Having a lovely start to the weekend

I watched trail running on TV - does that count as exercise?

I read some L.M.Montgomery, did some editing of my novel and I have written some blogs. And it is only midday :-)

WOW! Weekend off to a great start here.

‎I just read the first chapter of the wonderful classic "Anne of Green Gables" It broke so many editing 'rules.' Used words like 'little' and 'very' and two uses of 'very' in the one sentence....Editing Inspirations from Anne of green Gables. www.kathyshell.com_

Imagine a Ferris Wheel similar to this, with a small plane suspended from it.  Ttat is what happened at a small passenger plane has crashed into a Ferris wheel at a festival on the New South Wales mid-north coast.

• Well that was one exciting Ferris wheel ride those kids will ever stop talking about. :-) Everyone got out safe, the children on the Ferris ride and the pilot and passenger. Talk about a live act to entertain the kids at a show.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-10-01/plane-crashes-into-nsw-ferris-wheel/3204912

Plane crashes into NSW ferris wheel www.abc.net.au

Kathy Shell

I have been wanting an Apple mac computer and have been searching for a price that made the purchase possible. Bring on Cyber Monday I have my much longed for new computer and can search and buy the bargains with ease. LOL.  Sometimes the computer is fun and useful and other times I need to ration my time on it and remember to keep a balanced lifestyle.

Do you get 'obsessed with work too?' 

Try the observation & corrections tool.

Observation:-Workaholism last night. Not even a project I love like my novel. Listing my English china on EBay became addictive last night and I had to drag myself away because I 'hadn't finished it.' 


Correction:-Tonight when I get stuck into the downsizing listing work I will set a strict clocking off time and not begin a new project after 11.30pm, aim for MN in bed. 

Do you struggle to balance activities too?

With a good friend was being attacked by her in-box and knowing I have a constant fight between dyslexia and writing ambition, sedentary passion in my choice of work and hobby conflicting with my need to keep a fit body, I spent hours today researching MORE, than the usual time management stuff I know reasonably well. I was seeking something fresh and new to me.

I found this. "Acknowledge that perfectionism is a disease."

Please feel very welcome to comment here in my blog or in my Kathy Shell page on facebook.

This man is my hero: you should have him on the Caravan Channel. Or you should start the helicopter channel. Then you could make one clip about this guy and use it on both without having to pay extra.  I would want life insurance information before I would tow a helicopter on the road as a caravan.

http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/8​69851-man-turns-helicopter-int​o-a-caravan-for-ultimate-campi​ng-experience
Man turns helicopter into a caravan for ultimate camping experience

www.metro.co.uk

Quirky campsite owner Tim Johnson has bought an old Westland Search and Rescue helicopter to turn it into a caravan, complete with beds and seats.

Did you know on this day in 1951 Walt Disney's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (and 13th animated film) premiered in London?  1951, I would have been six or seven when I went to see this film. The mad queen scared me and I was frankly far too yo  chg for this film. Interesting that it is rated 15 plus in the bookstores, I never did think a lot of children s stories were suited to children.  Well I found Disney's Snow White terrifying too. I wasn't a huge Disney fan as a child, though I now realize what a genius he was.

I  thought you might like to head down the rabbit hole this evening, with this extract...Extract: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll www.penguin.com.au‎'

I had sent my heroine straight down a rabbit-hole . . . without the least idea what was to happen afterwards,' wrote Charles Dodgson, describing how Alice was conjured up one 'golden afternoon' in 1862 to entertain his child-friend Alice Liddell. His dream worlds of nonsensical Wonderland and th..

I am delighted to see this solar plant story. Looking at the distances you would need to cover to get around all those solar panels I hope the on for workers are issued great shoes and fitness equipment like the addidas response.
I was thrilled when I heard that Australia is building huge solar power plants also.

There was even talk on the news tonight that they may build a hot rocks plant at Innaminka in Australia's outback that could provide enough power for a quarter of Australia. We have the technology now, we do not need to keep polluting to make power.


Groundbreaking solar plant in Spain generates 24 hours of power www.grist.org

Designed to utilize thousands of mirrors and molten salt to generate electricity, the plant is the first ever to run uninterrupted for a full day.

Can you see me doing the HAPPY Dance, here? :-)
I have Chapters 1 to 11 or 70,000 words finished through to final editing of the novel I am writing.
I am about to edit back the next 45,000 words already written and work the conclusion into them. Still a long way to go...but... :-) I am getting so close to completion I can smell it.

I will be looking for a converter online once it is finished.

I Just turned down a wholesale art order. I've no time to organize that until Spring. By Spring time after having spent 10 months writing this novel I will be desperate for some art sales to re stock the kitty.

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Did I tell you I was doing a belt challenge?

My first goal was set for the First of August. It was to achieve wearing this belt, one notch tighter. one smaller notch on this belt.

Those photos were taken on the 6th of June and the belt was on it's loosest notch and very tight.  Too tight to wear.I used to wear that belt with a pair of size 14 jeans.  Well that was before I worked my way to a half finished novel at the expense of some physical activity and a little too much food.   Happy the belt even did up for the challenge start picture.  I will 'test' it later and see if I have maintained the notch.  I may try it on over my rocawear.

Assessing with a notch test is so much easier while caravaning than carrying bathroom scales and it does away with inexact BMI concerns. It's all I need to measure accurately where I am and where I need go as regards slimness.

Below are other things in my life, I'm juggling with fitness.
That purple ribbon signifies my carer role in life.  One I do love as I love my man. We have wonderful times together.
I am of course, totally devoted to my creative arts.  My novel is my primary 'push' all important goal at the moment and that goal is progressing well.
I also adore nature, need it for my inner peace and combine this love it in my 'Bush Gym' fitness training.

What a beautiful wedding cake.  If I ate food like that I would be looking for how to get rid of pimples.

Reg is am amazing cook.  I was waited on hand and foot yesterday, laziest day of my life, I had breakfast lunch and tea served to me, my appetite returned.  I think I will order seconds today of that tender loving care.  My man can be a fantastic carer when we temporarily switch roles :-).  Reminds me of what the minister said in the counseling session he held for all his couples in the week prior to marrying them.

3 Secrets to a Successful Marriage
He told us how the biggest problems we would face in marriage would be:-

1/ In laws ` We are OK, we have very few.

2 Fighting over money.  Hey we are OK there too, we have little to fight over, lol.

3/ Alternate being 'emotionally or physically below par.'
He stressed that the marriage will survive one or other of us being, not at out best, but we had to be careful to alternate and not both be 'off,' at the same time.  lol.  Well so far so good.  We are doing our alternate sickies and have done so for 42 years and on the rare occasion when we have both been ill together, I have made a celebration of the rare event and told Reg we should take the French cure.   I have grabbed that for emergency use, good quality red wine out of the cupboard, and a couple of crystal wine glasses and we have gone to bed to party together.