Another one bites the dust

At the start of this year I set myself 101 things to do in 1001 days. One of my goals was to go to the dentist three times during the 1001 days.  That would work out as one visit to the dentist every year - a very sensible approach to looking after my teeth, I reckon.  But, maybe I accidentally sent my brain the wrong message - I think today was my fifth visit to the dentist this year.

It was more bad news - I need to lose another tooth!  This will be my second 'lost' tooth this year, and my third in total! (And I don't even want to talk about the number of root canals I've had, or my 'special' tooth that I rekon has cost a total of about $6,000 to save).  I think only my very font 'rabbit' teeth have escaped the drill and/or the plyers.   OMG - I'm going to be a gummy old lady with a toothless grin.

I have to admit that I treated my teeth really poorly for the years I was a student. But, I repent! I'm sorry teeth! I don't want to you leave me all alone! Look - I've bought you so many presents to show I love you (electric tooth-brush, floss, mouth wash, tooth mousse).  I ditched all my friends you didn't really like (the sugar, the soft drinks, the fruit juice). I take you to the dentist. I've changed! Don't leave me! I love yooouuuuu!

*wracking sobs*

Ouch and Eeeewwwwwwww

I'm so pleased it's the end of the week.  It's been a hard four days at work - my body is finding it so hard to sit at a desk for these long hours and concentrate on work.  It would prefer to lie in the sun and drink cocktails.

These four days have been a flashbulb of "wow, working in an open-plan office environment, sitting on my arse is actually pretty dran  unhealthy".  Earlier this year I had a co-wo who had been a practicing nurse until jumping ship to work for my employer.  He'd come straight off the wards, where he was used to being upright, and moving around a lot.  He complained quite a bit about how bad sitting down all the time was, and how he always had a really sore back.  I, the seasoned office worker with a full years annual leave up my sleeve as I never took a break from sitting on my arse, thought he was just a big moaner who should harden up.  Now I discover that he was right all along. He has since given up the office job and gone back to nursing  - I suspect his physical health is better for it.

Meanwhile, my back is sore. My eyes keep watering from staring at the computer screen, and the air-con is drying out my skin.  It's a hard life.

As Morgan pointed out this evening, it requires a level of physical fitness to sit on your arse for 8 hours a day and not feel the adverse effects.  I think I'm lacking that physical fitness.

We're back!

I loved Phuket, Thailand. It was just the right warm, with juicy morsels of food everywhere I looked.  My only regret is that I didn't eat more. Which is ironic given that I ate too much.  I think I've gained about 5kg in the short two weeks that we were away. I have to confess that about the only thing I have done today is walk through Newtown, visit the Asian Food Market and buy ingredients so that we can make more Thai food.

There will be more Phuket bloggage, and maybe some photos but at the moment I don't really want to share.

Yes, it's hot and relaxing and there is swimming and cocktails

Yep, Phuket is just as it should be.
I am cancelling my return ticket and staying.

OMG, it's going to hot and relaxing and there'll be swimming in the sea and cocktails

Now we head to Thailand for our honeymoon. We're all packed and just counting down until it's time to head to the airport. The bags are packed, the house is spring cleaned, the fridge is emptied, and I know where my passport is. Success!

Have a fab two weeks
Strongerlight

Spring cleaning

We acquired a new bookcase this weekend - it's old, and beautiful and perfect for CDs and DVDs (so a bookcase that's not for books at all). A few months back we spent some time checking out storage for CDs and DVDs and were roundly disappointed by everything on offer. We were after some kind of wooden case/shelving that was a bit flexible and could be used for things other than CDs and DVDs (e.g. we weren't going to spend a whole bunch of $$$$ for something that would be useless if CD and DVD formats expire). The only case we found that look functional etc was $450-500, which for our tightwad pockets was too steep.*

So, anyway, someone at my work was advertising an old bookcase for sale - $75. It is more beautiful than anything we saw in the shops, totally functional for CDs and DVDs (being the right width and depth) and did I mention that it's beautiful.

We spent some time today rearranging furniture, spring clean-ish-ing, and admiring the beautiful new case. I love spring.

*I must confess that despite the steep price of store bought cases, I was totally up for spending $ on them. It was Morgue's 'let us walk away from these and give it further thought' that stopped us outlaying $500 on something that wasn't quite right'. I'm terrible at the impulse purchases, and the 'but I've made my mind up that I want to buy an xxxx today so I really need to buy one'.

Green Soup.

MMMmm, we made broccoli soup for dinner tonight. It was yummier than I expected it to be, and we have another whole pot of it, ready for another meal later this week. I used the recipe from this great blog and I can highly recommend it. All it takes is a whole bunch of broccoli, and we used kumara instead of potato and yoghurt instead of cream. You should give it a try.