"Riding in a Rollercoaster"

The last few weeks have been a rollercoaster for me, filled with the highest highs and some sucky lows. Today's 'Top Five Friday' is a Top Five Top-Up to make up for last week. Just to explain how the two weeks have been for me, today I'm counting down my Top Five Highs and Lows of the last two weeks.



Lows



5. Uni Stress - The last week before a mid-tri break are always busy, busy. This time I found it to be excessively painful. I had a workshop assessment on Sunday, followed by an Essay to be handed in Monday, a Tutorial Presentation on Tuesday, and another Essay due on Friday. I was feeling the burn. Train delays and cancellations cancelled out any scrap of time management. 



4. House Stress - We found a flat. We love the flat. We applied for the flat. We were told we could have the flat. We were told friends of the landlord were interested. We had already started buying furniture. Lots of it.



3. Fingers meet slamming door - At work last Sunday, I was date rotating the Coca-Cola drinks fridge. I held my fingers over the top of the door with one hand. Then I slammed it closed with the other hand. My fingers, for some reason, held on to the door. My team mate bandaged my hand and I left work early. Fossa?





2. Feuds - It's been a fortnight full of feuding. With family, with friends, with everyone. I'm not so sure if the first three points on this list took my politeness and tolerance levels to zero, or whether the feuds were just one of those things.




1. Wisdom teeth - As if having a bung hand isn't enough. The wisdom teeth on the right side of my mouth started to kick up a stink on Monday night. I got virtually no sleep that night. Luckily I have a fantastic Man-friend who dosed me up on painkillers, got me a bag of frozen peas and stayed home the next day to take me to the dentist. Love.

After a trip to the dentist, the pain is slowly fading. Back to the dentist next week to get one pulled out. Eeek!





Highs



5. Cousin Leah gets exciting news - On Leah's Birthday, her long-time love Jason popped the question. After hearing the exciting news, I rang her to find out the details. I didn't get much out of her as she was in a giddy mood. She was Love drunk.



4. Uni success - After all the hard work I'd been putting in, it was great to get some results back. One B+ and Two A+. Too bad I didn't make it a hat trick. Even so - I am stoked.





3. House Stress = Gone! - After all the stressing, we got the house! We are now the proud tenants of a lovely little flat. We are moving next weekend. Pictures to come soon-ish.



2. Brother-in-Law to be puts a ring on it - Brad's sister Bex, went on Holiday with her man-friend Andy, for their first year Anniversary. Whilst they were away Andy proposed. How exciting! Two family weddings to come - one on each side!




1. Family time - On Wednesday I hopped over the Rimutaka Hill to the Wairarapa with one of my Uncles. We spent the day looking through Family treasures from my Grandparents house that were put in to storage, once their house was sold. It was awesome. So many memories. In the afternoon we popped back over the hill to pick up my little cousins from school. It was great getting to see their classrooms and look at some of their work. So proud!







Congratulations to Leah & Jason and Bex & Andy!



Watch this space for the birth of my cousins baby, perhaps this week.

"I owe you one"

Sorry.

"Perhaps there's something there, that wasn't there before.."

Look at what I saw in the mirror yesterday morning...

Check that out! Wrinkles! *Shudder. Beastly!

Time to upgrade from the 'Nivea Young Skin' to something with Anti-Ageing properties. Pronto.

"My vision is blurred, but I know what I heard"

It's been a while since I did a Music post. Tonight's Top Five Friday is all about one New Zealand Woman. Brooke Fraser. I've been in love with her Music (and her looks - hot!) for as long as she's been commercially known. This past few days I have been cranking her first two albums, they make for great painting/blogging music. She is due to release her third Album called Flags, on October 12. I cannot wait! Pop over to her website to have a sneaky listen to the first single 'There's something in the water'.



Here are my top five Brooke Fraser songs per album, with lyrical explanations. That's right folks I'm making my own rules. It

is a double-whammy!





What to do with daylight:



5. Arithmetic

"I've forgotten the freedom that comes from the fact/That you are the sum/So you are the one/I want"




4. Without You

"I couldn't replicate your touch/Or love anyone again this much/But I wouldn't be the same/Without you"





3. Scarlet

"Middle of nowhere/Finally you can breathe/Nobody knows your name/It's easier"







2. Better



"I've tried all the things they told me to do/Tried to close up the wounds left open by you/And if I seem doubtful/distrusting I am/You said you wouldn't do it again"







1. Waste Another Day

"'Til the sun and planets disappear /I could stay in your arms all year/Even if that means infinity through/If being productive is being with you/Then baby I don't want to waste another day"









Albertine:





5. Albertine

"Rwanda/Now that I have seen/I am responsible/Faith without deeds is dead"




4. Shadowfeet

"When the world has fallen out from under me/I'll be found in you, still standing"



3. Love is Waiting

"I watch as lovers pass me by/Walking stories - who's and hows and whys/Musing lazily on love/Pondering you

I'll give it time, give it space/and be still for a spell/When it's time to walk that way/we wanna walk it well"



2. The Thief 

"It is as if/I knew you before we spoke/Do our hearts know something we don't?/Conspiring, converging/without giving us any say"



If you watch only one of these clips - let it be this one.








1. Deciphering Me

"Oh can you feel the gravity falling, calling us home?/Oh, did you see the stars colliding, shining just to show we belong?/We belong."





I can't wait to see/hear what Flags brings.

So this is the first official Sex & the Suburbs post. Yesterday I was talking to a young lady about...well pubic hair. These days, not a lot of people my age actually have a lot of it. Or so I thought.



Does ones hair down-there, reflect there personality? Or is the condition in which you keep your privates reliant on your sex life? Or do you keep your pubic hair a certain way just because it's just the way that you prefer it?



These days the options are endless. There are many, many different options. Wax, Creams, Laser therapy, Sugaring, Vajazzling, Shaving, Trimming, Tinting. All of these options are available to us these days, but which is the most popular?



If you're brave enough, anonymously post in the answer box below, what you do to maintain or retain your pubic hair, whatever the case may be. 

"SOS! Please someone help me!"

As Brad & I have decided that the time is right to look for
another place of our own, we are currently buying bargain furniture and
household items. I call this pre-nesting.

We already have found a nice little flat, that we have applied for. The rental agent told us that she is certain it will be ours, but is having trouble getting hold of our ex-landlord for a reference. No surprises there, he was quite hard to get hold of when we were his tenants. But he is a nice, good man, so hopefully we will get some news soon. I really hope so as Brad & I have been collecting cheap pieces over the last week, and have already decided where we want to put things in "our" new place, even down to the art.



So a long, long time ago (I can still remember..) one of my posts briefly mentioned my awesome coffee table. We bought it via Trademe, and it has a deep wooden frame, with a glass top, so it can be filled with something...anything!

At the time of that post it had sand and sea shells inside. See...

When we got it, it was filled with Jellybeans. Fo-rizzle. I am over the sand & shell combo, and I loved the Jellybeans, but I don't know if it will go with our new place. So now we have a dilemma. What do we put in our table now?



I though of Paua Shells, but they would be to large for the depth of the table.

Then we thought Paua Laminate. Then we remembered we're not Millionaires.

We could put the beans back in?



My sister suggested a few things...



Glitter - I told her that would be cool, but

a) Brad probably wouldn't go for it and

b) It might be annoyingly glare-ish whilst watching T.V.



She said, "Brad wont care and just tell people you scooped up Edward and put him in there to shine for all of eternity."



Her next suggestion was, "Fill it with water and put Goldfish in there!" I reminded her of Disco Stu, from The Simpsons. Remember what happened to his Fish?

So what to do, what to do...



What do you think? I need your help!





                             

                                       What should we put in our coffee table?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

As Brad & I have decided that the time is right to look for
another place of our own, we are currently buying bargain furniture and
household items. I call this pre-nesting.

We already have found a nice little flat, that we have applied for. The rental agent told us that she is certain it will be ours, but is having trouble getting hold of our ex-landlord for a reference. No surprises there, he was quite hard to get hold of when we were his tenants. But he is a nice, good man, so hopefully we will get some news soon. I really hope so as Brad & I have been collecting cheap pieces over the last week, and have already decided where we want to put things in "our" new place, even down to the art.



So a long, long time ago (I can still remember..) one of my posts briefly mentioned my awesome coffee table. We bought it via Trademe, and it has a deep wooden frame, with a glass top, so it can be filled with something...anything!

At the time of that post it had sand and sea shells inside. See...

When we got it, it was filled with Jellybeans. Fo-rizzle. I am over the sand & shell combo, and I loved the Jellybeans, but I don't know if it will go with our new place. So now we have a dilemma. What do we put in our table now?



I though of Paua Shells, but they would be to large for the depth of the table.

Then we thought Paua Laminate. Then we remembered we're not Millionaires.

We could put the beans back in?



My sister suggested a few things...



Glitter - I told her that would be cool, but

a) Brad probably wouldn't go for it and

b) It might be annoyingly glare-ish whilst watching T.V.



She said, "Brad wont care and just tell people you scooped up Edward and put him in there to shine for all of eternity."



Her next suggestion was, "Fill it with water and put Goldfish in there!" I reminded her of Disco Stu, from The Simpsons. Remember what happened to his Fish?

So what to do, what to do...



What do you think? I need your help!





                             

                                       What should we put in our coffee table?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

"I would give anything to make you better"

This post is intended for one person only. But if you read what I've written below and  makes you think, and if it applies to you then I am glad.







This is not how I wanted to do this, but I can't say it to your face. I can't say it on the phone, or through a txt.

I'm saying it here, because I know you'll see it, and I have no other way.

 







There's a proverb that says "You can only do so much, and then comes God".



I believe this to be true.



It's what I tell myself, at night after praying for you.

It's what I say to myself when I feel helpless in this situation. When I feel as if there is nothing more that I can do to help you, this is the thought that I turn to.



But now, it simply isn't enough. The proverb is still true. But it doesn't apply to you in this situation. There is only so much that I can do to help. And although, I strongly believe that God is a constant guide, the rest is down to you my friend.



It doesn't matter what I want or what your family wants. Our combined love and support doesn't change a thing. Our Love, it is powerful and infinite, but it doesn't change a thing, unless you are willing to make the change happen. That is the truth - our Love, my Love just isn't enough. And it hurts. I feel as if I have failed you at a time when you need me the most.



Although I'd like to, I understand that I can't make the choice for you, and I am not trying to guilt you in to making the "right" decision. I just want you to know that when you are ready, I will be here to hold your hand. Until you make that choice for yourself and for you alone, I don't know what else to do.



There is only a few things left to say now...



I can't imagine this life without you in it. The true you that I know, the happy & healthy you. You're one of my soul-sisters. Without even going in to all the selfish reasons for why I want you here for me, what I want most of all is for you to live a long, and full, happy life. Because you so deserve it, and you are so, so worth it.



Oh, and one more  thing...



...I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)



I Love you. X

"And they called it Puppy love"

I took this picture of Miss Shiya tonight. You can see in the background that she is wearing a nappy. She is in heat. Oh joy. She hates it as much as we do. Poor puppy, being a woman is hard. X

"Knowing me, knowing you"

I posted months and months back, whilst in Australia, a few things that you didn't know about me. Today I'm counting down the Top Five Things that I forgot to mention about myself.



5. 95% of the time, I have painted nails. Fingers and toes. Much like my Mascara fetish, I feel weird without it on. It is very rare to catch me without nail polish on. If you do - count yourself special.



4.  I have Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome, or PCOS as it is sometimes known. It's not fun.



3. Sometimes when I have a bout of pain due to PCOS I have to eat Gherkins or something with heaps of Mustard. I don't know if it actually helps or if it's all in my head. All I know is eating one of these, alleviates my pain. Once I ate a whole jar of Gherkin relish on its own. As in, out of the jar - with a spoon.



2. I have a diamond shaped birthmark on the under side of my left forearm.



1. I love Photographs. I love taking them. I love looking at them. I often get asked "Do you think you're a Paparazzo or something?" To answer that question I'll just say now, well no I don't. You'll thank me later when you have lots of photographic evidence to keep memories.





Leave me a comment telling me something that I don't know about you? 

"An Education"

This week has been busy for me. Three assessments in one week. I'm not too sure if it's because when I get tired everything becomes funny, but this week has been oddly filled with moments that tickle-my-humour-pickle.



The first took place whilst discussing annoying classmates, of the 'txt-in-lecture' and 'talk-extremely-loud-in-lecture' varieties, with my tutor.



Me: "Why don't they just shut it? As if I want to hear about their trashy Saturday night at 'Shooters'?



Tutor: "Ooh I do, but if you're going to distract me from the lecture - it better be juicy!"



Me (internal conversation): "Did he just say that? Or are you now crazy & deaf as well as blind?"





As I sat nervously in the office of a man who once described himself as a "Grammar-Nazi", waiting for his critique on my essay, I started to drift off to avoid a panic attack. My day-dream was interrupted by..



"...Are you by any chance of German decent?"



"Actually, it is highly likely that I am....Why?"



"You capitalise every noun. Every noun. Like a German student would."



An awkward silence ensues.



After a few solid minutes he tries to comfort me with...



"...It's nothing to be too concerned about, it's just an observation."





Yesterday afternoon, I met with a tutor to go over my plan for a presentation I was giving that very afternoon. We ended up discussing the Essay which was handed in the previous day. I told him that I had emailed him but never heard anything back. He then said,



"Oh you're not one of those silly little twits that keeps emailing me to ask favours, are you?"




"Uh, no. Thankfully, how awkward would this meeting be right now if I was."





Oh yes good ol' VUW is great for a few laughs. There is even a whole facebook page devoted to sharing them. Before I sign off I just have to share my favourite VUW funny of all.



One day whilst sitting in a Greek History lecture, my lecturer pulled down a map. He grabbed a metre ruler to use as a pointer - and point at the map he did. As he pointed away, he said "so this is Sparta." The entire class laughed at a semi quiet level. Realising what he had said he pointed to the map furiously and yelled. "This. Is. Sparta!" 

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