More pics on my Poss Paradise blog (link at right)
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Newest possum pouches baby has arrived
Isabel Joyce arrived at 4.55pm Thurs 4th Feb,7lb 12 ozs. Mum and bub doing well.Pics will follow but rest assured she is absolutely gorgeous and Jacob adores his new little sister.Cousin Corey hopes to visit later today. (Joyce was the name of daddy's late grandmother)
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Great Lesson of Life
A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way." I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling: And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it.
Unashamedly borrowed from a group to which I belong.
A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way." I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it."
Both signs told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people that they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1,000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling: And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it.
Unashamedly borrowed from a group to which I belong.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Happy New Year
I posted this on my new blog but because that one is so new I decided to post it here as well-probably the last post on this blog for a while now.
Another year ends and a new one begins. Hope nobody over indulges and suffers in the morning.
Now lets get this silly decade argument sorted.
The dictionary says a decade is ten years.
Theoretically that means the end of 2008 was the end of a decade, the end of 2007 was the end of a decade,the end of 2006 was the end of a decade- and you can continue on saying every year was the end of a decade - BUT- only back to the year 10.
You can't say the year 9 was the end of a decade as it was only 9 years.
Think about it- the first decade had to be year 1 to year 10.
So when should this ( calendar) decade end?
At the end of 2010 that's when.
Seems to me we can divide it into 3 groups
group 1-those who can count from 1 to 10.
group 2- those who can't count past 9
group 3-those who don't give a fig .
Another year ends and a new one begins. Hope nobody over indulges and suffers in the morning.
Now lets get this silly decade argument sorted.
The dictionary says a decade is ten years.
Theoretically that means the end of 2008 was the end of a decade, the end of 2007 was the end of a decade,the end of 2006 was the end of a decade- and you can continue on saying every year was the end of a decade - BUT- only back to the year 10.
You can't say the year 9 was the end of a decade as it was only 9 years.
Think about it- the first decade had to be year 1 to year 10.
So when should this ( calendar) decade end?
At the end of 2010 that's when.
Seems to me we can divide it into 3 groups
group 1-those who can count from 1 to 10.
group 2- those who can't count past 9
group 3-those who don't give a fig .
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Blog change
I decided to separate what started as a "business" blog into 2- this one for nappy and knitting related stuff and the new one for lighter things.
You will find the link at the right of this page; there will not have heaps of info posted on it as I like to keep 99% of my life private, but I will add to it when something exciting happens-like the new bub in less than 6 weeks.
This blog will continue so people wanting to know about the 2010 KKs and knits will be able to read that info as it becomes available.
You will find the link at the right of this page; there will not have heaps of info posted on it as I like to keep 99% of my life private, but I will add to it when something exciting happens-like the new bub in less than 6 weeks.
This blog will continue so people wanting to know about the 2010 KKs and knits will be able to read that info as it becomes available.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Beautiful rain
DH tells me we have just reached, in fact slightly overtaken, our December average, but the yearly average is still way down.It has been wet wet wet since Christmas or a bit before and is so very welcome. I am not sure how much has gone in the dams,I doubt the ones around Toowoomba have changed much and they are in desperate need of run-off.
At least the temperature has dropped a little, the humidity was not at all nice.
We have a baby brush turkey who is enjoying trying to dig up our lemon tree, as the dirt around it is perfect at the moment. He is growing very fast- was just a bundle of fluff a few days ago but looks more and more like his parents every day.
The year is almost over and what a hectic one it has been.2010 looks like being very different -for me anyway. I don't really make resolutions but have a list of things I plan to do in the coming months.
First and foremost is looking forward to the arrival of the new grandchild in 6 weeks. After that we will play things by ear.
Anyone wanting KKs and knits do keep your ears and eyes peeled over the coming weeks.
At least the temperature has dropped a little, the humidity was not at all nice.
We have a baby brush turkey who is enjoying trying to dig up our lemon tree, as the dirt around it is perfect at the moment. He is growing very fast- was just a bundle of fluff a few days ago but looks more and more like his parents every day.
The year is almost over and what a hectic one it has been.2010 looks like being very different -for me anyway. I don't really make resolutions but have a list of things I plan to do in the coming months.
First and foremost is looking forward to the arrival of the new grandchild in 6 weeks. After that we will play things by ear.
Anyone wanting KKs and knits do keep your ears and eyes peeled over the coming weeks.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Do we have it all wrong?
Christmas I mean; and yes I believe we do.
All I have heard about is non arrival of mail in time for Christmas, whether someone got enough gifts, the enormous amounts of food on people's tables, people who didn't buy them/their partner/their children a gift.
My thoughts are with a dear friend whose son had major life-changing surgery a day before Christmas and is now fighting for his life; and for the family of the nurse killed in a house fire in Oakey on Christmas Day; not to mention the other families touched by tragic circumstances at this time or throughout the year.
My DD was spending Christmas Day with in-laws in the small town of Oakey, west of Toowoomba when she messaged to tell me a house was on fire just a couple of streets away.
Oakey is a very small town where everyone knows everyone so the whole town will grieve.
It is a shame Christmas has become little more than a time of greed and gluttony.
Maybe it is time to sit back and reflect on, and be thankful for what you do have, instead of complaining about the trivial things.
All I have heard about is non arrival of mail in time for Christmas, whether someone got enough gifts, the enormous amounts of food on people's tables, people who didn't buy them/their partner/their children a gift.
My thoughts are with a dear friend whose son had major life-changing surgery a day before Christmas and is now fighting for his life; and for the family of the nurse killed in a house fire in Oakey on Christmas Day; not to mention the other families touched by tragic circumstances at this time or throughout the year.
My DD was spending Christmas Day with in-laws in the small town of Oakey, west of Toowoomba when she messaged to tell me a house was on fire just a couple of streets away.
Oakey is a very small town where everyone knows everyone so the whole town will grieve.
It is a shame Christmas has become little more than a time of greed and gluttony.
Maybe it is time to sit back and reflect on, and be thankful for what you do have, instead of complaining about the trivial things.
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