sad :-(

I won't be around for a few days as my Grandmother is seriously ill and not expected to live much longer.

If you email me for a quote or regarding your deadline, please note that I will be away for approximately a week.

Thanks

Stew for tea

We have a guest in the house, I will try to put up a pic later. He's a bit of a rude guest however, hogs the bathroom, ate all my carrots & to top it off, he bit me! Well, nibbled on my arm anyway, but he's so cute and has the biggest brown eyes that makes him instantly forgivable.
Got home yesterday after making RCK drive me to the art shop for supplies, we see a rabbit [of all things!] sitting on our front lawn in the pouring rain. Bloody thing can run too, let me tell ya! We finally snagged him & began the door knocking. Nobody is missing a rabbit, but they did see him in our yard for 2 days [ What The???????] He's lucky our cats are inside cats & too fat & lazy to chase anything. He's very friendly & we've only had one fluffed tail, when Pebbles opened the door and she's more jealous that an usurper was taking her rightful petting time LOL
Soooo, if anyone knows of someone who has lost a rabbit, let me know! We've called him Stew [much to the horror of the kidlets.] told them that's why we're only feeding him veges.heh.

I now have 2 rooms in the house, a computer room and an art studio, too much crap to cram in the tiny space I was using, I was falling over stuff everywhere. So, RCK moved everything while I was sick. We fiiiiinally got the 2 new couches for the family room, we got the new clik clak one's, they're great, but I have to alter my colour scheme now, as they only come in 3 colours, none of which matched the rest of the room.

Anyone know the best way to kill European wasps? We have lots of them in the Christmas tree things out the front, I don't want to remove all the trees yet, so the wasps must go. We don't have the nest and can't find it, according to the Council, the nest can be up to 5 klms away :-(

Well, I'm off, Cya's round like a rissole :-)

Feelin' : sleepy
Hearin' - Shine -Shannon Noll

moaney myrtle

After having Mia home sick first, now Yodabug has been home for 2 weeks with a chest infection & severe asthma, my mind is boggling at how much snot a 10 yr old boy creates! He's gone thru 6 boxes of tissues since Monday. So for the last few weeks, all you can smell all through the house is Eucalyptus/Peppermint Oil and Vicks. He's been on antibiotics, ventolin as well as steroids and Singulair. This started out as a simple cold 2 1/2 weeks ago. So, if you have a cold & develop a croup type cough, get your arse to the Dr straight away.

Being a sharing soul, he's given the creeping crud to me as well. I feel like absolute crap. I feel so bad I don't even want to look at the computer screen. I am on antibiotics as well, and the Dr upped my pain relief if I want to take more as my joints are hot & excruciatingly painful, the Dr thinks it might just be transient with the flu thing & once I get over the worst, I'll be back in remission.

So, I'll be back when I feel human again.



feelin' - sick & whiney
hearin' - me coughing up a lung!

hmmm,are u as sexc as hot goat jeans???

DO NOT CLICK ON THIS LINK IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED OR HAVE A SEVERE LACK OF HUMOUR OR SEXINESS.

You have been warned, do not come back here all snarky. *g*
PMSL reading the feedback this guy leaves for his Sellers. Oh man, now I can honestly say I have seen everything on Ebay now. It's not like he's been buying any... ummm, ahem, adult items.

http://feedback.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedbackMemberLeft&memberid=toonzman00&items=-1&item=-1&de=off

more

www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16467680-5001160,00.html

"The Australian Government will donate $10 million to assist relief operations in the wake of hurricane Katrina in the United States.Prime Minister John Howard said
the money would be given to the American Red Cross and used for emergency relief carried out by the organisation"
"He said he had already offered to send a team of emergency specialists to the disaster area but the US was yet to accept the offer."

Aussies who want to donate can do so via the Australian Red Cross

Foreign governments line up to help after Katrina - Yahoo! News

Network for Good has many links that you can donate to, for both humans and animals.

Foreign governments line up to help after Katrina
I've read comments at other places from people in America thinking that noone ever offers to help them out. We do, we have before and we will again. After Hurricane Katrina, over 20 countries have offered aid, we're just waiting for you guys to say yes.

"More than 20 countries, from allies Germany and Japan to prickly Venezuela and poor Honduras, have offered to help the United States cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina."

Rockin' Reading

Geez, big scaredy cats live here! LOL, yes we had a big storm,no, it wasn't like Cyclone Tracy at all, this was just a baby! I guess I shouldn't be mean tho, being a North Queenslander I'm used to cyclones. We live on the top of a hill, so when we were upstairs, the wind was howling like crazy past the windows. The kids weren't even scared, Mia [that's what she wants as her net name] was more worried about the HUGE [heh, not!] spider on her bed. Yoda went to battle with the spider brush for her & calmly wandered down with it dangling from it.

Today I wandered around DFO, one of my favourite shops is the book shop, books at least half the price of the big bookshops. I can always get at least 1 or 2 great reference books for at least a third of retail and then wander around the fiction section. I read pretty much anything [ even the back of the loo roll packet *g*] but my favourite genre's are Historical fiction and Sci fi fantasy. I also like crime fiction but it has to be good to retain my attention. My favourite authors are Katherine Kerr, Melanie Rawn & Australian authors Sara Douglass & Traci Harding.

Anyway, it's rare to find those there but quite often I find a great new book to read, this week I bought Blood Ties by C.C. Humphreys, based on Anne Boleyn and her daughter Elizabeth.

What do you read?

feelin' - calm
hearin' - Play Me - Adam Thompson [RECONNECTED]

social nerd

I feel socially inept on the net.

The return of painting

The return of painting - Arts - Entertainment - theage.com.au

At last, maybe schools won't dump art & music from the curriculum quite as easily as they appear to have been doing.

"As a result of this painterly pressure cooker, all over the world art schools are employing sessional staff who know the ancient skills of stretching a canvas. They are seeking those artists who can pass on the century's old skills of creating a painting from minerals, pigments, oils and binding agents. It is the true alchemist's art, turning base materials into intellectual, emotional and financial gold. In short, painting, like The Terminator, is back. From artist-run-spaces to the auction houses of Christie's and Sotheby's, all forms of painting are being bought, argued over, and enjoyed. And it no longer matters if it is figurative or abstract, modernist or postmodernist - so long as it is painting. Around the world, as we will see, the pages of popular magazines, specialist journals and daily broadsheets are filling with "welcome back" articles on painting's timely return, happening at the very moment when what's been called "techno-fatigue" is hitting the previously dominant areas of digital art, video, and new media."

feelin' - busy
hearin' - Bat out of Hell -Meatloaf

I have a theory...

about a conspiracy! LOL
Ok,here goes, while I was doing my treatment, I found my skin thinned & became dryer. I could only use "very" soft toilet paper. So, I found a brand I liked that was very soft & it became "the" essential brand, even better, if it was on special. Except...I have discovered a peculiar trend in TP fashion. For a little while it's fine & soft, everything seems ok, BUT, then after a while, the composition of the paper changes and it is no longer as soft, this usually occurs after the "special" of the brand in question finishes & takes place a month or so later. At first, I thought I was imagining this
peculiar phenomonen, but, no, I'm not and I have tested this theory with several brands.
Soooo, there ya go, only buy the advertised *soft* toilet paper on special or risk the sandpaper effect!

Well, now that I have shared this wisdom with you, I must go & take Yoda's lunch to school for him. He left it sitting on the kitchen bench. Sadly for him, I left my bag at home, so he couldn't have tuckshop. I think I foiled his master plan. heh.

feelin' - accomplished
hearin' - Live at Knebworth - Robbie Williams

Fans clash at football brawl

Fans clash at football brawl | National Breaking News | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (21-08-2005)

No, I wasn't spending my Sunday arvo doing this. I'm a good girl and was at MIL & FIL's, although we did notice a large police presence around the place as we were closer to home.

feelin' - tired
hearin' - You're the Voice - John Farnham

Swapping over

The Courier-Mail: Art world dines on delicious scandal [20aug05]

Uhoh. If I have ever given you one of mine, you better email me and get me to write up documentation to prove I gave it to you. I guess I better ask friends that have swapped works with me to give me documentation too. I don't want to be accused of stealing them in 20 years time.

pretentious prattling

I really dislike pretentious prats who dribble with all their superiority about subjects of which they have no knowledge whatsoever...
except for the adventure stories they read in bed at nighttime.



feelin' - irked
listenin' - Why don't you all get F*cked - Skyhooks

roflmao

heehee, my son has my sense of humour.
Yoda got some Do not Disturb door hangers in a mag tonight, one is of Britney singing with *Do not Disturb, I'm singing* on it. So, while his sister is in her room singing to the radio, He added the word *badly* underneath & hung it on her door.
She's just discovered it. heh.

feelin' - impressed
listenin' - Easy - Faith No More

what a load...

Brother in bid to reclaim Korp video | The Nation | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (16-08-2005)

Limited time of high value, indeed.
This family seems to have failed Diginity 101.

Feelin' - irritated
Listenin' - Moulin Rouge soundtrack

KillTV

KillTV

If you're looking for the band that the guy who crashed the BB05 finale stage to promote, this is the link on his tshirt.Hmmm, wonder if the security guards caught him :-)


Feelin' - chipper
Listenin'- Consumed - KiLLTV

Oh noes!

Last night I worked on the new domain, except for the portfolio part as I still need to get some pics of images I've sold. I set up a new email account for it & happily emailed all my clients with the new email, sent some personal emails & replied to an email list I am subscribed to.

Today I realised that I had set the signature block in OE to ALL outgoing emails, not just the new business one. DUH! Now everyone subscribed to the mailing list I replied to has my mobile number! aaargggghhhhhhh.

Anyone have spare brain cells I can borrow?

The wind is howling outside & we have a gale warning [almost like being in Townsville again LOL] the kids have asked if school will be cancelled tommorrrow [snerk] I hope not, I've got things to do, like go to a movie *g* Yes, I am vertical again, altho I am walking verrrry sloooowly. I have to get out of the house or I will start screaming.

I found a pair of black leather pants dating from my misguided youth, so I'm going to cut them up & use them for a book cover. It's not like I'm ever gonna get my rear into them ever again! I think I'll keep this one for me though as I wore these to the very first concert I went to, which was Skyhooks at the Townsville soundshell.
We didn't get many big name acts up there, so this was a huge deal & altho we had tickets, it was more fun to sneak in under the fence & leg it before security nabbed us. We were very proud of ourselves LOL

Feelin' - happy
Listenin' - Made in Heaven - Queen

MindComet :: Blog In Space

MindComet :: Blog In Space

I was all ready to do my part in reaching out into the galaxy with my blog, so added my link, then on the next page of registration it says this -

*Bloggers who use this site are urged to keep their blogs devoid of any language, comments or content that might offend, taunt or provoke alien life forms in any way. Let's not start an intergalactic war :) *

I better not register then. bummer.


Feelin' - sad
Listenin' - Bounce - Bon Jovi

yooohoooo

Ok, I think I finally got everything working correctly and the network secured LOL I hate the technical side of computers, drives me nuts!
Not much happening anyway, still not moving around much, but it's getting better.

I just got a great batch of glass beads from Ebay, they are destined not for jewellery but attached bookmarks to some of the handmade books I'm working on.
I'll have some more artwork up by the end of the week, and have nearly finished my new site [ YAY!] I've also caught up on some books I've been meaning to read & even watched a couple of dvd's. Amazing, I don't feel so behind in the social whirl of reading & movies anymore *g*
BQ2 has me bidding on drum sets & bass guitars on Ebay for her *roll eyes* I am also frantically looking for a quality set of ear plugs for me LOL I am the most tone deaf person you could ever know, so it's a good thing she takes after her father for the musical side LOL

I have also nearly finished re-entering all the family tree data I lost when my old comp died, so now I just have to find the scans I saved.

Well, cheerio cobbers *g* I'm off for a snooze *g*

Feelin': Annoyingly cheerful
Listenin' : Play Me - Adam Thompson

testing

I am just testing to make sure I am online & posting again :-) I am unable to move very well because I am a twit. I picked up my 10 yr old who altho skinny weighs much more than he looks! Well, it was an emergency situation! Soooo, I have been flat on my back for a week.Unable to stand my whining anymore, RCK bought me a wireless laptop to shut me the hell up :-) so here I am posting from bed :-)