Dear Gatsby,

my own experience with work place bullying sounds unfortunately similar to yours. I joined an RE firm as a junior sales assistant a few years ago and there was a female agent who took an instant dislike to me.

whilst nothing was ever said to my face by her in the first few months i had coffee tipped ‘accientally’ into my keyboard,…[Read more]

toowong in sunny qld

this is more money saving, but someone once said a dollar saved is two dollars earned…

* hang christmas cards you receive from your tree if it’s a bit bare of decoration

* bake and decorate gingerbread men and hand them out to work colleagues / acquaintances (costs about $10 to make thirty)

*if you’re crafty cut up old wrapping paper into…[Read more]

‘i can resist anything but temptation’
oscar wilde

my story is more of a tale of being embarassed by someone…

i remember when i was eight and my younger brother and i were taken grocery shopping by my parents who were having their occasional bickering row as they did.

As we went through the isles of woolworths the muttered arguing continued until we got to the cereal isle and my father with…[Read more]

I’ll second that qwerty!

thanks henry we are always hearing about ‘cost effective’ renovations but not so often about how to go about it. what you’ve written is gold

e x

Hi John,

what part of ordering are you having trouble with?

e x

hi JLtarra,

if you can’t get to a bookstore you can buy the book online at this site through the ‘online shop’ link on the left of you screen, saves alot of running around…

cheers e x

congratulations matt, all the best in your new home!

cheers e x

[ohno]

a lady that knows what she wants…you go girl!
btw how much would an classified of that size cost to publish i wonder….?

e x

lol…how true!
e x

doh! dodgy double posting :S

morning all,

i too had a fantastic night. Steve, thank you so much for signing my book pre-launch it was great to get 2 minutes to talk to you. Also thank you to Rachel and Shaun for signing their chapter it’s a real inspiration to meet people who’ve been there and done that.

who would have thought dr suess had such powerful messages in what is…[Read more]

large latte (x2) daily = $3.50 x 2 x 365 = $2555pa
facials (x2) monthly = $80 x 2 x 12 = $1920pa
new shoes = let’s not even go there

you’re right jo, so much money spent on the nonessentials…

picked up my book at angus and robertson this morning at 10, half way through it already and loving every minute, thanks for a great read steve!

erin x

thanks steve and sonja,
cheers e x

* sobbing * poor lions, how very sad… e x

nice one gatsby! lol e x

Go the lions, go lynchie! number 4 here we come !

e x

Tony’s cd’s are great as well as both of his books, if you decide not to go you should put the ticket on ebay, i’m sure there’d be some people willing to pay to get along to that event,

e x