Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Road conditions ..
Just checked RACQ website - there are cautions on some roads up north - but at the moment - all open, with care. Should be interesting!
1 sleep till I depart - but 1 workshop to be done first
What a way to spend the second last night - reading about tracheostomy suctioning!! Sail Brisbane are using a GPS tracker on each boat - Trac trac? No no - back to suctioning :-)
Dropped Quicksand to Ian and Fran - trolley modifications so that the baby blue rides well on her trips.
Picked up the Falcon - with CB installed - should make the Adelaide trip more interesting.
Reading time at UQ Ipswich library yesterday confirmed my selection of oral health for the interprofessional research project - now I need to narrow my focus within that landscape. Received more info yesterday on all the extra bits to be done with the prac and translating research into practice unit.
I keep forgetting each of the two subjects is a double subject!!
No time for a haircut! Gifts still not wrapped! Mmm - still a lot to do.
Dropped Quicksand to Ian and Fran - trolley modifications so that the baby blue rides well on her trips.
Picked up the Falcon - with CB installed - should make the Adelaide trip more interesting.
Reading time at UQ Ipswich library yesterday confirmed my selection of oral health for the interprofessional research project - now I need to narrow my focus within that landscape. Received more info yesterday on all the extra bits to be done with the prac and translating research into practice unit.
I keep forgetting each of the two subjects is a double subject!!
No time for a haircut! Gifts still not wrapped! Mmm - still a lot to do.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
3 sleeps till Kuranda departure
I have so much to write.
Yesterday I went to Pick n Pull - at the rear of Capalaba Wreckers to get a replacement passenger sunvisor for the Subaru - some Lancer visors are a close enough match. I found one. The chap held it - said it was a bit soft - and I agreed with him. I can only conclude that a 'girl' in very short shorts and white legs gets a good price :-)
Maybe that explains why the Repco guy was so keen to help me with my wiper blade replacement. It rains every second day in Cairns at the moment - nothing worse than not being able to see where you are driving in the rain!!
It's wierd - I am counting down to Kuranda departure - but I only have 4 sleeps at home till I depart for Adelaide - I really should have done a Gantt chart for this - it would have been beautiful!! Ah well - I am saving my PM skills for the uni research project - in fact - I have found a freeware PM tool that is just sophisticated enough for the job - wonderful find - GanttProject.
Moviemaking is very time consuming!! I spent 5 hours making a 14 minute Qld nationals promo - and then I should have spent another hour putting some captions into it - alas - time and sleep overcame me. Still - it should do the trick - the Qld host is two years away - so this promo is a mix of "showing off" the fact we have a decent number of Sabres in Qld and demonstrating the features of the RQYS venue.
The other movie I have done is 16 minutes of tacking !!! Limited distribution until I get feedback on it - I don't want to demonstrate the WRONG techniques.
NO more movie making till the end of Summer Semester.
Today - yard work, vehicle tidy up, then sorting books and papers for the two uni subjects.
Tomorrow - Falcon gets a CB installed while I am at Ipswich for uni workshop #1
Tuesday - uni workshop #2 at St Andrews, Spring Hill
Yesterday I went to Pick n Pull - at the rear of Capalaba Wreckers to get a replacement passenger sunvisor for the Subaru - some Lancer visors are a close enough match. I found one. The chap held it - said it was a bit soft - and I agreed with him. I can only conclude that a 'girl' in very short shorts and white legs gets a good price :-)
Maybe that explains why the Repco guy was so keen to help me with my wiper blade replacement. It rains every second day in Cairns at the moment - nothing worse than not being able to see where you are driving in the rain!!
It's wierd - I am counting down to Kuranda departure - but I only have 4 sleeps at home till I depart for Adelaide - I really should have done a Gantt chart for this - it would have been beautiful!! Ah well - I am saving my PM skills for the uni research project - in fact - I have found a freeware PM tool that is just sophisticated enough for the job - wonderful find - GanttProject.
Moviemaking is very time consuming!! I spent 5 hours making a 14 minute Qld nationals promo - and then I should have spent another hour putting some captions into it - alas - time and sleep overcame me. Still - it should do the trick - the Qld host is two years away - so this promo is a mix of "showing off" the fact we have a decent number of Sabres in Qld and demonstrating the features of the RQYS venue.
The other movie I have done is 16 minutes of tacking !!! Limited distribution until I get feedback on it - I don't want to demonstrate the WRONG techniques.
NO more movie making till the end of Summer Semester.
Today - yard work, vehicle tidy up, then sorting books and papers for the two uni subjects.
Tomorrow - Falcon gets a CB installed while I am at Ipswich for uni workshop #1
Tuesday - uni workshop #2 at St Andrews, Spring Hill
Friday, November 26, 2010
5 days till Kuranda departure
The little jobs are starting to melt away and my resin skills are improving - a miracle. Final gym session this morning - feels a bit sad - I will miss them - the challenge will be to work doubly hard on pavement/non-gym workouts - not my strength. My theory is ... you sleep in the bedroom, you cook in the kitchen, you workout at the gym!!
Lucy just loves Bron's Christmas tree - sooo entertaining!!
Last sail tomorrow before the Nationals - not ideal preparation - best I can do.
Looking at the Vic States - they are aiming for 100 and its in February - how grand would that be - and it is between Semesters!!
Shopping and library in town today - where is Turbot Street?
Lucy just loves Bron's Christmas tree - sooo entertaining!!
Last sail tomorrow before the Nationals - not ideal preparation - best I can do.
Looking at the Vic States - they are aiming for 100 and its in February - how grand would that be - and it is between Semesters!!
Shopping and library in town today - where is Turbot Street?
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Progress on the priorities ...
Aaarrgh - slow progress on the centreboard - my resin (from the same batch) doesn't go off at an even rate - why?
Good Susan - gym sessions doing fine and working on a plan for pavement / non-gym program
Slow - prep for workshops
Moderate progress on my research project - definite to be dental/oral health sphere - doing some reading on reserch process
Well I did clear some stuff from th Falcon so I could give Anne and Phil a lift to Hell - so I guess that was progress!!
NIL - spray the weeds
NIL - mow the grass (weeds!!)
Yes - good progress on a bit of Christmas shopping
In your dreams - tidy up the house a bit (low low low priority)
Good Susan - gym sessions doing fine and working on a plan for pavement / non-gym program
Slow - prep for workshops
Moderate progress on my research project - definite to be dental/oral health sphere - doing some reading on reserch process
Well I did clear some stuff from th Falcon so I could give Anne and Phil a lift to Hell - so I guess that was progress!!
NIL - spray the weeds
NIL - mow the grass (weeds!!)
Yes - good progress on a bit of Christmas shopping
In your dreams - tidy up the house a bit (low low low priority)
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Priorities ...
... just a few days till I leave for Kuranda ... plus I have UNI workshops 29-30 Nov ... so I need a task list:
- fix centreboard
- keep up with gym sessions (sort out a non-gym program for the next 3 weeks)
- prep for workshops
- advance my research project
- clean out the cars
- spray the weeds
- mow the grass (weeds!!)
- do a bit of Christmas shopping
- maybe tidy up the house a bit (low low low priority)
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Qld Sabre States finished
Day 2 was quite windy - but we were able to sail east of Cleveland Point. The to placings were closely fought out - all he results are on the Qld Sabre website ... http://www.sabre.org.au/queensland/index.html including some pics opf me that make me look I have been throught the wash - if you can imagine that!
For the windy conditions I was pleased with my 5th - although if I can pull 4th, and a 2nd (due to another persons mistake) - why can't I sail that hard all the time? I think it is psychological!! I fear that is going to be my next area of weakness to work on!
I am repairing my centreboard!! WOW I sure did some damage with two groundings on the Saturday - each catapulting my forward in the boat - with subsequent bruising now coming throught to show for it. The repairs will be a further skills test.
UNI break is finished really - we have readings and prep for Monday and Tuesday workshops next week.
I have impoved my video skills and now able to put the ccamera footage onto DVDs - which makes them easier for folk to watch. Still much to learn - but not a priority - just a fun thing :-) and an added communication channel :-)
For the windy conditions I was pleased with my 5th - although if I can pull 4th, and a 2nd (due to another persons mistake) - why can't I sail that hard all the time? I think it is psychological!! I fear that is going to be my next area of weakness to work on!
I am repairing my centreboard!! WOW I sure did some damage with two groundings on the Saturday - each catapulting my forward in the boat - with subsequent bruising now coming throught to show for it. The repairs will be a further skills test.
UNI break is finished really - we have readings and prep for Monday and Tuesday workshops next week.
I have impoved my video skills and now able to put the ccamera footage onto DVDs - which makes them easier for folk to watch. Still much to learn - but not a priority - just a fun thing :-) and an added communication channel :-)
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