Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

[Guitarista]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Just done a guided (CD) mindfulness meditation. Have been meddin' for awhile now, but the guided CD was really cool and effective. A Sri Lankan chick. Noice.

Wishing you a speedy recovery Techie.

How are you going there Rags, and how's Mr. R? How's Missy?

What are you up to Cozza? How's Kaza?

The cool of the early morning breeze is refreshing after yesty. Another warm one today, and i think a drive to Mt. Macedon is on the cards today at work. ;-)

[myhappyplace]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Morning Undies and Internationalists! so much better getting up at 5ish when you've been to bed at a reasonable hour. Will make sure I eat better today.

I've been making sure I do yoga everyday and feeling better for it but Mr G your post reminded me that I need to slot in some meditation just to quiet my mind...

Thinking of Missy this weekend too. And Rags. And all of us for that matter. Ok, off to finish some work.

[byebyebridgetjones]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Good Morning one and all.
Bit of an overcast day today which suits my evil purposes perfectly.
Regeneration of the back garden continues after tree fall.
I know Missy will deal with this weekend's challenge with characteristic dignity, especially since evil ex won't be there .......
So what missions are we all on this fine day?

[sunshinetoday]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Morning Undies, Off to work for the SUnday. See you this arvo!
Be well!

[tawnyfrog]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Morning all,

A tad apprehensive here today - there's a 1000ha grass fire about 80km away with no immediate threat to me but it still tends to make you a bit edgy. I was involved in a bushfire many years ago and still remember how quickly things can change. So lets keep fingers crossed that they can contain it and that the wind doesn't pick up.

catch youse later.

[techie]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

tawnyfrog;1268815 wrote: Morning all,

A tad apprehensive here today - there's a 1000ha grass fire about 80km away with no immediate threat to me but it still tends to make you a bit edgy. I was involved in a bushfire many years ago and still remember how quickly things can change. So lets keep fingers crossed that they can contain it and that the wind doesn't pick up.

catch youse later.

Yikes Frog. Do you have a brush clear perimeter if winds shift? Wishing you the best!

[myhappyplace]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Be safe Froglette, know what you mean about how fast it moves...

Hi Techie!

Work done...no one is allowed to mention the word reconciliation unless your talking about being nice to each other...

Off to make a no dig vege garden...or start one I should say...

[techie]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

myhappyplace;1268821 wrote: Be safe Froglette, know what you mean about how fast it moves...

Hi Techie!

Work done...no one is allowed to mention the word reconciliation unless your talking about being nice to each other...

Off to make a no dig vege garden...or start one I should say...

Hi I've missed you. How is the new place coming along?

[tawnyfrog]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

techie;1268817 wrote: Do you have a brush clear perimeter if winds shift?

Thanks Techie - yes, I have a totally cleared area of about 3 acres which I regard as my place of 'last resort'. The only thing that could burn there is dry grass less than an inch high. That's why the maniacal mowing during the growing season ... :H:H

I'm apprehensive but not scared at the moment because the temp is only 30C, as opposed to the disgusting 48C we had on Black Friday and there is only a light breeze.

All will be well because I've wrapped myself in Gladwrap. Or should that be tinfoil?

[Cinders]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Be safe, Tawny. Err on the side of caution.

[coriander]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Gosh , you guys in the East have been copping some shocking temps too then!
Stay cool & above all, let's cross all digits that no fires get out of control......such a scary thing, they are.
lovely climate here currently - beaut temps, light breeze, the weather is seducing me into thinking that living here is fine......huh!
Off to ride today - done a fair few tasks round the house, so will look forward to a brisk trot out.
My homemade beans were ok - pretty intense in flavour & needed crockpotting for 18 hrs!!!! But next time i will boil the beans up for a few hrs & thus make the flavour less concentrated & easier to deal with....now soaking the slow cooker as it's black!!

Magpie singing out front, kitten asleep thank goodness, dogs snoozing, OH gone to tennis, me got me time....yay.
Noice happs to read what you posted about af time & how good you feel. an excellent post & I will revisit it a bit.
Everyone : mwah.

ps g-bloke, haven't heard from Kaza for a while - I might pm her to see how she is.

[Rags]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

myhappyplace;1267636 wrote: Yum! I had to do a quick check to see what you were up to in meds...its always ahm...interesting...

Yep, Zen, disease only in Queensland apparently...its like one of those anti-tourist ads...

My sister in laqw got Ross River afew years ago. She was sick as, and took about 8 months to get over it. She is at Pt Macquarie for a week and so I have been volunteered to look after her dad...who also happens to be Mr Rags dad therefore that makes him my FIL. More on me being the carer later.

Got to read back through posts



Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus - the facts - Infectious Diseases Epidemiology & Surveillance - Department of Health, Victoria, Australia

[Rags]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Guitarista;1268214 wrote: Morning,

Shaving nick's. Hate 'em. Going the full beard soon!

Currently in Canberra by request of of our Governer general Quentin Bryce. Brycey's asked me to be around to help mop up the emotional fallout that's bound to occur next week with the leadership challenge, etc. Restaraunt's not as good as Melbournes, but the carvery in the parliament house green room is tops.

38c today! Average summer here really, but what a grand day lay ahead, non?

Would ou pick up one of Kevs ties for me if you bump into him? The plain light turquoise one if he's not using it. Oh, and would you ask him to autograph the back of it for me please.

[Rags]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Hello Undies,
Has my geographical knowledge and curiosity increased through MWO.... it certainly has! I often have 2 internets open so I can google as I go through posts.

Sedona USA - Your complete guide to Sedona, ArizonaSedona USA
Where do you get your blackberries from? I love them but they are a serious noxious weed in NSW. And woolies charges $5 for a shitty little punnet that holds about 10 of them. Needless to say I don’ buy them.



How’s that fire going Tawn?

[Miss Behaving]

Underoos and Affiliates, February, 2012

Hello Undies .... just back from the school weekend and I'm totally zorsted!! It was all go from the moment we arrived on Friday, until we dropped boy off early this afternoon. It consisted of swimming sports, taking him out for Indian on Friday night (he's getting a bit bored with school meals), parent-teacher interviews (I didn't attend that one!), parent's lunch, making stuff for parent's lunch, washing up after parent's lunch, whole school athletics competitions, church this morning (it is an Anglican school) morning tea afterwards, and a supermarket trip to stock up on essential personal items (chiefly, toothpaste, deodorant, and chocolate!)

Thank you for all who were thinking of me. I felt your support while I was there. :l I was pretty anxious about the whole thing, but it went much better than I expected. I had practised some strategies to get through the social events, and they went quite well, and I managed to talk to people without feeling a complete fraud . It is a pretty conservative school and most of the parents are heterosexual, married and still together, but I did manage to find a couple of people who I managed to connect with. I'm not convinced that the boy is altogether happy - he says he is, but he seemed very subdued to me. But that might just be because he is still getting used to things and adapting, and also because he is pretty knackered. They work them really hard at the start of the year (up at 6:45am, not much down time, lights out at 9:30) .... I suspect it is a deliberate strategy to keep them occupied, busy, not in trouble and not homesick. It all seems more regimented than I feel comfortable with though. On the other hand, there is a genuine spirit of support and kindness, lots of pastoral care, a sense of encouraging kids to celebrate their successes and achieve their potential, and they have quite a focus on emotions/values/spirituality which I think is good. And for the boy, I think it allows him to spend some time sorting himself out without being forced to choose which parent he lives with

And the evil ex- did come!!. We had wind of the fact last week (and to be honest, if I had just sent my son off to boarding school, I'd want to be there for the first parent-teacher thing too!) and she rang Mr B on Friday to confirm that she would be there and that she wanted some time alone with boy. My anxiety levels were quite high until I worked out whether she was there or not at each event, but it was only really today that we were in close contact. I had decided in advance that if that happened I was going to say hello and introduce myself to her, but all her body language was wrong (studiously looking in the other direction from where I was once she caught sight of me), and I didn't want to do anything that would wreck what had been a weekend that had been much better than expected. So I changed direction and went to where I was going by a different route.

Sorry for the long rave, but it's good to de-brief! And I took this photo for us :H:H There is a whole chain of them in this particular town



Have a zillion things to respond to from all the posts over the last 48 hours, but I'm going to have a bath and a early night. But thinking of all of you coping with hot temps and associated risks, and about all of you dealing with health things.

But, just wanted to say that this .........

myhappyplace;1268499 wrote:

Sunnygirl I would love to see the scene at the airport when your folks come in. It'll be like something out of Love Actually.

..... was my thoughts exactly!! I love picking people up from international flights and seeing people who haven't seen each other for a long time be re-united. Warms the cockles of my heart, so it does :l