From the Universe

When you can look beneath their behavior that hurt you, and you can see the frightened child - it becomes nearly impossible to be angry and carry a grudge.
And you so can.
ILY,
The Universe

Besides, your happiness, abundance, health, and friendships are not dependent on how others behave.

Our House - Week 3

and we have a slab!!!!!!!!!

(btw guys... you can see bigger pics on my facebook page

The Name Game

1.YOUR REAL NAME:
BHB (well... u know)
2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME:(mother and fathers middle names)
Anne Malcolm
3.NASCAR NAME:(first name of your mother's dad, father's dad)
Ron Arthur
4.STAR WARS NAME:(the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)
TayTr (or BunBL)
5.DETECTIVE NAME:(favorite color, favorite animal)
Pink Leopard
6.SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born)
Anne Harrogate
7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
Purple The Gin
8.FLY NAME:(first letter of 1st name, first 3 letters of your last name)
T-Tay (or B-Bun)
9.STREET NAME:(fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie/biscuit)
Chocolate Shortbread
10.SKANK NAME: (1st pet's name, street you grew up on)
Candy Whitehouse
11.GANGSTA NAME:(first 3 letters of first name plus 'izzle')
Tra-izzle (or Bluizzle)
12.YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets)
Black Trixie
13. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy)
Happy Mentos (sounds more like an Adam Sandler movie)

From the Universe

Never compromise a dream.
Sure, take a step back, regroup, go bowling, but never compromise a dream.

Ciao,

The Universe

Well... I don't really bowl, but I do love the shoes.

Room 101

Never enough-ers

Never happy with their lot.. always have something to complain about. You know the ones... they get taken for a wonderful day out, and yet complain about the few spots of rain they got.. The would win the lottery and complain about having to pay taxes or having to go all the way across town to pick up the cheque.

These people need to be given special glasses that let's them see the good things in life. We'll call them posi-specs.

Quirky Tuesday

Things to make you happy:

• Warm rainy days
• A cheesy joke
• Dark chocolate dipped strawberries
• A long hug - given with "feeling"
• A handwritten letter from a friend

Our House - Week 2

Staked out.
Our new outdoor tap.

Our new Gas MeterOur view. Look very carefully and you can see Macca's

Our colour scheme. Red bricks with dark grey roof and trim, neutral tile, white bathrooms, neutral kitchen.

Cool Things I found This Week

I found this beautiful Aussie Summer poem and thought it might be a comfort to you. It was to me and it's very well written; I hope you enjoy it because it's the best piece of English literature I've seen in quite a while.... 'An Aussie Summer ' a poem by Terry Jackson. Fuck, It's HOT !

Shhh. Kate tagged me!

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.

1. I have a passion for glass bricks. There is a house near where I live that has a wall with glass bricks details in it, and I love it. My dream house would have a glass brick feature wall somewhere.
2. I freely admit to picking my nose in the car.. cause of course no-one can see you when you're driving :)
3. I buy the Sunday Herald Sun every week, just for the crossword. It's a full page one that lasts me all week.
4. My favourite sandwich is egg mayo and beetroot.
5. I report people to the EPA if they drop litter, yet I don't pick up after my doggies morning toilet achievements.
6. I once did a 14 mile row across lake windermere, and didn't feel sore the next day (gee.. Those were the days!)
7. I have always wanted to play the bass guitar.
8. I have an obsession with "picking" (see point 2) I frequently "attend" to my cats nose, my dogs ears and eyes, and my son if he'll let me. I used to pick his nose with tweezers when he was a baby.
9. I built by own jewellery making desk with pull out drawers.. all by myself!
10. I used to "rally" in my mom's car when she lent it to me when I was younger, down a road the locals nicknamed "chicken run". I'd also do hand-brake turns in the gravel. She still doesn't know.
11. I broke up with my first boyfriend because he cut off his long hair.
12. I've always wanted a pet goat..
13. I'm a secret mobwars fanatic. (not secret any more)
14. I love the smell of petrol, paint, and sweaty gyms!
15. (damn this is getting hard!) I have recently been taking my mum to line dancing.. and I am actually enjoying it too!
16. I once went to a 70s fancy dress as a black chick.. complete with full body make up and afro wig (which I still have)
17. I avoid returning things I have bought because I hate going to shops and complaining.. even if the complaint is utterly legitimate and reasonable.
18. I once did correspondence courses on Photography and Interior Design. I didn't complete either of them.
19. My favourite flowers are Lillies... especially the white peace lily.
20. I was once good enough to swim for the Junior County Swim team. I gave it up before I got chance to take part in any competitions.
21. I started doing Karate because I had a crush on my "sensei" Several years after I quit, I bumped into him in the street and he made a pass at me, and I declined!
22. I have all my wisdom teeth, and never had any problems with them.
23. My favourite toys were Barbies and Lego.
24. I absolutely can't stand Kate Bush's voice. If a song of hers is playing I have to leave the room until it's over. It's like nails on a chalk board to me!
25. It's taken me a week to think of 25 things to put on this damned list!

The news this week.....

Even a 10-foot inflatable rat has free speech rights in New Jersey, the state's Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
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Construction workers are anxious and investigators are puzzled. Someone has been sending San Francisco's portable toilets up in flames in a wave of potty pyromania.
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An Australian traveler was caught with two live pigeons stuffed in his pants following a trip to the Middle East, customs officials said Tuesday.
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Swiss police said Thursday they stumbled across a large marijuana plantation while using Google Earth, the search engine company's satellite mapping software.
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Blowfish testicles prepared by an unauthorized chef sickened seven diners in northern Japan and three remained hospitalized Tuesday after eating the poisonous delicacy.
View article...

From the Universe

Baby steps spark miracles.

Miracles do not spark baby steps.

Ungawa,

The Universe

p.s: The only miracles that can't reach you are the ones you wait around for.

Room 101

Trams

They are slow, annoying and driving down a road with tram tracks scares the hell out of me.
... also I have only travelled on them twice and both times I was groped.

Quirky Tuesday

Occupations that can have double meanings:-

• Pool Cleaner a.k.a Porn Star
• Bouncer a.k.a Drug Dealer
• Taxi Driver a.k.a Politician
• Italian Restaurant Owner a.k.a Mafia

Moody Monday

cu⋅ri⋅ous 
1. eager to learn or know; inquisitive. 2. prying; meddlesome. 3. arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious sort of person; a curious scene. 4. Archaic. a. made or prepared skillfully. b. done with painstaking accuracy or attention to detail: a curious inquiry. c. careful; fastidious. d. marked by intricacy or subtlety.

For this theme I decided to hunt down Life's Big Questions, taken at random from Yahoo Answers:-

Why do so many car accidents happen so close to home?

Can you wash fake hair extensions?

Where in Australia can I buy a doorbell that moos like a cow?

Our House

New series of regular features will track the progress of our house being built.

We started this mammoth journey last April... and since then we have gone through the laborious, mind numbing task of buying land, completing paperwork, choosing builders, completing paperwork, designing house, completing paperwork, obtaining loans, completing paperwork, etc etc (you get the picture)

Back in August, I posted this. Finally, we have got the building permit, and I have been promised that the cutting and staking out will take place this week, ready for the slab...

Here's a pic of what our land looks like now:-

Our left hand neighbours (our house will look very much like this at the front)
Our right hand neighbours

The good thing about them getting their houses up first, is that we don't have to put up with living next door to a construction site... they do!

Check here regularly for step by step process on building your dream home :)