Sunday Session 3 (2012)

I've been a bad link up blogger it's been just under a month since I linked up with Thea's Sunday Session and shared in some great music with our bloggers and listen to the music they like. 

If you want to join in with the fun you can just click on the link that says Thea's in the above sentence or click on the Sunday Sessions button to the right of the screen. 

When I was growing up I loved Adam Ant's music and thanks to Adam Hills and his show Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight I've been reintroduced to Adam Ant as his brought out some new music this year. 

The first two clips are favourites of mine






This last one is called Vince Taylor and is about a singer who had a group called Vince Taylor and The Playboys in the 50's & 60's but how drug abuse, drinking & personal problems really played havoc on him.



If you want to know more about Vince Taylor just do a Google search on him.

Sunday Session 2 (2012)

It's been just over a month since I teamed up with Thea  and played Sunday Sessions on her blog I'm hoping that I will now have the time to this every Sunday as I do miss playing along. 

If you want to join in you can you just have to click one of the three links in the above sentence which will take you to Thea's blog and you can link up with her once you have posted the songs you love on your blog.

This first song I heard as a theme from a BBC (British Broadcasting Commission) tv show I love that we get on our ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) the name of the show is called "Getting On"





This second song is going back to the 90's but is still a hit with me and now also with our daughter.

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It's been a long time (to long in fact) since I joined in a Sunday Session with the lovely Thea but now I'm ready to play again the rules are simple Thea has no rules only that if your going to play along you link your blog to hers.

Here are my two favourite songs for this week.








Hope you join up as I can't wait to hear yours

Sunday Session 40

I'm glad to be joining up with Thea again to be part of her Sunday Session (Yes I know its Monday and that I'm a day late, but better late then never LOL) 

The rule is that there is no rules anymore except you post your fav songs then link up with her blog so without any more fussing here are my songs for this Sunday Session

Both my songs today are from the same group, the first one is can anyone guess? 



While the Second is really good for anyone who is rushed doing things on a Monday

Sunday Session 39

It's that time again, your asking what time ? It's Sunday Session time with the lovely Thea The idea behind Sunday Session is you grab a song (or 2 or more) usually Thea posts an oldie and a newbie (but I love more the oldie songs then newies so hence why I post more newbies). You then link you songs up on your blog to Thea's blog by pressing the Sunday Session button to the right of the screen.

This week all my songs are from movies that I love which means I also love the songs I've posted 

The first song is from a movie but I loved the way it was done on Spicks and Specks by the gang plus by the guy singing it the original Riff Raff from the movie Richard O'Brien I urge you to stay till the end of the clip when there is a surprise from Adam Hills. I would love to know what you think of Adam Hills and the surprise he does.



Hope you like the movie & song I loved it and can watch it over & over again



Now I must say with this one I didn't like the actor in it but I did love the movie and song




The last movie is around 31 years old now but still love it.

Photos

Today I want to share some pictures with you my lovely readers that our family has taken with our Canon EOS 550D DSLR Camera, all the pictures were taken with a 55-250 mm lens.

Have a lot more pictures to share with our lovely readers but for now please let us present you with the below pictures which were taken at Mt Coot-tha  Brisbane it’s one of many popular outlooks based in Queensland. 

These pictures were taken on a smoky day when our fire fighters were doing some back burning before our spring and summer seasons start causing the smoke to drift across Brisbane, hoping to get back up there on a really clear day to take some more pictues.

There will be more pictures posted but next time this blog might link with other blogs that post pictures. Hope you enjoy the pictures, would love to hear your comments on them so please feel free to comment if you would like. 

Click on the pictures themselves to get a better view of them.

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Sunday Sessions with the sweet Thea   The idea behind Sunday Session is you grab a song (or 2 or more) usually Thea posts an oldie and a newbie (but I love more the oldie songs then newies so hence why I post more newbies). You then link you songs up on your blog to Thea's blog by pressing the Sunday Session button to the right of the screen.

As some of you may know during the week I did a blog post called The Snip If you haven't read it and would like to just click the link I'll wait ....waiting .....waiting .....waiting ....welcome back now that got me to thinking what songs men would NOT like to hear while getting The Snip


Most men said the following two songs, which I must own up to that I love listening to as I was growing up never understanding the meaning of them till later on in life in my teenage years.

The First song has been disabled so you will need to click the link to listen to it
First Song 


The second song is

Sunday Session 32

YEAHHHHHHH it's Sunday Session time once again with the lovely Thea who every Sunday posts two or more songs usually one being an oldie and one being a newbie. Then gets other people with blogs to join up if they wish. A lot of people who know me know that I usually only post oldies as most of the new songs that come out these days to my ears and eyes are crap but there are some exceptions.

The first one I am going to post I grew up with and pops into my head from time to time it's a great song by the Brotherhood Of Man (On a side note I did have a major crush on the lead male singer)



The next one I'm going to post is another one I fell in love with as I was growing up it's by The 5th Dimension ( Love the small 45 record brings back memories the song starts playing around the 26 second mark)



Time to creep into the 1980's here with this song that I use to play full volume when my parents weren't home.



Now to slide all the way back 1976 and listen to some Tina Charles when this use to be played a lot at discos, even the blue light disco's.

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Sunday Session is here again with the lovely Thea if you love music, you should join up. The idea is to post an oldie and newbie on your blog (alhtough you can post just oldies, like I do or just newbies) then link up with Thea's blog by either hiting her name in this blog or hitting the Sunday Session button on the side of this blog. Now on to my picks.

My first pic of the week is a lovely song about a magical horse (I always wanted to own a horse but have never rode one as yet but it's on my bucket list.) The song of course is called Wildfire by Michael Martin Murphey.



The second song is from Kenny Rogers I have always loved his songs this one is Coward Of The County.

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It's that time again Sunday Session with my lovely friend Thea . The idea behind Sunday Session is you post a song or songs that you would hear in a pub on a Sunday usually a oldie and a newbie.

You can link your blog with Thea's to be part of Sunday Session, you just need to click the Sunday Session button on the right hand side of the screen or just click on her name in this blog.


The first one is by Renee Geyer I always loved the music to this song as well.



The Second one is by Mondo Rock, I got reminded of this song while watching a show we have here called Good News Week (GNW) on Monday 14th of Feb 2011. I loved the clip to this song big time as I was growing up.

When does 2011 start for you?

Here it is the 4th of January 2011 and the New Year is only really starting for me this year as this is when people head back to work and you can make them calls to companies,Dr's,Dentists, and other places that close down over the New Year period. This is the time I start hunting around for a appt diary for this year as most places sell them at half price now compared to full price before the New Year.

This year is already shaping up to be a busy one with me aiming to lose a kilo a week till I'm down to 55 or 60 kilos, for those of you interested in following my weight lose you can follow it here . Also I'm planning on doing some sort of study via correspondence course before Easter rolls around so will be spending this week and maybe next week checking out if I need to enrol now or if I can enrol closer to Easter.

Also hoping to meet up quiet a number of times with some twitter friends who live in and around the South East Queensland area, all of my twitter friends have been a great source of new friendship for me and have made me feel very wlecome online but my next hurdle comes in metting a group of them. I've meet one twitter friend one to one and that was lovely but when it comes to a group even if  know the people I get worried and scared if I haven't meet them in real lift. I'm not going to put people's names on here but all my friends know who you are (I hope you do) 


I'm looking forward to what the new year is going to bring me even though I know some of what it's going to bring me the rest of it will be surprises even if it means hitting a rough patch here and there I look forward to them cause its through rough patches that part of me learns to grow stronger. 

What about you, when does 2011 start for you? What are you persoanlly looking forward to this year for you and/or your family?

 

Sunday Session 10 (Last one for 2010)

It's that time again it's "Sunday Session" which was created by the lovely  Thea who on Sundays pop's two of her favourite songs onto her blog an oldie but a goldie plus a newbie fresh off the charts.

Then other bloggers can link up to her blog by doing the same thing, usually mine are all oldies cause I don't like a lot of the newbies that are on the charts at the moment, but when I do I'll post it.

Going to post three to end the year, the first one is Skinny Girls by Alan O'Day.




The 2nd and 3rd ones are from a called Paper Lace, the first one is Don't Be A Hero



The last one is The Night Chicago Died I have my Year 8 History teacher in New South Wales to thank for making me fall in love with this song, as he use to play it when we touched on American History.

Sunday Session 2

There is a new crazy going through the blog world and that is "Sunday Session" which was created by the lovely Thea who on Sundays pop's two of her favourite songs onto her blog an oldie but a goldie plus a newbie fresh off the charts.


Then other bloggers can link up to her blog by doing the same thing, usually mine are all oldies cause I don't like a lot of the newbies that are on the charts at the moment. My picks for this week are,

The first one is Ghost Riders in the sky sung by Johnny Cash, although his not the original singer a guy named Burl Ives and has been covered by more then 50 performers over the time, but Johnny Cash is the only who gets close to the way Burl Ives sounds.




The 2nd song I have my husband to thank for introducing me to this group. AC/DC has had two lead singers the 1st one was Bon Scott from 1977 to 1980 when he passed away. The next lead singer from 1980 to the present is Brain Johnson, who is the one that sings the below song of You Shook Me All Night Long. Both singers are wonderful though all AC/DC songs want to make you get you feet tapping and body swinging.



What are you Sunday Session songs lets us know by linking up and sharing with us.

Thousand Word Thursday 4

Thursday has rolled around again, were I find myself looking for a pic that means a lot to me and playing Thousand Word Thursday with toushka one of many wonderful twitter friends. The idea is to find a photo that has meaning for you, place it on your blog then write why it has meaning then to post a link to it on toushka website. 

You can play from Thursday through to Sunday so please join us in sharing your pictures would love to see some of them.

This picture was taken at my husband's 2006 Year 12 graduation as a mature age student (this is where we actually meet & fell in love not the spot but the college)

He attended the college there over 3 years part time doing years 11 & 12, he went back to school not to only improve himself, but also to show his daughter that education can be an important thing to have in life and that no matter how old you are, you are always learning.

Thousand Word Thursday 3

Thursday has rolled around again, were I Find myself looking for a pic that means a lot to me and playing Thousand Word Thursday with toushka one of many wonderful twitter friends. The idea is to find a photo that has meaning for you, place it on your blog then write while it has meaning then to post a link to it on toushka website. 

Won't you please join us in sharing your pics would love to see some pics

This was a school picture take of me when I was year 2 of School down in New South Wales, the reason this picture has a special place in my heart is it's the only picture I do have me as a young girl as I lost of lot of my pictures when I split from my ex (the guy I was going with before I meet the guy I am with now) 

It brings back a lot of memories both of good and bad times at school, the games I played with friends, the teachers I had, the school I loved sometimes I want to be that age again just for the school part of it I really loved school & still love to learn.

I wish my hair was still as blonde as that but over the years it's naturally turned a browny colour. I still try to keep it long I always loved long hair, sometimes I do get my hair cut short but for the most part its always long


Have you got a pic to share?

Thousand Word Thursday 2

Nana,Uncle Bob and MotorbikesLady Dec 1987

Thursday has rolled around again, were I Find myself looking for a pic that means a lot to me and playing Thousand Word Thursday with toushka one of many wonderful twitter friends. The idea is to find a photo that has meaning for you, place it on your blog then write while it has meaning then to post a link to it on toushka website.

This picture was taken in Feb 2007 down in Penrith NSW at the back of Nana's place, it's of my nana, uncle (dad's side of the family) and me. The last time I saw my Nana and Uncle before this photo was taken was back in December 1987.

I love my Nana and Uncle with all my heart, I phone them every month to see how they are getting on and I am lucky enough to have a wonderful guy in my life who took me down in June 2010 for four days to see them. Every time I look at this picture all these different emotions over come me but they are all good emotions. 

Nana is in her 80's now but hopefully I will have her for at least a few more years yet when she does pass it will be a very sad day in my life.  My Uncle Bob is in his early 50's and takes really good care of my Nana.

There was 5 kids in the family all up, My dad, My Uncles Warren & Bob plus my two Aunties Patrica (she passed away while still a baby) and Roslyn. My first grand dad who I never meet passed away from a heart attack at 38 years old (when my dad was a teenager) then Nana remarried again while my father was still a teenager (before I was even born) so the guy I always knew as grand dad was in a way really my step grand dad. 

He passed away a few years back now & had a good life even fighting in World War 2 as part of the Rats of Toburk, next time we go to Sydney I'm hoping to pay a visit to his grave to take some pictures. 

Messy or Clean Desk

Today I thought I would share with my readers my desk that I sit at to do all my pc work.No matter how much I try to keep it clean it just seems to have a calling to have stuff come to it.

The desk sits right beside our lounge so of course my lovely husband chooses to use the desk as a table to hold his things like the green beer stubbie holder, his mobile, watch & log bog for the car (all the stuff you can see between the pc screen & the pc speaker near the date of the pic).

Sitting on top of our all in one printer (beside the red pen/pencil holder) is all our diary's, paper work, shopping dockets (to see if our fly buy points have been added to our account) then you have my mobile phone near our netphone (what some isp companies call VOIP)

In between our all in one printer & the red cup pen/pencil holder is all the bills that need to be paid soon.

I would love a big corner desk & eventually we are going to get one but as you can see there is a spot near the desk where we keep some of our pc cd's & that black thing is one of surround sound speakers for the surround sound we have for the loungeroom.

Now that I have shared my blogging/twitter/computer space what is yours like? Would like to see some of my readers spaces.