SK & I just saw a hilarious new Four’n Twenty Pie advert. Right in the middle of an Olympics ad break on channel 7.
Have a look yourself at the website where you can view the ad if you haven’t seen it yourself. What I find hilarious is that you can actually purchase the said plate! Funny stuff!
Looks like in tomorrow’s shopping we will buy some pies just for the plate… LOL
Four’n Twenty pie. “Have a lunch that’s edible on a plate that’s credible!”
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Circumcision is a very volitile discussion topic.
I came across this vid whilst perusing the BubHub forums, where a member posted it to try to “enlighten” the discussion.
I’d love to know your thoughts…
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PCOS video created by Mindi Piasecki.
My Blog has recently become a little dormant. I do apologies for not updating as much.
The reason being that atm, basically I can’t focus on much else but our infertility & trying to conceive a baby.
I begin my day as normal, however am finding that I can’t even do house chores without stopping & running to my laptop to look up something else or even watch a video on YouTube. Therefore I would only be blogging multiple posts on my thoughts or what I may have found. I’m sure it would bore most of you!
I have however started a TTC Diary which can be found on the BubHub Forums. I’ve linked to this so if anyone is actually interested in having a read, they can do it away from my blog. I warn you, you’ll need a cuppa! LOL
I have found & learnt from a lot of information from other people on this forum, by reading tonnes of threads. Mostly these are people that all share a common factor - Parenthood or the want of. Personal stories, advice & support can be sought from this site & hopefully you may find it useful for your own use. I can’t speak highly enough of this forum & what it offers.
On a different note, Duff is in Perth for the week & the house is quite different without her here! She will be coming back on a 6am flight arriving in Sydney at midday. I am not realy looking forward to this trip due to WYD events, but I do hope the airport & surrounding roads will be calm on Saturday, long enough for us to get in & get out!
We had a Rental Inspection of the house yesterday & was curious to learn that the Agent from our Real Estate doing the inspection is new & she actually took photos of inside our house as she wondered through it, telling my Mother-In-Law to go & continue what she was doing so she could wonder about alone. I am unsure why this happened & didn’t ask as I was actually showering when she was here & I did not meet her. But it irks me a little that she did take photos, not that we have anything to hide as we look after the property as expected, however the R.E has photos of the property in great detail from just before us moving in. Why do they need photos now? No photos were taken last time anyone did an inspection here nor did we receive any information that this was going to occurr. I would assume if any photos were needed that it would have been on something needing a repair? Especially considering they already have photos as mentioned before. I am left scratching my head.
I pose this question; Does this invade our privacy as tenants? ‘Cos it sure feels like it!
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This past week I had to go to Sydney to have surgery due to ongoing infertility issues. We have been working on becoming pregnant for over 3 years now with no success. During this time we have however found out other underlying medical issues that have assisted the infertility process which we are busily working on reversing.
I went into Royal Hospital for Women Randwick Tuesday for 2 procedures, Laparoscopy & Hysteroscopy.
All the staff at the hospital were wonderful & very accomodating. I actually enjoyed my stay even though I wasn’t near home & had no visitors except for ShadowKnight. The food was also very nice, with far too much of it on the tray!
Anyway, I was scheduled to have 90 minutes of surgery & spent a mere 30 mins in surgery. Straight away this means well!
They went in looking for reasons for infertility including the blocked tubes which showed at the last Hy-Co-Sy test & looking for any Endometriosis, PCOS & any other factors leading to Infertility, even though I was diagnosed with PCOS a year ago.
They had no probs getting into the areas needed & immediately detected my ovaries were enlarged, consistant with PCOS. Both Tubes had fluid passed through them which resulted in clear tubes & spilling over the ovaries….. Which is awesome news, as during the last test (Hy-Co-Sy) this did not occur! I believe one tube has small issues, but should result in clear ovulation when needed. Therefore they will need to keep an eye on this tube for eptopic pregnancies etc.
No Endometriosis or adhesions were detected & my uterus & my upper abdomen areas were normal.
I stayed overnight Tuesday night as I was terribly ill from the anaesthetic. Throwing up everywhere afterwards! However SK stayed by my side the whole day after emerging from Recovery, no matter how groggy & how much I dozed on & off, till they basically kicked him out!
He was about to leave at 8pm when the Lady sharing my room received new visitors.. Which sent SK whirling on his heels back to my side till the nurse came in & said… Time to leave folks! He was fantastic & when we got the news that evening from the Dr’s who operated on me, we were both so excited & I have not seen SK so happy since we first met.
Wednesday morning the Dr’s paid me another visit to allow me to go home later in the day & retold me the news etc. Dr Abbott who was in charge of the actual Surgery told me he has his fingers crossed that with future Clomid Treatment, we should be well underway of growing a healthy baby by Christmas. This was definitely great news to hear, but won’t be believed till it actually happens. It is however more believable now than ever before.
Therefore I am seeing Prof Eden again soon (August 6th) to hopefully begin or at least discuss treatment of Chlomid & possibility of being managed by IVF in Wollongong to save on the trips to Syd all the time for appointments. I won’t be 100% sure of this until I actually do see him.
As for now I am home & happy, a little sore but not needing any drugs for pain management.
Will keep everyone updated as things progress.
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I’ve added a Poll to my site (Right hand Sidebar) in the interest of my curiosity….
I am hoping everyone who visits the site votes on this poll for me.
I am keen to find out what the general public think of Ten Pin Bowling in respect to their own personal relationship with this Sport. This poll is soley created by me, for my personal use. I will however write a Blog on the results once the month is over & will offer something nice in return.
For all you Entrecard Droppers……
Leave me a comment on this Blog to let me know you have voted.
Leave your name & a message. You don’t need to state what your vote was. You don’t even have to Blog about this on your own site!
I will check all backlinks from your comment to ensure you are a genuine Entrecard member.
At the end of the month on June 30, one of you lucky duckys will receive 150 Entrecard Credits for yourself & an invitation to advertise with me, where I will refund you the amount of credits you used to purchase the ad once your ad has run! This is as a Thank You for voting on my poll as well as visiting my site.
Remember to be honest with your vote. Your time is definately appreciated.
Sound good? Get Voting!
P.S Don’t forget to leave your name & a message here on this Blog or you won’t be entered into the draw at the end of the month. Good Luck!
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This might fill in a minute or two.
I’ll bet you get carried away once you realise you can!
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Not much has been going on around here, just the typical financial pressures etc.
I haven’t been lucky enough to find a job so these pressures will continue.
My mum is still staying with us & she is realy enjoying herself. She hasn’t been any hassle so we are happy for her to stay a little longer. We are expecting to keep her with us until roughly June 15th, which is when we will be all going to the WWE Smackdown Tour at Acer Arena. Mum hasn’t been to a WWE live event for a very long time, in fact since we went to the Global Warning Tour in Melbourne. As she is now in her 70’s, it will be a busy & tiring night for her, however I know she will enjoy absolutely every second of it!
We have been working in the Garden with lots of little achievments taking place. We have some lovely new seedlings sprouting & we are currently re-potting a lot of original plants etc. We are experimenting with a few ideas & have plans to build up an existing Garden Bed which basically only houses 3 Large Bird Of Paradise Plants. Stay tuned for another post regarding this mission!
Split Happens has been plodding along slowly. We are running last in our League however we are enjoying the game each week & try to do better.
We have both become active in the TotalBowling.com.au forums. We have found that the Sport of Tenpin Bowling is indeed struggling with numbers & seems to be that most of the general public do not realise that League is for every type of bowler, Beginner to Experienced, from juniors to the elderly & there are Leagues all over the country to suit different times of the day & also to include weekends etc. League players receive discounts on their games when bowling & there are fantastic prizes & awards to earn. You get to meet new people & socialise to your hearts content. Some Centres even offer a Creche! Each Centre offers something different. It would be great to see the community get more actively involved in Tenpin Bowling & support this Sport that doesn’t get the creditation it deserves like many other sports do.
Speaking of Bowling…. ShadowKnight scraped together the pennies to buy me my first ever Bowling Ball!
Thank you so much SK, I will use it wisely 
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My mother has come to stay with us for a couple of weeks.
This will allow us to spend Mother’s day with both my & SK’s mum on Sunday.
My mum turned 70 in February & if you haven’t had a chance to see her Birthday Album, you can check it out here.
Mum lives in Batemans Bay on the NSW south coast & back in 1996 she suffered a stroke during a Triple By-Pass surgery. It was a mere 8 months after the loss of my father in which Mum & Dad spent 38 married years together (I am most proud of my Dad being 57 & mum 38 when I was born).
The stroke affected mum’s short term memory & to this day she still has her good & bad days. I was 19 at the time of her stroke & we lived alone in BB. My eldest Brother D lived in Sydney & next Brother K lived in Nowra. It was a long process & we went through hell & back during mum’s recovery, however we are lucky to still have mum with us today.
Not only is Mother’s Day special for all mum’s around the world, but every Mother’s Day is a blessing. In fact, every day is a blessing. It could have been worse.
So mum is here to spend a couple of weeks with us yet again. She loves coming to visit & we love having her. Sure it can be hard work at times getting the simple tasks done. And by the end of her visit I am looking for the break myself! But Mum is Mum. I am honoured to get to spend the time with her.
So if I do not blog over the next few days, I’m sure you will all understand.
Happy Mother’s Day to all Mum’s out there in Blogland, the Internet & the World. Enjoy your own special day on Sunday xxxx
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Last night we went for a bowl in preparation for our Wednesday Warriors League starting this week. Whilst in the middle of our 2nd game, one of the girls came to have a chat to us. Cutting a long story short, there was not enough people committed to playing the 8.30pm Wednesday Warriors, even though they had their name down to join. Therefore it has been cancelled. We have been invited however to join the Tuesday night League which also runs at 8.30pm. This is fine with us to join up, however what does upset us is that we will be joining into week 6.
We enquired originally about League & were informed that Tuesday nights had just started the week prior & that the W.W would be starting a week or 2 after our enquiry. When we fronted on the night, we were informed that in fact it wasn’t to start until May 7 as the current League was bowling it’s 2nd last week before the 3rd & final week, for them being a presentation night. However it was still preferred that we stay as scheduled to join the W.W.
Therefore we could have in fact actually been bowling League since the beginning of our enquiries, with having only missed 1 week. Now we are joining 6 weeks into the league! EEEEEEEEEEK! This league runs for 25 weeks & SK believes we have a good chance of being able to bring ourselves up the ladder. I am basing this league as a mere “practice run” if you will. Being my first league, I want to get used to the feeling of playing against others (being total strangers) & learning more about Me, the bowler.
I believe I have already found my bowling position, taking 5 steps instead of 4 & starting out on my left foot, starting my swing on my second step before releasing the ball off my right foot. This may sound weird to some but hey, for me it seems to work best. I am using a 10lb House Ball but have my own pair of AMF Sprint shoes, which SK bought for me for my recent Birthday.
We have been bowling twice a week being Wednesday & Sundays. This has been great practice for both of us as SK has found a new nemesis being the 10 pin & I am working on my strike. I hit the 1-3 pocket when i’m on it & know when it hits as the whole flow of the bowl from dot-to-line feels just right. I just don’t have enough of them yet! Hehe. I have however since the beginning of my bowling brought my average up from 82 to now being 104. My main goal was to bowl at least a 100 game each game. Since I have been doing that over the last 2 trips, I am now setting my goal to be 110 each game. I am actually quite suprised & very chuffed with myself as the last 3 games we played I bowled 133-129-113…… all with a sore back! I must have pulled a muscle the last time we played as I was in excruciating pain later that night & for the following 3 nights every time I moved. It started picking up on Saturday until I did a little “Garage Cleaning” with SK & had the pains coming back. I rested it for the arvo so I could still go bowling that evening. I am realy enjoying it & do not want to give it up for anything! Luckily enough the back held up & I bowled my best set of 3 to date!
We are trying to come up with a Team name for SK & myself. We have tossed around many names & ideas & still can’t agree upon 1. So I will offer you 2 names that I like from SK’s selections & hope to get some feedback from you to which you prefer.
Split Happens or
Channel Surfers
My back is now almost it’s old self again & I am looking forward to Tuesday night no matter what. So Shellharbour Bowl… here we come!
Will keep you updated.
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