Friday, July 18, 2025

Friday Post 603c

 Good evening again and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 7811. That's my best for 2025 thus far! Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

  • After publishing the previous post, I finished and sent around my GCCW homework before continuing to write my own special blog post; right now, I'm typing the five years post after silly Hannah got us t-boned and killed the poor Camry.
  • At 8:30pm I had to let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those FitMi exercises for her. Tonight, that took twenty-six minutes.
  • Exercises finished, I continued composing my special blog post for another four minutes.
  • At 9pm, I walked myself slowly and safely once more to the loo for one tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Toms: Will Olivia really come mind me 9:30am till 1pm? PIG mum says she's not been appearing for her shifts ... lol, as long as someone comes, I don't mind!
  • Looking forward to my three big mugs of white tea (one for breakfast and two after shower) and planning to   read for three hours; willing to forego watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 128TH time in order to achieve that!
  • Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing week ahead!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Friday Post 603b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 7690 (ha, I'm over 7.5 grand; I'm more than 3/4 a normal person today! XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'The Forgetfulness Of God'. Righteo,  continuing tonight's events?

  • PIG mum summoned me over for dinner while I was watching the weather report; I replied I'll join once the news has finished.
  • At 7pm, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup potato, one siu mai and a little charsiu  bun  from Coles! 'Twas tiny; I hopped it into my mouth in one go; unsure why dad got up me for that?
  • Dinner was washed down with one cup of   Chinese tea; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
    Cheers,
    Em.  ^^

Friday Post 603

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 7428 steps (sweet; will crack being 3/4 a normal person today! XD); secondly, John Piper's devotional topic from last night's 'The Power To Profess Christ'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Become Willing To Change (2)' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "God's Plan? God's People!" Anyways, events for today?

  • Aww, what better way than to finish the week with my 4th consecutive awesome sleep? Nature didn't call until 6:35am and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep, since dearest dad would prolly leave for work one hour later!
  • Sure enough, exactly one hour later, dearest dad very thoughtfully walks silently along the hallway and unpops the lock into the garage, which awakens me for another pot :P trip. After this second pot :P trip, I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*
  • After dearest dad kisses me bye,  retucks me back into bed and leaves for work @ Aunty Yvonne's place, PIG mum immediately thumps around upstairs then comes downstairs to hit me with the eye goo, since Peggy's coming @ 8am.
  • Once PIG mum lets Peggy in, she knocks, opens the door and announces good morning. When I wave Appa @ her, she next states fifteen more minutes. Another wave from Appa and she thankfully removes herself; phew, since like Pearl, Appa's not really anatomically capable of giving the Bear Bum! XD
  • When Peggy   comes back, I use the pot :P once more for three tinkles, we get me kitted and then I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Peggy who's already squirted some toothpaste for me.
  • Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then head out to the gobbling :P table with Peggy, who   tells me that she's brought two hardboiled eggs to have for breakfast while I'm doing physio.
  • My breakfast: one bowl of plain porridge with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast spread with avocado and lightly sprinkled with salt, all my usual drugs :P and one full mug of water. Over breakfast, I spent another ten minutes continuing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me get through today okay. I find it's exceedingly important to constantly remind the cruel and unfaithful God that He has no bearing on my good day whatsoever, that I am perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him, because my good day's dependent on my own good attitude. If only God would remember that ... *sigh* He created the phrase 'live and let live', so why the heck can't He lemme live the free, independent life that I deserve? Okay, fair enough, we all only deserve death because of Him, but why can't He just lemme live the life that nearly everyone else gets to live?? *sigh*
  • Breakfast finished, Peggy slathers sunscreen over my face before accompanying me back to the bathroom then returning to the kitchen and washing up my breakfast stuff. Over the loo, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and finishing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel. Remember, however the cruel and unfaithful God tries to make my day bad for me, I won't let that affect me because my good day has NOTHING to do with Him; I'm perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him. See, my good day's dependent on my own good attitude!
  • After washing and drying Era, I climb into the passenger seat of Auto (pronounced Alto). Thanks to Peggy who kindly helps me buckle my seatbelt both ways. She tootles me off to UQ for my final NAB session for this block.  Since we arrive @ 9:40am, we get ten minutes each to play with our mobiles before heading upstairs, where I use the loo for one tinkle and then sit in the waiting room and wait for Ashleigh
  • Physio today: Standing reaching for Era, standing boxing for both hands (400 punches) and walked one lap of the great court; walked from the NAB! Luckily, I was allowed to sit back down afterwards and got pushed back into the NAB to collect my king-sized Freddo from Jam! Also, phew that I've been released from the next five weeks @ the NAB without a HEP. XD Pity the CEs wouldn't shout a hot drink but @ least I got a king-sized chocolate Freddo from Jem!
  • After sitting over the loo for two more tinkles, Peggy tootles me home and I take a nice hot shower -  hairwash  today. Also, thanks to Peggy who helped me rinse out my   hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, PIG mum's made me a salmon in onion and tomato  toastie with only one slice of cheese and one huge mug of some herbal tea for lunch.
  • At 1:55pm I sit over the loo once more for two tinkles while PIG mum   signs Peggy off and shooes her away before I get out, but I call out my thanks and byes to her when she leaves.
  • Syn arrives immediately after Peggy leaves; once I exit the bathroom I enter my bedroom, kick off my shoes then lie down since for today's session, Syn's assessing Ela and writing a report for Dr.  O'Sullivan! I was very impressed that she recognised Appa and she told me that her husband's a pastor!  Also, tonight they're flying back to Singapore since they've put a down payment for their house!
  • After Syn left, I sat down to munch  arvo tea (one yummy banana, two small round crackers and another huge mug of herbal tea) and read the book club novel for one hour. Today I reached pg. 200 @ 2:59pm.
  • Reading finished, I used the loo for one more tinkle then walked myself slowly and safely online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

  • Looking forward to watching the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 127TH time!
  • Toms:  roster says Olivia's coming 9:30am till 1pm but since PIG mum says she NEVER comes, wonder who'll turn up?
  • Looking forward to my once-weekly honey chicken  arvo tea sushi roll; also hoping to read the Japanese Lover for three hours toms! Willing to skip watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 128TH for that!
  • Anyways, hopefully bbl after dinner, else wishing everyone a smashing weekend ahead!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 126TH time: Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Neumann, Telfer, Copeman, Balme, Albanese (heard), Wapu (first name), Sonk, Marape (heard), Shoebridge, Pezzulo, Faith (first name),  Gamboa, Plibersek, Ryan, Wilson, Copp, Linzi (first name), Griffin, Mickelberg, Doherty, Francis, Byron, Bavas, Miles, Selim (first name), Mahajah, Murdoch (heard), Leavitt, Lynagh  (heard), Tsimpikas, Thurston,  Cotter, Herbie (first name, heard), Farnworth (heard), Johnson, Fitzpatrick, Payten (heard), Fifita (heard), Hamiso (first  name), Butler, Fox, Paige, Carrington, Prendergast, Becker, Smylie (heard), Epstein (heard),  Cabot, Santomartino, Streater, Geran and Bradnam. Chris Kohler read the finance report (1AUD = 65.00USc), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Luke Bradnam  read the weather report from Surfers Paradise. Brisbane was 12-22 today. Brisbane toms: 10-22. Mt. Gravatt toms: 8-21. Sunrise:  6:35am Sunset 5:13

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Thursday Post 603d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total  for Thursday now stands @ 4040. Sweet, I'm just over 4000; it's not too often I reach two grand! Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

  • At 8:32pm I had to let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those FitMi exercises for her. Tonight, that took twenty-two minutes; I spent the next six minutes editing my GCCW homework.
  • BTW, tonight marks one whole week since I've had a proper meal out. Fingers crossed I'll get one this Sunday! 
  • At 9pm I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and then back online, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Tonight's ice cream night; yay! Like I always say, a very little's better than none @ all!
  • Toms: Peggy's minding me from 8-2 and taking me for my final two-hour NAB physio session with Mandy. Was hoping I'd finally hike the Great Court (all along 'twas scheduled for the 5th week) but rains forecast all day toms! ><
  • After Peggy leaves Syn's coming to gimme OT but hopefully I'll not haveta do too much since she's gonna assess Ela on write a report for Dr. O'Sullivan, since he wants to know how the Botox's working.
  • Looking forward to reading the book club novel for one hour afterwards then watching the 6pm news bulletin for the 127TH time!
  • Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Thursday Post 603c

 Good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 3962 (so expecting I'll have reached 4000 before the night's out) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'The Faithful God'. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

  • When PIG mum summoned me for dinner @ 7:25pm, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely over to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa yummy cauliflower,  lotsa soup carrot, maybe some tofu and maybe some salmon/beef?
  • Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Haveta let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those FitMi exercises for her @ 8:30pm. *sigh*
  • Anyways, hopefully  bbl after one last loo trip  @ 9pm with my final, final plodding total for today,  the final, final events for  tonight plus what's happening Friday else  wishing everyone a smashing end to  the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Thursday Post 603b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Thursday now stands @ 3868. Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

  • After reading and sharing Facebook memories, I used the loo for one tinkle then sat @ the gobbling :P  to munch the arvo tea that PIG mum had kindly left me before going upstairs to pigland and read The Japanese Lover for one hour.
  • While and after munching one yummy banana, two small round thin rice crackers and drinking one big mug of powdered HK-style milk tea, I happily read the Japanese Lover for one hour, reaching pg. 150 @ 4:34pm and reaching pg. 175 @ 5:08pm.
  • One more tinkle for me before returning online; thanks to PIG mum who found me a beanie when she came downstairs.
  • Righteo, hopefully bbl after dinner tonight else wishing everyone a smashing end to the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 126TH time: Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Billings (heard), Bavas, Cavallaro, Sinclair, Falconio, Murdoch (heard), Geran, Nash (heard), Oliver, Leahy, Ryan, Rubio, Trump, Daniels, Albanese (heard), Repacholi, Marles, Sussan (first name), Ley, Balme, Moore, McWright, Thorn (heard), Jakob (first name), Funk, Bennett, Ponga (heard), Katoa, Dearden, Lalit (first name),   Chand, Kendal, Stuart, Pence, Mickelsen, Gallen, Leapai (heard), Fagan, Marsden, Wright, Trump, Rugg (heard), Latham (heard), Greenhalgh, Carter, Slack, Schmidt, Lynagh (heard), Moesha (first name), Schmidt, Jackson, Kearsley, Epstein (heard), Elon (first name), Reardon,  Musk and Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (Unleaded's 182.2c/L), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Luke Bradnam   read the weather report from Suncorp Stadium. Brisbane was 11-24 today. Brisbane toms: 14-22.  Mt. Gravatt toms: 12-21. Sunrise: 6:35am Sunset   5:13pm

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Thursday Post 603

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from Wednesday's actually 2540 (ha, I'm just over 2.5 grand XD). secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'Making Hay'; thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3776 steps; fourthly, John Piper's devotional topic's 'Energy For Today's To-Dos'; fifthly, TWFT topic's 'Become Willing To Change (1) and sixthly, Our Daily   Bread's devotional topic's 'Loving Jesus Most'. Anyways, let's start off with yesterday's events just briefly first!

  • Bought groceries with PIG mum @ Woolies Warrigal Square and came home for lunch with dearest dad~
  • Jules took me to play table tennis; it's the first time I've seen her this year! Sadly, no cake today but apparently there's cake for Justin's birthday and he's several years older than Jo; he's turning forty-six/seven/eight!
  • Got home and showered - hairwash  today. Also thanks to Jules who helped me rinse out my hair so Era could hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Signed Jules off with my thanks and byes @ 6:30pm, sat over the loo for two tinkles then David game me a lift to Serena's for our first GG in term three!
  • Hauled myself up the eight steps and grabbed the most left spot for dinner, PIG mum's leftover tasty fried rice covered with a blanket of boiled lettuce and soup carrot.
  • Tumbled down the eight steps, used the loo for one tinkle then sat outside the couch for our opening Bible study from 1st Timothy chapter one.
  • Girls and guys split up for prayer; the boys went upstairs. Clever Owen remembered not to whine this time how come the girls never had to move; when he said that last term I replied to sorry Owen, it's coz I'm not good @ walking but I already came up for dinner and back down for Bible study and I don't really wanna hike them again, okay? Owen was like oh, of course, sorry, I'm good @ walking upstairs! XD
  • David dropped me home; repeat the usual nightly events and zzz~ The only alas was that I was still owed ONE HOUR and TWENTY MINUTES online!!! ><  *sigh*
  • Today: yay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:45am~
  • Grace (turning thirty this December) helped me up and took me to Breathe for physio: 2.039km bike ride, 36 bar-assisted pushups, 36 steps for Erf with left weight shift, 40 v-cable rows for both hands, 36 leg extensions for Elf, 36 leg curls for Elf, tennis ball catching and throwing for Era and boxing!
  • Got home and took a nice hot shower - hairwash  today. Also   thanks to Grace who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, Grace made me a tuna in tomato and onion with TWO cheese toastie and HEAVILY buttered (on the inside) for lunch with my second big mug of English breakfast tea sweetened with one big spoonful of molasses ...  tastes weird! XD)
  • I signed her off with my thanks and byes @ 2pm, just when dearest dad returned home for lunch~
  • Took the bowl/cup to the sink, used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself slowly and safely back online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • PIG mum's already bugging me to get offline ... staying for two hours, though!
  • Toms: Peggy's coming 8am till 2pm and taking me to the last  NAB session ... fingers, toes and all other appendages crossed that some CE will shout a hot drink!!!
  • Syn's coming to assess Ela after Peggy leaves since Dr. O'Sullivan wants reports after Botox. Wonder does that mean Dorrie's coming back the week after for cooking/is Syn coming back again next week for exercises?
  • Anyways, hopefully bbl tonight,  else wishing everyone a smashing week ahead!
    Cheers,
    Em.  ^^

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Wednesday Post 603c

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 1962 but secondly and way more importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR after I get back home from table tennis and GG tonight!! *sigh* Anyways, continuing today's events?

  • When I inform PIG mum I've mostly independently kitted myself, she returns to finish with absolutely nothing bar Elf's AFO straps and both laces before I let her gleefully FORCE :( me to walk over to the bathroom and brush teeth. That done, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era then walk myself slowly and safely out to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
    Cheers,
    Em.  ^^

Wednesday Post 603b

 Heylo  again, good morning again and please excuse the first post; you know I still get too excited whenever I get to post online before midday.  XD Firstly, today I've been   hard @ work plodding 1811steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'We Work By Grace'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Don't Lose Your Passion For God' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Habits And The Holy Spirit' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and TWENTY MINUTES online after getting home from GG tonight!!! *sigh* Anyways, events for today?

  • Yay, 2nd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 6:35am   and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep since dearest dad usually gets ready to leave @ 7:35am!
  • Sure enough, exactly one hour later, dearest dad very thoughtfully walks silently down the hallway and unpops the lock into the garage, which wakes me for another pot :P trip. After the second pot :P trip, I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*
  • After dearest dad kisses  me bye, retucks me back into bed and leaves for work @ Aunty Yvonne's place,  Daddy Bear and I  happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P shortly before noisy PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and help me exceedingly slightly with only the tops before leaving me  to get myself mostly independently  kitted, which I comply with  after giving myself fifteen more minutes  first. Actually, thanks to PIG mum who gives Elf a very brief rub, since she'd totaly  ignored my poor foot last night. Don't worry though, Era rubbed  Elf for fifteen minutes~
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 603

 Good morning! :P

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Tuesday Post 602c

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Tuesday now stands @ 3818. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

  • Physio today: Twenty-six transfers from double red mats to plinth with two- and one-point kneeling and lunges for Erf, ten double leg pushups on tower of power for both legs and ten single leg pushups on tower of power for Elf. Best of all, one of the CEs gave me a giant chocolate Freddo frog from Kat and I didn't even need to hike the stairs to her office/cupboard and say thanks!
  • After sitting over the loo for two more tinkles Angelica tootled me home and I took a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Angelica who helped me rinse out my   hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, arvo tea was one yummy banana, one huge mug of some herbal tea (I've forgotten   green/peppermint) and hopefully one plain rice cracker/two tiny little flavoured ones. PIG mum for some reason forbade me from reading until I'd finished eating, finished drinking and wiped the table clean for her? No biggie.
  • After getting her permission to read, I happily read The Japanese Lover for one hour, reaching pg. 100 @ 4:28pm and reaching pg. 111 @ 4:47pm.
  • After using the loo for one tinkle, I popped online and happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the ONE HUNDREDTH AND TWENTY-FIFTH time! All the things I like recording are in the previous post~
  • PIG mum got dearest dad to start dinner with her but without me around the sports report/after the weather report; once the news ended, I asked for permission to join. When PIG mum replied come, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Dinner tonight:  rice, lotsa cos lettuce, lotsa not-very-yummy bean sprouts, lotsa dearest dad's home-grown hairy melon, two/three chunks of salmon and two/three small slices of surprisingly tender beef.
  • Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • At 8:30pm I had to let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those FitMi exercises for her. Tonight, that took twenty-four minutes.
  • Exercises finished, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.

  • Toms: PIG mum says she'll help me up and take me grocery shopping somewhere before coming home for lunch with dearest dad.
  • Holly's taking me to table tennis @ 1:30pm; fingers crossed for cake!
  • She'll  see me home  and showered before leaving @ 6:30pm; ten minutes later I'll use the loo then be seated waiting  for David's pickup @ 6:45pm with  BYO dinner  for the resumption of GG for term three with  Bible study!
  • Anyways, hope  everyone has a smashing day  toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Tuesday post 602b

 Heylo and good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total   for Tuesday now stands @ 3731 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Restitution' but thirdly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed TWENTY-EIGHT MINUTES online after I let PIG mum gleefully force poor   Ela on one set of those Fit Mi exercises for her @ 8:30pm and I use the loo for one more tinkle afterwards!! Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

Tuesday Post 602

 Good evening! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3503 steps (ha, I'm literally just over 3.5 grand XD); secondly, John piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Ministry - More Important Than Life'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Free From Jealousy' and fourthly, our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'The  Prayers Of Jesus' but  fifthly and way most importantly, I'm  really still  owed ONE HOUR and TWENTY-FIVE MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm  news (Nine's) for the 125TH time!! Anyways, events for today?

  • Yay, awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call   until 6:45am and after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep again, since dearest dad usually leaves for work one hour later, @ 7:45am!
  • Instead, Daddy Bear and I happily cuddled and snored all the way till just after 9am when nature called again! After another pot :P trip, I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*
  • Shortly afterwards, PIG mum began her daily noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs; soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo before returning outside and waiting for Angelica's arrival @ 9:30am.
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 125TH time: Toohey, Tomte, Heagney, Daniels, Albanese (heard), Sussan (first name), Ley, Jackman, Bran (first name), Black, Geran, Nicholls, Upcroft, Latham, Sharpe, Howard (heard), Batty (heard), Hanson (heard), Minns, Chelepy, Lamarre-Condon, Tobynn (heard), Freeman, McCormack, Hulse, Vercoe, Day, Sebastian (heard), Trump, Putin (heard), Starc, Khawaja, Hodgkinson, Bailey, McCluggage, Lynagh, McDermott, Tsimpikas (heard), Harcourt, Carley (first   names),  Grimes, Anderson, Furphy, Gallen, Boland, Fermor, Cunneen, Zelenskyy (heard), Kearsley (heard), Bavas, Marles (heard), Magda (first name), Harris, Rugg, Sanderson, Iris, Szubanski (heard), Kohler, Bullock, Kelly and Kohler. Chris Kohler read the finance report (65.53USc = 1AUD), Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Garry Youngberry read the weather report from New Farm. Brisbane was 8-20 today.  Brisbane toms: 10-24. Mt. Gravatt toms: 8-23. Sunrise 6:36am Sunset 5:12pm

Monday, July 14, 2025

Monday Post 602e

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3189. Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

  • After publishing the previous post, I watched the first half of the Broncos vs. Titans game from recently!
  • Once the first half finished, I had to let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those FitMi exercises for her. Actually, she was  so eager that she'd already come over and got the equipment with five minutes left for the first half, but I just ignored her and watched the game till the whistle blew.
  • After letting PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those  FitMi exercises for her, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Toms: Angelica's minding me from  9:30am  till 4pm. She'll help me up, we'll buy groceries from Pinelands Coles and my once-weekly crunchy pork bahn mi from the Vietnamese bakery and come home foor lunch before Angelica takes me to my final NAB session with Mandy @ 1pm.  Afterwards, she'll see me home and showered before leaving @ 4pm.
  • Me, I'm looking  forward to reading the book  club novel for another hour and then watching the 6pm news for the 125TH time!
  • Anyways, hope everyone has ac smashing day toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.S. Tee  hee I've managed FIVE posts today! Yeah, that's possible some Mondays. XD

Monday Post 602d

 Good evening again! Em's new plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3189. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

  • When PIG mum summoned me over for dinner @ 7:20pm, I used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling: p table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Dinner tonight:  rice, lotsa rather icky bean sprouts, lotsa soup carrot, lotsa soup potato, lotsa soup carrot and two surprisingly tender slices of beef.
  • Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Righteo, hopefully  bbl after one last loo trip after I let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of FitMi exercises with my  final,  final plodding total for Monday, the final, final events for tonight plus what's happening  toms else wishing everyone a smashing Tuesday ahead!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Monday Post 602c

 Good evening and potentially one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's potential final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3070 (ha, I'm just over three grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Life-Sustaining Joy'. Anyways, potential final, final events for tonight?

  • Funny, Lorraine didn't arrive @ 4pm? Only I heard some sound around the doorbell around 4:06pm and asked PIG mum please to check the door; she'd been standing there all along pressing our temperamental doorbell, which only works every now and again! XD I   taught her next week please bang on the door after ringing the doorbell.  XD
  • So a nice hot shower for me - hairwash today. Also thanks to Lorraine who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, arvo  tea was one little banana, one plain cracker and one huge mug of green tea. Happiness was reading for one hour, I FINISHED THE BOOK @ 4:32pm, finished the acknowledgements five minutes later and finished EVERYTHING @ 5:01pm. Thankfully the new book club novel was within reach; I immediately grabbed it and continued reading, reaching page seventy-five @ 5:20pm.
  • After reading for one hour, the other happiness was playing Royal Match for twenty-five minutes! Lorraine taught me how to use boosters to pass more levels, and I've already passed three tonight!
  • At 5:55pm, I sat over the loo once more for two tinkles then signed Lorraine off with my thanks and byes. She's back again same time next week.
  • Happily watched the 6pm news (Seven's) for the 124TH time. All the things I like recording are in the previous post.
  • Hoping to watch the full  match  replay from the Broncos tonight!
  • Toms: Angelica's minding me from 9:30am  till 4pm. She'll help me up @ 9:45am,  we'll buy groceries from Pinelands Coles plus my on - bbl!
    Cheers,
    Em.  ^^

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Monday Post 602b

 Heylo again, good afternoon and please excuse the first post; you know I still get too excited whenever I get too post online before midday. XD Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2777 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'What Moves You To Minister?'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Have A Biblical Perspective' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Digging For Meaning'. Anyways, events for today?

  • Aww, my awesome sleep streak ended @ 12:45am this morning when nature called. That's okay; hopefully I can begin another immediately~
  • Nature called again after the Sun had risen when dearest dad very thoughtfully walked silently along the hallway and unpopped the lock into the garage @ 6:45am; after one pot :P trip I immediately fell back asleep since I knew dad would leave for work @ Aunty Yvonne's place exactly one hour later!
  • Sure enough, dearest dad came to kiss me goodbye and retuck me into bed before leaving for Aunty Yvonne's place, saying he'd come home for lunch with me. When dad left, I used the pot :P   for another tinkle before Daddy Bear and I happily cuddled and continued snoring. Following the second pot :P trip, I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*

Monday Post 602

 Good morning! :p

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Sunday Post 602d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 3127. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

  • Did my weekly file backup then happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Seven's) for the 123RD time. All the things I like recording are in today's second post.
  • When PIG mum said dinnertime, I used the loo for one more tinkle and dad accompanied me to the backseat of his car, which was sitting in the driveway. Thanks to PIG mum who kindly helped me buckle my seatbelt both ways, since I've got seriously sh*tty night vision.
  • Like previous weeks, our once-weekly family dinner out was @ Ho Lin Wah. Only neither set meal suited me tonight: one was black bean sauce sth (yuck) and the other was curry sth (double yuck)! Luckily, dad ordered some omelette with rice, and I got around one bowl of that. I also drank half the set soup, one cup of Chinese tea and just over one mouthful of the warm HK-style milk tea.  Mostly I'm sad that Debbie left without saying bye; I'll never see her again! >< But I'll always remember her as the meat sauce and rice waitress. XD
  • Back home, I walked myself slowly and safely back online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • At 9pm, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and back, again and always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Toms: PIG mum'll help me up, since I've a late morning appointment to see Ray for some acupuncture and massage. Bet PIG mum's simply DYING to yap unceasingly @ him. XD
  • Wonder where we'll buy groceries afterwards from before returning home for lunch with dearest dad? Will ask please to hike each aisle else I'm uncertain I'll pass 1000 steps/
  • Waiting for Michelle to get back to me toms and tell me who's coming to mind me from 4-6pm for personal care. If it's Angelica, she'll come 3:30pm till 5:30pm since she's got jiujitsu training @ 6pm.
  • Will hopefully watch the 6pm news for the 124TH time!
  • Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing week ahead!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Sunday Post 602c

 Good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 3029 (ha, I'm literally just over three grand XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'Learning Humility'. Anyways, continuing tonight's events?

  • Afterwards, I took a n sizzling hot shower - I washed and rinsed my hair today. I also softly, slowly but most hatefully sang 20% of my shorter second-favourite song out aloud, opening both eyes for all the important numbers. Actually, I was all done after only 10% but happily leaned fully against the ride-side side rail and watered myself before calling PIG mum back.
  • After PIG mum dried my back and the back of the chair for me, I did everything else until my bra strap needed doing up, Elf's AFO needed putting on (but I do all the leg-lifting and knee-bending; PIG mum only helps with the straps), and both laces needed tying.
  • After drying the loo seat I sat for one tinkle, dried inside both ears, stamped both feet dry, washed and dried Era and then walked myself slowly and safely back online, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Sunday Post 602b

 Heylo again, good evening and potentially one final greeting   for tonight! Em's potential final, final plodding total for Sunday now stands @ 2504. Ha, I'm literally just over 2.5 grand. XD Righteo, potential final, final events for tonight?

  • After I'd finished sharing my Facebook memories, I used the loo for one tinkle then sat @ the gobbling :P table to munch arvo  tea and read for one hour.
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.S. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Sevens, read by Samantha Heathwood) for the 123RD time: Albanese, Crisafulli, Bleijie, Frecklington, Miles, Hammond, Kingsun (heard), Scott, Wood, Lester, Muscat (heard), Elbridge (first name), Colby, Waters, Carmody, Kedzlie, Addison (first name), McQuilty, Downie, Stafford, Cropper, Vowell, Reason, Wilga, Watt, Overall (heard), Cooper, Stanley, Brown, Myers Trump, Crooks, Jensen, Clayton, Hinze, Feeney, Glasspool (heard), Anisimova, Head, Carey, Konstas, Green, Joseph, Carmichael, Khawaja (heard), White, Robson, Tedesco, Starc, Dearden, Phillips, Payten, Dobson, Watkins, May and Auden. Steve read the sports report and Tony Auden read the weather report. Brisbane was 8-22 today. Brisbane toms: 9-23. Mt.  Gravatt toms: 7-22. Sunrise 6:37am Sunset 5:11pm

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Sunday Post 602

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2067 steps (ha, I'm literally just over 2000 XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Faith Expels Guilt, Greed And Fear'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Faith's Not Faith Until It's Acted Upon' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Running  The Race With Christ'. Anyways, events for today?

Saturday Post 602c

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight!!  Em's final, final plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 3407. Sorry, not quite 3.5 grand. Maybe toms. XD Anyways, just briefly final, final events for tonight?

  • Used the loo for one tinkle, plopped online and happily watched the 6pm news bulletin for the 122ND time. All the things I like recording are in today's first post. 
  • Uncle Slam and Anna came for dinner tonight; Anna brought BBQ duck and Uncle Slam gave me the drumstick!
  • Not only that, BUT PIG mum ALSO made cake! Delicious but weird: the icing was SALTY?!
  • Used the loo for one more tinkle @ 9pm; the Slams left shortly afterwards.
  • Toms: just church, definitely nothing special. 
  • Would love lunch out with other ESS peoples afterwards but expecting a pissy cheeseburger and less than ten chips with dad @ Hungry Jack's. *sigh*
  • Also expecting a stressful   arvo  @  the hands of PIG mum. *Another sigh* 
  • The Broncos are playing toms but not  until 6:15pm? Seems like  a strange time ...
  • Wonder where dad  will take us out for dinner toms night?
  • Anyways, hopefully see everyone @ church toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Saturday Post 602b

 Good evening again! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Saturday now stands @ 3364 and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'A Taste Of Hell' but thirdly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed FIVE MINUTES online after I use the loo once more @ 9pm!! Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

Saturday Post 601

 Good evening! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3221 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'We Experience The Spirit Through Faith'; thirdly, TWFT topic's "Knowing The Season You're In" and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Serving God Each Season (hey, the two devotions today are related! ^^) but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and THIRTY MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 122ND time!! Anyways, events for today?

  • Woo hoo, 7th awesome sleep last night; that's already the 14TH time this year that I've achieved one straight week of awesome sleeps; dare I believe getting TWENTY-FIVE's possible again? It's not happened since 2021! Sure, I remember PIG mum saying nature calling partway through the night doesn't matter and just don't have an accident, but it's cool to achieve another week!
  • Nature didn't call until 7:45am and after  one pot :P trip, I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*
  • Daddy Bear and I happily cuddle and snore, me waking once more for the pot :P around 9am, just before PIG mum  begins her daily  noisy a-THUMPING around upstairs. After another pot :P  trip, After  the 2nd pot :P trip, I spent another ten minutes continuing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me get through today okay. I find it's exceedingly important to constantly remind the cruel and unfaithful God that He has no bearing on  my good day whatsoever, that I am perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him, because my good day's dependent on my own good attitude. If only God would remember that ... *sigh* He created the phrase 'live and let live', so why the heck can't He lemme live the free, independent life that I deserve? Okay, fair enough, we all only deserve death because of Him, but why can't He just lemme live the life that nearly everyone else gets to live?? *sigh*
  • Soon,  she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and give Elf a very brief rub since she'd ignored my poor foot yesterday. At 9:30pm, she gave me fifteen more minutes, saying fifteen more minutes since unreliable Olivia's AWOL again.  I'll call CODA @ 9:40am and help you up five minutes later.
  • Phew, Olivia arrives @ 9:35am! Come 9:45am, when I'm using the pot :P  for one  tinkle before we  get me kitted, I ask her how come she's late? Lol,  she had to buy herself  lunch before she came! XD
  • I head over to  the bathroom and brush teeth. After drinking one full cup of water, I sit over the loo proper.  

    Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.S.  All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's, read by Mia Glover) for the 122ND time: Ha-teya (first name), Gripske, Haig, Haddad, Copp, Albanese (heard), Jennings, Hogan, Trump (heard), Clifford, Henley, Kearsley, Trump, Melania (first name, heard), Shiloh (first  name), Badon, Rubio,  Godfrey, Raelene (first name), Van Lunteren,  Woolf, Cummins, Lyon, Feeney, Kostecki, Slipper, Hardwick, Maguire, Jamieson, Porter, Bluey  (first name), Diogo (first name), Jota, Koby (first  name), Luai, Prince, Katoa, Liersch, Francis, Gout, Saha (first name), Sadravac, Djokovich (heard), Fritz, Alcaraz, Sinner, Hull, Bol, Macclean and Tsimpikas. Bronte Gildea read the sports report, Alice Stolz read the property report and Paul Bradnam read the weather report from Kangaroo Point. Brisbane was 9-22 today. Brisbane toms: 6-22. Mt. Gravatt toms: 4-21. Sunrise: 6:37am Sunset: 5:10pm

Friday, July 11, 2025

Friday Post 601c

 Good evening and one final greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Friday now stands @ 5941. Aww, sorry, not quite six grand; another day. XD Anyways, final, final events for tonight?

  • During and after afternoon tea, I happily read Phoenix Flame for one hour. Today I found the book title on pg.  160, pg. 164, pg. 165 and five times on pg. 169. I finished pg.  175 @ 3:52pm and then found the book title twice on pg.  177 and once more on pg. 186.
  • After using the loo for one tinkle I plopped online and happily watched the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 121ST time. All the things I like recording are in the first post.
  • When PIG mum summoned me over for dinner, I used the loo for one tinkle and then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Dinner tonight: rice, some leftover pasta that I'd cooked with Dorrie this arvo topped with a mountain of Choko and not-very-yummy pumpkin.
  • Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of pumpkin soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • At 8:30pm I had to let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those FitMi exercises for her. Tonight, that took twenty-four minutes. After that I just read and shared Facebook memories for six minutes.
  • At 9pm I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Toms: Olivia's minding me 10am till 1:30pm. PIG mum says I can pick up my new book club novel from the Logan North library and then presumably we'll buy groceries from the Underwood Marketplace Woolies and get my arvo tea honey sushi roll.
  • Looking forward to playing table tennis with dearest dad @ church~
  • Aunty Lucia's coming over and making sth with me? Perhaps the early wedding anniversary for  the parents!
  • Think I'll just read for  one/two hours toms  but not three since I'm hoping to watch the 6pm news for the 122ND time!
  • Anyways, hope  everyone has a lovely weekend ahead!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Friday Post 601b

 Heylo again and good evening! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Friday now stands @ 5789 (so won't quite reach 6000 tonight, sorry XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's 'God-Watching'. Righteo, continuing tonight's events?

  • Once home, I took a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Peggy who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, lunch was one yummy tuna in tomato and onion toastie with one huge mug of green tea.
  • Before Peggy leaves, I sit over the loo for two more tinkles then sit @ the gobbling :P table and sign her off with my thanks and byes. She's doing her usual weekend work and will come back same time next Friday.
  • Once Peggy left, Dorrie came and we cooked some kinda chicken with Chinese fettucine together! Photos are on Facebook~
  • Exactly one hour after Dorrie arrived, PIG mum shooed Dorrie away. I took a seat, PIG mum finished the cooking and then gave me one bowl for arvo tea along with one huge mug of peppermint tea
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Friday Post 603

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 5653 steps (sweet I'm already over half a normal person, that's rare! XD); secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Proud Works Vs. Humble Faith'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Go The Extra Mile' and fourthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Life In Christ' but fifthly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed FORTY-ONE MINUTES online after I watch the 6pm news bulletin (Nine's) for the 121ST time!! Anyways, events for today?

  • Aww, what better way to end the week than with my 6th consecutive awesome sleep? Nature didn't call until the noisy garbage truck THUNDERED down our road and started tipping bins; that woke me, and after one pot :P trip, I spend ten minutes beginning a mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me with the patience, perseverance, strength and endurance I need to get through today with, giving PIG mum all the pleasure, all the satisfaction and just suffering for her whenever she decided that only she can be happy and/or satisfied. It doesn't sound very fair, but she's taught me through her actions, if not through her words, that it's enough she's happy and/or satisfied, and I guess whenever that happens, I've just got to grit my teeth and endure. >< *sigh*
  • Daddy Bear and I happily cuddled and snored, me waking once more for the pot :P when dearest dad very thoughtfully walked silently along the hallway and unpopped the lock into the garage.
  • After dearest dad had kissed me bye, retucked me back into bed and left for Aunty Yvonne's place to continue renovating their house, Daddy Bear and I happily cuddled and snore some more, me waking once more for the pot :P just before nosy PIG mum begins her daily a-THUMPING around upstairs. Soon, she's let herself into my room to hit me with the eye goo and give poor Elf a very brief rub since she'd totally ignored my poor foot last night. Doesn't matter, whenever PIG mum can't be bothered giving Elf some attention, Era always will~
  • Once PIG mum lets Peggy inside @ 9:30am, Peggy knocks, pushes open the door and announces, "Good morning." When I flop Daddy Bear's paw @ her, she next states "Fifteen more minutes." Another paw flop from Daddy Bear and she wisely leaves, thus saving her from the wrath of the Bear Bum. XD Actually, she returned two minutes early and Daddy Bear was tempted to Bear Bum her then and there, but I told him wait, she might not disturb us. And she didn't! XD
  • When Peggy returns, I commend her for not disturbing us and incurring Daddy Bear's wrath before using the pot :P for three more tinkles. After we get me kitted, I head over to the bathroom and brush teeth. Thanks to Peggy who's already squirted me some toothpaste.
  • Teeth brushed, I sit over the loo for one tinkle, wash and dry Era and then head out to the gobbling :P table with Peggy, who told me that she had her two usual fried eggs for breakfast today.
  • For me, breakfast was one bowl of plain porridge with one slice of dry (unbuttered) toast lightly spread with avocado and lightly sprinkled with salt, all my usual drugs :P and one full mug of water. Over breakfast, I spent another ten minutes continuing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel, asking him please to help me get through today okay. I find it's exceedingly important to constantly remind the cruel and unfaithful God that He has no bearing on my good day whatsoever, that I am perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him, because my good day's dependent on my own good attitude. If only God would remember that ... *sigh* He created the phrase 'live and let live', so why the heck can't He lemme live the free, independent life that I deserve? Okay, fair enough, we all only deserve death because of Him, but why can't He just lemme live the life that nearly everyone else gets to live?? *sigh* I also happily watched Today Extra over breakfast but was unaware had Peggy turned it on for me/had PIG mum turned it on herself, since she was eating her own breakfast on the couch.
  • After breakfast, Peggy slathered sunscreen over my face before accompanying me back to the bathroom then returned to the kitchen and washed the breakfast dishes. Over the loo proper, I do a stinky unspeakable, also leaning fully against the side rail and finishing my mostly silent chat to Percy the saint/angel. Remember, however the cruel and unfaithful God tries to make my day bad for me, I won't let that affect me because my good day has NOTHING to do with Him; I'm perfectly capable of having a good day without Him, despite Him and apart from Him. See, my good day's dependent on my own good attitude!
  • After washing and drying Era, I climb into the passenger seat of Auto (pronounced Alto) and Peggy kindly helps me with my seatbelt before tootling me off to the NAB for physio with Ashleigh. After arriving twenty minutes early, we both happily sit and play with our mobiles for ten minutes before heading upstairs. I use the loo for one tinkle and then Peggy and I sit in the waiting room with other clients and wait for Ashleigh.
  • Physio today: Standing reaching for Era at mirror, standing boxing with Ashleigh in front and the Scottish lady behind, 165 cable rows Era, two laps short hallway walking, two big laps walking outside down and up the ramp and eight laps long hallway walking plus some finger tapping exercises for Ela. Next week's our last session together and Ashleigh's off to some hospital's ICU ward next. I've not been invited back for next block and hope they'll not gimme some HEP to do while I'm having a break! XD
  • After sitting over the loo for two tinkles Peggy tootled me home. She got a perfect run along the highway hence why Peggy pulled over along Yvonne Rd. before it dips down and we both just played on our mobiles for fifteen minutes before finally getting home.

  • Cheers,
    Em. ^^
    P.D. All the interesting surnames I saw while watching the 6pm news (Nine's, read by Melissa Downes) for the 121ST time: Francis, Pickering, Rawlings, Edwinsmith, Scoott (heard), Colwell, Bavas, McCauhey, Bavas, Crisafulli, Miles, Springbporg, Geran, Lyndy (first name), Atkinson, Griffin, Makenna (first name), Baily, Noushka (first name), Arro, Ivanovic, Geber, McKellar, Van Der Poel, Hasler (heard), Mylata (heard), Carroll,  Balme, Cash, Backo, Catriona (first name), Lowe, Slipper (heard), Schmidt, Hodgkinson, Ashcroft, Rhodes, Jablon, Foran, Averillo (heard), Katoa (heard), Kostecki, Psaltis, Hawkes, Carpenter, Sinodinos, Copp (heard), Rudd (heard), Ariotti, Hughes, Cosmas (first name), Harris, Paige, Millward, Rinky (first  name), Hijikata, Harrison, Netanyahu, Kanye (first name), West, Pashota (heard), Adams and Bradnam. Chris Kohler read the finance report, Jonathan Uptin read the sports report and Luke Bradnam read the weather report from Main Beach. Brisbane was 10-22 today. Brisbane toms: 8-21. Mt. Gravatt toms: 6-21. Sunrise: 6:37am Sunset 5:10pm

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Thursday Post 603b

 Heylo again, good evening and one final greeting for tonight! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total for tonight now stands @ 4124 (ha, I'm over four grand; that doesn't happen too often! XD) and secondly, Joni's devotional topic's "I Want To Go Home". Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

  • At 5:25pm I sat over the loo for two more tinkles and then @ 5:30pm Catherine arrived and took me to Wong Wong's for our Christmas in July book club dinner!
  • Nine shared dinner tonight; I had the Shandy (unsure how it got that name) and drank three cups of jasmine tea and one glass of water.
  • Lol, PIG mum's so exact with the money; I was hoping I'd have fifty cents leftover to get a soft serve from Maccas with but PIG mum checked and said that I'd only twenty cents left! *sigh*
  • Back home, I used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself slowly and back online, again and always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Toms: Peggy's minding me from 9:30am (helping me up), taking me to the NAB for two hours for physio with Ashleigh and then seeing me home and showered before leaving @ like 1:30pm before Dorrie comes and cooks sth with me! Unsure why PIG mum won't pickup my new book club novel for me so I can start reading it, but hey. Will  read the newspaper that Karina bought for me today instead!
  • Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing end to the week toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Thursday Post 603

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from Wednesday's actually 3605 (ha, I'm over 3.5 grand XD); secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'The School Of Obedience'; thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2898 steps; fourthly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's "Six Ways Jesus Fought Depression"; fifthly, TWFT topic's "Don't Be  Dismissive"   and sixthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's "God's There" but  seventhly  and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and THIRTEEN MINUTES online after I  get back home from  our book  club dinner out tonight; argh, that's the THIRD CONSECUTIVE DAY I've been unable to enjoy the  ENTIRETY of the MOST IMPORTANT TWO HOURS OF THE DAY online!! >< *sigh* But just briefly, covering last night's events first: 

  • Played table tennis and enjoyed one slice of delicious leftover chocolate cake from last Sunday's comp~
  • Got home and watched the Origin decider: QUEENSLAND WON!!! :D
  • Now today, just briefly:
  • Yay, 5th consecutive sleep last night!  Nature didn't call until 8am~
  • Karina took me to writers' group and Mary brought cake! :D Ten attended today and euphemism's our next homework topic.
  • Came home for lunch and then Karina tootled me off to Breathe. Physio today: 1.678km bike ride, 36 leg-assisted pushups, 36 v-bar rows for both hands, 49 leg curls for Elf, tennis ball catching and throwing for Era, theragun massage for both thighs and boxing!
  • Got home and took a nice hot shower - hairwash today. Also thanks to Karina who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, arvo tea's one yummy banana (that Karina kindly peweled for me), one plain cracker and one mug of powdered HK-style milk tea.
  • Catherine's coming @ 5:30pm and taking me to Wong Wong's for our Christmas in July dinner party; cn't believe my luck:  *two* proper meals out in the space of one week! :D
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Wednesday Post 603c

 Good afternoon! Firstly, Em's new plodding total for Wednesday now stands @ 2307 but secondly and way more importantly, I'm really still owed FIFTY-SIX MINUTES online after I get back home from table tennis tonight!! *sigh* Anyways, let's just cover last night's events very briefly!

Wednesday Post 603b

 Heylo again, good morning again and please excuse the first post; you know I still get too excited whenever I get to post online before midday. XD Firstly, Em's final, final plodding total from Tuesday's actually 4551 (ha, I'm just over 4.5 grand; that's even less common than 4.5 grand! XD); secondly, Joni's devotional topic from last night's 'Guard Your Words'; thirdly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 2129 steps (ha, I'm over two grand XD); fourthly, John Piper's daily devotional topic from last night's 'Saving Faith Loves Forgiveness'; fifthly, TWFT topic's 'by Faith' and sixthly, Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Panic In A Cave' but seventhly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE  HOUR and FORTY-ONE MINUTES online after I  get home from table tennis; only I'll not get that back since it's the Origin DECIDER tonight!! Hope everyone's having a smashing week!
Cheers,
Em. ^^

Wednesday Post 603

 Good morning! :P

Cheers,

Em. ^^

Monday, July 7, 2025

Tuesday Post 602

 Good afternoon! Firstly, today I've been hard @ work plodding 3987 steps; secondly, John Piper's daily devotional topic's from last night's 'When Another Christian Hurts You'; thirdly, TWFT topic's 'Try. Try Harder. Try Longer' , Our Daily Bread's devotional topic's 'Prayer Of Desperation' but thirdly and way most importantly, I'm really still owed ONE HOUR and TEN MINUTES online tonight after I get home from Toastmasters!! >< Definitely can't get that time back tonight ... *sigh* Anyways, just briefly, events for today?

  • Y ay, 3rd consecutive awesome sleep last night! Nature didn't call until 7:35am~
  • Jules helped me up @ 9:45am then took me to Pinelands Coles and we bought groceries before I got my once-weekly crunchy pork  bahn mi from Aunty Lisa, who told me that Aunty Nancy was on holidays! Else the other way around. XD
  • Came home, used the loo for one tinkle then enjoyed my crunchy pork  bahn mi   plus a second big mug of vanilla chai for breakfast; just pity Jules couldn't find where sneaky PIG mum had hidden the sweetener. >< XD
  • NAB physio with Mandy:  Two laps long hallway walking, twenty transfers from double red mats with right leg lunges to plinth thirty double-leg pushups on tower of power and six 10m walk tests.
  • Got home and took a nice hot shower -  hairwash today. Also thanks to Jules who helped me rinse out my hair, thus freeing Era to hold my stupid right eye tightly shut.
  • Dried, creamed and rekitted, thanks to PIG mum who microwaved me some rice for arvo  tea since I had a bahn mi for lunch and will get a roast meal for dinner hence why I needed some rice for arvo tea else I'm gonna fret! >< XD
  • Rosanna's coming around 5pm and she wants to do a quick Bible study together~
  • Then, excitement: Lorraine's coming @ 5:30pm and taking me our belated changeover function @ the pub! Well, hopefully her: PIG mum says the rosters TBA but I thought Lorraine was coming! >< *sigh* 
  • Toms: apparently Holly's coming and taking me to table tennis toms? Hope she also hope   PIG mum'll take me grocery shopping first toms morning else expect a super-pissy plodding total from me.
  • Better finish my GCCW homework toms morning too since tomorrow night's the Origin DECIDER!! QLD MUST win for Cameron Munster; his poor dad suddenly passed three days ago (Sunday)... 
  • Anyways, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^

Monday Post 602d

 One final good evening and greeting for tonight! Em's final, final plodding total for Monday now stands @ 3725. Righteo, final, final events for tonight?

  • At 5:40pm, I used the loo once more for two tinkles before signing Angelica off with my thanks and byes. Unsure when I'm seeing again since she's gotta attend the funeral of some former client next time she's looking after me.
  • Happily watched the 6pm news (Nine's) for the 119TH time. All the things I like recording are in today's 2nd post.
  • When PIG mum summoned me for dinner around 7:20pm, I used the loo for one tinkle then walked myself slowly and safely to the gobbling :P table, rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Dinner tonight: rice, lotsa cos lettuce, lotsa  pumpkin, one small slice of tasteless soup beef, one yucky marinated pork rib and one yummy little ball leftover from hotpot.
  • Dinner was spooned down with one bowl of soup; after taking the bowl over to the sink I walked myself slowly and safely back online, again rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • At 8:30pm, I let PIG mum gleefully force poor Ela on one set of those FitMi  exercises for her. Tonight, that took twenty-six minutes.
  • At 9pm, I walked myself once more slowly and safely to the loo for one more tinkle and back, always rising above the cruel and unfaithful God’s near-overwhelming hatred and not letting Him push me over.
  • Toms: Jules will come @ 9:30am, help me up, take me to Pinelands Plaza to buy groceries from Coles and buy my once-weekly crunchy pork bahn mi before coming home for lunch then taking me to the NAB for physio with Mandy @ 1pm. She'll see me home and showered before leaving @ 4pm.
  • Then, excitement: Lorraine's coming @ 5:30pm and taking me to the pub for our belated changeover function! Fingers crossed pork's the roast of the day, that PIG mum'll  leave me enough for ice cream and Viktor'll shout me a vodka! XD
  • Righteo, hope everyone has a smashing day toms!
    Cheers,
    Em. ^^