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                                                                                       Edition 281 Monday May 11th 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi,the air of anticipation was almost overwhelming as we packed the car before departure!Yes our ‘Mothers Day mini holiday weekend’ was about to start and we were seriously buzzing with excitement!Yes our wheelie bin does go out more than we do and yes we should make an effort to get out more!Harry and the Hendersons were given strict instructions not to party too hard and we were off.A mates rates Scenic Hotel (Christines outfit)in the City was our base camp as we completed special Mothers Day missions to the spectacular Devonport (via ferry and bike) and Eastern Bays (via bus and bike)waterfronts over the weekend.We are lucky to still be able to spend Mothers Day in person with my Mum who is also of course Fletchers Nana and lunch on Saturday was another special occasion for us.The highlights of our Saturday night in the City were undoubtedly the $4.99 local pizza special,the bright lights, sirens and Fletcher mixing it up with the homey skateboarders and full time residents of Aotea Square whilst entertaining them on his bike.

Sunday was cool as we enjoyed a Mothers Day roast lunch expertly prepared by our ‘master chef’ son Matthew.No queing at restaurants or cafes for us relaxing in the warmth of the late autumn St Heliers sunshine and gentle hue to round off another special occasion for a special Mum.

Fletcher says; thanks Nana for the cool Westpac rescue helicopter money box and to Poppa for his first deposit of Aussie coins!!(at least he wont be able to withdraw & spend them!)

We retreated to the West Coast tired and weary but totally satisfied that our Mothers Day missions had succeeded in specially recognising amazingly important people in our lives,our Mothers!

I hope you also enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with or by remembering your Mothers and Grandmothers on their special day.

Have a great week ahead you good children!!……………….Cheers Jonesey!

 

Harry and the Hendersons reckon they would have enjoyed meeting their City cousins!!

 

“To Do Today, 11/05/15,1. Sit and think,2. Reach enlightenment,3. Feed the dogs”

 

LOL used to make me cringe a bit on the end of emails and texts until I realised the ‘feel good’ value of stopping to have a laugh occasionally…..so now I laugh out loud a lot and don’t cringe!!!

The other LOL I have also learned to’ like a lot’ (LAL J) is LOTs of LISTs!!

Having spent some time examining why I never seem to have time for anything I have decided I need to have ‘lots of lists’….priority lists, good old fashioned hand written priority lists of good old fashioned stuff to do……daily and weekly……guess what….it works.

The best thing about having lists apart from having a roadmap of stuff to do in order of importance is that you actually get to tick stuff off as it gets done and see that tick as an important pat on the back……and THAT is VERY cool.

Every time I tick an item off my list I ‘laugh out loud’ because I am happy and because I know in most cases it can and does make others happy too……..happiness is infectious and worth catching!

The secret to lists is to never be far from a pen and paper because your concious and unconscious minds are always on the go and you need to be alert to the messages each is attempting to pass to the other!!!....yes you are the conduit and you need to be on your game like any ‘bright spark’ will know.You are the high speed broadband connection responsible for the LOL concept to transmit successfully….Good luck with that Upbeat crew…..have an awesomely successful week LOL!!!!

 

“Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list.” Patti Digh