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SHINE ON AWARD from Shaun

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I am a little over whelmed with Awards of late (blushes). This delightful one was bestowed by Shaun (he is a very naughty laddy ) for he has presented me with two in the last few days. I am partially accepting this, in as much as I won’t answer the questions about myself (because I think you know me pretty much by now) or list my nominees (for the truth be known I feel terrible having to single people out).

THE RULES ARE:

1. Display the award logo on your blog.

2. Link back to the person who nominated you.     Here is his Award giving post  http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/shine-on-award-3/#respond

So to completely mess with the ‘rules’ (as I do) I am putting his comments (7 things about himself) and his other nominees in gratitude for wishing to share this Award with me. Thank you Brave Heart 🙂

Seven things about Shaun:

1. I am about to start watching Continuum the TV Show. My Partner says I will love it, it has time travel in it :-)

2. I had a Calzone last night for tea, my GOD it was Amazing!!!

3. I am at present Listening to “Oasis Live in Manchester” the song is Wonderwall

4. It is raining here, it has been cloudy all day, so not unexpected. If it doesn’t rain here, we worry why!

5. I have had several people follow me in the last few weeks who are AMAZING friends and brilliant people.

6. I have so many good friends on Word Press, you are all an extension to my online family

7. It is nearly 5pm as I write this.

He now nominates 14 people: 

1.  http://fromthefog.me/

2. http://pifuk67.wordpress.com

3. http://myspokenheart.wordpress.com/

4. http://furrynuff.wordpress.com/

5. http://knockedoverbyafeather.wordpress.com/

6. http://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/

7. http://bishoptatro.wordpress.com/

8. http://yaussiechick.wordpress.com/

9. http://theseeker57.wordpress.com/

10. http://sheridegrom.wordpress.com/

11. http://andrawatkins.com/

12. http://willowdot21.wordpress.com/

13. http://johannisthinking.com/

14. http://sonelcorner.wordpress.com/

 

 

The Dragons Loyalty Award

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The above Award was bestowed to me by Merby on http://www.knockedoverbyafeather.wordpress.com
As she has written – To me, this award should be passed on to the people who have been with me the longest. This blog started out as a place for me to share my depression and chronic illnesses, and how they take their toll on my life. It still does this for me, but now it’s my playground, as well.

She has kindly nominated moi, so in my usual way of acknowledgment of this Award,  I now list the other nominees of her choosing. Thank you Merby my dear friend and Congratulations on receiving the Award…oh and do check out these other wonderful folk if you haven’t already 🙂

rarasaur
BeanSprowtCrocodile
Breathing Space
Evil Squirrel’s Nest
Fibro Feist
howanxious
Debauchery Soup
The Temenos Journal
Not Quite Alice
Mental in the Midwest
Angies Grapevine
Fairytale Epidemic
I Won’t Take It
And my best friend in blogland
Melanie of Deliberate Donkey

Time to say thank you

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Again overwhelmed
with the response
and the followers
to my small humble site.

Each one whose
encouraged me just to write
been so supportive and
helped me along, with all of you with me
I shall write and stay strong

I dribble and rave sometimes as we know
I get deep and meaningful
my heart I do show
but that’s Jen or Mumsy
as I’m otherwise known

I now have 200 that follow
I’m amazed that I do
and 10,000 visits oh can this
be true?
I’ve written 300
now 301 there’s plenty
more writing
in this little one

So thank you to the ladies
the gentlemen too
for reading my writing
liking and following
all the words that I spew
forth from my head onto
a page you’re really too kind
or otherwise brave!

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Credit pic – www.tumblr.com

Oh and click on the pic 🙂

ONE POST 3 AWARDS – 3 sets of nominations

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There I think I have covered it in the Title.

SWEET BLOGGER AWARD AND BLOGGER OF THE YEAR  (x 2) 2012

Firstly Ivonne from  ivonnemontijo  – Sex, Spirit, Soul Mates and Chocolate….Ivonne’s Journey has given me an Honourable Mention amongst others of course, a Super Sweet Blogger Award , as I do not actually accept in the sense of answering all the questions and nominating my choices. I repost the nominations that she has listed on my page so that others may have a chance to see these sites. So thank you Ivonne for being such a darling (Congrats on your Award) and I hope that by me reposting is also showing you my appreciation.

http://maryannemistretta.wordpress.com/

http://depressionexists.com

http://thewhyaboutthis.com/

http://naesnest.me/

http://eideard.com/

http://shittalkinnick.wordpress.com

http://apropheticwalk.wordpress.com/

http://notjustagranny.wordpress.com/

http://onethousandsingledays.com/

http://birdmartin.wordpress.com/

http://girlpleasegodgotthis.wordpress.com/

honorable mentions:

https://ramblingsfromamum.wordpress.com/

http://terry1954.wordpress.com/

Secondly Eunice from  nutsforteasure  nominated me for the 2012 Blog Of The Year.

Again as gratification for the Award I  have re-posted her other nominations,  so that others may have a chance to see these sites. So thank you Eunice for being the kind and lovely person you are (Congrats on your Award) and I hope that by me reposting is showing you my appreciation. Ps: – SHE HAS A CAST OF THOUSANDS!

1.http://notsofancynancy.wordpress.com/

.http://timzauto.wordpress.com/

.http://ivonprefontaine.com/

.http://bellaremyphotography.com/

.http://naomibaltuck.wordpress.com/

.http://melissahassard.com/

http://cindyknoke.com/

.http://apronhead.wordpress.com/

http://gravatar.com/ramblingsfromamum

http://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com/

http://hikingphoto.com/

Last but by all means not least is my new friend in the Blog-Is-Phere.
The 3rd Award Blogger of Year 2012 was kindly given to me by innerwildkat.wordpress.com (Kitt) who gave me the nomination, after receiving it from her friend Viveka. Thank you Kitt for my nomination and Congrats to you for receiving the Award also.
Here are her nominations and why –
Jennifer from Quirk’n It – who finds such lovely images from behind her lens.

Amadiex from The Closet Artist – who is finally finding ways to make time for her art work in the midst of her busy job at the hospital. (Ya’ll know how I feel about people who follow their dreams…)

Benjamin from Evolutions Of Art – A wonderful artist suffering from new onset Parkinson’s and with an appreciation for beautiful music.

Olivia OBryon – An awesome teacher with interesting stories…including one that proves…bad boys always have a plan.

Ramblings From A Mum – A new friend who made me realize…there are so many more gadgets that my house could use…

Organised Clutter – Whose idea of a “Literary Fantasy Dinner Party” still has me thinking about who’d be on my guest list…

Cowboys And Crossbones – Who really knows how to party…and is in Nashville, a place I’d love to visit sometime.

Sydney Aaliyah – One of the first people I met on here who also shows that the art of giving is not dead.

So to you 3 beautifully, talented and strong women I thank you for what you have done and please, my readers when you get a chance take a peek at those listed… I certainly shall 🙂

Ramblings – Flattered and Humbled

xx

4000 visitors – Thank you one and all

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I was perusing (as one does) around my site and fixing up a few things (mainly getting rid of those stupid little blue boxes with the ? in them) which means my photos and some awards have again disappeared of my posts.

I looked up and low and behold the number of visitors was

‘4000’!!!

Trumpets blaring, drums a thumping – now I realise to some fellow blog personel this may be a small and possibly insignificant number, but to moi who started at the end of July (hell has it been THAT long?) I feel it nothing short of a miracle that so many of you (virtual though you may be) have popped in.

We all want a little pat on the back now and then and though I started this as a release for my writing passion, I have also made friends along the way and I am grateful for that.

So I wish to say THANK YOU  for caring, sharing your comments and being so supportive of a woman who lives down under who just loves to write.

Off to get the bubbles!!!

Hip Hip Hooray!!

 

 

 

 

 

Yes ‘fraid so it is I again…with my obsession to write.

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Yes it is me again …

I wonder how many of you get that notification that I have posted yet again (maybe I should get a job delivering mail?) and shudder.

If you have followed me and are over my ‘ramblings’ and have completely tuned out, switched off , un-followed or simply delete the email notification you receive from ramblings or you couldn’t be bothered reading I forgive you.

I understand you and I bare no grudges 🙂 for I do post a lot I am a prattler  – “talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way”.

Some times my posts are informative (rare I know) sometimes they are lyrical, sometimes they are poetical and sometimes they are just well nonsense.

But come to think about it, if you have tuned out or struck me off your list you wouldn’t be receiving a notification of this post anyway, so eck I’m not disturbing your peace at all.

I honestly could write all day and night (I’m sure there’s medication for RSI). I cold prattle on forever. What obsesses me to do so? Whether it’s writing a Novel or a Post…it still remains the same an OBSESSION.

I now repost 10 reasons which I found on cassandrajade.wordpress.com site. I hope she doesn’t mind me using it and I thank her, for I find what she has written so very true.

1. You start re-reading every sentence that you write and then start re-writing every sentence, convinced that you are ‘improving’ them. I know when it’s time to stop when I have just written the same sentence ten times and I no longer even believe it to be written in English.

2. Your partner/best friend/child sends you an instant message asking if you will be eating breakfast/lunch/dinner.

3. You start arguing with your characters out loud: “No, you fool. You have to go…”

4. You have any kind of repetitive strain problem (wrist, arm, finger, neck, eyes).   Hence my medication comment.

5. You get home from your day job and your computer is turned on before you have put your bag down, taken your shoes off, fed your pets, or spoken to your children.

6. When you have told your friend/partner/child you will be ready to leave just after finishing one more sentence you write another couple of pages and forget you were meant to be finishing until they unplug the computer at the wall.

7. In your bag you have at least three notebooks and five pens, as well as a pencil in case all of you pens cease working on the same day.

8. Every single thing you read or watch is critiqued in terms of character, plot and setting.

9. When you meet someone for the first time you repeat their name, not to help you remember them but so that you can someday use that name in a story.

10. In conversation you directly reference events and characters you have been writing about (even though nobody else has read it yet).

So I post away day to day if I need to (yes I need to) I’m convincing myself it’s not a form of OCD.

Also I would like to mention October 24th I did a post about having 1,816 people read my ramblings, as of tonight I have had 3,022…Yes I am delighted, thrilled and feel very appreciative to all of you who continue reading.

Whoever would of thunk it!!!!

 

Courtesy of Google & Curiousanimals.net

Courtesy Google & paddingtonpups.com.au

Total random rambling

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I sit here at my desk in the study…it is 1.30am…yes I should be in bed and dreaming of winning the lottery…I would if I remembered to buy a ticket… or dancing across fields of green into the arms of the man I love..but I’m not…I’m listening to a compilation CD of songs..well of course mumsy it would be songs …you wouldn’t be listening to the ABC news broadcast at this hour (or any hour) now would you… punctuation will be pretty much non existant.. because well frankly I don’t want to do full stops and commas and question marks…ok a couple may slip in…so I use dots…(meditating mummy loves dots)..the 1st song is unchained melody..come on girls…because I dont think the boys would like this one…or be reading this for that matter…but us girls do..doesn’t it conjure up the most beautiful fuzzy feeling…it doesn’t (oops a ? slipped in)..well I tried…

this is a ramble post..as that is what my name is..and every now and then I break out of my make sense writing and do one of these…of course they have to be read quickly…why…because they would seem so ridiculous if you read them slow…anyway I digress…unchained melody…don’t you just want your husband….partner…boyfriend..friend with benefits? (oops another ? )…to be cusping (is that a word..where’s my dictionary) your face in his hands? (oops another one)…looking longingly into your eyes…telling you that you are the most beautiful creature that walked this earth…you don’t? (oops) what’s wrong with you?? (heavens more than I thought slipping in here)….

anyway where was I…have you gone away yet…gotten a drink…saying what is the point of this…for new followers I am sorry…I apologise for this seemingly terrible random nonsensical post…but this is me..pure and simple…so bear with me…I am trying to write whatever is going through my head and when I write and at this hour..well this is as good as it’s going to get (oops I did a ‘)

maybe I’m overtired..but I don’t feel it (punctuation has emerged …well it’s hard not to do)…anyway where was I…oh yes cusping..slasping…that bit…but moving on..oops I wrote slasping…what the dickens is that..I’m not correcting..it looks fine…

ok away from the bit if you have a loved one that does the clasping or slasping…I have had my moments in life without a companion by my side…and I survived…it can be tough but it’s do-able…it’s a time that all us females need to find ourselves…to take control of what we really want in a partner…to find who we are and what we want from life…and how to learn from our past mistakes…or from our past in general…and sometimes it may take a little longer than what we are hoping for…it’s not that you will never find anyone…but mr or ms right will come along…you will be glad that you had waited…in fact you aren’t really waiting..you are being sure that the next person that enters your life will be the right one…you are not ugly…you are not nasty…you are not too thin…or too fat.. or controlling…or possessive…you are none of those things…you are you…

and when your person comes along…you will see that…and they will want you for you…and be happy with who you are…so never change for anyone…I tried and it didn’t work…now I am me…and I was lucky enough to find someone who is happy with that..he is now a blog widower…but that’s ok (oops a final ‘) he’s happy I have a hobby….

its now 2am and I shall go to bed and dream

this was so random….

1,816 Visitors- Thank you WordPress

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What can I say?

Whoever thought when I started this humble little blog site through WORDPRESS that I would have accumulated so many people reading my gibberish?? I for one certainly did not.

I have raved and ranted and dribbled for the last three and a bit months about not necessarily the most exciting or thought provoking topics on this planet since I started at the end of July and did not think that I would even have 1 follower, 1 like, or 1 comment,  but I have over that time, learnt that’s what a blog site is all about.

You can be but a singular voice amongst a casts of thousands.

So many sites about life, fears, phobias, photography, personal hardship, personal goals…such an array of works… everyone sharing their lives in the open for all to see.

Through this I have found an affinity with so many people.

If it wasn’t for your site I would never have met or known of people around this world and for that I express my gratitude.

So this Post/Blog is to say THANK YOU WORDPRESS for giving people like me a simple suburban woman living in Australia who lives a pretty much normal existence the power of speech… an outlet to be able to say what her thoughts are, publicise whatever is on her mind at any particular moment of the day or night.

I have met and made friends (though only in the ‘virtual world’)  because of this. People actually care and comment about what I have written ( at least I think they do) and through your site you have made it possible to read, absorb and learn from so many others that contribute to it.

Yes there are sites that have had thousands of visitors and thousands of followers…but I am content with whom have liked, commented and followed my little site of ramblings. I get to share my emotions, my photos, my thoughts with people around the world whom I shall probably never meet and to me that is PRICELESS. I treasure everyone who visits me, everyone who comments, everyone who follows. I did not start this site to have a thousand followers. This site is not about vanity. This site is being able to share with people in the hope that you may connect with them…not a numbers game.

Hopefully I can continue being able to reply to everyone’s comments as I feel that they are all special for taking the time out of their busy lives to follow me and comment on what I have written.

They have all made me laugh or shed a tear and be in awe of their writing skills.

There are SO many talented people in this world, and through your site you have made it possible to see them in an otherwise unknown realm.

I do not write this for adoration or to be recognised. I write this because I feel that you have allowed me to be who I am. You have never met me I am a number or a name logged into your site..nothing more nothing less..but you have opened doors. You have by way of having this site have allowed me to meet amazing people and read posts from people unknown to me…and because of that I feel I am part of their lives be it ever so small.

So I end saying Thank You WordPress for having the insight to allow people to write what they may, share what they will and in doing so meet new friends and enjoy others in this ‘virtual world of ours’.

Picture courtesy of Google (if it remains that is!)

 

Something a tad lighter

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Tonight’s topic is …let me see do I have one or am I just in a “Let’s write something and see who reads” frame of mind, looks to the left…looks to the right…possibly..maybe. The email may come up on their inbox …new post from ramblings yadda yadda & they will read the 1st few lines and say “Whatevs” or “Gawd not another ramble from ramblings” or “What the dickens is she on about now?”

Insert opening to the story that I started which I gave you a glimpse of ..yes cast your minds back.. the one where she starts off sitting by a tree I have deemed that too boring. I seem to be in blog-mania and not get down and continue with this book mania. Anywho I changed the beginning to…

He held back her head; her throat exposed, that way he wouldn’t have to see the expression in her eyes, the fear of death about to strike. She felt limp in his arms; the sedative he slipped into her drink was enough to make her succumb. He didn’t like battles; he didn’t want the struggle as he had with the others. This time it would be peaceful, he actually felt sorry for her as the blade slid its way across from one ear lobe to the other. He lifted his head high and closed his eyes and drew in a breath as he heard her blood spill forth from the opening he had made.

Now that that has cheered you up … Ok so it didn’t ..but it’s all about grabbing the readers attention after all.

Because my last post about my Pop was .. well forgive me but  I had a very bad day and not a good sleep last night due to it, so I felt I should lighten the mood a tad (see title of post).

Anyway I have a question – my pictures disappear from my posts – yes I know I swipe them from Google and yes I know there are copyright laws..but how do others post pics from Google and they still remain?

I have now found a website with “free images” not that I want to bombard you with images but it’s nice to break up the vocab..especially when it doesn’t make much sense (as mine tend to do sometimes). Am I rambling? I feel I am. My moods make me that way. I had a crappy day at the new job… well not a day…but a moment… we all have them, I just didn’t expect it within the 1st few weeks!  Forgive all my dots too I seem to be on a roll with them.

Maybe I am posting because I haven’t had my fix of daily posting…and even though my subject matter is pretty useless  I still need the fix..

Ok so random – does anyone pay attention to their stats? Or am I taking the blog thing waaaay too seriously? Been down the last few days, the columns haven’t risen very high (chuckles to myself) at how sad I am for actually saying that (and no I’m not being serious) just an observation.

Well that’s it…can’t think of anything else. If you have read – I thank you – if you have read and hit the like button I thank you more -if you have read hit the like and commented I love you –  if you have read the email and deleted..well I have no words, insert (I’m joking).

So that is my random – had my fix – trying to lighten my mood up post. Luv ‘ya faces. xx

PS: Posts shouldn’t always be serious & have something enlightening or thought provoking….should they??

 

 

Simply Hello

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This is how I feel…. sad but true…. a fact of every day life. I haven’t posted for a while due to a new job and the brain draining of having to learn new things at my age. Which prompted this blog in so many directions (well at least 2). The strange thing is I read a post from http://irishkatie.wordpress.com and she had written a very similar blog as to what was invading my head space the last few days.

So to be as brief as possibly, for those of you that are interested. I think I may have over posted myself (vision of me in an envelope being shoved into a post box) but even as I write this I feel I will contradict… **Sighs** I started blogging as a release for my writing. I purchased Journals which sadly sit in a drawer in the coffee table. The blogging was/is my outlet for my feelings..my thoughts…my incessant desire to write. How interesting are they (I mean really) to anyone but myself? Is it because I seek praise when writing? Do I long for comments about what I have written? Or am I reading too much into this? I can’t help but think is this an ‘ego’ situation?

I have made virtual friends (I hope) since starting this, I enjoy reading the blogs that I follow, and I do receive satisfaction from comments on pieces that I have written, but I think maybe “less is more”? Can anyone see what I am trying to say here? Have I been overly abundant with my posts? Even with that question I feel that I am asking followers or writers to say “No no Jenny you haven’t”…and please that is not why I asked it.

I’m at a round-a-bout…or more-so a T intersection do I turn left and slow down, or turn right and write the same as I was?

Or do I just say to hell with it, I shall write what I want when I want, if others read, like, follow so be it?

Does anyone else have this dilemma?

In closing because this was going to be brief (and when you’re a talker like I am it’s tough to pull the reins in) I’m tired, as I said, new job and my head is spinning trying to learn the new procedures, computer programs and what the job entails. I am my own worst enemy…I frustrate myself for not learning what is to be learnt in a matter of days since starting and it makes me disbelieve myself and what I am capable of.

I have probably bored every one by now so I shall end. What ever comments (if any) are made about this post I will be interested… though I am not writing it for anyone to respond.

I guess I am searching for the …shall I continue answer (knowing in my heart I love doing this and will continue even though my “stats” wont be high this day or the next) and I am doing it too please me as it is what I love doing. Now I have to think of ‘tags’ that will attract the readers…. and I question even that should it be so..