WOW! How exciting would it be to have one of your very own videos posted on a celebrities youtube page.. let alone MADONNA! I think I’d just die from the honour! I enjoyed watching this. This guy has some serious talent. What are your thoughts?
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Our Sunday Doubles League came to the end of it’s season last week. So this past Sunday we had our Bowling Presentation Dinner. It wasn’t too formal & it was great to see some of the bowlers outside of the Lanes.
We had our gathering at High Sea’s Chinese Restaurant in Shellharbour. The food was flavoursome & it was the first time we had tried their meals. The restaurant itself hasn’t much of a chinese feel to it’s modern look, but did have a comfy casual atmosphere to it.
Our team, Chanel Surfers came in last hehe. However we didn’t expect any prize as we had not been on the league long enough to have played enough games to qualify for any prizes. However, we were rewarded with last place. It was a very nice surprise & greatly appreciated as we did attend every single week since joining the league except for the 1 week we were at Bathurst, which we still pre-bowled for.
The new Sunday Night Doubles League will start again a new season as of this Sunday. Mum T & ShadowKnight will be joining up as a doubles team & I will join up with another bowler who also joined the last League late into the season & is looking for a reliable partner. I don’t know what our team will be called, but I’m sure together we can come up with a suitable name.
*The picture above is not a trophy won on the night however as we have prize money awarded instead oftrophies.. however I’dlove to earn my first trophy someday hehe.
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YES!!!! It is time for the Supercheap Auto 1000 @ Mt Panorama once again! I can’t believe it’s been a whole year since sitting hillside witnessing the rivalry of Holden vs Ford.
Ahhhhhhh! What a week ahead we have! We have spent the past few days anxiously counting down the hours & packing the Trailer & cars. This year even though fuel prices are against us, we are taking 2 vehicles to ensure everyone is comfortable on the journey. This will also allow us plenty of room for the packed camp gear etc. It’s amazing how much stuff you take for a week’s worth of camping!
So off we head tomorrow to set up camp in The Chase as per last year. As of Thursday we will be able to sit back & relax with a few JD cans & the rumble of the V8s at our feet. Hoping to catch up with an old friend of mine from Berridale which we see only once a year at the mountain. I will be cheering on Team Red & generally just enjoying the best week of my year. Other than that, I am looking forward to doing SFA!
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Last week we played the last games of our Tuesday Night Late League. Tonight we had a presentation for the last League. We came Third! Well out of Four remaining teams, I guess that’s a good thing??!! LOL We won $160 as a team for coming Third. I also won High Series with Handicap & ShadowKnight won High Series Scratch. Each of us pocketing $50 for our efforts. I was mightily happy with this as it was the first League I had ever bowled in.
So tonight our new League started, Tuesday Night Late League Singles. 15 people showed up & it was great to see some new faces to the League & also new faces to the alley. We played 2 bowlers per lane. And as luck had it, I bowled against ShadowKnight LOL
He won all 3 games as expected & wiped me clean off the lanes LOL! But that’s ok, it isn’t too hard to do & I am proud of him regardless.
It was a great night but I am mightily tired after a full day working today, leaving hme at around 5.30am & returning home just after 6pm. I’m off to bed to dream of my first pay packet since quite some time teeheehee!
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I have had endless disapointment in trying to secure myself a job here in the Illawarra. I have even approached stores out of the area at around 45 minutes away with no luck. I have not tried every single store int he area, but I have tried every avenue where I am experienced in & yet had no luck.
The worst part of this journey has been the fact that only 1 store, in the whole 7 months of looking for work had even bothered to get back to me & tell me that they had passed my Resume on to HR for future reference. I even registered online with Select Education…. & heard nothing back! This is appalling!!!!
The emotional strain job hunting has on a person is already at high levels. The feeling of disapointment is never ending & the negativity that surrounds it all over several months of unsuccessful searching has put me in a place I never wanted to be.
However things have now changed for the best. My SIL Duff works at a Bunnings store in Sydney & travels back & forth every single day, taking her roughly 1.5 hrs in a one way trip. There happened to be a position become available for her to work 9-5 weekdays which is one of the best situations you can get in Retail! Also a position became available for the same hours & days in the Cafe in the same store. So I applied. I had 2 days notice of the position, then attended the Group Screening they offer. Followed by a 2 on 1 Interview. This happened all last Wednesday. Yesterday I got the phone call to say I was successful for the job & I start Induction training this weekend. Then start in the store next week. I will be doing 2 days of Stock Take which I did a few months ago with them.Then into my position in the Cafe.
I find it amazing that I have managed to get myself a job where I am not 100% familiar with the role, nor is it nearby to home. But at the moment I am fairly desperate. So am pleased to just get the work. The bad part is that I will be spending a good chunk (roughly about a third) of my wages on fuel! Paying half the cost of fuel will be better than the full amount, however it’ll still hurt the pocket. So i’ll be working about a day & a half just so I can travel to work. BLEH!
So now I’m back in the workforce. I will be earning my own money. We will be able to plan things on weekends again as a family. Oh how sweet it is!
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Great News!!!! East Lynne Store has made it into the Top Ten for their Pies & this week the judges make their decision.
My friend Michelle told me earlier in the week that the final Top Ten will be telecast on tv Live. I was unsure what show it would be broadcast on, so I went hunting.
I have retrieved this info from the Terms & Conditions page: “The National prize will be judged by the panel on
Therefore I believe that the judging may take place on Channel 7’s The Morning Show, as this is shown live from Martin Place, also home of Mel & Kochie’s Sunrise.
I will be watching & hoping that East Lynne Store finish strong!
Thank you to anyone who did vote for my best friend Michelle & her partner Colin. It has been hard work for them to keep up such a good name & reputation, but one i’m sure they are extremely proud of. I know I am 
Added: 7th Sept, 2008.
Well a place from Victoria who has been open a mere 18 months won the competition. Congrats goes to Wickedly Delicious Patisserie. Monbulk. VIC! Job well done. Good competition against them and runners up were:
Elaines Gourmet Pies. Fyshwick. ACT
Sugar & Spice Patisserie. Joondalup. WA
Bremen Patisserie. Umina Beach. NSW
Beefys. Palmview. QLD
East Lynne Store. East Lynne. NSW
Ettalong Beachside Pie Shop. Ettalong Beach. NSW
Pie In The Sky. Olinda. VIC
Whiteys Pies On Sale. Orange. NSW
Tolga Bakery. Tolga. QLD.
Good try again this year Michelle & Colin. My vote will always go to you both. Love you & Miss you xxxx
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THE mother of a five-month-old baby was followed and questioned by police and security guards after she used a parents’ room at Westfield Marion to express breast milk, earlier this month.
Sharleen Salmon, who works at Marion, said she felt harassed and was embarrassed after a woman and a female cleaner at the shopping centre complained to police and centre security about her using the room during her half-hour lunch break.
The young mum, who has recently returned to work in the hair and beauty industry, to support her family, said “I was in a private area (in the parents room) behind the curtain and this cleaner just walked in on me and watched what I was doing.
“She told me the parents room was for parents and breastfeeding only - and that I wasn’t allowed to eat lunch in there.’’
Ms Salmon said she was using a standard breast pump to express milk to feed her baby daughter Justice, who was being cared for by her father.
She said the cleaner made her feel as though “I wasn’t allowed to be in there. I was doing something very personal and for her to stand there and watch me was embarrassing.’’
Ms Salmon, who expresses milk once a day, said she was followed back to work by a security guard and a police officer, who said a formal complaint had been made to centre management.
This is absolutely pathetic! What on earth is this damn world coming too??!!
I found this story at http://guardian-messenger.whereilive.com.au after reading a post in the BubHub forums I frequent.
It made me feel angry about the treatment of this young mother & makes me wonder what kind of treatment I may receive in the future if placed in this situation.
Breastfeeding is vital to sustaining life to an infant whether it’s thru immediate contact feeding or expressing milk for later use. There is so much negativity existing already about public feeding, however when a mother cannot even express in a private area without being harrassed, then socety has gone way too far out of line.
The Security and especially the Cleaner should have approached the woman with respect & credibility. I believe that Ms. Salmon has every ground to make an uproar against Westfield Marion in South Australia & the Cleaner involved. This woman should be removed from her position as she had no right in speaking to Ms. Salmon in the manner she did. Who did she think she was???? Sounds like shoot now ask questions later syndrome.
SHAME ON YOU WESTFIELD MARION!
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That’s Life! Magazine is once again offering the Great Aussie Pie Contest.
My very best friend & her partner owns a store down the South Coast on the Princes Hwy called East Lynne Store. They have been involved in award winning pie making since taking ownership several years ago & have continued on the legacy. It’s is a busy little stop where you can get Everyday Necessities, Pies & Cakes, Hot Coffee, Newspapers, Local Wares, Ice Creams & Ice etc as well as a Liquor Store & Petrol.
Friendly faces & good conversation with locals. We stop in every trip to Mum’s on our way home for a quick catch up & to refill with supplies & we ALWAYS buy Family Pies for dinner. Tonight we are enjoying a Steak & Onion & a Chicken, Bacon & Leek pie followed by Lemon Meringue Pie… MMMMM! All Homemade by Michelle & her lovely staff on the premises.
These guys are often woken at ungodly hours by petrol-stranded or broken down tourists passing by or with grim news of Car accidents along the road. They look after the locals by ensuring fresh supplies of bread & milk etc is available each & every day to save the trip into the nearest town which is just over 20kms away. Passerbys are also well looked after with their service, groceries & knowledge & information available of the local area.
They have 2 very young children, which are also my Godchildren hehe. So I am of course giving them my vote as not only do I believe their pies deserve the fame, but so do they!
So here’s to Michelle & Colin at East Lynne Store… Good Luck to you guys!
If you love their pies & agree or just feel like joining me in this competition, please vote for them by SMS. Send the code 007 to 19710179. Alternatively you can call 1900 955 031.
Did I mention each & every vote you place enters you into a Draw with That’s life! for the chance to win $500??!! Get voting!
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It’s always good watching the world come together as one. The 2008 Beijing Olympics is no exception.
The medals have begun to be won in several events. All of them no doubt deserving to the respective winners.
It was a satisfying feeling watching Australia collect it’s first Gold Medal today at the swimming. Not only this, but Stephanie Rice earned herself a new World Record in the water finishing the Women’s 400m Individual Medley at 4:29:45. IMPRESSIVE!
Australia also became proud to bear a Bronze Medal later in the Women’s 4×100m Freestyle Relay.
Congratulations to the 4 girls Cate Campbell, Alice Mills, Melanie Schlanger & Libby Trickett.
Silver was won by the United States & Gold went to the Netherlands.
Congratulations to you all for your efforts so far. You’ve done yourselves & your Nations proud.
I have added a Beijing Olympics 2008 Medal Tally widget to my sidebar where I can keep track of the medals at a glance when needed. You can get yours here too.
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SK & I just saw a hilarious new Four’n Twenty Pie advert. Right in the middle of an Olympics ad break on channel 7.
Have a look yourself at the website where you can view the ad if you haven’t seen it yourself. What I find hilarious is that you can actually purchase the said plate! Funny stuff!
Looks like in tomorrow’s shopping we will buy some pies just for the plate… LOL
Four’n Twenty pie. “Have a lunch that’s edible on a plate that’s credible!”
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