Scanning queen

www.888dag.com Love the new scanner-mountains of files are disappearing from my storage boxes and I feel lighter to be rid of the paper trails....computer backup is so much more satisfying and quicker!

Xmas phone call to UK

www.888dag.com Just had a lovely xmas chat with my special friend Antje-gave her strict instructions to get onto Facebook and check out The Wiggles-lets see if she sticks to her New Year's Resolution and joins the instant communication network

Tal Wilkenfeld

www.888dag.com Saw an article in the SMH about bass player Tal Wilkenfeld-found some stuff on youtube about her-my brush with fame is that I taught her when she was 5....she wasnt playing any music then from memory...and her name was Talia

TOYS'R'US

www.888dag.comOff to see granddaughter this arvo at Toys'R'us store-so looking forward to seeing her and her mum...

Turn Me On Design

www.888dag.com They did some fabulous braille jewellery-launched yesterday at MTV gallery in Yurong Street-a blind girl was feeling along the silver necklace to read what was written and then said what is "TMOD" to which the reply was "Our logo- Turn Me On Design"....

nearly got parking ticket

www.888dag.com Parked on the street in two hour zone and forgot to move it at 10am-rushed back at 11:20am thinking that a horrible ticket would be sitting on my windscreen -but "no"-lucky me the parking police were nowhere to be seen....I have now learned my lesson-thankfully without any cost-only park in a zone with no restrictions!

too too hot

www.888dag.com Am melting at my desk....must get better organised for the heat...it arrives with such force!

If we win Lotto this week

www.888dag.com I will retire! Last week had a bit of a brain explosion and spent Thursday stressing out about information I needed to receive and send by noon that day. Got information by 3pm and then realised I only needed it by noon the next day! Luckily all the stressing out on Thursday was invaluable because on Friday after returning home from morning coffee a geyser of gas was shooting up in our front yard and we were forbidden from entering until 3pm because of possibility of gas explosion-weird eh?

exploding gas pipe

www.888dag.com Hot Friday got hotter when men digging up concrete in front area to fix water leak ruptured gas pipe positioned much too near the surface....took a variety of workmen over four hours to fix it (partially) before we could get back into our house-watching a plume of gas belching upwards in our front yard was scary-spent too many hours walking around in the hot sun and worrying about faxes needing to be sent...thank goodness for a cooling ale at the pub to get the body and mind relaxed....

fingernails and toenails

www.888dag.com Years ago there were no multiple venues for having your toenails and fingernails attended to by hoards of girls in brightly coloured uniforms while you sit in a comfy looking chair.....just wondering why? and as I walk past these establishments now the numbers of women sitting in those chairs seems to be dwindling-is this a real sign of the financial crisis?

amazing recycled haute couture

www.888dag.com Found on my weekly "fix" of charity shop rummaging a truly amazing floor length golden gown with stiff petticoat and train-all for $10-now that will turn into a stunning costume for someone....

dog in pushchair

www.888dag.com Walked round park this morning-two women passed me by-one was walking along one with her dog on lead and the other was pushing a pushchair-her dog was sitting in the pushchair!!!

Top Gear Australia

www.888dag.com Three hours of standing around-retakes, fluffed lines, clapping, more clapping, poor sound, hot lights, make up girl dabbing presenters faces with powder, loads of people, one presenter looking very uncomfortable and trying to remember his lines, other two much more at ease-interesting to see the hoards of "crew" needed, miles of cables, equipment overload, cameras and people with important looking headsets...not a patch on the real Top Gear.....an experience but not one to be repeated!

off to Top Gear Australia taping session

www.888dag.com Very shortly...two and a half hours anticipated time at the taping-wonder if it will be fun and exciting or boring just standing around looking interested? watch this space....

seminar for older people

www.888dag.com Contributed to seminar on Wills, Powers of Attorney, Enduring Guardianship and Living Wills this morning. 30 or so mainly greying people with all their mental facilities-even one man who swims and goes the gym every day....probably in his late 70s and he looked fitter than we the speakers!

walking and thinking time

www.888dag.com Walked round Centennial Park this morning-used the time to think through work stuff-I seemed to be the only person not tuned into the headphones...just wondering if people have any quiet thinking time these days as they exercise or is it all music music music?

Here comes de judge

www.888dag.com Met the judge today in East Sydney as he was off to lunch with the Senior Counsel-one degree of separation from the wheels of justice...as the cappucino greases those wheels..

mislaid a file

www.888dag.com Then it just appeared where it should have been even after I had searched in that very same place for it-weird.....must have been those gremlins 

friend's mum in hospital

www.888dag.com Went to visit her today-cant believe how lax the nursing is-they give her pills but dont stay to make sure she takes them or to make sure they dont end up on the floor-the doctor comes to answer her questions about her uncomfortable neck brace and he looked bored and disinterested for the whole two minutes he was there..maybe he was overworked and tired but he could have pretended to care for just two minutes!

Goldfish

www.888dag.com Man of the house cleaned out dirty fish pond -lots of elbow grease- now sparkling and clean -then filled it with clean water (or so we thought)-off we went to buy a goldfish or two! Not so fast...goldfish-shop-man said first you must prepare the water to take out the chemicals which would kill the fish-bought the appropriate bottle and added it to the water-need to wait two or three days before getting the new fish now....excitement is building!