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Oh poop :( Like the artical mentions it's exactly a month since the horror one struck...How evil it seems to strike now (or really ever again).

It's terrible, makes you wonder how they will ever get back to normal..

Oddly enough when I told my Mum she said exactly the same thing. I really hope they don't suffer anymore earthquakes.

It's hard to believe how much our poor little planet has suffered lately. I have a lot of atheist/agnostic friends who've all started talking about Dec 21, 2012. Not that I blame them, it's been a pretty cruel start to 2011.
On a lighter note, after having to put down my beloved Keeshond Shayla, I now have a delightful Tibetan Spaniel called Angel. She's white and gold and keeps me amused with her antics, although the cat is not quite so impressed lol

Here are my gorgeous new grandsons, Jai (LHS), Harrison (RHS)! Very thoughtfully gave us 2 different hair colours, blonde and dark, so we can tell them apart..lol







This is the photo of all the cousins, Sebastian with his little sister Sienna in the middle, Mitchell on the top right, with his little brothers Jai and Harrison...:)

Tracey, can you please put a photo of Angel up for us to see?? :)

Awwwwww :)
They are all SO cute! You must be very proud :D

★ Jessica ★ wrote: "Awwwwww :)
They are all SO cute! You must be very proud :D"

Thanks Jess, very proud!!! :D

@Brenda- Awwwwwwwww how cute!! And the different coloured hair..hahaha, that is great! :D Thank you for sharing.

@Tracey- Hahaha, do you think your cat will get used to Angel?

Thanks everyone, they are definitely cute..we are very proud!! :)

:D sooo cute

Oh Brenda they're adorable and what a gorgeous family.

Here's my Angel - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi...

**couldn't figure out how to post the photo, sorry

Awwwwe Angel looks like an Angel of super fluff..eehehehehe <3!

Tracey wrote: "Oh Brenda they're adorable and what a gorgeous family.

Here's my Angel - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbi...

**couldn't figur..."

Thanks Tracey :) Angel is beautiful!! Such a gorgeous ball of fluff! Can imagine she would keep you on your toes!! :)

Melanie wrote: ":D sooo cute"

Thanks Melanie :)

Finally doing the 'proper' cleaning I was meant to do ages ago...Suddenly I can see out the windows! No I kid, thankfully will never be that bad..lol But I now have more room and will hopefully have some more by the time I am finished.

Mostly book sorting atm.

i did some cleaning to day too and by that i mean any piece of clothing not in my draws was assumed dirty and
thrown in the wash to be dealt with at a latter time :D

the beagle also got a wash and is now sun-baking....she has a horrible life

hahaha, I know that type of wash..Anything goes xD

Mmm, what is sun? I haven't seen it since last Saturday :(

My sister tried to convince me to go shopping with her by temping me with beetroot chips..Really she just wanted me to drive in :P But this cleaning is actually important and well, rain + town + lunch time = horror for car parking.

If it was nice weather plus no cleaning I would have gone x)

rain and car parking never go together ...ever!

its very sunny here thank god i live in the mountains its hot as anything down on the coast. all your talk of rain has made me miss tassy :( ahaha

Would you like some rain? I'll go grab a big bottle of it and ship it over..lol This rain is actually the worst we've had in years..I think we've already had our normal amount of rain for the month plus more.

Schools and work places have actually been shut due to the roads being flooded ><;; Where my Mum teaches the new buildings have actually flooded O_o;;

Haha, which part of Tassie you been too?

thats a lot of rain thankfully the rain down south east queensland has subsided and now we can get on with blistering heat!

tassie we drove down one side... so to be honest no idea but i know some of the places I visited ; Port Arther (i want to live there its so green!), launceston, Hobart Richmond, lots of vineyards and an oyster farm lol.. i just found the journal from the trip trying to read that writing but yea down that side we got some awesomely warm blankets from Waverley i love them!

Have finished mowing, whipper snipping, snipping heads off roses & tidying the garden, washing the car, and now watering the new lawn shoots that have come through, plus the rest of the garden!! O_o
Need to do the inside next!!!

I've been doing a little spring cleaning myself lately. Well not really spring cleaning but while I was in the hospital my sister and a bunch of my friends did all the redecorating I'd planned - got the carpet laid, painting done, furniture delivered etc. But now I've got to figure out where everything should go and I'm really struggling with my 'library' - I had no idea just how many books I'd actually collected over the years till I had to put them away in my bookcases. Thank heavens for the Kindle, I simply can't afford to buy any more DTB's unless I buy a bigger house lol. Been a crazy time lately is all I can say and I hope things settle down a little soon.

Tracey, how lovely of your sister and friends to do all of that work for you while you were in hospital. Now you should be enjoying sorting your books into bookshelves, cataloguing them while you can..lol I'm going to ask a silly question..DTB.. ??

DTB as in Dead Tree Book or paperback. I've got most of them sorted out but I have two bookcases totally devoted to non-fiction stuff, mostly books on ancient civilizations, like Egypt in particular or religious books - lot of left overs from when I was doing my Uni degrees. Now that I'm going back to do my Masters I'll end up with even more... I'm sure I can squeeze in another bookcase somewhere lol.

And yes it was fabulous they did all the work for me. I'd picked out the furniture, paint and carpet before I got sick but hadn't had a chance to start the actual process so my sister thought it would be a nice surprise for me to have it all done when I got home. I'll confess I shed a few tears when I saw all the hard work they'd put in.

I'll bet you did Tracey..worth a few tears and hugs I reckon! :)
Hmmmm, couldn't figure out the DTB, but now I get it..lol
Yes, you'll end up with heaps more doing your Masters...when are you going to do that?

@Melanie- Seems like you went down the East coast then :) Sounds like it would have been a good trip :D

@Brenda- Been busy! Get everything taken care of inside the house as well?

@Tracey - What is a Dead Tree Book? What lovely friends and family to have done that for you :D!


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Weeeee...Picked up some work for tomorrow :D And possibly working up until Easter break which I know isn't very long at all but still can go towards my bills..bboooooO~!

Yay Laura!!! work is good pocket *book/game* money..lol

Dead tree book, I can answer that...cut down trees to make books...;)

No, been procrastinating!!! Put off for another day, but in the very near future!! lol

Yay Laura!!! work is good pocket *book/game* money..lol

Dead tree book, I can answer that...cut down trees to make books...;)

No, been procrastinating!!! Put off for another day, but in the very near future!! lol

Hahaha...I can't possibly buy more games or books..I looked at my unread/unplayed stash while cleaning today...I'm banning myself for atleast 1 month! LOL

Ohhhhhh...Now DTB makes sense..I thought it might be a special kinda book like those books that look like stone/rock.

Near future being the tomorrow or the weekend? ehehe

Laura wrote: "Hahaha...I can't possibly buy more games or books..I looked at my unread/unplayed stash while cleaning today...I'm banning myself for atleast 1 month! LOL

Ohhhhhh...Now DTB makes sense..I thought ..."

Yes, yes, yes!!!!!! Soooooon!!!! :)

@ Brenda, starting mid-term so beginning of July. My Masters will be in Religion and Theology and I'm planning on doing my thesis on the evolution of Christianity primarily with references to ancient mystery cults. I'm really looking forward to it and hopefully when I finish writing my non-fiction book the Masters will give it that extra stamp of authenticity.

Congrats on the work Laura - love that extra pocket money :)

And yes Carmel I am truly blessed with my friends and family, not to mention thoroughly spoilt lol

Wow Tracey, good on you. That's really great. How long does it take to get your Masters?

Today I competed at the SASSA competition (South Australian Secondary Schools Athletics) for hurdles. I was glad to make it so far-didnt think I would even qualify for the school team, let alone get to state level :D
I came fourth in my event, though they used a photo finish to distinguish 3rd/4th/5th, so it was exciting still. Now, judging on my times so far this year, I might make the school knock out team, which will take me interstate later this year :)

My school came 2nd in the girls, and 3rd in the boys. Overall we finished 1st, which was awesome :D

Thank you guys :D I'm going to the pool for part of the working day..ehehe...Will be interesting.I'm a touch nervous about that since I won't be on school grounds and I'm going to be supervising a child with a disablity. But I'm told I don't really need to do that much and someone else from the school should be with me as well..I certainly hope so.

But on the other hand it's great they trust me already to do such as thing :)

@ Jessica...congratulations, that is wonderful news! You are very clever! :)

@ Laura...fabulous with the trust thing for the student! Well done...you'll be fine, just be you and the student will love you! :)

Thanks for the well wishes :) I'm happy I know the student so I'm not totally put into it completely blind. But yes, confidence/positive attutide is how I'll take tomorrow :D!

@Jessica- Congrats! That would be a huge buzzzzzz ^_^

Congratulations Laura and Jessica. Super achievements for both of you :)

@ Brenda it usually takes between one and two years, I should be able to knock it over by the end of next year.

Wow Tracey, that's really good..gives you a something to work towards, and the end goal isn't far away :)

Brenda wrote: "Here are my gorgeous new grandsons, Jai (LHS), Harrison (RHS)! Very thoughtfully gave us 2 different hair colours, blonde and dark, so we can tell them apart..lol

Lovely lovely grandchildren, Brenda



This is the photo of all th..."

Thanks Laurel! We think they're pretty special :)

Well, here I am lazing it up at the hot springs in the bush, trick is to get enough cold water running into the hole (you dig out yourself) of hot water as not to burn the skin off your bum LOL! the spring water runs at a continueous 80 deg.

Looks nice David!!! Is that a beer in your hand?? Haha!!! Enjoy!!! :)

David wrote: "Well, here I am lazing it up at the hot springs in the bush, trick is to get enough cold water running into the hole (you dig out yourself) of hot water as not to burn the skin off your bum LOL! th..."

Hehe. You've still got your thongs on< David. Is the water that hot? LOL.

Thanks Carmel, yes a very happy place.

Thanks Brenda, one of several. (-:

Thanks Patricia, my poor old soft delicate tootsies could not handle the very grainy 'sand' LOL!!

Ha! Glad to hear David! And I think I know the 'sand' you are speaking of, it's very much like fine gravel, isn't it?

Just wanted to let everyone know I'll be retiring as a moderator for family reasons. I've loved being mod for the past year and it's been fun to build up the membership and chat with lots of new people. But these days I don't have a lot of spare time and would rather use it reading a book! I'll continue with Goodreads but just as a member. I'll be seeing you all around.:) Mandy

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G'day Mandy, sorry to hear you are stepping down, but, family does come first.

Thanks for creating the group Mandy..Enjoy retirement from AR.