.
The whole cause of this vile mess was a leaking water filter (that hubby had known about for weeks), he showed so much concern he actually neatly folded a towel UNDER the said leak and proceeded to re-stack the cans on the towel. FFS!
I also forgot to mention that every morning he enters the cupboard to retrieve his cornflakes. Why the hell didn’t he smell it?
I can’t understand men – and…….. if you are asking WHY I haven’t investigated the cupboard before now – we have been living on party food, left-overs and dining out, all part of Christmas.
Men……………… need I say more?
The first thing that hit me was the smell – I mean a vile wafting smell that took on a life of its’ own and tried to possess the house.
OMG – I didn’t know what it was – I removed the ½ bag of potatoes, nothing there – I then bent down to remove the second bag of potatoes and nearly vomited.
Stuff like vile bile (it was yellow in colour) was leeching through the plastic bag and the smell – I raced outside dry retching – expecting to be dry for not very long.
I braved a re-entry and raced for the bathroom – grabbed an armful of towels and holding my nose, I bent towards the seething stinking vile mess and grabbed the bag of potatoes, and put them on a towel and heaved them outside.
Hubby heard me dry-retching and wanted to know what the problem was. My response ”the bottom of my cupboard is a vile smelling stench filled shithole” He couldn’t figure out what I was ranting about, so came inside to see, and he too was beaten back by the stench.
I grabbed the Glen 20 and liberally applied before attempting a further re-entry.
Re-entry achieved, the smell covered as best as was possible. The items from said cupboard removed and placed on another towel to be assessed for keepability or disposal.
All food stuffs need to be inspected to determine if safe to consume, if safe, they needed to be washed and put somewhere else.
The whole cause of this vile mess was a leaking water filter (that hubby had known about for weeks), he showed so much concern he actually neatly folded a towel UNDER the said leak and proceeded to re-stack the cans on the towel. FFS!
I also forgot to mention that every morning he enters the cupboard to retrieve his cornflakes. Why the hell didn’t he smell it?
I can’t understand men – and…….. if you are asking WHY I haven’t investigated the cupboard before now – we have been living on party food, left-overs and dining out, all part of Christmas.
Men……………… need I say more?
Saturday, January 2, 2010
In 5 years – I don’t think anything has changed, has it?
YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2005 when...
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that
they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if
anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the
screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this
list.
AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Go on, forward this to your friends you know you want to!
As you can see 2005 is frequent in many posts recently – but all are topical!
1. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.
2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.
3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.
4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.
5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that
they don't have e-mail addresses.
6. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if
anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.
7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the
screen.
8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.
10. You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.
11. You start tilting your head sideways to smile. : )
12. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.
13. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.
14. You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.
15. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this
list.
AND NOW U R LAUGHING at yourself.
Go on, forward this to your friends you know you want to!
As you can see 2005 is frequent in many posts recently – but all are topical!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
