Sudokuaholics Anonymous 6

mariana!

i'm here!!!

you got me! good job. your computer must be on its best behavior cause my posts were just flying through!

that was hard work!

It takes me forever to post when I use smilies, because I have about 500 of them now. They take a while to load, then I take a while to find the ones I want.

kiddos must go to bed. the sugar high has finally frazzled the mom! catch y'all later!

my smiley window just stays open all the time. i only have to load it once after i log in.

toodle-oo. I do need to do some stuff.

ssssshhhhhh

vewy quiet in the meeting room

Old Age, I decided, is a gift

I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt. And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long.

I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving family for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend.

I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.


I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60&70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ..... I will.

I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set.
They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.

So, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)


MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART! MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A RAINBOW OF SMILES ON YOUR FACE AND IN YOUR HEART FOREVER AND EVER!

Hello lovely SA6 people - it's been very quiet here since yesterday - I only had to read 3 pages. What's up?
We had to take Jewel to the vet this morning - long story, but she's fine now.
Off to our Lachie's party in 20 mins - may get back to you all later. Ciao all, enjoy your day!!

Broni - lovely - tears in my eyes again

I'm getting tired.... I've been up for 10 1/2 hours today.... so I'm heading off to bed soon. I just need to go out to the barn and make sure Brat has food to eat. She's still crated after being spayed.

Brat says too.

it sounds so nice broni. i'm REALLY looking forward to that time in my life. the present is pretty good, but very demanding. it will be nice to enjoy the day without being worried all the time. i'm happy that you have gotten to this point...it gives me hope!

night heidi. i'm getting awfully sleepy my self. have a great day/night all!

Well it may as well be me that get us over the 11858 mark.

to another synopsis on SA as seen through the eyes of a half ...
Hi Becky...yes, Lachie is finally throwing of the bug. I think "Trunk or Treat"is a brilliant idea...safety for everyone. It isn’t a custom that has really caught off here. Lachie went out one year with a neighbour – joined her group when they knocked on the door – luckily we had monster mask in our bag of tricks from the last Halloween party we had been to. Seems so long ago now... well over a decade in fact. Did notice a few houses dressed up very invitingly tho – wish I’d had my camera with me.

Suzy – finger’s crossed that Ally hasn’t been scared off by the ‘apparent ease’ of the more seasoned performers.

He he...June...you can’t help yourselfanother TOPP?

Liz thanks for the update...had forgotten all souls day...there are an awful lot of them now in my book

Nice to see the name has stuck Dame Edna Average

Ah Mariana...you have certainly paid for being so on top of things & bored yesterday...sugar high – how ghastly are those memories!

Broni it is a while since I read that evocative piece... I swear I could have written it myself!

Nice to see that Stella,Vici, Tricia, Heidi, Ruby, Rolanda, Tami, Viv, CynB have been around and updated us on local happenings in their area since my last post.

Have a good one everybody

11858.

That beats the SA5 mark.Dame good thing Ay what!

Now I have to go do stuff...aaargh!!!

Dame Edna Above Average.

Will try for another lucky post...our modem is flickering like Christmas lights.....before we are off line again...

Dame good show eh wot...

above average....

ps...I think you are better looking than that other Dame Edna dame....

for all folks in the USA. It is NOW time to turn our clocks back one hour! Daylight Savings Time is OVER!

Yeah Bean just recieved it as an email and thought yep that's about where I am at and written quoit noicly metinks!
Mariana all times in you life are good as long as you stop long enough to appreciate them, sometimes we are just too busy to enjoy it. PS: that includes the not so good times...without them we would not know how good the good ones are.

OK starting to waffle, luv you guys!

BTW Where is Dag, or should I get of my a$$ and find out for myself?

We have just had a lovely evening. Drove the 1/2 hour to our favourite beach area for dinner. Ate looking over the water and then a stroll along the waterfront,Drove the long way home along the edge of a National Park. We needed a bit of relaxing time to ourselves.

What just you and Ken, June?

Good evening everyone
where are you all at
Broni - I feel like that most of the time
but not all the time.........
very noice though......................

Yes just the two of us. And I have slept in front of the TV since we got home so may as well sleep in my bed. Will have to take a girl swimming tomorrow as Sharon is not driving.

Had a lovely day today
went to a plant nursery in Essendon,
lovely cafe, overlooking the river,
on a beautiful warm day,
brought myself a very nice frangipani hand cream,
great day with three girlfriends....

Sounds like you had a good day June
so good to hear....

Oh got myself a indoor plant aswell
will have to get a pot for it tomorrow
its a Calathea Silhouette in the croton family I think......
beautiful colors

Ok whats happened in here
its 9.30 pm
and my posts are going through an hour earlier
for some reason

have just lit a candle for all my lost loved ones
and will now have a glass of wine
in their honor aswell

nothing on the giggle box tonight

taking Sammy and Gizmo to the vet tomorrow morning to both have their nails cut and for Sammy to have his blood test,
with luck his kidneys will be working ok and he can start the medication for his cough....

Good Maen Sudokuland!



Coffee for those who care to join me.

My body has done it again. Instead of sleeping an extra hour for daylight savings time ending, I am up an hour EARLY, so that is really 2 hours early, 4:40 am now! I shall have a cuppa and see if I am sleepy, go back to bed or not depending. Good thing I do not have to be anywhere today! BTW, my coffee is decaf this morning

How do I
Get through one night without you
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh I need you in my arms
Need you to hold
Your my world my heart my soul
If you ever leave
Baby you'd take away everything good in my Life.

And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live?.

Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There would be no world left for me
And I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I would be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything real in My life

And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live?...

Please tell me baby..

How do I go on?
If you ever leave
Well baby you would take away everything
Need you with me
Baby don't you know your everything good in My life

And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live

How do I live without you
How do I live without you baby.......
How do I live....