And what right-minded Texan wouldn't want to show off their prize winning steer?? This is Mojo, my oldest son's Champion Chianina that he placed first in breed with last year at the livestock show!!!  

Artist at Work..................I have a friend in Cairns...just up the road from me who is getting back into painting...she has borrowed a lot of my favourite photos and is going to paint them and put them into some sort of gallery...next one is for my wall....This one is Rocky Bay on Magnetic Island looking back towards where I live..It is not quite finished yet but I still love it....thanks Jan 

Hubbys accident

Click the above link to the news article (with photos) of the firetruck accident my husband was in last month. He was the driver of the firetruck and received 12 staples in the top of his head along with some cracked ribs.

My youngest..on our trip to the UK. Look at those EARS!!!! 

My little Harley...stuffed in a box...her favorite place..goodness, look at how dirty the door is!!! 

Schapelle Corby

After seeing your tag message, Brispaul, I did a bit of research since I did not know who Schapelle was. This is a new topic to me, so I am curious about what my Australian cousins happen to think about this matter. Your thoughts???

Johnno in South Park Land A different kind of time waster....build a replica of yourself in the shape of a south park figure click here 

Just Trying something...thought I would let you all see my beach :-) 

Smack the Penguin - Director's Cut

Ugh...my 9 yr old found a variation of the penguin smack game...

Prepare yourself..it's so gross!

http://www.puffgames.com/pingugore/

Target...catch me if you can 

Gypsy....waiting for the Desexing vet 

Eco-spheres

I think these things are bloody marvelous. Got one for the 9 yr old. He absolutely loves it and coincidentally has just finished learning about the fragile ecosystems. Take a look, they are amazing!!!

What is this drawer on the left used for ;-) 

What is it?? Lets see how we all go with this one..the guessing has started 

1211.7 :-) 

The Wedding

I can't watch the wedding today, because apparently it starts at 12.30 and I start work at 11.30. So I will have to watch anything that might be shown this evening. However, if I were at home, no matter how I feel about the whole situation, I would have watched it, because it is a piece of history, that is happening right now.

What is it? Ok boys and girls,a new game...what are these and what are they used for?? 

"Catwomen Phoon" Just about everyone wants to get in on the act...catwomen issue #21 sept 1993 :-) 

"Footprints in the sand" I found some music and words to go with this photo,just click on this link
 

3Rd State of Origin here I come Seat is booked,plane tickets booked,woo hoo! here I come! 

“Shaky Wedding Blues”
What an experience..Got to bed 3.ooam Saturday am...up early to get my daughter Carlys 14th birthday party organised as my wife Cathy went off to work.
10.00 am. phone call from Lee '" The Photographer",Are you still coming to the wedding? I try to find as many excuses as I can but then say um!! ok. He will pick me up at 3.00pm sharp.
12.00am.Must go and have a sleep for an hour before kids start arriving for the party.
12.15pm.First girl arrives with father,he wants to talk fishing,I am thinking wedding and starting to get a bit edgy,he stays for an hour.
1.15pm More kids start arriving...Cathy is out shopping for extra things..there goes my sleep.
2.45pm. Cathy arrives home,I am sweating ‘it must be hot.’
3.00pm. lee arrives,he shows me his case of cameras and lenses,All of which I have always dreamed of owning.He gives me some crash lessons on the one I am to use,Cathy wishes me good luck.. and off we go.
On the way in he hands me a wedding book for me to study the photos and procedes to calm me down..I ask how many people are coming and he informs me approx 150. * bloody hell! I go into panick mode again.I thought about 50 would be a good number.
4.00pm.We arrive at Southbank Convention Centre and Hotel 'guests are all staying in the hotel rooms.We head to the pool garden gazebo where the event is to happen and study our notes and the area.I sneak to the bar and grab a quick scotch before exiting to the car park to settle my nerves and send a text message.My phone then rings and the voice on the other end calms me down and gives me some more hints...*Thanks Patty.
5.00pm guests arrive and wedding gets under way..my camera to shoot with was a Canon ES300 that takes film, so I have not seen my shots out of that one yet,Thats very hard when you cannot check on the lcd screen.
I took about 100 on my Canon A75 and was using a Canon EOS 350D at times thru the nite..very nice camera.
I found that once I got going it was a bit easier but still very daunting...we got home about 10.30pm and I have not felt that mentally drained for ages.
Next morning I went to Lees to see the shots we had got.He said there is good and bad news,my 256mg card was somehow corrupt and showing no images ,I came out with a few choice words but he was already in the middle of downloading a site off google to refind the files,it cost him $50 to get the code password which I now have in case you ever have the same problem.And presto there were my photos again right back till our trip to Brisbane two months ago,isn't modern technology wonderful,I had deleted all those off the card and they were still there.
We took approx 700 shots between us He wants me to do it again someday,I will have to think seriously about that one.

 

"Sunbird" A lucky shot..saw the bird coming at the corner of my eye...Gotta be happy with that 

"Dennis The menace" Our next door neighbours just had this cute baby.I took this last night at the exact moment he turned one day old.She had the baby at 10pm and was home from hospital at midday the next morning.I think they needed the bed,good old public hospital system.As I live next door I am now called 'Mr Wilson"  

Me and my friend Marsha looking like we are 300lbs. with all our cloths. Cold on top that mountain.
Teddy

Guinness Widget

Kevin's wife Tandy had a birthday today (March 22). We went out to dinner to celebrate at a local restaurant. I ordered a Guinness, Kevin told me about the Widget (Nitrogen Bottle) in the bottle. This raised the question aboat how they get it in there, which neither of us can answer.

Can you help us, inquiring minds want to know.

1. How do they get the widget (Nitrogen bottle) in to the bottle without setting it off ?
2. If you can't get the widget out of the bottle, how do they put it in the bottle in the first place ?

Another beautiful day on the horizon 6.15am This morning 

North Queensland sunrise Yesterday Morning early 

International Goof off day

When : Always March 22nd

Now here's a day that just about everybody can relax and enjoy. It's a day to do anything and everything.....except what you're supposed to do today.

Mr. & Mrs Mallard swimming in my driveway. Lots of rain the last two day.  

Horse Dentist A friend sent me this of her horse getting its teeth done...ouch 

Strange Incident

Strange things happen today, when I came home from work. I went to use the toilet, when I discovered that the toilet paper had unraveled and was in a pile on the floor, except it was still attached to the cardboard tube. I knew that the furnace hadn’t caused that to happen before.

So I started rolling it back on the roll (1/3 of the roll), when Tuxso (my cat) wondered in to watch what I was doing.

Hmmm! I thought, he must have gotten bored and decided to play with the newfound toy.

St Paddys Day Well this was last years Paddys day dress up..had to come in green and orange 

Prince of Wales

The above link is for the Prince of Wales. His itinerary doesn't go up to April thought.

Royal Family

Ok, try the above link.

Royal Family link

This link is on the front page of my website. Sorry Brispaul, your link doesn't work, so try the above title.

Reading

Aemonnday, your right, Angela's Ashes was brilliant, I didn't read the book, but watched the movie.

Waiheke Island New Zealand This is where I spent my first couple of days in NZ..my friends winery 

Todays Thought 

What is the Meaning of Life?

What is the Meaning of Life?

Is it 42 as from Douglas Adams book The HitchHikers guide to the Galaxy. Or is it to live hard and die young, like the lyrics "Hope I die before I get old" from the Who’s song My Generation.

What is your idea on the meaning of life.

My motto.

Eat a live toad for breakfast, and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day. (Gosh, he took some finding).

Another three things.....

The opposite of Patty's, what three things would you hate to overhear people say about you.

My big Medical Scare follow up

Here is a follow up, to my big Medical Scare blog of last week. I got a letter from my Doctor who preformed the Colonoscopy exam today with the test results. He stated that the two colon polyps that he removed from me were benign and NOT of the precancerous type. I can hear a choir signing Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's the Messiah. :D

Thank you Sue, Eamonndaly, Patty, Teddy and Leigh for your kind comments to my orginal blog.

FEMALE PRAYER

FEMALE PRAYER
Before I lay me down to sleep, I pray for a man, who's not a creep, One who's handsome, smart and strong One who loves to listen long, One who thinks before he speaks, One who'll call, not wait for weeks. I pray he's gainfully employed, When I spend his cash, won't be annoyed. Pulls out my chair and opens my door, Massages my back and begs to do more Oh! Send me a man who'll make love to my mind, Knows what to answer to "How big is my behind?" I pray that this man will love me to no end, And always be my very best friend. Amen.

MALE PRAYER
I pray for a deaf-mute nymphomaniac with huge boobs who owns a liquor store and a bass boat. Amen.

Cruelty!

Cruelty is one of the things that makes me angry. I don't understand the mentality of these people, who keep bears in very small cages,

http://www.animalsasia.org/index.php?module=2&lg=en

or cut off the ears of kittens just for the fun of it. Or kill a new born baby, or physically or mentally abuse a child. Or hurt any animal or child; they can't defend themselves.