You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do?
If I received some amazing news, I would text Adrian, Liz, Russell, Kathryn, and Lani with the great news because I know they would be interested. I would also text Mum, Peter, and David. I would play with Lily and cuddle her and tell her the news because she is my little best friend.
Are there any activities or hobbies you’ve outgrown or lost interest in over time?
There are a few things that I have lost interest in over time. Throughout my marriage, I used to make jewellery, mainly earrings, as a hobby to make me a little extra money 💰. To begin with, I enjoyed this hobby, but I lost interest in it, around the time that I started to experience problems in my marriage. I was working at the time, in a job, that circumstances forced me to resign. I never had a supportive husband. He was furious with my decision, and then he started a relationship with someone else because he wasn’t happy with the direction our lives were heading in. To this day, I associate jewellery making with that time and sold all my beads several years ago.
Around that time, I started to go to Curves, the ladies’ gym, to work out. Unfortunately there is no Curves, where I live now, and I lament it’s demise in my life because it sure helped me to take out my frustrations over what happened in my marriage on a piece of gym equipment, specifically designed for females. That is my only regret in life. It sure helped me when I most needed it. As for my marriage, that is long in the past, and I continue to make good choices with my life.
What’s your favorite candy?
My favourite candy 🍬 would have to be milk and dark chocolate 🍫 Lindt balls. I love ❤️ both milk and dark varieties. As I am diabetic I rarely get to have any. It is only when friends 🧡 give them to me as a gift. I love sucking on them and savouring the silky soft centre. They truly are bliss and delightfully delicious.
Do you need a break? From what?
I need a break from the everyday routine. Ultimately, it would entail a total digital detox for a couple of days. A beachside retreat where I can take Lily and get away from everything that makes up my life No phone no computer etc for a couple of days of silent bliss, with Lily being my focus. To not have to ring or text anyone for a weekend. The beach will be a quiet paradise, and Lily will be happy and contented. I am planning such a retreat in the not too distant future . Oh, what bliss it would be.
The most important invention in your lifetime is…
I would have say that the most important invention in my lifetime would have to be the mobile phone 📴 📲. We literally have a hand-held personal computer. I use my mobile phone for everything from keeping in touch with loved one’s, to send emails and write this blog. I would be lost without it, as I constantly use it.
I answered today’s blog post 📫 about my perfect day that involved sleeping in opshopping with friends 🧡 and visiting the seaside with Lily. It is my picture, aperfect day with special friends 🧡.
My other perfect day that I look forward to each year is Christmas day at my brother Peters house surrounded by my family. I treasure this time with Peter and Kathy and my nephews and nieces 💕. I so rarely get to see them these days as we are all busy with our own lives, so I relish the chance to show my family how much I love them. It is something I look forward to each year. My other perfect day.
Describe your most ideal day from beginning to end.
On my most perfect day, I would get to sleep in , then take Lily for a long walk in the crisp, fresh morning sunshine 🌞 ☀️.
Lani,Kathryn, and myself will travel to a seaside village to look at quaint little opshops and have lunch together at a cute little Cafe. Lily will be with us, as will Ruby, Lanis dog. After lunch we all take a long walk along the beach ⛱️, which delights Lily as she has never been to a beach before.
At night, Carl and Gisele pick me up to see Crowded House perform at a small, intimate venue for long-time fans.
The day will finish with me getting a good sleep with Lily sleeping 😴 brsdide me.
Over the past couple of days I binge watched the new third and final series of The Newsreader. It is amazing. It definitely is the best drama series made by the ABC for the past couple of years. Anna Torv is brilliant as Helen Norville and Sam Reid performane as Dale Jennings is second to none. They both play caracters that are flawed, but ultimately the series is about friendships, love and loyalty all set in a television 📺 newsroom in Melbourne in the 1980s. William McInness plays an excellent head of the newsroom that certainly gets his well-deserved come uppance in the end. Karma does exist, and the characters of Helen and Dale always have each other’s backs part at the worst times for each character. I love how the producers dealt with Helens mental health issues, because as a sufferer of mental health issues myself, it showed that a diagnosis of mental health issues doesn’t stop you from having a very successful life. To see Helen take charge of her own destiny and heal her issues with her diagnosis and family was written with such dignity and reality. Helen Norville is a modern-day heroine complete with flaws that make her believable and likeable.
Please watch this series on iview. It is the best Australia has to offer and shows why the ABC produces quality on a tight budget. You will enjoy it.
What’s your favorite thing to cook?
I have two favourite dishes that I love ❤️ to cook if I have friends over. They are beef , red wine and vegetable casserole or chicken and spinach Indian style curry.
I haven’t cooked either of them for a while because I haven’t had people over for dinner for quite some time. Both recipes are out of the Gabriel Gates Good Food Fast cookbook. You can tell it’s a well-used recipe book because some of the pages are food stained. I do enjoy cooking when I have people over and go to more effort than if I am just cooking 🍳 for myself.
Write about your first computer.
The first computer 🖥 I had was our family’s first computer 🖥 IBM compatible with floppy discs that I mainly used for word processing of my stories and student assignments. Through my work, I kept fairly up to date technology wise and used my husbands computer when I was married.
Susanna bought me my first laptop when I was doing a couple of law subjects, because she knew that we were struggling financially and she wanted me to have what the other students had. I appreciated her generosity very much she ws always so beautifully generous.
I still do have a laptop 💻, but really, I just use my phone 📱 for everything these days. It is just so convenient and easy to use my phone 📱 . It is amazing to think of how our lives have become so technology focused. Computers weren’t a part of my childhood, and I grew up in a time of landlines and no mobile phones. It is amazing to think of how much our lives have changed over the past 40 years. We really have come a long way.
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