News just in - White House petition calls for merger of United States, Australia, to form 'Ameristralia'
Read more: HERE
*blink blink*
Perhaps it's just some right-wing Looney from California who is jealous of our actually having a National budget?
May 2, 2013
May Post
May has arrived - and the lovely Autumn weather of Brisbane is glorious to behold. Cool but sunny and no rain - wonderful.
"Received" an early birthday "gift" today (my birthday is the 4th) - trip to the dentist for what I had hoped was simply a lost filling. Turned out to be a crack through the tooth and so I now have one less tooth for the brushing (recovery will take a few days and I am currently very propped up by the pharmacy-grade pain meds). It was my upper right back tooth so it's loss won't interfere too much with my life.
In other actually GOOD news - I have a job interview on Monday for a Library Assistant's position. So if you can spare some good thoughts - please wing them my way.
Oh and I have heard from my new Soldier's Angel adoptee. Mike is a clever, articulate and dedicated member of the USA Army. He's has a wonderfully good sense of humour and we have been exchanging emails since I adopted him. So very glad I have 'met' him [so far a batch of goodies have been sent off to him - he's received the small batch of Aussie cookies & candy (no no musk stick - I am being nice!) and a plush kangaroo toy he has named "Jack"; and I sent him a copy of the movie "Finding Nemo" (we have been joking about that since my introductory email explaining that I live "half way between the Reef and Wallaby Way Syd-e-ney"). Girl Scout cookies are also on their way to him]. He is very much a ray of sunshine in my life - making all the uncertainties of lack-of-job fade away whenever I chat with him. So very glad I found Soldiers Angels five years ago (almost to the day actually - it was my "Pay it forward" Birthday gift to myself five years ago and never once regretted.)
Now to get over the extraction and be all smiles come Saturday. I am having lunch with my Parents and haven't wanted to worry them, Wish me a speedy recovery! :)
edited to add - lol someone just asked me if I have a "wish list' for my birthday. I do but I don't expect any gifts - your all-abiding love and support are all I need [but if that's just tooo freaky to contemplate - here's my amazon link - http://amzn.com/w/1EUHNLL1YFLO ]
"Received" an early birthday "gift" today (my birthday is the 4th) - trip to the dentist for what I had hoped was simply a lost filling. Turned out to be a crack through the tooth and so I now have one less tooth for the brushing (recovery will take a few days and I am currently very propped up by the pharmacy-grade pain meds). It was my upper right back tooth so it's loss won't interfere too much with my life.
In other actually GOOD news - I have a job interview on Monday for a Library Assistant's position. So if you can spare some good thoughts - please wing them my way.
Oh and I have heard from my new Soldier's Angel adoptee. Mike is a clever, articulate and dedicated member of the USA Army. He's has a wonderfully good sense of humour and we have been exchanging emails since I adopted him. So very glad I have 'met' him [so far a batch of goodies have been sent off to him - he's received the small batch of Aussie cookies & candy (no no musk stick - I am being nice!) and a plush kangaroo toy he has named "Jack"; and I sent him a copy of the movie "Finding Nemo" (we have been joking about that since my introductory email explaining that I live "half way between the Reef and Wallaby Way Syd-e-ney"). Girl Scout cookies are also on their way to him]. He is very much a ray of sunshine in my life - making all the uncertainties of lack-of-job fade away whenever I chat with him. So very glad I found Soldiers Angels five years ago (almost to the day actually - it was my "Pay it forward" Birthday gift to myself five years ago and never once regretted.)
Now to get over the extraction and be all smiles come Saturday. I am having lunch with my Parents and haven't wanted to worry them, Wish me a speedy recovery! :)
edited to add - lol someone just asked me if I have a "wish list' for my birthday. I do but I don't expect any gifts - your all-abiding love and support are all I need [but if that's just tooo freaky to contemplate - here's my amazon link - http://amzn.com/w/1EUHNLL1YFLO ]
April 24, 2013
ANZAC DAY - Lest we forget
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
...
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
...
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae
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April 19, 2013
Super important travel information
Wow! I had never really stopped to think about where one "goes" when overseas - many of these places I would have thought to have more modern sewerage systems like in Australia, USA & Great Britain
For an interesting read for travellers - go read the "WHERE DO I PUT THE PAPER" website
For an interesting read for travellers - go read the "WHERE DO I PUT THE PAPER" website
April 18, 2013
New Book out!
My Friend and fellow Blogger - Momma Fargo - has just written her first ever book.
It is now available at Amazon.com in Printed format; and will be available in Ebook format shortly - and should be available for the Nook in a few weeks (I believe)
Go read about it HERE
I helped with some of the editing so I'm not entirely unbiased :D - I found it to be a mix of very moving tales from Momma's police days; and some very sage (and sometimes funny) wisdom on just what is wrong with today's youth and how you and I (as THE PARENT - THE ADULT - SOCIETY) can help to fix it all.
During the edits I alternated between crying over the sad sad truths about how sexual predators harm their child victims; and laughing over the other tales. Most assuredly a roller-coaster ride!
So go find a copy and read read read!
Pax
[a true believer in the written word!]
It is now available at Amazon.com in Printed format; and will be available in Ebook format shortly - and should be available for the Nook in a few weeks (I believe)
Go read about it HERE
I helped with some of the editing so I'm not entirely unbiased :D - I found it to be a mix of very moving tales from Momma's police days; and some very sage (and sometimes funny) wisdom on just what is wrong with today's youth and how you and I (as THE PARENT - THE ADULT - SOCIETY) can help to fix it all.
During the edits I alternated between crying over the sad sad truths about how sexual predators harm their child victims; and laughing over the other tales. Most assuredly a roller-coaster ride!
So go find a copy and read read read!
Pax
[a true believer in the written word!]
April 12, 2013
The War to End all Wars...
... still bringing them home almost 100 years later
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-11/fromelles-diggers-identified/4623996
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-04-11/fromelles-diggers-identified/4623996
The remains of another five Australians killed during the Battle of Fromelles in World War I have been identified.
The Battle of Fromelles was... the bloodiest 24 hours in Australia's military history, with over 5,500 diggers killed or wounded.
The recently identified soldiers were among 250 Australian and British soldiers who were recovered from a mass burial site at Pheasant Wood in France.
The soldiers' bodies were recovered in 2009 and reburied in the Fromelles Military Cemetery the following year.
There are now 124 Australians who have been identified from the site.
Lest we forget....
April 9, 2013
April news
Well I have had word that my Adopted Marine (from Soldiers' Angels) has gone Stop Mail as of the 1st of April (I found out on the 6th... last parcel of beef jerky was ordered & shipped 3rd.. hope it makes it to him!). With Luck Marine Sgt D will be home in a month or so - and hopefully as far away from the "Korean Situation" as possible [he is currently on a Ship "Somewhere on the Seas"]
Lovely young Man and I wish him the best :)
My Email-Pal (EPal) soldier has also been in touch recently and is well and hopefully heading home in a few months. She is an amazing person - definitely one of my heroes!
In other news - Previous Adopted Soldier (USA Army) E has married the love of his life. So very happy for them!!
And Previous Adopted Soldier (USA Army) JJ is once again deployed to the "Exciting Middle East". He's now my "Unofficial Adoptee" in that I send him treats when I can afford (or more likely when I see something that I just KNOW he'd enjoy - like the recent parcel of Tim Tams [2 thumbs up!] and the Easter basket of yummies. All shared with his team :)
I still need to send out a card for the SA's LWT (Letter Writing Team). I get one name a month and it's more of a "Hi! Hello! Hope you hear from your Adopting Angel soon" communication - just to let the recipient know that their application for Adoption has been received and will be actioned soon. I have "met" some lovely folk from this - wonderful souls all.
Have been considering signing up for another "Official Adoption". Probably should do a budget up first (one to two parcels a month and letters/cards required weekly can add up). Giving Support makes me Happy and feel useful so I think that it's good for my Mental Health even if it's a bit of a strain on my (currently) unemployed pocket.
In "At Home" news - Dentist trip today. $$$$ but I will get to keep the tooth so worth the dollars spent. Tomorrow I have another day at my Volunteer Library job - which will be enjoyable (great project + lovely people to work with = WIN!) Not a bad way to spend my time whilst sending out more job applications :)
Lovely young Man and I wish him the best :)
My Email-Pal (EPal) soldier has also been in touch recently and is well and hopefully heading home in a few months. She is an amazing person - definitely one of my heroes!
In other news - Previous Adopted Soldier (USA Army) E has married the love of his life. So very happy for them!!
And Previous Adopted Soldier (USA Army) JJ is once again deployed to the "Exciting Middle East". He's now my "Unofficial Adoptee" in that I send him treats when I can afford (or more likely when I see something that I just KNOW he'd enjoy - like the recent parcel of Tim Tams [2 thumbs up!] and the Easter basket of yummies. All shared with his team :)
I still need to send out a card for the SA's LWT (Letter Writing Team). I get one name a month and it's more of a "Hi! Hello! Hope you hear from your Adopting Angel soon" communication - just to let the recipient know that their application for Adoption has been received and will be actioned soon. I have "met" some lovely folk from this - wonderful souls all.
Have been considering signing up for another "Official Adoption". Probably should do a budget up first (one to two parcels a month and letters/cards required weekly can add up). Giving Support makes me Happy and feel useful so I think that it's good for my Mental Health even if it's a bit of a strain on my (currently) unemployed pocket.
In "At Home" news - Dentist trip today. $$$$ but I will get to keep the tooth so worth the dollars spent. Tomorrow I have another day at my Volunteer Library job - which will be enjoyable (great project + lovely people to work with = WIN!) Not a bad way to spend my time whilst sending out more job applications :)
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