Camel toes???

A friend mailed me THIS site and I thought you may like to have a laugh from it.....I did...nothing more to say at this point! Time to go and do some yoga for me :)

Happenings...

Our friend Anna ventured down Melbourne to visit us from Sydney this past weekend. After I had worked Saturday morning I got home to find a house full of excited people, the webber fire going, in readyness for the lamb roast to go on. It was great to catch up with a friend we love.
We stayed up until way past my bed time, LOL...I had been up since 5am...yet, come to think of it..so had Anna, as she caught the early flight from Sydney.
We played a game of soccer....actually, we played quite a few games of it ..much more fun after having a couple of drinks too :)
Next day we went to see the Picasso Exhibition. We had some lunch along the Southbank Promenade and headed for home. It was a great day, the sun actually came out from behind the clouds which was really nice.
The pics above are of us all saying seeya at the airport....Sarah was the worst affected, she misses Anna alot already! She has since sent Anna a cute e-card from her My Little Pony site.
After school was out yesterday.me in my car alone (a rarity of course) and Andrew and the kids in the other city bus. It was great to see the driving skills of Andrew.
Today I had a short granny nap..the girls did too. I feel a little better now..as I have also been reading my book, "The Power of Now", by Eckhardt Tolle. I need to revitalise myself for I have been feeling like I am loosing control with my "self". I am on the right path now, I have began a diet to make myself feel better..it entails eating lovely soup she made and brought around for me last night. It also entails Andrew fixing my exercise bike the kids killed a while back...I shall be careful..of course I will wear my stack hat when riding it..never know just when an accident could happen.

"We Vamoose"......

Well, after days of waiting for the cement to dry and the rain to stop falling the bus was moved off of the street and up into the yard. It was a darn cold night too, I have to say. Once Andrew finished driving and positioning her onto the concrete blocks, I darted inside to check on my masterful lasagne that was baking in the oven inside.I had not attempted to make this dish in a long time. But the kids loved it...a job well done.
Today Andrew has been working on the bus, stripping it further more inside. We took all the seats out and recycled the stainless steel that was once the base of each chair. All the money went back into tools and batteries for the bus. Last thing that has been acomplished today was the de greasing of the motor and a few other mechanical jobs that needed doing.
When we have cleaned the inside of her up a bit more, I will post pics of the gutted interior..then I will take pics of us lining her with insular materials and so forth.
It looks like we will be going for a woodgrain-look linoleum as opposed to actual wood....apparently it has longevity.
I got a sewing machine from my mum today and I plan on sewing up a storm soon enough. My baby girl Mia is very interested in it too, looks like I may have to give her some sewing lessons. We may begin with making a cotton material handbag...the design....A CAT!!!!

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty....

Firstly I have to congratulate Hillbilly Mom for winning the BigBlogger2 for 2006....well done!!!
It was alot of fun and I hope we all get to do it again next year :)
I post this picture in tribute to Hillbilly Mom and she may be able to use it when school is back in for an addition to the other kitty pics in Mr K's wallet. It is also in tribute to the cats that are no longer peeing around my place. Wouldn't you know it...they have vanished since we got the cage...hmmmm..wonders where they may be.. Anyone need a lend of a cage to rid their place of vermin? Snakes, possums or do-not people?
Here's a letter a friend mailed to a few neighbours a while back, enjoy the reading...

TO THE CAT LOVER....

It has become apparent that certain territorial cats in the local area have the undesirable inconsiderate unhygenic and filthy habit of...
PISSING ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND PERSONAL POSSESIONS.
I'VE HAD ENOUGH!!

Either the owner of the cat(s) ensures their treasured pet does not wander on to other people's property
or...
I shall fix it by means of
1) A savage bull terrior
2) Poison
or...3) ??
I'll let you decide your cat's fate.

Thankyou for your co-operation.

Today's events,

Today was another busy day in my house..well, actualy, I was not even in my house for more than the time it took to have a shower, have breakfast and skidaddle. The girls and I went on just under an hours drive from here to a lovely place called Woodend. I love going there because it is truly a gorgeous country town...although I notice there is some population explosion and even a Subway there..oh my, what is the World coming too :)
I met up with my cousin who had her 5th baby a few weeks back. My girls played with her youngest three, it was ace! There were leaves, mountains of them just drifting onto the ground. We all had a great time kicking through them and laughing..yes, even us big kids!
I left Woodend in time to gewt back and pick the boys up from school...but not before calling into the post office to pick up this. This was even more important than picking up the boys from school on time. I am sick to death of OTHER PEOPLE'S CATS peeing on my everything outside my house....the front door, the back door, the windows our $200 rug, everything!!! They will pay for it now...by crikey!!!
Otherwise, it has been a great day!!

What is NF?

On this day last year I had a surgical procedure that should have realy been a run of the mill procedure. I can scoff at myself here now because being a nurse and being an intelligent person I do know that the last statement I made cannot always be true. There are no fail safes when you go in for any procedure, whatever the size it may be. You can go in for a routine biopsy and not leave the hospital alive...the phrase "shit happens" comes to mind.
The operation went along smoothly, as I believe, yet I was in recovery for a very very long time. My vital organs were having a hard time coping with the anaesthesia and the loss of blood and I think the analgesic I was given.
Next day I made sure I was up, out of bed, got rid of the PCA (Patient Controlled Analgesia- Morphine), got rid of the drip and had my lovely white TED (Thrombo Embolic Device)Stockings on. The need for strict anti-emetics (anti-throwing up medication) was vital, no need to say any more there.
Next day I felt very unwell. I felt like I had been bruised, like there was something in my left side that did not fit the clinical picture of someone post uterine removal. I just knew it was not right, having looked after many a lady post hysterectomy and many other abdominal surgeries.
The drain tube was removed, I believe it may have been too early as it was still draining, still had vacuum. It was near the exit wound site from the drain some strange pitting of the skin with some bruising was coming up. My husband notised it when I had said to him I did not feel right just there...and he had a look.
By night time I began to feel terrible. My heart rate was 155, my breaths per minute were 22 and above, I could not breathe and the pain became alot worse. My blood pressure went through my boots and all the while the nurse looking after me would not go get someone else to have a look at my vitals. The nigth nurse ended up calling my surgeon and he got the cardiologist and the physician and the head surgeon of the hospital..stat!
Emergecy abdominal CT showed a collection forming in my abdominal wall muscle..similar to that of gangrenous gas. Initialy the CT was to see if I had some sort of Ileus created from them having moved my organs about and having to put them back in. So the findings were alarming for a small hospital such as this.
Infectious Diseases Unit was called in and they ran their gamet of tests and put me on umpteen antibiotics that have to have their strict approval. The antibiotics alongside the potassium IV replacement killed all my veins and they had to resite so many IV's I looked like I had a wrestling match with a mincer from the local butchers.
I was put on a cardiac monitor, given cadiac medications, back to having IV fluids and a urinary catheter and lots and lots of bloods taken. There is so much I do not remember past this for the next few weeks. I know my husband and my true friends were there for me and that the staff did a fantastic job looking after me.
The gas was released and the collection of fluid taken away through 2 or 3 abdominal CT biopsies..I do remember these as they hurt like hell. The end result was that I had a rash and breakdown of my whole left side of my abdomen. Being allergic to all tapes and dressings there was nothing anyone could apply to my skin.
Diagnosis was Necrotizing Fasciitis. As the staff had said to me upon transfer to the cardiac bed...."This could only happen to you because you are a nurse"..so true I thought. I have to say though, the physician maintained it was not this diagnosis, yet the Infectious guys and the head surgeon maintained it was.
The overwhelming loss of control of my body or my fete was the worst aspect I can think of. It was like I was not even there. You just never knew what was going to happen next. I am thankful that the staff that listened to me and obtained my vital signs were then quick acting, otherwise I would not be here to tell the tale.
I was released quite a number of weeks post the operation. I wanted to come home, to be around my own germs and to heal at home. I read alot in hospital, the one book mind you, "The Power of Now" by Eckhardt Tolle. I believe the meditation helped me through the times where I would otherwise have been crying in pain. My gorgeous Auntie called me and she is a healer of sorts and this was the most uplifting call I took...from the ones I remember.
It took months to heal the open wounds I had, doing my own dressings and taking pain killers left right and centre. Loosing my hair months later was the final killer, but it is now back to a healthy state, alot of hard work to get it there.
Today I begin my diet to loose weight. I am happy to announce it. I have always eaten healthy foods. I love my fruit and vegetables. So now it is a matter of burning off the fat I have accumulated, especialy around the site where my infection was. I plan on being able to see my toes without having to lean slightly forwards..the great job my girls do with painting the toe nails will then no longer go un noticed :)

HAHAHA CAZZLINER AIRWAYS...

So there I am, a 16 year old gal having a go at being a pilot..instructions were, "Do not push that lever forwards..or pull that one back..remember..you ARE JUST going to taxi the aircraft..not fly it"...well, I am a stickler for obeying commands..or I WAS..so I had a ball going around in circles with my friends' dad running after me. Great little kit aeroplane my friends' dad put together she was. Fun times they were :)

Best thoughts needed please....

Nothing I got to say or crap on about has anything of importance here today. Nothing more important than the love and thoughts that this lady needs right now for her son Nicholas. Read her post and send good thoughts abroad to her. I learnt of this plight from one of my daily reads Big Mama, she is a lovely lady and has a heart of gold.


I told the guy at the Tattslotto shop today that if I won the lottery I would buy us our own house, keep on doing up the city bus, and do alot of other things. The guy says, hey , I know where you live, is that bus parked out in the street in front of your house? Yep I said. Ahhh, I live in the same street. Ain't that quaint...I got neighbours I don't even know. Sad but true, life is so busy that people are just not community minded nowadays. Maybe I could make some cookies and go around with a polka dot dress on and my hair in a headband and kids in tow..with the treats and door knock to let people know we are their neighbours. Then again, I may get charged for not having done a food handling course and not having the biscuits in plastic sealed wrappers..just like the oldies at a theatre group were asked to do. So, no dipping your biscuits in your tea at any gathering any more, OK!!! Bureaucracy gone mad indeed.

Stripping her bare...

The first part of the process is underway..stripping the rails and seats from inside the bus. Angdrew has been doing other things too. We are going to put a whole new face on the bus..bigger front windscreen(or head piece) and more updated look too.
Our front fence has to come down to make way for the bus to come in off the Avenue and park it on the cement we put down in the yard. Andrew will then make a big gate, or two, at the front so we can get her in and out to the workshop and other places.
The kids are as excited as us about it all. Everyday something is being done to it.
In other news I have a great stuffing flu like sore throat and all...nope, am not out for sympathy, everyone knows that mum's do not go for sympathy, they battle on like the soldiers they are to get things done on time :)

Our New Baby!!!

I tell you what.....giving birth to this baby was much easier than giving birth to my other four. The first born took 36 hours of labour before his tiny 6lb body was delivered...with the salad tongs and all!!(Too much information, sorry to early morning readers!!)Then the next one took about 6hours, he took a few minutes of resuscitation to bring him to life..but here he is 7 years later..still a skinny little dude but eating like a horse. Our Girls came into the world in under 2 hours each..and although you cannot wait for them to talk..you sometimes wish there was an OFF BUTTON somewhere!!



But this baby, our BUS..has taken us all our life to get. It is now home...there she is...in action on the Sandy Bus Route. She is now a bit naked...stickers removed and all..both inside and out. She sits out the front of our place occluding the view of all motorists coming around the Avenue..but not for long.





As you can see from the accompanying pic, my hard working hubby had spent all day yesterday in gale force winds digging and doing further measuring to make sure everyting will be right to position the bus on four cemented areas in the yard. One for each wheel that is. On the weekend Andrew leveled out the ground and do some of my favourite color Orange spray paint all over the yard to mark where the bus will go. Strings and all have been erected. Is till cannot believe it is all happening. I think that this has been by far the hardest delivery ever..I even got the baby blues after realising we actualy were going to be in receipt of the thing! I had to lay down for a while even..sounds weird but true.
Years ago I bought us a boat, a 17 foot half cabin Mustang..she was a ripper. I was so darn excited when we got her from Streaker boats back then. But, you cannot travel around the country in a boat that size and you cannot fit a family of 6 in it comfortably to do anything like what we will eb able to do in the bus.
I may just have to start up a new blog just for the bus "WE VAMOOSE".
Right now I am about to go out and take more pics, I hear the cement mixer happening out there...I wanna get dirty !!!

Those were the days my friend......

Yeah, I still feel like flinging the gherkin from my Cheeseburger up onto the window at McDonalds Family Restaurant once in a while..just like in the old days..back when my friends were making about 5 bux an hour cleaning the place....Actually..to tell you the truth..it was not me doing that..it was the company of friends I was with. It all kind of makes me reminisce...
Those Were The Days, My Friend

Once upon a time, there was a tavern
Where we used to raise a glass or two
Remember how we laughed away the hours,
Think of all the great things we would do
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di di di di di
Then, the busy years went rushing by us
We lost our starry notions on the way
If, by chance, I'd see you in the tavern,
We'd smile at one another and we'd say
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di di di di di
Just tonight, I stood before the tavern
Nothing seemed the way it used to be
In the glass, I saw a strange reflection
Was that lonely woman really me?
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di di di di di
Through the door, there came familiar laughter
I saw your face and heard you call my name
Oh, my friend, we're older but no wiser
For in our hearts, the dreams are still the same
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they'd never end
We'd sing and dance forever and a day
We'd live the life we'd choose
We'd fight and never lose
Those were the days, oh yes, those were the days
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di
Di di di di di di di di di di
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

4TH JULY 2006....

On the 4th July we went for a drive to Dromana and Rye..down the Peninsula coast here in Victoria. We had some really nice fresh fish and chips at the park in Sorrento and caught the car ferry over to Queenscliff. It was actually a nice warm kinda Winter's day so it turned out great for us to get some Vitamin D in the system. There was an awesome bronze sculpture on the ferry, you can see Mia giving them a kiss there.

QUESTION FROM A GIRL: Are you a STRAY? A STraight girl going for a gAY guy?
i find myself attracted to guys that turn out to be gay...once a really cute guy caught my attention on the subway...as he got off at the next subway stop, he turned around and gave his bf a kiss goodbye :S

MY ANSWER: Well then, I guess you do not have an in built "gay-dar" then do you? My friends who are gay males are just pure what-a-wastes...but at least they are happy and I am happy for them!!
Yet, I have never heard of the term STRAY..have you? Maybe I have been out at sea too long but I am not sure if this girl made it up or it is a known term....hmmm.

Want one??

Well, I saw this today and I said to myself, "I LIKE IT!!! I WANT ONE OF THOSE!!! Anyone else up for a pink ten pin bowling alley?