Tuesday Tip

Don't allow time to get the better of you.
In the movie "About a Boy" our hero (Hugh Grant) with ample time on his hands, divides his day into units to get by faster. You on the other hand probably wonder where on earth the time went. I was heating hot water bottles the other (cold) night, it takes 3 min in the microwave. This is what I did in three minutes.
Dried the dinner dishes in the drainer. Filled an ice tray. Sorted cereal bowls for the next morning, filled a glass with water and took it through to the bathroom, searched for and found the elusive cat (more about her later).
So when a task seems too big, break it up into units, 3 minutes today, maybe 6 tomorrow. Nothing is insurmountable. As a customer once told me (regarding his debt)
"you can't eat an elephant in one go, you have to do it slowly"
This took 4mins and 12 seconds, not even an elephant's toe nail.

Missing you

Samantha emailed me "Beautiful Words of Truth"around 15 paragraphs begining with Maybe. It made me cry (I'm a softy)
This one is for all of you with loved ones far away, Australia, USA, Canada, UK, South Africa..........
Maybe...there are moments in life when you miss someone- a parent, a spouse, a friend, a child - so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real, so that once they are around you appreciate them even more.

Names

I enjoy names, personal, business, whatever they may be so, I think it's a great pity so many companies are opting to be known by their initials. When the children were small we passed a building site with a big board bearing the name "Lillicrap". They loved it. How about Savage & Lovemore, you couldn't make it up. If they become S&L the TV addicts might think it means Sex & Language. How about the funeral parlour called (I kid you not) "Human & Pitt". Haw & Inglis are now heading their boards H&I, no schoolboy fun there.
I like company names that spark the imagination "Well Hung" picture framers. "Licencetokill" exterminators, "Big Strong Boys" well, presumably big, strong, boys.
Names that tell it like it is, "Spar", save, Pick n Pay, that's pretty obvious. Checkers??? "Fishermans' Friend", only if you want your eyes to water.
Twenty some years ago my sister and I were in a surf shop in Australia, she showed me a bottle of mens "cologne", the name, "Sure F*&#".
Short and to the point as a good name should be.

Tuesday Tip

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A wee bit of news

I have just read a sweet piece on IOL news. The headline
"Toddler rescued after potty drama"
It seems this three year old from Wrexham (and they are supposed to be quite smart there) put her foot through the handle of the new potty dad had bought and it wouldn't come out. I thought three might be a bit old to start toilet training but no doubt this poor child will be too traumatised to use the toilet for some time to come -not! The fire brigade were called in.
Ever on the ball google featured an ad for "3DayPottyTraining.com" who will now have to revise their lesson to include "How to remove a foot from a potty handle without calling in the firebrigade".
To the debutante potty users - be careful.

Fast Forward

Like most people (I guess) we see a lot of TV ads in fast forward and we certainly go through life on fast forward more than we should. Daisy and I had just come in from a bracing walk, Autumn is in the air, I was just in time to see the Cadbury chocolate ad.
There sits the gorilla, listening to Phil Collins, In the Air Tonight. A favourite in the car. He waits patiently as the camera pans down to his drum kit, we get the message. Viewers around the country are waiting,
"Da da da da da da da da da"
Such fun, thanks Phil, thanks Cadbury.

Goosebumps

I seem to be quite the chatterbox this week.
If you haven't already heard this amazing lady, please type Susan Boyle YouTube in the Google box and watch the video of her on Britain's Got Talent. I believe I was viewer number 15 million and ten or so.
I defy you to listen to this awesome voice without tearing up and perhaps getting full body goosebumps.
She's wonderful.