Turning the lights off!

Anyone living in this great Colony for any given length of time will know just how bright it gets in Oz! The sun seems to be brighter and all colours are just so intense. Mother Nature has also been kind over the last few days and dried up most of the rain so its all sparkly and warm.
But our fair land has its share of local visitors who have come out of their shelters to enjoy the sunshine too...as can be seen by the creature in the bucket...

This character was plucked from the yard of my sister  in law in suburban Charlestown - Newcastle.
I am not sure what sort of snake it is...but I really dont want to know either. I think if I had stumbled across this beast I would have filled my lady's pantaloons!!!!
The snake has been disposed of carefully.
Lets also turn down the lights for an hour tonight as we "turn off" for EARTH HOUR  - - for most people around the world having no electricity is the norm.

Does this hair make me look fat??

Well it is now the day after the weekend of the WORLDS GREATEST SHAVE and I am now offically very near bald. Not quite as I would not let my husband shave me down to the bare skin - I have just left a very short covering - after all I am in the colonies and I am sure that I am reverting back to the old convict style of haircut whereby only the worst offending women would have thier heads shaven...so I have lost my status!!!!!

But I did manage to get to my goal which was $1000..if fact I have scored a little more. The total amount still to come I believe I have about $1300.SO this little Lady is well pleased. Now to find a good hat!

And its now so close!

Its this weekend - yes in just a few days I will be shaving my hair off for the Worlds Greatest Shave Fundrasier.
I know that it may not be becoming for a LADY to have a shaven head...but it is for a good cause.
If I go back into the early history of the colony I am reminded that only the wrost offending women had their heads shaven as punishment for the dasterdly deeds that they committed while here.
The Governors of the day decided to really make an example of the poor women who were forced to leave their families and incarcerated to serve out their sentences in the far off land of Australia. So heads wee shaven and sometimes a collar of metal with a chain was also worn around the neck by the poor sods that transgressed against the rules of the day.
Women upon arrival were usually placed in some sort of refractory for women where they had to work very hard and then if they were lucky might be sold off to a local lad who was granted some free hold land and needed a good wife to take care of the household. Joy!
So I will pay homage not only to those whose hair falls out due to cancer and treatment that is required for a cure but also to those lovely strumpets who graced our shores 200 years ago and were treated no better than cattle.

The Colonies are sinking!

It has not stopped raining since December. Usually in the stinking hot Colonies in summer it is... stinking hot! But this year we have had month after month of rain. Each day the news shows us another poor township succumbing to the flood waters that seems to be spreading their tentacles wider and wider. I feel for those going through it the first time and those that have just gotten back on their feet ot have it happen again - my own parents lost eveything in the great 1955 flood in our own region and I still hold on to some old family photos that are encased in the mud that covered everything during that awful event.
Mother nature can be a bitch as she reclaims her right to rule this planet. As much as we need the water we now have too much and many people are suffering from their huge losses and also losses to their businesses - our local toruism industry has taken a beating. I know this personally with having to cancel a number of my tours over the last few weeks due to the rains.What can you do.Just sit and wait it out.

I have not been idle!

What happens when a partnership finds it best to split and move on?
Its time to pack up all the crazy shit that has been stored for a very long time and haul arse out of there!
This is true in relationships and in business.
In business when you are in a partnership you may as well be married as you end up seeing more of your partner then you would your very own husband or wife.
So, this week I am packing the remnants of a two year parntership to move forward for the benefit of both of us.
The bottom line is people change.
Our wants, needs and desires change.
This is one thing that is guaranteed.
And so we changed too.
Life got in the way - many tragedies and life's little trials and tribulations.
Now I have to pack half an office full of junk into a very small house with no storage space.
Most of it sits in the hallway as I think of places where I can stack it.
Heaven help me -  the place looks disgusting.
I dont think I am going to be very successful and I need to buy another house to store all of this excess shite!
So I have not been idle.
I am very busy - this is no work for a Lady!!!!