Not too bad...

a bruise from my

blood test yesterday..

I wondered why my inner elbow was sore

when i woke up..



Old Melbourne Gaol

Today was the last day of the school holidays

I had the day off

so off we went to Melbourne

after the blood pressure monitor was taken off

and then a blood test.

where the nurse informed me

I have hard to find veins -

yes they were in hiding from the needle

and I'm a slow bleeder..

she joked she could have made a coffee

by time I filled 3 vials...

We went as Seb has been wanting

 to go see the

Old Melbourne Gaol for  while.

so after morning tea at Laurent ..think I have

made a mistake of taking the kids to my

favourite fab 4 haunt ..lol

we headed to the Gaol..

It felt really eerie and cold inside...

this is the mens holding cell

where they kept them before

being charged, up to 10

men could be in 1 cell at a time..

think that toilet has seen better days...

the padded cell and door....

the padded floor has now been replaced

with boards, still not a nice feeling

to be in there..

the ladies outdoor area,

they had 2 cells and spent

their outdoor time in here..

there was no roof to protect them from the

weather.

now the mug shoots..

hopefully these will be the only ones ever taken..lol

and now we can see how how tall they both are..Seb's not that far off Mad

and no way was I standing there as Mad is already slightly

yes only slightly taller than me..

After that off to the Vic market,

then to Victoria harbour

at docklands..then  home



Doctors visits....getting older...and the joys of being female..

I detest them and it...

Went 2 weeks ago for the full "women's" checkup...lucky me now gets to wear a 24 hr blood pressure monitor... Because my first reading was too low, 2nd time i got a little got higher, 3rd was too high...

So this morning off I go to get it on, it's been slightly high all day, and then it went really high...maybe it was after the phone call where I had a very irate customer abuse me... Yes that got my blood pressure up...lol

Then it's been down all night, it reads it every half hour, soon it will be very hour and lucky me gets to sleep with it on.. How I will sleep..I have no idea..lol

Then lucky me gets to have a blood test in the morning.. Now to try and get the veins to co-operate, they go into hiding at the sight of a needle..

And then in 2 weeks my "girls" get a free screening because of my age ...squeezed into shapes you couldn't imagine ... Oh the joys of getting older....lol

so far all results back are perfect and clear... Which i am so grateful for..so I suppose 24 hours of my arm being squeezed in half will be ok...






Lee-Ann xx

Lady GaGa

The Monster Ball was last night

 and what a performance she does.

A little weird, strange, rude, amazing ..

it was like haunted/gothic/alien theme ..

and it was dark as in lighting concert

which went with the theme, but it was

sometimes hard to see here from where

we were..

I had to explain to Mad what this blow up thing was on stage, and it took

me a few minutes to wrok it out..

ok I didnt have my glasses on, thats my excuse ..

can you guess...???

she appears at the top, then pushes her way out

thru the centre ....

yes it is a blow up...

I'm going to say it now ...

vagina ....

Must say I've never seen one so big ..lol

she sang all her hit songs and more..

some a little too weird for me ..

her new one Princess Die - think she made it up as

she went, and she did suggest the next concert

it might be a little different.

She was amazing to  watch

and she is so fit,

to watch her for over 2 hours

non stop I was exausted ..



I'm here, but not doing much

After working all week , running 2 kids around, then the household stuff, and having one very helpful mum who comes up once a week to cook for us. I provide the food..she cooks it.. Im loving it..mums cooking - nothing better than that.

So I'm not getting much stitching done..but I have made some progress on
LK Halloween Rules, love the colours in it.



We also have a Melbourne stitches & Craft show coming up at the end of July, and like I need anything more like a hole in the head, I went thru my stash and pulled the charts I want fabric for. It will be a Fab 4 gtg. And then the week after we have our official Fab 4 gtg here.

Also news here... Mad went to the cinema yesterday, after coming out, she played one of those stupid $2 a go arcade games ...well she won a Mario cart WII bundle... She was so excited as she wanted the IPad but she selected the WII in stupid excitement. I rang up the guy who runs/manages the machines and explained we already have a WII and any chance of swapping..yes no problems..so her dad will go swap it tomorrow..

Ok so now I don't think they are stupid..lol

And only 4 more sleeps to Mad & I go see Lady Gaga...apparently we can dress up but no meat dresses, glass, play guns or nudity allowed.. Bugger..no nudity!!! Lol





Lee-Ann xx

Another day in Melbourne

Minus cake this time...
Today I went with Mad to the netball to watch Melbourne Vixens which she has a membership to.
It was their last home game and I promised I would go with her as I haven't been able to get to the others, she has either taken a friend or gone with her dad.
Before hand we popped into the city for a bit of retail therapy for both of us.Then onto the game at Hisense Arena.










They won 50-49 , totally different to watching 13yrs olds play and didnt know
It was a contact sport!! Well I don't think it is but there was a bit happening during this game..plenty of bruises after the game I think..

It was finished by 1.45 so back Into the city to the DFO at southern cross station for a little more shopping...






Lee-Ann xx

A Fab 4 day out...

We havent had one for a while,

but today made up for it.

Breakfast at Laurent..

and then shopping...

makeup for me,

cook books and pie dishes for Lissy & Coral

and shoes for me and Lissy

I got these..

love the pink polka dot ones...

and had to get the purple..

girls twisted my arm...

really they did ..

and then we convinced Lissy to get

a similar pink polka dot pr...

are we pathetic or what ??  lol

lunch back at Laurent

and a disappointing afternoon tea at the

Hopetoun tea rooms ..

we think because everything is in the front

window under lights..with some cooling - ice on the bottom shelf ..

and being 3pm, it wasnt very fresh ..

and Corals pot of tea which was on the very weak side

we still enjoyed the company ...