Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Thursday Thirteen #11



Thirteen Useless pieces of information - taken from 'The Most Amazing Book of Useless Information of them All' by Noel Botham

1. The 'dot' over the letter 'i' is called a tittle.

2. The average woman uses up approximately her height in lipstick every five years.

3. All 13 minerals necesary for human life can be found in alcohol beverages.

4. The Earth rotates on its axis more slowly in March than it does in September.

5. The number of births in India each year is greater than the entire population of Australia.

6. It is estimated that, at any one time, 0.7% of the worlds's population are drunk.

7. The biggest hog ever recorded was a creature named Big Boy, who weighed in at 1904lbs.

8. Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time.

9. Because he felt such an important tool should be public property, English chemist John Walker never patented his invention - matches.

10. Coffee trees are self-pollinating.

11. Rice is the staple food of more than one-half of the world's population.

12. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

13. The man who opened the world's first movie theatre in Paris said, 'The cinema is an invention without any commercial future'


Monday, December 25, 2006

Some Christmas Jokes & Quotes!!




Which of Santa's reindeer has bad manners?
”Rude”-olph!

What do reindeer hang on their Christmas trees?
”Horn”-aments!

Why did Santa's helper see the doctor?
Because he had a low “elf”esteem!

How long should an elf's legs be?
Just long enough to reach the ground!



"If there is no joyous way to give a festive gift, give love away."
~ Unknown


"Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect."
~ Oren Arnold


"Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas."
Calvin Coolidge

"Bless us Lord, this Christmas, with quietness of mind; Teach us to be patient and always to be kind."
-- Helen Steiner Rice


Merry Christmas



Merry Christmas to our families and friends!!!

Hope your day is filled with love and laughter - and your year too.

To My mum and dad - we are thinking of you and wish we were there - but we will be next year.

To my wonderful brothers Mark and Jeff and sister in law Yvonne - have a great day enjoy and remember the spirit of Christmas.

To my beautiful Princess Kiara and Princess Imogen - Hope Santa brought you what you wanted - may the Spirit of Christmas live in your hearts forever!!!

And of course ending with a few Homer Simpson quotes:


I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.

I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?

Oh, so they have internet on computers now!







Friday, December 15, 2006

My dear friend Roberta

May you find comfort in the arms of an angel



Goodbye my dear friend

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Thursday Thirteen #10



Thirteen Places I would like to visit (in no particular order) with Nito - my wonderful husband:

1. Paris - the Eiffel Tower

2. Machu Picchu - Lost city of the Incas

3. Giza & Luxor - pyramids, temples and monuments

4. Dubai - modern cities and the desert all in one trip

5. New York City - Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Broadway

6. Vatican City - The Basilica of St Peter

7. The Greek Islands - 14 day cruise.

8. Copenhagen - The worlds oldest monarchy and our very own Princess Mary, The Little Mermaid, Viking Ship museum

9. Niagara Falls - nature at it's wildest

10. Vietnam - historical and cultural villages

11. The Cook Islands - rest and relaxation

12. The Great Wall of China - to keep the rabbits out!!

13. Several cities in Italy - Florence, Naples, Bologna and Milan.

More than 13? Difficult to keep to 13 with a whole wide world of wonderful places to visit. I'm sure the kids will want to come too - of course they can!!









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Sunday, December 10, 2006

Ballerina Shines











Well our Ballerina had her final Dance performance for the year last night!! WOW did she shine. Yes I might be a little biased, but our girl, once a very shy girl, danced, sang and acted in a spectacular show put on by her Dance School. She looked spectacular (as did all the dancers) in her costumes. Even though the show went for about 4 hours and she was in it from beginning to end, performing in 12 different routines, the smile never left her face. We are so proud of you Ballerina. You are a STAR and always will be!!

WE LOVE YOU -Dad, Mum and Skaterboy xxx


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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Thursday Thirteen #9

Thirteen Christmas decorations we have in our house

1. Christmas Tree - we have gone for a real Christmas Tree this year - a Norfolk Pine - small but it will grow.
2. Blue baubles and tinsel on our Christmas Tree.
3. Coloured fairy lights strung across the lounge and dining room.
4. Merry Christmas hanging on our wall.
5. Snowflake hanging from the fairy lights.
6. Angel on top of our Christmas Tree.
7. Candy Canes hanging on our Christmas Tree.
8. Flashing Merry Christmas sign on our kitchen bench.
9. A wooden Christmas Tree hanging on our wall painted in blue, red, yellow and white with little tinel decorations glued on it - Ballerina made this a few years ago.
10. 4 Christmas stockings hanging from our TV unit.
11. 5 Lamettas hanging in 5 different door ways.
12. A big gold bell (paper) hanging in the kitchen.
13. Many other Christmassy things dangling from our ceiling in the kitchen, dining room, lounge room and family room.








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Saturday, December 02, 2006

Happy Birthday to my wonderful brother Mark



Hope you had a great day - did try to call you but your phone was off or out of range - anyway left a message on mum and dads phone. Our love to you old fella!!!

And to celebrate your day a few quotes from the illustrious Homer Simpson:

WHO IS FONZY!?! Don't they teach you anything at school?

Bart, a woman is like beer. They look good, they smell good, and you'd step over your own mother just to get one!

Dear Homer, IOU one emergency donut. Signed Homer. Bastard! He's always one step ahead.

Good drink ... good meat ... good God, let's eat!

Enjoy your day!!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful niece Princess Kiara

Kiara

Late but with lots of love - Happy Birthday to you:


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Hope you enjoyed the Kylie concert - we love you heaps

I'm Back and Summer is here with a venegance

Well after 2 weeks without the Internet I am back. We made the big move last week and haven't had access to the Internet until now. So much for the wonderful service by Telstra!!

Anyway we moved - another temporary one until our house is built - which at this rate won't be ready until June 07. Anyway until then we are renting a lovely home which has some wonderful views:



The local river is behind us and we are making the most of the beautiful breezes that come off it.

So I will be trying to catch up with everything over the next few days on all your blogs.