“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

- John Lennon, Singer, Songwriter, Legend (1940 - 1980)


Hi all, just wanted you to know we arrived home safe and sound. The 22 hour plane flight home was FANTASTIC. No really, just great! I’d happily do it again tomorrow.

NOT!

The jet-lag seems to have left MusicMan and I completely brain dead, and though this is our third day home we’re both functioning on the most basic level and often find ourselves quite disoriented. I still have a half unpacked suitcase sitting next to my front door, for example.

I don’t have the attention span to finish the washing up, watch an hour long television show or read a book. So, writing my scrawled notes up into a meaningful post has proved impossible. Sorry. I have tried - believe me I have - but I only end up staring at the computer screen with no idea how I was going to finish that last sentence.

I will return when I am back in the swing of everyday life and find myself doing more than wandering around the house with no idea of where I’m heading or what I was supposed to be doing.

By the way, the photograph was taken of me in Sevilla. The doves are carnivorous there.

Kelly

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“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

- Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman and Nobel Prize Winner


Just wanted to let you all know that SHE-POWER has been having some major server issues. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement; if you checked the site 8-20 hours ago, you would have found that SHE-POWER had become the Queensgate Baptist Church. Yes, I was a bit shocked to see I had gone religious, and with Korean constituents as well. I never cease to amaze even myself…

But seriously, I’m still having problems accessing my server company and my email isn’t working so I’m going to post this Quote of the Week as a bit of a test run to see what’s what.

Hopefully I am going to go to bed and wake up to find everything is back to normal in the morning. If not, I guess it will be another call to the USA to very politely enquire “What the fuck is going on?”

Photo by stibbons

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“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”

- Angela Schwindt, Teacher and Author

Happy Birthday to my beautiful boy: 4 years old today

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“One’s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt, 1884-1962, American First Lady, Columnist and Lecturer

Photo by Paul Keller

Part 3 of How I Lost 9kg and Still Ate Chocolate Cake will now be out Wednesday. I’ve been caught up in trip organisation for Spain, so the article hasn’t received the attention it deserves. See you tomorrow
Kelly

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“Don’t be distracted by criticism. Remember the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”

- Zig Ziglar, Christian Author and Motivational Speaker

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“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.
Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”

- Margaret Mead, Cultural Anthropologist and Author

Photo by Danny Hammontree

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The more that you read,
the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,
the more places you’ll go.
Dr. Seuss

Okay, call me slow, but I had never heard of a Book Meme before reading about one on www.collectingmycash.com. Sure, I’ve done email chains before, but not about books and I’ve never heard of a Meme. What a cool word, and a great idea!

I’ve had a life-long love affair with books, so today I am going to start my own Book Meme.

What was the last book you bought?

Eat, Pray, Love

Name a book you have read MORE than once

Lots! One I can see on my bookshelf is ‘The Bronze Horseman’ by Paullina Simons

Has a book ever fundamentally changed the way you see life? If yes, what was it?

‘You Can Heal Your Life’ by Louise Hay

How do you choose a book - eg. by cover design and summary, recommendations or reviews

Cover or recommendation

Do you prefer Fiction or Non-Fiction?

Depends. Sometimes I go through stages of only reading one type, but usually I’m reading one of each

What’s more important in a novel - beautiful writing or a gripping plot?

plot, hands down

Most loved/memorable character (character/book)

Lucky Santangelo (Chances series by Jackie Collins)

Now, leave a comment sharing your answers to the above, and then tell 3 more people about our little Book Meme by:

* Emailing them the link: www.she-power.com, or
* SHARING THIS POST on your preferred social bookmarking site.

I can’t wait to see the books and characters that have made an impact on you.

Kelly

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photo by Nicholas Gore

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”

- Kurt Vonnegut Junior, Novelist

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“As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.”
—Virginia Woolf

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“Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practise being brave.”

- Mary Tyler Moore, Actress

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