Flirtation Device

It was a long week, I went to New Zealand for a conference last week, got home rather late last evening and have spent all day catching up with all the work paperwork that slides when you are away, so I have been working on this post for a while and now think I will have to put it out there.....

Do you have a Flirtation Device?

You might be thinking, oh no! Is she is drinking and blogging again, (well I am, as I never take my own advice) but I am serious and in case you think it is a typo,  I don't mean a flotation device, unless you are on a plane right this moment (in that case, please switch to flight mode and read later!) or a stranded cruise liner somewhere in the Adriatic.

I think every woman needs a flirtation device, which is a bit like the real life saving device which has a light and a whistle to attract attention**, a Flirtation Device is a lifesaver to women. In case you think I have really lost it here is my thinking.

There has been a lot of talk in the media here lately about middle aged women being "invisible", that is we reach an age when we are no longer noticed by men (other than our husbands I hope) and by society in general. So I think in order to counteract this,  it is our duty to go out and find a flirtation device to attract attention.

In my case, it is a work husband. You know one of those guys who are nice and safe, ( a bit like your own man) but you get on really well with, and no URST, (let me know if you need me to expand on that) but who gently flirts with you, notices what you wear, if you have lost weight and have a new hairdo ( and no he is not gay!) makes you feel good about yourself and generally makes your work life bearable.

Your Flirtation Device (FD)should be disclosed to your Significant Other (SO) lest he think you are planning to bolt off with him and take the family silver etc and leave him with wall to wall floorboards and not much else. It has been known for FD and SO's to become good friends and then the risk is the SO will desert you for the FD!!

So if you are missing this necessity for the modern  middle age femme fatale I have found the rules of flirting for you so that you can be prepared for your very own Flirtation Device.

http://www.sirc.org/publik/flirt.html

*** a light and a whistle for attracting attention, EXCUSE ME, if I am unlucky enough to be in the sea, after an emergency landing, I do not want to be giving the sharks an advantage!!

5 star or 5 million stars?

I remember the days when staying in a hotel was special and exciting. That was in the old days when we were young parents and even staying in a highway motel seemed better than home. How things change, now I find I am quite blasé  about hotels in general, I think this has occurred due to the amount of business travel I have done over the last 12 years and now I find most hotels ( even the 5 star variety) are not as good as my home!

What does a hotel offer that I cannot get a home?

Luxury bedding and Designer Rooms??

We have 1000 count egyptian cotton sheets on our bed with an abdunace of pillows of all types.

a view? Well here is mine

Luxury Bathroom??
Well we have a dual shower one is a rainwater and a deep soaking bath with view for no added cost! PLUS big thick fluffy white bath towels!  I cannot stand it when in really good hotels the bath towels are really worn and scratchy!

Fully stocked mini bar???
and it is already paid for,  no surprises at checkout!! And none of those little annoying bottles.  And you know the worse bit?   is when they have gin but NO TONIC!!

Entertainment??

Large flat screen  TV with the correct aspect ratio ( so no short fat people on the TV)   3 iPod docks, and a number of country walks to take. PLUS a roaring fire when we need the ambience.

Significant other is now concerned that we are going to get robbed!


and the best thing about this homely hotel it is a PET FRIENDLY place!

In case you are starting to think I am a total tosser, the reason I point all this out is now I am lusting for a real holiday, under the stars ( hence the title!)

I am tired of hotels and want to have a simple and pleasurable  holiday where we can travel around, buy, cook and eat local produce and see things from  a more simple perspective. Here is my dream holiday mobile hotel, Photos courtesy of Maui campers

and here it is:

Love the outdoor inbuilt BBQ, I can see myself right there!

Camping if fine, but a girls need a loo and a quick shower even in the bush! Can you believe they can fit a shower and toilet in this space??

Significant other and I having a discussion about the next travel destination; Warning photo may not represent the real people mentioned! :-)

So what's your vote, 5 stars or 5 million stars!



Watch out for my next post called

"Who needs a turn down service!"

It's not raining men..... yet!

Since moving back to the country I have been obsessed with the weather, particularly rainfall. It may have something to do with the fact that we are on tank water and if we are not careful and we have a long dry spell between rain storms we can find ourselves in the position of having to pay to have water trucked in and put into our tanks.

As we all know we have been inundated with rain this spring/summer and our rain gauge has been over 100mm at least 3 times since Christmas, that is a lot of  H2O!

Today Sydney city basically shut down due to torrential rain, I was in the city last night for the French film festival (more on that on another post) and had an appointment this morning in town at a hospital for work. I managed to get out of the city and home in one piece but  it was when I got home that I had the best fun. We went flood chasing!

Like those crazy people who chase tornado's etc I love a good flood ( as long as no property or people are in danger that is)  during my way home I went to the weir and checked it out, it was flooded!  here is a pic of it, this is a part of the Wingecaribee river which is normally about 10 metres wide and runs alongside a bike/walking track, it is completely submerged and the river is about 500 metres wide in sections.

I drove home eagerly to get my significant other and go out to local spots and check out the flooding, it was awesome ( and you know how I hate to overuse that word, but it was!) so here are some pics.

FYI our own property is safe as we are very high and on a slope but we have a mini waterfall in our back paddock and if we stand outside we can hear the stream across the road which usually only has the sounds of the frogs, now sounding like a rushing river.

But as we all know courtesy of Tony Rabbit ( abbott) climate change is crap!

really??????