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Tamarama

www.888dag.comGreat walk from Bondi to Tamarama this morning-fab weather-spring is very close now! car boot sale on way home and didnt get tempted to buy anyone else's trash this time!

Friday

www.888dag.com Busy week-so glad Friday is here-off for coffee first so I can then face Friday with fun filled expectation!

brush with olympic fame

www.888dag.com At work on monday met a guy whose brother's girl friend is an Olympic swimmer-Sophie Eddington-she missed out on the final by a fingertip it seems-how exciting to be so close to an Olympian-one degree of separation!

family BBQ

www.888dag.comSunday BBQ with the family and extended family and granddaughter was wonderful-can't believe how captivating it is to see how she learns and giggles and engages us all!

Chocolate

www.888dag.comHad a lovely time with blogger friends this morning then a really weird meeting-two people with conspiracy theories about missing money and their family-only way I was able to cope was downing a whole bar of chocolate after I shooed them away! It worked! I have been able to erase their ikky comments from my world!

Spirit of the Bash Outright Winners

www.888dag.com Weekend away down at Batemans Bay with all the "Bashers" was great-and I was there to see my "man" and his cuz win the democratic vote as best Bashers for having the spirit of the Bash (voted in by over 300 people). I was included in the celebrations as the woman behind the men aka "seamstress extraordinaire". It was great to bask in their glory! Now we have to make next year's even more fabulous!!!

walked to city this morning

www.888dag.com Lovely weather and good exercise-finished my costume for tomorrow's Bash finale-off to Batemans Bay to meet them all and hear all their tales-should be fun!

Michael Phelps

888DAG.com>>>> Heard a great line on radio this morning about the amazing Michael Phelps-"if he was a country he'd be coming fifth on the medal tally".

grey hair rules!

888DAG.com>>>>Saw mature lady at fruit shop today with the most gorgeous natural grey hair-I was amazed to see someone proud of her grey gorgeous locks rather than trying to camouflage it. I was compelled to go over to her and tell her what great hair colour she had and how impressed I was to see her "au naturelle". She made my day and I hope I made hers.....

the plan worked

888DAG.com>>>> the courier guy took the part to the car and the car got fixed-breathe breathe breathe-anything is possible-saw my beautiful Granddaughter tonight too-melting moments! 888

trip to Normanhurst

888DAG.com>>>> Trusty Tom Tom got me to Normanhurst to the MG Sports Parts place to pick up a cylinder head gasket for the Bash car which is sick. Took me through all the lovely tunnels with hardly a stop there or back for a traffic jam-impressive! "You have reached your destination dahling" -love my Ab Fab Patsy as the voice directing me! Then with help from Jody at the Variety Club Bash Office I located someone who is flying down to Melbourne tomorrow to perform at the Bash to be the courier for the gasket so that the car can get fixed....no real courier company could "guarantee" it would get there overnight- so I am hoping my way will all hang together and the plan will become actuality-tomorrow will tell...

City to Surf

888DAG.com>>>>Walked down to Bondi Beach this morning to watch the first few runners make it to the end-it was pretty chilly standing around but interesting to watch all the different styles of runners-some with lovely fluid motions , some shuffling, some rhythmic, some jolting -not quite sure why it is called a "fun run" for those who made it to the finish within the hour and there wasn't much "fun" showing on their faces! Lots of grim determination! I think the "fun" comes from those in silly clothes-actually saw one guy in full business suit with mobile phone to his ear run through within 70 minutes-now that is commitment! Then slobbed out at home and watched our first gold medal in the pool-excellent! At least the Australian Anthem played all the way through-the gremlins were with the Americans.

shoes

888DAG.com>>>>My shoe gripe follows: had an hour to spare shopping today so went to local mall to check out shoes-each time I go I get so frustrated-why oh why are all the shoes sizes hidden in different spots on the shoes-why cant there be some standardised format ie on the sole showing the size (and dont get me started on size info-am I a size 8 and a half or 39 or 40!!!). I peer at the heel, under the front flap, on the strap, under the shoe, inside the shoe.....trying to see if the pair I like are my size! And if I can actually find the size inside the heel it is usually stamped in gold and hard to read even with my glasses on my mature eyes. Please Please Me (apologies to the Beatles) -stamp the size on the sole-so much easier when it is there!

888 Launch

888DAG.com>>>>It was amazing-been looking at the fantastic DAG videos and laughing-checked out the Doggy Day Care one and it is so interesting to see as soon as one dog gets petted all the others rush over for the same treatment! Social animals just like us!

888 day

888DAG.com>>>>Today is the launch day DAG oh and the Oympics too!

Variety Club Bash

888DAG.com>>>>At 5am the alarm got us all up-headed off at 6:15am to the start of the Bash in Blacktown-my wonderful TomTom got us there without any wrong turns-I was driving the support vehicle with the UKTV giveaways-arrived at the start around 7am and by 7:45am lots of kids big and small were clutching the UKTV bags with big grins on their faces. The line of UKTV ducks on the spoiler of the Bash Car was a big hit with all-whether it helps the car go faster will be an added bonus! The hundred or so cars left one by one at 8 30am with Vince Sorrenti doing the MC role-excellently. Spotted many strangely attired people including:-Elvis', Cowgirls with one of the girl's mum decked out in cow skins and proudly proclaiming she was the "old cow"of the gang, pandas, policemen, Ned Kelly's , Men at Work, Shrek and his missus, 60s Cadillac with rock and rollers,noisy fire engines and many many more. Noise noise noise as they had their music blaring out their signature tunes all in competition with each other as they followed each other round the car park to the start. By 9 30am the last of the cars had departed and the gorgeous Lara the blind 10 year old songstress had brought the house down with her rendition of Advance Australia Fair!
Each day at 930am on Channel 7 there should be an update on where they all are and what the Bashers are up to.. Now I have time to tidy up the house and relax......

pomegranate for the pommy gran 8

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how to look good naked

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When watching Pay TV "How To Look Good Naked" show with the lovely Gok-the interesting aspect is that when a line of women is shown to the lady who hates part of her body she always places herself at the fatter end of the line whereas in reality she is usually at the slimmer end of the line. That becomes the "light bulb" moment when she realises her view of her body is completely incorrect. We all view ourselves in isolation and when we appreciate the uniqueness of others and accept them as they are we can then accept ourselves-with any wobbly bits, lines, imperfections etc

enough rope

***888DAG***just watched andrew denton's enough rope-there was a song at the end called "just be yourself everyone else is taken" apt indeed!

sunday 3rd 0808

Packing nearly done and last minute alterations to costumes on track-the Bash starts on Thursday so excitement is building ....and 080808 is nearly here too-its all happening-need to find time for work! Didnt even get time for coffee at Onyx today-tomorrow definitely!

windy day in sydney town

Nearly got blown off feet tramping round the city today-lots of people wearing black-talking on mobiles or listening to music on headphones-not too much interaction from them but lots of noise from traffic and the wind! phew! made it back home in the cold air tucking my coat around me. Met a grandma and her grown up granddaughter for work and the grandma treats the granddaughter like she is still 5 years old-note to self-remember not to go down this track with mine!