The Pope

With all the talk about a new pope the question came
up on The Nine home page, "Would like to be pope?"
I answered NO, but over the last week I have been
thinking about this question. No I still would not
want to be the pope, but I was thinking what would I
do if I was the pope.

I would like to clarify some things.

The first thing would be pointing out that Christ was
born into a culture that followed the Jewish faith.

Thus when Christ preached a 'new' religion he used
the prinicples of his own religion.

Thus the commandments Catholics follow are the ones
given to Moses for the Jews to follow.

"Do not take the Lord's name in vain" has nothing to
do with Jesus Christ. Christ was not born and named
till many hundreds of years later. The Lord refered
to was the God, or as Catholics say 'God the Father.'

Doctor's Report

Well my new doctor, Dr. Rose, says that my blood report
came back reasonable normal. My throid is normal, which
surprised me. My blood work revealed I have a vitamin D
deficiency and an over supply of sugar in the blood.

I had to have a gluouse test. Fasting till I have a blood
test then drinking a gluouse drink waiting two hours and
having another blood test. The results will be in by
Friday 22 of March when I have my next appointment.

A Big Softie

Ross went to the Kiss concert on Wednesday night. So
Ariel and Sofie went into Cliff's room and were on the
bed. Jess was following him around like she usually
does. He complained that the dogs would not get off
the bed and come when he called.

I went into the room and at this point all three
dogs had made themselves at home on the bed. I just
looked at them, pointed at the door and in a firm voice
said "OUT" and they all got up, jumped off the bed and
went out!

Ciff really is a big softie!!

A New Doctor

My doctor has gone to Melbourne so now I have to find
a new doctor. I went to see Dr. Rose two weeks ago.
She seems nice. I needed a pap smear done as I received
a letter from my clinic to say I'm overdue for one.

I really did not want to see a male doctor and at my
first appopintment ask for a pap smear.

Well I went back Friday the 1st March to get my results.
But there is a problem. It seems the techs can't get a
reading on the cells, as they are too dry! So I have to
take a cream for about two weeks to help moisten it up,
but then I have to wait two more weeks so the cream does
not interfer with the reading.

She also ordered a throid reading to see if it is under
producing which could explain my weight gain, sleepy after
noons, cold feet and sleepless nights.

But I forgot to ask about the left knee which I hurt at
Karen's place. It has still not healed and is just as
painful if not more so than when I first did it. I think
part of the problem is the aspirn which helps PREVENT
clotting.

The Lights Go Out.

Early Thursday morning just before 3 a.m. I was playing
on the laptop when the lights went out. The light came
back on for a few seconds and then went out again.

I went outside to check if it was just my meter box or the
street, and it turned out that the power pole in the front
of number 31 had sparks coming off its two arms. Lucily
a light mist had been falling for several hours, this meant
there was no danger of the sparks starting a fire.

I had a hard time finding a number to ring to report the
problem. It took nearly ten minutes. The network said that
there had already been a report and that a unit was being
dispatched.

The unit turned up at about 3.20 a.m. and started repairs
at about 3.30 a.m. when I woke up at 9.30 a.m. it was to
find that the power was still not on. At 10.30 a.m. it was
still not on and the truck had gone so I rang up the network
to hear a recorded messsage that said the power should be
back on at 11 a.m. but it came back on at 10 45 a.m.

I felt sorry for all the workers relying on their electric
clocks to get up. Not to mention households in the area who
are all electric, looks like they would be getting take out
for breakfest!

As for me my Sunbeam water cooler has not worked since. I
figured that the on off power surge has buggered it.

Kirsten Runs Away.

Had a talk on Monday with Melissa and Kath at my house
and it was decided that Kirsten would live with me
for the week on and week off for three months till
Kath has fixed up a room in the garage for her.

She was suppose to come Tuesday night but instead run
off to her friend Sarah's house, saying she never
wanted to come to my place again.

It was the lsat straw.

I have told Kath that I will go to Centrelink and
make over Kirsten's money to Kath as of Saturday.

I will not have her at the week ends either, why
should Cliff and I be put out because Kath can't
say "No" to Nathen's silly demands that Kirsten
not stay overnight when the other kids are there.

I will not have Kirsten again. I love her and I don't
believe that being with her mum at this stage is the
best thing for her but she won't listen. Of course it
doessn't help that Kath has NO RULES for her, while I
have about 20!! I just wanted Kirsten to meet me half
way. But she is a typical 14 year old, selfish girl.
She just wants what she wants, no thought to the long
term. I just hope that one day she will see that I
was only trying to do the best thing for her.

Valentine's Day 2013