What could have been

If the light rail plan went ahead in Brisbane this is what could have happened.

For more information go to http://www.brisbanetramwaymuseum.org/ourfuture.html

Remember....

FM No 423 in Gympie Road Kedron on its way to Chermside Dreadnought No 136 turning into O'Keefe Street from Ipswich Road. The Princess Alexandra Hospital is in the background. 03/10/65 Dreadnought No 139 in the Breakfast Creek loop. 14/12/1963
Finding out where to catch a tram. Date unknown Drop-centre No 277 passing the Treasury Building in Queen St 13-11-1968 FM No 422 at Dutton Park. Note the absence of traffic. circ 1960

Brisbane Riverfire 2008

Wanda d'Parke

Wanda d'Parke performing her own rewrite of "Mamma Mia".

Classic Wanda

Remember.....

Who remembers the Coles Cafe in Queen Street Brisbane?

Dancing with the stars

I am awaiting with anticipation for the new season on Dancing with the Stars.

I have heard ---- new host....new set....new rules......new day...new time.......hmmm interesting can't wait.


This season the celbs are:

Home & Away's Jodi Gordon, who plays Martha MacKenzie on the hit soap
Olympic swimming champ Brooke Hanson
Red Symons, who has appeared as a judge on Seven's variety series Australia's Got Talent
Boxer Danny Green, who recently retired as the WBA light heavyweight world champion
Former AFL player Paul Licuria
Toni Pearen, the former host of Australia's Funniest Home Videos who defected to Seven earlier in 2008. Her dancing partner is Henry Byalikov of So You Think You Can Dance fame.
Comedienne Cal Wilson, best known for her appearances on Thank God You're Here
Ex-Hi 5 performer Charli Delaney, who's now a judge of Battle of the Choirs
Sunrise entertainment reporter James Tobin
Luke Jacobz, who recently joined the cast of Home & Away after starring in McLeod's Daughters for several seasons

Hmmm....well I will be interested in watching Red Symons, Toni Pearen (will she dance to Walkaway Lover ..lol), James Tobin and Luke Jacobz.

Swimming

Summer 2008/2009 I am going to start swimming again. I really enjoyed doing it a few years ago but when I moved away it fell to the wayside. So, this summer I am dedicated to trying to go swimming at least 3 times a week.

So I will be off shopping to buy:

swimming chamios swimming shirt googles.

Kitchen Gadgets

I love cooking outside the box and here are a few things that I use in my kitchen.

Would love to have a body like this

This picture reminds me of the trees in New Farm Park

A dream

One of my biggest dreams is to own a little slice of New Farm. I have lived and rented in New Farm for so many years and I so love that suburb. One of the things I love is the accessability of New Farm.

While surfing through http://www.realestate.com.au/ I game across this little gem.

It is an art deco apartment which is so the type of apartment I would love to own.

The site describes it as

Have you been dreaming of living here? Start your New Farm home ownership at Clifton Court - one of Moray Street's most recognised Art Deco buildings. Within walking distance to Moray Cafe, Riverwalk, City Cat, Merthyr Village and New Farm Park, this 1 Bedroom apartment will sell quickly.

For years I have walked past Clifton Court. I even dated a guy who lived in this exact building. I really like that 1930s Art Deco feel of buildings like this. I am enchanted with buildings that have names. Is this fate calling?

Maybe I should just bit the bullet, apply for a home loan and see where that takes me.

I am so afraid of the rejection that may come with the applying of a home loan but the prospect of having to go back into the rental market is scary me too.

Hmmm...what to do?

Hmmm.....summer

It was very hot today.

I so hate summer.

I hate wearing shorts.

I hate sweating.

I hate sleeping in the heat.

I hate heat.

Did I say I hate summer. :)

Crockpot lasagna

Made lasagna in my crockpot today and just came home to enjoy and delicious meal.

It was so nice and the apartment smelt nice as I opened the door.

This will be one meal I will add to my menu.

Yummy. :)

The soundtrack of my life

I thought I might share my favourite radio station.

Radio station 4BH in Brisbane is my all time favourite station. It plays all the songs that you can sing along to. I just love listening to it in the morning while getting ready. It reminds me of when I was young and there was no morning television and all you had to listen to was the radio.

You can check it out at http://www.4bh.com.au/ and read about it here at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4BH

Check out the 4BH website for a great list of the top 1000 songs and see how many you know.

4BH is a popular easy listening radio station transmitting on the AM band. With the catchphrase ‘The Best Songs of All Time', 4BH plays a mix of easy listening hits from the last five decades.

http://bmm.qut.edu.au/client.php?sid=27&rid=103

Blogs I like

I have come across two blogs that I read each day.

They are:

http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

This is interesting to me as I have just recently bought myself a small crockpot in order to make meal time a lot less fussy. I really like the idea of coming home and finding a meal already cooked for you. It is like have your own personal chef. This blog is helping me along with my own crockpot journey.

The second blog I find interesting is...

http://unclutterer.com/

Lots of inspirational stuff on this site. I am on an uncluttering journey this year and this is helping me too. One of my biggest uncluttering tasks this year is to get rid of all my paper clutter. I have started my scanning all my teacher resources and hopefully what was three shelves of teacher resources will be contained to one memory stick.

Did you know that my favourite.....

Colour: Blue
Ride: Brisbane city cat
Food: Chilli con carne
Eat Out: Sitar in the Valley
CD: Whitney Houston
Book: To kill a mockingbird
Super Guilty Pleasure: Staying home on Sat night
Cool: Shaved heads
Broken Bones: Right arm
People Always Think I'm: Distant, rude.....
Indulgence: Afternoon naps
Junk Food: Pizza, Coca-Cola, Tim Tams
Car: Holden
Store: Coles, BigW
Drink: Coke City: New York

Welcome

Welcome to my first post on my new blog.

I aim to use this blog to record ramdom ramblings about my life and things I find interesting.

I hope that anyone reading it finds it interesting.

Enjoy my blog.