Day One Hundred & Eighty Nine

Day One Hundred & Eighty Nine, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

staff meeting... with magician. random!! xc

Day One Hundred & Eighty Eight

Day One Hundred & Eighty Eight, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

(happy bastille day)

Mick’s Maille is a jewelery company formed to bring the art of Chainmaille into modern times. They will be joining us for Dead Reds in the Barossa (http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=72790552363 ).

The art of Chainmaille has been around for centuries. Originally it was designed to protect a soldier against close combat weapons and many missile attacks, such as arrows and slings. It was designed to be flexible and conform with the combatants movements, yet strong enough to repel blows from these attacks.

Chainmaille is French, meaning Chain Weave. It is made of hundreds of interlocking rings in a chain weave pattern. The Chainmaille armour took many months to make and cost a soldier an average of a years wage. It survived as a cheap and effective form of defence, for many centuries during the medieval period.

Today the art of Chainmaille is still around in its original form and is emerging as a current fashion trend (check www.eastonpearson.com/ ‘s latest range including a chainmaille jacket).

At Dead Reds Barossa, you will have the opportunity to view some of the beautiful pieces. All pieces can be ordered on the day and some will be available for purchase. Once you own your own Mick’s Maille piece, we are certain it will become a wonderful talking point amongst your friends and family.

www.micksmaille.com/

PS I'm holding a page from the latest style magazine showing the Eastern Peason chainmaille jacket...

just hit level 2 on thesixtyone! - http://ping.fm/HfIJu

Day One Hundred & Eighty Seven

Day One Hundred & Eighty Seven, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

status re social networking sites & charlie's interaction with them...

a) have started twittering again via 2 accounts (my personal one and my corporate/work). mainly as the adelaide crowd finally picked it up (co-inciding with our premier using it). i am however only really using it for PR and link releases. not really enjoying the interaction as i dont have the time to have a conversation (which is a shame) but it's quite time consuming to try and watch the threads... to help me manage, I am using hootsuite (work/home) & dabr (on mobile)

b) i quite often use twitpic bia dabr to get my daily foto to the web (so that i can download it ready for flickr). crazy but work's not keen on the mobile connecting with the laptop. so, am workign within limitations.

c) i tried msn for a while and hated it. well, that's probably too strong an emotion but it's not really for me to be frank. all too immediate, demanding and rushed LOL... maybe i'm too laidback?

d) i used to love the interaction on plurk... however the "social" on plurk went a bit pear shaped, incestuous and exclusive in my humble opinion (and many may object and that's cool - we all have our own opinion). i still plurk occasionally... but my karma is dropping quickly :(

e) all this coincided with the facebook status' providing the ability to interact. so i feel i now have a similar chat experience on facebook that i went to plurk for - in fact that's the reason i liked plurk. there are no secrets though!!

so, most of my interaction is via facebook now. ive sorted through a lot of the privacy issues by administering my friend list better, and i have groups of people with different settings etc... so, im making that work more for me. it's looking like it's all facebook at the moment!!

next week could be completely different.
xc

Day One Hundred & Eighty Six

Day One Hundred & Eighty Six, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

had a lovely day with friends trying some new aromatherapy products that another friend has started to sell. i'm all scrubed clean and it feels lovely :)

this is what we did:

Sensational Skin & Hair
Discover how to make your own skin and haircare using Aromatherapy.

amazing-scents.com.au/workshops.htm

= fun!! :) xc

Day One Hundred & Eighty Five

Day One Hundred & Eighty Five, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

took the kids bowling for billy's birfday. havent been for ages and miss JM whipped all our arses. severely!! she scored like 130 or something... bahahaaaaa clever chicky.

xc

Day One Hundred & Eighty Four

Day One Hundred & Eighty Four, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

we joined a beer competition. its all about beer appreciation and we have to drink at least one beer every three months. now, that cant be too hard surely!!!

there are 85 beers. and it all happens at the earl of leister :)

let's go!!!

Original photo set of Maria's : www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=104210&id=608365046

Day One Hundred & Eighty Three

Day One Hundred & Eighty Three, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

my original facial expression series:

www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=31297&id=606666685&...

i had so much fun :)
thought it time to have another go xc

Day One Hundred & Eighty Two

Day One Hundred & Eighty Two, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

he's getting better :)

it's was so good to see him looking this healthy again. quite chirpy and chatty and starting to remember all the little things.

but he has to remember to eat his dinner or he wont grow strong again... oh, and no chasing nurses (yet... LOL) xc

ps and do as Liz says and chew 30 times. tehehe

listening to Thrilla by Villains - http://ping.fm/qdiq4

Day One Hundred & Eighty One

Day One Hundred & Eighty One, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

you guessed it. im in my oasis again. happy. missing amburger but am OK. have day off tomorrow to take Miss JM to the movies. never used to take holidays for the kids - it was always vacation care etc etc. then i realised life was too short and work will survive. i wont cause it will be piled up when i get back - but so be it.

LOL
xc

Day One Hundred & Eighty

Day One Hundred & Eighty, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

breakfast meeting. first thing. plus first day of school holidays. probably all a bit rushed. but it ended with good outcomes. so that's all good hey. xc

ps ET foned home. as in amburger. she arrived safe and all is well :) mummy is happy xc

listening to Her Morning Elegance by Oren Lavie - http://ping.fm/BZfqk

Day One Hundred & Seventy Nine

Day One Hundred & Seventy Nine, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

a day of mixed emotions.

really hapi for amber as she's off on hols to see her dad. he lives in england.

really sad because the last time i let her go, he didn't send her back (or even let her see me) for 9 years. too many emotions in that little bundle to explain via a blog however i suspect you can imagine the underlying tension in taking her to the airport today. we ended up yelling at each other. which of course i feel really bad about. but we hugged goodbye and i cried after she left. and i want her to come home sooner rather than later.

so much sweetness from her friends today. they want her home too.

this is one of those moves that needs to be done. for her as well as me. she needs to move on to love and i need to trust again. perhaps it will be a healing time for us both. i do hope so. everyone needs a healthy relationship with both their mummy and daddy... and no-one needs scraps. and she's still a kid, even if she does act all grown up sometimes.

the cutest thing today was when i put my foot down for her and said she had to go as unaccompanied minor to the attendant. her dad hadn't booked her as such and she freaked out. in my stupidity i thought this was sensible because of her age really. HOWEVER the look of relief when i changed my mind for her. i guess it's the little things we have to watch for. a lesson learnt. xc

Day One Hundred & Seventy Eight

Day One Hundred & Seventy Eight, originally uploaded by charlierobinson1966.

its a lazy saturday and i haven't done much except a heap of gardening and stuffing up plans with friends LOL

but plans were always meant to be broken. especially in the essence of needing to remain flexible... and i'm like that :) xc