Week 24's Positives and negatives.

This past week was my first week full week at work and it was AWESOME! Learnt so much and many different things. Also became a builders assistant for a whole 90mins...don't know much about building but I did really well at holding things and passing things...also correctly identified the corrected tools for passing lol good times.

I have however realized that I don't have the right amount of socks and work pants to wear for my rostered shifts...so that means pretty much means that I have to go shopping on payday! Any excuse to shop I say.

It has been a good week for the spirit as well. Just feeling the wheels set in motion for the next steps in my journey, brightens my mood and lifts my soul. And yes I know that it subject to change but all I can do is just keep moving forward like its happening in the timeframe I have given it.

Books I've Read this week

Only the one this week and it was a 466 page novel. With 11 hour days happening (time I leave home till time I am back home) I am not able to get as much reading done as I would like. I can only get a few pages read during a work day now. So this would be the only negative about working...not enough reading time lol.
Anyway the book was Come Sundown by Nora Roberts.

Love. Lies. Murder. A lot can happen... COME SUNDOWN
Bodine Longbow loves to rise with the dawn. As the manager of her family's resort in Western Montana, there just aren't enough hours in the day - for life, for work, for loved ones. She certainly doesn't have time for love, not even in the gorgeous shape of her childhood crush Callen Skinner, all grown up and returned to the ranch. Then again, maybe Callen can change her mind, given time...
But when a young woman's body is discovered on resort land, everything changes. Callen falls under the suspicion of a deputy sheriff with a grudge. And for Bodine's family, the murder is a shocking reminder of an old loss. Twenty-five years ago, Bodine's Aunt Alice vanished, never to be heard of again. Could this new tragedy be connected to Alice's mysterious disappearance?
As events take a dramatic and deadly turn, Bodine and Callen must race to uncover the truth - before the sun sets on their future together.

Nora Roberts is one of my favourite go to authors, I enjoy her books and get carried away and lost in them...this one for me was a great read. This was one of her books with sensitive reading material.

I have also been skimming through some old recipe books I found at work...you know the ones that schools and clubs and country woman's clubs etc used to put together for fundraisers??
I was flicking through them and I was thinking about on my next leg of my journey...how I wanna be more self-sufficient and less wasteful, I want to grow my own veges to eat and pass along and it got me to thinking about making my own preserves, pickles and chutneys etc and these books are just perfect with there old school recipes. There is something satisfying about eating something you have made and being able to share your stock.

Yes more plans for the next leg of my journey. Always thinking about but at the same time not enjoying the moment. 

Also What I achieved in Week 23 in My Life of Books and T.V. Series and 1 movie.

I have started watching the next season in a T.V Series that I began in 2017...Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D...Season 4...(Agent Phil Coulson returns to the worldwide law enforcement organization S.H.I.E.L.D.. He puts together a small, highly trained, team of Agents to tackle the cases that haven't been classified yet, the new, the strange and the unknown.) So far I have manage to watch 3 episodes. Still really enjoy this series even if it is a few years old.

On The Book Front I have read

This is the third instalment in Kiss Rock series. The first 2 books blew my mind...these contemporary romance novels are not to be sniffed at...but TBH this book was not as amazing as the first 2...not sure how I feel about this one, I didn't dislike it, I just 'liked' it and am SOOO pleased Kit and Noah finally get their shit together lol. 3 stars.





I didn't enjoy this Y.A dystopia urban fantasy book and was trying to work out why it was even on my to TBR list.  Must of had something to do with the paranormal aspect of the book but definitely wont be reading the rest of the series. 1 star.





Captain Marvel...Not a bad movie...I enjoyed it, had a few laughs and Goose the Cat, he's my favourite ;-)

Week 23 in 2019...Lets Get This Party Started.

Finding a job was on the list of things that I needed to do this year, you know since, I haven't found my Sugar Daddy yet to take care of all my financial worries and needs *wink wink*
My savings weren't going to last forever and I was running low on cash...scrapping the bottom of the barrel, low.

CALL CENTRE...NOT FOR ME

I managed to get a call centre job and I really thought that this was my forever job and I managed to hang in there for about 3 and a half weeks but it really wasn't for me...the stress of it all was something that I have never experienced before and I thought to myself...'Is this job really worth losing my mind over?' "Is it worth the anxiety I have to go through everyday, just to go to work? No, certainly not. Time to throw the towel in a move on...move forward. Plus side was I did have to purchase new work outfits, funny side is I don't need any of it for the new job...HAHAHA... And as luck would have it, I found job number 2 relatively easy and with in 3 weeks (1 week of which I went to visit my Mum) was back at work and I am as happy as a pig in mud...it is similar to what I used to do about 10 years ago and I enjoyed that type of work then and I still enjoy that type of work now.

Similar to where I work...Not Actual.

When the job came up on one of my jobsite pages I had been scrolling through on a daily basis, I honestly couldn't believe my eyes or my luck...here was a job I could do with my eyes closed, it was full time, it was fun, it was close to home, and at a decent wage too. I applied immediately and got a response with-in 2 days, had an interview 3 days later and was working in my new job 3 days after that. BOOM...just like that. Sorted. So yeah...lets get this party started and get some of these goals I set for myself, in Year 2019, smashed.

So yes this was a big week on the employment front, settling in, learning new things and  techniques, meeting new people and working with a lot of different peeps. Bring on next week and hopefully this head cold that has been plaguing me this week disappears and I can go on enjoying my new job.

My Mooshie Went Over The Rainbow Bridge.

MY BOY, MOOSHIE

YOUR FAVOURITE CHAIR IS EMPTY NOW

NO EAGER PURRS TO GREET US,

NO HEAVY PADDING PAWS WILL RUN

ESCASTICALLY 2 MEET US.

I WILL MISS YOU ALWAYS AND FOREVER

FOR I COULD NEVER MEASURE,

THE HAPINESS YOU BOUGHT TO ME

THE COMFORT AND THE PLEASURE.

YOU WERE THE CUTEST LITTLE KITTEN, I LOVED YOU FROM THE START,

I PICKED YOU UP AND TOOK YOU HOME AND PLACED YOU IN MY HEART

ALONG WE WENT ON JOURNEYS, YOU A CONSTANT BY MY SIDE

ALWAYS THERE TO PICK ME UP, A LOVE YOU COULDN'T HIDE

GOOD TIMES WE HAD TOGETHER, WE SHARED ALL LIFE COULD THROW

BUT YEARS PASSED TO QUICKLY, YOUR TIME HAD COME TO GO.

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I MISS YOU, YOU KNOW MY HEART IS SORE

YOU KNOW MY TEARS WILL FALL, WHEN YOU'RE NOT WAITING AT THE DOOR.

I ALWAYS DID THE BEST FOR YOU, MY LOVE WAS PLAIN TO SEE

AND EVEN THOUGH IT BROKE MY HEART - YOURE SPIRIT I SET FREE

SO PLEASE BE BRAVE WITHOUT ME, ONE DAY WE'LL MEET ONCE MORE

FOR WHEN IM CALLED 2 HEAVEN, I HOPE YOU'RE WAITING AT THE DOOR.

Love your Momma

What's On The Horizon.

                                                   

When I made the decision to move to Auckland, one of the factors was being closer to my Mum and caring for her and eventually maybe we could encourage her to live with us in the big smoke. Being with this wonderful woman everyday would just bring me such joy. 

When I visited with her for a week recently, down in the Mighty Waikato, I realized that Mum wasn't going anywhere...she loved her life where she was, she had a great support network and great friends and the biggest thing of all she was happy. I tentatively asked her would she be interested in moving and the answer was a flat out NO. And as I thought more about it I realized that it would just so selfish to ask her to move somewhere I now know she would be unhappy.  By the time my visit was over and I was on the bus back to the City of Sails, I knew that my journey was about to take off down another path.

During the course of my making the decision to move North, I didn't want to move to Mums small community...I thought that there was no job opportunities...no social life...it was in the middle of nowhere and I certainly wouldn't make any friends there...that's the reason Auckland was the choice of where I would go - based on employment goals and the excitement of exploring this great big city, rather than the small town where my Mamma lived. I would just commute there as regularly as I could until we convinced her to live with us in Auckland so we could look after her.
Now how wrong was I when I realized that that small little community that my Mamma was so happy in was EXACLY my speed. Why uproot her when she was happy and I could be happy there too. Everything was achievable...job...social life...friends...great community system, also a fantastic library, beautiful views and peace and quiet. I had support and connections there without even knowing. I realized that the fast pace of life is not for me and I enjoy the quieter side of life...I like my own company and doing things that I enjoy doing...reading, puzzles, scrapbooking, walking, try to maintain a small vegetable garden (I have very limited experience with this activity), some flowers in a pot, crafts, watching movies and TV series, baking and cooking, living intentionally and reducing my carbon footprint AND I like doing these things in my own time. The life my Auckland babes live is hectic and at times so chaotic you can't hear yourself think let alone keep up - they are a young family with 3 kiddies so they are always on the go. So as much as I have enjoyed this experience in Auckland - the pace and the noise is not my scene on a day to day basis - I am making plans to join my Mamma in her small community within 18 months or if I can pull it together faster, sooner. I need to get some $$ behind me and start setting myself up to move again. So thankfully I have just had a job offer this week that will set those wheels in motion and with the nature of the work, will help get me the 'material' items I need together.
I have enjoyed being in the City of Sails and the adventures I've had so far. There are still a few goals here I wouldn't mind achieving, places that I would like to see and there's still time to make lots more memories and at the end of the day, my Auckland babes will only be a 2.5hrs car ride away. It definitely isn't the end of being in the City Of Sails, but I'm am looking at a different path then the one that I originally planned for next year.

Week 22 in 2019...A huge but quick update.

Here is a monthly overview of 38 weeks since the last time I posted...

November 2018...This month saw the early arrival of Grandson No2 and Grandkid No3...Dawson Cooper Lewis...This wee monkey had us on our toes through the last part of my daughters pregnancy, to which Grandson No:2  added an early arrival time. 2 weeks early! 6 hrs after the early in the morning 'I'm in labour' phone call, packed, sort work out, tickets and flight changes, I was in Auckland ready for the arrival of Grandbaby No:3 and look after the 2 other grandbabies...Grandbaby No:3 decided to wait another 24hrs and get himself induced before he made his safe arrival.

December 2018...A Shania Twain concert was a last minute decision I made and I had a ball!! After saying goodbye to a humble home that had been our haven for a short 10 months, our cosy lil family unit was on the move with the son heading back to his one true love...Dairy Farming...this move was a great one for him and his partner in a lot of aspects. It definitely is extraordinary how life sorts out one lil crinkles in ones journey.
This Christmas was on my own as such, with the 'kids' spending Christmas together in Auckland. I did however spend the day with my bestie and her fam bam and topped it off with a visit the nephews for a hangi for supper. All in all it was a great day. One for the memory banks.

January 2019...This is the BIG month for Miss Vicky. On the 1st of the month we moved rurally and the son started his new job. My bestie, her kids and I went camping up in the King Country for a couple of days. Had such an amazing time with my bestie, a lady that has always had my back and never made me doubt our friendship for a second of it. These memories I will treasure for always...Back home and finished my packing up and ready to move forward on my journey to Auckland...so on the 30th...with having finished up at 'The G.C.'  and saying goodbye to a lot of wonderful peeps and whanau...me and 2 of my 3 fur-babies, hitched a ride on a plane and said goodbye to the South...Auckland here we come.

February 2019...Settling and enjoying being with the grandbabies and exploring a bit of Auckland. Started the job-search journey...interesting times. Tripped down to Wellington to catch up with a good friend and see the Terracotta Warriors in Te Papa Museum. Such a BRILLIANT expedition. Awesome times in Wellington...we decided to take the Hop On and Off Bus (Sight seeing tour) and it was one of the best tours I have been on- in fact, its the only tour of a city that I've been on and I will be using this service if its available in any city I travel to.

March 2019

This month was my daughters 26th birthday and we celebrated with a wee night venture into the BIG city...hit up a few a bars and dance clubs till 3am (which for this old girl is WAAAAAAAYY past her bedtime) lots of walking and dancing involved. Scored a job interview with a call centre -  I was keen to try something new.

April 2019 So after 3 weeks of becoming familiar with the public transport, early morning starts and late finishes ...I tried, but that particular line of work is not for me...nothing to do with the company or the public transport system, call centre work is just not my jam...so job seeking it is again. Thank the good lord for our 90 day contracts. Also my daughters partner family came out from England and what a fantastic time we had while they were here...the house was full to the brim...noise and good food...adventures and fun being had but it was all over way to soon. Maybe one day I'll get to take them up on the invite to come visit.

May 2019 I shot away for a week, to visit my Mum in the Mighty Waikato and boy did I need that break. Refuel, replenish and just relax. I didn't realize just how much I missed quietness. How much I miss being around my Mum. When my daughter and I first started talking about me moving to Auckland, it also was part of our plan to encourage my Mum to come live with us...I found out whilst visiting that this is not an option, she is happy where she is and has a great support network and friends and social commitments. I realized that it would be silly to try and change things on her now...so that leaves ME, with some big decisions to make. For now, Auckland is where its at and I will be making the most of it until such time as the plans change...This month also brings another job interview and BOOM just like that, I have another job. This time it is within my skill-set, it is a job that I can do with my eyes closed and there is no pressure.  I am sure I will achieve greatness whilst employed with this company.

Week 36 In 2018 - Movies...Goodbye To Negativity...Onwards and Upwards.

Actually this week has just been all about the movies mainly. Just taking time out of the world just for me...restoring thyself...keeping under the radar.
So the fire was lit and I really just watched back to back movies.
Oceans 8, started the charge and I really enjoyed this one...Jurassic World - The Fallen Kingdom was next...Adrift followed - this was a movie about survival on the ocean and a love story as well...Letters To Juliet - a gorgeous love story...Practical Magic - Nicole Kidman starred in this one...Book Club - this movie was a hoot, even Don Johnson made an appearance...JigSaw - if you a Saw movie fanatic, you are going to be disappointed I think...Deep Blue Sea 2 - pretty much the same as the first, just different species of sharks and actors...The Mountain Between Us - Surviving an aeroplane crash on snow covered mountains, abit of a love story thrown in as well...And I went to the Movie Theatre to watch THE MEG...A movie with Jason Strahan in it usually peaks my interest but this was pretty average.
Now this all happened over the course of 4 days and I be honest, I feel much better for it. Some times you just have to step back and regroup yourself - remove yourself from the everyday life. Pull your mind, body and spirit into line, so you can keep moving forward towards your goals.
I find myself either lost in the movie world or the book world, when I have to do this.
Some people in my life tell me that I shouldn't do this, and somehow or other it becomes all about them. Needless to say, they have now been slowly untwined from my life.
In fact one 'friend' has removed herself all together...because I have changed. Aint got time for constant meddling and needless gossip in my world...that's what changed sweetheart.
So 'ONWARDS and UPWARDS' I like to say.

onwards and upwards

1. Becoming increasingly successful; continuing to advance or make progress. 

2. Improving to a brighter, happier future, especially after some misfortune or unpleasant incident.