books and the beach

Men stink don't they... men need to be poked with a sharp stick I think...that's my thought for the day.

Eric started Secondary school today... he was a bit excited...Em's in grade 6 and Dave who just got home is in yr 11. (this is the time of day where they'd be doing VET and it hasn't started yet ...hence him being home)

OMG OMG OMG....

.take a look -->

this is released early

March....wooooo can't wait.

Emily and Dave

Dave

Received 2 more books in the post yesterday...'the two shanes' by Lee Tulloch and 'Bridget Jones, the edge of reason' by Helen Fielding...must post the other 2 off... !! and OMG did we get spoilt yesterday ...... K and H just got back from Thailand... with a stack of t-shirts and other stuff for us.. I nearly died... ohh speaking of nearly dying... when we went to the beach the other day the tide was being a total bastard ....one minute it would push you to shore...the next it was trying to pull you out to sea....you could stand in one spot with the water up to your hips the next it was up to your neck....at one stage Eric couldn't reach the bottom and started to panic ...luckily Matt was near by and grabbed him...then not 10 minutes later it happened to me... I lost my board... and then this friggen wave came and dumped me...splutter splutter...

As I was moving off the sand with the towels and bag... the tide came in ..I fell in a hole and wet some of the towels... great ... then I get to the ramp where the life savers have their car.. and I stopped to sort everything out...and the tide came in...wet the bag that I'd just sat down and washed my shoes away...lol..luckily some nice young fella grabbed them for me.. I did have a nice spot to stand while waiting for the kids...right where some nicely built guys were in their wet suits.... NOICE. !!!.. we did have a good time though.

Watched 'Burn notice' last night...that Michael is a norty fella...but what a cutie...

feasty mutterings

I'm scrapping.... whoo hoo


Week 260
I say ... and you think ... ?

Booze :: drink
Counter :: bench
Action :: man
Trial :: and error
Wheelchair :: parking
1-800 :: reverse
Chop :: suey
Relatives :: family
Bed sheets :: clean
Funnel :: pour

Feast One Hundred & Seventy Seven

Appetizer
How many times per day do you usually laugh?
too hard to guess or say..would depend on my mood and if
anything was ammusing.

Soup
What do your sunglasses look like?
they are sort of narrow, black frames with dark lenses (ripcurls)
wouldn't mind some new ones though.

Salad
You win a free trip to anywhere on your continent, but you have to travel by train. Where do you go?
hmm...Adelaide maybe...

Main Course
Name one thing you consider a great quality about living in your town/city.
It's sort of central..well for me anyways...in either direction are my sisters...one city is about 20 minutes away another city is about 50 minutes away...we are not too far from the beach..and we've made some lovely friends...not to mention the cleaner air.

Dessert
If the sky could be another color, what color do you think would look best?
pink

and yet another meme

a photo meme that I saw on Kathryns blog...
1) Answer the questions below
2) Take each answer and type it into Photobucket
3) Take any picture from the results and post.

What is your occupation?


What is your mothers first name?


What kind of car do you drive?


What kind of car do you want to drive?


What is something you like to do in your spare time?


What do you collect?


What is your Fathers first name?


Describe your mood right now


What is your biggest fear?



Favourite words?

ooh a new cd...

saw this on Kathryns blog..and had to have a go at it..





MY OWN BAND

Here’s how it goes. You are about to have your own band’s CD cover. Follow these directions to the letter. It’s fun and requires no thought at all. Go to…


…
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first article title on the page is the name of your band.



2. http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four words of the very last quote is the title of your album.



3. http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.



4. Use your graphics program of choice to throw them together, and post the result as a comment in this post so I can see what you’ve done !!!

Here's 'Gin Drinkers Bay' with their first album 'remaining a fool forever'

a longish post on stuff and movies and memes

Well I haven't posted in over a week ....we went to the movies to see the Golden Compass which was alot better than what I thought it was going to be... worth a look if you like those sort of stories..

Wouldn't mind seeing 'the Water horse' and 'American Gangster' and the new Johnny Depp movie...Sweeny Todd


The other night I watched 'Ray' for the first time (it was on tv)..and loved it...so look above for some Ray... ;)


The sad news today is about Heath Ledger dying...he was only 28...which is a bit sad...as that is around the age of some of my nieces... way too young ..

Here is a fave movie of mine that starred Heath Ledger...




Had a few kids over today and they all had a turn on the wii but spent most of the time out on their skate boards...by the time they'd left one of them could go up the ramp and turn around and come back down.. cooked them some snaggs on the bbq for lunch and one of them spilt mustard all down his pink top....oh ohh ...


Met up with Deb and got new school shoes for the boys yesterday both size 13 !!! Daves were on sale and the guy knocked $20 off Erics as we were buying 3 pair ( Deb bought a pair for Tim too).
Just went though all the stationary for both the boys...just need about 3 more excercise books for Eric ...Mark took Dave to get his extendo ruler, tape measure and carpenters pencil at Bunnings.

Just got to get Em some shoes and a new top and hair cuts all round..

I've been going nuts on the Mario Galaxy game...lol... I have 79 stars so far some levels drive me insane ...you get so close to the end and you die... I love it when Mario lands on something pointy...he runs around holding his butt..not that I like his health being depleated (sp).. though....and I can't fly to save myself...cos I have the special red star than enables you to fly for a certain time .



this one is especially for Ngaire...lmao
Must get back into the swing of going to bed early and getting up early for school next week....as I haven't been getting my lazy arse out of bed till 10ish.
sorry I couldn't help it... it's the stirrer in me..(ok its the bitch in me)






FRIDAYS FEAST:
Feast One Hundred & Seventy Six

Appetizer
What is your favorite beverage?
hmm I guess Pepsi Max

Soup
Name 3 things that are on your computer desk at home or work.
note pad
printer
camera

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how honest do you think you are?
I'd say 8

Main Course
If you could change the name of one city in the world, what would you rename it and why?
There's a town with the same name as ours... I'd change it cos its' sorty sucky..lol.. I don't know.. what other town to pick..

Dessert
What stresses you out? What calms you down?
money stresses me out...or lack of it rather
music or reading calms me down

uNconCIOus MuTTerIngS

Week 259
I say ... and you think ... ?

President :: wanker
Stare :: blink
Embrace :: hug
Movie :: ticket
Everything :: is beautiful
Profile :: photo
Satire :: comedy
Erratic :: driver
Costume :: party
Secretary :: typist

what a laugh

I laughed so much I cried...check this out.







Week 258
I say ... and you think ... ?

Dream big :: hope
Competition :: fun
Torn :: oh oh
Modeling :: clay
Coaster :: for your cup
Slut :: lazy
Spread :: peanut butter
Amanda :: jane
Romance :: is dead
Paradise :: lost


So Karen and Hayley flew off last night for 2 weeks... to Thailand..I think I'm going to miss Karen heaps...we usualy chat every 2nd day at least if we don't see each other...
It seems to be the time to go on hols...next door (Tom and Lyn) have gone away.. Karyn and the kids are at the beach, Deb and Pete have gone away too... Mark and Callum go on Wednesday.....

The 21st we went to other night went well but it made me realise how old I am...it was at a bar in town...great place..but for us oldies that were sitting chatting it was a little loud..but nice music playing...I was driving so I was on the ol' coke ...Mark was drinking Jim Beam which were $8 a can...then they ran out of cans....so he moved onto bottles of bourbon which were $12...!!!
By the end of the night most of the youngens and Marks sister ... were blind.. lol ...girls were wandering into the guys toilet ...while the guys were there taking a wizz...lol... although I will say there were only 2 cubicles in the little girls room....NO WHERE NEAR ENOUGH TOILETS esp when you have a bunch of girls drinking...how very silly..

Mark didn't enjoy himself at all..with all those young girls wearing lovely skimpy dresses...nah ah..he hated it.....lmao.

17 years

today... Mark and I have been married 17 yrs.... see song above (Phil)

I've been a bit slack with the memes...of late so here are some.

Feast One Hundred & Seventy Five
January 11th, 2008

Appetizer

What is your middle name?

Would you change any of your names if you could?

If so, what would you like to be called?

Don't have a middle name

Soup

If you were a fashion designer, which fabrics, colors, and styles would you probably use the most?

cottons- natural colours, reds, blues, greens

velvet- reds, blues, greens, purples

medeval. renaissance style

Salad

What is your least favorite chore, and why?

ironing...its just so boring

Main Course

What is something that really frightens you, and can you trace it back to an event in your life?

spiders.. just freak me out.. and bugs... bleah

can't trace it back to anything...

Dessert

Where are you sitting right now? Name 3 things you can see at this moment.

I'm in my scrapbooking room...

I can see alot of stuff that needs putting away..

a glass of OJ

and my mobile.

Week 257
I say ... and you think ... ?

Mist :: fog
Eating :: healthy
Beacon :: yummo
Speaker :: sound
Episodes :: of BtVS
Conference :: meething
Sneak attack :: ambush
Medic :: aide
Web :: surf
2008 :: birthday city

just some pics

photos are from Boxing Day, some of my pressies, and the cat.

too much pav

ahh relaxin'

my chocolates

'My chocolate book

Marks been sick since last Wednesday and has lost quite a bit of weight from it...we can get our arms right around him now.. and he's not had a smoke for 3 days...we're trying to convince him to stop altogether.

ha ha ha

Do you remember these shows.... Land of the lost lol what an intro..
and what about Sigmund the seamonster , HR Puffenstuff , the Magic Roundabout , (I used to love that one) the Banana Splits , Bill and Ben the flowerpot men , Andy Pandy, (omg what morons were we watching that ) journey to the centre of the earth, ( I think that's what it was called...but can't find a link) planet of the apes, Lost in space god I hated that snivelling professor and what about Not the Nine O 'clock news.

What ever happened to Patsy Biscoe from here's Humphrey ?

what happened to Benita Collings, Alester Smart, Don Spencer, John Hamblin and Jan Kingsbury from Play school.

What every happened to Fat Cat...is he shoved in a box somewhere...fatcat was stupid anyway.
And where's Marty the Monster...his head would never fit in a box...

so it's 2008 huh

Happy new year to you...hope it's a good one.

I'm hoping this year's going to be a great one for us....it's a busy birthday year... 3 x 18ths, 2x21sts, 1 x40th, 1x 50th, 1x30th with a 50th anniversary thrown in....the partying starts this weekend.

We saw in the new year at a friends house...and god damn was it a hot night..didn't drink too much (half a bottle of wine) Karyn (the host) dissapeared a few times (to lay on her bed and shower) lol..

When we left Karyns place (David and Matt ) stayed at home...and must have had the door open...cos the ceiling was covered in thousands of thrip... and I mean thousands...I ran out of flyspray so started using areoguard (sp) big mistake....it made the floor greasy and I slipped on it twisting my ankle and wrist as I landed on my ass jarring my neck...oh what fun.. so then I get dressed and go down to the servo at 2am to buy more flyspray..I think I finished cleaning about 3am...sat and watched some BtVS and went to bed just after 4...where it was too hot and the noise of the fan was annoying so back to the lounge I went...where I could still hear next doors..it must have been too hot in there place so they are outside...needless to say I didn't get much sleep.

Gee I hope the year gets better than this. ...lol