Well, stayed home sick today. I am not 100% hacking-ready-to-die sick but knew if I went in I'd be pushing myself. I'm feeling better for the nap & warm lemon & honey & ginger drinks & the hours spent just lying in bed with warm flannel sheets & a good book. I've been chewing vitamin C a lot the last few days as well as echinacea, garlic & zinc ( Read more... )

I'm tired, almost too tired to peel myself up from the couch & head into bed ( Read more... )

Me: *Trying to get some of the chores done before I go back to work Monday. I wander out and do some weeding in the back yard ( Read more... )

The Cancer Society made a safety call and have cancelled our Relay for Life. I've touched base or left messages for everyone ( Read more... )

Floods hitting the Phillipines, earthquakes hitting Peru, Samoa and Indonesia, the tsunamis hitting Samoa and Tonga....Families lost, lives and livelihoods destroyed ( Read more... )

1. Weather

2. Exchange rate. Yes it has slipped below 78cUS but that is still high if you are coming from the US (good for me though when I'm sending $$ back home to pay for my student loan and credit card).

3. Did I say Weather or was it more weather or weather updated at 6:30pm 10/7?

Best stay on the sunny side of the equator if you can.

I think ( Read more... )

News-wise:

1) We are having a diplomatic unhappiness with Fiji right now. Yes, the country that was voted as "most peaceful in the world" a few weeks ago is strained in it's relations with Fiji. It's been going on for awhile, since Bainimarama seized power about 6 mths ago. But things look like they are getting more serious. I have friends at ( Read more... )