Good advice, I'm sure

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 -- You could grow frustrated today as your boss changes your job before you finish it. Each time you make progress, someone switches the rules once again. You are tempted to give up because you don't want to waste your time doing something that ultimately has no lasting value. However, you probably cannot see the bigger picture; it's better now to analyze things less and simply attend to your work as it is assigned. Everything will make more sense soon enough.

This horoscope business can be quite spoooky sometimes about what's going on in my life

Whatever the vicissitudes (10 points if you don't need a dictionary) of work, they put money in my bank every month, which is jolly useful

Female Affirmations : apply daily (thanks Kay!)

1. Aspire !        to be Barbie - the bitch has everything.

2. If the shoe fits - buy them in every color.

3. Take life with a pinch of salt... a wedge of lemon, and a shot of tequila. 

4. Need a support group? - Cocktail hour with the girls!

5. Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days).
6. When  life gets you down - put on your big girl panties and deal with it.  
      
7. Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and it's just your personality.

8. I know I live in my own little world, but it's OK, they know me here.

9. Lead me not into temptation, I'll find it by myself.
10. Don't get your knickers in a twist; it solves nothing and makes you walk funny.

11. When life gives you lemons - buy Corona.

12. Forget  about the perfect man - he's living in San Fran with his boyfriend.

13. Hang on in there: only the first 40 years of parenthood are complicated.  
      
14. If it  has tyres or testicles it's gonna give you trouble.

15. By the time a women realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who knows she's wrong.

Talking to my gorgeous blond

recent convos with my grandson, who is 6

~ when he saw my (only) wedding photograph in the house. -

him: who is that?

me: it's me

him: it doesn't look like you

Me: what does it look like then?

him: it looks like a woman

Me:{ouch} so what do I look like?

him: a Grannie

Me: what's the difference?

Alex: (gesturing vaguely at his forehead) Grannies have lines

{pass the botox}

~ in the hallway when I was talking to his father about an imminent trip to dutchland
(in a truly parental disapproving voice)
"you are always travelling
I don't like it
you do too much TRA-velling.
I don't think you should do TRAvelling at all
Where are you going?
Me: Holland
Him: when will you be back?
Me: Thursday.
Him: (echo of a much older conversation)
I think it's shut, don't go.
{wordless and loved}

~ in the supermarket carpark with me and his sister, looking at the early evening sky, his sister pointing upwards and saying "what's that?"

I thought she was pointing at the pale moon, and said it was the moon
She told me she knows what the moon is, not THAT, - THAT!

I thought she was talking about the long curved white jet contrail, and said it was from a plane.  Then got stuck in trying to explain the connection between a shaped cloud and a plane for her brother.
He said, firmly, "It looks like a white rainbow".
His sister said, no, THAT!!!! and eventually I saw the speck in the distance become recognisable as a plane
{specsavers here I come}

Dutchland has mozzies

and one of them drilled my hand tonight while I was having a lovely relaxed dinner on the terrace of some local brasserie whose name I didn't learn.  Now, four hours later, it looks like I'm wearing half a boxing glove, but at least it doesn't itch any more

For the travelogue, I'm in Brabant, (NO, I don't mean I'm in a toaster).   Sadly, I'm also in the room next to the boyboss and can hear him polishing on the phone;  I just hope he doesn't squeak loudly in his sleep as it will give me nightmares.

pokering

I won last night; against 13 other players; I'm proud of me

Mark gets points for finding a Dali exhibition to take me to this afternoon

I missed seeing the shorts through being miserable - must give that up