FOR ME

 If there was one phrase in our arsenal that I would remove it would be 'for me'. Whatever in the world  you are going through would make you think you are the only person out of eight billion humans on the planet to have the negative experience you are suffering through.

Oh I know there will be times, positive times, or taking responsibility times, that the two words are appropriate. I am not sure why it bugs me so much.

  Our mother raised us so so strongly to not ever be a victim. (shovel list..I am making myself a victim of two words...lol!!)  Like Monte taught me, it's a choice.  And 'for me' at the end of a whine is so narcissistic and....well whiny.

 Eg: In an unhappy group situation, ' This is so painful and it is so uncomfortable for me.'  Well what about everybody else in the group?  Everyone is in pain and uncomfortable.  If you are one that does say that phrase, next time instead of  saying 'for me', substitute  'only me', because that is what you sound like you are saying.  How can you tell I am watching  Naked and Afraid?  lol!!! In the words of Tim Conway, 'STOP IT, JUST STOP IT!!!!!"

Well now that that rant is done, on to happier thoughts.  My housekeeper is back!!!!  I am sitting on my bed, drinking coffee and blogging whilst my house is getting cleaned.  I do go around and completely put everything away, clear off the table, do the dishes, super clean every inch of the whole kitchen and get the floors ready to be vacuumed and washed.  She cleans and scrubs the sinks, stove and microwave.  Then lastly, after scrubbing the bathroom, she vacuums and washes the floors.

Right now Floppy is locked in the other bedroom.  He is NOT happy.  But he is shedding so extremely it is kind of shocking.  He is my ninth shepherd but he is by far the worst shedder.  They should call them shedherds.  Its ridiculous.  One run of the vacuum through the house and my thirty dollar Miele bag is full.  In his defence he is blowing his coat.  They do this four times a year so the worst of it will end soon.  It's so difficult for me.  hahahaha!!!!

Monte doesn't sleep at night. He sleeps during the day.  He has been like this since he was a baby.

Last night around ten he went out for a coffee and then to Canal Beach/Park to practice swording.  (we don't know the proper word for that).  Eventually around two am he parked outside the house and cleaned out the car.  Then he exercised in the front yard.  I was afraid the cops were going to show up, called by a neighbour, thinking something nefarious was going on at the ugly shit box house on 11th.  It was almost pitch black so all you could see was a super huge hulking man lurking and moving about.  If I saw that at a neighbour's house I would be inclined to think nefarious stuff was going on.

Ah jeez, I am rambling on about nothing you guys could possibly be interested in.  I'm hangin' her up.  TFL and TTYL