Sunday, February 15, 2009

The said i wouldnt dare!!!


They dont know me too well... Because i did dare (to save the photo) and i have posted it here so that i can show you how goofy two of my three can be... especially when they dont think mum has the guts to do this!!
I hope it gives you the same laugh as it has given me today...

They are definately "special" huh!?


Hopefully it has given that poor chinaman a laugh too and he has forgiven me! *crosses fingers*
This week HAS to be better!

Ever wonder!?!?


Have you ever wondered what 8kg of cherry tomatoes looks like all together?
In the school holidays before christmas when Matts mum come to visit Miranda, Matt, His Mum and myself decided to dig a garden, plant flowers and a tomato vine that would ultimately be known as our "tomato tree". She had wanted to plant two, though we told her that we would start with one and see how we went...
It is no longer Vine material.. and since it is as tall as the guttering on our house, it has rightly earned the title of a tree... I'm telling you, this thing is a monster.

My father loved his tomato plants and my mother told me at christmas, that he would be so proud of our efforts, especially since this plant has only ever tasted fertiliser twice!

Sadly the scorching winds that we experienced due to the fires here in Melbourne last weekend, one side of the tree is completely brittle and dry after being wind burned.. though, is still producing rich red tomatoes every day!

Over the past three days, this is our pickings.. minus the tomatoes i ate while picking.. one has to keep their strength up afterall.. right? (minus about that rectangle container - 1 kilo, that we would have already eaten).. We now have more tomatoes than we know what to do with, our neighbours run and hide when they see us because they can no longer look at a tomato without wanting to puke.. All i can say is thank goodness we only got one!

Considering we would have already picked 30kg off (no shit, honestly) in the last few months, and we have about 7kg still on the tree i think our $2 tomato plant was a good investment, huh!?

Have you seen the price of cherry tomatoes lately!? I could have fixed my washer, just with the takings from these lil suckers if i had the mind to sell them to the local grocers! ~L~




After the Aftermath

You know when you hear of people that no matter where they turn, they hit another wave of bad luck? That this week gone is me my friends..

When i thought things could not get worse, it just got better! (insert 100% sarcasm here)



So.. this weekend i have been laying low in my bunker and hoping that the storm will pass and leave me the hell alone.
It all started friday a week ago.. i had the day off... (i know.. should have been awesome)... but i had to spend the day working on my assignments... to my sheer pleasure, by noon i was looking like i could quite possibly be sharing my sunday with the kids and Matt with the books completely closed... by 2pm I resembled an air-raid siren going off as my computer froze (in the hugest way it could possibly ever freeze) and took my assignment (approx 10000 words with it)... ARRRGH... I think that is where i actually left you all.. right!?

And then comes the week ahead... I was totally over the weekend and praying that the week would be better than the weekend was... perhaps that is where i went wrong... im not really one to pray... i know i wont be doing that again in a hurry.. *insert manic, mindless laughter*

11am Monday... Working away in the surgery, listening to the TV broadcasting re-hash of the weekends Victorian Vire disasters.. i was thinking how very lucky i was to be safe and well while so many grieved the loss of life and loved ones that were missing and presumed dead.. I had a few minutes free while we were taking some moulds of the patiends teeth so i decided that i would start to clean up the used/no longer required instruments (something i dont normally have time to do through a proceedure).. i think this was my first mistake.. i should have just continued to listen (and perhaps watch a little tv)..
Dismantelling a used syringe like i have done hundreds of times before my hand slipped and the cap from the needle slipped off the needle and the needle went straight into my thumb.
OMG.. One of my worset nightmares was becoming a reality.. i had been stuck with a dirty needle.
Aaaaanyway... after back and forth visits to the doctors that day i had the proper tests.. to which i have to wait up to 12 months for the complete clear for.. GReeeeeat!!!!

Tuesday - Because i spent half the night being sick because of the stress of the day Matt decided that he would drive me to work since it was his day off... I had a 7.30am start.
What normally takes 30 mins max in traffic of a morning took me 1 hour 20 just to get 3/4 of the way... two accidents, road closures and 30 mins late, I turn up at work... ofcourse, the nurse i was working with, as well as our AM dentist were waiting out the front for me to arrive, neither of them considerate of my issues.. The day can only get better.. right? WRONG!!! Second nurse does not come in, i run around like a headless hag all day.. *insert dramatic eye roll*

Wednesday: By now i am starting to think that i have run over a chinaman or something equally as karma-bad. Matt meets me at work in the afternoon with the most grim face.. first i think something has happened to ne of my babies... then... MUM!!!!... Quickly a breath of relief falls from my lips as he says that he was talking to my mum this afternoon.. "thank god, she is okay!!".. only to hear him continue..

She had called him to ask him to come and pick me up from work.. and to tell me some bad news. Because of the week that i had been having (from the friay, and the stress she knew i was under), she had decided not to burden me with the news that my aunty Isabelle, one of her younger sisters had been caught up with the fires at Peats Ridge in New South Wales on the weekend (the other serious fires that Aust has been dealing with)... as a result, she had suffered a massive heart attack. They were able to revive her on the way to the hospital, only to have her have another, not long after. Sadly, she was in a critical condition after suffering yet another, her third attack and they had suspected a stroke as well. Matt was to inform me that her family had asked that if she were to have another, that she would not be revived.. it is what my Aunt would have wanted. It takes 20 mins of an afternoon (going against traffic) to get home... By the time i got in the door i had a message from the children to call my mum. On the trip home, my aunty had passed away.

My mum has just had surgery so she is not overly well herself and now she is in another state and mourning the loss of her sister, whom she was unable to see before she died. I cant get to mum because one of the nurses is away and we dont have another to cover my shifts.

Thursday: by now i am cowering and waiting for the schrapnel.. it doesnt come.. phew..

Friday: yesterday it appears that i was just being given a breather... Bills that i have forgotten with all the drama of getting the kids back to school arrive in my mail box, - AS OVERDUE IMMEDIATELY bills. Great if you have not just had to get three kids back to school i guess... better than other things that could have gone wrong i guess.

Saturday: Worked this morning... the day, over all was uneventful... the nurse on duty obviously got my body language and the look in my eye as she walked in late and understood that i was silently saying "keep the $#%@ away from me today !^!&$"... ~LOL~

I get home, have a shower, and just sit down to do a little more of my assignment as i hear this unfamilary beeping tune in the laundry. (dont you love how all the modern appliances all sing tunes to you!? I have a house full of different tunes).. Matt asks what the washing machine is trying to tell me... ofcourse, it appears that it has learned a new tune.. one that i have not heard before... it is stuck on the rince and spin cycles.. the water will NOT go from the machine.. It appears that the pump has gone..

So, that brings us to Sunday.. today... the day that i have not tempted fate and walked out side.. who knows... they sky may just fall on my head!!!

I hope that the chinaman is okay and soon forgives me and allows me to go back to the normal , generally unrattling chaos of my existance.

Sunday, February 08, 2009

and again... it comes to an end..

Why is it that this year seems to be going so fast? Is anyone else feeling it, or is it just me?
Again the weekend is over before I got the chance to enjoy it.. I know that I was studying all weekend so that doesn't help, though bah.. i still would have liked a little weekend for me to spend with Matt and the kids.
yesterday was a total suck of a day... studied for as long as i could before the heat of the day took its toll... Marilyn... can you believe that we had 37.9 celc here!? Total scorcher.. and the 60km searing winds did not help..
my poor tomatos and daliahs are feeling worse for wear... all burned and droopy.. :-(

Anyway... Thought i would just say... Have a great week...

Marilyn... for you, ive added a little more of my fav music... Its a band called SecondHand Serenade.. Totally {heart} them at the moment. Enjoy...

My CJ buddies, i have not done anymore this weekend, though i have done three pages total.. just have to add pages...

All my Boxx friends... stay safe in the heat ... and those effected by the fires.. my thoughts with you..

Friday, February 06, 2009

$%#@ Technology

what more can i say?
$#%@ $%#@ @%#$.

I have been sitting here all day doing an assignment for Uni and have gotten 3/4 of the way through it (9 pages) and looked at the clock and figured "oh, i best save now (no... i didnt save before now) matt will be home in a sec and I have to get to work" (yes, on my day off)... and....

$%@#

My computer froze up for a second and in a mad panic to save, I hit the save button a million times because it didnt work the same time and my screen closed, then the other, that had a heap of things i had copied to read over from websites i had done my reseach from. Some how, the computer has saved over my paper and when i open the document now, all there is are these notes i copied and pasted from the websites.

!%#$ #$@^ !!!!!!!!

Just BRILLIANT!!!!!

That is several hours i will NEVER get back.... and for those who did not hear me the first time...

F**************************************************CK!

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

way worth the wait..


OMG OMG OMG..CATHY thank you thank you thank you!!!!!
I just recieved my birthday present from and OMG!!!!! EMILY FALCONBRIDGE!!!!!!! OMG.. Thank you so so so much.. They are going to be framed and hung on the wall near the laundry .. you know the one? They will look awesome there. Matt suggested it... He is as we speak hanging my windchime...
Thank you... you were right... it was so well worth the wait!!
oh.. and your card made me cry..

Oooh... whoa... okay... better back the truck up for everyone who isnt cathy, huh!?
I just recieved my present for my birthday... (obviously you got the excitement with that bit, huh!?) But errr.no... I didnt get Emily Falconbridge in the post!!! Though, i did get the next best thing... i got emily art... anyone that knows me.. knows that i have one hell of a (totally straight) crush on this gal... Love her to bits.. love her work... just... love every about her... who wouldnt.. right? Ofcourse... shes an aussie... that just makes it all the more better...
Aaaaaaanyway... Here is a piccy (borrowed from Ems Etsy store... CHECK IT OUT!!).. .
of the prints that i got... which, as you may have guessed... are going on the wall closest to the laundry... riiiiiiiight... you got that... huh!? ~L~

And... i also got the most gorgeous card, which made me cry... and a beautiful windchime about friends..

Cath.. you picked good.. and you were right... It was worth the wait.... WAY WORTH IT!!!

Love ya darlin'
xxxx

Monday, January 05, 2009

Quote of the Year!!!

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand strawberries in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "woohoo - What a Ride!"

Mavis Leyrer

Sunday, January 04, 2009

The sky is NOT the limit




Matt was right.... I do want more!

and best still.... I DIDN'T SPEW! ~LMAO~

I woke up nice and early this morning so that we could get down to Torquay where the airstrip was that I was taking off from... It was very "how excitement" all the way down...
Ofcourse.. we hit every red light and were running late so I had to give the pilot a call and just let him know that I was running late, not chickening out..

Man.... all i can say is OMFG!!! WOW. The flight was amazing... Matt was right... the sky is not the limit!!!
I did loops, (upside down miss jane!), barrel rolls and lots of dips and dives BUT... even though I wanted to do the stall and spins, the plane that did all that was not ready so I couldnt do them... so... I guess there will be a next time!

I came back dwon to earth with EXTREMELY windblow pig tails (they would not stay tucked in my jacket - and took for ever to brush the knots out of) and a huge ass grin...

I spent the rest of the morning and a little of the afternoon lounging around in beautifully warm water of the ocean at Torquay, right one of the flight paths... (coincidentally).. It was great to actually see from the ground what I was seeing from up in the air.. (if that makes sence)...

Matt didn't get too much of me up in the air as he said i just looked like a tiny dot in the sky... the kids saw their brave (and as Matt would say - Totally $%#&ing crazy mum) which is the main part... Matt however... missed a little of the acrobats as he needed a loo break. Men... I tell ya... can't take them anywhere.. Next time.. Im gonna make sure that everyone goes "potty" before we leave home! ~LMAO~

I just want to say.... thank you so much Matt... Love you with all my heart.
Zoom Zoom and I didnt Spew!!!
xxx

Thursday, January 01, 2009

35 is gonna be my year!!!

When you were younger did you ever really give thought to age? I know that i didn't. I have been thinking a lot about that over the last little while...
When i was a teen... I don't think i ever really thought past the age of about 20.. I honestly can't say that it entered the thought process that 30 came next... and then 40... Not that i was stupid... without being full of it, i can say honestly that i was far from it... but it just was not one of the things that I thought about. Sure.. i wanted to study Law or be a teacher.. and i knew that teachers and lawyers were older... we have all seen that... perhaps, it was not so much that i didn't think about it and more that i didn't put an AGE to them.
I am sure that in the back of my mind i knew... though i never thought upon the obvious, ... that I WOULD one day be aging... my face wrinkling with time.. the colour vanishing from my hair as it tends to do as you get older. Those wonderful boobs, sagging and not at all like the pert things that they were before the children came along... and stretchmarks.. my goodness... i know i NEVER considered those!!

Anyway... with those thoughts came the realization that i am now 1/2 way to 70!!
Happy Birthday to meeeeeeeeee!!!! :)

Those pert boobs are a fading memory... the stretchmarks a reminder that youth, while it is no longer mine, is what has been born from my body... youth of my own. The wrinkles that i have, while i don't love them... i am content to leave, as they tell a story... show that i have lived... and most... that i have smiled some... and all i can say about the hair... is thank goodness for the miracle that is hair colourants!

Today, has to be by far one of the best birthdays that i have ever had... and one that i will remember so fondly as more wrinkles form... more hairs fade and my years pile on...
I was woken up super early this morning (just before 6am) to smothering kisses from Mea and presents being shoved in my face by everyone and told that i HAD to GET UP NOW!!!!

"but!!??? Its my birthday!!"... "I don't wanna!!!" i thought.

I unwrapped as they were passed to me... smelly bath stuff, a change purse (i have wanted one for ages for all the loose change that ends up swimming in my hand bag), seasons 1-8 of Will and Grace.. and then, as I was handed my second last present I was again told...

"You know.. You really do NEED to get up!!!"

As i started to open that present i was told again...

"you cant use this... or that" pointing to the other present that Matt was holding "in bed!!!".

"but!!??? Its my birthday!!"... "I don't wanna!!!" i thought again.

A gorilla grip tripod!? What the!??! Weeks ago, i was looking at cameras small enough that i could take anywhere with me since i hate my fuji-film with a passion, only to be told that all those little cameras were crap with a capital C. Without a second thought i wandered away, not even suspecting that I was being tricked.
So.. what did i want one of these for? Didnt they remember... I HATE MY FUJI FILM..

(perhaps it was the early wake up that is to blame for the blondeness ... as im sure i can hear you all saying "DUH... how stupid is this girl!!" but honestly, It didnt even click...)and before i could really think to much, the last present was being flung at me with the words... "It has a really good review in the photography mags... and... apparently, this is great too... ".... I dont recall taking the paper off him.. though in my hands was a Canon box and my newest love, George!

George is a metalic chocolate Canon lxuss 80is, 8.0pix, 12x opti zoom compact digital camera.
"im gonna love him and stroke him and .... call him George!!"...

Ofcourse... as soon as they started chortling "GET UP.. GET UP!!" with excitement I gave up any chance of a birthday sleep in and proceeded to the bathroom to have a shower, as I was informed that we were leaving in precisely 20 mins!!

We had to leave home for my last part of my present... "hmmmmmmmmm!?"....

Turning towards the city I was asked, "the zoo is around here somewhere, right!?"... ofcourse it was... we had been there before.. and before i could say anything, we came across the sign to the car park..

This was quickly told to me to be the last part of my present.. no.. not just a trip to the zoo but a FRIENDS OF THE ZOO yearly ticket!!!!

Where else can i spend hours with george, learning all that he can do!!?
What i didnt know up to this point was, that George has a built in macro function... which would be perfect for me to use in the BUTTERFLY HOUSE!!! (my favourite place, asside from the tangs at the zoo)..

Speaking of the tangs... i got to spend my birthday watching Gabby, one of the resident orangatangs at Melbourne Zoo celebrating her 19th Birthday. How awesome that we were born on the same day, huh!? And no... that was not the reason that we went to the zoo.. Matt said he had no idea that it was her birthday that day.

She was on the channel nine news tonight though they called her clarise.. stupid reporters!!! (on the glass in big letters was written, happy 19th birthday GABBY!!"

anyway... there are still a few hours left of my day.. im going to go now.. revel in the wonderful day that i have and share the rest of the night with the people that make me smile the most in this world... my family...

If today, the first day of the year is anything to go by... this year is going to be a wonderful year!

(will get some piccies edited and posted later)

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Do the Wild thing...

Well.. i have finally done it... I have booked my Tiger Moth flight...
Part of the gift was to choose any extras that I wanted to do... (I dont think that Matt was too sure of how "out-there" i would go... ).. Man... have i shown him!!!

Im going totally WILD.
This is my package...

"A tiger Moth Flight to Pt Lonsdale and either on my way there.. or on the way back the aerobatics start... these consist of...
The "barnstormer" is basically a wild ride which gets you up to 2G forces in steep turns and wing-overs just like a roller coaster. Because you are not actually going upside down, this also means that we can keep the flight at our standard low level for spectacular views.
"WILD AEROBATICS"
Includes the Barnstormer plus loops & rolls - now you're inverted up to 3 G forces"

This is all going to happen on Sunday the 4th January. Sucks that i didnt think of booking earlier... as i could have quiet possibly been going up tomorrow!! How awesome would that have been for a birthday!?

Only I saw what the extreme areobatics included I was just going to go all in and choose that.. though they do stall turns and spins... I dont know if i have that sort of constitution... though... i have until sunday to chose what aerobatics i want to do....

What do you think!?
Pretty wild.. huh?

Hope that you all have a great last day of the year.. and where ever you are.. and what ever you get up to... that you have a safe one!
xxx

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Talk about being spoilt...

I must have been at the top of Santas good list... either that.. or i have been extremely good to Santa this year!!
This chicky is one spoilt lady... and one who doesnt think that she will be able to remove the smile for weeks yet.

Hey Cath... You know our "zoom zoom a zoom" thing? Well... once again my arms are straight out and the song is being sung... though, its not because you are coming a visiting again.. but because im going up in a TIGER MOTH!!!!!!!!
The card read " when somebody tells you that the sky is the limit, tell them that you have been there... and now you want more!"
I have cried.. i have laughed... i have been walking around with this silly arse grin on my face.. and i swear that it will still be there in a months time.
We are going to try and get me up on new years day...

I have been spoilt more than i could ever have imagined. I have recieved 20 meters of American Craft Ribbon in a multitude of colours and patterns that i dont possess (santa has been doing his home work), gold and diamond earrings, a silver crown that has a CZ stone floating around in the caged in part of the crown. (you know the kind that normally has the velvet in the crown?), J Lo's newest fragrance with body wash and moisturiser, choccies, a makeup bag that i can take in my handbag to work, season 4 of Greys, movies, a Mickey mouse tshirt, a mickey mouse recycled shopping bag and stacks of yummy goodness from the body shop. See what i mean about me being spoilt?

and NO... im not going to go into details of exactly how i got myself so far up on his good list either! ;)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Merry Christmas!

Where ever you are and what ever you are doing this Christmas Morning... I hope that you are all happy, safe and smiling.
From my family to yours...





I hope santa came and brought with you every thing that you wished for...

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

'Twas The Night Before Christmas

Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone.
In a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give,
And to see just who in this home did live.I looked all about,
a strange sight I did see,No tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by mantle, just boots filled with sand.
On the wall hung pictures of far distant lands.
With medals and badges, awards of all kinds,
A sober thought came through my mind.
For this house was different, it was dark and dreary,
I found the home of a soldier, once I could see clearly.
The soldier lay sleeping, silent, alone,
Curled up on the floor in this one bedroom home.
The face was so gentle, the room in such disorder,
Not how I pictured a United States solider.
Was this the hero of whom I'd just read?
Curled up on a poncho, the floor for a bed?
I realized the families that I saw that night,
Owed their lives to these soldiers who were willing to fight.
Soon 'round the world, the children would play,
And grownups would celebrate a bright Christmas Day.
They all enjoyed freedom each month of the year,
Because of the soldiers, like the one lying here.
I couldn't help wonder how many lay alone,
On a cold Christmas Eve in a land far from home.
The very thought brought a tear to my eye,
I dropped to my knees and started to cry;
The soldier awakened and I heard a rough voice,
"Santa, don't cry, this life is my choice;
I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more,
My life is my God, my country, my corps.
"The soldier rolled over and drifted to sleep,
I couldn't control it, I continued to weep.
I kept watch for hours, so silent and still,
And we both shivered from the cold night's chill.
I didn't want to leave on that cold, dark, night,
This guardian of honor so willing to fight.
Then the soldier rolled over,
with a voice soft and pure,
Whispered "Carry on Santa, it's Christmas Day, all is secure."
One look at my watch, and I knew he was right.
"Merry Christmas, my friend, and to all a good night."

To all my friends & family, both here in Australia and across the pond in America... and all the brave souls of the Australian and American armed forces that we all know that sadly have to be away from their family and loved ones this christmas so we can live and stay free... Merry Christmas and please, where ever you are... be safe.
From my family to yours..
Merry Christmas.


Sunday, December 14, 2008

To A very special lady...

On a Very Special Day....

I hope you didnt think i had forgotten! ;)


HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATH!!!!

I hope that you have the bestest day ever....


(Click mute on my music thingy and click play below!)

Friday, December 05, 2008

It is that time of the year and all...

Hangover Ratings


1 star hangover

No pain. no real feeling of illness. You slept in your own bed and when you woke up
there were no traffic cones in there with you.
You are still able to function relatively well on the energy stored up from all those
vodka and Red Bulls.


However, you can drink 10 bottles of water and still feel as parched as the Sahara.
Even vegetarians are craving a Cheeseburger and a bag of fries.


2 star hangover
No pain, but something is definitely amiss. You may look okay but you have the
attention span and mental capacity of a stapler.

The coffee you hug to try and remain focused is only exacerbating your rumbling gut,
which is craving a full English breakfast.

Although you have a nice demeanour about the office, you are costing your employer
valuable money because all you really can handle is some light filing, followed by
aimlessly surfing the net and writing junk e-mails.


3 star hangover
Slight headache. Stomach feels crap. You are definitely a space cadet and not so
productive.

Anytime a girl or lad walks by you gag because the perfume/aftershave reminds you
of the random gin shots you did with your alcoholic friends after the bouncer kicked
you out at 1:45 am.

Life would be better right now if you were in your bed with a kebab and a litre of coke
watching daytime TV.

You've had 4 cups of coffee, a gallon of water, 6 chicken nuggets and a litre of diet
coke yet you haven't peed once.


4 star hangover
You have lost the will to live. Your head is throbbing and you can't speak too quickly
or else you might spew.

Your boss has already lambasted you for being late and has given you a lecture for
reeking of booze.

You wore nice clothes, but you smell of socks, and you can't hide the fact that you
(depending on your gender) either missed an oh-so crucial spot shaving, or, it looks
like you put your make-up on while riding the dodgems.

Your teeth have their own individual sweaters. Your eyes look like one big vein and
your hairstyle makes you look like a reject from a second-grade class circa 1976.
You would give a weeks pay for one of the following - home time, a cheeseburger
and somewhere to be alone, or a Time Machine so you could go back and NOT have
gone out the night before.

You scare small children in the street just by walking past them.


5 star hangover
You have a second heartbeat in your head, which is actually annoying the employee
who sits next to you.

Vodka vapour is seeping out of every pore and making you dizzy.
You still have toothpaste crust in the corners of your mouth from brushing your teeth.
Your body has lost the ability to generate saliva, so your tongue is suffocating you.
You'd cry but that would take the last drop of moisture left in your body.

Death seems pretty good right now. Your boss doesn't even get mad at you and
your co-workers think that your dog just died because you look so pathetic. You
should have called in sick because, let's face it, all you can manage to do is breathe
..... very gently.


6 star hangover
You arrive home and climb into bed.
Sleep comes instantly, as you were fighting it all the way home in the taxi.
You get about 2 hours sleep until the noises inside your head wake you up.

You notice that your bed has been cleared for take off and is flying relentlessly
around the room.

No matter what you do you now, you're going to chuck.

You stumble out of bed and now find that your room is in a yacht under full sail.
After walking along the skirting boards on alternating walls knocking off all the
pictures, you find the toilet.

If you are lucky you will remember to lift the lid before you spontaneously explode
and wake the whole house up with your impersonation of walrus mating calls.
You sit there on the floor in your undies, cuddling the only friend in the world you
have left (the toilet), randomly continuing to make the walrus noises, spitting, and
farting. Help usually comes at this stage, even if it is short lived.

Tears stream down your face and your abdomen hurts. Help now turns into abuse
and he/she usually goes back to bed leaving you there in the dark.

With your stomach totally empty, your spontaneous eruptions have died back to 15-
minute intervals, but your body won't relent.

You are convinced that you are starting to turn yourself inside out and swear that you
saw your tonsils shoot out of your mouth on the last occasion.

It is now dawn and you pass your disgusted partner getting up for the day as you try
to climb into bed. She/he abuses you again for trying to get into bed with lumpy bits
of dried vomit in your hair.

You reluctantly accept their advice and have a shower in exchange for them driving
you to the hospital.

Work is simply not an option.

The whole day is spent trying to avoid anything that might make you sick again, like
moving.

You vow never to touch a drop again and who knows for the next two or three hours
at least you might even succeed.

Merry Christmas Guys... and try and avoid the catagory SIX hangovers!!! ~L~

its beyond me..

How i ever did this stay at home thing. While i love my own time... staying in all week has given me a real appreciation for being outside and busy. Dont get me wrong.. i loved being a stay home mum.. and would trade everything to do it again sometimes... but... i think i would have to be an active in the community mum... or teach or... something.

Is it really that i hate staying home... or is it that im sick? I dont know... ~L~

I think the boredom is getting to me... and the medication is making me totally loopy.. Im going crazy.... im so bored.

Since yesterdays rant.. i have created an album in the actual shape of a camera for Matt... complete with a lens that you can see through. (this will be the one and only, never to be attempted again project!) I thought it was going to do my already being done in head, completely in... I have had the raw item sitting on a shelf since the paperific before last.. with the plan of making it into an album for Matt.. though with no clue actually how i was going to accomplish it.
Yesterday afternoon... after hours of sitting staring at it.. (like it would magically take on a life of its own) as it was just so black!

So... i do what any one would do.. i started another project!

I made the christmas cards that i swore this year i was not going to make!! ~L~

Anyway... just after Matt got home it all started to pop ... i knew exactly what i had to do with his album.. So... now.. i am sitting here... waiting for Dimensional Magic to dry... and wondering what other projects i can be rediculous enough to start ... (rediculous is the word... since today is my last official day off work and come hell or high water.. sick or not.. im going back to work on Monday!)...

Perhaps i will do some more of the CJ that is sitting on my desk waiting to be complete so that it can begin its rounds are some very lovely ladies homes.

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PS: While i was prattling on, the doorbell rang... it was the posty courier guy.. (who i think may have a secret crush on me. hahahaha.. He has been by three times this week!.. EEEW... must rid that thought from my head. You have not seen my Courier man.. ICK!)Aaaaanyway... (rambling again)... guess what came!? My Pirate Album!!!!! Yippee... finally its home with me again. Thankfully... nothing but the page missing has been damaged... and the page missing was from the end of the book... it was not a page that HAD to be there... (i wrote journalling that ran over a few pages)... so... atleast my notes to Jamie are not gone. Still though.. GRRRR.

Thursday, December 04, 2008

What i really would have liked to have said...

Okay... so... this morning... and my rant... well... while i am still pissed about it... i am over it...

So... what i really would have liked to have said this morning is...

ITS BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS!!!!!

Only 21 sleeps til the man in red comes a visitin'...

so.. have you been naughty or nice!?

Bottom of the barrel..

Here i am, three days into December... and i thought the next time that i blogged, it would be in the spirit of the season.

I would love to have started this post off with christmas cheer and wishes.. even though i have christmas music playing... im ploughing through a mountain of christmas cards... (i know Cath... i said "NO christmas cards this year"..) and im merrily making good way on Matts Album, i have to blog/vent/post about something that i have just had brought to my attention.

Can you remember a while back i made a castle, house and pirate album for a store online to take to a paper show in Brisbane and then Sydney? Well... it has been a while since i recieved back the castle and house although I have been chasing them up over my pirate album.

Aaaaanyway... i just recieved an email back saying that it is in the post.. (i hope this is the case) although, it was with much sadness that they inform me that one of the pages had been stolen while it was on display at the show in Sydney.

WTF!?

Come on... honestly..... what would someone want with a page in an album that they know nobody in? Should i be flattered that it was obviously so damn fantastic that someone thought it was worth stealing in the first place? Grrrr... I dont think so... im not flattered... im friggin' pissed off!

This has to be the lowest act imaginable.. These things are offered up generously by artists so that those visiting the show can be inspired and see what possibilities lay waiting to be tried.

Not to mention that there was a dedication inside the cover of this album... it was for my son. Who steals from a child?

What is the world coming to!?

What makes me sadder... is that while i have ahd my albums travel over to America and its states, not once but on a few occassions... and have things on display in stores... this happened in Australia!!!

It did not have to go through customs... fly half way round the world... sit on a shelf in a chaotically busy CHA...

all it had to do was sit on a shelf and survive two weekends!

I dont hold the store accountable for what happened... although.... im a strong believer in KARMA... what goes around... comes around... sometimes quicker than one would envisiage...

Its 3 days into december and i have lost just a little faith in mankind... what a wonderful start to what is meant to be the festive season... huh!?

Bah humbug!

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Christmas Countdowns..

For a few years now, my gorgeous bestie, Cathy and i have been exchanging advent countdowns.. though, a little different than the generic advent countdowns in the stores. You know the ones... im sure your kids plead for one every year as soon as they hit the shelves. The ones with the little windows... and inside there is a little chocolate!? Mea has one...
Well... ours are way better... they come in a big box... and each day, we have a christmas wrapped gift to open. Somedays it is scrapping stuff that we open... other days chocolate (the GOOD kind)... and then... there are the pressies that are chosen because we know the other will love them..

This year is no different... all the wrapping has been done and the postmen have got busy delivering our boxes... and today, mine arrived. + a postal bag!
You are a naughty naughty girl sweety... every year it seems that the boxes are getting bigger... my jam packed pizza box seems tiny in comparison.. though it is filled with things that i know that you will love.. which is the important thing...
I know that Cathys has arrived.. and her daughter has been helping her open one a day... today... i got to open 3 to catch up... and... there was no way that i was waiting for Mea to come home and help.. that would require strength and resistance... and there were a box full of pressies and three that were requiring immediate attention!!!
perhaps tomorrow... Im sure Mea would love to help me open something.. and count a day closer... I'm sure she will enjoy discovering what my gift is more than eating those generic little fake chocolate treats that are in the store bought calenders. (oh man.. now i just feel bad for her!)

All i can say is... im spoit... and have the best friend ever... (no.. not just because her box is bigger than mine!).. Oh.. how rude that sounds... You try and write that so it doesnt sound wrong... even putting "package" in there ... well.. that just raises curiosity... hmm.
okay.. now i have sucessfully, but not at all purposely turned a sweet post rude.. im going...

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Blogger Forgive Me

For i have sinned... it has been 2 weeks since my last entry!

~L~

Hi there from this weird weather sunday in Melbourne.... I thought, since i have got a few minutes, my assignments are done and the house is relatively quiet that i would stop by, say g'day and make an attempt at a life update.

It has been a few weeks since i blogged.. and ultimately started in my 3rd surgery, which im proud to report, that im settling into ... and am still at! ~laughs a little~ Its so not funny... its been a hell of a horrid ride over the last month though one that unfortunately, i had to take. Thankfully though, its over and im settling into this smaller surgery well. I still miss the dentists from surgery one, almost daily, though perhaps one day in the future, i will be blessed to be able to work with them again. Until then, im focussing on the next 7 months of my traineeship and getting through that.

Would you believe that i have actually found myself pulling stuff out and scrapping again today!? There is hope that this circle journal, that was meant to be out at the beginning of the month, may actually be done sooner than anticipated. Im blessed that the girls that I am in this with, are not only as busy as me but totally understanding and as behind as I am on getting them out! ~LOL~

Anyway... hope that your doing something that you are enjoying this Sunday afternoon... and a huge shout out to Lyn! Miss you girl!
xxxx


PS: I would also love to say a heartfelt thank you to the beautiful souls that left me notes as well as those that emailed me in regard to the 2nd surgery expereince. To think that I dont know you and you sent such warm messages was heartwarming. Thank you from the bottom of mine. xxx