45 Lessons - 7%

I recieved this via email. Not sure where it came from but loved it.  It doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with all of them but at one time or another you have needed to hear at least half of them.

I have highlighed in red some I am going to quote more often 

Cheers Outback Girl

"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written."

My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1.        Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2.        When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3.        Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Change the way you think.

4.        Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will. Stay in touch.

5.        Pay off your credit cards every month.

6.        You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7.        Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8.        Release your children when they become adults, it’s their life now.
 
9.        Save for retirement starting with your first pay cheque.
 
10.      When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11.      Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.

12.      It's OK to let your children see you cry.

13.      Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

14.      If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

15.      Everything can change in the blink of an eye.

16.      Take a deep breath It calms the mind.

17.      Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

18.      Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

19.      It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

20.      When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

21.      Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

22.      Just because you believe you are right, doesn't mean you are. Keep an open mind.

23.      Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

24.      The most important sex organ is the brain.

25.      No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

26.      Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'

27.      Always choose life.

28.      Forgive everyone everything.

29.      What other people think of you is none of your business.

30.      Time heals almost everything. Give time time.

31.      However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

32.      Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

33.      Believe in miracles.

34.      Your job is to love your children, not choose who they should love.

35.      Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

36.      Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

37.      Your children get only one childhood.

38.      All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

39.      Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

40.      If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

41.      Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

42.      The best is yet to come.
43.      No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

44.      Yield.45.      Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift."
Its estimated 93% won't forward this.
If you are one of the 7% who will, forward this with the title '7%'.
I'm in the 7%. Friends are the family that we choose.

Happy Easter -- a girls dream farmer? Is he married?

Easter is here and I am suppose to be packing for holidays. Chocolate is the fridge and the carton of Cadbury which I brought as spare is look like mice have been in it.  What can I say I needed something to help with the packing and I am not a wine drinker.

Anybody watching my facebook page will know I ranted a little ...check below

What to do about a vindictive bitch who happens to be an older cousin who was like a parent or aunty to you. How many snide comments do you tolerate before you send a well worded message? Or do you just out her in the restricted?

I was pissed and lucky my kindness to all creature kid in before my don't give a sh&t typing fingers.  Thank you for this blog which means I can vent big time.  One splurge to help get it out of the system.  

Actually Mum would have killed me if I had said anything to this person as it would just start another round of crub which she had to deal with.

I really need to stop procrastination and pack for holidays.

 HAPPY EASTER

Finally have my own google account

When setting up this blog I actually got a mate to do it and to post I have been logging in with her details.  This week she has set me up with an email and got me my very own account.

I believe that I was getting far to confident that to quote her 'My wings had feathers and she was pushing me out of the nest.  I have always been handy around the Facebook pages but as she runs her own website I just let her create away with my blog.  Since then my posts have included many of her photos and I have been able to keep my anonymity which means I can post WHATEVER. 

Now that it is time to start following all my favourite blogs... woot woot

What are those thingymajigs called...MEMEs

I came across this picture months ago. I'd seen and shared the one about jillaroos but had no idea what they were.

Are you ready peoples... they are called... MEMEs

I have found some which I hope interests you on homeschooling, teachers, education bloggers, stay at home mums and lastly what I do when I get home from work.

Two homeschooloing memes which really are not quite right... Do you think you could make one for Home Tutors. I would love a copy to share on my facebook page.

I loved this one and thought it should say HOME TUTOR

To all those Distance Ed. Mum's a tribute

Since I started blogging, is this me? I like what I pretend to do.

I love the preschool teacher meme. Our preschool teacher is always commenting on the fact the principal thinks all she does is paint. If only she new the ours of work and planning for educational activities.

LASTLY my favourite .... exercise, shower and work V food, facebook and sleep

That's All Folks

Bloody Telstra

You haven't seen me on here for a while.  Like has been busy and fun and stressfull all rolled into one.  
My mind is now a jumble and the great blog I had planned is a no go because the TELSTRA wireless internet connection is slow.  Can't get the bloody photos to upload.

Anyway how was your week, day and month?  Every had a month you wouldn't mind starting again to actually get it right?
Welcome to my month.  It is the little things which peeve me off when you get them wrong all the really good things you do get lost and forgotten.  
It's like a bad restaurant, we always remember and share with friends.  Do you every share your great meals without someone asking?  I bet if you looked at percentages it would be a lot less.
Back to my other train of thought ... with governessing it is easy to take it personally but I always remember a piece of advice given by an experienced govie ... "Its a job, don't take it personally because it is a job.  It's hard when you live in a business and a home at the same time."
I am a tough critic on myself when I get it wrong and sometimes I ignore the signs and symptoms that tell me its not right.  You know the voice in the back of you mind or the feeling in your tummy or your intuition.  
But now that I am switched back on and behaving in my natural way, I will analyse this to death.  Lesson learnt to next time.
What a jumbled blog.  Time to put in another load of washing.  Why does it keep piling up?  

20 Types of Facebook Friends

I found this online and loved it.  

What types are you?

Depending on how I am feeling I am number 2, 10 and 20.

20 TYPES OF Facebook Friends

 1) The "Rooster" – Feels that it is their job to tell Facebook "Good Morning" every day

 2) The "Lurker" or "Creeper" – Never posts or comments on your post, but reads everything, and makes reference to your status when they see you in public. You sometimes forget they are even ON Facebook because you never see anything from them.

 3) The "Hyena" – Doesn't ever really say anything, just LOLs, LMAOs and ROFLMAOs at everything.

 4) "Mr/Ms Popular" – Has 4,367 friends for NO reason. Says it's for playing games.

 5) The "Gamer" – Plays Words With Friends, Farmville, Mafia Wars, Scrabble, Bakes virtual cakes and stuff, sends you virtual flowers, etc., ALL DAY LONG. Most likely while on the clock at work.

 6) The "Cynic" – Hates their job, their life, and everything in it, as evidenced by the somber tone in ALL of their status updates. Never seems to be happy.

 7) The "Collector" – Never posts anything either, but joins every group and becomes fans of the most random stuff.

 8) The "Promoter" – Always sends event invitations to things that you ultimately delete or ignore.

 9) The "Preacher" - Quotes more bible verses than the Sunday sermon. Probably doesn't even go to church. 

 10) The "Liker" – Never actually says anything, but always clicks the "like" button

 11) "Drama Queen/ King" – This person always posts stuff like "I can't believe this!", or "They gonna make me snap today!", in the hopes that you will ask what happened, or what's wrong...but then they never finish telling the story.

 12) The "Updater" – Always updates you on what they are doing and who they are doing it with, no matter how arbitrary and meaningless. Go wash that laundry now. 13) The "Next Gordon Ramsay"-Always posts picture of food they have cooked, no matter how disgusting it may look. When out to dinner, posts pictures of food, drink and from time to time even pictures of the waitress and dishwasher.

 14) The "Biggest Loser"-Lets you know everytime they are at the gym or going for a run.

 15) The "Pet Rescuer" - Wants you to adopt 35 pets this week. 

 16) The "Night Owl" -  Has to say "Good Night Facebook, Sweet Dreams" 

 17) The "News Anchor" - Because nobody has access to a TV or a radio, so they need to update everyone what famous person just died, what the weather is like and what the Iranians did today. 

 18) The "Professional Photographer" - Keeps the screen filled with photos of sunrises, sunsets and snowstorms.

19) The "Last Comic Standing" -  Tries to bust your balls and be funny on every post you make. Most the time, unsuccessfully.

 20) The "Thief" –  Steals status updates... and will probably steal this one.

My new Window

What a view ... are you jealous much.  I am settling in beautiful to my new job and the view out the school windows are the best.  I had to set up my desk so it was facing it as well.  While watching the kids I can look over the view and dream.