Sick As A Dog

Yesterday it was hot and humid and I still felt like shit, so I decided to do some gardening.

I pulled up all the plants in my front garden, divided them and then replanted them. In the courtyard I dug up the hideous plants in the bed there and moved a couple of wheelbarrow loads of soil from there around to the side garden and transplanted a few of the Agapantha’s from the front garden into the courtyard, the remaining plants have gone into the bed under the spare room window.

I have been slowly removing the daisies from the side garden – there were so many that you couldn’t move. I have no idea what to plant there yet, something that takes full sun and isn’t too fussy about being watered all the time (like never…)

Movie Review: Percy Jackson And The Lightning Thief

After being stood up yet again by Re, I decided to see this by myself.

I really enjoyed it, even though it was just plain predictable. Great storyline though – definitely get it out on DVD for the family.

It has Kevin McKidd (the newer guy in Grey's Anatomy) in it and he is hot!!

Plot: It's the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy Jackson's Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they're not happy: Zeus' lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy's mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy's mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.

Movie Review: The Wolfman

I surprised Danielle when she met me in Perth after work today for lunch. I had organized for a couple of the girls from work to come so that she could catch up with them.

We went to Ruby Thai which is great value and was delicious.

Danielle & I then headed over to Innaloo to see a movie, the only thing playing at a convenient time was The Wolfman.

Anthony Hopkins is a great actor, don’t get me wrong, but the last few movies I have seen him in he has been, um, crap. Sorry, but that is my opinion.

I also don't see what the fuss is about Benicio Del Toro – he is not good looking and he can probably act, but this film did him no favours. Sure the special effects were good, but there were times when the effects looked like something out of a b grade movie from the 80’s.

Both of us were disappointed by the movie. Give this a miss when it comes out on DVD.

Plot: Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother... and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother's fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.

Long Drive, Long Weekend

After a shaky start, my long weekend turned out rather nicely…

My friend ‘Walrus’ and his partner Belinder (whom I am great friends with) were supposed to come up from Bunbury and stay with me so we could do some serious drinking on Saturday night. Unfortunately, a close relative passed away suddenly so they weren’t coming up. But she did invite me down.

I didn’t want to be in the traffic going down, so decided not to leave until Saturday afternoon and come back Sunday evening.

It was the first time I have actually driven to Bunbury – I mean, I’ve been there a few times, but always with someone else driving.

It was a pleasant drive, singing along to the music with not much traffic and not a cop or radar in sight!

We had a nice barbecue for dinner and enjoyed a couple of drinks. Once the kids were in bed we tried to decide on a movie, eventually settling for Poltergeist – which I have never watched, believe it or not. I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. We debated whether it would have turned out better if it had been made now instead and decided it would not have turned out as good.

We turned in at about 3, and it was not long after that when I could hear noises outside… two guys and a girl were walking down the street dragging a vacuum cleaner behind them! I mean, who does that at 3.30 in the morning?!

I managed to drop off about 5 (the sofa wasn’t comfy and it was warm) only to get woken up at 7 by the younger kids trying playing in the lounge room. The others got up about 10 & I cooked us some scrambled eggs.

Walrus & Belinder headed to Mandurah to pick up her ex husband because he was going to stay with the kids while she & the oldest drove to Geraldton for the funeral on Tuesday.

The three of us didn’t leave for Perth until after 9. I had to drop them off in Kalamunda as Belinder was going to drive her dad’s ute up – her car wouldn’t have made the long drive.

I ended up getting home about 2 in the morning and didn’t surface until midday.

Scorcher

Today was one of the hottest days we have had yet this year!

Chook came over to check out the new digs and by the time she got here (she’s only about 30 minutes away) she was hot.

Because I don't have air-conditioning, I have taken to dunking my tank tops in water and then wringing them out and wearing them wet to cool down.

We decided to head to the movies and ended up seeing Sherlock Holmes (which I’ve already seen) because she had free passes. It was bliss in the cinema, but still damn hot when we came out just before 5.

I got home to discover the chocolates I had in the pantry had started to melt, so had to put them in the fridge… I hate cold chocolate!!

Suburbia

Today I had to drive down to Canning Vale to pick up a dryer I purchased off a fellow employee. I haven’t been down there for years – it has changed so much!!

So many new residential areas and shopping precincts seem to have popped up.

When I got home I had fun moving the dryer from the car through to the laundry, hurting my back in the process and ended up getting some nice bruises on my arms.

Deep Thought For Today

If life is measured by time, years, months and days... how is love measured?

Again, I hope I have not plagiarised anyone, I was not having the greatest day and this was just something I thought of...

Bad Service

Danielle met me for lunch at work today.

The café across the road – Breve – was the only option. I have been there a couple of times and up until the last time I went it was pretty good, but when it takes 30 minutes just for a bowl of wedges and some garlic bread, when it’s not busy, you know it is not going to be a good experience – but, I decided to give them a second chance. Oh how I regret that now…

We both ordered garlic bread and shared wedges. You would think that both people would get their garlic bread at the same time wouldn’t you? No, mine came out 20minutes after Danielle got hers!!

Ridiculous!!! I will not be going back there ever again!!

Random Facts 30

1. The hair of an adult can stretch 25% of it's length without breaking.
2. The starfish has five limbs and can re-grow four of them, as long as it's central body is not harmed.
3. Xerophargy refers to a diet of bread and water.
4. To simply walk you use 200 muscles.
5. A cheetah's stride is seven to eight metres in length. It completes four strides per second.
6. Artichokes are flower buds.
7. 24 frames per second are projected in most animated films.
8. All porcupines float in water.
9. In ancient times, vinegar was the strongest acid known.
10. The indentation at the bottom of a wine bottle is to strengthen the structure of the bottle and to trap the sediments in the wine.

Happy Birthday Mum

The family went to Sizzlers for dinner last night to celebrate my Mum’s birthday. We had to wait about 40minutes to be seated at a table because the place was packed!! Two little old ladies kept trying to get in front of us and I kept blocking them – much to their disappointment!

My oldest niece spent the night at my place and fell asleep 20 minutes into Harry Potter J