Happy New Year!!

Well, 2012 is drawing to a close....it went by in a blur of tediousness spotted every now and then with gems of loveliness. Since my last post ... here are a few of them....
Halloween... always a ghoulishly good time... hear me squeal....for the first time in 3 years we got trick or treaters knocking at the door asking sweetly for treats... and happily I gave them lots.... it brings me joy....thank you bewildered but happy urchins!

Then my sister and I went to see The Dark Horses. They were brilliant, I enjoyed them so much. It was at The Zoo, very good sound there and the band were awesome. All but the drummer, happily stuck behind his drum set, the other band members swapped instruments almost with every new song. My sister said... "is this musical instruments?"  uh huh.... lol.. Not being musically talented in any way, this impressed me to no end, can't sing their praises any louder.....they are all very talented....obviously. We had a great night!

Then my eldest son and his lovely girlfriend had their year 12 graduation.

Then they went up the Sunshine coast to my parents farm with 2 of Kale's mates for their "schoolies"  How lucky can a Mother be.... I was worried he would want to run amok down on the Gold Coast... but thankfully he and his friends are level headed kids and being isolated on a farm armed with their Xboxes and games galore, they were quite content. However he did do one outlandish thing ... he brought home 3 ducklings! Little rotter rings me from Mum's place and tells me he has good news and bad news. hmmm.... my mind is racing... he says... we now have a new pet.. oh God, I think, he's bought a puppy! then he says... well, actually 3 new pets.... and I am ready to kill him.... I'm not putting up with 3 puppies! then he says... he and his friends went to the markets and bought 6 ducklings. 2 for his girl, 2 for his mate and 2 for him... but his friend's Mum said "no way!" so Miss Hayley has 3 of them and Kale has 3 of them..... Lordy freaking Dordy... oh well, it's better than 3 puppies, quack, quack.... they really are now my ducks, of course....he does most of it, but I am still doing a lot of watering and feeding and cleaning, isn't I????  *sigh*  Thankfully they are permanently outside now, for the first few weeks they were inside....that was awful but they are all alive and well and growing....was worried that Joey our cat would try and have duck for Christmas but he is terrified of them, when they come waddling and quacking in unison in his direction, he bolts back in the house, lol. 
I have been (on 2 different occasions) to my local cinema and seen The Doors live and Jimi Hendrix live at Woodstock.... both very good events, wonderful to see history up on the big screen.

I forgot to say... in October my Mum was visiting for my birthday...the night before we were watching channel 10's special on Julian Assange "Underground" and "Bye Bye Girl" by the Hard-Ons came on and I squealed so loud that my poor Mother got such a fright and jumped so high she almost fell off the couch! LOL!  it looked so funny, and hearing the song was a nice surprise!! The next day I got my son to take this photo...

It's not the best photo of either of us but I had to share it, it makes me smile.
At the end of November I was lucky enough to buy a 28 day promotional  gym membership at a gym closer to me than where I used to go. So for 28 days I over did the exercise, as you do when you only have 28 days grace. God I love it! If I could live in the joint I would. So between my extra hours at work due to the Christmas timetable and the gym, I have been kept very busy, exhausted really. Luckily Christmas is over and things will return to normal. If there is ever a "normal" in my life...
but before Christmas my eldest daughter graduated from primary school and then the next night my sister and I went to see The Saints, The Stranglers and Blondie at Brisbane Riverstage in the city. Only got 2 photos of Blondie... didn't get any of the Saints or the Stranglers...they searched our bags for cameras, I had managed to hide mine in a side pocket in my bag...didn't read the terms and conditions etc when I got Rob to print out the tickets....was scared that they would confiscate my pretty purple camera... so didn't dare take photos ... it was broad daylight when the Saints were on...but by the time Blondie were on, lots of people were taking photos, so I just had to take at least one photo to record an icon that I was able to witness.... Miss Debbie Harry is still rockin.... and many fond memories of when I was a 14 year old girl listening to Blondie... *sigh*

This photo was taken during "The Tide Is High" The Stranglers came out in drag, swaying in unison like hula girls,... near the end of it, Debbie asks the ladies in the audience if we were the kind of girl to give up just like that.... I screamed very loudly "Oh No-o!!!!"  so fun.... and  the last encore they played was "Heart Of Glass" and for almost a full 6 minutes the audience were screaming out "ooh-oo oowah" near the end... what a wonderful night!!! And more gems of happiness are coming my way in terms of live music for next year.... I was able to buy tickets to see Iggy Pop and The Stooges and Beasts of Bourbon at BluesFest in Byron Bay in May and also Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Brisbane Riverstage in early May!! SO EXCITED!!!
Rob was not a happy man (under statement) when he found out about the Byron Bay thing. At first I didn't think he would allow me to leave the state without him and I considered going with him but he would not be able to contain his disdain for all I appreciate and admire and he would be bound to say something to piss me off and ruin my day... I made that mistake once before and I will never make that mistake ever again, besides, my sister would appreciate the icons she would be seeing (Stooges) and she also loves Beasts Of Bourbon.... holy cow....I so hope they play "Ten Wheels For Jesus" and "Evil Ruby" I am SOOOO excited about this!!! whoo hoo!!!!!! Sadly Miss Wanda Jackson is also playing at Bluesfest but on a different day to the day I will be going (I could only afford to pay for one day... it is a 5 day festival) I love Wanda but thankfully she is playing in Brisbane... I still need to get around to finding out where to buy those tickets... 2 of my most favourite songs by Miss Wanda are... "Fujiyama Mama" and my all time fav is "Kansas City"
Christmas was lovely...

a lot of work but a nice day spent with family, laughing, having fun and eating too much... now my time at the gym is over I will have to reacquaint myself with my beloved running track... I have missed it... it probably feels I dropped it like a hot potato for the flash new gym and it may turn it's nose up and want nothing to do with me...lol... I will be going for a run there tomorrow....
Happy Days.....
Anyway.... hope everyone had a good Christmas and has a wonderful New Years Eve and New Years Day.
I will try and let go of the past and look to the future this coming year, it is my New Year's resolution....
good luck with all of yours  xxxxx  Goodbye 2012!