tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77322722011-08-27T11:04:31.322-04:00Back with two babies! Oh and a husband!Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.comBlogger1901100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-65565148238486603682010-11-29T09:45:00.002-05:002010-11-29T09:49:28.489-05:00

Yup, I'm a-movin', I'm walkin' here these days... http://onlotusroad.blogspot.com/ See ya there :)

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-31104930598321881642010-08-26T10:35:00.004-04:002010-08-26T10:45:43.665-04:00

...today.My first baby, who made me a mama, is half an hour into her third birthday and is sleeping (for the moment) peacefully.It's only been 3 years? It feels like she's been around forever but, at the same time, it feels like only a few months ago I was walking down that pier, arm in arm with my mother and my mother-in-law, in labour. Wow, what a journey it's been so far!Hippo birdy to my

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Here I am, after wandering the real world (or something like it) for the past couple of years (almost)...Miss me?There's been a few changes around here. Maya's 2 year birthday has come and gone, we went to Canada for a visit. We bought this souvenir back with us...Her name: Samara Jane FlorenceI think she's exquisite.

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-47530493978557628642008-08-26T08:01:00.007-04:002008-12-11T10:04:30.350-05:00

Here we are baby, on the eve of your 1st birthday in the world of mortals...It is 10pm as I write this, August 26th. This time last year, we had been in the hospital an hour by now, up to my 23rd hour of labour (4 more to come)...you were on your way, at last!You take after your father in the sense of being punctual, you arrived on your due date, the 27th of August at 2:06am. But then...you take

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-85973729449485384252008-05-22T08:07:00.002-04:002008-05-22T08:14:47.505-04:00

...and I've had so many thoughts lately where I have said to myself:"I must blog that..."Same as when Maya does something, babbles something, or just grows up too fast everyday and I remind myself to write about it in her baby book...But then I get distracted and don't...and feel guilty afterwards.Just under 7 weeks until I'm a Missus. So strange to think that I'll be one of those...'married

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-51706861768338132762008-04-16T01:10:00.001-04:002008-04-16T01:11:23.091-04:00

This made me cry....Pretty much cried all the way through it actuallyhttp://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/

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Don't send a lame Holiday eCard. Try JibJab Sendables!

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-56245098420758939162008-01-25T06:25:00.000-05:002008-01-25T06:43:09.635-05:00

Don't ever think you're not good enoughLike I once didYou're more then thatI don't want you to hide your beautiful smile behind your handTo hide 'imperfect teeth' or a 'crooked jawline'Like I once didYou're more then thatI don't want you to ever pinch your thighs or stomach and feel 'fat'as you look at the models in your latest teen magazineand vow to not eat for the next weekLike I once

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-31661451499589540372008-01-13T23:37:00.000-05:002008-01-13T23:42:10.510-05:00

Interesting article, one which reflects what I believe about parenting...In their hands by Peggy O'Mara, Publisher/Editor, Mothering Magazine "When our children are young, we hold their lives in our hands. This is a serious charge. It changes us. As our children grow older, however, we begin to put ourselves in their hands. And when we do, we are glad that the history we share is so deep. I took

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Who ever would have guessed that laundry could be so intoxicatingly fun?At least to Miss Maya it is. I lie her on the bed as I fold laundry and she screams in delight, widens her eyes, clenches her fists and her whole body tenses up in excitement while she builds up to the next squeal as she watches sheets, wraps, underwear, daddy's shirts et al flow over the top of her as I whip them in the air

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-61751740561122131802007-12-21T07:50:00.000-05:002007-12-21T08:01:31.767-05:00

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men."Alice WalkerToday I stood at the bedroom window with Maya in my arms, just after she awoke from slumber, and we looked out together at the clear blue day world outside. A soft breeze softly sailed through the open window as I named the

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-36002809995287164892007-12-01T09:03:00.000-05:002007-12-24T19:26:04.442-05:00

The saying goes that the shortest route to a mans heart is through his stomach.Well, the quickest way to a mother's heart is through her child.

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-5054506866606943892007-11-18T06:51:00.001-05:002007-11-18T06:52:59.427-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maya Kisses Daddy, originally uploaded by Luminosity. I won't write about Maya in this post.I won't tell you that she sometimes pulls her lips in and back in a Cabbage Patch Doll kinda way when she tries to talk.Definitely

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-7889960402402329602007-11-17T10:19:00.001-05:002007-11-17T10:19:12.171-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maya Smiley Girl, originally uploaded by Luminosity. Yesterday marked another milestone...two in one week , wow!Josh and I were laying beside her on the bed, jiggling a new toy over her face when she, out of the blue, let

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1274441503430815102007-11-15T05:24:00.001-05:002007-11-15T05:24:19.517-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Pretty baby, originally uploaded by Luminosity. My little darling uttered her first word yesterday (around 4pm 14th November 2007...gotta record the time/date for prosperity sakes.)She has been trying her hardest to talk

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-72987871111988928642007-11-07T06:15:00.001-05:002007-11-07T06:23:20.288-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maya B&W, originally uploaded by Luminosity. So, today was the day that I'd been dreading: Immunisation Day.I roped in the services of my sister, an experienced Immunisation-Day-Times-2 mama to be my support and/or to hold

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-23394947731909030572007-11-06T06:19:00.001-05:002007-11-06T06:19:32.501-05:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maya Grin, originally uploaded by Luminosity. I'm in the living room, Josh is in the bedroom getting Maya back to sleep.Cue deep, 'official' sounding voice over the baby monitor:Josh: "Come in Tina, this is God speaking....

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-34715439402216273522007-11-01T07:28:00.001-04:002007-11-01T07:28:01.064-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maya Towelled Up, originally uploaded by Luminosity. My Halloween night had a quite scary moment and not in the way one might think, not Halloweeny scary. I went to move Maya's bassinette closer to my pillow just before I

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-40107904005688826422007-10-29T01:25:00.001-04:002007-10-29T01:25:13.278-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maya Sleeps, originally uploaded by Luminosity. Was in the supermarket, flicking through the weekly magazines (I never actually BUY them pffft, quick flick through and I know what's what in the world) when I came across an

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-59852749957513528892007-10-23T19:46:00.001-04:002007-10-23T19:46:34.841-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Grainy Josh, originally uploaded by Luminosity. Had some time today to loiter on the computer, finish breakfast (yayyyy to breakfast) and I found some New Orleans shots that I took the last time we were there in 2005, right

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-70217724165305617362007-10-22T08:26:00.001-04:002007-10-22T08:26:31.846-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The 2 Month Cupcake, originally uploaded by Luminosity. Maya is 2 months old today! Happy 2 months baby girl!A paradox; it feels like time has whipped by so fast yet, on the other hand, it feels like she has been here so

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-17404494508882619082007-10-19T11:25:00.001-04:002007-10-19T11:27:29.086-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Maya & Poppa Hands, originally uploaded by Luminosity. Before I was a Mum I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.I never thought about

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-31633677617380292322007-10-17T01:53:00.001-04:002007-10-17T01:55:47.007-04:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Mummy Kisses, originally uploaded by Luminosity. Thank god for baby slings, otherwise I wouldn't get anything done! I have two carriers; the ever-popular Baby Bjorn and the Hugabub sling. Both are as good as the other but

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-38479557864416537112007-10-15T18:38:00.000-04:002007-10-15T19:03:40.406-04:00

Ok...finally had a chance to post...So much to write about over the past 7 weeks (has it really only been 7 weeks?!)I don't know where to start.Now I understand all those parents that say that parenthood is the most challenging but rewarding job you could do in your life. You're running on the whiff of sleep, utterly, utterly bone-crushingly-tired to the point your entire body is screaming for

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-19762308327481922922007-09-13T18:19:00.000-04:002007-11-06T06:31:28.023-05:00

Say hello to Maya Isabella SingerShe was born on her due date, August 27th, at 2:06am. So, she definitely doesn't take after her mother in that respect as I am never that spot on with time.The labour was everything I'd hoped it would be. No pain relief whatsoever and just a quiet private labour spent with family. Started burning my Clary Sage in the oil burner to bring on labour before bed on

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-83648257452052452832007-08-16T04:12:00.000-04:002007-08-16T04:41:09.222-04:00

Josh and I moved to our apartment-by-the-beach two weekends ago. Also I started maternity leave the day before the move (August 3rd) and ever since then I've been a whir of activity...tying up loose ends, shopping for baby goodies, unpacking and storing away, washing baby clothes and blankets....then ironing them...Ahhh nesting has begun...yes I admit it now. I haven't really had a chance to

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-15667195772465246542007-07-14T08:03:00.000-04:002007-07-14T08:43:58.350-04:00

So we started playing music to bubby at night, sometimes. The Lion King in fact, getting that whole African thang going, sprung from the desire that this child will be some cool, missionary or something. Or at least someone that travels to places such as Nepal or Tibet or Africa and has a rich life. Think The Lion King will be a springboard for this idealistic vision of our childs life? Lol...

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I think I'll just accept the fact that I'm a slacker, especially when it comes to recording my life online.Josh and I started pre-natal classes, I just call them 'baby classes', about two weeks ago. We had our second class last night which was actually quite the eye-opener, in the sense that the person taking the class (Rhea Dempsey) pulls no punches. She's been a birth educator and attendant for

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-60745777765263277212007-06-03T23:39:00.000-04:002007-06-03T23:41:41.889-04:00

'What she senses for youThe day you deliver, outside will be hazy. Your baby will arrive in the morning.After a labor lasting approximately 18 hours, your child, a girl, will be born. Your baby will weigh about 8 pounds, 11 ounces, and will be 19 inches long. This child will have green eyes and a lot of hair.But there is more. I sense that you wonder if you will have a difficult time during labor

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-7366956206855791072007-06-03T23:15:00.000-04:002007-06-03T23:26:37.195-04:00

Here's me, 28 weeks pregnant and in PJ's...quite a good look, wonder if it'll catch on lolAnd just a photo I took about 3 or 4 weeks ago, so I'd be around 24 or 25 weeks pregnant here...

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-2780940927412954052007-05-31T02:23:00.000-04:002007-05-31T02:52:46.496-04:00

...Josh and I were supposed to be those 'someones', today...May 31st 2007...our wedding day. Y'know, the one that we took a raincheck on because a certain little cutie took up residence in my belly...We would've been up and getting ready in our wedding-finery finest in warm Hawaii right now. I probably would have been battling pre-wedding nerves by downing a glass of champers and scoring warm

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-63649115479902860382007-04-28T08:34:00.000-04:002007-04-28T08:35:25.153-04:00

Ok, this is too bloody cute for it's own good!!!

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These clips of our munchkin-in-utero were taken about a couple of weeks ago, at the 20 week ultrasound (we're 23 weeks pregnant in 2 days from now woo woo!). Josh is convinced the munchkin is a girl (we did not find out the gender, we're leaving it as a surprise to unfold at the birth). He's very comfortable in saying "she..." now when he refers to bubs. I was running the above clip on a loop one

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-13088167630499379292007-04-26T01:26:00.000-04:002007-04-26T02:16:27.846-04:00

An observation on pregnancy...there is an extraordinairy amount of scaremongering out there, directed at pregnant women/parents. I have lost count of the amount of times I have become worried because I have had a question and turned to the internet/other resources to find answers. From eating the 'wrong' foods (listeria) to suffering from the flu, I have almost drowned in the hysteria of medical

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You may just need a forklift to lift this Corn Pop onto your lap if she/he keeps growing at the rate they're growing!I feel like someone inserted a ripe watermelon into my stomach while I wasn't looking. Seriously, I can't even manage to look at a glass of water without wanting to groan because I feel full to the gills. I'm only 23 weeks pregnant this Monday! Whoa me...stretch belly, s...t...r...

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And I thought I was rich in ditzy moments BEFORE I fell pregnant...Baby-Brain Moment # 1: Standing in my kitchen in the morning, eating my cereal and staring vacantly at the contents of my pantry, vaguely wondering what was wrong with the picture I was looking at. Eventually realized I was staring at the carton of milk I had put on the pantry shelf, instead of in the fridge.Baby-Brain Moment # 2:

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A view from the outside...I'm 20 weeks pregnant today! Happy Halfway Point!!!The Corn Pop is moving around and I feel soft little tapping kicks every now and then. A couple of weeks ago I started feeling this really strange movement that was decidedly different to the kick/taps I feel these days. Sounds awful to compare our baby to a reptile but the sensation was akin to feeling the weight of a

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-74613282955661345512007-03-18T00:58:00.000-04:002007-03-21T08:17:15.109-04:00

The Thin Blue Lines12 week ultrasound...Chillin and just hangin around in the comfort of a Corn Pop's own womb...Sucking his/her thumbFairy Fingers that like to tickle my belly from within...I'm 17 weeks pregnant now and showing quite the baby bump already. The wedding has been postponed to May 2008, instead of May 2007 (damn and we would have had only a couple of months left to go until we were

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ANOTHER post I wrote back in December....I've been so slack in my 'non-posting-way!~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Biopsy results back, it aint melanoma! Turned out to be a bloody (scuse the pun) heomatoma (sp?). Basically, a blood vessel burst under the toenail. It sure LOOKED like a melanoma.A weeks gone by since my toenail was ripped off and

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-38637542461217388742007-02-15T18:21:00.000-05:002007-02-15T18:30:49.960-05:00

Update: Below is another post that I had written early to mid december. I had it saved as a draft and have gotten off my ass finally to publish them as a proper post.~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~It was funny at the immigration office this morning. We get in, after bouncing 'left of field' questions off each other, such as... "Ok, which side

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-84923159590449992812006-12-07T06:37:00.000-05:002007-02-15T17:54:08.163-05:00

*Update: The below is a post I wrote back in early December last year. I had written it but decided to keep it as a draft only because Josh and I had our immigration interview coming up later that week and, as I had given them this blog site address as proof of a history of our relationship, I didn't want them reading that I had a potential health problem. Just in case it worked against our

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This made me laugh...God a No-Show To TomKats Wedding?!In case ya can't be bothered clicking on the link, here's the article, courtesy of pugbus..."God Not Attending Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes WeddingBy Chip HiltonNov 18, 2006, 10:32 VATICAN CITY - God issued a brief press release yesterday explaining that he won't attend the wedding of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes because he fears his presence

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1163206366006734692006-11-10T19:51:00.000-05:002006-11-10T20:00:51.643-05:00

I just saw the news on tv :( Belinda Emmett Passes AwayI guess the news is still fresh because it was the only article I could find when I googled it.I know it isn't a shock per se, because Belinda (Rove McManus's wife for those that are going "huh?") had been fighting cancer for the past eight years. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer, had treatment and was in remission. Then it spread.

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Here's an article I ran into recently and thought it might be a help to all cell/mobile phone owners (lets face it, who doesn't have a cell phone these days?)It's basically some tips on what to do if your phone goes for a swim, whether it be in the ocean, toilet or your drink at the local pub...Rescuing a wet cellphoneIt's one of those 'useless bits of info, that might come in handy one day'

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1162430563295152112006-11-01T20:12:00.000-05:002006-11-01T20:23:40.516-05:00

...to be a smartass and do things like taking a marker and writing '=16' on all the vehicles that have '4x4' on them.Or maybe that's too clever. I should show that I'm 'street/ghetto fabulous' enough and make it an even '20'.

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1162347315902354772006-10-31T20:58:00.000-05:002006-10-31T21:15:16.040-05:00

People live two kinds of lives, all at once, all rolled up in one.There's the life they live for other people, one they think they should live. It's full of 'shoulds'.A play they perform for an audience, usually full of strangers, but with their loved ones sitting in the front row, in the Society Theatre.The backstage is where it's most interesting, where honesty lies, warts and all.There, the

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My dad is really sick.He has been for the past few years but he's getting worse. He was always a thin man, has struggled to put any weight on him, let alone keep it on. He has been helicoptered to hospital too many times, where I've lost count. His body isn't metabolising any food he manages to keep down, it's started metabolising his body instead.So now, he's down to 50 kg's. For a man that is

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Even my blog doesn't hear from me much these days.I can hear it now, in a whiny Brooklyn accent:"You don't caaaaall, you don't wriiiiite, not even your poor ol BLOG!"Went for a couple of interviews yesterday. I think I'm getting a bit better at the interview thing. At least, yesterday I was on FIRE! Haha. I'd hire me, hell I'd give me Employee of the Month, before I'd worked a day! Uh huh, yeah,

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Over here....you sir, up in aisle 4, seat 296, put your popcorn down...I have an announcement...It's Josh's 31st birthday!!! *Crowd goes wild, some start climbing banisters*.Seriously honey...and I know you've logged onto my blog today...still in your pj's, hair all sticky-up and all in that very sexy kinda way, to see if I spilled what today is....see there ya go, now you're smiling (even if

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1157810065034893962006-09-09T09:53:00.000-04:002006-09-09T09:58:49.286-04:00

'When trouble fills my world you bring me peace you calm me down you're my release when walls come crashing around my feet you light my way you're my release so say you'll watch over me when i'm in too deep tell me you'll always be there to pull me free when the sun is beating down upon my brow you are my shade you cool me down every time i tried to turn away you brought me 'round your humble way

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1157782936085174952006-09-09T02:19:00.000-04:002006-09-09T02:22:16.096-04:00

'The darkest hour is that before the dawn'

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As most of the world knows by now, Steve Irwin died yesterday.I had just come back from lunch and was working out the back, with the designers, when I overhead the words 'Steve Irwin' and 'stingray' and just general joking around. For quite awhile, I just thought they were joking about the fact that he was stung by an animal he was handling, yet again, and assumed he was fine until I heard one of

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Blurry....but giddy happy...I escape into these memories, of my travels, during these days of stress, exhaustion and uncertainty.

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What is it I salvage from mediocrity, wholesale ideas, stereotypes? My individual world, in which I grow faster, learn more and live more deeply.-Anais Nin

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I stumbled onto this woman's site, I forget how, and I started to read and was seduced into her world.I started to read her life backwards...then I got to the middle and feel compelled to read it from the start, onwards.She possesses so much beauty, so much heart, courage, compassion, writing her truth as poetry and illustrating it with amazing photography.A few times I felt moved to tears....

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“There is always a moment in any kind of struggle whenone feels in full bloom. Vivid. Alive. One might beblown to bits in such a moment and still be at peace. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the mountaintop. Gandhidying with the name of God on his lips. SojournerTruth baring her breasts at a women’s rightsconvention in 1851. Harriet Tubman exposing herrevolver to some of the slaves she had freed, who,

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Stay Positive.....things will get better....Repeat 200 times.I'm trying to listen to what my gut instinct is telling me.....I wish it wouldn't whisper. I wish my mind could shut up.Feeling like a bit of an idiot right now. Am I about to make a decision that will mean being true to myself or a decision that is misguided and foolish? I'll know that when I know which way is up, which end my feet are

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It's SoulsJuice's two year anniversary! I started this on the eve of my 30th Birthday, I guess it was my way of kicking off my 30s, coming to terms with 'growing up and being adult' and whatnot *wink*.Don't think the adult part has sunk in, still waiting to feel like a 'grown up'. My version just doesn't feel the same as my parents version, when I would look to them as my 'grown-ups'.Maybe

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I am finding this speech is proving to be one I am reading regularly in recent days.Find what you loveI grabbed the link from a friend of mine, Dan, from The Photo Forum. So, thanks Dan! Been home for 2 days now, sick from work. After one week of my 'two-week-trial' at this design place. Don't know how to feel about working there, just an uneasy vibe. Don't know if if I'm being stupid about it or

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Can't wait to get to this day!

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I was browsing through a Flickr members photos and a paragraph of his captured my attention, as it stands true with how I feel since Josh has been in my life. Actually, the longer I've been with him, the more I feel this way.The paragraph?"You know someone is special when they make you, just through knowing you, reevaluate the way you see the world."

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...I just wanted to reiterate the fact that my husband-to-be is not only the most romantic guy around...he's also a spunk...!Hey, a girl's allowed to brag, every once in a while.Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and tie a pillow to my butt as, once he sees this post, he's gonna kick it (after he stops laughing that is...).

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Reading back over all the posts I have made since being back Australia-Side (mental note: change the sub-heading on this blog, Dorothy aint in Toronto anymo').Man, do I sound whiny!I, along with Josh, find ourselves repeating the mantra: Stay Positive, stay positive, stay positive.....A lot on our plate this year but we do have so many things that are good. To stay positive about. We've just got

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1153646595290252642006-07-23T04:53:00.000-04:002006-08-08T23:49:52.453-04:00

Just showing you the location and the gazebo we are getting married in...I also just discovered, in my search for photos of it, that the gazebo is the exact same one which was filmed for Lost, for the scene where Jack married Sara. Though, in the Lost photo, there is a rogue tree....maybe a prop lol? It was a flashback scene, which Lost fans would know. It was the 'Do No Harm' episode.Here is the

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...gonna get Maurrrrri-ed.Sorry, cheap play on words, bad pun and all....couldn't resist.The date has been set. We set it a while ago but I've had computer-itus and haven't played nice with the net enough in recent months so just haven't blogged any news. We're gettin hitched overlooking the ocean in Oahu (Oh-Are-You) on May 31st 2007. Sounds like a goooood date to us.We've had the rings made and

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I promise...I have reflected on the most recent entries I have made on this blog and had a compulsion to delete one or two of them, as no one likes a whiner, not even I.But no, thats what I felt at that particular moment and this is me, warts, whininess and all. This is probably what a lot of people go through, when trying to re-establish oneself...be it in another country or ones home country.

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Since I've been back in Australia, I've seen a side of it that,frankly, is unfriendly.I've never been privy to it, being someone born and raised here it was a side that never showed it's upturned nose to me. Being an immigrant here is bloody tough. Forget about the blood-letting immigration department, who are responsible for dealing out misinformation time after time. It's a rigorous, bumpy and

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Yesterday was a great day! I arranged for the day off work at RMIT so that I could assist a photographer I blogged about on here some time back, before I moved to TorontoPhilip GreenwoodSpent the day helping him out on a shoot he was doing, in a warehouse/studio space his friend owns. What a great space! It also is a 10 minute walk from my apartment.I just felt that this is what I want to do, to

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Some people yearn for weightlessness, to float and be free. What would uncertainty weigh? It feels weightless, like an astronaut in space without an anchor. Yet, the feeling that accompanies this weightlessness feels heavy, for uncertainty brings worry.Since Josh and I left Toronto, we've been floating in space. We arrived in Melbourne with no absolutes. Nothing that was certain. We had no home

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Well hello,I've been gone so long I feel like a stranger to my own blog....Been back on home soil for 3 months now. Feels like I never left. The streets are the same, people move with the same gait down Swanston Street, Bourke Street et al, Hard Rock Cafe stills stands opposite Metro Nightclub....Yet I don't quite feel the same...I could almost say that I fell asleep last night, laid my head down

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1141761027174482282006-03-07T14:42:00.000-05:002006-03-07T14:50:27.186-05:00

...well for now at least.I have been so crazy busy over these past 2 months or so that I havent even had time to think about leaving Canada and our trip to London, Italy and Spain....let alone write in my blog.Even now, there are 3 and a bit hours to go until we have to leave for the airport. Josh is trying to fight off the onset of a cold and I am feeling run down and seedy ( I tried a sleeping

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Today is our first Valentine's Day that we have spent together in the flesh and I am the most content and happiest I have ever been.To know, when I go to sleep at night, that I am curled up to, lying next to the man I want to spend the rest of my days with is an amazing feeling that I want to hold on to forever. I look at you and think " this man is the man who my children will call daddy" or I

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Once again :D I posted this on TPF on January 8th...Seems like the stork is mighty busy this month ! My fiance flew to Boston this weekend to help his brother and sister-in-law put together the baby nursery, as their bubby was due in 2 weeks time. Josh finished up the nursery last night and was due to fly back home this afternoon ( Sunday ). Then at 5 am this morning, his sister-in-law's water

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...THANK YOU, mighty God's-Of-All-Things-Camera !!! Change that, thank you Josh ! A Nikon D50 found it's way onto our doorstep last Monday !!!!!!!!!!!!!I've picked it up and looked at it and poked it like it was an alien over the past week ! I almost feel scared to hold it because I've longed for this kind of camera for so long and I'm afraid to even scratch it lol.Now, to learn how to use it and

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Here's a very effective technique that dear Corry, from The Photo Forum taught me...Stress Management Technique In the event you have had a rough week, here is a stress management technique recommended in all the latest psychological texts. The funny thing is that it really works.1) Picture yourself near a stream.2) Birds are softly chirping in the cool mountain air.3) No one but you knows your

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Was pondering on our trip to Europe this March and how to beef up the equipment so that I can make the most of the photographic ops whilst we're there.So I'm makin myself a little backup list of supplies to get instead of not having a Nikon D70/D50 to play with...( which would be awesome but oh well, shit happens ).* Let's start with the obvious- lots of color ( Velvia ) and b&w film ( Tri-Max

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For those who didnt hear, there was YET ANOTHER shooting in Toronto on Boxing Day.Shooting in TorontoRight in the heart of the downtown shopping district, in amongst the Boxing Day Sales crowd, some young idiots decided to open fire.A 15 year old girl, out shopping for bargains with a parent, was killed when one of the bullets hit her in the head. Quite a few others were injured in the rain of

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...A Merry Happy Chrismukkah !!! I'm all by me lonesome today, which doesnt bother me. My other half is workin 9 am until 9 pm today. I'm just sittin here drinkin a Baileys on ice, candles flickering nearby and the sound of the little electric heater blowing heat into the room.Thought I'd be sick today as I had a bad headcold that hit me on Friday night but I made myself a honey lemon tea and I

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So I went and took one of those junk quenstionaires...Arty KidWhether you were a drama freak or an emo poet, you definitely were expressive and unique.You're probably a little less weird these days - but even more talented!Who Were You In High School?I don't think the 'weirdness factor' has decreased with age...

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I havent paid much attention to my blog of late so now that I am paying it some attention...HAPPY 1st Anniversay babe !!!Our one year anniversay was last Sunday, the 4th of December. It was one year ago, on that date, that Josh arrived in Melbourne and we met face to face for the first time. I still remember that first meeting of eyes so vividly in my mind. I opened the door and fell into his

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Well, last day before I become 'smoke-free' and although I know that the withdrawls are gonna blow and my mood is not gonna be the best because of aforementioned state of withdrawl, I really am ready to get off the ciggarettes.I went to gym this morning, worked out on the elliptical (cross-trainer) machine for a grand total of 5 minutes before my breathing got so bad that I got off and walked to

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So it starts...On Tuesday morning I had a ciggarette at 10 am and didnt have another.Until now: 8:30 pm Thursday night.I felt really, REALLY good about quitting every single day whilst I was at work. But after work, when I would normally have a ciggarette and coffee, I felt the withdrawls. Yet, I still felt good, I felt clean. I just kept wondering if I'll ever get to that stage of not wanting a

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....has been popped....so to speak...Well, that isnt entirely accurate. I was born and grew up in a city which is a 4 hour drive from the mountains and it's accompanying snow and went there quite a few times as a wee lass growing up. I flew ,ungracefully, off many a tobbogan, I built many lumpy snowmen and placed the carrot on them in inappropriate places, I braved many a snowball churned hard at

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It's been awhile since I posted eh.Lots going on lately, mainly work probs. I've been on the verge of quitting for a couple of weeks now. Just when I'm ready to quit, the boss pulls his head in and acts human and I think " Ok, if he can keep up the 'human' act, I can see the last 4 months out there". Then he'll pull something that pisses me off ....It's a silly cycle.It's Halloween tonight ! We

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Song Playing: Silence - By Mother Nature & Cars driving down the road - by Ford/Holden/Toyota et al.One day, The Buddha was giving a lecture and a Brahmin got up and began insulting him. He raved for while and when he had finished the Buddha said, "If somebody laid out a banquet in front of me, to whom would it belong?"Obviously it would belong to the person who put it there..." replied the

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Listening to : 'Circle Of Life' - Lion King Soundtrack.Feelin better about everything today, maybe because I got up when it was still morning ( 10 am ) and got out and did a few things.I asked the guys at The Photo Forum, a few days after the Katrina distaster, if they'd be interested in having a print auction to raise funds for the Katrina Aid Fund. They thought it was a great idea and Kara set

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Yep.Today's Saturday. I'm already dreading work on Monday.Actually I was dreading Monday as soon as I knocked off work last night.Didnt have much energy or desire to do anything today. I know that I need to find another job and that I'll be not seeing much daylight, let alone Toronto, soon as I'll be working around 70 hours a week.And I'm wondering.... I feel so tired after a 45 hour week, where

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1125546297373481452005-08-31T22:51:00.000-04:002005-09-01T00:53:12.186-04:00

“Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?” Oh how I know...Good article that echoes my sentiments Love For carefree New Orleans remains vividI cant believe my favourite place is devastated and under water ! To think, if I had been born just a couple of weeks later, instead of the 13th of August, I would be there right now.....Part of me is selflishly grateful that I got to walk it's streets

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She DrownsI kiss her hand and dance with herShe wears her finest old dressHer eyes glitter mischief and dark delightful secretsHer plump juicy red lips moveacross the lobes of my earand flutter like twin butterfliesas she sings her soulful nostalgic lullabies..Scent of magnolia, drifts and curls lazily inside my sensesHer slow, easy smileAll promise to haunt melong after I leave her.I loved her

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1125291728452926472005-08-29T01:00:00.000-04:002006-10-31T19:59:51.750-05:00

I took this pic yesterday of my ring and thought I'd transform it on photoshop into an ad type of photo.... just regular Saturday afternoon muckin around...Had to 'model' the ring on my thumb as it kept slippin around on the usual finger lolThe original The manipulated.EDIT: Since I've changed templates, the whole picture won't show. The full version is here My Rock, all Film Noir'ish

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1124691960016002062005-08-22T01:40:00.000-04:002005-08-22T03:19:23.593-04:00

A cool and wonderful little instance happened whilst sitting in Cafe Du Monde, on our last day in New Orleans...Wander into this cafe on any given day and you will find a Jazz musician/singer standing just outside the cafe's patio , serenading and entertaining folk who amble down there for some chicory Au Laite and beignets. He stands there with his saxophone and trumpet and plays his jazz and

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1124648050575887492005-08-21T14:12:00.000-04:002005-08-21T14:21:08.630-04:00

Will be back with more N'awlins stories but, for now, lyrics from one of my fave songs...( I wish I could put an mp3 on here to play it as well...)Blue jean baby, L.A. lady, seamstress for the bandPretty eyed, pirate smile, you'll marry a music manBallerina, you must have seen her dancing in the sandAnd now she's in me, always with me, tiny dancer in my handJesus freaks out in the streetHanding

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1124409781542815182005-08-18T18:11:00.000-04:002005-08-18T23:40:37.663-04:00

Please bear with me on this super long post as I have a lot to write about...I don't even know where to start !I'll probably be posting stories and happenings from other days but this particular post is gonna concentrate on my birthday, which was last Saturday August 13th.Speaking of which, this blog turned 1 year old on that day ! Happy bloggiversay to SoulsJuice and stuffffff ! First up ...we

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1123372489889686912005-08-06T19:49:00.000-04:002005-08-07T02:17:14.476-04:00

...that listen to me ....So I dont like my new hairdresser right now ...(I posted this on the Lypton Village Forumso just copying and pasting...)I think my hairdresser is deaf, in fact.I like blonde. I like blonde hair on me. I know my hair is damaged and thirsting for moisture but my hairdresser back home always was able to make me blonde, as long as I promised to hit it with lots of protein

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1122238125357627552005-07-24T13:59:00.000-04:002005-07-31T17:12:20.446-04:00

Feeling creative, wanting to write. Decided to just keep these creative juices flowing into something, well, substantially creative by just keeping the fingers moving.A'la lil exercise doing just that. The tv is on so I'm not in ideal writer-modeness.At least, not the mode needed to come up with an orginal story concept.100 things I like/love.1. The smell of fresh bread drifting from a bakery

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1122127063845652382005-07-23T09:40:00.000-04:002005-07-23T10:00:38.323-04:00

HAPPY ONE YEAR CYBERVERSARY SWEETHEART !!! Here's to one year of becoming aware of each others presence in this big world. Heres to falling in love with each other and crossing this world just to be together.You make me so happy and continue to amaze me with everything you do and everything you are.I want to fill you up with as much happiness and contentment. Dunno about you but I plan to put

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1121381085601506382005-07-14T17:26:00.000-04:002005-07-17T02:47:38.393-04:00

Just a note about the previous post....The intelligent and loving force of our world which I refer to is not sprung from any religious dogma or doctrines. I dont subscribe to them and, frankly, people who try to push their 'beliefs' down my throat piss me off. While such people may have good intentions, I wish they would realise that other peoples quiet quest for some understanding of spiritual

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1121373229100296292005-07-14T16:14:00.000-04:002005-07-14T16:44:17.193-04:00

When someone close to you dies so suddenly and tragically at a young age, not only are you faced with the loss of someone you love....you face the fragility of life.This fragility is what makes us beautiful. Death has its beauty too, in that it is the cleansing release of the soul into a plane where one becomes everything again, not just a soul struggling in a limited mortal body. There are no

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1121142987834901822005-07-11T23:58:00.000-04:002005-07-13T19:16:04.070-04:00

In the Herald-Sun today.I'm a little outta the loop. I didnt know if anyone had put any death notices in but I had a feeling that if they had, the notices would be in today.So I checked online...I went out for dinner with Josh's family tonight, for his mums 59th birthday. I was laughing and joking, chatting and being my usual goofy self. As if nothing had happened.I just didnt wanna be a wet

Tinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16350129644874147542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732272.post-1120971699846279652005-07-10T00:39:00.000-04:002005-07-10T01:19:31.770-04:00

Josh's mum, Rhonda, came over this morning to give me a hug and comfort me.I love his family and I love the way they're gathering around in this time.Josh has been giving me non-stop cuddles. He's been there in ways more then he realizes.His love and support has been a cradle for me today.It's so strange when someone you love, one of your family members, one of your tribe, dies. You wake up the

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