Tania Kettle

What a cool weekend!  I was either enjoying my down time, swimming or feeding hoards of teenagers lol - that’s pretty perfect in my world

Talking about teenagers - now that I personally own one - they have to be one of the funniest creatures on Earth.  Take this morning for example…..

We are sitting at the traffic lights on the way to school (15 minutes late) and the young one goes…..I’m too old to give you anymore hugs or kisses.  Okkkkkk - so that’s it?  You’ve cut me off?  Well, really, we need to be adult about this…..I’m 15 and really, what is the correct age for me not to give you a hug.  34?  60?  18?  You are just going to have to be mature about this.  I’m mean really what am I going to do when I have a girlfriend?  Excuse me for a minute I have to hug my Mum?  Seriously, I tried to be mature about this but the more the young one talked the more I could see the funny side and as much as I did try and be mature or is that M.A.T.U.R.E the harder it was not to laugh and I lost the fight.  In fact, I was laughing so hard I couldn’t talk.  I love my son and it is great to see him start to stand on his own two feet, I just wish he realised how funny he was some days and I am really, really looking forward to him having kids lolollol

Thought of the day from Og Mandino:  Love doesn’t sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: re-made all the time, made new.

40 minutes swimming Saturday, 45 minutes on Sunday and another 45 mins today - good on me!

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You know for someone who apparently knows a lot I lose an unbelievable amount of stuff.  All sorts of stuff.  Last week it was cellotape which I hunted high and low for and finally found in the glovebox of my car this arvo - yes, I know, I’m a bit disturbed about that as well!  Todays lucky un-find is clear nail polish - now I know I have it in the house somewhere, how come?  Because when I did see it the other day I went Damn that is a stupid place to have nail polish - got to remember it’s here…..  No shite, Einstein I know I  didn’t remember lol

Anyway, did you know that in psychic world (that’s me) when you can’t find your car keys or go to the car then find that you haven’t got your keys - they are in reality still sitting on the bench - then it is your Angels way of saving you from a car accident. 

May your weekend be filled with joy, laughter, happiness and your soul mate

And stop having casual I really want to be with someone else but you’re here and you’re easy sex - you are just harming your soul

40 minutes swimming

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The big question I am being asked at the moment is…….

I am an intelligent, attractive woman so how come I am in love with a guy who’s no good? 

Good question 99! I am not going to say that you have low self-esteem because sometimes that is just not true.  What is true is that you will be getting something good out of this relationship and in fact, it may be something fabulous.  You may be feeling loved, wanted, important, powerful, nurtured and/or sexed up.  Sometimes.  Where the issue actually lies is the rest of the time which can be anything up to 80% of the time.  Herein lies the issue.  When it’s good it’s fabulous when it’s bad it’s horrible.  And in the horrible phase he lies, cheats, speaks to you meanly, doesn’t speak to you at all and works with addiction - either alcohol, drugs, gambling or infidelity and sometimes all four.  Fabulous.  This is the time where you go no, no, not me, I’m walking away and you do for a short period of time then you remember his fabulousness when things were good and you go back.  Again and again and again.  This is where it starts hurting your self-esteem because you know that you are an attractive, intelligent woman and he’s no good and seriously, it is now making you all freaky. 

Well, the good news?  You are half way there to a happy, healthy relationship.  Not with him but you are at a point where the relationship is getting tiring.  It’s getting hard to be in this relationship and lastly, it’s now not actually even really a relationship.  Just two people together, getting it on, with one person having an addiction and the other person trying to fix it. 

The second lot of good news?  It’s not your problem AND YOU DON’T HAVE TO FIX IT!  Seriously, you can take a deep breath, relax and go have a bubble bath because you cannot make this relationship better and it’s not your fault. 

I know where you’re standing cause I’ve been there.  I have taken a man back when he had gambled all our wedding money away 6 WEEKS BEFORE the wedding.  I have gone to counselling to sort out our problem while he was gambling at the pokies and I have made so many excuses to over look his behaviour that no shite, I don’t have any excuses left.  For anyone.  And on one memorable occasion I actually did a live radio segment with Paul Holmes about the book I had written “Singel, S*xy and Thirty Something” about how to get into, and keep a relationship - the day after I had found out he had gambled our wedding money away.  lolollol  It may be funny now but it sure as shite wasn’t funny at the time!

So, the quick answer to this is relax - chill out, have a bubble bath, glass of wine, chocolate - go see a mate, go out for dinner or brunch or lunch or away for the weekend cause bottom line…….you are an attractive, intelligent woman and this just isn’t your problem baby  :)

40 minutes swimming today - good on me! 

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‘Tis the season to be falling in love my little angels!  There is a certain time of the year where the air changes flavour and I kidd you not, you can almost see Cupid’s arrow coming towards you.  I always love this time as it really does make you feel ten foot tall and bullet proof.  Any of you that are already happily loved up - put your sense of romance into gear (think macadameia toffee crunch, rose petals and champagne) and look at stepping your partnership up a notch - think living together, engagement or babies and for those foot loose and fancy free get a fabulous new haircut and colour in preparation for your prince or princess. 

Also you can do a photo frame.  A frame is when you put a picture of the man (or woman) that you want to attract then write down the qualities you are looking for in your partner.  You then put this frame in the right hand corner of where your bed is as you walk in the door with something red next to it - like a silk red rose.  Voila - new, more fabulous partner lol

My particular favourite is my blessed blue stones.  They sit on a clear glass plate (very styly even if I do say so myself) which sit on our coffee table and if you have an issue or want a particular event to happen you hold one in your hand, make a wish, blow on it and put it back to the Universe lol  I am having amazing luck with this one!  Even the young one is quite impressed. 

Anyway, loved up or want-to-be loved up - wishing you all well

Quote of the day:  He thinks I’m harmless?……….I’m about as harmless as a rhino on speed   lolollol

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You know, I am an intelligent individual so why I periodically think I can pull a swifty on Spirit I have no idea - and it certainly never works lol Let us take this morning for example…..the young was a bit germy last night - a bit of a nasty cough, sneezing etc so because it is not quite rowing season yet (days not weeks now babies) I decided to let the young one stay home today - yah me! 

So, in anticipation of my sleep in I grabbed my phone and turned all my alarms off (because I am not a morning person I have three alarms set for 60 seconds apart)  alarm one off? check! alarm two off? check! alarm three? completely turned off.  What time do you think I woke up this morning?  That’s right….7am  By what?  The freaking alarm clock!  When the young one finally roused himself (after 12 and a half hours!!) the blonde jokes were flying good and fast until he checked the alarms…..Spirit definitely got the last laugh cause we still didn’t have an alarm set lol and the young one’s final comment on the whole matter?  Well, you needed that extra four hours to make sure you went to the gym lolollol

Talking about that I did go to the gym today - 5 k’s on that treadmill, did optimistically think about doing 7 k’s but by the time I got to 5 I had run out of both energy, enthusiasm and finished the magazine article about Jennifer Anistons lonely queen title!  You know I do feel sorry for Jennifer - it must suck to be dumped in front of the world but seriously the girl has got to get over it.  I have always been an Angelina groupie (no surprises there!) but I did feel she had been given a raw deal and did want her to find someone new.  I still do but she really needs to start living her life, her way and kick the negative, sad-sack “I wish Brad and I were still together” bullshite.  Just goes to prove that no matter how pretty you are it is your attitude and “no crap accepted here” antennae which wins the day 

I have also decided that I am going to put a sign next to my treadmill that says that people that run at high speed while having a conversation and not sweating are ineligible for the treadmills either side of me lol It’s insulting lolollol

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What an unbelievably awesome weekend!  I stepped out of my normal comfort zone and was seriously rewarded by meeting some of the planets nicest people :)  It’s really interesting when I meet people that I have only previously spoken to on the phone as it never fails to amaze me as to how people describe themselves.  I’m a big woman when in actual fact she is 5′7″ and a size 12 and styly to boot lol or when someone says I’m ok looking when they are serious gym bunnies and have a six pack which the rest of us only dream about!  And the amount of times that people think I am blonde, short and in my fifties is astounding!  I am always comforted when people use the phrase but you are really nice! I think personally that is because I do my rattlesnake on steroids routine periodically scaring everyone into behaving themselves and it is those times that they remember not my niceness lolollol The other thing which always surprises me is that people think I’m really out going and talkative.  It always makes me smile because I actually think that I am rather quiet.  Although quiet as a monk  might be pushing it a teensy bit.  Funny how we look at ourselves vs how other people look at you.  Anyway, seriously behind on my work as you would understand so…..catch ya later chickies and chickie babes - off to save the Universe one person at a time  :)

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Today I want to talk about Spirit protection.  Often you hear me talk about how I have one thing planned for my weekend and then in actual fact something completely different happens…..well, that is when Spirit are looking after me.  Opening the door for me to meet people who are positive and pro-active and have a can-do attitude while keeping me away from situations which are quite frankly, a waste of time.  I have noticed this quality a lot in our new home.  There have been so many new people who have entered into our lives yet others have been blocked.  This of course would be because we are sitting on Maori ground and as everyone knows Maori ground is Spiritual.  I, at the time, did not realise it but should have recognised the energy because this is actually the second home that we have lived in which is on Maori ground. 

Let me give you a couple of examples…..the first one is that pictures and mirrors wouldn’t stay hung on the wall if Spirit didn’t like it - no shite! - they would CRASH to the ground with a loud bang as if someone had slammed a door, which is a little hard to do considering we have carpet on most of the floor!  Eventually we would just hang things up and wait and if they didn’t come flying off we knew it was all good.  The oddest experience we have had since being here though is I had four separate letters that I hung up on the wall spelling L I F E anyway, the young one and I were talking about someone and - I kidd you not - the letter F came came crashing down (again in a carpeted area) and shattered into like 50 pieces so all the letters on the wall spelt lie.  I am lucky I do not scare easily (although it took a fair few minutes and a couple of rums to regulate my heart rate!) - the young one and I just stood there.  In silence.  Then the young one goes Spirit don’t like him.  Really? lol

It’s all good though.  We understand that Spirits are not malicious, they only give warning when peoples intentions are not honourable and that we are at all times safe and protected and loved.  It’s a kind of cool feeling   

May your physical, spiritual, intimate, emotional and financial soul be in complete harmony and total balance this weekend

Quote of the day (from Chopper Reid) Laurels dog is seeing a psychiatrist…….Fu**ing harden up Laurel!   lollol

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Today I want to talk about doing things you wish you didn’t.  I believe that everyone knows when they are self-sabotaging whether it is being alcohol dependent, recreational drugs, casual sex, gambling and/or stealing.  Sometimes you can justify it by saying it was only one night…..we got pist up but everyone does it…..well, we were going to have sex sooner or later so it doesn’t really matter when…..or……but why shouldn’t I have it? I deserve it!  Well, just hang on a minute - bypassing and shortening that which should have strong foundations is a recipe for disaster. 

Time is important.  In fact, time is your friend because it allows you to see the fruits of your labour.  It allows you to fine tune things as you go along, to tweak and adapt to get a continuous, positive flow of energy.  To stop yourself going down a path that doesn’t work or to find a better, and more fabulous way of being and achieving, your goals…..and sex, drugs, alcohol, gambling and/or embezzlement don’t help, in fact, in all cases they will do nothing but harm you, your home, your family, your goals and most importantly your success.  What I need you to understand though is that at any time you can stop and ask for help.  All things can be over come.  Yes, there will be consequences but seriously, how can there not be? But what you gain in self-respect, hope and peace of soul far outweighs what you lose short-term.  If you have found yourself in a not right place, choose not to be a self-sabotaging victim any longer.  There is not one person alive who hasn’t made mistakes (lol - I have made way, way, way more than one and any successful person will tell you the same thing) so you are not standing alone.  Life’s tough some days but at any minute you can choose to make it one little bit easier. 

Let me leave you with Grandma Moses…….

Losing a child’s a disaster, everything else is just peas and gravy

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I don’t like driving with the young one!  In fact, since he has got his learners he has become, dare I say it, a giagantic pain in the bum lol 

Wasn’t that light red?  No, it wasn’t.  Funny, it looked red.  Grrrrr, no….it was definitely orange.  Sure, if you say so….. or the curly questions he gives me at intersections.  Who gives way?  Who looks as if they are slowing down?  Seriously, I am not worried about the young one driving I am just very, very concerned about the nutters out there like me who have no concept of what the actual road rules are because they have been driving so long.  Bear in mind that I class you in that category as well!

Lol - ok, you think you are a better driver than moi?  Let us put this to the test shall we?  When you are driving tomorrow see how often you actually practice (in real life) the road code ie: how many times do you actually stop, completely, at a stop sign instead of just cruizing down to about 10 k’s, sheepishly look around to see if anything is coming, then continue on.  Ha!  That’s actually illegal.  Or what about keeping to 50km’s - now, I know that you are lying.  How do I know?  Because when the young one drives every other car on the road whizzes past us.  That’s you.   

I have tried to become a better driver mostly so the young one sees me as a good role model but to be perfectly honest, I am going to have to work a little harder!  Those damn orange lights just keep getting me…..

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Ok, I’ve had quite a bit of feedback from yesterdays blog so I decided to talk more about one in particular email I received……

Why would you expect me to pay for you when you make good money and you believe that men and women are equal and frankly, how do I know that you are good company? I only have your word for it.  And regarding “free” sex if I’m paying why would I keep taking you out for dinner without getting something back?

Good question he-man!  The quick answer to that is because this is not a business partnership but an emotional connection which may, if all the stars are aligned, go into a deeper, more connected, emotional and intimately contended relationship.  If we find out we like each other.  We can’t do that if it is just all about the sex. 

Starting a new relationship is like making a pavlova - separating the eggs yolks from the egg whites, changing the texture from runny and clear to soft peaks, adding sweet sugar and sour vinegar.  Mixing together the different ingredients and textures then giving it a little time to co-join, creating something strong and fragile, sweet and light with just a hint of tart.   Add a little bit of naughty cream later and voila lol a match made in heaven

Or you can just have ice-cream.

Another hill (up and round) walk

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