Recent Posts Tagged With 'work'

• Shocked that I care

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 00:30 in work, introspection

  I was in two office sweeps this year at a total outlay of $7. I feel I got away lightly. I was a bit bah humbug about the cup today.  It felt like an interruption. I resented the distraction. Of course I tried to contact someone in Melbourne for wo...

• New habits are hard to make

  Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 21:58 in work, Rant, random, habits, access card

  About a month ago Property at work changed the swipe point to gain access to the building. It used to be right next to the door, now you have to stop about 3 metres before the door and swipe your ID card. But old habits are hard to break. Every day ...

• Just saying yes at the moment

  Posted on Tuesday March 17th, 2009 at 08:34 in family, health, sex, work, introspection, braces, bridge

  This is a photo of Groover at the top of the overbridge that we walk on during our weekend’s walk.  He nearly always beats me to the top. These days I find it hard to find the time to exercise. Yes I know it’s an excuse. Yes I know that ...

• How I get to work

  Posted on Monday December 29th, 2008 at 19:54 in work, coffee, sewing, fashion victim, coffee machines

  The last thing I do before leaving home every morning is fill my coffee cup for the drive to work. I love my coffee machine.  If Groover and I ever split up I think custody of the coffee machine might be a contentious issue. And today I’m back...

• Cheery Christmas

  Posted on Monday December 22nd, 2008 at 19:56 in work, shopping, stress, introspection, christmas

  Yesterday Santa came to work to wish me a merry Christmas. I had been a VERY good girl indeed and was given a bottle of Amberley Shiraz. I felt like drinking it straight-away but that isn’t the behaviour of a very good girl is it? *warning̷...

• Not acting anymore

  Posted on Tuesday December 2nd, 2008 at 21:16 in relationships, work, Acting, lessons, introspection

  Isn’t it interesting that when you let go of something, the something happens! I’ve been appointed to the job I’ve been doing for the last year (after acting for two years in a similar position the years before). My boss wrote a lo...

• Behind every successful man…

  Posted on Saturday November 22nd, 2008 at 21:30 in work, life choices, groover

  I read/heard recently (now who said it - was it Gerry Ryan?) is a very surprised woman. I love that line… but I digress. At the moment in Redsultanaland we are going through a bit of change - Groover is leaving his last job to go into business ...

• Surprise! I’m behind you…

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 19:00 in work, window cleaning, artopia

  I nearly wet my pants when I saw this guy outside my window! He and a mate were cleaning the windows at work on these dinky little swing things - very athletically it must be said. But I must say I did feel a little exposed. btw - that little cone th...

• The birthday rules

  Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 07:47 in work, parenting, birthday, traditions, rules

  Dear Hugamuga and Dippity, This is what I expect on my birthday.   Be aware this is the minimum requirement of you, feel free to exceed expectations. 1.  I expect you to enter my bedroom (after knocking) and wish me a happy birthday before I get up...

• A dress a day

  Posted on Tuesday October 21st, 2008 at 07:55 in work, fashion, etiquette, dress, fashion victim, same dress

  I’ve come to a fashion decision.   Well, it’s not so much a fashion decision as a clothes decision.  A practical, “Bloody hell! Nothing to wear again!” decision. I’ve decided I’m going to give up on separates for...

• First Job

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 08:50 in travel, work, parenting, teenager, job, world challenge, paper round, hugamuga

  My boy started his first job today.  Yes.  A proper job requiring a bank account, commitment and well… work. He’s doing the paper round.   He’s being paid 10 cents a paper and delivering about 130 papers.  He has 24 hours to de...

• Knobs on it!

  Posted on Monday October 13th, 2008 at 07:37 in work, Rant, manual, drive, Automatic, licence, gears

  Warning: Rant ahead. What is it with young people these days?  Do none of them learn to drive properly? Twice this year so far I’ve come up against people - both in their early 20s - who can’t drive the work car because they don’t...

• An insight into the Australia Day Awards

  Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 08:42 in work, extracurricular, judge, australia day, australian of the year

  This year I was invited to sit on the WA panel to select the 2009 WA candidate for the Australian of the Year awards… filling in for my boss. I felt completely unworthy to judge such amazing men and women and as I read through the applications ...

• Royal Show Redemption

  Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 10:48 in work, volunteering, extracurricular, rollercoaster, dippity, agricultural show, perth royal show

  A couple of years ago I wrote about the bogans at the Perth Royal Show. I was quite scathing. Now, it’s not that the show has suddenly become a bogan-free zone - quite the contraire - it’s just that - for the first time in about ten yea...

• A new model for powerful presentations

  Posted on Monday September 15th, 2008 at 08:58 in work, matt, presentations, powerpoint, ignite, gnomedex

  You know how I feel about Powerpoint presentations… well how’s this for a good model for a seminar day: 5 minutes 20 slides Slides change every 15 seconds automatically See how it worked for Matt (as in Where the Hell is Matt?) Nice. Wel...

• Stop. Think. Compliment

  Posted on Thursday September 11th, 2008 at 09:17 in work, introspection, compliments, positive feedback, upward management

  Today someone took the time to tell me what a good job I was doing. And that person is someone I manage. I felt really good. No. REALLY good. The lesson was learned. It’s not enough to give positive feedback down the chain - it’s impo...

• Powerful presentation

  Posted on Wednesday August 13th, 2008 at 07:27 in work, public speaking, powerpoint, presentation

  …has NOTHING to do with PowerPoint. Oh the agonising sessions I’ve been to! I once had to sit through a presentation of 82 slides! 82! Madness. Boring and irritating. I’m thinking about good old PowerPoint because of Cromley - w...

• Can you live with bad spelling?

  Posted on Friday August 8th, 2008 at 21:55 in work, grammar, spelling, handwriting

  Me… not so much. Sure I’m not perfect. Definitely has always been a tricky one for me and just the other day bolognese had me a bit flummoxed but if I notice a mistake - I can’t go to sleep knowing that it’s there. I write a ...