WAY TO GO DAVE!!!!!    Haven't actually "met you - YET - but an looking forward to next year when we will be over your way.   Do you think I could get some "brekkie" too.

Bacon, Eggs, Tomato, Toast and of course black pudding.  Just thought I would put my order in now so that you have plenty of time to get supplies.......LOL

You are proud of what you have done today, well ol" buddy - I am proud of YOU.

Regards

Ma

thanks folks, hadnt really thought of my average day before but the prompting of the P.M. made me think a little and yep I'm damned pleased

Ma that brekky, knocked up on the barby will be waiting for you anytime you feel the need to travel, only too glad to have you here for a while

Libby, I damn near died, or worse nearly lost my marbles, I still dont have them all but everyday is an improvement, which gives a whole new perspective on life, thats why I embrace everyday with a smile and music and laughter and surround ourselves with freinds and plenty of laughter, it may just be our last day on earth,

our "new" little "granddaughter" is a story in itself, she actually belongs to a lovely lady that we "adopted", "jules" went through a hard time,relationship wise, we have claimed her as our "daughter" for a long time, well I should say she adopted me when she was a bubby, we took her in as our own when she was preggers and having a very hard time through life, so now little "Rhiannon", her baby, our "grandchild" has joined our fold as well, long story but it is all in my previous posts, as is pretty much all my life,

to say I am proud of them is a huge understatement

Jules is now a very succesfull real estate agent in her own right, just passed her 1 million dollar sale mark, which was hugely celebrated here only last week, very, very proud of my "daughter", not looking forward to the day when they move out

we have two lovely little grandchildren of our own, one boy and one girl, darling little things that we dont see anywhere near as often as I would like, Daddy's always working, he takes after me to that effect

our family here is a very wide, proud and diverse one containing probably 40 plus members (most not related) we proudly have all colors and creeds and religions here, we share almost all meals, we help each other in times of crisis or good times, we used to look after each others kids, we are not all in the same household but share a suburban block of houses all with interconnecting gateways

we hang onto old fashioned interconnected neighborly freindships, at our last wedding we attended there was attendance of 760 people all of which I knew by sight, couldnt remember all the names

Davo.....I thought you were resting Mate....LOL.......^5s on the reply....I think some forget .others have a life....well done.......

Dave

Give yourself a pat on the back, and keep up the good "work"
we all have our own destination in life in which we have no choice, some have it hard and some is bloody difficult, how we cope in what the end result is, is what is called HAPPINESS
look after you mate !

Look, Mate, some days I feel good about myself if I make it to the confuser in the A.M.! (All of 3 metres)

Just reading your posts about your daily activities completely exhausts me.

But, goddamit, we all have our individual crosses to bear and, by all accounts, (mostly yours ) you seem to be doing a damn good job of porting yours.

Do keep up the excellent work and get all the joy out of it that you can.

I wish you all the bery vest and burger the rest.

Ken I was looking at your avatar and thinking what a great looking couple and thanks for your thoughts, keep calling it as you see it, as for the rest of you well I'm not looking for acolades of any kind my day is full because thats just how I like it, i didnt realise just how full but there is still time left over

if you were to map your days activities as I have done then I dont think they would be all that different from mine, just that I had a cause today to sit and reflect on "what had I done today to make me feel proud" I'm just glad to say that I have come up to a standard that pleases me, doesnt have to please anybody else just as long as you or me is/are happy in themselves

and I guess if we can all acheve that standard then there cant be too much wrong in the world, gotta love yourself first before you know how or are able to love anybody else

no crosses to bear here, all pure joy, i dont know how you could cope being too far away from the grandkids, we go for a couple of weeks and I'm a mess, god help me if we ever do get permanent respite and we take off on our "dream life", have to take them with us

little R.J. has woken up and hence why I am back on here, I have actually fallen a little bit behind this afternoon, bubby wanted a play, I cant say no, she seems to have a little bit of colic so just a wee bit grizzly and sooky, very unusual for her

Rolly it sounds to me as if your life is a tuffy in which case you are the one that I look up too, i have a lot of elderly and frail freinds here in our neighborhood and we care for them as much as we can, I admire your coping skills on a daily basis, it is you who should be the proud one here for simply surviving, well done you and keep up the good work

we have decided to take the original two weeks respite offered to us and still shoot up to uluru and the alice, we will still take the tribe with us, they were a bit dissapointed so we changed our schedule a bit and reincoorporated it

ah!! the grandkids "quick fix" I think that's what I will have to do, thank god for tiger airlines

yeah she has settled down a bit now but it is most unusal for her to have a grizzle, she normally has smiles from first thing in the morning to the last thing at night, hope nothing is up, if she is like it tonight I might give our quack a ring and get him to drop by

bit early for teething I would have thought but it may be that, she's having a nap here at the moment

dam typing!!

oh I think a few "grumpies" every now and then is a good thing Sue, it increases veiwer participation as well as numbers and wakes up our webmistress, now that Basil has stepped down from his role as "agent provocator" someone had to take up the post LOL!!

a lot that I say is actually "tongue in cheek" (dont tell anyone) but as I say, it increases the ratings no end, it does however end up getting sanctured, so whatever is/was said cant be gone over again, but I do have a very big laugh when I see some of the ridiculous responses

there are a few on the forum that take life in the little glowing box a wee bit too serious and have only the courage to speak out when on the keyboard, I never see this when I talk in the real world, far more respect for the individuals point of veiw, in here only the veiw of the conscriptor is valid

I love to help people, any where, anytime, any how I can, that I thought would have been more than obvious by now in my postings stretching back to a couple of thousand to date ( discounting my break in between), way in excess of anyone here past or present,

out of that number I have gone "off the rails" twice maybe three times, so I dont think thats too bad

I have actually been "attacked" yet again for "falling back on my illness" to drum up sympathy or support in this posting, my illness my business, not out for sympathy, dont need it, dont want it, I function perfectly well without sympathy

it was only upon reflection on what "I" had actually done today that made "me" feel proud that I posted my day at all, then I was attacked for doing so, the emphasis was never on my illness, it was in fact despite my illness I am glad to say that I am still able to function, many dont get that second chance

the emphasis was and still is, that "my" day made "me" feel proud, I wonder what the pm attacker did all day, sat at the computer I guess and corresponded with imaginary freinds

however my main intention for dipping back into the murky waters of the forum was to let you know that bubby is fine, she just has a little very early tooth coming through, she's chewing on everything and dribbling all over me

our doc, Sam came over last night on his way back from his hospital rounds to have a cuppa on the way home, he made me feel like a fool (no big step) he found the tooth starting to poke through, she's happy and smiling again today

I was beginning to suspect swine flue or something drastic, but she is back to her usual self so all is well in Dave's house

Oh!! Ma, the "loaded" pantene went late yesterday after an inspection, so I hope they enjoyed last nights hair wash, supposed to be good for the hair isnt it LOL!!!

Know all about the "teething" thing Dave.  My Great Grandaughter Olivia has cut four across the top ALL AT THE SAME TIME.  She's over it now, poor little thing.

I'll send you over my half bottle of Pantene Hydrating Curls and you can fill it up.  LOL. Serve's em right!!...........    Good one for the "short and curlies"

Dave, dont you think for one second that what you do is not worthwhile or worthy of pride, the ammount of people that you have helped and the ammount of people that you are helping is superhuman in my books, anybody questions your reasons for pride has got to be queer, obviously they dont know you or the bunch of people that surround you everyday they are there because they love you and every one of them is proud to know you, I know because I have had the pleasure of meeting you and the people that are around you, we are currently in the wilds of north western qld, out where the duelling banjos play, great country, we heard from a couple of your freinds, that you will be in uluru/alice late august early sept. I have sent you an email, so expand the camp and add another 8 on that list, wouldnt miss it for quids, take care and slow down a bit mate, all the best, Michael & Sandy