Monthly Archives: December 2007

Blogging, Travel

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Yaaaay! I made it onto the top 100 Aussie Blogger list. Thanks Meg for organising the list!

I’m so excited!

😀

In other news… I’M. ON. HOLIDAYS! W00t!

But don’t worry your intrepid reporter will be keeping you updated will all SultanaNews as we trek to climes cold.

And the news is white:

Snow Alert
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But first we have a river cruise to do.

You know, I’m not a fan of the river cruise. Especially one during the day. For a start the food is always disappointing. The wine starts too early and I feel like having a nap by 2pm which is a pity really as there is still hours to go. Can you take a book on a river cruise?

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I suspect as it is for my mother-in-law’s 80th birthday that I had better not. Not quite the done thing darling.

Still you never know. This river cruise could be the exception. Instead of being an overpriced, squalid, putt up the river to a second rate winery and over-rated food, it might be the epicurian journey of a lifetime.

It might.

On the other hand, a pack of cards would fit more easily in my handbag…

Family, Introspection

Why I should learn the cello

Yo Yo Ma playing celloYes I know you all think (those of you who haven’t read my me page) that I must play the cello being as I am, called Cellobella.

Well the truth is that I can’t play the cello.  At all.

In fact in my earliest days online I used to call myself Weathergirl because well, I used to occasionally present the weather – the last time when I was 8 and a half months pregnant so you know it was a long time ago.  Anyway for some reason that handle fell away and my eldest was 3 and I started him on Suzuki Cello.

This was mainly because my new friend The Poshi had enrolled her son, also 3, and thought it would be cool if we shared lessons.  I, not wanting to be outdone by someone clearly a more organised and therefore better mother than me, agreed and so it was that we’d travel to Palmyra every week with an overgrown viola in the back seat to sit through half hour after half hour of agonising Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

Of course he wouldn’t practice.  He.  Was.  Three.

So I thought – because I was clearly going to be A Good Mother – I would buy a cello and practice along with him.  It was a win-win I thought.  He would be encouraged to play and therefore I wasn’t wasting my money, time and petrol AND I would learn the cello, an instrument I’ve admired since The Witches of Eastwick (go and get the DVD if you don’t know what scene I’m referring to).

My plan was to learn the first cello suite by JS Bach – as played by Yo Yo Ma. Play the video to get the full surround sound experience.

Oh this just sends me.  I want this played at my funeral.  Okay maybe not by Yo Yo Ma (he’s way too famous), but by someone else who can play it.  I love the bit towards the end where he sounds like he’s playing two cellos at once.

In fact what would be my dream is to find someone who will teach me just this piece.  I don’t want to play anything else – just this one 2 minute 38 second piece – really well.  It is so beautiful.

Of course, my son hated me playing my cello – it was too loud compared to his little one – he refused to practice if my cello was out of its bag.  He gave up aged 5.  But my new handle – Cellobella – stuck.

Anyhoo I saw my cello, out there in the backroom where it has languished now for nearly 8 years, when we cleaned the guest quarters last weekend for The Dark Horse. 
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Why don’t you sell it?  Asked Groover for maybe the hundredth time.

But I can’t sell it.

Because that would be like selling out on my dream.

And while that cello is sitting there, my dream is still a possibility.

Which is all a long-winded way of saying to Meg how much I loved receiving this link via email today. 🙂

This is me practicing all those years ago…

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This is my son’s reaction…

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Random

Lurking on top of my fridge…

Lurking on top of my fridge and no doubt yours, is a little basket of stuff.

You know the sort of stuff. The bits and pieces of life that don’t quite “go” anywhere.

(Okay you might have a “stuff” drawer)

Here’s my basket:

basket

The contents include:

Spare house keys – only one key still works
Used birthday candles – two types
Pegs
Blunt pencil
Playing cards – just a couple of loose ones
A comb
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Medicines
Cotton reels
Glass beads
An allen key
An earplug
A sharpened pencil
A key finder (no battery) on a piece of elastic
Some random bits of plastic that once had a role in life
A texta
A marble
Hair elastics
A thank you card
The battery cover for a toy (oh that’s where that is!)
A screw

So what do you think that says about me?

And what’s in your basket of stuff??

Memes

Oh you meme me?

My homework for this week is two memes. 🙂

First, Trish tagged me for the Five Post Meme:

1. Post 5 links to 5 of your previously written posts. The posts have to relate to the 5 key words given below (family, friend, yourself, your love, anything you like).
2. Tag 5 other friends to do this meme. Try to tag at least 2 new acquaintances (if not, your current blog buddies will do) so that you get to know them each a little bit better.
3. Don’t forget to read the archived post and leave comments.

I thought – easy peasy – but it was surprisingly not.

Family

I’ve chosen this post about my dad. My dad is a great guy. Warm, loving and caring. But. His management style could be described as “a little gruff”. And he does tend towards short phone calls… 🙂

Friend

Okay for this one I’m going to link to the Community Blogger Award. Who would have thought one little gesture to thank the fabulous Meg would have led to me meeting so many lovely bloggy friends. 🙂

Yourself

One of my favourite hobbies is playing bridge – in this post I celebrate my latest bridge success. Sadly I haven’t played since… hopefully I’ll get a game in before Christmas.

Your love

As I searched for a post about Groover I realised that what I jokingly say to him is in fact true – “It is all about me”. And hey, it’s my blog so I’m entitled. Of course in reality EVERYTHING is about me… mwah ha ha ha ha.

Anyway I did find a post about a spooky experience Groover had in Karratha and as he is there this week – it seems appropriate…

Anything you like

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And then today I was tagged by this meme from Kin:

1. What did you accomplish this past week?
Fixed my blog.
Cleaned out the back room in preparation for houseguest.
Redid the summer roster for work.
Made slice for Year 7 graduation party.
Fixed reticulation.
Banked cheques.
Took back pirate costumes. (I know this is pathetic but I can’t think of much…)
Sang at Christmas concert.

2. Did anything not go as expected?
Well I didn’t expect to break a heel at the pirate party!

3. What was the highlight of your week?
Definitely the concert in Forrest Place, although… the pirate party was great fun too… and working today on Mornings was really fun.

4. Did anything exciting happen that you did not expect?
No, not really. 🙁

You’re tagged for either, both or neither meme – it’s your call.

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Groover, Introspection

My husband is a woman!

We were discussing traditional roles today and we decided that in fact Groover is a woman and I – or at least – apart from the grunting, screaming childbirth thang – I am a man.

Let us review the evidence together:

Groover loves cooking, can keep a fantastic house, makes the bed like a nurse, disciplines the kids, manages the money and irons beautifully.

Whereas I, well I don’t really excel at any of that but I do play Set – a brilliant game based on spatial relationships which everyone knows is a blokey attribute.
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Ipso facto: I am the bloke.

Only one piece of evidence stands out as proof of my femininity! I’m the one who ALWAYS organises the babysitter!

Back in your box Groover! Oh and while you’re there… would you mind ironing this?

Awards

Someone hearts me!

‘O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’ (S)He chortled in (her)his joy. Lewis Carroll

from magnetoboldtoo - thanks Kelley

I hadn’t seen the less than three version of a heart before… cool huh?
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Thanks Kelley and right back at ya – and I’d like to pass this award onto – Feline Groovy, The Food Pornographer, h&b and Don and Carol…

But really, I loves you all. 🙂

House

Dark Horse: Your room is ready!

We call him The Dark Horse. He has been a friend of Groover’s since school and is coming out for an Australian Christmas with his girlfriend and helpfully staying at our place while we bugger off to a big family Christmas in the snow.

We don’t often have guests but whenever we do we are galvanised into action and clean out our granny flat which spends most of the year as a shed/storeroom/kids playroom.

It wasn’t that bad actually… there have been times when I’ve physically not been able to get past the first foot from the door due the the junk that has been dumped in there. I took some before and after photos.

before bed

As you can see the bed has completely collapsed. Fixing the frame was our first priority and it took ages.


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after bed

Ah but the result was worth it.

room

This is the other half. There is also a small bathroom – filled with The Orchid Hunter’s school notes from 2005&6 – the ones he couldn’t bear to part with – but I don’t want to bore you…

We’ve lived in this house for ten years and this is the first time I can remember Groover helping out with the clean up (he says he’s done it once before – but I don’t remember). It’s much more fun when there is two of you, plus he even threw out some of his crap beloved treasures.

 

Groover, Modern Life

Singstars… not.

SingstarsWe’re supposed to be cleaning out the back room for The Dark Horse and his girlfriend who are coming to stay with us next week. Instead we are recovering from our hangovers from last night (more on that later) by playing Singstar.

The only songs I can get close to are Something Stupid (the Robbie Williams part), Smooth Operator and the song by The Fratellis which has lots of Do Do Do Dos in it.

Hopefully we’ll be able to download some more singable songs soon – or at least some that I know.

piratesLast night we went out to Groover’s work Christmas party. I was supposed to go to my work’s one but Groover’s was Pirate themed – a murder mystery set in the Salty Dog Inn (aka their workshop room). It was really good fun. I wore a corset and my long red wig and spoke in a throaty Irish accent (or something not that close) all night. I must have been reasonably close as someone thought I was Irish! 🙂

My character was Mad Rose, Groover was Dirty Wiggins, the hangman and chief police officer. He had a starring role and his one liners were hot all night. He must have a sore throat like me because his Arrrrh’s were loud and frequent!

The pirate punch was lethal and at one point -despite my heel breaking – I was all for heading on down to the Burswood in full pirate kit to join my work party.
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And that’s about it. Only four days left of work before I’m on holidays and I’m SO looking forward to it. Lately my life has felt like an out of control train heading for a brick wall so I’m quite keen to put the brakes on.

No Christmas shopping done yet, but that’s per normal.

We’re heading to Connecticut to my sister’s for Christmas so I’ll probably do most of my shopping over there to save on luggage space. We’ll be over in the US for a few weeks so if you’ve got any tips as to places to visit – I’d love to hear them… or places to shop. 🙂

(This is why we need to get that room sorted for our housesitters! Speaking of which, I’d better get off my lardy arse and get on with it. Groover? Wake up!)

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Extracurricular

The Choir Experience

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Not only that! Groover has put up a couple of mini-videos from his phone online – so go nuts!

It’s a bit hard to tell who I am but if you go four people to the right of the conductor and then one back – the girl in the Santa hat is me! Dark hair. Top step.
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It went so quickly! And Groover said the highlight for him was an arrangement we did of Waltzing Matilda – an arrangement we found so hard! So the effort was worth it.

The highlight for me was seeing Junior Poshi standing on her chair clapping and cheering. She was so supportive. The choir is staying together so I’m thinking of sticking with it. It is such good fun. If you live in Perth and want to join – let me know and I’ll see what I can do… wink wink.