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22.01.2022 I hope some of you guys took time to read the SPOON THEORY I posted a couple of days ago - if not, please take the time to read it. I feel like this often. On a bad day, I wake up and roll over and one spoon is gone, I pull back the doona and swing my feet over the edge of the bed and another spoon is gone, to sit up is another spoon and then standing up and putting pressure on my feet is another spoon (if not two) gone. Two steps get me to my "tablet shelf" where I swallow a... few pain killers with a gulp of my water bottle and then fall back into bed. Another spoon gone to pull up the covers and I stay facing the way I am because that is way too many spoons gone to try rolling over. I don't always feel this way - some days - It is one spoon to get out of bed, one spoon to get to the tablets and get them down, one spoon to head to the loo, etc etc..and often after I've had my tablets - each spoon will last just that bit longer. (...and at this moment I am reminded of a superhero cartoon that swallowed a proton pill??? Who was that???) I am not writing all of this about spoons for you to pity me etc..but I would like you to understand how my body (a lupus body) works. It just runs out of puff (go, stamina, oomph, breath, energy,) so much easier than a normal body. But hey my brain still goes 100 miles an hour ;-) See more

22.01.2022 This is an update I wrote about my liver this week. I went to Melbourne this week, Monday to Wednesday. My gynie gave me quite good results with a "more than likely" for a hysterectomy in the next 12 months. And I had my MRI and results for my liver. Just a quick reminder of where I was at. 6 months ago they were investigating my stomach pain where they stumbled across my bad liver. My bloods had shown my liver was bad for over 12 months but they were putting it down to being...Continue reading

18.01.2022 I'm pondering again tonight. Wondering about how many people's online profiles are the same as their real life profile. Do people hide things from their friends? Do they expand some truths? ... I know when I first started online I was careful what I put on and I think I definitely tried to make myself appear better than I was. I know I hid my health issues for a long time from people. These last few years I have been a lot more honest and open about things. I feel God has already blessed me with more time than I was expecting and I am not so concerned about what people think but what I am. Though I also do think our online profiles should be a bit like what we show to friends coming around to visit - some things we keep private/hidden, to ourselves, some we show to some friends but ask them to keep it private (and know they will) and other things we just tell/show. The internet has changed how our lives are played out, but it shouldn't change our morals and our behaviour.

15.01.2022 My poor boys aren't themselves. Both feeling very unwell (just normal flu type stuff) no raised voices, pillow fights, speaking over each other, jumping, running, nerf guns, complaining, laughing etc etc. Whilst I might not like all that stuff, at least that's them and I know they're alive and well. They both went to bed early, at 8, with no complaining. It reminds me of when they were babies and they'd go weak with dehydration with pneumonia. You feel helpless as a mama. Yo...u try your best to help and make it better. And maybe you can do a little bit to help, but you can't fix it. You can't make them perk up and be like themselves. Be the best they can be. I remember my mum saying she hates seeing me sick sometimes and that she wishes she can fix me and make it better, but she can't. She'll do the best she can, feed me, look after the boys, take me to hospital etc etc. but she can't fix it. I guess these feelings I feel for my boys will last a life time. A mother's love is a very special love. It is so immense and intense - hard to be able to explain how encompassing it is to those who have not experienced it.

10.01.2022 The Spoon Theory by Christine Miserandino www.butyoudontlooksick.com My best friend and I were in the diner, talking. As usual, it was very late and we were eating French fries with gravy. Like normal girls our age, we spent a lot of time in the diner while in college, and most of the time we spent talking about boys, music or trivial things, that seemed very important at the time. We never got serious about anything in particular and spent most of our time laughing....Continue reading

09.01.2022 As Easter draws to a close, I find myself reflecting on the reflections of Easter. Yep - sometimes I like to go deep. At Easter time we think (or should think) about Jesus' death and his resurrection. I think about what different things I have thought about this year; the fact that it wasn't 3 days later he rose, it was on the THIRD day; about the hour of day this happened and the importance of earliness in the day (not my favourite time); about how old Jesus was when this ha...ppened (or how young he was I could say); I think about my upcoming death and how horrible stoning really was; how horrible a crown of thorns would be; about the other dead bodies which were brought back to life by Jesus' resurrection and what the people thought when they went into town - Alive! Every Easter I learn a bit more about the Easter story even though it is the same story every year. But for some reason each year different bits of it seem to be more important to me or seem to reveal themselves to me each year. I ponder now about what I have missed and what will be revealed to me next year at Easter. Will I be alive by next Easter? I could be taken by my illnesses or I could be taken by a car accident - but if this is the case, I hope I haven't missed out on something important about this story. But then I realise it doesn't matter if I have missed out on something important because the person at the centre of this story will be able to tell me that bit in person. I think about the fact that when Jesus was on the cross, the guy on the cross next to him, asked for his forgiveness and to save him and of cos He did. We only have to ask, believe, confess our sins and receive Jesus into our hearts. These words they roll off my tongue - but now I pause and read them again, wanting to find something else in them to reveal themselves to me, a new fact, or an old fact newly understood. I hope this Easter you learnt something new about the old story. See more

09.01.2022 I have some vouchers for Tenpin Bowling, Devonport. Valid until the 14th of this month each one is for up to 7 people to bowl either one game and shoe hire for $4.50 per person or 2 games for $8. This is a bargain price and a great holiday entertainer for the kids (and adults can bowl too of cos) I have 8 of these vouchers available. Let me know if you want one :-)

09.01.2022 The Bali 9 executions...my feelings to this are very confused. I am against the death penalty. I am against drugs. But - these guys did go to Bali to traffic drugs into a country which they knew the laws before hand. I just wish our government and celebrities would support all the innocent lives which are lost all around the world, domestic violence in our country, poverty all over the world, the abuse of girls and women in particular countries.... These two guys do not deserve to be killed - my belief is God will judge us, that it is not up to us humans to judge each other in such a final way. But they are almost being idolised in the way some people are preaching for them to be freed. If only we could all put so much energy into saving innocent lives, innocent girls, innocent children.... See more

09.01.2022 Endometriosis is a complex and frustrating condition that may affect as many as 1 in 10 women, yet so many people still don’t know much about it. Because endometriosis can’t be seen, friends and family can have a hard time understanding how it can have such a huge impact on a woman’s life. They also may not realize to what extent a woman is compensating as she tries to cope with this condition. Women suffering with endometriosis can deal with chronic pain and other symptoms t...Continue reading

08.01.2022 We are looking for a motivated creative person who has a passion for paleo, raw & vegan cooking an interest in healthy options... If you are that person and would like some casual work please contact Susan at cafe...

06.01.2022 Ooh dear 2 people with man flu in this house, Dad and Malachi. Micah and Mum still have sore throats too and then I still have internal bleeding from this hysterectomy. Feeling like we need a wave of health blown over us all wink emoticon Hope you've all had a great day and enjoyed the sun. Question. Do you still remember the spelling rules you learned as a child? what ones can you remember? Did you learn them by rote? or just over a period of time? Mr Piercy in Grade 5 at Penguin Primary taught me a lot of spelling rules.

05.01.2022 Being a mum can be so tough. Trying to know how to care for your children when they are sick. How much do you smother them, cater to their whims compared to teaching them to tough it out, harden up. It is a balancing act, loving them but teaching them to be independent whilst they are unwell. Our job as a mum is to teach our kids the ways of the world and the ways of God so that they can grow up to be awesome adults.... All I can picture is a see saw. On one end is me and one end is my son. When I go too close to him (the middle) he sinks to the ground, when I go too far away (to my end) he flies to high in the sky, but when I get the balancing act right (in the middle of my end of the see saw) - he also is balanced in the air - as happy as larry and one balanced child. And as he grows older and heavier I have to gradually move further back to keep him balanced.

04.01.2022 It's amazing to think that an animal like this is alive and swimming etc and tastes so good. The food chain (including us humans) is an amazing thing, when you stop and think about all the details involved in it - it blows my mind.

03.01.2022 Easy Rich Chocolate Brownie Start with 200 grams castor sugar and 250 g margarine/soft butter and cream them in your mixmaster, then add 2 blocks of chocolate (I like Cadbury's or their melts) which first you need to pulverise! I use our thermomix but you could just use a food processor. Also add a pinch of salt, teaspoon of ginger, 6 level tablespoons of cocoa and 4 heaped tablespoons of self raising flour (I use gluten free but you don't have to) Then graually add in 4 eggs.... Get some baking paper - wet it, scrunch it up, put it into a slice container, spray some oil on it and then pour in your batter. If you want to add some fruit or nuts etc now is the time to sprinkle them on top. Cook at 200 for about 25 minutes. Cooks quicker the larger container you have (shallower brownies). I like to chop up some cherries and add in. These are very rich but very decadent and if you use dark chocolate they are even more so. Sorry the pic isn't too good but these were just some of the last pieces left.