Nufmeisters Look at so called Reality

Wotz New Magoo?

2009-05-28T01:52:05Z

Well i've been keeping the cats in of late, especially Tex, and it's driving him bananas!! But in a majority "Dog" & "Bunny" neighbourhood, a wandering cat is not the most welcoming thing. A few times the cat has come home worse for wear.. I think he's been hit or kicked by one of the neighbours, or one of the dogs has had a go at them.
So ive invested in a couple of enclosures and a cat run, so that the cats can have some outside time, fresh air and all that. but I know that they aren't wandering all over the neighbourhood.

When I went out early this morning to erect the enclosures and the run, a gorgeous sight drifted over the top of the house, and onwards
till it was out of sight.

Ho Hum

2009-05-12T21:49:23Z

Yes well i know it's been a while since my last entry, but well nothing has happened here really.
Well nothing worth printing and letting people know about that is.
Unemployed yet again ho humm.

The factory i worked for let us go in October last year.
They shifted to Melbourne, as the profit margin for them was better not having to truck transport stuff
2hrs to the docks for export etc I guess.

Meanwhile it left 130 of us unemployed here. Although since
then , there has been pretty much about that many put out of work each month at different places
around the town, as the recession really digs in. I think we already had almost the highest if not the
highest unemployment in the state, now we've most definitely tipped the scales

The government run social services places are just shocking, so much bloody red tape,
and f@rt@r$ing about it's a wonder anything works. Honestly if Joe Bloggs Normal ran a
business like the government runs their places Oi Vey!

I went in to apply for unemployment
payments. I was given a piece of paper and told to go home and ring this number...
(( Uh im standing here in person why can't you get those details now ...))
Anyway go home do all that, to get the Unemployment Payment you also have to enrol with a
Job Network, who are supposedly there to help you get a job, they do diddly squat ( this is my 3rd time
on payments) Wouldn't you know it the Job Network I selected, will be defunked at the end of May or June,
as they didn't get enough people jobs.

So not only do i have to compete the other unemployed, but the new unemployed job network people,
taking jobs as well Aiieee

Finally get my Unemployment payments interview, where you have to provide all your details.
bank details , current account totals, investments , birth certs, medicare numbers , rent details,
assets details blah blah blah. Which on their piece of paper is supposedly going to take 15minutes of your time.
Meanwhile and hour and a half later, you finally get out of their. only to find that you have been given
a parking ticket... Luckily this time i had not.

Previous times, submitting you payment for was just a case of going in , and dropping the form into
a box. Now you have to stand in the incredible longgggg line, and wait to see a real person , so they can enter
the details of your form. So not to self allow hour and a half to submit form as well each fortnight.

Happy St Patricks Day

2009-03-17T09:38:09Z

Gesh Would You Give Us A Break Already ! ! ! ! !

2009-03-06T21:03:53Z

My Rant for the day, run away now if your not in the ranting mood!

I dunno it just seems to keep coming and coming doesn't it.

First mum is diagnosed with Cancer , gets it cut out of her arm.

It spreads to her the Lymph Gland under her arm. She had surgery
to remove the Lymph Gland and Radiation Therapy.

The she gets Lymphodema in the arm, where the Lymph Gland
is removed.

Now after 3 attacks in about 3 years she has been diagnosed
with Ménière's Disease , which if you look at the symptoms
etc, she's probably had since she was in her teens, but luckily not
had the dizziness, vomiting and what not then, that she now does.

Gesh I just wish whoever controls this mess of a planet, would
cut some of us some slack occassionally

Lottery Winner Wootness!

2009-03-04T08:12:30Z

OMG you have to love junk mail don't you!! :D

I got 3 different emails purporting to be from Lottery establishments
in the UK Ooohh Maaahhh , well considering I'm not even in the UK, that
was their initial slip up.

Noticeably they never mention an actual name of the Lottery , business number
yadda yadda yadda, but ask you ALL your details

Yes in the first one i won 2 Million Pounds!, the mail I'd won 1 Million,
obviously they were tiring of sending emails to me by the third with a measly
600,000 pounds

Funnily enough the Uk Lottery emails had come from yahoo accounts in Hong Kong,
Spain , and the Netherlands ( My the UK Lottery does get around doesn't it hahah )

Needless to say I'm no richer this afternoon, than i was this morning,
well maybe a little in the laughs department!

Light Bulb Moments Rant Parts 1 & 2

2009-02-22T08:10:45Z

Part 1.

This is more a doesn't it piss you off when this happens type rant.

I bought a new desk top lamp for my computer desk, get it home find out it needs a 40w globe. of course every globe i have in the house is 60 or 75w. So jump back in the car go to the supermarket. takes me another 5 minutes to find the aisle that has the light globes in it.

Stand there staring at the globes they all have the screw in connection, I need the other sort.

So of course they have about 2 hangers of those sort of connections, and they are those energy savers. I figure okay ill do my little bit of saving the planet today.

So i buy it, get it home it still wont fit, cause it's got this great hulking wide white base that doesn't fit any light fitting in the house , let alone the desk top lamp i bought it for.

Well that was $10 dollars well spent not, $5 bucks worth of petrol up in fumes, and still no *^&#)*&^ Light

Rantingly Yours
Nufmeister

Part 2.

Now back to the regularly scheduled Ranting...

You wouldn't believe it but the light globe saga continues.

Mum nipped out this morning to get the weekend newspapers, and thought
she'd cheer me up by getting a light globe. She gets home and says i got you
light globe for the lamp and then swears.... it's the screw in type, and this one
needs the bayonet style one...

Ohh you have got to be kidding me dont you.

So in a last ditch effort went to yet another place got two 40w bayonet styled
light globes 75cents each....

So 16 something dollars, 3 shopping trips and a 1/4 tank of petrol later,
I finally have a desk lamp that works. ( Which i half expected to be dodgy
and not work as well )

~phew~ thank goodness that is over with

T H A N K S

2009-02-10T18:49:01Z

Thanks to everyone that posted for your concern,

Luckily I live in suburbia of sorts in comparison to those really effected and devastated by these fires.
But with 57 houses and 2 people here in Bendigo and surrounds alone,
just goes to show even in suburbia your not safe from anything.

dsaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bnbnbnbnbnbnbnbnbnbnbn

haha the above is from Tex saying thank you (Im pretty sure) to, standing on my keyboard taking up the entire monitor
space

Much Love and Thanks
~Annie

Victorian Bushfires 2009 Aftermath

2009-02-10T08:48:12Z

It's Tuesday the 10th of February here in Australia, after our fourth day of fires the death toll now stands at 181 people dead (and on the increase), 750 houses raised , 5000+ Homeless , Countless people still missing.

I must admit i spent yesterday evening just crying, just the scale and scope of it is quite overwhelming.

Both Bendigo and Redesdale fires have been contained.
So we ended up with a tonne of smoke and ash, and nothing else thank goodness. Unfortunately a lady mum knows from the Lympodema group , wasn't so lucky her house was raised to the ground. The fire was so eractic, jumping from place to place, often being 50 to 100 metres apart. Leaving a wooden house unscathed and burning down a stone/brick house right next door.
Talk about the perfect storm... 12 years of drought ,2 weeks of extreme heat wave culminating in the hottest day on tecord on the friday, ferociously strong winds

www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/slideshowplayer.aspx

My own pictures at home of the Sunday Evening, the rain teasing us by raining up above the rooftops but vapourising right there...

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Bendigo Bushfire 2009 continued...

2009-02-08T02:38:53Z

The have it within containment lines now, but as one of the blurbys says there is still fire burning, they have 40 fire trucks and some 200 firefighting personal on scene. Pretty much most of the available vehicles from all the different suburbs fire stations, and some have com in from other town further north of us.
It was 48 vehicles earlier, so i'd say they are slowly getting on top of it.

There have been helicopters and planes going over at random times this morning, obviously keeping the ground crews up to date as well.

Awake all night last night, listening to the emergency radio broadcast, just in case we had to get out of their in a hurry. The power went out a couple of times, i had heard they would have to cut of oertian areas out here, both Power and Gas, to prevent explosions etcetc.

The CFA(Country Fire Authority) has said that there is at least one arsonist out there re-lighting fires What sorta of a Whack job would you have to be honestly!!!

The cars were covered in a thin veil of dust/ash this morning

We still have the bathtub and buckets filled with water, then hose hooked up to the front tap, bags packed and in the car. Not taking any chances whichever way it goes.

Latest News as of 30 minutes ago www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/08/2485467.htm

Bendigo Bushfires Feb 2009

2009-02-07T22:14:19Z

The Smoke from the Fires streets away from us .
There are 42 fire trucks attending it.

Ewps My bad...

2009-02-01T12:01:02Z

We had ( yes paste tense) a small wall temp gauge, that i was comparing the temperatures
forecast on tv , to the ones online and the ones in actual fact.

Inside the house the temperature was 36.4, that was with doors and windows closes,
ceiling fans spinning and the a/c in the lounge room ( only room its in btw ) going.

Decided that I'd put the gauge outside the back door for a few minutes, to see what the difference
was. Unfortunately I kind of blew it up EWPS, the mercury went all the way to the end of the glass,
and never went back down again. Even after putting it in the fridge. So I'm thinking it was just to damned hot
outside...

I think over both South Australia and Victoria ( the two states having the heatwave ) there has been reports of up
to 60 people having died due to the heatwaves conditions, power outages lack of a/c etc. Thankfully there
hasnt been any casualties from the bushfires, ( not that I've heard ) apart from houses and land.

Soooo no end in sight to it yet...

Welcome to Hell, Check your hat at the door.

2009-01-30T20:31:04Z

Well you'd be forgive for thinking that, that's our new address. it just keeps getting hotter and hotter.

On the news last night apparently there have been people without power for 3 days, pretty much
since the beginning of the heatwave. hopefully they have friends or rellies etc to stay with that do
have some form of A/c even if it's just pedestal fans.

In that regard, we've been lucky, but i wouldn't speak to soon. They have revised bendigos temperature
forcast for today from:

44c - 111.2f up to 46c - 114.8f

I told Sarah last night i sould go out and get a kids wading pool , move the dining room table into
the lounge room. both mum and sarah said what if it springs a leak lol. The Sarah had the idea of buying two wading pools one bigger than the other put the smaller inside the large one Lolol..

Gesssh not doing to bad are we.. much...

heatwave ,power outages, no rail servies(due to heat and incompetence) bushfires , 12the year of drought, lvl 4 water restrictions,

Power Outage

2009-01-29T18:19:32Z

To add insult to injury yesterday, the power got cut off for about an hour and a half.
Right at the hottest part of the day as well..

I rang powercor ( the peeps that run the power company ) that al the others buy from
Who said due to government regulations they had to cut the power, but said it'd be restored
in about 2hours time. Apparently they black out certian areas at a time. Funny how it alwasy seem to be
the same certian areas. Last time when we had a brown out, out place was hit but the neighbours either side
were fine.

Saw on the news last night that some peole in i think a melbourne suburb, ones side of the street,
had no power. The other side of the street you could hear the hum of the A/C Wouldn't you be
majorly pissed off.

No doubt there will be more power outages today, were supposed to get to 44.c ( and that and in the shae measure )
Ive found its usually about 2 or 3 above that her , when i chuck a temp gaue out the back door.

Hot hot Hot

2009-01-29T06:29:07Z

Yeh Gads . . . I wonder if it's possibly to physically melt. i think its going to be put to the test
Yesterday was just the start of our 40.c.+ Heatwave.
Yesterdays Temperature was 42.c. (107.6 f )
Forecast for Bendigo for the next 7 days is:

Thurs: Forecast 41.c. (105.8 f) currently 42.5 (108.5 f )(5:30pm - that with the temperatures going back down Lol )

Fri 42 - 107.6

Sat 44 - 111.2

Sun 41 - 105.8

Mon 41 - 105.8

Tues 40 - 104

Wed 42 - 107.6

The Clean Start To A New Year

2009-01-11T19:50:23Z

Kept on reminding myself to post. Then remembered the next morning that I'd forgotten *rolls eyes*

My Sunflower crop has grown and died off, and we just harvested the corn,
needless to say we had corncobs for tea tonight Yummo!

Been a woman on a mission this week, actually got to and cleaned out my room.
unpacked all the boxes i shoved in the cupboard after the move, not bad only took
me what a year!

I think I solely stocked St.Vinnies Charity bin in the last few days. Took down 6 garbage
bags full this arvo. Dropped of 3 boxes to 'em on friday arvo. plus i reckon,
If i went through the room again in a months time, i'd still get a few bags full out of it, but its much tidier than ever!!

Bow to your Slightly Dorky Nerd Queen

2009-01-09T08:00:51Z

* * * M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S * * *

2008-12-24T23:13:11Z

Annie Garden Update

2008-12-15T20:11:47Z

Pictures from Parmys Garden
Mid December 2008

The (nicked erh borrowed)Australia Meme

2008-12-14T20:11:10Z

Bold the things you have done..

1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala.
4. Visited Melbourne
5. Watched a summer thunderstorm
6. Worn a pair of thongs
7. Been to Uluru (Ayer's Rock).
8. Visited Cape York
9. Held a snake
10. Sang along with Khe San
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney
13. Have seen a shark
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an Indigenous Australian (Aboriginal).
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
18. Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down
19. Seen Chloe in Young & Jackson's
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus
21. Been to Sydney's Mardi Gras
22. Have gone bush-bashing
23. Taken a sickie
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football
25. Have seen wild camels
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Had a Tim Tam Slam
28. Ridden in a tram in Melbourne
29. Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Held a wombat
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more - no, 600kms is my longest :(
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider
37. Have watched Paul Hogan
38. Seen Blue Poles in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang
42. Seen the Kimberlies
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift(also been the hitch hiker)
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors
56. Visited Adelaide
57. Know the true story behind 'Eternity'
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane
60. Been in an outback pub
61. Know what the term "Waltzing Matilda" actually means
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Listened to Slim Dusty
64. Own five or more Australian movies or TV series
65. Sang along to Down Under
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road.
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting
88. Crossed the Nullarbor
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles
90. Listened to AC/DC.
91. Called someone a dag
92. Voted in a Federal Election
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags
94. Had a possum in your roof
95. Visited the outback
96. Travelled over corrugated roads.
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage
99. Seen an emu.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires

November updates

2008-11-16T21:23:14Z

Howdy All,

Well if you hadn't heard my job as finally finished up.
I've been home doing sweet FA for a month now, honestly it only
feels like a few days. I'm finally getting some SLEEP, ah glorious
sleep.

Now my sleep and insomnia are back where they should be, and
my body feels a lot better for it. not running on fumes as it
has been for the last few years. Considering i knew that work was eventually
ending I made an effort to stash some cash, so i could have a "holiday"
before going out and starting the job hunting once more.

The shot to the shoulder has taken a while to finally kick in,
but i think it is finally doing what it was supposed to. I know
in some cased it does require more shots, touch wood that won't
be me.

I've been to the dentist and the dental hygienist in the last week.
The dentist was happy with my teeth , and how his prior work was
holding up.

mmm lemme see what else .. oh the garden. here's a snap shot of it
as of second week of November 2008.

Can you believe it's 38 DAYS , 8 HOURS , 38 MINUTES till Christmas... not that i am counting at all *hehe*

okay well thats about it for my bi monthly update *heeh*
toodle noodles

Art Test as stolen from breen as stolen from kasha etc

2008-10-29T20:35:02Z

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Balanced, Secure, and Realistic.

15 Impressionist, 3 Islamic, -7 Ukiyo-e, 0 Cubist, 3 Abstract and -19 Renaissance!

Impressionism is a movement in French painting, sometimes called optical realism because of its almost scientific interest in the actual visual experience and effect of light and movement on appearance of objects. Impressionist paintings are balanced, use colored shadows, use pure color, broken brushstrokes, thick paint, and scenes from everyday life or nature.

People that like Impressionist paintings may not alway be what is deemed socially acceptable. They tend to move on their own path without always worrying that it may be offensive to others. They value friendships but because they also value honesty tend to have a few really good friends. They do not, however, like people that are rude and do not appreciate the ideas of others. They are secure enough in themselves that they can listen to the ideas of other people without it affecting their own final decisions. The world for them is not black and white but more in shades of grey and muted colors. They like things to be aestically pleasing, not stark and sharp. There are many ways to view things, and the impresssionist personality views the world from many different aspects. They enjoy life and try to keep a realistic viewpoint of things, but are not very open to new experiences. If they are content in their live they will be more than likely pleased to keep things just the way they are.

Take What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test at HelloQuizzy

falling apart at the seams

2008-10-14T20:36:11Z

Oi Vey!

Well not only was I, a bag off misery yesterday. plus the washing machine had died. Mum went around to the local hardware store to look at some blinds for outdoors, she came back out to the car, to find fluid leaking out of the front. got a few bottles of water to top up the engine coolant container, and drove it to her mechanics. The radiator has a crack right across the top of it, which is between 600-1000 to replace. So that will be a couple of thousand dollars in two days! 2 ultra sounds, x-rays, washing machine and car ... *ARRRGGGHHH!!!* Why do these things always happen at this time of year?? Can kiss goodbye to Christmas and well anything else that involved money for months to come Gah! Someone/thing up there is just cruel, give us a break!!

positive thoughts positive thoughts >___<<

Ouch!

2008-10-13T08:00:33Z

Well went to hospital at 3:30, didn't have to wait long.
Got taken down to cubicles, and had to change into hospital gown.
Then taken to another room to have another ultra sound done,
they then brought in another doctor, who does the actual injection.
He puts the needle in and then looks at the ultra sound screen,
to make sure he's injecting into the right place. it felt like lead
going in, could feel it as he emptied the needles container into my arm.
I was thinking you got a local anesthetic b4 hand they do it at same time,
so you really don't feel much apart from, the feeling of the other fluid slowly
making its way around. I got out at 4 ( when my appointment was actually scheduled for.

It's almost 7pm now, and the local has pretty much worn off, yeah so
not so much feeling the happy happy joy joy now *ow*

In other news, looks like after the washing machines death knell 12 months ago,
it's finally died outright n totally. So looks like a new washing machine will be on our horizon

Birthday Thanks for Yesterday & Other Stuff

2008-10-12T20:35:57Z

Thanks Belle for the Birthday card in the post, yours was the very first to arrive :D
Thanks to Kaz and Ginny for the e-card and best wishes.
Sarah and Kim came over for the weekend as well, which was cool.
Scored well, some clothes, sneaky sound system cd, dvd, pillows etc, did alright for "old cat lady" in the making :)

In other news I go to hospital 4pm this afternoon to have the cortisone shot into my shoulder.
I've pretty much taken this week off, well as you'll see below wouldn't have had much work anyways. Dependent on how the shoulder pans out, i may have already worked my last day.

We were given notice at work also, it finishes up December 5th, but they have already cut us back to one day on and a day on call ( well that's night shift anyways ), a very NON subtle way of making people leave quicker. They say one thing and do the other.

p,s, thanks candi n breen ( and I would be how old in 2099... obviously to many addatives and preservatives :P )

Sick N Twisted N Stolen from elsewhere Muhauahau

2008-09-26T19:55:01Z

How evil are you?