Happy Australia Day

Happy Australia Day to one and all. 

No matter who you are this is our home.

Be proud of it - because it's ours.

Happy Birthday, Elliot.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLIOT

BIG 30

This is me...

Okay, so where have I been for the last three days... Would you believe me if I told you I've been busy? 

1) I did go to the Dr on Tuesday, and so far he never changed m medication again, so I just have to put up with the migraines until at least April→Oh what fun...NOT! 

2) I had to take my daughter in so she could have her wedding dress looked at to see if they could alter the back to fit her ever-expanding belly (I should say she is pregnant and not just fat) we have to go back in April... (Everything seems to be happening in April)→they can alter it.

3) Yesterday, I took the day to catch up on my grocery shopping until I was struck down with a migraine and had to lie down for a while.

4) It's been stinking hot here lately and really muggy. We've had showers on and off which only seems to make everything worse. It's not enough to help with anything, Not that I should be complaining. We've had some pretty white lightning and some deep rumbling thunder. No major rain in my area though.

5) I've lost another kg (2.2lbs) so that's a positive I guess→ I'm 88kg (194lbs) now. I need to find my belt to hold my shorts up. Eventually, I'll have to buy new ones, but it's hard to find ones that are comfortable to wear. I know this because I have been looking for about two years.

6) I've been decluttering my house again. getting rid of all the stuff I don't need that's just taking up space... I'm really trying to go minimalistic. I don't know how I ended up with s much stuff. I swear I only did this decluttering thing last year. It multiplies when I'm not paying attention.

7) I've been washing clothes for my granddaughter that she got off of her cousin... Let's just say Grace will be set for a while, and then they tell me they aren't even all of them. Lacey still has a heap more for Grace that Jax has grown out of. So I'll have a heap more to wash. They aren't dirty, just musty from being packed away for a little bit. Lacey now needs the space for other stuff and Grace is getting all the clothes. 

8) My sister-in-law even gave me some really cool clothes. Though Emily has taken a couple of things, for her baby bump to fit in, I'll wear the rest. Saves me buying them. Luckily they are all black so they'll go with anything.

9) My cats (Oliver 7 & Robson 2) have been very clingy lately. If I go downtown they'll cry until I get home. If I'm at home they have to be right by my side, so if I'm walking their little bodies are pressed up against my legs. It's a wonder they haven't tripped me over. They've both been with me for 2 years now.

10) Today I have to catch up on my household chores before I do some writing. It will be a good day, apart from the unrelenting heat. I also have to go out and buy some bread, because I forgot, and check the mail.

Back at the doctor's today.

I think he is just checking how all the new dosages of my medications are going. To tell you the truth I don't feel any different. This is a good thing because I'm currently taking less medication. I found out that I can finally get in to see the specialist at the Ipswich hospital in early April. My city used to be in the Toowoomba zone, but now we have been rezoned to Ipswich, which is crazy as it is twice as far away.

I suppose I should be grateful I got in as quick as I did. I was expecting a much longer wait. I'm hoping they find nothing much and it's all an easy fix.

I'm not going to dwell on it because 2½ months is a hell of a long time to worry about something, even though in some ways the time is just going to fly by. At least I should have everything all hopefully sorted out before my daughter gets married and has her baby (whichever comes first). We could take bets as to whether they happen on the same day. She goes for a scan on January 28th that will hopefully tell her when she is actually due... So far they have given her three different possible dates.

Need I say more?

I borrowed this from someone on Facebook. Not that I'm dissing Ross in any way, cause he was kind of my favourite friend... but all you authors out there know what I'm talking about. Seriously though, most of us would be happy if one of our stories even read like an episode of friends.

Back to writing.

My fingers are starting to ache the more I write. Anyone got any good remedies to help with that? I know it's more than likely arthritis. and it's not exactly painful yet, more of a dull ache. It's going to get worse in winter for sure. 

I've been rethinking my writing schedule... not the amount, but the order in which I want to write them.  I'll know better once I finish the three I'm currently working on.

I still haven't heard back from my editor at MLRPress, so I emailed her again to find out why the hold-up? I'll let you all know as soon as I hear anything. I was supposed to start 1st edits mid-December, I guess she needed more time with them. I may have made a big mistake in The Lines of Marsden 4: The Trail of Red Roses... This is me we're talking about→ we all know it's a big possibility because I suck at punctuation. Somedays I pity my editors. I hope she isn't sick.

Anyway. when I figure out which way I'm going to go with my schedule I'll fill you all in. I had it all set out in my head and then this morning everything changed, and by next month it could all change again. I may just have to take it one month at a time and keep updating you as I go along.

Grandkids, gotta love them.

Yes, that evil little grin was an omen as to how our shopping day was going to pan out. I know I am to blame for some of it as agreed to let her go into the PJ Mask adventure playground they had at the shopping mall (it's still school holidays here in Australia). I just didn't understand how much of a fight a 22-month-old little girl could put up when it was time to leave said adventure playground and finish our shopping.

Oh My God. She screamed from one end of the mall to the other. Not only that... she kept trying to throw herself out of the trolley to get back to the adventure playground. If Emily could have run off and left me with Grace I bet she would have.

I got gypped I tells you. $9 later Grace finally stops crying when she has  PJ Mask ball and a PJ Mask colouring book. $9 well spent in my opinion→ way cheaper than the shoes she was crying for. Am I teaching her bad habits? Probably. Would I do it again? In a heartbeat. I have never heard anything like it, and once upon a time, I worked in childcare. 

Though next time they have something like that at the mall, I'm staying well clear of it or letting her parents take her. For starters, she was too little to be in there with the other kids and they kept knocking her down. And for the number of kids in there, there were only about three things to play on, so it was a disaster from the start.