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How has your week been?

Here in Australia it is all about Elections at the moment.  Oh dear! oh dear! it is dead boring!!!  Its in the press, on radio and television.  You just can’t get a way from it.

Strange to say, Mr G and I actually met in the ‘Young Liberals’, a great dating group in those days.  

Even though we were heavily into polling and all its whoohah (and I am not talking about what we did privately), I must say I get a tinsy winsy bit sick of election lead up these days. 

Well, the good old days were always the ‘good old days;’ weren’t they!!  There was probably the skulduggery back then but we didn’t know about it.

Arhh! now it all so dark, devious and murderous!  You would have to be made of stern stuff to walk the hallowed halls of parliament house now, even armour plating is not going to prevent you from being stabbed in the back, and that is by their own party for goodness sake!!!

For some reason or another politicians are hung drawn and quartered at every opportunity and a lot of it has to do with their own doing!

But who shall I vote for? 
Will it be Tony Abbott (Liberal) ,
Julia Gilliard (Labour) ,
someone from the Greens ,
or someone else   

I would feel awful if our first female Prime Minister only lasted a few months in the job though. That just wouldn’t be right!

I AM GOING CRAZY

Well, have you tried it? 

Have you peeped and had a go? 

Have you gone goggled eyed and headachy?

Has your husband called you ‘obsessive’ and bleated on about living a solo life?     
Have you become so adrenalin driven you could race the 100 metres under 10 minutes.
  

Oh what I have done for the sake of a good story!

Click here to find out what I have been up to!

MY TAKE ON THINGS

I have been meaning to have a rant here for a long time on one thing that really, really, really riles me.  Yes, it’s true, Gigi can get angry!  Amazing isn’t it. 

And to all my friends and family to read this, if you do what I am about to rant about, you may meet my tirade if you do it in front of me.

I despair at drivers who back their precious vehicles into car spaces.  It doesn’t seem like much to inflame my anger does it.  But it annoys me greatly!  (Of course if the sign says to back in I accept that). 

Do you do this?  For goodness sake write to me and tell me why because I need to know. 

Car parks are the worst.   Why on earth do drivers back in even when the sign in front of them says to nose in!  It is plain and simple downright rude!!!! 

While you, the backing driver, wangle your way into the spot, just think about how much time it takes!!!!  There is always a huge queue of people waiting for what seems like an eternity as you turn and twist your vehicle. 

I think this has become a big thing for me especially because I am often running late to the gym.  This is where I most notice it the most and I sit there scowling and venting my spleen.

Please:  'Just drive your car into the goddam space will you’. 

No body minds you taking time when you are leaving because others are happy to wait while it is being vacated and have won a spot.  This is the winning side of the coin when everyone is happy.

So pass the word ladies, face in and pop your backside out when you need to leave.  

CHEMICAL OVERLOAD

Ever wondered what is blended into your favourite moisturiser or lipstick.  Does it concern you? 

It is actually scary that we don’t know.  For instance I love a particular product that I use daily and I am sure it is probably high on the data scale for carcinogenic properties or something that could be a lot worse!  But it works!  Well, I think it does? 

But am I harming myself without knowing it. 

Let me know what you do if you find out bad chemicals lurk in your moisturiser, eyeshadow, etc.  Have you got some good suggestions?  We’d love to hear. 

In the meanwhile you might like to ready a very good article that will certainly get you thinking about makeup’s makeup!  

 Or why not go to the Cosmetics Database and check out the contents of your makeup.

OPERA – THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST
(La fanciulla del West)   By Giacomo Puccini

Mr G and love Opera.  In the days when we lived in the Blue Mountains, we used to go to the Opera five times a year.  In the end I couldn’t remember one Opera from the other so we stopped the speed opera-ing and have taken it down to one or two a year.  This year we scored a beauty.

Wow, what a night.  Anke Hoppner played the starring role, Minnie, and when you see how glamorous and what a wonderful actor she is, the days of the stiff larger ladies is well and truly dead and buried.  But what was really stunning was the Stage Design.  I can’t tell you how fantastic it was, but brilliant lighting and digital design just transformed the stage and we sat there with full on sensory exposure – just as Opera should be. 

Five stars to the Australian Opera for a sublime performance.

I’M TOURING FRANCE
via Le Tour de France

Thank goodness it is over.  You start out just wanting to absorb the beautiful French countryside and before you know it you are an expert on the riders, the teams and have fallen in love with those silky English voices of Phil Ligget and Paul Sherwin. 

Then you realise the thing is on for weeks on end and down here in Australia it starts at 10pm.  But it is worth a late night or two to enjoy this spectacular event.

I was barracking for Andy Schleck and like many was horrified with his bad luck – the chain incident.  At least he was not harmed like his brother who broke his collar bone early in the race.  

LET’S GET FIT

How are you managing with your fitness program?  Boy it is hard to keep going when it is cold though. 

It’s the first time I have been aware how those of you in colder climates have to deal with motivation.  Normally for us, weather is never so freezing that sitting by the fire and drinking cups of hot chocolate seems like the best option. 

But all of you in the northern hemisphere are enjoying heat so it seems, and plenty of it.  Now you know how we feel!!! I love the heat!  It makes you feel alive and bouncy. 

This cold winter is the worst we have ever had and I personally am over it. 

But I still dress in my gear and get to the gym. Well, an inside exercise regime is the best idea as you never have a good exercise to pull out, ever!!!!

Keep it up ladies, the benefits you reap for your efforts is a youthful you with the prospect of a longer life!!!  Now who wouldn’t want that!

WHERE IS ROSLYN? 
 
We have had some great emails from Roslyn as she and mumsie travel around Turkey, Israel and are now back in India.

I haven't heard from her for a while and a bit concerned because when I read her last email the words 'I could be held hostage' were suggested!!  Surely Roslyn wouldn't go to those extremes to make a good story! 

Check out here


LANA’S WISE WEEK

 Is Lana on track as far as her health kick goes and achieved something remarkable over the weekend, but she now has the flu. 

Get well soon Lana and now click over and find out what she did!!!

QUOTATION

I thought I would use the wonderful quote we all know from the Life of Brian.

 ‘Always  on the bright side of life.’

Do you remember the movie?  We watched it again only recently and I still love its crazy humour and idiotic mayhem. 

If you don’t mind the odd swear word check out the original song version here.
 

and this week, if something goes wrong WHISTLE!!!! 

See if that helps.

Have a wonderful week until next time

Love