CLASSICS

I found a CD that I have of Beethoven and I am just loving it! I love the classics. It is so relaxing and soothing.

On Friday night as I mentioned, I watched Pride and Prejudice - ladies this is a MUST see. It is the most beautiful romantic movie I have seen in the LONGEST time. The calssic story written by Jane Austen is a favourite among many and I feel they really did it justice.
The picturesque countryside, the HUGE mansions, the electricity between two young people who feel attracted to one another when they touch for the first time at a ball. The tension when there is so much to be said between two people and neither of them can find the words to say what needs tobe said.

Oh it was absolutely wonderful. I think I will go and buy it for myself to keep. There is definitely something to be said for the authors of old. The way they wrote, the vocabulary, the humour. You have to read so carefully so you don't miss it. And for the way in which things were done in the 18th century. Young men and women didn't touch - even in a greeting. There was never any shaking of hands as we do today and the only time they could really touch without creating a stir was at a ball while dancing. Greetings were very formal and the ladies would simply courtsey and the gentelmen would give a small polite bow.
They never called each other by name - it was always Mr and Miss so and so. A gentleman in those days truly was a gentleman. They would stand whenever a lady entered a room even if she went in and out of the same room 3 or 4 times - everytime she would enter, they would stand up.

There is one scene where Mr Darcey helps Miss Lizzy up into her buggy and that first touch between them leaves a remarkable impression on them both - a very short and common touch, but for them one that was so charged. I cannot remember when last I so enjoyed a movie. So pure and innocent. I do think sometimes I could have happily lived in those days. I am such a romantic at heart and I get so swept up in something like that quite easily.
I don't think I shall ever forget the vision of Mr Darcey as he appeared out of the mist that early morning when Lizzy had been out walking cause she couldn't sleep. It is so obvious that he had to exsercise a considerable amount of self control so as not to run to where she stood breathless at the sight of him and draw her into his arms and whisk her away.

Do yourself a favour, get this movie and travel back in time for a while... it is so worth it.

I AM STILL HERE!!!!!

HA - you all thought I had disappeared!!!

Well the reason I was so tired on Wednesday is because I was coming down with something. I went to the doctor on Thursday and I was booked off with a throat infection. I feel better now (that's what this picture's all about) and I have had some relaxing days off at home and some quality time with my boys. I quickly borrowed my sisters laptop to do this quick post to let you all know where I have been.

This weekend I watched "Bee Season" (weird??) "Pride & Prejuduce" (which was stunning - I watched it twice) "Zathura" and "Sky High", I finished my book by Jodi Picoult called "Plain Truth" which was excellent too. I still have a seriously runny nose but I am looking forward to reading all your blogs and catching up on all I missed.

toodles!!!

BLAH BLAH BLAH

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No I do not suffer from Narcollapsy (spelling??) this is just how I feel today. I am exhausted and I don't know what to write. I wish I were at home in bed. So I thought I would write some silly poems I remember from primary school...

"As I was going along one day
My head fell off and rolled away
And when I saw that it was gone
I picked it up and put it on

And when I got into the street
A little boy cried: "Look at your feet!!"
I looked at them and sadly said
"I've left them both asleep in bed."

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Mr Giraffe, you make me laugh
You seem to built all wrong.
Your head is so hiiiggghhh up there in the sky
And your neck is so awfully long.
It seems to me that your lunch and your tea
have a very long way to go
I wonder how they manage to find
their way to your tummy below.

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Mud , mud glorious mud
nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
So follow me follow
Down to the hollow
And there let us wallow
In glorious mud.

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snore

TODAY IS SEAN'S BIRTHDAY!!!!

SEAN !!!!






















I love you lots and I hope you have a really REALLY lekka day my sweetie!!
Lots of love
Mamma!!!

THE BOYS, THE BEATLES, THE WEEKEND AND……..THE FOOTBALL

So the kiddos are home! And all is well. Sean and Donovan are taking a bit of time adjusting again cause Sean is at an odd age where he is too young to fit in with Mark, but he feels he is too old to play with Donovan and Donovan doesn’t get it. So there are ructions and tears every now and then – but it will pass.

Yesterday afternoon (Sunday) I went and watched a Beatles show done by “The Fabulous Four”. It was loads of fun and they were very good. I love the Beatles’ music and The Four really paid a good tribute to the Beetles. “She loves you” “Hey Jude” “Lucy in the sky with diamonds” etc. When we called them back for an encore they did some other really great 60’s music. “The Who, Rolling Stones (the lead singer Duck does a wonderful Mick Jagger impression) and some others. My dad is also Duck – so that was cool too.

My church has just opened a small library where we can borrow books and movies and CD’s etc. I borrowed the DVD collection for the Left Behind story series and I watched the first one last night. Kirk Cameron (From Growing Pains – a popular TV sitcom from many years ago) acts in it and it is very good. Very close to the book’s story – not much left out. The collection only consists of 3 DVD’s but I think they have put a few stories together in the following two DVD’s. I loved the Left Behind books and have read a lot of them. And I am totally enjoying the movies too.


And finally I come to the sensitive subject of last night’s Football final. I cannot believe what Zidane did. WHAT WAS HE THINKING!!! Head butting that guy in the chest like that!!!???? It was his last match and he goes out with a red card and a shameful memory – the whole world is going to remember him for that – more than for his brilliant soccer career. And it was rumoured that he was going to recieve the Golden Ball award as the best player of the whole World Cup. He threw it all away in a single moment of anger. I realise that he was tired and tensions were running high - but man ...... what a stupid thing to do. Not only did he drop the French team at the most crucial time during the match, he threw away all his efforts too.
So disappointing.
I am convinced that that was why the French lost – they were unable to score another goal without Zidane there and so it came to the dreaded penalty shoot out. And I think they just couldn't beleive what had happened either. And with Zidane red carded and Henry out (he was replaced) there were no strikers to take part in the penalty shoot out if it came to that.
The pressure, oh the pressure was just about too much to bear. Even after 33 minutes of extra time the scores remained at 1 all, it came down to a penalty shoot out. I felt so bad for the goalie – it’s not a good place to be in a final match like that. Finally Italy scored a perfect 5 out of 5 in the penalty shoot out and France missed one – it was not stopped by the Italian goalie – don’t get too excited, the ball hit the cross bar and bounced just in front of the goal line and out – missed by less than 6 inches. I don’t want to even know what Zidane must be feeling now – what a way to end a career. The world cup was so near yet so far for the French. And even though they dominated most of the game and had a few very close misses, it was the Italians who took the gold in the end.









Sigh ....