Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. ~Faith Whittlesey

Mr. Blog,

Last night was so much fun, I only woke up at lunch time today. It’s nice every now and then not to get out of bed until half the day is over but I’d hate to do it too much…it makes me feel like such a sloth. :-p

Me today

 Anyway, it was totally worth it. I had so much fun, but my feet are killing me now. Why does it have to be fashionable to wear high heels???? They are so uncomfortable and impractical for dancing…i would love for sneakers to be the ‘in’ thing to wear out, things would be so much easier… Maybe i should start that trend…hehe, yeah right!

Anyway, I didn’t get home until about 4 this morning. We ended up going to about 3 different places, the names are a blur, all I remember is the drinks and the crowded dance floors with music i would otherwise hate encouraging me to boogie!! So many of the songs are so sexist and chauvinistic, which discourages me from dancing…but then i think, i’m not going to let them ruin my night, i’ll dance the hell out of them!! Well, that’s until the alcohol starts taking over and I can’t think quite so logically! :O

My stomach is grumbling, best be off!

xoxo Miranda

Don’t cook. Don’t clean. No man will ever make love to a woman because she waxed the linoleum – “My God, the floor’s immaculate. Lie down, you hot bitch.” ~Joan Rivers

Mr. Blog,

The quote today is kind of relevant, but absolutely hilarious so i couldn’t pass it up. Perhaps next time i feel the urge to clean i should remember this, at least it will make me laugh!

In honour of the arrival of Spring i decided to tidy my room a bit. Change the colours around, making it more ‘springish’ if you like. Thus, the blues of winter have been replaced with purples and pinks…my pillows, blankets etc. It’s amazing how something so small can really put you in a good mood. It feels as though I’ve accomplished something today and i smile each time i enter my room because the new format is not entirely familiar to me! Anyway, tonight I’m going out with Anita and Bree, and a few other friends, to a club in the city. Don’t ask me the name or any details, i usually leave all the details up to Anita, she’s always on top of it all. Wherever we end up i know a lot of fun will be had, so much so that i probably will be unable to get up in the morning!! PARRTTYYY!!

xoxo Miranda

It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain

I finished work earlier than usual today and arrived home whilst the sun was still up. I sat in my garden with Monte running around entertaining me greatly.

My garden is my sanctuary, my escape from the congestion of everyday life. It’s not big, the grass is more brown than green, but to me it’s perfect. The gum trees sway in the breeze bringing a distant kookaburra’s jovial laugh to my ears. Weeds entangle the native flora whilst lizards bathe themselves in the warm afternoon sunlight, just as i do. Monte’s bed is just visible behind a curtain of ferns, his red patchwork blanket spilling over the sides.

I’m glad that Spring is here, i am always much happier in Spring.  I love this time of year when you can spot the first signs of the season…for me it isn’t the sunshine which alerts me to its arrival, it’s the scent of flowers. I can’t get enough of it…like Twain says, it makes me want something, anything. It fills me with the confidence that lay dormant during the colder months.

ENJOY the splendour of nature,

xoxo Miranda

There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. ~Ben Williams

Mr. Blog,

I find myself, as most people do on this date, contemplating the events of 7 years ago. First of all, I can’t believe it was 7 years ago… i suppose it has stayed in the public consciousness for so long, especially due to Afghanistan and Iraq that it would be hard to forget….not that you could ever forget all those people…

Anyway, 7 years ago i wasn’t in a great state of mind either, it was a pretty terrible year all up. I went through a rough few months where I was constantly nervous, the knot in my stomach perpetually existent. I obsessed over stupid things and i spent most of my time in front of the bathroom sink washing my hands. I was diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), hence my love of cleaning!! I’m better now, not completely cured but i have my affliction under control. Every now and then i have mini panic attacks, especially when i am run down and exhausted, but i have learnt how to deal with them. I still clean more than a ‘normal’ person should but i can handle it and it doesn’t really negatively impact upon my life enough to encourage more drastic action. 

My parents really helped me through, i really don’t know how i would have survived without them. The 911 situation didn’t exactly ease my anxiety and depression, but i eventually learnt to deal with it (after seeing many psychiatrists/psychologists). Anyway, that’s another part of my life, one that although it was terrible, made me who i am today. Also, i wouldn’t have Monte if i hadn’t been so down. I bought him after I’d had a couple of better months and i felt i could handle looking after myself as well as another creature. I found him at the RSPCA and I’m so glad i did. I may sound like some sort of crazy lady (a la the Crazy Cat Lady in The Simpsons) but he has given me so much joy. Boyfriends have come and gone, but Monte has been there throughout. Here’s a Leunig comic/image which aptly describes the joy he brings. 

 

I think that’s enough babbling/sharing for the day.

xoxo Miranda

I’m down, I’ve got the 411, and you are not going out and getting jiggy with some boy, I don’t care how dope his ride is. My momma didn’t raise no foo’!~Walter Stratford, 10 Things I Hate About You

Mr. Blog,

Dinner the other night went well, despite the slightly tinged garlic bread which set off the fire alarm! Mum and Dad are both talking about retiring and moving down to Kiama or a nearby suburb. I still can’t picture them as old enough to retire, but if you can live the good life then go for it! My Dad’s family live near Wollongong hence another attraction other than the beautiful beaches. They’ve been talking about it for a while but I think they might actually do it soon…I’ll miss the old house, I’m just so used to it being there. It’s stupid to be so attached to a material object, but it’s not so much the house but the memories associated with it. Like having to take down the hideous and unfruitful banana trees when we first arrived and putting up a fence so our dog, Pepe, wouldn’t escape. And the time mum thought Pepe was dead but he was actually just sleeping and incredibly deaf! Oh well, I’ll just have to make sure i have photos as evidence to remind myself, or write them down as i have just done i suppose.

I was surfing the web tonight and found this clip of one of my other favourite movies 10 Things I hate About You. It’s to a song by Letters to Cleo who feature prominently in the movie and it’s soundtrack (which i also LOVE). Check it out!

xoxo Miranda

Hooked on Internet? Help is a just a click away. ~Author Unknown

I feel so loved. I was so excited when i noticed today that i had 12 visits to my site on Saturday. I know, pretty tiny when you consider the whole of the population with access to the internet, but i was rather proud!

Anyway, today was a good day- I wasn’t rushed off my feet, nor was I bored from lack of activity. My parents are coming over in about an hour, I’m cooking lasagne for them (my specialty) and it should be a really nice night. Anyway, best be off, I should have started cooking by now…

xoxo Miranda