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 :)

RIP Tony Hart

RIP Tony Hart 1925-2009

I used to love Take Hart & HartBeat (I can still remember the title tune) and of course Morph. I believe it was Tony and his show that gave me my creative hunger, and the ability to see things in an artistic light.. not only what their initial purpose was.

Even today, I use his tricks... like using Blue Tack (or plasticine in those days) under paper when making a hole with a punch or pin, to stop the paper from tearing. I now do this regularly to punch holes in my business cards to display and package my earring designs.

A Facebook Meme:-

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real. . .nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.Have Fun!!

1. What is your name: BHB
2. A four Letter Word: Bulb
3. A boy's Name: Bob
4. A girl's Name: Belinda
5. An occupation: Bus Driver
6. A color: Blue
7. Something you wear: Blouse
8. A food: Bacon
9. Something found in the bathroom: Bath
10. A place: Barbados
11. A reason for being late: Bad Traffic
12. Something you shout: Bravo!
13. A movie title: Beetlejuice
14. Something you drink: Beer!
15. A musical group: Beatles
16. An animal: Bison
17. A street name: Batman Avenue
18. A type of car: BMW Z4
19. A song title: Bad Medicine (Bon Jovi)
20. A verb: Be

Nadal's Annoying Habit

Went to the tennis on Thursday.. Awesome day out... except a little tiny thing bugged me.....

Nadal's Undies..

Every point was the same... every serve the same routine... get 3 balls from the ballboys.. hits one back.... puts one in his pocket, bounces the ball on the ground with his racket... picks his undies out of his ass... serves..

Nads, honey... if you are gonna get sponsorship from Nike, don't worry about the amount of $$$ they offer you... make sure they give you comfy undies... a wedgie is very unattractive when you pick it out... especially when you do it EVERY SINGLE TIME in front of a few thousand people in the arena.. and a few million! on TV.

Go see Pat Rafter... he swears by his comfy undies :)

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From the Universe

What you want has no bearing on whether or not you'll get it.

None. Nada. Zippo.

It's only ever a question of whether or not you can behave as if you already have it.

I got you, babe -

The Universe

Room 101

People who don't check spelling of other people's names!

Their names and details have been deleted to protect the stupid and/or incompetent...

My e-mail:

"Contact person for accounts is xxxxxxxxxxxx, telephone #########.

Thanks and regards

Tracy

National Fleet Controller"

Their response:

Tracey,

Thanks for the details.

Regards,

xxxxxxxx (I'm a tool who is too lazy to read properly and not professional enough to check a simple matter of spelling someone's name correctly)

Quirky Tuesday

If they made their live stories into a Musical I would be on the front row :-

Carl Williams

Ellen De-Generes

Angelina Jolie

Colonel_Sanders

Hilary Clinton

(inspiration for this topic from "Shane Warne The Musical")

Manic Monday

Manic Monday #151
What do you do to make yourself feel better when you are sick?

I watch Judge Judy or Dr Phil, or even better if I can find an episode of Jerry Springer. Makes me feel a whole lot better that I am not a guest on one of those shows ;)

What is the most amazing weather you've ever seen?

I remember being in a gale so fierce that for every step forward was a real fight not to to be blown back again. I was walking home from the dentist when I was about 16. I was almost crying with frustration by the time I got home. I also love Aussie weather... especially warm rain.. love walking in the rain on a warm day, or sitting out in a singlet watching the lightning.

Do you listen to music or talk radio in the car?

I am currently in between stations... switching from Nova 100 to Vega 91.5. I like Vega better but after a while feel out of touch with new music so switch so start feeling young again. I love Dicko Dave & Chrissie on Vega's brekkie radio.

Things I Learned This Week

• Line-Dancing is harder than it looks
• Standing up for yourself doesn't always work but it makes you feel a whole lot better
• My Dad is a Quiz Master! (i'm very jealous)

PlayList for the Week

Instead of Saturday Playlist figured I would change it slightly to songs for the week ahead:

Sunday: Vampire Racecourse - The Sleepy Jackson (love it!)

Monday: Searchin' (Looking for Love) - Hazel Dean (hmmmm)

Tuesday: In the Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics

Wednesday: Thanks for the Memories - Fall out Boy

Thursday: I'm Your Man - Wham

Friday: Ultimate Satisfaction - Ludacris Ft FieldMob (woah! can't wait!)

Saturday: Can't Fight the Moonlight - Leanne Rimes

The news this week.....

A New York doctor is demanding that his estranged wife pay him $1.5 million to compensate him for the kidney he gave her while they were still on good terms.
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An eastern Pennsylvania man may face up to 37 years in prison for tearing open a neighbor's door with a chain saw.
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An Indiana prosecutor says a former church official is charged with stealing more than $276,000 from church accounts and using some of the money to pay for a vasectomy.
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Police in Nigeria have arrested scores of motorcycle taxi riders with dried fruit shells, pots or pieces of rubber tire tied to their heads with string to avoid a new law requiring them to wear helmets.
View article...

From the Universe

It's the exact same for me. My love goes unreturned, I feel completely unappreciated, or some clown starts telling me what's wrong with the world (my world!).

And so, I have to remind myself that I am the Universe, that this is an adventure, and that one day they will come to know the errors in their thinking.

And, not that it matters at all, but I secretly hope that on that day I just happen to be carried past them, sitting in my processional throne, followed by throngs of admirers, with all the Angels singing, "We are the champions, my friends..."

You are the Universe, this is an adventure, and they will learn.

Tallyho,

The Universe

Room 101

Trucker Caps.

The foam front that makes your forehead looks twice as tall as it really is.. and worse... the cheap mesh net at the back to supposedly let ventilation in.

Please face it... they look shit.. if you wanna wear a cap, wear a baseball cap. At least they conform to the shape of your head and don't look like you made it at home from your gramma's curtains.

Quirky Tuesday

Things people will never say to me:-

• You're too skinny... you need to eat something.
• You look hot in lycra.
• Put your foot down... you're going too slow.
• Congratulations on winning the lottery.
• Your credit card balance is Zero.

Moody Monday

Theme is Athletic

Thanks to FLICKR for the pics.

... know what I noticed when I searched.... not many people so leap-frog any more ;)

Things I Learned This Week

• Move any sharp and pointy objects (like receipt spikes) before leaning over your computer to check connections.
• Be careful when removing air from a bag of dog hair clippings.. unless you want to wear the dog hair.
• Good things come to those who wait ;)

From the Universe

It's easy. Your thoughts become things. Don't fight it. Don't think there's anything else. Don't entertain the false premises of fate, luck, or a God who judges, withholds, or decides.

You decide. You manifest. You rule. This is why you are here. This is what you came to discover. You were born to experience your absolute dominion over every flimsy, malleable illusion of time and space; to have, do, and be anything.

Truthfully, it couldn't be any easier. All you have to do is think of what you want and refuse to deviate from that thought. This will, invariably, set you into motion, stir up the magic, and unleash the full force, power, and majesty of a Universe conspiring on your behalf.

It's worth everything you've got. Be strong, be vigilant, take action, and the Kingdom of Heaven shall appear at your very feet.

I've got your back,

The Universe

Room 101

Credit Cards

well this one is a no brainer... put them into room 101, and I don't get into debt, and I can't buy anything I can't afford.

simple 'innit!

To Do List

Quick progress report

• Booked tickets for Australian Open - going 24th Jan!
• Taking Bike licence test in February
• Cranbourne Rodeo listed on calender - plan to attend
• I Made a pair of PJ pants. Stuffed up a little bit but I'm wearing them now so it turned out OK.
• Going out for dinner tomorrow night.
• Managed to fix my wireless network connection
• I have been able to buy my tumbler and kiln on Bartercard... whoo hoo!

Great start to the year don't ya think!?

oh, and the above picture... does that look painful to you????

Monday's a Bitch

The Movie of Your Life in 2008

1. What would be the title? Try Harder

2. What would be the tag line? You Need more than just Lemons to make Lemonade

3. Who would be the main characters? Who would you cast to play them? I would Like to be played by Kim Raver, or maybe Alyson Hannigan . Mom played by Judi Dench. My now ex T/L by John Travolta or Jeremy Piven.

4. What would be the climax in the story? The realisation that you can put your heart and soul into a relationship, but if the other person doesn't do the same, then it cannot be saved.

5. What song would play for the closing credits? You can't always get what you want, by the Rolling Stones, followed by Opportunity, by Pete Murray or Around the Bend by the Asteroids Galaxy Tour (gimme good good times around the bend!)

Cool Things I found This Week

I Googled myself recently, as I thought there was another bluehappybunny out there, and was kinda intrigued. On my travels I came across this Site Dossier

Some of the pages that linked to me I wasn't so surprised about, as I have considered them blog friends for a while now... however, here's the sites I don't think I have seen before, and I wanted to return the favour and link back...

Less than Lucid.. - hmm great name, I know how that feels sometimes :0

Cat509 - appears to have once been a Quirky Tuesday participant :^

Marsbookaholic - this on has a great link to a Grammar Nazi's dream site! I'll be checking it out for sure! :>

Same Sam - sounds like my kinda chick ;)

Nueve Lente - I got a "foreign One" whoo hoo - My memes are multi-lingual 8)

Some Things Need Said - Oh yes, they do :*

oh, and a quick shout out to my long lost friends, Jenny Boo and LifeSinger... Miss you guys!

Saturday PlayList

I can play this properly now I got my Ipod for Chrissie ;)

1. 19-20-20 - The Grates (I still don't "get" this song yet, but it sounds raw and cool)

2. All the Small Things - Blink 182 ("she left me roses by the stairs..")

3. Phunky Star - Laurent Wolf

4. Can't stop this thing we started - Bryan Adams (cheesy, but in an oh so good way)

5. The Greatest View - Silverchair

6. Dedicated to the One I Love - Mamas and Papas

7. Let there be love - Simple Minds (yeah, please....)

8. Cry Wolf - A-ha

9. Get Shakey - Ian Carey Project

10. Is she really going out with him? - Elivis Costello

Quick Question...

Ever get tired of going to bed? Fed up of sleeping?

... or maybe that's just me.....

From the Universe

2009, will not be just another year.
It's the absolute richest I've ever imagined, with the most possibilities I've ever created, for the coolest people I've ever known, to do the greatest things that have ever been done.

Don't feel any pressure.

Let's do this,

The Universe

p:s 2009 is all yours baby!

Happy New Year!

Quirky Tuesday

Pranks to play at Christmas:

• Put the "lucky penny" in the turkey instead of the Christmas Pud... whoever requires the Hiemlich Maneouvre has won!
• Decorate the dog's tail with tinsel, then watch him run round for hours trying to get it off.
• Put the volume to zero on the Queen's speak then sit there and make comments about how wise and wonderful she is while your relatives wonder why then can't hear her.
• Buy everyone Gifts you know they will hate and award points for the cheesiest fake smiles.
• Put yellow food dye in ice cubes for drinks and tell guests you used snow from outside.

Plan Ahead

The start of the new year is always a time where I feel motivated and positive. It always seems the ideal to plan those things you always wanted to do.. to make 2009 a year to remember.

In 2008 I:-

• Did Silver making Classes
• Rode my first Motorbike
• Took C. to his first live concert
• Started a fantastic new job
• Built a pergola (or rather had one built)
• Made my own work desk from scratch
• Became an Australian Citizen
• Upgraded to HD and went wireless
• Went to Gold Coast Theme Parks
• Saw Mike Dooley
• Went on a Test Drive Day
• Attended an Expo by myself
• Joined Facebook
• Started Plans to Build a new House
• Been on the Radio (very very briefly...)
• Went to Oaks Day

I'm sure there's more but can't think of them at the moment...

So Far in 2009 I plan to:-

• Get my Motorbike Licence
• Attend Cranbourne Rodeo
• Go to The Australian Open (that's Tennis to the non-sports fans!)
• Take C. to Calder Park Raceway
• Finish Building my House
• Go to a Day Spa
• Go to a shooting range
• Build up my Jewellery Business

If anyone has any other suggestions of things to do, places to go, and things to achieve, please let me know... or tell me what your plans are and if they are great I'll copy them!

Cool Things I found This Week

If I told you how I came across this site you wouldn't believe me, so I won't bother.

Check out these nutz!

So while we are on the subject of Nuts, I thought I would share these too:

A wonderful expression here in Oz is "The Duck's Nuts" meaning that it is "the bees knees" or it's Totally Cool! And it's in the Urban Dictionary

: Here's the site for the Ducks Buts Bar & Grill

: and of course you can always eat Ducks Nuts

... although, I personally prefer Nobby's Nuts

The Christmas News This Week.....

Snowzilla is no more. Municipal officials in Anchorage have given a cease-and-desist order to builders of the giant snowman that made appearances the last three years in an east Anchorage neighborhood.
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There may be a perfectly good reason why Santa doesn't get lost on his annual Christmas globetrot: His flying reindeer just might be female and don't mind stopping for directions.
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A suspicious surplus of Christmas spirit led to the arrest of a man in Southern California.
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A New Jersey man will need to receive rabies shots after a "terrified" bobcat bit him at a pet store photo shoot.
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Police called to a variety store by a burglar alarm overnight found a toddler inside, playing with the toys.
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Santa Claus has added a New York City traffic agent to his naughty list after she gave him a ticket while delivering gifts to children.
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From the Universe

Jambo, this is the Universe! The all-powerful, all-knowing, do whatever the heck I want, how I want, when I want, Universe.

Yes, the very same Universe that can give you all that your heart desires... but won't.
Because that would take ALL the FUN out of it for you.

Trust me,

The Universe

p:s Of course, I'll help, haven't I always? Who brings you Fridays every week?

Ho Ho HO!

Merry Christmas from my boyz and me xxxx

Room 101

This is gonna sound terribly ungrateful, but toiletry gift sets, bath gift sets, pedicure gift sets etc etc, should just be banned for life.

Not only is it a subtle attack on my personal hygiene, but then I have my dilemmas:-

1) How do I use sparkly bath bubbles in a creative way, in view of the fact that I never have a bath (I always shower... and although most people find them relaxing, I find them kinda boring and even verging on the disgusting... being that I am sitting in water which in turn is now tainted with my own filth)

2) How do I creatively re-use the rather useless basket/wire tray it came in?

3) If I fail to find creative re-uses, which poor sucker do I re-gift it to next year?

Let's just cross these off the gift lists, then no-one has to worry about what they are getting from me next year!

Shot on The Spot

I got tagged by my gorgeous new friend Carina. I don't normally do pics... at all... but to show my support here's mine... unedited, uncropped, nude, naked, raw... (so to speak) Yeah, I know.. my fringe needs cutting.

I'm supposed to tag 5, but I'll just do 3....

Mr Hulme... my Scouse Rock

Becca .... artiste and all round cool chick

Kate... cause I hassle her on facebook so why not on blogger too! ;)

These are the rules:

1. DON'T change your clothes.

2. DON'T fix your hair.

3. Just take a picture.

4. Post that picture with NO editing.

5. Tag 5 people to do this

Christmas Greetings!

Cool Things I found This Week

Check this out! It's an awesome optical illusion I discovered while wandering around the "Fuel My Blog" Peeps.

When I saw it here.. I could only get her to spin anti-clockwise.. didn't matter how I looked at it, I couldn't get her to change direction.

When I looked here though... I can get her to go clockwise, as long as I look at the left picture. The minute I look at the right one she changes direction.

It's bizarre!

My brain knows it's left from it's right, even though I have to check occasionally by pretending to write with my right hand when someone asks me for directions (am I the only person who does that?)

Saturday PlayList

I'm stealing ideas again. I was trolling the cyber waves looking for something music inspired... and although I did something similar back then, I like "Sam"'s idea... so here's what came up on my music player this week.....

1. Missy Higgins - The River

2. Christina Aguilera - Keeps Getting Better

3. Tom Jones - Delilah (now there's a great song for Karaoke!)

4. Paolo Nutini - Alloway Grove

5. Nickleback - Feeling Way Too Damn Good (there's nothing wrong with Nickleback... occasionally ... tee hee )

6. Chicago - Hard to Say I'm Sorry (everybody needs a little time away)

7. Damien Rice - The Blower's Daughter (a spine tingling-ly awesome song)

8. Simian Mobile Disco - Duke of Casio

9. Pharrell - She's an Angel

10. John Mayer - Message in a Bottle (Live cover - very cool!)

I'm thinking of taking up Lawn Bowls.....

Absolutely Hilarious!

From the Universe

Sometimes, when you're feeling your lowest, the real you is summoned.
And you understand, maybe for the first time ever, how grand you are, because you discover that vulnerable doesn't mean powerless, scared doesn't mean lacking in beauty, and uncertainty doesn't mean that you're lost.
These realizations alone will set you on a journey that will take you far beyond what you used to think of as extraordinary.

There is always a bright side.
The Universe

Room 101

Detours

They drag you the long way round the world, just because the work-men want their 15th daily ciggy break in piece....

You'd think the LEAST they could do is make sure that they put signs up to tell you which way to go!!!!!

Quirky Tuesday

This made me laugh out loud when I saw it on Bec's blog, so I thought I would steal it. (getting a habit of mine isn't it!)

Monday's a Bitch

Random Joy
1. What are your thoughts on chastity? Under-rated!
2. How many days do you think you could go with only your computer for company? As long as I have e-mail and blogging I could be happy for weeks... although I think I would get severe eye strain.
3. What, in your opinion, is the exact opposite of butter? Margarine immediately springs to mind... but I can see this coule be a serious debate topic...
4. Have you ever seen the musical "Cats"? If so, what did you think of it? Yes I have, but it was a long time ago and I can't really remember it. In fact I think I was too young to properly understand it. I love the costumes and make up though.
5. What's the #1 thing on your wish list this holiday season? Love and happiness (oops, that's 2 I guess)

Well... It is Christmas!

The three wise men arrived to visit the child lying in the manger.

One of the wise men was exceptionally tall and smacked his head on the low doorway as he entered the stable.

"Jesus Christ!" he exclaimed.

"Write that down, Mary," said Joseph "It's better than Derek."

The news this week.....

A Spokane woman and her mother have been convicted in federal court on charges of sneaking a rhesus monkey into the United States from Thailand.
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A dog weighing more than 120 pounds survived being frozen to a sidewalk overnight, probably because he was insulated by layers of fat, authorities said.
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Authorities responding to a suicide in Florida have made a chilling discovery — a body stored in a carport freezer.
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Bare footprints on a toilet seat led sheriff's deputies to find a man hidden away inside a Baxter County gas station ceiling, apparently "on a mission" to steal, officials said Tuesday.
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Things I Learned This Week

• Don't leave your phone in your back pocket when you go to the loo. (I should have learnt that the first time around!)
• Glitter gets everywhere (and I mean EVERYWHERE!)
• Christmas creeps up on you very quickly

From the Universe

If, once upon a time, earlier in your life, suddenly and without warning, an event, a person, or some unexpected good news suddenly changed everything for the better, it can only mean one thing...
Chances are astronomically high that it will happen again.
Especially since you're even cooler now.

I'm just sayin'

- The Universe

Room 101

Why are slugs such pests? Don't they have homes to go to??????