Best Beauty Buys 2007

As promised a list of my best beauty buys of 2007. Some products are ones that I discovered along the way some are ones that I have revisited and the rest are just my favourite products that I use everyday.

New Products

For Hands
Red Tea natural skin therapy
I use the hand, nail and cuticle cream every night and also the quick break hand lotion during the day. I have always been worried about my hands. They seem too wrinkly for someone of my age. I moisturise a lot but still thought they looked old and weathered. Then I came across the hand, nail & cuticle cream and tried this. My hands the next morning looked and felt amazing. Since then I purchased the day cream – quick break hand lotion. I have to be honest, I still can’t believe what a transformation this makes. If you want to try this, I would suggest purchasing the Hand, Nail & Cuticle cream. Apply this at night before you go to bed and wake up the next day and just feel your hands.
www.redtea.com.au

Face
Dermalogica Multivitamin power recovery masque
I am a dermalogica devotee of about 5 years now. When I read about this masque in a magazine, I had to purchase it. I left it on my face for the recommended time and when I washed it off my face felt silky smooth. I found moving to a new country didn’t do so much for my skin. It was dry in places simply horrible – it just didn’t have a healthy glow about it. That’s why this masque worked so well for me. It made my skin feel luxurious. I can’t tell you how overjoyed I was to find this product. I had been using Clarins Skin Hydrating Masque and leaving that on over night – no great wow factor there. I would do another masque and put bio oil on my face, that’s how dry it was in places. But until I found this product, it had the wow factor I was looking for. My skin now looks great again and now I don’t need to use Bio Oil.
www.dermalogica.com

Clinique City Block SPF 40
I have used City Bock nearly every day for about 8 years or maybe more now. I have used all the different SPF’s they had until I came to spf 40 block. This one made me quite excited. I could sit in the 30 degree heat and not get my face burnt. I love this product. It also helps to product against UVB  as well. 

MAC
There are a few MAC products I fell in love with this year. The first would be the MAC Moisturiser for underneath your foundation. I even put it over the top of my current moisturiser.
Fix + Skin Refresher – this is perfect to give your skin that dewy look. You know when you get older you don’t really have that like you used to. It’s perfect to put on after you apply your foundation and I certainly do. It’s amazing. Much better than skin illuminators even MAC primers – don’t waste your money on those!
Plushglass – This MAC lipgloss slightly plumps up your lips (if you keep applying it through the day like an addict, you will have quite large lips – not recommended). I have this in Big Baby. It’s not horrible like the lip glass where it can stick to anything. It doesn’t make your lips go all tingly – my sister has really sensitive lips and she is able to wear this with no problem.
Go MAC!
www.maccosmetics.com

Hair
Head and Shoulders
I use this product every now and then to ensure that my scalp is clean. It helps if you have hair colour build up, but also as I had that really dry period when I moved here, it helped me return my scalp so that it wasn’t so dry and itchy.

Revisited products

Biosilk Silk Therapy
I used this product years ago when I first went to blonde. The hairdresser I had at the time recommended it to me. What she was amazed at, was the condition that my hair was in everytime I would go back to get more blonde done. After a few years of not using it, I had major split ends. All the hair colouring I had done had left my hair weak until I recently cut all my hair and went back to blonde again I knew to do this I would need this product again and I’m not regretting the decision at all. I can’t believe I went without it for this long. It smells divine and actually bonds my hair so it doesn’t get weak. I would recommend this hair product to anyone that wants his or her hair to look healthier. You can even use this product on your skin.
www.farouk.com

Palmers
I use this to moisturise myself everyday. I just love Palmers Shea Butter products.

OPI Nail Envy Original
This nail hardener does work. You have to apply it once a day for 7 days, then start again. The only problem with that is that your nails start to change colour a bit. But it’s still a great product.

L’oreal Micro dermabrasion Kit
This product just rocks for your face. I use it twice a week and have just come back to it. As soon as I did, my face looked younger as it had previously. It was great!

Favourites

Dermalogica Multi Active Toner
Dermalogica Ultra Calming Cleanser
Deramlogica Daily Microfoliant

I’ve got a lot of studying to do, so I best be off. If you have any questions about these products, please let me know or check out the manufacturers website.

Happy 42 degrees New Year

Well, it quite hasn't yet hit 42 degrees, but it is a nice and warm 36.7 currently in the city.  I am hear to wish all of you a Happy and Prosperous New Year.  When asked yesterday if I had made any resolutions, I thought about it and said Yes - My resolution for 2008 is to be healthier.  This may seem very broad, but as I am a perfectionist I am on a mission to make my body a temple. Possibly the hardest thing for me will be to stay away from processed, refined foods and anything with sugar in it.  Sugar is not too bad, I was off for that for October and November. It's more getting into a routine I guess. I have also formulated a 10-30 minute body is my temple beauty plan for every night before I go to bed.  This includes things like massaging my body for 10 minutes to increase circulation (because of this blood disorder I have my legs go numb and so the circulation isn't that good), ensuring that I am fully moisturised over my body, soaking my feet for 10 minutes every 2nd evening and sometimes microdermabrasion.  Just stuff like that really. I also went down to the supermarket today to get some food to go with the plan for the new year.  My food plan will consist of protein, vegetables and fruits, light proteins, complex carbs. I will start cooking in the dirty kitchen!  I have body and food covered off.  I also purchased a rebounder (which I love).  Even though there is a gym upstairs, I won't be living here for too much longer. I want to ensure that where ever I go, I will have a routine that is no excuses plain exercising.  I do my leg workout every 2nd day (which I have to say is tough) and will rebound the rest of the time.  Then I can look at incorporating more arm exercises in the next couple of weeks after I have a grip on my leg routine.  I just purchased some great Bliss spa products from strawberrynet.com and simply can't wait for those to arrive.  All in all, if I feel great in 2008 then I will be able to create more opportunities for myself and being in a new country with no friends, it's very important I do this.  Plus, I'm already looking ahead to a killer beach season next year. I'm so positive at the moment it's amazing!  

Pizza anyone?

Garbage anyone?
Dishes anyone?

Bargains Ahoy - I got a juicer!

On my way down to the supermarket to get some cayenne pepper, I stopped off at Myer to see if they had any specials on Breville Juicers. I'm a big juicer, a major Breville fan and have been wanting one for ages. Back home, I used to use my Dads (thanks dad), but now with the post xmas sales, it really is the best time to purchase appliances.  They had 2 that I wanted.  Now, keep in mind that I am single and this juicer is really only for me not a family.  So I chose the BEJ200 model.  Firstly, I asked the chap in the store to demonstrate how I would clean it - (Dad's one was a pain to clean), then asked him the differences and explained why I preferred that model. The model up he advised really is for families as it continuously juices.  Sure, I could afford to spend the money on it, but what's the point in buying something if it's beyond what I need.  The other one also had nearly a 2 litre chute which I do not need. This one is perfect for me - so with my xmas coles myer vouchers of $100 and the 15% I paid only $27 for this juicer. Wow, it was quite taxing walking 3 blocks with it though, talking on my cell and after that massive leg workout this morning.  I'm certainly going to use this juicer quite a bit but my only worry now is that will I use it when I'm staying in my current accommodation? 

Yesterday when I came home I almost caved and cleaned up the kitchen. No I thought, you just can't do it. As it is there is more crap to add to the pile of shite. Two pizza boxes with pizza still in it. His garbage is sitting on the kitchen table - he has not bothered to throw it out. It just sits there. But I'm not going to clean up his mess as I've already done that twice - I mean the egg, yuk that was sitting there for a week, and when those milky products stunk out my room (it is right next to the kitchen.  Now it's a bit of a dilemma... what would you do?  I've only got another 7 weeks living here and the room I'm staying in is now clean. I don't watch any television, I don't do any cooking (I just eat a lot of fruit!).  The microwave you even have to open with a fork as it's damaged so I don't bother using that either. I could clear a space for my juicer but as soon as I do, I know he'll expect me to clean the rest of the kitchen.  

Shaking

Shaking is what I am this morning after a massive leg workout. I used to love working out in the mornings, but now I'm just starting to hate it. For instance, this morning I woke up as I was just too hot. I guess it was stupid to do a workout but I just wanted to get it out of the way. I did the workout, headed for the shower and now even my arms feel weak. I am so glad that today is going to be a lot cooler. I did quite a bit of study yesterday, but now I have to continue that momentum. I have 2 chapters to go which have 5 sub topics. One of these is 70 pages. I have a few errands to run again, so I will do this shortly so that it doesn't get too hot. I am in desperate need to do some laundry so my flat mate better get off his backside so I can access his bedroom - that's where the washing machine is unfortunately. Still the shops are now open so I'd better head off.

Day Ahead

I've got a firm day of study ahead and a couple of errands to run, the only problem is that it is going to be a maximum of 38 degrees today. Normally, you would keep the blinds closed so that you don't feel the heat as much. In our apartment we have 1 air vent for the air con, it is in the middle of the lounge and takes about 30 minutes for it to barely reach my room. Of course, I need to leave the door open for the cold air to come in which means a difficult time in order to study as my flatmate only sleeps around 5pm to 9pm (drugs maybe?) and does not have much consideration for others so it will be tough.

I did my xmas weigh in today, little miss e has put on about 1.3kg. Though I have to say pigging all week long, the food was good. Now I just have to get rid of it all :). It's already 30 degrees - I'd better run out and do those errands before it gets to 38.

Xmas Hols

Well, I've just come back burnt as a crisp from my Xmas holidays. I've uploaded my photos to facebook like a good gal and now I have to start unpacking. I thought I'd just jump on the net like a right geek seeing I've had like 5 days without it (haha - it's been great). Things that are starting to scare me though is that I have to go back to work on the 2nd of January. OMG that is less than a week to go. How pants is that - Oh why can't I be a lucky person and win the lottery so the idea of work is not so taxing.

Firstly, I know it is late on a Saturday night and no I am not out. After a day of running errands across the other side of town, I have just finished watching Knocked Up and am getting ready to do some other errands before I go to bed. I'm really glad this week is over. It was a really hard week to get through. After no sleep from my flatmate playing loud music all night long, he is a bit weird towards me now. When I first moved in this place was a shit hole. So much so that I don't even touch the kitchen as it's gross. Well tonight he said to me can you clean up your pots and pans and I said I'm sorry, I don't know what your talking about. He was like all these dishes are yours and I was like I don't even cook in here. I said it was like this when I moved in. I can do the dishes if you want me to but I didn't make them. No it's OK he said I'll clean it up. This is the guy that when the fridge was smelling and he needed to put stuff in it he left milk out. My room is right next to the kitchen and it stank. I had to clean it up. Which I'm not terribly fussed about but the fact that he thinks it was me. Miss I tidy everything as this place is gross. What is that about? I mean would you want to cook in this kitchen?

I walked out..

on a guy this evening. It was a nothing evening, he was physically built the way I like it but things were not just clicking. I'm just not looking for anything at the moment. So instead I had been drinking from 3pm I just walked out and then later confessed to the entire kebab shop because he kept sending texts. Apparently he said Carma was going to get me. Carma I've never heard of such a thing. So I replied to the guy like a total fuck knuckle Sorry my I ran into my boss (which really you shouldn't have sent em this many texts you cock basket) so I had to meet him. But you don't worry about Karma I've had enough of that.

But OMG it's so true haha. He doesn't even know me and he's telling me about karma, which he spells with C the fuck knuckle. What the fuck is Carma. Is that like an early model ford? If I look up Carma in google the first result I get is Carbon Motoring for action. WTF?

On another note, we have this greek restaurant & takeaway where people line up for ages in Melbourne which is the kebab shop that I declared I walked out on a man. Well there is this really hot chef and even though I have a love all things of things greek every time I say thanks I say Merci beaucoup and I give this little stupid grin. And then I go on my merry way.

Last day of work!

I think today as it's the last day of work before the holidays, I might as well take some time to let you know what I am up to and what posts you can look forward to (or not).

On the 24th, I will be going to stay with my sister and her family. I have some Midori, Frangelico, Pinot Noir Chardonnay and need to get some other mixers for our Cocktail day. The 25th I will skip but the 26th I will be driving up to Bendigo and then on the 27th driving to Echuca to do some well needed sight seeing. I should have some wonderful pictures to post over this time.

When I have some spare time, I will post about my favourite beauty items of 2007. I have found some great new products and revisited some other products I had stopped using. Nonetheless, it should be a post to watch out for.

Apart from that, I will be studying my little head off. I don't have any plans for new years yet, but I just need to make it through xmas first.

I am excited (but though still sick) of my last day of work today. It will be 2 weeks! 2 whole weeks yay.

Please don't let me get sick before xmas.

About 1 hour after coming to work I was sitting here looking at my monitor. Then my head goes all funny and it feels like I'm falling in a lift. I stick out my hands and think darn this is weird. I've started feeling very ill like I could vomit on command. I'm desperately trying not to think about it but part of me is thinking, please don't let me get sick before xmas. A guy in the office has been ill with a stomach bug. Please don't let me catch it what a carp xmas it would truely be then!

Stupid Handbag

One of those new handbags that I got last month has broken. On the way back from work, I closed the bag and the zip came right off. I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to get into the apartment as I there was no opening in the bag whatsoever but I ended just tearing it up. What a shame. It was a nice bag. Oh well.

Now I'm starting to put my holiday mix together for my car ride up in Victoria. I'm going to Bendigo and the Echuca and I won't have time to do it this weekend, so I'm putting the mix together. I have to put the RnB clubmix 2 on there as that's always fun! Of course I have Gwen on there, oh, must add Daddy Yankee. I've got MOS sessions 91-08, maroon 5, linkin park, Destiny's Child, Notorius BIG, Paul Oakenfold, Kanye West, Pink, Shakira and a lot more. I need a lot of different stuff on there as it's a long drive. I'm quite excited though if I could just get through the end of this week all will be fine.

You know as far as I am aware, we don't get thing for Xmas from work. My brother in law gets a $100 Coles Myer voucher. I bet if we do though it will be our summer uniform.

How am I still functioning?

I don't quite know how I have made it through the day. Last night I only got 3 hours sleep as flatmate got in at 3am and decided to put his stereo on which has amazing bass capability until 8am this morning. Now at the time, I didn't realise it was him. There has been someone for ages who puts music on about 12am. I've said to him have you heard these people - turns out it was him haha.

I managed to walk to work without hurting myself. All in all it has been a very difficult day . I will go to bed very early this evening!!

Gift Wrapping

Now anyone who knows me knows i HEART to gift wrap. To me the gift wrapping should be nearly as exciting as the present itself. You see it there sitting under the tree all beautifully wrapped, and, if the present is not as exciting you don't seem to think about that as much. I got the below gifts for stocking fillers - even though they will not be going in a stocking as such, they are just filler gifts under $10s - side gifts.

Here's what I got - a Clueless DVD for my sister, a box of Ferrero Rocher for my brother in law and some foam bath alphabet letters and numbers for my 3.5 year old nephew. Before shot:


Wrapping the dvd and the chocolates weren't too hard, but wrapping the cylinder object, I could have done this to perfection, but I thougth a 3 year old isn't going to care about the packaging. So I just wrapped the darn thing.

I got this great adhesive ribbon and also some adhesive xmas decorations I stuck on.

Oi!

Excited I am (in yoda speak) as I read the latest Australian Women’s Health and Fitness magazine. Boy I love this magazine. It’s filled with some great articles but they have lots of snippets and I have to say it’s no reflection on the magazine but those darn scientists, they just bring out claims about everything and then the next week someone else comes out with a new piece of research and discredits the one before that. 

I have no team members this week they are all off on holiday so I have no one to brag to about winning tickets to Maroon 5 to (brag, brag haha).  I started drinking tea again today after 2 months of not drinking and I tell you, I can stop going to the toilet.  We had our tiles done this week at work and when you walked out of the lifts it was all wet so we had to get them to finish it off.  However, one of the lazy buggers went and used the woman’s toilet – I know this because the first toilet had been wee’d in and there was no paper.  None of the ladies would have done it you dirty swine. I almost narked on them but thought eww let’s just forget it.  I ordered a DVI to VGA adaptor which came today at work so now I’m rockin 2 monitors. Will take me a bit to get used to. One’s a 19 ones a 17. One’s far too bright, the other just right so I’m getting this massive glare (just changing it now) – oh yeah they match, now it’s good. 

 

I got my blood tests results back today and they tell me I need to see the doctor which means I have a rare blood genetic mutation which only 2% of the population get.  It’s all very interesting really but now I have to go and see the doctor next year (no more appointments for the year) to talk about it. My sister is the last one to get diagnosed as she hasn’t done the blood tests as yet.

Maroon 5 and Xmas Trees

This arvo as I came back from lunch at wagamama's (ginger chicken udon was the taste for the day), I noticed that there was a xmas tree in our foyer.  Now I'm 95% certain that the Xmas tree wasn't there before and I should know as there is a massive mirror on the wall at the end so I always look at the mirror as I'm so vain.  The other 5% is kinda hoping I'm not just stupid and it has been there for a while.  No, No, it certainly just turned up today.  

On a brighter note, today I won concert tickets to Maroon 5 in March next year. I'm so stoked as i wanted to go but couldn't afford it as I had purchased tickets for Foo Fighters in April. So now I get to go. Yay!  I was laughing for some time about it. I hardly ever win anything and when I do it's always something that I don't want, but now I've won something that I really want.  I won some movie tickets in October/Nov to this movie I didn't want to see and I won.  So for me to win something that I actually want, I'm so stoked it's coming my way.

Anyway, here's a picture of our Sexy Xmas tree in the foyer.  I hope I'm not being too Photographic of late. Hm, what can I say, I go through phases!

Study ahead

I've got a rather boring day of study ahead.  Knowing this, I got up early to do 40 mins of cardio followed by a  swim and then a 20 minute session in the spa pool. I've just put a hair mask on and will clean up a bit then I've got some major notes to type up about 2 hours worth, have to compare notes with another study book 1.5 hours, I have to pop down to safegay to get some groceries 40 minutes (I'm not a week long shopper I have to go every 2 days), then I have to do some trial questions to ensure that I've got the drift of what I'm studying 1 hour, then I have to do a weights session 40 minutes followed by more study more typing and if I'm lucky a home pedicure.  Though my skin does feel quite bad after that chlorine.  Here are a couple of pics of the spa and the pool.  

 

Relaxation is the Key

After having a fairly stressful morning not completing stuff because stupid computer systems were down in certain stores and spending my money on stuff that could have or should have been spent elsewhere I decided  to go upstairs to the gym and do some cardio.  But, I didn't just stop at that, I followed it up with a swim in the pool and then a rather delightful spa.  It was heavenly after the humid but rainy day we have here.  I am now sitting in my room about to study with wet hair and a bathrobe. Maybe a glass Pinot Noir Chardonnay is in order? I am tempting myself but I must save it for xmas as I need to do a weights session later.

HEADER

So I fixed the header, but how the hell did the settings change?
AND can my flatmate stop playing the new kylie CD it's simply torture!

WTF

WTF happened to my HEADER? it was fine yesterday!!!!

Yay, nearly Xmas

Today for work we had a ladies lunch. It was all very nice and everything, it's just there's this one lady I don't get along with too well and I got to sit next to her. The office hottie is on holiday now so next week I have no team members to work with and also no hottie to look at so now I'm grumpy. It could also be the fact that I walked home in 32 degree heat. True, it only took me 20 minutes, but I had to work late because someone didn't configure their new citrix server correctly. I also had 2 nasty wines and ever since the lunch, I feel like barfing everywhere so the fact that I came home hot and sticky just didn't appeal to me. Maybe it's the fact I need a date. At lunch today, one girl asked me if marriage was on the horizon. The girl who asked me is really lovely. But I told her, I've got exams to do. I don't have time to go out at the moment, so when I start going out, maybe I will find someone. But until I pass my exams which is more important than Xmas time I can then relax (that is actually a bit of a lie, the first 4 months of next year I already have booked out) but I just have to get through it all. I have a few man things on my mind too. Like I texted the office hottie last weekend as we were all out together, and checked something with him. I was a bit drunk and the other work guy was saying mean things to me and really trying to put me down. So all week I may have appeared really weird, but the ugly dude made out i was a stalker so I had been walking on egg shells. When I told the ugly guy today as he was being really off, like telling me that the hot guy though me and the ugly dude had slept together (I nearly died but turns out he was joking). I also told the ugly dude how rude he was to me that night and he must've been quite pissed but he said he didn't remember but then apologised. Also, the work hottie is 6 years younger than me. I would be a total slapper ?? if I went down that route. But really why do I even care. I must go and do some study. But I really do have something else on my mind but I'm a bit hesitant to say it because I know if a certain person (probably the coolest female on the earth (haha, you'll get that)) reads it, then she will know that if I contact the man I that I used to work with for dinner - my question is, will it just be dinner. He is married, but that hasn't stopped him before even though parties were very drunk and nothing much happened. I'm worried mostly because I know that if the opportunity came up I would most definitely take it - he is hot, I've always thought so, a lot older, but what the hey. I just don't want to put myself in that position - my principles are far too precious to me at this point in time. But I guess it also could just be exactly what I need. At the same time, I guess maybe I'm just lonely and pathetic to think about this much. Yep, I think that's what it is. I mean it's Friday night, I live in the city and have no one to do anything with. Maybe that's why studying is just so great!! There is really no one at my new job who is the same age as me to be friends with. Argh, I'm just alone in a big city and alot happier now that the ugly dude has gone.

How Clean is Your House?

I swear to you, this is just like an episode from How Clean is your house! After my weights session this evening, I had a brain wave. I didn't purchase a vacuum cleaner for a house I'm only going to be staying 2 more months in. Now don't get me wrong I'm not the poorest chap, but xmas is coming up. Why would I want to shell out money on a vacuum cleaner for 2 months use? So tonight's cleaning brain waved involved some carpet and and also a $4 lint brush.

You see the problem I had with this room is that you could look down and see the clumps of hair and dust on the ground. To my knowledge, they haven't vacuumed since they have been staying here. I got down on my hands and knees and cleaned the carpet with a lint brush. I'm telling you, the first time I cleaned this place for dust I did the skirting boards and ledges. Shortly after that my throat started to get a bit better but my glands also started to swell up.

I have to say, to date, this is the most disgusting cleaning job I've ever performed. This time I didn't even use a gym towel wrapped around my mouth so that I didn't inhale the dust. Only because I thought that's how I got tonsilitis. The problem was, 1/4 of the way through it I discovered that in order to clean carpet with a lint brush, you need to do it both ways. Firstly, move the brush in one direction, secondly, flip the switch on the lint brush and do it the other way so I had to go back to the start and do it again.

The result is clean carpet. You can still see here and there a few bits of dust, not much and of course there is some paper on the floor that a lint brush can't pick up.

Truely Gruesome though I must say. My nose was itching throughout the whole process and I can feel the dust in my throat I just don't know what to do about it. Should I google that or should I just drink a crap load of water? I wonder if listerine would kill the germs?

I have to tell you though, the floor was just covered in her hair and dust. Now dust I can get over as now just simply gone, but someone's hair. Then you start seeing skin bits and think eww yuk, her skin too. Germs Germs Germs.

Just so you will know what I had to put up with - here are some pictures. Priceless!

Oh and by the way, I actually kept having to clean the lint brush with my left hand. Fingers were black at the end! I'm expecting to be extremely ill tomorrow with all of the germs - I'll be sure and let you know :)

Obsessive or Particular?

You may or may not know this about me but sometimes I can get really obsessive about cleaning. Take this evening for instance. Came home but stopped off at Safeway where I purchased ajax surface and glass (some type of lovely scent) cleaner. Did laundry, an hour of study, just in time for a skype session, another hour of study, off to the gym, then when I got back to the apartment, I thought, oh I'll do my favourite face mask, only to realise, boy the mirror is dirty.

The mirror in the bathroom is about 1.5-2metres in width and about 1-1.5m in height so it gets dirty a little but. But, of course, when I moved into my temporary accommodation, the place was dirty and the mirror was covered in toothbrush spray. Right I think, I'll clean this. So instead of just finishing with the mirror I decide to:

• Tighten the hinges on the doors (they were loose and seeing I had no screwdrivers of any kind, I found a knife and glady used that).
• I fixed the cupboard. The weird puzzle type put it together door was falling off so I fixed that cupboard as well.
  
• I moved the girls stuff (I'm staying in this apartment while she is back home from uni) from the bathroom vanity ledge (all 2 meters, there's bound to be a lot of stuff) to the cupboard below.
• Cleaned the walls, skirting boards, doors, cupboards, ledges.
  
• Cleaned the outside of the shower, I still need to clean the inside (I thought about cleaning it though).
• Cleaned the bathroom vanity then went over it so there were no streaks.
• Used jif on the old sink.
  
• Scrubbed underneath the sink.
• Cleaned all throughout the toilet including little ridges.
• Cleaned the bathroom taps, as they were silver, I had to scrub them and scrub them for a while until they were clean clean.
• Of course I cleaned the inside of the toilet as well!

Luckily, I managed to refrain from using the Pine o Clean, however 1 hour has now gone by and I've left my face mask on for a bit too long.

The sad part about this situation is that at the end of it I was so stoked with myself that it looked so sparkly and clean that I wish I had of taken a before and after picture so I could compare the 2.

But here's the thing. It's not like I do this all the time. Sometimes, I can't be bothered to clean and simply leave things messy. But sometimes, I just go off on these massive spring cleans. It makes me feel so good like I've accomplished something!

It's freezing

Today has been pretty lame on the whole. After not getting much sleep last night, I woke up at 5:30am. Knowing I would not go back to sleep, I got up and did some study.  I feel bad today. It’s 23 degrees and it’s freezing. The right side of me is really cold but the left side of me is ok. I am shivering, dizzy, stomach feeling a tad sick, my back is sore, I have no energy I just want to crash.  But on the bright side, I downloaded to my outlook calendar at work the Australian cricket games http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ausvnz/content/story/317721.html. Darn it. If only my right hand would warm up, that would be great.

 

 

New software - so exciting!

I've got some new software for my Mac. I updated my iLife system from 07 to 08. Can't wait to see the improvements with iPhoto. But I've also installed Parallels Desktop and I'm creating a Windows 2003 Virtual Server. There have been a few hiccups along the way with my Macintosh, but I have to admit, I love it. 

My only 2 major frustrations were:
Chatting software - to do video and voice chats you can only use skype. So the other person has to be on skype as well. Which meant having to convice alot of people to get on Skype. But on the bright side, my mobile phone has skype and we are on IP phones at work.

DVD software - The DVD drive is NOT region free. I mean come on! Region restrictions are just shite and everyone knows it! Why would you put such a thing on such a lovely piece of equipment.  There are also no hacks to get around this region setting so I'm stuck with watching my store bought DVDs on a bloody Windows based laptop (oh so gay!)

But apart from that my iMAC is helping me bring sexy back on so many levels.

Robbie Deans for Wallabies Coach

I have to say, I will be so stoked if Robbie Deans becomes Wallabies Coach. Even though I’m a NZer living in Australia, the better coach would get to work with the better team.  All Blacks are filled with precious has beens and Graham Henry – what can he do with the team? However, the Australian’s strive harder to win as that is an attitude instilled in many Australians.  NZers do not have this mentality to strive to win.  That’s why I think it would be a better fit for Robbie Deans to coach the Wallabies. 

Xmas Cards

It’s silly really! I feel like I’ve done a heap of good deeds as the thanks roll in for my Xmas cards. I know I would be pretty stoked if I received one. It’s always nice to hear from people. One friend was saying, oh, I won’t be able to make sending xmas cards this year but I’ll probably do e-cards.  I said to her, I don’t do it because I expect them back (we are so not 12 anymore! Remember those times in school where you would give out heaps of xmas cards so you would get heaps back). I just did it because I just love to do that kind of thing.  Plus I think snail mail is way cool and it’s just an extra surprise when you’re not really thinking about.  I also want to make sure I keep in touch with everyone.  There have been so many times when I have up and left a country and not kept in touch. But I will not do that this time (haha) Anyhow, it’s now (checks facebook) 15 days, but I say 14 days until Xmas.  I don’t think you count today.  Yes according to my calendar its 2 weeks wow. Xmas is going to rock.

Mondays ARGH

I am rather unenthused today.  It is Monday after all, however I just don’t feel like doing anything but sleeping. My eyes are extremely heavy today and I have the sniffles followed by extreme shivering. I thought I probably shouldn’t come in today, but here I am.  I’m trying to fit some study in but it just doesn’t seem possible. I have the time, but not the concentration. I am not starting to stress (yet) about my 292 exam.  I do however realise that the book I purchased to study from does not have enough material in it.  You can also tell it was written by different people.  I have started taking new vitamins today and I must say, I need to go to the toilet again. I am going to be like a darn tap.  The ugly dude isn’t here today which is good, neither is the high and mighty lady, but after a great weekend, I don’t really care. My mum is coming over in February.  I can’t see her much during this time as I have an exam on the 18^th, but I am spending the next weekend with her so that should be a lot of fun.  She will also help me move out even though she probably doesn’t know it yet!! No, really, I have mentioned it.  I’m so glad my sister did all my xmas shopping. I still have 1 more gift to get but at least I can get that out my way!

Xmas, Xmas Yay.

It's been 1 week since I moved into this apartment and I have to say, I'm absolutely loving it. Apart from the massive clean up I had to do, I couldn't think of a cooler place to live. I had a good weekend what I could make of it anyhow, Saturday was loads of fun and ended up staying out. Finally managed to get home this arvo at 4pm. I'm quite excited that Xmas is just around the corner. I mean, it's just different isn't it when you've got young ones to spend it with. I got a bit of a shock today when I opened iCal to release it was only 2 weeks away. I mean, I am counting pay checks not weeks until xmas! Though this weekend was a washout for any kind of study and also exercise. I had planned to do some this evening, but the head cold is telling me to rest. So I'll rest today and go hard tomorrow. I've got 2 weeks before I reach my goal so it's all pretty exciting. I'm sure this week is going to rock though. Well in all honesty it has to. I'm by myself next week at work and with no one to help me, it's pretty darn scary. Just as long as I keep looking forward to xmas.

OMG, I feel like carp

How is it that I'm too hungover to type. Even the tippty tappy of the keyboard is racking me off. I have to be on the other side of the city shortly, so I thought I'd take the chance to explain what happened last night. I stupidly, went out with work people. It ended up just being 3 of us altogether after a few hours of whatever. There is this guy leaving not work, just leaving the country to work in another country still with the same company. He's always been a bit suggestive yeah, well, last night he kept trying to put me down and I didn't really care for it. So I went off with some dudes and caught back up with them later. So (yuk, i just realised my feet are black). One of the 2 dudes, I think is very hot - not the put me down dude, but it's nice to have some eye candy at work for a change. As it turns out, we finish up about 2pm with slovakis from around the corner. They are great. Then I take them back to my place which was across the road and showed them where I live. For a no hassle solution, i said those 2 guys could stay in my bed if they wanted to and i would take the couch. Which just didn't happen as the hot guy thought that was too gay! The other guy that i don't much like, was like oh I've tried suggesting you 2 (to him) to be alone. And I was just like whatever (I mean how old am I, if I want him, he'll know), then the other dude was like going and I was like don't leave me with him as a joke but mostly serious. Oh just on the side, I think I asked some dude out on a date? I also came home with another guys business card as he wanted me to do some business on the side as I was going to do a server solution for him. Damn, I have to get ready shortly. But do you know what the other guy turned round and said to me - he goes, "Oh, I think you scared him away because he could tell that you liked him" and I was like what? Talk about a load of shit yeah. Then I walked in to my room and the guy was taking off his pants and he was like "oh that's okay, that's all your going to see" I didn't look at all because the thought of seeing him with skin showing, just simply revolts me. So I slept on this small couch with my legs huddled and he slept on the bed. Then when he wakes, he comes out and goes on for 5 - 10 minutes how he didn't know that I was sleeping on the couch and he made a comment like it must have been a bad thought for me to sleep in my bed with him (which I would never do as I know what he's like), and then he threw in a comment about the dude I like and I didn't say a word. It was like he was testing me or something. So I just looked out the window

Married Men

This is a stupid situation.  There is a guy who was supposed to go to lunch with me today however he never called. Why I’m glad he never did because I didn’t really want to go anyhow.  This is because when he called yesterday, I got all happy and gooey like we mean something to each other but we are just friends. But not the we are just friends type the ones that get happy when they see each other but both know nothing will happen. He is married and has children. He’s a great man and as I have principals, I do not go out with married men. So I’m sitting here somewhat relieved but also can’t believe that I put myself in that situation. I still can’t believe that I was that stupid to get all like WOW over this married man when I was just setting myself up for a fall.  I’m really more kicking myself for being so stupid. Why Why silly miss e!

Another reason to move from NZ

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4314618a11.html

 

I’m so glad I moved away from NZ.  It such a shit hole these days. I hate the way the government is running things. I have been gone for 3 months now and not a moment too soon.  They need to kick Helen Clark’s manly ass out of government and get in some new blood.  I also hate the way where if you are maori you get treated differently – tax breaks, extra handouts, extra funding.  One gets sick of having to pay for them as well when all they do is cause trouble, get high on P all day.  True, there are a few that are fine, but it’s the government’s fault on how this came about.  If they had more of a spine like John Howard (poor John Howard, we all will miss him) we wouldn’t be in this type of them and us culture.  I hate the fact that the housing corporation is also buying up houses in so many nicer areas, getting Maoris in to stay there and then they urinate on the street, get drunk and high and then cause trouble in the street. Auckland is the biggest city but also the biggest shit hole. Though I’d rather be there in some stupid small town!  Auckland is the most expensive place to live as you practically pay for tax for the rest of the country.  Everything is so expensive and not really worth it.

 

They also let anyone in. Like that al-jazawi dude or some Iranian(?) terrorist.  I’m so glad I’m not living there and I will never go back to live. It used to be the country where you could bring up children. I personally, wouldn’t even consider this! I have turned into a NZ basher as well!

ha ha foreigners

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10480969&ref=rss

 

Weird Day

What started out as I thought was going to be a great day, turned out not to be as I expected. I mean, it wasn't bad it was just different. Last night I disinfected the room including the skirting boards, the walls, the doors the ledges, the windows anything basically that dust could cling to. And to my relief, when I woke up this morning, my throat was feeling better already and the gland wasn't so swollen. I woke up at 7:30am to have a shower and still managed to be late. But I was wearing a new skirt that I absolutely love. It's black it goes out at the bottom. Made from silky type material. At the top of the skirt, it comes in quite high and has these great deep pockets and also is gathered. It looks really nice anyhow so I wore my favourite black blouse that I got in London and it looked really good I must say! Got to work a couple of minutes late. At work, I managed to type up 10 pages of study notes which I thought was excellent and do a practice exam. Wanted to do something for lunch today, but couldn't really be bothered, so I headed to star*ucks and got myself a frappucino (big mistake seeing I haven't had anything coffee based in 2 months) it made me ill for the rest of the day and somewhat acted like a laxative. I'm never having that kind of beverage in the forseeable future (obviously if my life depended on it I probably would but I'm not going to actively choose to have a caffiene product). I am eating some sugar now, but I have cut out bread. I love bread, but it's just too much of a hassle! So armed I was with my frappucino in the 33 degree heat and I headed to the square opposite work to eat my lunch. Sat there for a good 30 minutes then decided to head back. The dork at Star*ucks had over filled the drink and it had spilled down my front. While I was in the office the lady behind me pointed out I had white all over my bum. When I looked around I had been sitting in gum for the last 30 minutes. I spent the next 2 hours trying to get it off. It was that gooey kind, so I tried gum, ice and then sellotape which did the trick quite nicely until I switched to blu tack. Walked home fine then had to wash my clothes. Didn't really get much study done tonight as I had issues with Virtual Server. But I have to admit, that I was quite exhausted after the heat. I also forgot to shut my blinds so when I got home and walked into my room it was a furnace. I had to leave my weights session until 9:30pm. Tomorrow is supposed to be showers with winds so that should be interesting. What to wear!

Yesterday...

I couldn’t work out last night due to my tonsillitis. I think it’s because of all the dust in the room. I have to buy a vacuum cleaner now. I would rather not as it’s xmas and I don’t want to spend money on a vacuum! So now I’m trawling the web trying to find a decent priced vacuum.  Yesterday at work this lady racked me off. Firstly, I’d just come back from lunch and she pounced. Do you have a minute (Well, I’d just sat down so, really just give me a minute when she did not I thought that