I was wandering innocently through cyberspace...

minding my own business and got tagged by Bella, who is lucky I like her :-)

 

What side of the heart do you draw first?
Left Ventricle, sometimes the aorta.
Can you dive without plugging your nose?
Doesn't everybody?
What color is your phone?
Black
Who would you want to be tied to for 24 hours?
ROFLMAO. I'd get into BIG trouble if I answered this question.
Where are you right now?
In bed
How do you feel about carrots?
Like Switzerland, neutral.  
How many chairs at the dining room table?
I've given up having chairs at the dining room table, now I just toss the plates across the room and if they catch it, they eat right there where they are.
Who is the best Spice Girl?
Who are the Spice Girls? *sarc zone*
Do you know what time it is?
1.22am
What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
Absolutely.Freak. Out.
What's your favorite kind of gum?
Like Bella, I don't do gum.
T or F: All is fair in love and war?
Nothing in life is fair.
Do you use words that you don't know the meaning to?
Never! I always pontificate using vocabulary I am comfortable with.
Do you like to sleep?
Yes. No. Yes.
Do you know which US states don't use Daylight Savings?
Dunno,I'd guess the states that have the highest number of faded curtains though.
Do you know the song Sugar We're Goin' Down?
Huh? No, Should I?
Do you want a bright yellow '06 mustang?
Nah, gotta be a Maserati for this babe *g*
What's something you've always wanted?
Maserati sports car
Do you wear a lot of black?
Define a *lot*
Describe your hair.
Apparently on the endangered species list [ red head]
Are you an adult?
I try really hard not to be.
Who is/are your best friends?
They're no longer alive.
Do you have a tan?
Not really. Although I have a touch of my Dad's olive skin, so never really have that lily white thing happenin'
Are you a television addict?
No
Do you enjoy spending time with your mom?
ummm... I don't have a Mom,I do have a Mum who is alright to hang with.
Are you a sugar freak?
No, I am sweet enough without it.
What is your favorite movie?
Waterworld
What's your sign?
Gemini,so watch your back.
Where do you wish you were right now?
On a beach
Who did you copy this from?
Bella at OzFemme.
How do you know them?
She's an Aussie blogger extraordinaire!
Would you have sex with them?
She lives way too far away *vewg*
What brand of shirt are you wearing?
Snoopwear
Have you ever smoked anything?
Yep. Tyres at a race track.

Let's see, the 3 people tag rule... Dogbait DragonSand and Becca

 

PS.Yes,I just worked out the links in my sidebar are brokened. I will fix tomorrow.

Hearin' Gold - Paul Harrigan [Footy Show]

Don't forget your dustmask and hardhat...

There may be some disruption for the next few days as I move files, change graphics and generally play with the design. This is a site wide change, not just the blog. Sooo, if anything looks like you've drunk too much vodka, give me a yell *g* Thank you very much!

The incredible case of the disappearing brain cells...

Today I was watching the V8 racing and listening to music with headphones.The headphones are infrared wireless. Then I decided I'd have a shower.

Yes. I still had the NOT waterproof headphones on.

DUH.

Hearin' - On the verge of something wonderful : Darren Hayes

Running Away from home

We did a midnight run to Macca's for flake cones. Didn't tell the 2 youngest where we were going as we snuck them out the front door. Halfway there Yoda says "Where are we going?"  The Dad answers " We're running away from home" Yoda then asks " Well, how come you're taking us then?" My answer ?

"You're under 18 and we have to by law." heh.

Went to Medicare today, the line was out the door.  They were really quick though and had more than 2 service points open, which was a surprise. Anyone seen their new posters about Customer Service?

I particularly liked their sign thanking me for visiting and urging me to *Take Care*  Rightio then. Nothing like fakefeelgood promo stuff while the healthcare system is overloading. Healthcare and it's underfunding [ along wth Education, specifically Arts & Music] has long been my bugbear since Yoda was born and the political stupidity involved became obvious. The problem is not restricted to one particular political party though. Moving to an American based system is not the answer either as it creates exactly what Medicare was supposed to prevent. Lack of access to healthcare by people who can't afford it. People with private healthcover can't afford to access the private medical and dental system a lot of the time either, due to the high gap cost and lack of *approved* providers in their area. All done under the guise of *reducing* the cost of premiums.

How about removing freaking Sport& Gym Membership or Massages first? and making it cheaper for Health, Glasses and Dental rather than *extras*. It was alot cheaper before all that crap came into the picture.

See? Get me on those 2 subjects and I'll rant forever.

 

Hearin' - U & Ur Hand : Pink

Readin' - Nothing cos I haven't been able to go to the library :-(

I got shaped...

by my ISP. I exceeded my bandwidth, I forgot how slow dial up used to be too. Blimey, it was like I was using tin cans on the roof to get a signal. And, even with a super deluxe model alfoil hat and a couple of coathangers I couldn't make it go faster!

I have to say though, the tech guy was great and upgraded my plan with an extra couple of GB for the same price. *g*

I took the extra time while waiting for pages to load cleaning out my favourites and My Doc folders. All neat and tidy again. By tomorrow they'll be all over the place like a dogs dinner again. I don't know why as I'm pretty organised in RL.  Oh and I played Solitaire.

I'm still sick in bed. I have pulled muscles from coughing. So, a slow connection was better than nothing.

I thought about sorting out my iTunes as well, but well, it's like housework and I don't like doing that either.

That's why I had so many kids.

Bella, be careful what you wish for! ROFLMAO. I just might give a run as Rockstar Granny on You Tube. heh. Then again, someone would probably sue me for damaging their hearing!

I tried your home remedy tonight too :-)

Well, I must be off to bed, I gave birth to the eldest 25 years ago and I'm tired.

Niteowls!

 

Hearin' -  Without You : Adam Thompson

Readin' - blogs

Moving along..

Hubby is defintely getting out but staying on as a reserve. We are moving to Bendigo in January sometime. YAY! Air that won't smell like an exhaust. Not so many people.

Close enough that I can still go to important stuff like Motogp and WSBK at Phillip Island. Close enough I can catch a train or drive here to go to anything interesting at the Art Gallery or for a Conference.

I finally lost patience with the *adult* children and made them swap rooms which is what I wanted to do months ago and got told No. Well. I won. One is moving out in less than a month and going to live close to her 2 eldest.

She's getting a webcam though so the baby can talk to me and I can sing Galumph went the little green frog to her. Nana singing is once again her favourite entertainment,the record is 46 renditions complete with silly faces, animated hands and funny voice. 

BTW, I got my new cd and it rocks. Tracks I haven't heard.

I'm pretty weird with music, don't know why but I visualize music as well as hear it. Music marks memories in my life as well. I use music to create imagery to paint. and yes, I dream in colour too *g*

Seriously, Wayne Carey should STFU. It's people who make comments like that about people who have depression are the reason why people are hesitant to get help or talk to someone. Next he'll be whining  that's he's a victim of tall poppy syndrome. *snort*  So, I guess it must be great to have no shit happen in your life. Ignorant twit. 

Hopefully everyone will be feeling better tomorrow and life can go back to normal. Well, my version of normal at least. Took D3 to the Dr today as the flu has gone into her chest and now she needs antibiotics.

Took the prexige to the chemist for destruction, so only have the high dose painkiller which I hate taking. Dr's going to do some research for me. I went and bought a bottle of Dr Red's punch immune system stuff. See if that helps.

I'm off to sleep.

Hearin' - Erased : Annie Lennox

Readin' - Illustrated Manuscripts of the Western World.

Great.

Prexige [Lumiracoxib] has just  been recalled, urgently even. If you've been on it, I'd suggest you ask for a blood test for liver function from your Dr and take the stuff to chemist for disposal.

TWO people are dead and two others have undergone liver transplants from a drug, used by 60,000 people in Australia, which was urgently recalled today by the Federal Government.

This is the 3rd time a drug the Dr's  prescribed me have been recalled. Each time they've told me they are more effective and safer than older drugs. And they snort if you ask about natural treatments.

Who is not doing their job properly?

And, Why not?

Wot tha?

I just read this in The Times Online:

For the first time China has given the Government the power to ensure that no new living Buddha can be identified, sounding a possible death knell to a mystical system that dates back at least as far as the 12th century.

Read More  China tells living Buddhas to obtain permission before they reincarnate

 

Hearin' -  Reckless : Australian Crawl

 

I have an elephant sitting on my chest...

who keeps slapping me across the sinuses with his trunk.

or that's what it feels like anyway.

My niece had her 2nd bub yesterday, 11lbs. OUCH!!!!!!! There were some complications with his birth, so he's in Special Care for a week or so, but he's doing well.

Cos I have been in bed all day sleeping [ I must have been a cat in a former life] I have nothing to really talk about.

I did reorganise iTunes and then resynched my Ipod, but that's about it.

Oh wait, I also recharged my mobile. LOL 

Such an exciting life I lead.

'Avagoodweekend mateys!

 

Hearin' - A Winter's Tale - Queen

Readin' -  Kleenex Aloe Vera Tissue Box  [ ooh, a competiton to win stuff!]

Check your reality cloak at the door...

I am hanging out for the new Die Hard 4.0 movie to be released here. I am trying to avoid anything remotely review'ish or critic'ish but I have to say, I watched a trailer of it with the most awesome stunt involving a chopper. Apparently Bruce Willis has done all his own stunts in this one, so it's sounding great so far. No CGI to distract me as I look at how they did it, instead of what just happened.

Then, today I clicked on a critics review...

and have to say, oi, nutjob, it's entertainment not frickin' brain surgery! I am not expecting some highbrow epic. Everybody already knows what the storyline is going to be along the lines of. I don't really give a shit about the plot apart from the good guy wins and saves the world. As long as it has a storyline that you can follow without having to analyse your eyeballs for clues later, I'm happy. People need the obvious sometimes. 

Bruce Willis has always been really good at saving the world too *G*

And of course they brought up my current pet media peeve, age. Gawd blimey. Someone grab my eyeballs as they roll past them and post them back please.

I hope it blitzes the box office and makes them look like dimwits.

 

Sniffles was the name...

of a clever little pig.
He could play the violin and do the irish jig,
but the other little piggies wouldn't ask him out to tea,
cos he didn't have a handkerchief,no, not he.

has my grandaughter in fits of giggles when I sing this to her. It's a fitting rhyme at the moment as the house elves have all had a flu/cold since Thursday. I got it Friday and still feel like I've been smacked across the face with a hammer.

Pebbles the cat had an adventure today. She went to jump upon the gallery/ [ 2 storey mcmansion house] balcony rail and kept going. Luckily for her I had anticipated this happening at some point and we have a couch right under it, she missed the youngest daughter sitting there and landed on the cushions, bounced and landed on the floor. She's fine but has refused to get off my lap ever since.

The daughter got a huge fright too and has also recovered from the cat dropping from a great height.

 

Hearin' : Mai Piu' Cosi' Lontano - Andrea Bocelli

readin' : Life Expectancy - Dean Koontz

Not really a political post...

but has anyone noticed how the *age* word has been bandied around again? As in, too old, not up with the times etc and all those other buzz phrases?  A mere few months ago  we were being told by the media that people over 50ish could still work and had valuable contributions that shouldn't be tarnished by a number. You know, so we don't become a future drain on the young one's pockets.

So... how come the same media are now saying the PM is too old to run?

What about issues? or can't they be bothered to write a real story with facts other than his age? and why are we now suddenly ageing after aging for a really long time? I can think of plenty of things other than his age to complain about.

The recent return to age bashing is getting old [no pun intended] We spend years getting old enough to do stuff, only to miss out because we're too old!  Happens in sport too, I personally think if you still want to do stuff and are still capable, then it's put up or shut up to all the too old comments that are going on. 

Wait your turn Whippersnappers, we nearly oldies ain't done yet and if someone tries to jump my queue, they'll get smacked with my walking stick!

I obviously am not young enough to know it all, nor old enough to have forgotten it all.

Hugs Bugs!

 

 

Hearin' : Just a song about Ping Pong : Operator Please

Readin' : Life Expectancy : Dean Koontz

Feast One Hundred and Fifty Four

Feast One Hundred and Fifty Four

Appetizer
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how polite are you?

10. Lower of course depending on how rude someone is being to me. I dislike rude impatient pushy people.

Soup
What was the last thing that made you laugh out loud?

Watching Bubbles trying to blow her first raspberry.

Salad
Who is your favorite cartoon character?

Road Runner, I can watch him for hours.

Main Course
Tell about the funniest teacher you ever had.

He was the spitting image of Ted Mulry.

Dessert
Complete this sentence: I strongly believe that education gives freedom.

Personal DNA test

Me in Colour! LOL

 

Independent Dreamer

 

 

Take the Personal DNA test

Quick Question

how long do 21 year olds act like they're 15 for?

Invoice induced hysteria

Went to my accountant today and got all thebusiness tax stuff done. Phew. 

I've spent the last few days running around looking for a receipt that decided it didn't want to live in the file with the rest. No clue where it went, so had to organise a duplicate. Then as I was printing out invoices, the printer decided it wanted a holiday. In the end I grabbed another one from my stash and finally! got everything finished.

Filled in the rest of the paperwork to transfer everything back to me, so it's all finished with now.

The bub has had reflux quite badly for the last week and she will only let her Mum or Nana anywhere near her and only tends to sleep in hour stretches. She definitely has a good set of lungs.

Anyway, I'm tired and a little sad cos I am homesick and disillusioned with the world today. so, I'm going for a nanny nap.

 

Hearin' : Let the canefields burn - Graeme Connors

Readin' : The insides of my eyelids

mmmm!

chocolate scented candles Yum!

I've been reorganising the house, sorting out the crap I really want from the tonnes of stuff we've carted around *just in case* for the last 7 moves. Somehow I don't think I'll be needing the box of staff training sessions I did for the bank. I left in 1999.Hubby has car parts for a car we haven't owned since 1989. Scary, huh? LOL

I don't think he's ever going to be so busy as a mechanic that he needs 8 wrench sets.

We also have kids bikes from when the 25 yr old was 5 and so many stuffed animals it is freaking unbelievable. 4 large boxes. Amazing how I haven't managed to toss them before this. I have a sneaking suspicion the kidlets conned Dad into putting them into his pile so I wouldn't notice.

I found stuff I haven't seen in 15 years. My prized record albums [ ya know, vinyl!] and a crystal radio I got for my 12th birthday. It still works, so do the records.

A Tenderheart carebear that I got given in 1985.

Our first mobile phone from 1995.

An original cabbage patch doll - repaired. She got squished in a Perth motorbike shop when one of the stands gave way and the bikes fell on everyone. Luckily the eldest was holding her doll and she was only cut slightly, the doll had to go to hospital with critical injuries.

An original Teddy Ruxpin with only one eye.

You don't want to know how much computer bits we have. Anyone remember the hand held scanners? Iomega Zip Drive? ROFL weird how it all seems such ancient technology now, yet some of it is not even 10 years old. I also found my original Mac, an Apple IIe.

So, we're going to take it all down to one of the markets and the rest is going to the tip.

This time I'm going to be heartless. *g* No longer will the plaintive cry of but what if we need it! work.

 

Hearin' : Little Red Corvette : Prince

Readin' : The insides of my eyelids

sigh....

so much to tell and yet.. I can't fully yet. Don't want to jinx it all. I'm starting to feel a little  Kylie'ish as I am reworking myself yet again and need a little time to work out the best way of segregating the different work areas before one overwhelms the other. Evolving is good, right?

I also need to learn to be less private and hidden. I'm extremely uncomfortable when I'm noticed and struggle with that side of it. I tend to hide my personality and hide away until everyone moves on. Web design allows me to work anonymously, but the one I love doing the most, Art, doesn't really work well if you're anonymous.

Not. smart.

Anyway...

Art -

Been a bit neglected for the web design side, have to get stuff done though.

I've just signed up to ArtWanted.com and ArtCardsWanted.com for exposure and to trade ATC's and sell ACEO's* online. It's easier to sell via a well known site than it is to sell from your own site. I'm not sure Ebay is the way to go, so went with Art based sites instead.

Still working on masks with D3. Hopefully some pics tomorrow night, if they've dried out enough to work with tomorrow. I'm almost finished another piece that can be put online.

I'm going to be doing some original ACEO's tomorrow as well, so will put the link up when they're up.

[* If you want more info on what ATC's and ACEO's are, go here, they explain it much better than me.]

Web Design -

As I mentioned, I have a regular in house web designer gig now as well as existing clients, so not looking for any more work in that area.

 

R - Adam Thompson is an Aussie, lead singer for Chocolate Starfish, remember Four Letter Word???? LOL  His site is here. Knock yourself out *g* 

Granddaughter loves Nana singing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Only Nana and only Twinkle. She's getting teeth already and today that was the only thing that would stop her screaming. No clue why, I sound like a cat in a sack. So, I walked around the house singing madly for over an hour. She does NOT like Rock a bye baby, must be the idea of falling out of the tree. I might have to introduce her to Nana's favourite music. hehehehehe.

Yes, everyone else in the house hid.

 

Hearin' : Play Me : Adam Thompson

Readin' : The Icebound Land : John Flanagan

Fridays Feast 158

Fridays Feast 158

Appetizer
Describe a toy you remember from your childhood.

A doll high chair. Never really played with it though as I was [am] a tomboy.

Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being highest) how observant are you?

Top10 and it drives everyone around me nuts.

Salad
Where would you rather be at this very moment?

At the beach in the tropics. I never thought I'd say this but I miss Townsville. Probably cos it's cold and wet here.

Main Course
When was the last time you learned something new?

Every day. I constantly research for both jobs *g*  I have an insatiable curiosity about lots of things, so go hunting for info.

Dessert
Fill in the blank: I have kissed but I haven�t told. 

 

 

Hearin' : Teenagers : My Chemical Romance

Readin' : The Icebound Land : John Flanagan

Who poked the stick?

I woke up grumpy today and never really got out of it. No clue why.

My grumpy mood was not helped by the fact it was Dipshit Day on the roads again. I wish the state govts would get their act together and bring back Give way to the right. Seriously, people drive that way anyway and there'd be less accidents at roundabouts etc. I have even seen numerous Learner drivers do it with real Instructors in the cars and as we all know, as a general rule Learners do not budge unless told to.

Yesterday a garbage truck managed to hit a light pole in the supermarket car park. It's not like they're placed like an obstacle course. Bit like the Boat? What Boat? commercial. Drove past later to see fireys and cops everywhere, so probably kids pinched it and took it to show their mates that hang out down there all night. 

My sister rang and we had a discussion about what our gandchildren will call us when they can talk, she says Nanny sounds younger than Nana. harumph, does not! I said being a grandmother doesn't make me feel old. Being  called a Great Aunt does! LOL

So after I got home from work, picking the kids up and burping the grandbaby I decided to make myself happier by spending some money. As you do. heh.

I bought a cd of Live at the Palace by Adam Thompson. I always thought it was sold out but he has it listed on his site, so I thought I'd grab it while it was around again.

I'm off to draw and paint before my head explodes.

 

Hearin' - I don't remember - Powderfinger

Readin' - When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit - Judith Kerr