The Missing Genre

There are Rom Coms, Mysteries and Action Movies but I think there's a missing genre ...... BEAUTIFUL movies.

Some movies are simply and completely beautiful.

* The Story.

* The Cinematography.

* How it Unfolds...... How it Concludes.

BEAUTIFUL!

For me, three of my favourite movies fall into this new missing category:

The Young Victoria.
Australia.

The Painted Veil.

Passion!

Reliving the 80s

Tonight I relived my teen years and watch "Sixteen Candles". I LOVED this movie as a teenager and I haven't watched it in decades but I loved re-watching it. The quintessential teenager / 80s movie!

Lovelorn ram snagged on live wire

My Aunt (from back home) sent me this link from an Australian newspaper:

A lovelorn ram has caught his horn on an electricity cable and "abseiled" down a hill while trying to reach a field of ewes.

The sheep accidentally slid down the live wire before coming to a rest against a telegraph pole in the small coastal town of Helgoysund, Norway, on Thursday.

The hapless ram was spotted bleating for help as it dangled five metres above the ground.

Tourists at the scene managed to pull the sheep back to ground, unharmed, in little over an hour — and as a reward released it to graze with the ewes it was spying on.

NO! to multi-tasking

Yesterday was my last day of holidays before I returned to work and the only day I stayed home during the ten days I had off.

So I decided to use it as a chillax day. Relaxing. Chilling Out. Doing nothing. When I discovered....... I can't do nothing. I think this is a common ailment amongst women but that doesn't make it acceptable.

Not only can I not do nothing (oh vey on the English!) but I can't just do one thing either. If I am watching TV, I need to also be flipping through a magazine, adding dates to my diary, downloading emails, burning CDs and dusting my coffee table. I guess I feel guilty if I actually just chill out.

But last night I thought that multi-tasking 24/7 isn't good for you. Your body (and mind) needs downtime so I made a decision.

Every day I am going to do nothing (for a little bit) and also try and do one thing at a time (and do it well) than a million things at once.

When I came home from work today, I spent a few minutes just lying on my bed patting my cat. (It's true, you know, stroking cats is VERY theraupeutic!). I also took some time to read a chapter of the book I'm reading in the bath. I know that's technically two things but the aim is to slow down and chill out more and this helped with that. I have also realised I don't have to be "productive", crossing off items from my "to do" list every moment of every day. They say stop and smell the roses for a reason!

Should I Stay or Should I Go....

In the words of The Clash, should I stay or should I go?

I applied for a similar position (to the one I hold) with a different school/College in Hull and have been given an interview. Woo Hoo. (August 26).

I both love and at times, loathe my job. The things I loathe about my job, can't be remedied as they involve other people but people come and go at work all the time.

It's nice to be able to go to the interview and be in two minds because I won't be gutted if I don't get it and can weigh up my options if it is offered to me.

Watch this space.

Yup ... the D Word

Today was my first day back at work after a week's holiday and I decided it was also the first day of my diet. I want to lose weight and be healthier so I am not going to go crazy but I am going to cut out all those treats I've been allowing myself and going back to parking in my usual (further away) parking space and walking more at work. Good Luck me!

New Book!

Remember me saying I won a brand new book when I ate my choccy bar last week?! Well it arrived! How quick is that? It said up to 28 days but I got it within about 3! WOO HOO!