and I haven't even yelled or anything yet.

 Yesterday hubby accidentally knocked a cup of coffee over my open laptop. We don't know if we can salvage it yet, so I'm on his, which altho is the same is not :( Luckily I backed up 2 days ago but not my new music

OTOH the youngest had his surgery yesterday and is recovering well with minimal pain. He kept telling us he felt like he'd been in a bar fight, which as he's never been in either a bar or a fight in his life was pretty funny. He was even more entertaining while he was high as a kite in recovery and kept asking us the same questions each time he woke up.

The nurses were lovely and he was well looked after with lemonade, jelly & icecream, although it was the longest I'd ever seen him take to eat it LOL . Stitches out next week and hopefully we won't have any more problems with teeth. 4 extractions, 3 fillings and a sealing.

Oh, btw, 2 of my 3 daughters are pregnant, both due 2 weeks apart. One knows what she's having, the other doesn't want to :) They've both had some big scares so I didn't want to say anything until they were past that and everything going well again. One's due mid to late Sept, the other early Oct.

Today I am just going to finish reading my book The Devil's Diadem by Sara Douglass. It's excellent! but I saved it for those excruciating waiting hours while the surgery/recovery was happening but didn't end up reading much of it.

Rolling my life away...

have been busy nuno felting :D Good excercise for the arms & shoulders! Very tiring but I will have a beeeyoootiful scarf. Pics to come later.

finally...

after 6 months?? [ not sure now, but  seems like forever!] my vision finally unblurred 2 days ago. I waited to make sure I didn't jinx myself though :) but finally I can finish off work that has sat untouched mocking me.

I can read books again too & my computer screen is now back to normal size. Even with it set to the highest zoom, it was still painful after about 10 minutes to even look at.  Some people asked if I had a short attention span when I posted on facebook or twitter because my replies were frequently hours apart :) Well, yes, I do have the attention span of a gnat...oooh, pretty shiny things!... but not that bad :)

Funnily enough, I haven't had the urge to be online as much as I used to be though. Surprised me, because I thought I'd be on the instant I could but I went out and bought 3 books to read instead & have some dvds I want to watch. I have lots of weird scribbles in my art journal so am going through them trying to remember what I was thinking at the time :D

Sullivan Street - Away From Me (Available on iTunes now!)

Animal lover rises above disaster - People - News - Westside News

Animal lover rises above disaster - People - News - Westside News

helping hands

A member of my extended family, Emily Telfer lost her florist business in the floods even though they had comprehensive insurance she was one of the unlucky one's who are not covered specifically for the type of flooding that occurred. She needs help getting going again, so if you are looking for a way to help, we'd appreciate it :D She's also a wildlife carer, so also needs some help with items she needs for the extra animals she's caring for.

Her contact information is at the bottom of this post.  Thanks :D

 

Immediately Needed :
• The services of a Scissor Sharpener to attempt to salvage my floristry tools.
• Heat Packs (to keep baby animals snugly and warm)
• Animal cages of at least 1x1m in size.
• Baskets (think picnic) with lids (lined if possible) to put baby animals in.
• Fruit and Vegetables (that are a little over ripe is fine) to feed to animals (we need these every 2 – 3 days but not too much only 1 small box).
• Native Foliage and Flowers for lorikeets and possums to munch on! We need this daily but not too much (1 bucket)
Soon’ish
• Banner Signs (the type that pull up) that we can get our printers to do up signs to go in.
• Bridal Magazines, new or used from 2010.
• A 3 Door (Glass Front) Display Fridge
• Shabby Chic furniture (for props in retail store) – eg set of drawers, hat stand, coat stand, single seat etc.
• Split System Air Conditioner to cool retail space up to 50m2
• POS (point of sale) Software System
• Garden Shed (preferable size 3 x 3m or larger) to help accommodate animals and care items etc.
• Assistance from a retail designer/interior decorator to assist us with the design of the new shop.

or if you prefer, you can help by ordering flowers

If you would like to place an order for delivery anywhere in Australia or Overseas you can:
1) Phone us on 1300 927 917
2) Go to www.quickneasyflowers.com.au
3) Or visit us at 33 Diosma Street, Bellbowrie, Monday – Friday 9am – 2pm 
a. (Please phone first for the next few days just to ensure I am not in appointments with my accountant etc).
All orders go a long way to helping us rebuild our business and in turn care for native animals in need and we thank you!

Paloma Faith - New York OFFICIAL VIDEO - Out 13/9/09

Kitten

Finally finished most of my site and reloaded it, still working on a visual portfolio though but it should be done by the end of the week hopefully. Redid profiles on Twitter & YouTube but still working on my facebook page.  Working on some stuff to be loaded up into my shop, then I'll do a giveaway to celebrate.

So, hope everyone had a lovely Christmas and New Year. We got a new family member a couple of weeks ago, she still has no name :D 

Jumps around like a lunatic! and loves my wool & to help me crochet but is still a bit freaked at noise [cars] as she came from a farm. Doesn't like outside at all at the moment,so is quite happy to sit on everyone and sleep when she's not eating or playing.
 
 

stop poking me!

I'm here.
Yes, I do know what time it is. Stop looking at me like that, I've been busy.
Well, after the great 2010gmailhack I have scrubbed and cleaned every part of my hard drive, changed passwords a gajillion times and yada,yada, yada.

While I was gone, I have
- volunteered at this years MusoMagic workshop and as usual, the kids created a most wonderful song! They all work hard every year and this year was no exception.



-Went to a live gig and got to see Adam Thompson sing live finally! well, apart from at MusoMagic :D All the rumours I've heard are true! He does put on a fantastic live show, even after working all day! Was a great night.

 Glenn Bidmead performed with Adam and is also one of my favourite musos. Go check out his gigs page and see if he's performing near you, if he is, go to one and you can thank me later :D [ Vodka or chocolate :) ]

-I got a new camera but haven't worked it out yet.
-Dealt with some family stuff  [magic wand is now officially in a rest period]
-Dealt with various govt depts, who made me think I fell down the bloody rabbit hole backwards.
-Dealt with an after medical hours cemetery injury to a child, who should have known better but will never do it again!  [ meh, he's ok but the merciless teasing continues, involving claws and dust :D ]
-Galloped up and down freeways, north and south.

-Painted. Ripped up painting. Painted again, wondered if I can glue ripped up artwork back together or add it to something else and call it Mixed  Media. Painted again. Gave up and started a completely new one.
-Gilded while the weather was right for it.

-Did some lino cutting. and some finger cutting LOL Don't act all horrified, you'd all be more shocked if I hadn't! :D 

-Made some new flowers for brooches and hair pins for a new project. [ Would say but not sure if I'm allowed yet, will ask as then you can buy some from them as I won't be selling them & some other stuff anywhere else :D ]

-Did some research on dragons and follow up research on Aussie Illuminators [ note to self: Need to plan a road trip to Canberra]. Drew a Christmas card image up and have started painting it ready to scan and turn into a Christmas card.

-Started a creative coaching course.

-Tried to organise a kids 21st. Failed. Tried again. Defaulted to BBQ. Oh, plus she's having a huge night at her sisters with all her friends in Melb.No, I am not going to that :D So all is good.

-Pondered climbing into the roof to chase out the possum keeping me awake.
-Discarded that idea as Not On Your Life as ermmmm, SPIDERS are up there!

-Wondered if I should start looking up plans for an Ark but have now abandoned that project in favour of sleeeeeeeeep as the possum has stopped running around! Nite everyone :D

The Wedding!

By popular request, here is a pic of the Bride & Groom! and the cake :D

is back...

as a certain lovely lady blogger friend [ who sends me the MOST AMAZING miniature persian rugs and who I love most dearly, more on that in a future post] commented on my Facebook status, just in time for All Hallows Eve :D I am the Quuueeeeeeeen of Bad Timing ROFL

The Wedding was wonderful, the bride BEEEYOTIFUL and the damned veil *I* ended up having to shove in her head did. not. fall. out. once...errr, well, except for when it got caught on my bracelet after the first successful insertion just before we left for the church... heh.... and is a long story involving $2 laundry bags, a cosmetic sponge and BOOST juice! 

The bridal bouquet was not. tears and emergency additions with the help of Johnny the Limo Driver [ such a lovely guy!] made it more respectable. Many BOO's to the florist.

The Bride was late for a most important date and the rain cleared just as the Limo [ Thanks Johnny!] left the freeway, which was a most definite *PHEW* moment.

 Then on to the photo's [ will put one up later, once I have bribed them] in the park and a drive by from the local constabulary who whooped the siren with much hand waving and smiles all round. Thanks guys :D Then onto the feasting and drunking and much merriment was had by all including our 15 yr old son who pwned the dance floor. All night long! 

Then we drove the newlyweds to their home in the wilderness, then to the hotel in the city, then back to the wilderness, then hubby drove a bridesmaid to the airport for a 6am flight out, then back out to the wilderness to pick us all up.

Then we all drove home to Bendigo. The End.

As usual, I decided to add some fun to the fun and games and once we were home, did a partial twist with a reverse pike and smacked my head on the door frame before perfecting a horizontal landing flat on my back. A high score resulted with concussion, bruising and some damaged ligaments and muscles, so have spent the past week amusing myself with the level of dizziness I could invoke by trying to read credits on the tv screen.  I still have some minor vision blur but apart from that am almost back up and running... errr, welll, almost :D

Just in time to start organising a birthday bash for the almost 21 year old.

thud...I am exhausted!

Woohoo! Max is the 2010 SBK World Champion!

Got a new camera: Canon PowerShot A490 Digital Camera, so I don't have to fiddle around with the digital SLR and send the other 2 nuts :D This way I can take my own pictures and not have to waiiiiiiiit in line for either of them to finish doing what they are doing.  I don't need a high end one as most of my pictures are destined for web only but my phone is not quite good enough ;)

Nearly finished all the wedding stuff now, just have to print the Order of Service out and then teach a kidlet how to use my video gear & work out the angles they'll need to stand at to get a good vid of the service, that will be fun LOL 

Have gotten a bit further with the Fallen Angels series, so will take pics tomorrow if it doesn't rain. Am also busy working on some prints just in case I get into the market. Made some more buttons :D and registered for the Adobe Digital Publishing workshop in Melb on the 21st, so I am going to feel like a yoyo!

Mum & Dad are in Geelong until the wedding now. Dad has something on his arm that the Dr wants to biopsy on Friday. The outlaws are busy with medical problems as well, MIL has to have surgery on her throat :( 

I'm revamping my website as well, you know, just in case I had nothing to do :D

lalala.....

Sorry, meant to drop a post or 2 before this but, hmmm, oops! soz!  FB & Twitter make you lazy! Here is my latest wip, for a series that is called Fallen Angels. So, been busy doing wedding stuff, painting and making molds for painting bases and oh, I applied for a FT corp job.. not in a bank though. So, we'll see... and I have been playing shuffle with domains & DNS and all that kind of good clean server fun...And it's school holidaze and my parents are here.
Anyway, this is off my phone [ lol, you can see the shadow!], so it's crappy quality & bluetooth decided to crap itself, so had to fiddle and got cranky, so this is until I take another tomorrow in real light etc LOL

Oh, and here is a pic guaranteed to make even the crankiest person smile [ either at how cute he is OR at how deluded I am that everybody loves babies when they're not theirs :P ]

and, I am off to bed, keep your fingers crossed for me :D

Sorry...

am busy and stuff. back in a day or so.

ripped off!

well, you would too, if you had a autoimmune disorder that revs up your system but doesn't mean you never get sick! Everyone in the house has it, courtesy of some egomaniacal brainless twit who just can't stay home when they're sick. Honestly. Even the normally bouncy boy has recently been heard to utter " I feel like death warmed up." and now I am suffering for saying he just had man flu last week when it started.

Don't come to me if you have a headache as we have no panadol left in the house. I reckon if we were still on water restrictions level *eek* we would have had the council round asking about the pool we just filled.

Altho, I do wonder if the emotional upheaval caused it to gain it's evil hold :( Pebbles has gone & come back and is now keeping Simba company on the mantelpiece. Margaret was lovely, as usual and even made sure she was at the vets waiting.
Another election and/or another Labor leader? OMG. I will have to make sure I have a full library of dvd's & books as seriously, I can't take another media person or ex pollie pontificating. I don't care which journo is most connected as I don't vote media.

unhappy

very. unhappy.
and cranky.
very.

Pebbles is in renal failure. At the moment she is on ACE Inhibitors and see how she does, no long term benefits though. She's not in any pain but we all are. I feel like punching someone in the face [ not that I am violent but that's just how I feel].

This is a Misterrabbit & Jooooooooolia free zone

I have already voted :D heh

 So, I have discovered that I am horribly susceptible to family commenters. You know what I mean, they say things that to anyone else seem innocuous and light hearted but in reality have just shoved a sharp knife right into your heart and confidence. Takes a while to get past it...

So, I used to be a list person, bills & birthdays on a calendar, room to clean etc, etc. It was really helpful with 4 kids, a fulltime corporate job and long hours. It stayed helpful when we had 4 kids + a grandchild + assorted hangeronnerers at home and a fulltime freelance business.  When we moved here, I all but stopped doing it  & life has been getting increasingly chaotic & I am as well. I jump from one project to another and feel like I'm all over the place without getting one completed thing done. Add in the first paragraph and I'm pretty much sitting here like a toddler whose pulled out ALL her toys and just been told to put them all away, is overwhelmed and >< that close to a full blown tantrum. Yeah.

So, lists are back. Laugh all you like.
First thing on list was to vote. Second was to mail it back :D
So, all mail is being sent on Friday, so if you receive a parcel from me and it has my postal vote in it, please be kind enough to mail it on, I'll arrange for the AEC to mail your package to you.

I didn't say the lists worked all the time :p

PS> Dear Family who read this blog, [ oh, and the his/hers exes especially]  I don't care if you read anymore. If you read something you don't like, that's your problem, take it up with someone who cares what you think.   This is not aimed at the youngest BattleQueen, she's read here for years :D

Uhoh, LOTS of sirens, multi ambos & cops just went past... that's not going to have a happy ending. Looks like another accident just up the road :( 5th in less than a month....no, we don't live on a major road.

An injection of life into the old girl...

Off tomorrow to see the Chinese Medicine Doctor for some acupuncture to see if they can unfreeze my left shoulder and/or stop the pain. No herbs or anything as we never know what will set off a major allergic reaction.
If it works, then he can stick needles into all my joints as much as he likes :D
 

The new addition to the mutley crew :D

Kaiden Riley
Born 7/7
W 6lb 14 oz
L 46.5cm

uhoh....

I'm going to be in trouble!

I forgot about the kidlet of mine that reads my blog :D The one you'd think would be all COOL about living down the road from a cemetery & ghosty stuff but isn't. *sigh*

ROFLMAO...good thing we're going to be moving. But not in October because I have WAY too much happening then. With a bit of luck it will be REALLY soon [like before the kidlet comes home from her sisters, cos then we can play hide'n'seek :p] What? that's mean? well that's what she gets for reading her Mothers blog :D heehee.

Oh, and Jenxo, nah, lucky you, we're staying this side of town :D can't get rid of me that easy! heh. [it's ok, she knows what I am talking about...erm, I think? it was pretty early in the morning LOL]

Finished sketching a new layout and painting, so tomorrow I paint!