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This is the meme in which you let all your pals know about what you like that starts with that letter. To spice it up a bit, I'm going to continue with the trend of using pictures.
JD gave me the letter M.
What letter do you want?

Melbourne

Not just Melbourne, but lots of cities. Exploring and travelling

MudCake
All forms of cake really

Musicals

My Family!!!

Magazines

Im a sheep, a sheep I tells ya

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What have I been doing???

MissJimmy commented that I hadn't been around for a while so I thought I should fill you in on my activities.

So here goes;

Going to the Dinghy's 1st birthday party (have a look here for TOA's always fabulous photos and here for Fliss' equally gorgeous ones)

Plotting my upcoming trip to Melbourne. MissJimmy is in fact joining me for a night of it. Hehe, look out Melbourne.

Discovering a new show called Dead Like Me. Unfortunately not shown on free-to-air in Oz but oh the powers of teh internetz.

Playing World Of Warcrack. Not that I'm addicted you understand. Can give it up anytime I like ....

Having really dodgy wine with chums.

Buying Munchkin Cthulu and are yet to play it.

Attending a two day course on Project Management and contemplating getting accredited.

I think that's about it really.

Sorry for being so neglectful.

questioning

I asked a friend last weekend over a few quiet beverages, why are we all so very introspective and slightly unhappy at the moment.

Her theory was (as best as I remember it) was that we are all getting older and wiser and a lot of things have changed around us. (relationship breakups, deaths, sickness, leaving the country/state, other realtionshipy things)

It seems like a good theory but is it true?

I question partly because it's not just affecting our 'circle'. I read some lovely blogs and a few of the writers seem to be going through the same process.

I think I know why I'm dissapearing inside my own head, but why everyone else?

Am I just more aware of it because of my own situation? Similair to how you may never have heard a word before and then all of a sudden it's everywhere?

Am I just imagining these things?

On a good note, I've figured some stuff out since my last ranty post. Some good, some bad but at least it's not driving me insane anymore. It's a step. There will be a few more I suspect.

woot doo de woot woot

Harry from Cat Empire has a new 'project' called Jackson Jackson

They even do a song called Eliza.


It's nifty music

They're doing an all ages gig on Sunday afternoon in May.
Anyone wanna come?

A quick update from casa del huntington-smythe

Mr Nw's son is currently standing at the window, narkoo, blowing kisses to the neigbours

He's a shy child

Meg? Spyd? Rowany 25th?

I thinks we need to make frocks for the children

oh the excitement

I'm going to Melbourne.
Flights are booked.
Hotel booked.
Various places to visit being investigated.
4 days of exploring and sleeping in and everything.
Betcha you're jealous.
(you can come visit if you like)

hooray for grandparents (and uncles and aunties too)

These two fabulous individuals (mr nw's parents) are looking after one very lucky baby this easter so we can run away and be all medjeeval.

These people may pop over and help too.

(sorry to the 4 people pictured for picking the dodgy photos of them, but they are my favourite ones)

hmmm

I want to preface (can you preface after something has been published?) the previous post by saying that yes I'm in an unhappy place (have been for a while) and yes, I do realise that I probably will offend someone (if not several someones) and no, that isn't my intention or desire. This in't even a delightfully passive aggressive way of being mean to my friends or a 'woe is me' thing

This is a way for me to get things off my chest and figure things out.
If you're pissy at me, let me know
I started my blog because I needed a place to rant, to get things off my chest in a way that didn't involve shouting at people.
If you think this is all about you, then may be it is. That's up to you to decide (dear god, I sound pompous)
This is an issue that has been bugging me for a while.
It just came to a head today.

I think what part of it is, is the lack of kindness and thoughtfullness I expect from people (myself included some days).

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

I've been spending alot of time recently thinking about life, the universe, everything and I've come to the conclusion I'm not in a good place in it.

I'm bored of people bullshitting me.
I'm bored of people cancelling on me.
I'm bored of being given the watered down version of how people feel.
I'm bored of rudeness (hmm, which is what this post is bordering on).
I'm bored of people being inconsiderate.
I'm bored of self-destructive behaviour.
I'm bored of bad manners.
I'm bored of people not understanding what they mean to me.

This post is not about anyone in particular, it's about everyone.
It's about me needing to change how I percieve the world and my relationships with people.
It's about me needing to 'toughen up'.
It's about me needing to say how I feel a bit better.
It's about me needing to snap out of it and realise that it's not all about me.
It's about people needing to realise it's not all about them either.
It's about me possibly deleting this post two seconds after hitting 'publish'.

it's just been one of those afternoons

You know the ones.
Hissy-fits left right and centre and not just from the 1yr old.
It's hot, it's muggy, no-ones happy and he's sick and teething.

However, after an afternoon of temper tantrums being thrown one after the other, the dinner being thrown across the room, the bath that ended early because of a toy filled water being thrown across the room and the battle getting into a nappy and pj's, he just laid his head against me and made a happy snuffly sound

All is forgiven.

who doesn't love a personality quiz

The Everything Test

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Stereotypes Young Professional 90% Old Geezer 83% Punk Rock 73%

Life Experience Sex 40% Substances 35% Travel 15%

Politics Your political views would best be described as Liberal, whom you agree with around 54% of the time.

Socioeconomic Your attitude toward life best associates you with Upper Middle Class. You make more than 0% of those who have taken this test, and 3% less than the U.S. average.

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I can walk over here

I can walk over there

goodbye

ooh such a perfect morning

I have had one of those lovely mornings where everything just works.
Slept in (woohoo 7am)

elped get Torby ready to go to grandmamas for the day including the de rigeur sqealing o the bed whilst kicking our legs in the air.
Waltzed onto train
Perfect cup of coffee for free (buy 5 get one free)
Did useful work stuff including very complimentary meeting.
Confirmed I'm enrolled ina 2day course i wanted to go to
Left after a few hours and did some shopping.
Home, eat nummy lunch and an afternoon of slugging and warcracking ahead.
What more could a girl want.

It almost makes up for Torby 'adding a little something' to his bathwater last night.
Give you a hint. It wasn't a bunch of flowers

Tuesday Ramblings

An update on life.

Due to Torby's love of crawling and subsequent lack of walking and not falling down and wanting to crawl, we won't really be going to Festival.
Too hard to deal with any child at a camping event and once you add in big frocks, dirt and crawling, it's more than we are willing to deal with.
We will however, be going down for the set-up weekend. Much easier as no frocks, we can leave whenever we want etc.,
We may also see if the fabulous grandparents can look after him for a few days and go down by ourselves.
Eh. We'll see.
Means we can do other fun easter stuff. Just not sure what that is yet.

Also, it looks like I will become Rowany Seneschal. At least, that's the current plan. Things beyond my control may change.
It will be interesting and hopefully I will do a good job. I like Admin stuff. Mmmm databases!

You've already heard about the new 3days of work a week plan. My bargaining chip was that I now get to start earlier than 'coretime' allows. Means I left work at 4pm yesterday but had done 9hrs 10mins of work (not inc. lunch) It's a bit cunning.
My boss has also just approved a 2 day Project management course-y thing for me in April. Hurrah!

I finished a sewing thing!!! w00t I say!
A lovely pair of white linen hose. All hand sewn. So cute. Now I just need SOMEONE *cough* BT *cough* to finish my garters.
So, I think any sewing I may be doing on the weekend will be for the ever lovely JD so she will not be narkoo at Festival.
She's making a lot of German stuff. Nothing more German-y than posing under a tree wearing nothing more than a chemise, hat and wispy diaphanous veil. I shall hem the veil for her :)

What noise do puppies make?

A kind of Bwowwowow noise if you believe my son.

We read a lot of Hairy Macleary books at casa de huntington-smythe and our particular favourite is Caterwaul Caper

Quite particularly the pages in which all the dogs are underneath the tree that Scarface Claw is trapped in and they all make a noise
'Yip Yip" said Schnitzel von Krum
'Bow Wow Wow Wow' said Bitzer Malony
and so forth

From the repeated readings of this page (and I do mean repeated) Torby has started making the Bwowowow noise a lot.
Mostly at pictures in books and as he thrusts the book at you to read one more time.

This morning, he saw our cat and Bwowowow-ed at her.

We nearly wet ourselves.

For Sale : One Baby

Comes complete with the following;

Ear Infection
Upper Respiratory Tract Infection
Chronic Nappy Rash
Teething
High Pitched Squeal
Clinginess
Temper Tantrums
Refusal of all Food Except Grapes and Corn

Please make offer.
Extra discount given to Gypsies

The pants that make my ass look great but make my legs look short

I'm a huuuge fan of the Threadbared website and this post in particular.

What will yours say?

just so Finn can fill it in..

Grabbed from Wenchilada's LJness

Tell me about yourself.
cut and paste into the commenst and respond.

1. Can you cook?

2. What was your dream growing up?

3. What talent do you wish you had?

4. Favorite place?

5. Favorite vegetable?

6. What was the last book you read?

7. What zodiac sign are u ?

8. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?

9. Worst Habit?

10. Do we know each other outside of the interweb?

11. What is your favorite sport?

12. Negative or Optimistic attitude?

13. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?

14. Worst thing to ever happen to you?

15. Tell me one weird fact about you:

16. Do u have any pets?

17. Do u know how to do the macerana?

18. What time is it where u are now?

19. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?

20. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?

21. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?

22. What color eyes do you have?

23. Ever been arrested?

24. Bottle or Draft?

25. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?

26. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?

27. What 's your favorite bar to hang at?

28. Do you believe in ghosts?

29. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?

30. Do you swear a lot?

31. Biggest pet peeve?

32. In one word, how would you describe yourself?

33. Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?