Wednesday 19 June 2013

Want A Laugh ?

OK - don't fall over everyone - I know that it is Wednesday and I don't normally post on a Wednesday but there was no way I couldn't post this.

It's no secret that life is looking up for me right now.  Even though A is away, I am coping, and coping well.  In years gone by, when A has been away, I have not been happy.  It's not that I am happy that he is away, because I'm not, but I am happy that I have not let him being away get me down. (Have I confused you yet ?)

Before, i.e. in past years, I would have really shrunk into myself, probably curled up into a ball on the couch and waited for A to come home.  I didn't have the courage to do more than go to the local shopping centre to get the groceries, the library and come home again.  I certainly wouldn't have gone out to meet people I had only met online.  This has changed.  Partly because K has given me the courage to do this but also because, as I have gotten older, I have worked really hard on worrying about the things I can change and leaving alone the things I can't.  Sometimes I get it right - sometimes I don't - but I'm working on it none the less.

So - I got a little off track here (what's new I hear you say !!).  Anyway, I landed up staying a bit late at work tonight because I had a hair appointment at 6pm and there wasn't much point in going home only to have to turn around not long after getting home to leave for the hairdresser.  I stopped in at Target to get some more knickers (as you do) and then was sitting at the cafe outside, pretty much wasting time until 6pm. 

I tweeted -

kal20m : Hanging around waiting for 6pm hair appointment - what colour to choose ??? Red, caramel, blue ? (K's choice is blue !!)
thebumpiestpath : polkadots :)
kal20m : I will ask and see what she could do
thebumpiestpath : double dare

I had been sitting at the hairdresser for a while - she chats a lot and it takes her a while to get started - and my phone beeped.  Normally I wouldn't check it but as she was then looking up some charts - I checked it - this is what I found :

thebumpiestpath : Check out she has a new look!
 
 
thebumpiestpath has given me my own cover page on Celebrity magazine !!!!!

Well, I absolutely cracked up - my hairdresser nearly wet her pants she laughed so much - 5 hours later it is still making me smile !!!!  K laughed heaps when I showed her this when she got home from SES.

Thank you Jules - you made my night !!!!!  (Also made the choice of not going blonde easier - I'm thinking that it doesn't really suit my skin tone - LOL !!!)

I don't want to turn into one of those really happy people that can be so annoying - because they do annoy me sometimes when I come across them - people who I think - gosh, is there nothing wrong in your life, but, having said that, life is really good for me right now.   Yes, A is away, but it is teaching me to be more independent.  Do I miss him ? Absolutely - but I don't feel quite so much like I am missing an arm or a leg, like I used to when he was away.  Does it mean I wish he didn't work away from home ?   Absolutely - I can't wait for the work he is doing to be closer to home.  I believe that when the work up Northern Queensland is finished, they are moving down to Coffs Harbour - but I can live with that - it is certainly a lot closer than bloody Townsville !!!  Do I believe that they will work in Coffs Harbour after Northern Queensland ?  Not bloody likely - because, as we all know, the company he works for couldn't organise blah blah blah..........

We are planning a holiday to Tasmania in August - work is going well - my health is certainly on the right track - there is heaps that we have to work on for A's health but I know that we will get there, provided he is prepared to work at getting healthy.  I am going to start working on my exercise because that is the next step for me - and I am going to set realistic exercise goals.  What I used to achieve will not be used to measure what I am achieving now because this is a new exercise regime and I am going to treat it as such.

On Saturday I am meeting Judy from Australian Inspirational Women and, while we haven't met before, I just know that we are going to have a great evening.

This has been more of a rambling post that I intended it to be - what I really wanted to say was a HUGE THANK YOU to Jules from The Bumpiest Path for such a wonderful present - it really made my week !

Have the best week that YOU can !

TFTD : Life becomes a lot more fun-filled when you remove negative people from it.
(YAY for all the positive people in my life - THANK YOU !!!!)

25 comments:

  1. I had a good giggle over that picture when I saw it on twitter last night:)

    Hope you're happy with your "new hair" I always feel so much better after a hair cut.

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    1. PS - new profile picture right there!

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    2. Thank you !! Yes, it is only very subtlely different but that is how I like it. I'm not big on 'in your face' hair as I call it !!!
      No trim this time - just some caramel foils through.
      Have the best day !
      Me

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  2. Love the pic, and great to read such an awesome positive post :)

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    1. Thank you Jackie - I couldn't not share that pic - it is an absolute classic !
      Have a great week !
      Me

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  3. That picture is gold!! Loved it and I love this positive post. Good on you for being in such a great place in your life.

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    1. Thanks Ann - I thought so too !!! It's a great place to be and I am going to enjoy every minute that I am here (because I know how it can change !!!!)
      Have the best day !
      Me

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  4. Love love love!

    Way to go Jules! That cover is awesome!

    And you my dear L, are starting to shine, and I love seeing that :)

    MC x

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    1. Thank you MC - have the best week !
      Me

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  5. Thank you for not going blonde, still laughing xxx

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    1. You aren't the only one Rae - I still laugh when I think about it !
      Have the best day !
      Me

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  6. Hey Me! Thanks for that! I know we are going to have a great time together on Saturday night. Actually I don't mind the blonde on ya! LOL! Anyway, i love it when people do things like that and it make your day. I get that a lot just the littlest things can do it.

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    1. You are right - it's great how little things just make your day so much better !
      Have the best rest of the week - can't wait for Saturday !
      Me

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  7. Oh that is just priceless! So when do we get so see what the hairdresser actually did?

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    1. LOL - I would post a pic but (a) I hate having my pic taken and (b) what she did is so subtle it's really hard to see in a photo !
      Sorry !!!
      Have the best day !
      Me

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  8. Yes we need to see the new hair. So glad you are going well. My exercise regime is pretty minimal really, but I do do it and it's enough to keep the old heart ticking over.

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    1. I was going to walk after work today but my folks have asked if they can come over and have a treatment which means by the time I am finished with both of them it is too cold and too dark to go out :( - tomorrow is a new day !
      Have a good one !
      Me

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  9. Judy is lovely, you will have a great time ... love what Julie did with your pic! I'd say no to the polka dots, but that's just me ;-)

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    1. LOL - thanks Janet. Yes, I wasn't too keen on the polka dots either !!!
      Have the best day !
      Me

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    1. Thanks Gillian - cute wasn't quite the word that came to mind !!!! PMSL was more like it !!
      Have the best week !
      Me

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  11. Hey blondie, love the new 'do ;)
    You'll love Judy, she's a doll, and of course she'll love you too xx

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    1. Thank you Lisa - I know we are going to have a great time !
      Have the best weekend.
      Me

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  12. Haha, oh man, that was hilarious. What a great idea!

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    1. It is a great idea, isn't it ? And a great way for me to see what I would look like as a blonde !!!!! (never going to happen now !!)
      Have a great evening !
      Me

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