Friday, July 20, 2007

Fluffy Bunny Night 2007

Once again, Shann out did herself by hosting a fantastic night last Wednesday - and all the girls that attended made a huge effort and dressed up and really got into the spirit of the Fluffy Bunny.
The fairies were certainly running amok and the ritual slid downhill as the minutes passed....
Thanks to all of you - Shann you did a great job and the craft was fun!
Helen added to the evening by allowing us to choose a stone straight from either Avebury or Stonehenge!
How cool was that!!!!!








Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Baby Girl's winning entry

The Sorting Hat’s New Song.
Unsurity and danger lurks at every door
Waiting to pull you in.
The apple of society splintered at the core
And rotting at the skin.
Authorities are wavering
The ministry is slavering
To keep our world safe
From the Dark Lord’s wraith.
What would our brave founders do in our place?
Would they, for one second, let the confusion out-pace?
Gryffindor, bold and noble in his stride
Hufflepuff, working hard not to be pushed aside
Ravenclaw, thinking of ways, planning to overcome
Slytherin, slipping around till the final deed was done.
And so, as our brave founders would
We do as we always should.
We keep our chins high,
And calm our racing heart;
For with the Deathly Hallows nigh,
Hysteria might rip you apart!
Consider these warnings,
And be careful and brave,
Now let’s start the sortings,
To get into the houses we crave.
Practise your magic
And feel inner power click,
For the Dark Lord doth call
To the ruin of us all.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

SHE WON!

While at Greenhills last week, I noticed that the Centre was running a competition where if you drew a picture, wrote a story or poem about the new Harry Potter book, you had the chance of winning the first copy of the book and opening the first box to be distributed in the Centre book shop this Saturday 21st July 2007.

Well I came home and told baby girl and she went...ho um....well....I dunno...
Do it...I said.
For days this went on.
Come on write something, go on, you can win....I kept saying.
I wasn't letting up.
I knew she could win.

Well, I finally got my poem.

I went and put it in.

Today she got the call.

SHE WON!!!!!

So this Saturday at 8.45am Baby girl will be interviewed for the Maitland Mercury Newspaper and will be opening the first box of Harry Potter books and will be receiving the FIRST book out of the box.

HOW COOL IS THAT!!!!!!!

Who loves her mother now???
Mmmmmmmmm?
I will post her winning entry tomorrow! (proud mother)

Monday, July 16, 2007

I'll believe it when I see it!

Another week begins and that means yet another phone call to our insurance company to ask when the farking hell will we be getting our promised cheque for the replacement of stuff that got damaged in the storms.
"But we have some good news for you today...your claim has been approved..."
But it was approved two weeks ago..
"and we will be sending you a cheque..."
but you said that you sent us a cheque last week
"for"
and the week before that
"less than what we told you that you would get last week"
WHAT?????

Every week the amount that we have been promised has dropped by about $300.
Every week we are told that our claim has been approved and a cheque will be comming out shortly.

I WANT A SUPERVISOR.....NOW!

A Ms.C ( alleged supervisor ) was then sacificed by her peers (you do it, no you do it, no YOU do it ) to listen to my tirade of ranting and abuse before she could interject with a pathetic, " and what would you like me to do for you?"

Please, I am losing my will to live here.....
Yes..another promise made.
Another cheque will be sent.
I'll believe it when I see it.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Have a nice day!


Well, this morning started really well.....It was market day and I rolled up at Adamstown markets early to try and find a spot to park as all the regulars park at probably 4am to secure a park close to their sites and I spotted one park on the main road side so I parked there. But it meant that I would have to cross the main road with all my stuff ( several trips ) so I went for a walk and found a park round the back. I got into the car and drove to the spot and drove in. As I was getting out with my stuff a lesbian and her girlfriend came up to me and abused the shit out of me for parking in their spot...
What?
"You drove straight in front of me you bitch and parked in MY spot!"
"Did I, I didn't see you "
"Well, what sort of a PSYCHIC ARE YOU?"
She had been sitting on the other side of the road and must have seen the sign on my car and decided that it was very important to RUB IT IN MY FACE"

I went all shades of red and purple as steam started to rise from under my white skivvy!
There was no point in engaging in conversation with this tart so I told her to have a nice day and stormed off, to several other choice expletives being thrown at me by the both of them.
I have nothing against lesbians, but I do have something against arrogant angry women with "the world revolves around my arse issues" at 6am in the morning.
Have a nice day indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Goddess bless that I never see them again.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Harry Potter Hysteria!

I had a moment of unreasonable thinking!
I was considering going to see Harry Potter at Glendale Cinema today....but..
I could not even drive INTO Glendale yesterday - the traffic jam was horrendous.
When I got into the gridlock it took me another 15 minutes to just do a loop and drive straight back out.
I CAN'T STAND CROWDS!
SO Harry, you will have to wait!
My ho-ing is comming to an end this weekend and I will have a bit of a breather...the extra money has certainly come in handy.
The Lord and Master of my Universe is slashing and thrashing out in the back yard in preparation for our $10,000 revamp of the retaining wall.
We had more bush over the back fence then in front of it - which is an unfortunate place for bush to be found, so it has had to go.
Back passage still has bamboo in it, for anyone asking!


OHHHHH! I JUST NOTICED THAT I STARTED BLOGGING EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO TODAY - YAY!!!!
What a year it has been!Happy blogging anniversary to me!

Monday, July 09, 2007

OK.....SO WE ALL NEED TO GET CRACKING!


The plot thickens....
First it was Anchell who needed to get cracking.
Then I told her that I had some and she could come over any time.
Then Raihn admitted that she really needed to get cracking too.
I told her that she was crackless..but she pretended not to admit to it.
Now Rylah said that she has found the Cracking shop in Mayfield...
bu that we should not go there...
Has anybody been there other than Rylah?
Is the cracking not good enough?
I have PLENTY of cracking and so does Kristy..so to clear up this mess just come and ask us and we will sort you out!

Sunday, July 08, 2007

One wave short of a shipwreck!

Somewhat tired today....getting up at sparrow fart does drain an elderly lady like myself!
Markets were ho - hum today (note...I am still ho-ing!)
But I did sell two suncatchers which I made weeks ago and had no takers until today!
So am very pleased.
Little Kathleen faded at the end and we had to send her packing. Diana sold some creams, Deb made a million bucks ( smirk ) and we had a visit from Kristy and the Captain and oh Crackingless one's husband and son ....( you can ALWAYS get cracking at my place! )
It was freezing until the sun poked out about 11.30 and by then it was time to go home.
Another magnificent Sunday.....
Good company...some laughs....some sales..
It could be worse!

Friday, July 06, 2007

I HATE our Insurance Company...who shall remain nameless to avoid litigation!

Our insurance company told us that we could go and purchase a fridge to replace our one which went up like a firecracker after the storms a few weeks ago.
"Go ahead, buy a replacement, as long as it's the same size as the one you currently have we will refund you totally."

No.....

Now they are saying that they will refund us for the amount that THEY say that the fridge is worth...not how much we bought it for in the shop!

We were also told that we will have to wait 2-3 months for any repairs on the house caused by the storms. So we asked whether we could get a quote from our own repairer if it was going to get done more quickly...they said SURE...as long as their quote is cheaper than the insurance company's estimates.
So we asked....well, what is YOUR quote..
to be told,
"We wont tell you"...
So how do I know if my quote is going to be cheaper than your quote?
"You don't"
So you are asking me to spend money on getting quotes in the hope that one of them may be close or cheaper than yours, before you consider someone other than the allocated repairer doing the work.
"Yes"
But that means that we may have to wait three months......
"Tough tities!"
Thank you Mr Creep shit bastard rip me off insurance company stinking call centre employee....

Thursday, July 05, 2007

People! Get a grip!

Kmart had their toy sale on yesterday. It started at 12 midnight and went all night and all day...when I walked into Greenhills at 8am this morning I went and got a cup of coffee before I started work.
A woman dashed up needing a coffee quick - the staffer asked her why was she so out of breath, the woman said that she had been at Kmart all night long standing in queue to lay-by her toys and then she rushed in to Big W this morning to do exactly the same thing. Someone was minding her spot in the queue as it wound its way throughout the whole store and out the front door.....
CRAZY!!!!!!
Why do people go so crazy....?
I saw shopping trolley, after shopping trolley stacked to the top with toys being carted out of the centre all day long.
Where do people get all the money?
And do kids really need all those toys?
It's only July, I hope people will be able to pay off all those laybys before Christmas.

I walked up to my stand and uncovered an edge to place my bag on the table and put the float in the cash register - I "inadvertantly" exposed one book, yes, ONE BOOK and some crazy woman appeared from nowhere and started pawing at it.
The rest of the stand was totally covered. I was not open. I did not even look remotely open.
Yet this moron decided that one exposed book was fair game!!And she HAD to look at it.
I humpfed and spluttered at her, and gave her the evil eye, as if to say,"MOVE AWAY FROM THE TABLE BITCH"....and she did.
Humpf......

Monday, July 02, 2007

Your Gemstone is Emerald

Balanced, liberated, and peaceful.
You bring luck into any situation.

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Do the Accountants of the world celebrate a Happy New Year today?


It is the start of the new financial year today - I am wondering if accountants have a New Years Eve Party?
Are they still in bed with a hangover right now?
Mmmmmm....

I was up at the crack of dawn again today to go ho-ing at the markets....
It was bloody cold, poor little Fairy Mary nearly froze to death.

So now I am very t i r e d....
Have done my work for this week and need to rest.

See you soon.

Friday, June 29, 2007

Zorse?





One-year-old Eclyse the zorse looks as though she has been covered in white paint.

Eclyse the zorse is striking proof of how an offspring inherits genes from both parents - which in her case was a male zebra and a female horse. The result is shown in her amazing coat which looks like a zebra's that has been partly covered in white paint.

Wow!
Now I've see everything!
See you at our Anniversary do tomorrow!

Thursday, June 28, 2007

The Nobby Jobbie!

Our local radio station gave the refloating of the Pasha this official name today!
Only in Newcastle can we crack a joke about having a freaking big ship stuck on our beach!
SO is she going to be refloated or not?
What do you think?

Or does Newcastle get a new floating hotel....

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Blue Moon!

Blue Moon
Comming up soon,
enough to make you swoon,
howling at the moon

seeing shadows,
feeling maddness
crazy saddness
harrasment
entrapment
chaos

wild weather,
wind blowing
frozen fingers
the chill lingers
leaves scatter across the road like scurrying creatures
looking for a warm spot to hide

Blue Moon
comming soon
every loon
will be howling the tune!

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Still Ho'ing at Green Hills!

What have I started...I will now never hear the end of these ho'ing jokes...must admit,I fell right into this one!
Yes...am still ho'ing my arse off ( ha ) - but the hard ho'ing is over for now.

No more great lumps of heavy books to heave, just sorting and tidying as the day progresses.
Things are slow - I dont think people in Maitland have all that much money after seeing their houses float away a week ago.
The Shopping Centre is very quiet.

The traffic to and from Maitland is horrendous - worse in the morning, especially coming into Newcastle. The line up of cars is sooo long.

I have heard stories of people watching their washing machines and fridges float out the door and down the street - even some guy who watched his caravan disappear and end up two streets away in somebody elses back yard.

Boy, this rain really screwed some people over very badly.
I need to be greatful.

By the way, I won $10 in Powerball last week - WOW, see "Lucky" is already paying off (double ha!).What did I do with the money?
I purchased another ticket of course!

Monday, June 25, 2007

Oh my aching back!

I have lifted and "ho-ed" and heaved today, adjusting and putting the books in some semblance of order after yesterdays attempt of fitting 7 pallets worth of books onto a space that can only fit about 4 at a pinch.
We all worked god damn hard - Baby girl walked around with one book at a time going, "Where do I put this one?", the girls sweated and toiled and did ok considering it was their first attempt, the lord and master of my universe lifted
(even though he wasn't supposed to)and we had Hungry Jacks for tea cause we were passed cooking (yes, I hear Diana saying "cancer food").
That's all.
Very boring.

Saturday, June 23, 2007

On the move

Helped move copious amounts of furniture today as daughter of mine moved from small bedroom in rental into big bedroom in rental, and can now relinquish bits and pieces that have been stored at grandmas to fill up her new big space.
Also picked up two unwanted bookshelves from sister in law and took them to the Cottage for use in the study room.Hope you like them Mother Mary.
Lord and Master of my Universe ( formerly known as "the man" )who should not be lifting.....did a lot of lifting, and I dare say will be sore and sorry tomorrow.
Have made many little shiny things to sell at the markets tomorrow..better sell many little shiny things,its been a lean few weeks.Looking foward to getting together with the girls at sparrow fart tomorrow.
Later, I will be setting up for another stint at Green Hills selling books.More lifting, heaving and hoing......

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Romy has run away with the Gypsies!





Anyone who has navigated to this blog over the last year, will know that the person behind it was affectionately know as Romy.
But alas, being her true self, Romy found herself ever increasingly restless, and being a true Gypsy,packed her bag last night and took off joining a wandering gypsy caravan.
Good luck to her....she was getting bored and tired and longed for an adventure to move her soul. Maybe we will hear from her again in the future?
You just never know where she might turn up.
But she bequeathed this blog space to me...Lucky!

She told me to go for it and write to my hearts content.
So here I am - I hope that you embrase me with the same amount of love and affection that Romy got - she said that she will miss you guys!
Why did I choose the name of Lucky?
Because the labels we place upon ourselves are very powerful things - they can make or break us...labels such as fat, stupid, idiot, careless, unhappy, sick, are just some of the negative tags we can give ourselves.
I have chosen a more uplifting one - hopefully it will rub off.
I HAVE been lucky enough though - especially over the past year having stood back and watched my man be diagnosed with prostate cancer and go through the whole process and emerge on the other side cancer free.
Pretty damn lucky, if you ask me.
So I welcome you all, maybe I can share my good luck with you in the future!

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Colour Code Test




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