I stole this…

…from Skipper who stole it from Mel who stole it… you get the gist!  So you have to bold the things that you’ve done.  Give it a try!

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slept under the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited The Great Barrier Reef.
5. Stood under the stars in the outback, the real outback – think Uluru.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to the Gold Coast’s theme parks – anyone, you take your pick.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sung a solo.
11. Bungee jumped, jumped out of plane, been paragliding or hang-gliding, hot air ballooning – you get the idea, you’ve been hundreds of metres about earth in a seemingly flimsy contraption.
12. Visited Melbourne.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch.
15. Had a child. Raised a child. Worked with children.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Been to the Snowy Mountains.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Visited the Brett Whitely studio in Surry Hills, Sydney.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Been backpacking.
23. Taken a mental health day.
24. Been buried in sand with just your head and toes sticking out.
25. Held a possum, kangaroo or koala – or any other native Australian animal.
26. Gone skinny dipping.
27. Been in a fun run.
28. Been on the Blue Mountain cableway.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Played, or watched, summer cricket.
32. Sailed, kayaked or canoed our beautiful waterways.
33. Seen the Daintree.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Visited an Aboriginal settlement or mission.
36. Learned a new language. Does high school French count J
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Toured the Sydney Opera House.
39. Tried rock climbing (indoor or outdoor), abseiling or just simple bush walking.
40. Visit Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art.
41. Been to the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
42. Sunbaked at Bondi.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Broome.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone fishing.
49. Seen Tasmania’s old growth forests.
50. Been to the top of Q1, on the Gold Coast.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre.
55. Been in a movie.
56. Driven the Great Ocean Road.
57. Started a business.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Norfolk Island.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Guide biscuits.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone jet boating.
66. Visited Port Arthur.
67. Bounced a cheque.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Australian War Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Federation Square.
74. Been on the Murray River.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Travelled, or climbed, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Three Sisters at Echo Point, Katoomba.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited St Mary’s Cathedral, in Sydney.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Been to Hermannsburg.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited Parliament House.
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating. Revolting, but yes I have taken part in this and haven’t eaten duck since.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life. Does calling000 count?
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous.
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Saved a pet.
95. Been to the site of the Eureka Stockade.
96. Swum in The Whitsundays.
97. Been involved in a lawsuit.
98. Owned a mobile phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day

So from this I realise that I have done more than I would have thought but need to see more of Australia!  Something that is in our plans – yay!

Ego Surfing and Such

Do you ever Ego Surf? That’s when you look up your own name in a search engine and see what comes up. I do it now and then but mostly to see if my business stuff comes up or if I need to do more SEO (Search Engine Optimising) work.  However, it is interesting to see the people out there with the same name as me and what they do – there is a teacher in the US who is held in high regard and is talked about all over the place; there is an artist who does lovely work; a doctor in Europe who is married to a man with the same name as my husband (I kid you not! That freaked me out a little. LOL); oh and a uni student in the US who can’t spell and had a very hip My Space page. Do some Ego Surfing and see what you find.

In addition to that, I also sometimes search on names of family members, old friends or colleagues just to see what is out there.  Some people come up with absolutely nothing and I find that most intriguing. Is there no-one else in the whole world with their name? Or perhaps they just don’t do anything that is mentioned on the net.  Odd, don’t you think?  Today I searched on my brother’s name, for no particular reason, just bored I guess. Well there is lots of information about a man with the same name who is a noted Christian author and radio announcer – that’s pretty far removed from my brother I can tell you.

Ho hum, back to playing around.

Ah, the 80s

So when I was in town yesterday I noticed a couple of young guys with hair like something out of Pseudo Echo. Hmmm, I thought, you are so gonna be embarrassed by that hair in later times.

Then I saw another young man with his suit jacket sleeves pushed up his forearms… oh well I thought, it is hot.

Then I’m sitting on the bus on the way home, blissfully gazing out the window as you do and a girl gets off and walked past the window where I was looking… I gave her a glance… blinked and thought “what the?” and looked again… yes, she was indeed wearing a bubble skirt.

All the pieces slammed into place and I checked myself over to make sure that my hair wasn’t big and I wasn’t wearing a high  school uniform.  Oh my God, have I missed the 80s revival or something?

There are some fashions that just really should stay in the past, we moved on for a reason people!