Have you ever ...

Have you ever rediscovered something that you once loved and then somehow life moved on and so did you?

This has happened to me recently and yes, it goes without saying that everyday I rediscovered lots of things.  This discovery was different.  I discovered a whole heap of my old music!  You know CDs from the early days!

I also have a huge amount of LP Records (and 12inch singles) around somewhere too I think they are in the roof space though.  Given my fear of ladders and well the fact that I can barely stand up to balance there is little chance of me climbing up there to find the records.  Oh and combine that with the fact that we don't actually have a record player (or a cd player we use the Playstation by the looks of things!) there would really be no point except to reminisce.

I think I can do that pretty well without getting my records down.

Here are some notable (or perhaps not) mentions:

*  Clarence Carter - Strokin' 12inch
*  Paul Lekakis - Boom Boom
*  Wham - Make it big and Fantastic
*  Bros - Push
*  1927 - Ish
*  Robert Plant - Now & Zen
*  John Cougar Mellancamp - Lonesome Jubilee
*  Paula Abdul - Forever your girl
*  INXS - Kick
*  Grease
*  The Specials - Self Titled & More Specials
*  Duran Duran - Seven & the Ragged Tiger
*  Violent Femmes - Self Titled
*  Michael Jackson - Thriller
*  Ratcat - Blind Love
*  The Radiators - Feel the Heat
*  Hunters & Collectors
*  Madness - Mad Not Mad

And so many more.  I didn't say it was a good selection, it is certainly interesting.  If I had a record player probably one of the first I would listen to would be Duran Duran so here is a film clip to reminisce.

Video - Duran Duran Union of the Snake

On the more recent CD front (these are as equally eclectic) some of the ones I have rediscovered are:

*  Falling Joys - Wish List
*  Nirvana - Nevermind
*  The Clouds - Loot, Penny Century & Octopus
*  Billy Bragg - Talking to the taxman about Poetry & Don't try this at home
*  New Order Compilation
*  Triple Hottest 100 from 1994-1999
*  Midnight Oil Best Of
*  Janet Jackson - Janet
*  Jill Sobule - Self Titled & Happy Town
*  Indigo Girls - Rites of Passage & 4.5 Best of
*  Hunters & Collectors
*  Shaggy - Bombastic
*  Living Colour - Stain
*  Paul Kelly

But probably the one that I have on high rotation at the moment is Wendy Matthews - Lily.  She has this beautiful soothing voice that is just divine to listen to.

Video - Wendy Matthews The Day You Went Away

It is fairly clearly evident that I spent a lot of money on music throughout the late 80s and 90s!  There are many things that are coming back into fashion from the 80s some of the music could be quite happily left behind but lots of it is actually really great catchy tunes that you can dance to.  Much of the music from the 90s revolved around the pub scene especially for me that many the Lansdowne, St George Leagues, Selinas at the Coogee Bay with it's sticky carpet, Coyotes many times to see Def-FX, The Annandale, and when I wasn't in the pubs I was on Oxford st dancing the night away (or Carmens in Miranda!)  

There are times when I wonder why I can't fit into that size 8 black skirt I used to wear everywhere or my little hot pants I would hazard a guess it has a whole lot to do with the amount I used to eat (not much), smoking cigarettes, substituted alcohol for food and danced for hours and hours (plus walked EVERYWHERE when we couldn't get Taxis - I once walked from Shark Park to Soldiers Rd Jannali at about 2am in the morning alone pre mobile phones!!!! About 10km!) 

Is there anything you have recently re-discovered that brings back happy memories? 

Have a great weekend albeit a hot one so I hope you can find somewhere to stay cool! 

Cathy xoxo 

No one expects the Unexpected Chicken!

This morning I discovered that our next door neighbour has a chicken (I am not sure if there is more than one but I only heard one.)  I was relaying this story to the children.  

I was telling them that I heard this Bkerk, then another Bkrerk and there it was again Bkerk.  I wasn't exactly sure I know I am a bit slow on the uptake at times.  It suddenly hit me bloody chickens!  Great was my first thought, quickly followed by #@$% mice, it's wings better be clipped!  Last time they had them one flew over the fence was chased around our yard by our old dog who cornered it then it played dead!  Hubby and I think #$%^ he's killed it hubby goes to pick it up and it sprang to life!  I laughed so hard I tell you, he didn't at the time scared the crap out of him!  We took the dog inside and figured if it got here it could get back and if not the dog would sort it out eventually!  Not that we really wanted that to happen!  Sure enough eventually it went back home so we could let the dog back out.  

My gorgeous boy Ruts

Then it all started!  Bkerk goes the chook, woof woof barks one of our dogs!  Bkerk, woof woof woof, Bkerk, woof woof woof woof.  Are you getting the picture?  My thoughts of a quiet morning outside on the deck were rapidly vanishing with the discovery of this bloody chicken!  

Obi Wan

Next thing I hear Bkerk, scratch scratch scratch Bkerk followed by more scratching of nails on a colour bond fence.  On investigation I discover both of our dogs scratching and digging to find what the noise was!  This was not happening, seriously I have just got the kids back to school I just wanted some peace.  

Chewbacca

With the scratching, digging, barking I took my dogs inside.  Next thing I hear is more Bkerks and howling from what sounds like a dog the size of a small bear that sounds to be coming from the house the other side of the house with the chickens!!!  Awesome this goes on for about another ten minutes!  Then silence the giant sounding dog either ate the chicken or the chicken went to sleep, stopped Bkerking and stopped annoying the street full of dogs!  

Anyone who thinks dog barking is annoying has never listened to a chicken Bkerk for at least 30 minutes non stop!  

This is a video of the kids laughing at my story telling!  This is a good five minutes after I had finished my story!!!  They had sore tummies and chests from laughing so hard!  I truly didn't think it was that funny but apparently it was! 

I just want to be super clear no chickens were harmed by me or my dogs (or the other dogs in the st!) to the best of my knowledge today and I will endeavour as best as I can to keep it that way.  

Hugs 

Cathy xoxo 

Linking up with Karin from Calm to Conniption for the Ultimate Rabbit Hole!

I have really lost my mind

Oh boy I think I have lost the plot.  I was actually considering blogging about craft!  Anyone who knows me will know that craft and I are not words that would normally be used in the same sentence.

I even took progress photos 

Of what I was working on that is until I cut it out only to be told by the children that we had no glue.  Then I thought no worries I will use sticky tape but you know what I got lost in the instructions.  

I have a mate and her kids coming over tomorrow and I was thinking if I could do it then maybe it would keep the kids occupied if it is still raining.  But I pretty much got lost in what to do after I cut it all out. 

So rather than me continuing I thought I would just include the link to where I found the original idea, they are called Flextangles.  If you are wanting the template or to make them all the instructions are on the website above.  I thought it looked cool and that maybe it would be fun to make, you might too.  Here is a video all about them. 

til next time I loose my mind 

Cathy xoxo 

Songs that make you laugh

A good friend of mine has been doing a 30 day song challenge.  She has been really good at posting a song every day using the following prompts.  I was going ok in the beginning and she was fantastic at reminding me then it all got too hard.

Today however, the prompt I saw on her private page made me think of a whole lot of songs and I thought for a bit I fun I would inflict them on you as well.

If we just quickly run through the list I will give you my answers.  I would love to hear yours to any or all of these. 

1.  Throw your arms around me - Hunters & Collectors 

2.  Here's Johnny - Hocus Pocus 

3.  Walking on sunshine - Katrina & the Waves 

4.  Wires - Athlete 

5.  Bat Out of Hell - Meatloaf 

6.  The Slab - Hunters & Collectors 

7.  Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes 

8.  Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf 

9.  Moondance - Van Morrison 

10.  Can't think of a song that makes me fall asleep 

11.  Holy Grail - Hunters & Collectors 

12.  Hmmm I don't really hate any bands 

13.  Trance - Loria Jonzun 

14.  I Kissed a Girl - Jill Sobule 

15.  Little Ray of Sunshine - Axiom

16.  Anything that is over played on the radio! 

17.  I can't remember yesterday so I don't know! 

18.  Lock It - Falling Joys 

19.  Wednesday Night - Clouds

20.  Have I Told You Lately - Van Morrison 

21.  Spinning Around - Kylie 

22.  Days Like These - Van Morrison 

23.  Into My Arms - Nick Cave (I did play this and Kylie Minogue in the Church!) 

24.  Forest Gump Feather Theme

25.  Too many to list but I will include a few youtube clips! 

26.  Music Box Dancer 

27.  Anything really 

28.  Break on Through - The Doors 

29.  Girl You'll be a Woman Soon - Neil Diamond

30.  Throw Your Arms Around Me - Hunters & Collectors 

Now for the songs that make me laugh 

Irish Twelve Days of Christmas 

Star Trekking Across the Universe

The Duck Song 

Hope you also get a giggle out of these and "Have you got any grapes?" 

hugs
Cathy xoxo