Thursday, February 28, 2008

An Extra 24 hours


Tomorrow (well here in Australia - those of you up top have to wait and extra 24 hours) is
Leap Year Day so we score an extra 24 hours.
What might I do with it?
  • catch up on all the DVDs I have been meaning to watch
  • Write at least 3 chapters of my book
  • Clean out the fridge and the oven
  • Go shopping - divide what I spend by 4 as I cant shop on 29th for four more years
  • Help 40 little old ladies across the street
  • make an extra 12 (hey I have to sleep) Blog Entries
What will you do with the 24 hour bonus?

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Point of Grace - How You Live

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red leather & missed opportunites.

Friday, February 22, 2008

Giraffe Mourning

Apparently the giraffe has the biggest heart of all the land mammals.

Read about Giraffe Mourning over at Eddie Zacapa's Blog Harmony of the Heart.

Created by Martin Rosenberg
this is an interesting view of what is so often missing in relationships. And when it is we need Life Rafts
which is how I came upon the inspirational Blogs of Eddie Zacapa.

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Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Pan·gae·a [pan-jee-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun Geology. the hypothetical landmass that existed when all continents were joined, from about 300 to 200 million years ago.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Keeping in Touch

having finally been driven beyond distraction I have dumped the previous mobile Brand X (a right handed phone) and returned to LG (shine)
to find things have improved, and make sense just as they used to.

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Good thing I am a wirter not a painter...


Click here to create your own painting.


Got this from Marg over at Reading Adventures, who got it from Jodie
I wonder what it would look like if I hadn't had a migraine?

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Ever Learning


I learnt about
SEO's from Jeff in Chicago. His Blog about Chicago Web search and usabilty is informative and inspirational.

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and some places it's just wet1

McKay Queensland the latest town to flood.
and yes we here in Brisbane are stll on level 6 water restrictions.

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baby it's cold out there

Monkey keeping warm in Japanese hot springs.


a beach near Athens...

Hey Jack, good thing you are not go to Holland til their summer!

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In a reply email re TNG #6

from Florida
Oh, how sweet! It is still Monday here, so the birth announcement came before the birth date! This so so cool!


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Welcome TNG #6


Congratulations to mum, dad and TNG #3
Axiom - Little Ray Of Sunshine

Her father says she has to have a name
Not the same as her mom's, but a name just the same

A little ray of sunshine has come into the world,
A little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.


We'll show her the dress that she'll wear
With the gold flowing hair that nature provided
A little ray of sunshine has come into the world,
A little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.

A little ray of sunshine -
I want to know if you think she looks good in the pink,
That grandma has bought her ... our own little daughter.

She can make you feel good,
She can make you feel that it's all worthwhile,
Only by her smile, only by her smile ...

Have you noticed she's just like her father,
And i think that i'd rather
Her hair was much darker,
A little ray of sunshine has come into the world,
A little ray of sunshine in the shape of a girl.

She can make you feel good,
She can make you feel that it's all worthwhile,
Only by her smile, only by her smile, only by her smile ...
Talkin' 'bout my little ray of sunshine,
My little ray of sunshine,
Little ray of sunshine,


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Monday, February 18, 2008

check out Bon Scrapatit freebies and other great things.


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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentines Day 2008

Thanks to OW aka Mr Dude over at 3scrapateers
(see index for link)
for all digital elements.

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a picture is worth a 1000 words.


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3 minutes 10 seconds that might change a nation.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on behalf of the Parliment and people of Australia
said 'sorry' to the Aboriginal people of the stolen generation.

Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

We reflect on their past mistreatment.

We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were Stolen Generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s history.

The time has now come for the nation to turn a new page in Australia’s history by righting the wrongs of the past and so moving forward with confidence to the future.

We apologise for the laws and policies of successive Parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians.

We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country.

For the pain, suffering and hurt of these Stolen Generations, their descendants and for their families left behind, we say sorry.

To the mothers and the fathers, the brothers and the sisters, for the breaking up of families and communities, we say sorry.

And for the indignity and degradation thus inflicted on a proud people and a proud culture, we say sorry.

We the Parliament of Australia respectfully request that this apology be received in the spirit in which it is offered as part of the healing of the nation.

For the future we take heart; resolving that this new page in the history of our great continent can now be written.

We today take this first step by acknowledging the past and laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians.

A future where this Parliament resolves that the injustices of the past must never, never happen again.

A future where we harness the determination of all Australians, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to close the gap that lies between us in life expectancy, educational achievement and economic opportunity.

A future where we embrace the possibility of new solutions to enduring problems where old approaches have failed.

A future based on mutual respect, mutual resolve and mutual responsibility.

A future where all Australians, whatever their origins, are truly equal partners, with equal opportunities and with an equal stake in shaping the next chapter in the history of this great country, Australia.

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Namdaemun Burns - a nation mourns






A 600-year-old gate in central Seoul listed as South Korea's number one national treasure has been destroyed by a likely arsonist, police have said.

Namdaemun, or "Great South Gate", was engulfed in flames late on Sunday, they said.

Police said they were searching for a man who is suspected of breaking into the stone and wooden structure and starting the fire.

"From what we can see, except for the pillars on the first floor, the gate has been completely burnt down," said a fire official.

The wooden pavilion on top of the gate's stone base was reduced to a smouldering hulk by the fire.

The gate was constructed in 1398 and served as the main southern entrance for Seoul when it became Korea's capital more than 600 years ago and was a walled city, the Cultural Heritage Administration said.

The structure, also called Sungnyemun or "Gate of Exalted Ceremonies", has been rebuilt several times, with the most recent renovation taking place from 1961-1963.

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OSCAR 2008


check out the 2008 Nominations and other information HERE


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Oscar Month

Recovering from the below mentioned virus
I am enjoying the replaying of OSCAR winning movies
on TCM this month.
Even on walkabout one gets to stop here and there.

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HFF Remembered.

13th Feb is the anniversary of my father's death. I miss him a lot.
I see things all the time that he would appreciate, and as we are in Oscar Month I recall he took me to my 1st movie, and then onto see such classics as 'Othello' starring Laurence Olivier and 'Spartacus' with Kirk Douglas. We saw the original 'MASH' movie when it came out. Much later we went to see 'City Slickers' with Billy Crystal and we were the only audience.

My father taught me many things including that men died upon the beaches of Gallipoli so that I might have a secret vote in democratic elections.

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JACK!

My nephew Jack has been chosen to be crew for the
International cadet World Championships in Holland July/August this year.
Check the Index for Links to the relevant sites. Under the picture of a Yacht.

We are all so thrilled and proud of Jack.
And Grandad is surely cheering him on from up there on his star.

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Sunday, February 10, 2008

SNOW - In a garden in Japan.

Images from 'The Japanese Garden'






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a short journey from sunshine to rain.



Saturday, February 02, 2008

On Retreat

Retreat:

the act of withdrawing, as into safety or privacy; retirement; seclusion.

place of refuge, seclusion, or privacy:

I am On Retreat south of Brisbane.

The next step will occur when I am well.

I will post when I know what that is...and when.

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Question re Virus'


Image from http://www.rkm.com.au/

I am wondering why if my computer has a virus I can simply run a program to detect it and delete it.
Yet a virus in me requires a minimum of 2 Dr's visits,
medications, rest, liquids, lozengers, tissues and patience.

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the other kind

'Computer Virus": a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network.

Personally I feel my system has been (almost) shut down - but having seen a great Dr I am on the mend; appling sense and reason to my activities, now that the exhaustion of moving out is finished.

Every cloud has a silver lining. I have found this stop over has been a great test of my suitcase packing.

I have not found I have needed or wanted anything beyond what is packed.

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People Virus

vi·rus [vahy-ruhs] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural -rus·es.
1.an ultramicroscopic (20 to 300 nm in diameter), metabolically inert, infectious agent that replicates only within the cells of living hosts


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