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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 394301" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day people. It got to 27 degrees here. Celsius. Tomorrow will be a little cooler, with overnight rain forecast. We're getting bucketloads of rain at the moment, at Wagga they said the river rose four metres in four hours last night.</p><p></p><p>Sharon/WO, that was very frustrating about the blood draw mix-up. I'd be annoyed too, especially given the inconvenience of having to go out in such weather.</p><p></p><p>Sharon/LDM, it's great to get positive feedback about our kids. It's hard to see the progress when it;s so gradual, but other people's validation is gold.</p><p></p><p>HaoZi, sorry you're having so much trouble with your skin. I have found (especially in consumer advocacy studies) that the more expensive skin creams generally don't work any better than the cheaper ones as a rule. There are good ones and bad ones of all prices; price is no indication of quality. You just find what works for you. Me, I have a problem with preservatives, and these days almost all cosmetics contain preservatives and cause me problems. So I use vegetable oil. Or make up my own skin cream using a combination of herbal tea, vegetable oil and thickened with beeswax. Then there's always sorbolene! My favourite you could try, is vegetable oil and cooking salt. You can add a couple of drops of essential oil if you like (lavender is good; so is rose). To wash, you wet your skin, scrub with a small spoonful of the oil and salt mix, rinse off, then pat dry with a cloth. At first it feels really greasy, but the cloth finishes the job and the combination of oil, salt and water leaves exactly the right amount left, plus you just got a gentle exfoliation and deep clean.</p><p>Depending on your skin, use either olive oil, or sweet almond oil as the oil base. Just don't use a metal lid on the jar!</p><p>I've seen products almost identical to this, charging $50 a jar. You can make it for 50c. And most of that is the cost of the jam jar.</p><p></p><p>We've stayed home today and got some work done. Tomorrow is a busy day - I see my doctor first, then head in to the school for difficult child 3's school presentation day. It's only for his grade tis time, due to the different finish times of various grades. He's just finished grade 10 which here, is a possible completion point for high school. But he's continuing on (which increasingly, is happening). </p><p>After the awards presentation, I have another meeting. husband is still not well, he might curl up in the car possibly while he waits. Not sure what difficult child 3 will do. I should have organised a study session with his one remaining subject (he's accelerated int his subject, just started Grade 12) but with three more days to go for the school year, there's really not much point. </p><p></p><p>Oprah fever has hit Australia. The audience she brought with her have been scattered around the country in various groups, I don't think any are in Sydney right now. But their every move is being followed by our media, as far as possible. They're having a ball! Thankfully, none are inland where the floods are. I don't think our national capital was on the itinerary, which is a good thing - they've got flooding near there too. Ironic, since Canberra got only about 4 mm rain today, but the nearest town (ten minutes drive) was flooded out, and Wagga is only 60 km further west as the crow flies and they're in big trouble. All down from the Queensland border, in fact. Our floods last week subsided fast because we're so close to the sea. But inland, it takes a lot longer for the water to get away. Still, the other side of it is, they know when the water is coming, mostly. They have time to evacuate. The papers today showed an aerial shot of an earthmoving company at Dubbo who put up their own five metre high levee bank around their warehouse, using their own equipment. The only staff there each day are there manning the pumps, and have to arrive by boat. You can't buy advertising like that!</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Thursday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 394301, member: 1991"] G'day people. It got to 27 degrees here. Celsius. Tomorrow will be a little cooler, with overnight rain forecast. We're getting bucketloads of rain at the moment, at Wagga they said the river rose four metres in four hours last night. Sharon/WO, that was very frustrating about the blood draw mix-up. I'd be annoyed too, especially given the inconvenience of having to go out in such weather. Sharon/LDM, it's great to get positive feedback about our kids. It's hard to see the progress when it;s so gradual, but other people's validation is gold. HaoZi, sorry you're having so much trouble with your skin. I have found (especially in consumer advocacy studies) that the more expensive skin creams generally don't work any better than the cheaper ones as a rule. There are good ones and bad ones of all prices; price is no indication of quality. You just find what works for you. Me, I have a problem with preservatives, and these days almost all cosmetics contain preservatives and cause me problems. So I use vegetable oil. Or make up my own skin cream using a combination of herbal tea, vegetable oil and thickened with beeswax. Then there's always sorbolene! My favourite you could try, is vegetable oil and cooking salt. You can add a couple of drops of essential oil if you like (lavender is good; so is rose). To wash, you wet your skin, scrub with a small spoonful of the oil and salt mix, rinse off, then pat dry with a cloth. At first it feels really greasy, but the cloth finishes the job and the combination of oil, salt and water leaves exactly the right amount left, plus you just got a gentle exfoliation and deep clean. Depending on your skin, use either olive oil, or sweet almond oil as the oil base. Just don't use a metal lid on the jar! I've seen products almost identical to this, charging $50 a jar. You can make it for 50c. And most of that is the cost of the jam jar. We've stayed home today and got some work done. Tomorrow is a busy day - I see my doctor first, then head in to the school for difficult child 3's school presentation day. It's only for his grade tis time, due to the different finish times of various grades. He's just finished grade 10 which here, is a possible completion point for high school. But he's continuing on (which increasingly, is happening). After the awards presentation, I have another meeting. husband is still not well, he might curl up in the car possibly while he waits. Not sure what difficult child 3 will do. I should have organised a study session with his one remaining subject (he's accelerated int his subject, just started Grade 12) but with three more days to go for the school year, there's really not much point. Oprah fever has hit Australia. The audience she brought with her have been scattered around the country in various groups, I don't think any are in Sydney right now. But their every move is being followed by our media, as far as possible. They're having a ball! Thankfully, none are inland where the floods are. I don't think our national capital was on the itinerary, which is a good thing - they've got flooding near there too. Ironic, since Canberra got only about 4 mm rain today, but the nearest town (ten minutes drive) was flooded out, and Wagga is only 60 km further west as the crow flies and they're in big trouble. All down from the Queensland border, in fact. Our floods last week subsided fast because we're so close to the sea. But inland, it takes a lot longer for the water to get away. Still, the other side of it is, they know when the water is coming, mostly. They have time to evacuate. The papers today showed an aerial shot of an earthmoving company at Dubbo who put up their own five metre high levee bank around their warehouse, using their own equipment. The only staff there each day are there manning the pumps, and have to arrive by boat. You can't buy advertising like that! Enjoy your Thursday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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