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The Dentist

16/11/2011 Joh health

Last night I went to the dentist. A small piece of my filling had broken. I wasn’t in pain. I feel really mature because usually I wait until they hurt. Once a small piece breaks, the filling often disintegrates. I decided to be proactive.

I booked in to another dentist that I met before when I was in the shop. He came and got his lunch most days and had a lovely personality. He works at the same place as my regular dentist, but she was booked out for ages.

I took my iPod and listened to ‘Florence and the Machine’ and I didn’t suffer too much at all. It’s over now and my bite feels more comfortable than it did before. I think the previous filling hadn’t been fitted as well to my bite.

I still hate that numbness though!

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I Fixed it Myself

03/11/2011 Joh blogging, gratitude, health

Joh Blogs broke last night. I am not sure what happened. I really don’t understand it all that much. I had a sore throat last night and went to bed straight after work. This morning I noticed it was still broken. I emailed someone I thought could and therefore would fix it, this morning.

When I came home from work it still wasn’t fixed, so I downloaded the ftp program and deleted the file mentioned in the error message. It worked! My throat also feels a lot better after sleeping about 6 extra hours than normal last night.

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New Moon in Libra – Tuesday 27th September 2011

27/09/2011 Joh astrology, friends, gratitude, health

I’ve taken the dark moon prescription and rested. Mystic Medusa had some classic posts (Your Dark Moon on Speed) about the dark moon.

I’ve had shingles. The Friday before the holidays I came home from school and started to feel the painful tingle in my face and noticed some red lumps had formed along my jaw up to my ear. Darin was returning from a brief visit to Sydney and I was excited about him coming home. I missed him.  I spent most of my time in the last week in bed. I have slept a lot, sooked a bit and been well looked after. He’s been cooking me healthy meals and taking care of the things I couldn’t as well as just being there for me in lots of small ways.  I missed my friend’s wedding. I felt very sorry for myself. Today I feel better.

Libra is a sign of balance and relationship. Venus the planet of beauty and abundance rules Libra (along with Taurus). One of my close friends, Wilma is Libran and has excellent taste and communication skills you would associate with one. We were in business together in ‘Unique Furnishings’ and ‘Total Vision’ both soft furnishings/interior decorating businesses. It was a fun and social time of my life.

Wilma’s daughter got married on Friday and although I couldn’t go, I know it would have been beautiful. I have known Dallis since she was 3 and Nathan is a worthy man for her. When I met Nathan I felt comfortable and I liked him. It was instantly fun in their space.

Some articles I’ve read about this new moon :

Lynda Hill’s Sabian Symbols: Getting Straight and Getting the Message, September’s Libran New Moon

Ruby Slipper: Sun, Mercury and New Moon in Libra: The Fight to Stay Balanced

And a post about making a new moon wish:
Kelly Surtees: New Moon Wishing

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RUOK Day

14/09/2011 Joh gratitude, health, love, random, relationships

Tomorrow is RUOK day. A good thing to contemplate. There has been some publicity from what I’ve read online. I am yet to watch Australian Story . It’s about Gavin Larkin, the instigator of RUOK day.  Perhaps I really should before writing this, but I haven’t had time.

When I first heard of this ‘day’ I took to it straight away. I fully believe that we need to talk to one another more. I am happy to promote talking to one another and asking ‘Are you ok?’ to all the people we come across. In the spirit of this day, it’s a good thing to do.

I have been blessed with a family that sits around the table talking, arguing sometimes but always discussing what happening in our lives. Whenever I have a really big issue in my life I find myself at my parents table chewing over the ins and outs of what’s going on for me. I understand now, not everyone has that luxury. We need our family of choice… friends, work mates, sport mates, extended family, family of choice, whoever you can find to share your life with.

I, like many of my readers possibly, have known people who have taken their own lives. I have never understood why, but I like to think they knew I cared. I am 100% sure their partners, friends, children and all the people they shared their lives with cared.

I read this post and I can relate to the first paragraphs so well. Sometimes we can’t talk to just anyone. Sometimes we need someone close, who knows us. I hope expressing how we feel, writing, talking, photographing, sharing in any way, helps.

I believe we all need to talk to someone at times. As a teacher I have often been surprised how just listening, without interupting, without advice, without judgement … has made a difference. I have been lucky in my life that I have known so many good listeners.

One of the many things I love about Darin is that he often asks ‘Are you Ok?’. When he sees the expressions on my face that I’m worried, I’m tense, I’m sad, I’m stressed or even unhappy looking, he asks. He doesn’t avoid the heat that may come. He asks. He notices my tones on the phone even. I love that about him.

So I guess what I’m trying to say is be kind to one another.

 

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Full Day Off

09/09/2011 Joh family, food, gratitude, health, learn, music

Today I didn’t work because I had a job interview booked for the middle of the day. It was a phone interview and didn’t take that long but scheduled smack in the middle of period 2 for all the schools I work at so I couldn’t work. I think it went ok.

I got to watch Darin’s kids play percussion at the Eisteddfod this morning. They were so cute. Primary students bubbling away with excitement, playing their xylophones, triangles and drums. Any kind of music ensemble is impressive to me. They all did so well. The looks of concentration on some of the students faces reminded me what educational experiences are all about.

Darin and I walked down the street in the cold today after my interview. It’s been sunny for a while here and we’ve walked down the street and shopped for dinner ingredients most days in the last two weeks. Today was a real test though because I could feel the icy air the minute I stepped outside. I enjoy walking through the park to the street every day. I feel more connected to my community. You see more and connect with people walking through the park. Cruising the car park looking for a free space is no substitute.

This afternoon I had attempt number 3 at cooking macarons. I tried a different recipe and applied a few things I’d learnt from last time and they were better, but only one out of the 20 odd was near to looking how I want them to and the taste wasn’t as good as last time. I have a few new theories to apply to my next attempt though. I also had a go at making nougat. It’s not that good because I don’t think I cooked the toffee part long enough and it’s too soft. It tastes ok though. I just realised today that these are both gluten-free.

I enjoyed phone conversations with my sister, son and daughter today, nice long chats, not rushed ones.

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Deep Tissue Massage

05/09/2011 Joh family, gratitude, health, home

On the weekend I had a massage that hurt. It was a deep tissue massage and I haven’t had one for over 10 years. This was my second visit to this therapist and I think she was gentle with me the first time, but this time, because I was in a better place… she went for it!

She had told me both times that I was really tired, exhausted in fact. I was quite flippant about it, thinking ‘no more than usual’. I have slept more in the past three days than I have for a long time. I just haven’t been able to stay awake. I feel very refreshed and alive though after each lengthy nap and full night’s sleep.

I honestly didn’t realise I was so tired.

The good thing is that the times I haven’t been napping I have achieved plenty because I feel energetic and refreshed. I have been for a walk every day except today cause I was helping Asha move house, not that I did much, but I was in and out a bit. My home is clean and orderly and I’ve shifted a bit of ‘stuff’. Darin has made a start on our vegetable garden, so I’m excited about that.

Asha’s new place is wonderful. It is perfect for them and it’s close to town (which is my main criteria for a home), and freshly renovated. I’ve just returned from dropping dinner off to them. They are sitting happily among a pile of boxes.

The warm, sunny weather has amazed and I’m booked to work for the next three days now the forecast has returned to cool and rainy. Life is good.

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Stand Up Straight

09/08/2011 Joh gratitude, health

I went to a new masseur on the weekend. She has a spiritual bent and was perfect for me right now. We had a big chat before I got on the table and it was great to unload a pile of things I’ve been grinding away internally about. She is also extremely reasonably priced and the space is heaven. I need a beautiful space to relax in. I need soothing smells, lighting, sounds and classy decor. Clinical doesn’t do it for me, nor does the latest fashion or imitation of every new age space I’ve been in. This space was amazing, beautiful original art, an impressive bookshelf, lots of texture and most of all very individual.

 I couldn’t believe my luck to be honest because I haven’t been taking care of my physical self lately due to lack of finances. She highlighted a few things that I’d said that probably weren’t working for me as a good counsellor would and I’m working on them.

Along the lines of taking better care of myself I’ve been noticing the things that feel better for me. All the simple things that I’ve worked out over the years of trying lots of stuff. I’ve stopped setting all these big goals and to do lists for myself. I’m out of emergency functioning and ready for the next phase. I think I am stuck in ‘I don’t know’ because I keep filling every space with things to do and haven’t given myself much time to work out what I really want right now.

I’ve been journalling daily in my private journal if not on my blog. I’ve been drinking plenty of water. I’ve been noticing my breathing. I’ve been standing up straight and letting go of scrunched up shoulders and enjoying that relief. I’ve been going to bed earlier. I’ve been using my essential oils and eating good food. I’m feeling a lot better.

Most of those things I knew worked for me, but I’ve just let them go. Standing up straight though is a new realisation. I remember my best friends mum Gail used to say to us ‘stand up straight’ and as teenagers we’d groan, but she was right. I often think of all the wonderful things Gail taught me and simply standing up straight is one of them. It’s also been great for times when I’m not feeling too confident yet want to look like I am;-). I’ve been doing it for a while really, but I must add it to my list of ways to pick myself up!

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The Young Ones on ABC

05/07/2011 Joh health


This documentary was extraordinary. Another great example of the power of thought. If you didn’t see it and can catch it tomorrow, I would recommend it. It’s time we redecorated Aged Care Facilities, what do you think?

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What I’ve been up to…

23/05/2011 Joh health

16 Things You Didn't Know About Sleep
Via: Psychology Degree

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All Quiet except for the coughs

22/05/2011 Joh Business, food, health

When I first started teaching I would get a cold every school holidays. This weekend I think I experienced the same thing. It feels like I save it up for when I have time to have a cold. So I’ve been coughing and resting and reading. I was just saying to someone recently that it is much healthier to work in the food industry than in a school, cause I hadn’t been sick at all since I started. I put it down to the continual hand washing we do. I’ve done a couple of CRT days recently and a couple of my friends have had colds, so it got me in the end!

I have finished our business plan too. We had made a good start on it much earlier, but left a few bits out. I needed to send it to someone tomorrow so I had to go over it and fix a few things up. There is a good template for business plans on the government site: Business Victoria. It was quite useful with excel spreadsheets included. There are other templates too, so if you are starting a business I would recommend it.

Darin cooked me an amazing dinner last night after I’d slept all day. I felt quite spoilt. I ate it and went back to sleep on the couch.

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