Crayzee urges

Do you ever get those urges to do something really crazy for no apparent reason? I'm not talking sexual urges, so get them right out of your head now...

.........NOW I said ;)

Walking down the car park driveway and I had the sudden urge to do a cartwheel. Now I wouldn't dream of doing such a thing.. I haven't done a cartwheel since I was at Junior School, and nowadays it would most probably involve ripping the seat of my pants at the very least, and more likely result in a hospital visit and traction.

Like when you're driving round a small roundabout, on a beautiful sunny day, no other cars around... don't ya have the urge to just go round and round the roundabout about 4-5 times? Now this I have done, on 3 occasions: once to delight my boy, once to delight my drunken passengers (I was sober!) and once to make T/L feel sick from his monster hangover.

Other examples:-
* Sitting next to a gorgeous looking guy on the train, and he smelled delicious, and I had the urge to have a lick.
* In the supermarket next to a carefully designed stack of boxes, and I get the urge to knock them all down.
* See a dirty car next to the road, and I get the urge to write my name in the dust.
* Smell the cut grass and get the urge to roll in it.

Makes you feel alive don't it?!

Room 101

Busybodies. Getting their nose into other peoples business where it don't belong. Getting all involved in something that is insignificant and doesn't need to be anyway near as big a deal as they make it out to be. Even worse is when they make a career out of it!

There are lots of important things they can get involved in.. World peace, climate change, Poverty... but no... they have to worry about 1 poor guy who is just out there trying to make a living cleaning cars.. (does he have a licence to use a hose? Can he use that hose/pressure washer on our premises? If his licence is issued by Yarra Valley Water does that mean he can't use it in areas under jurisdiction of another water board?)

AAAAAAArrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhh!

Things, people, places, situations etc you hate/loathe/dispise/don't like very much belong in Room 101. If you decide to do the same please comment or link as appropriate as I would love to hear yours too.

Too Many Tracys

I work for an air conditioning company which is part of a global business conglomerate called UTC (United Technologies Corporation). We are all connected on the global e-mail list.

There are currently 4 Trac(e)y Taylors in UTC, which poses a very small but highly annoying problem occasionally. I get e-mails from Canada all the time, asking me for Warranties on various problems, and inviting me to Christmas parties and Raffles. Tempting though it is to hop on a plane and join in the fun (their Xmas dinner sounded SO much better than ours) I have to decline. I have repeated asked them to amend their distribution list, but alas, the occasional e-mail still gets through.

Tracy in California gets a lot of my mail. In a way I am kind of glad, because his forwarding e-mails are amusing. Today this was an addition:-

T-shirt of the day: Spotted this morning. In big bold type. "I don't finish anythi"
Made me titter!

Tracey in the UK is a recent addition to the clan. All the other TTs welcome her with open arms. "Join our pain"

Trac(e)y Taylors of the world unite!

Quirky Tuesday

Quirky Tuesday will have a different topic each week, to tell everyone about a quirk / ritual / obsession / routine about that subject. As little or as many as you like if you're playing along at home. (I sound like a game show host!). Readers can meme it on their own blogs or just comment on here. Don't forget to link!

This week it's MILK

1. I used to be able to drink 1 pint of milk during my break, when I worked at my first job. It had to be from a glass bottle though and it had to be REALLY cold.


2. If I have more than 1 tablespoon full of milk in my tea I can't drink it.


3. I once left a small carton of strawberry milk on my window sill for 3 years! I still don't really know why... and it was SOOOOOOO rank by the time I eventually through it out.

Monday's a Bitch

When was the last time you...
1.Cleaned out your closet?
Last time I had a major one was about a year ago, but I keep throwing stuff out every now and again... when I need room for something new ;)
2.Went to a concert?
Robbie Williams last December. Freakin' awesome!... oops - actually my son's school concert was about a month ago!
3.Had a milkshake?
Gee - can't remember! Probably a Macca's one about 6 months ago!
4.Got all dressed up?
Went on the Tramcar Restaurant with my Daddy & T/L last month.
5.Went grocery shopping?
Today!

Manic Monday

If you could have a romance with any fictional character, who would it be?
Dorian Gray. I fell in love with the character after seeing the film League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, I imagine him to be romantic, flirtatious and dry witted. (I have a suspicion it is really Stuart Townsend I have the crush on, but anywhoo!)

If you could be invisible for one hour, where would you go and what would you do?
Only 1 hour! That's soooo unfair. I would try for the Essendon Footy Club's locker room, or in the room while my T/L and his folks are talking about me (see what they REALLY think of me), or maybe it would be fun to freak out people I don't like very much by making them think they are haunted... ya see... I got FAR too much FUN to have... need more than 1 hour please!

If you could ask God any single question, what would it be?
The most obvious one.... what is the meaning of all this?! (or maybe.... was I REALLY that bad in the last life?!?)

Music Mambo

Hola amigos! Ready for another Mambo? Today is Grouch Day. Try not to be too grouchy as you name your . . . Top five grouchiest musicians.

Here's mine in no particular order:-

1. Bjork - She's had many a tantrum and hit a reporter.
2. The Oasis Boys - They even look like Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street
3. Robbie Williams - I read his Biography and he often had grouchy episodes
4. Alanis Morrissette - her songs always sound grouchy to me
5. Eskimo Joe - haven't seen the lead singer crack a smile yet.

Musical Memories

Isn't is amazing what memories can be associated with songs. I'm listening to Vega on my phone so I can concentrate at work. The office here gets very noisy - especially with the woodpecker and the boot (I'll explain that another day) trying to out-do each other.

Anyhoo - Listening to Queen "I want to break free" - great song and I remember the video clip with them all dressed up as women. But the one memory that comes up every single time I hear that song is one day when I was in primary school. It was lunch time on a hot day and the bell had gone but the teacher had not finished the class so we were still sat there quietly with the door open for a breeze. Another class comes out of the adjacent classroom and one kid as clear as day sang "I want to break wind" to the tune - then suddenly realised that our whole class had heard him and we were all giggling. He blushed intently and we were quickly dismissed to the playground.

It still makes me smile when I think about it... and ever since that day I have substituted "wind" for "free", much to C's disgust!

Horny For Hank

I'm just loving Californication right now. The script writing is great.. the pace is excellant.. story lines truthful yet quirky. Mostly I am in love with Hank Moody. He had just GOT to be every woman's wet dream. Sexy, edgy, naughty, quick witted, confident, sarcastic, loving, attentive, great father... did I mention sexy? Every girl loves a bad boy (c'mon be honest) but with a heart of gold. Hank is just IT and a Bit!

Congrats to the scriptwriters... ya got me hooked. Congrats to the Director and David Duchovny... ya got me horny!

Check out these quotes... great lines. My Favourite:-

I probably won't go down in history, but I will go down on your sister

Room 101

Things, people, places, situations etc you hate/loathe/dispise/don't like very much belong in Room 101. If you decide to do the same please comment or link as appropriate as I would love to hear yours too.



Picky Eaters.
Damn annoying! I understand that some people don't like things.. Fair enough, but sometimes people can take it too far!
I mean how can you not like Pasta, but eat potatoes? They both have the same bland taste to them... Love curry and rice, but don't like Risotto? Wha!?
I don't like coffee and generally don't drink it, but if I am at someone's house and they make a huge effort to make tiramisu from scratch, then I'll eat it (and I actually enjoyed it!) yet others scream "ooh I don't like coffee" at their first mouthful and then sit miserably watching everyone else enjoy the creamy delight.

It's just NOT RIGHT I tells ya!!!!

I have a Question....

There is an advert on TV at the moment showing annoyingly cute kids enjoying the benefits of fresh fruit and veggies in unique ways. Example of which is shown here.. Great! Wonderful Idea. I whole heartedly approve.

My question however is this....

What do you expect the parents to do with all the leftovers? The rocket kid uses 1 slice of orange and 1 tiny chunk of watermelon, meaning some poor mother has got to chow down on the remaining 10kilos of fruit that the brat leaves behind!

Quirky Tuesday

Quirky Tuesday will have a different topic each week, to tell everyone about a quirk / ritual / obsession / routine about that subject. As little or as many as you like if you're playing along at home. (I sound like a game show host!). Readers can meme it on their own blogs or just comment on here. Don't forget to link!

This week it's Shoes

1. I have to alternate daily between heels and flats, otherwise I get Metatarsalgia.


2. My 8 year old boy is already a size 4!!


3. I once had to tape my shoe to my foot as the peep toe broke apart.

Music Mambo

Hello everyone! Today's theme is tube top day. Who wears tube tops? Women! So we'll change it to Rockin' Women Day.

Tell me your . . .

Favorite female (rock) singer - Katie Steele from Little Birdy
Favorite female guitarist - Chrissie Hynde from the Pretenders
Favorite female bassist - Janet English from Spiderbait
Favorite female singer from any genre - I'm gonna go a little whacky and say Nina Simone... the most awesome voice I've every heard.

Finally, be daring and tell us who is the . . .

Queen Of All Music - well of course we ALL bow down to Madonna.

Cool Things I found This Week

Firstly -here's a rather humorous notion I was sent this week ;)

Everyone loves a saga! Well this poor girl had a doozy recently that I stumbled upon... and I've ended up lovin' her blog... (if you wanna check out the other side of the dispute then see here... I'll let you decide for yourself.. tho personally I think one is a bit cuckoo!)

Want free stuff? of course you do! Here's some free Icons for ya....

Lastly, and as a change from You Tube, I thought I would introduce one of my favourite Flickr pages... great artistic vision... I love the different way of looking at the everyday and ordinary. Enjoy!

Blah Blah Blah!

I feel like strangling someone. I'm gonna call this person Woodpecker... cause at the moment his voice is boring into my head like a woodpecker boring into a tree.

Woodpecker has verbal diarrhoea. He is either rambling on about his latest conspiracy theory, having slanging matches with colleagues about footy, trying to edge in on the latest practical joke, harassing colleagues with inane jokes or useless facts, and his favourite... going on and on AND ON
AND ON AND ON about how crap things are done around here and trying to change the world 1 company procedure at a time.

He's loud, raucous, grating and downright irritating. I'm tired of hearing his incessant noise.

I am reminded of Charlie Brown.. When he talks to his teacher and all you hear back is the muted trumpet noise. Wish I could turn his volume down to that of the muted trumpet. Least then in would be bearable. I can't concentrate on my work... can't even concentrate on writing this post. I'm
going insane! As Charlie Brown would say "I can't stand it!"

I wonder if Mrs Woodpecker wears earmuffs to bed?

Quote of the Day
"Things are more like they are now than they ever were before."
- Former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Curse My Papa!

Don't get me wrong. I love my Daddy... heaps, and I loved having him here... but I have been cursing him lately for 2 reasons:-
* He installed EXTREMELY addictive computer games on my laptop. How am I supposed to get work done when I keep popping in to San Francisco to see if I can find the Bowling Ball in the Alcatraz Prison Cell?
* He prefers Full Cream Milk, and more importantly butter, so I bought some in specially. I had a block of butter left over and have been "using it up" and am now addicted. I have been trying to find ways of having butter in every meal! (Have you every tried butter on your cereal?) Subsequently my
pants are getting tighter! If I'm not careful I am going to need to upgrade the suspension on my Corolla.

Slave Wanted... Enquire within

Wouldn't it be nice if you could hire a slave and not be considered inhumane? I'm not talking sexual and I'm not talking about being cruel and racist or discriminating.... Hey! Don't go... just hear me out 'kay?

Maybe slave is not the right word... in fact the more I think about it the job I have in mind already had a title - personal assistant. Yes, that's it - PA is more PC right?

Basically I am willing to pay someone to do things I can't be bothered doing. For instance... this week I really need to update my stock database for my jewellery business... but I can't be bothered. PA steps in and gets busy. Oh, and I'm busy on the sofa watching House, can you do the washing up for me as well please? Ta! Also can you try and find my boys passbook, and write a letter of complaint to the school about his swimming being cancelled? I'm sure there's heaps more I can find for you to do should you wish.

Pay will be crap, but there will be praise and compliments aplenty! Please submit your applications in the comments section.

I now have Homer Simpson in my head shouting "Can't someone Else Do It.. The Garbage Man Can!"

Room 101

Things, people, places, situations etc you hate/loathe/dispise/don't like very much belong in Room 101. If you decide to do the same please comment or link as appropriate as I would love to hear yours too.


Occupational Health and Safety.. The thorn in the side of anyone with common sense. I tells ya it is getting out of control!

One guy bangs his head on an open door of one of our custom built special car bodies, and the company has to spent hundreds, nay thousands of dollars getting ALL of existing and future custom bodies modified so it can't happen again. All because 1 guy didn't watch where he was going?! If you bang your head on the cupboard door in the kitchen... do you call the cabinet maker in and totally renovate your kitchen? Or do you curse yourself for being a silly bugger and get back to making nachos for brekkie?!

Does that mean because I stubbed my toe on the bed this morning getting dressed that I can sue the bed company for not leaving toe holes in the base?

What will it be next? "The greatest escapologist of our generation, Howdaree, will perform his most daring stunt yet.... Climbing a ladder without a 3 point contact harness"

I rest my case.

Quirky Tuesday

Quirky Tuesday will have a different topic each week, to tell everyone about a quirk / ritual / obsession / routine about that subject. As little or as many as you like if you're playing along at home. (I sound like a game show host!). Readers can meme it on their own blogs or just comment on here. Don't forget to link!

This week it's "Sleep"

1. When I can't sleep I have this set "dream" I re-enact in my head, and I carefully go through it, changing it and going back... until I drift off.
2. I sleep on my tummy when it's cold, and on my back when I'm hot.
3. I have a flat sheet as well as a duvet/doona... but I HATE it when it is tucked in. Feels like my feet are tied to the bed. If I ever go to a hotel with a flat sheet the first thing I do is un-tuck ALL the corners.

TUT... A Note from the Universe

I got the following message from the Universe... talks to me all the time, but this one in particular is worth sharing...

You see, Tracy, there is a choice for all who aspire to live in abundance, that only the wisest ever perceive.

You can Visualise a life in which you possess fabulous wealth.

or....

You can visualize a life in which you are creatively fulfilled, with fantastic work, dancing in the marketplace... and you possess fabulous wealth.

Do you see the oh-so-subtle difference?

I see you as the dancing sort,

The Universe