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Venus Bay

06/11/2011 Joh gratitude, random

Went for a drive to Venus Bay today. I haven’t been there for a very long time and it is nothing like I remembered it. in fact I don’t think I’ve ever actually been there before because what I remember as Venus Bay is non existent at the place I went to. It’s not just about development but major landscape. I wonder where the place formerly labelled Venus Bay in my mind is?

There are many places like that between Inverloch and the Prom. I don’t go to the beaches often enough and either they change or I must have mislabeled them in my mind. I can never remember the Walkerville beach I like. There are two and they are quite different. I went to Shallow Inlet one day thinking it was something totally different and was really disappointed. Ah well. I like the name Venus Bay. It suggests beauty. When we looked in the real estate agent window there were lots of astro sounding street names like Jupiter St etc. Clearly the person who named the place was into astrology or at least astronomy.

Darin and I had a rare day without work or plans. We enjoyed the warm weather this weekend, although it was cooler there.

 

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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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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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I’m a Believer by Jessica Adams

26/07/2011 Joh reading

I loved this book. Jessica Adams writes contemporary books that have characters I can identify with. She grapples with the questions of life, death and life after death in this one. The main character is a science teacher. His girlfriend dies and whilst feeling there can’t be a higher being because life’s not treating him well, he experiences conversations with her that convince him of life hereafter. Lot’s happens to reveal more than meets the eye. I enjoyed many of the descriptions about life as a teacher and the types of dilemmas teachers grapple with.
I enjoy her writing. This is the second of her novels I’ve read and I relate to the characters, the questions and the resolutions.
I’m a Believer covers much ground.

Now that Darin has returned to being a chef and I am basically keeping school hours, I have more time to read. We are adjusting to our new routines. I still feel like there is something that I would prefer to be doing but I’m not sure what it is yet. In the meantime, I’m enjoying school and finding CRT work is plentiful and satifying for now.

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Full Moon in Sagittarius – Total Lunar Eclipse – 16th June 2011

15/06/2011 Joh astrology, Business, learn, love, work

This full moon eclipse is in my sun sign. I have always loved it. The rest of my chart is pretty earthy and watery, so this fire sign gives me the passion and courage to do a lot of things I wouldn’t without it. When I first began learning about astrology, I identified totally with Sagittarius and it didn’t bother me a bit! I loved most of the attributes. Read Mystic Medusa’s take on Haute Sagittarius – Low Sagittarius. I can identify with the good and the bad.

I keep reading that eclipses are nothing to fear, it’s just a time of opening and closing doors. One of the astrologers I ‘like’ on facebook Astrosparkles has written a great note about this eclipse : Getting to the truth (or heart) of the matter. It covers all the essentials you will need to decipher how this eclipse could play out for you.

Tonight Darin is at his ‘Men’s Cooking Class’ he has been teaching at the Neighbourhood House. This week has been quite intense business wise. We have some pressure and decisions we need to make about our lease and we are looking at ways to expand and as always with a business there are many different ways to go and choosing one and committing to it requires head miles. I am enjoying this time alone to think. It’s been an interesting week and all kinds of information has come to me in interesting ways. I certainly know I am alive right now:).

I was a CRT today. I can’t call it teaching because it is a shell of what a teacher does. It’s actually relaxing (sorry to any teachers reading this). I guess it is like that because my heart is not invested in it. I am in and out. I don’t get too involved. My skill level at teaching has more than advanced the ability to manage a class of students, dish out work from their regular teacher, and support that work to be completed in the class. The ease sometimes makes me wonder what the hell I am doing slugging it out in a small business. I guess I am a sucker for a learning curve. That’s not to say I couldn’t learn more as a teacher, but I felt frustrated in that system. I liked the people and the school I worked for. I just don’t believe in that education system anymore. There are a lot of Sagittarian themes right there in that paragraph!

Anyway I will leave you with a quote from another blog I’ve started reading from the post ‘More About The Sagittarius Lunar Eclipse’

“Yes” is the Sagittarian motto. Sagittarius is possibility, options, hope, faith, trust, luck and chocolate (I lied about the last one….chocolate is actually ruled by Venus). Still, you get the idea. Sagittarius is a sign that brims with happiness.

Eclipses have an intimidating reputation but they are really just open doors. And tomorrow the door should open onto something really nice.

and whether or not it is sensible, that is exactly how I feel tonight.

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Laptop down again

05/06/2011 Joh random

My laptop is not working again. Darin’s laptop still has some of the customisation from the last bout of no laptop in April. Thank goodness he is a sharer:). This is the third time this year and it is no longer under warantee. I have never before had a laptop that has given me such trouble. It’s very inconvenient and I think I will get something different next time.

We’ve had a pretty lazy Sunday, which is rare and nice.

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It’s back!

29/04/2011 Joh Business, home, learn, work

The laptop returned yesterday. There is much to do! I am doing it all differently now. I have pruned subscriptions and am reducing the online activity to things that are consistently important to me. I don’t seem to have the time to wade through ‘randomly interesting’ lately. I have created a group on facebook whose status I read and the remainder … well they are still friends, but I probably don’t need to know what they choose to share about themselves. The last couple of years many more of my friends have got online, so I think I’ve had an increase in online activity that has made less space for others.

There are also more financial and administrative activities online now. I’ve been amazed at how many bills I’ve muddled up without the records on my computer and the passwords to access different accounts. I hope this time my laptop is going to be more stable but I also think I’m going to be smarter about managing it all and backing up the things I really need.

It’s also now that I finally get around to reorganising my space for winter. I like the rearrangement of our lounge room and fortunately the kids did too when they arrived tonight. They were quite excited by it.

We have a busy couple of weeks ahead and the business is gathering speed (fortunately!). Darin made the most delicious Whiting today it was simply coated in seasoned flour, pan fried with a lemon sauce. It was simple and delicious. He asked me to taste it and usually I just have a bite, but I gobbled the whole fillet, cause it was amazing. It sold out pretty quickly and those who dined in also raved about it (so it’s not just my bias;)). I think he works better when I leave him to it. I was teaching yesterday and this morning after setting up I came home to do some book work. I reckon we muck around too much and get distracted sometimes, which is fun, but we really need to meet more of our targets so I think I might leave him to his own devices a bit more often:).

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Blogging Holiday

13/04/2011 Joh blogging, family, gratitude, home

I’m having a bit of a break from blogging because I don’t have my laptop right now, so my time online is minimal. I expect it will be back before Easter, so it won’t be for long. I’m spending very little time online right now, just checking email, making payments for the business, updating ‘The Butchers Dog’ facebook page and the bare minimum really. I’m using my phone to check all my email accounts and feeds and when I get online I only follow up the important things. I am reading heaps more and my house is in much better order than it’s been for a while.

We are having Darin’s children overnight tonight because they are on school holidays and it’s an opportunity for us to spend more time with them. That is one of the primary purposes of creating our business, so it’s great that we can take it up. Asha is also coming for dinner. We are having Roast Pork!

 I have this little snippet of time when the house is quiet and Darin’s laptop is free. I’m not complaining though, he’s very generous with his laptop and not on it half as much as I used to spend on mine. I think that will change now that I’ve had this break. It’s helped me to become aware of some of the time I waste online doing unecessary but time filling things.

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Super Fudge by Judy Blume

01/04/2011 Joh family, gratitude, home, love, reading

This is the first chapter book I had read aloud to me in such a long time:-). Darin has been phoning his son each weeknight and reading a chapter from the book to him on the phone. It is one of my favourite times of the day. I absolutely love the whole idea of father/son bonding over a book, as a mother and a teacher. It’s such a great way for them to stay in touch. I recommend it for separated parents.

The story as it turns out is perfect because J (9) has just got a new brother. In the novel, the central character’s mum has just brought a new sister into the house and his younger sibling, Fudge, is not enjoying it. It’s really very funny and I’m sure there are things J can identify with. We didn’t plan it like that, J recommended the book as they were reading it at school, but  it has worked out really well. I’m really enjoying the story and it’s a series of books, so there are more to look forward to.

The good thing is tonight the kids are here! I love watching Darin with his children. He is such a patient and loving father. It’s beautiful to be around.

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A Day in the Kitchen

22/03/2011 Joh Business, food, gratitude, learn

Today I felt like I was on the set of ‘The Iron Chef’. Last week, Will from the fishing shop across the road brought some Garfish he’d caught in for Darin to cook for his lunch. Darin did a great job and made 4 dishes from the fish. Will was rapt! So much so, he must have told his fishing mates.

This morning a guy came in and asked if Darin could cook his catch for him and three of his mates. We agreed and he dropped the fish in at 12.00, and planned to return at 1.00 for his feed. Darin served them crumbed, tempura battered and whole pan fried. He made an amazing seafood risotto to go with it with prawns, calamari and lemon rind. It was delicious. It was all presented simply, and looked beautiful. I wish I’d taken a photo of the food and the smiles on the men’s faces. I think the guys were quite impressed. They rained praise on him. When the fisherman came to pay he pulled 3 times the amount we agreed to charge him and I think he was pleasantly surprised at the price and purchased some lamb ribs and veges to take home for dinner.

Work is like a daily live performance. You only get that one chance to get it right. I love the push of putting it all together before we open the doors. I am learning so much. Every day I learn more and the learning is not just information, but how to do things, like chopping fast. Not that I can yet, but I’m getting there. Now I’ve been shown how to hold things and stabilise everything, it’s no wonder my chopping has been so poor in the past. I didn’t have a clue. The greatest thing about it all is there is so much more to learn:-).

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