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So mum and I headed to the city this morning to meet with one the best authors alive today. We had plenty of time so we walked around a bit, I have a couple shots from the city which I'll pop up later on tonights shift. This will be JUST for the blurry photos of me meeting Jodi that mum took. :P I got to the shop a good hour early and was 10th in line or so.  I wasn't going ANYWHERE as loads of people showed up shortly aftewards. Sat with a young lady who had taken the day off from school to be there. :-D Smart young thing, has read allt he books. She was doing some chem homework which I was surprisingly understood, then we chatted about Jodi's books. There was a reviewer from The Age there who was interviewing people and who kept grinning over at us as we were having quite an in-depth discussion happening about The Pact. Then Jodi arrived and we got down to business. It was great! She was more than happy to pose for a few happy snaps with everyone and my gosh she was just so friendly, you know?  We'd given our names beforehand to be marked in our boks on a bit of paper so Jodi would know what to write. Then a lady took our books and we were welcome to come forward. I got blocked by a staffer and had to step around him (almost bit him!), while I was doing this Jodi opened the book and grinned, looking around and said 'Oh gosh, who's Maggie?'.
'That would be me!'
"Well, have you read the book yet?'
'I sure have. Loved it.'
'Well then, you'll know you are a pivital character then!'
We had a laugh about that and then I had happy snaps, then moved on to make room for the next person. I was all SQUEEEE and did a little skip-hop which caused giggles behind me :-D
Got back to Dandenong still all glow-y and happy. Went and visited my poor neglected haven't-been-ridden-in-a-week horses, then came home. To find an email in my inbox inviting me to come to the DINNER WITH JODI tonight!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRGGHHHH!!!! This after I have already cancelled my leave for tonight and am stone broke until pay goes through tomorrow. SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT! PLUS I couldn't take tonight off anyway since that would leave Adam with just two hours to get someone in. And for a night shift that is no easy feat. CRAP CRAP CRAAAAP. How horrifically frustrating. :-( BUT, I did get to meet with Jodi and exchange a laugh, which I think was really quite awesome. And it was ok short but more intimate than a dinner with 400 other people. I'm happy I got what I got. Having the dinner would have been outstanding, but I'll survive.
Now, onto the pics. Sorry most are blurry, mum was holding down the no-flash button and isn't what one would call the world's most experianced photographer. But she did her best and I love them, blurr and all. :-D

ok-ay, I found this on bad-riding and emailed it to FHOTD... er, she put it up almost instantly.... have a watch of the YouTube link and a read of the comments. Mine's on page 4 I think (in YouTube, I don't often comment on FHOTD). Holy crap, what did I do!!!! LOL! Mind you, the kid should be taken away from this crazy bitch by Child Services asap; people this dumb shouldn't breed, seriously:

http://fuglyhorseoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/12/who-lets-these-people-breed.html

Now because my last post was a whine, I've popped some pretty pics NOT BY ME under the cut, just stuffed from emails etc. I want to shoot like this one day. Enjoy.

Well Terri's done her dash with me already. 

Al came to visit me at work at the end of his shift... on the back of  one of those new tri-cycles. These have just been approved here in Australia as road bikes. Weirdest looking things you have ever seen. Two wheels at the front, one at the back. The body sort of swings so you still lean around cnrs, and the 250cc version locks when you stop at lights so it stays upright. The 500cc one you lock manually or can leave free. We went for a hoon before work. MY GOD! It's soooo much fun!!!!!!! Very comfy and very quick, and peoplem were STARING at us! Al and I were killing ourselves laughing at the reactions we were getting. Guys were walking backwards into cars, drivers were gaping, passengers were giving themselves whiplash, and bike riders were almost coming off. It was bloody HILARIOUS! Just what I needed; I've been very down lately. I took pics of the scooter, under the cit, enjoy.

Just some random stuff off the net I found. none of the pics are taken/drawn by me, but I like them very much.
It's boiling hot but too green for fire so I;m bored . Met Craig at the Gate for a while but hge had medical app. so that wasn't for long.
Horses have fly viels on, Desi now wants to kill me and Danny is happy wandering around looking looking like Zorro. :-)
Anyway, here are the pics:

 I think I look a bit weird in those shots but eh, I don't mind having my photo taken when it's with something I like :-)
Right, bed time.

My young friend Mikayla wanted to go pony riding. So, we took her to meet the horses. She's a little natural. Love at first site. Couldn't wipe the smile off her face for the rest of the day. Both horses behaved so well, very proud f them both. Under cut is major photo spammage, not dial up friendly. :-)

last year I noticed in my paddock the profusion of sweet smelling daffodils and jonquils. Very pretty, but very, very toxic to horses. I asked Adriana if I could dig them out and she said yes. Unfort my hand back then was still giving me a lot of grief and I didn't have the strength in it. This year, my friends, it was on. I went out there yesterday with mumma and hoooo nelly did we go nut. The bulbs have grown in large clumps, amazed half the bulbs managed to actually grow to be honest! It was a lot of hard work but yesterday we managed to do about 1/2 the clumps, both mum and I woking our butts off for a good hour, trying to impale ourselves on the blackberries! I tried to keep the smaller clumps together but the larger ones were increibly heavy and needed to be boken up.  When I got home I went ape and planted out what we'd pulled out, primarily around the fruit trees in the spots where the aga's hadn't taken well. I culled about 80% of the aga's I put in last time as they just weren't settling in well, the ones left are small and manageable.  They are now surrounded by daff's and jonq's, not to mention the snowdrops! Those were a right royal bastard to dog out let me tell you!!!!! They were entwined with blackberries and it took some serious muscle to get them out. I went back today to get the rest, or the ones I could get anyway. The ones that remain are too entwined with the roots of the large blackberry bushes. And quite frankly I didn't really want anymore. I had enough hard work getting these lots in! They look kinda fantastic. You can tell the ones that I have seperated out of the main clumps as they are fallen over; the stems were weak at the bottom for lack of sunshine and they had been leaning on each other for support. Next year they should grow straight, even hope this year they may pick up a bit. The wheelbarrow I found through hard-rubbish, drilled about 5 drainage holes in it with Zippers drill. The dogs enjoyed themselves immensly at the paddock, running around, chasing wild rabbits, setting off the horses. I lost Pokie a couple of times only to spot him bolting back up the hill or from the mares paddock where he'd been after bunnies. He didn't catch any, but sure wore himself out well! Anyway, under the cut are some shots if anyone would like a look. I wish I could convey the way it all smells to you all, it's amazing!

I haven't learnt anything in the past week really. With John on dispatch, I don't know WTF is going on 3/4 of the time. He treats me like his secretary. Doesn't keep me informed at all. I had a chat with Adam about it today, he's aware of what's been happening and says to not worry about it; we'll make up for it next shifts when it's just him and me. That's fine with me, I have learnt Sewer and Smart Cars to the Nth degree. Problem is, it's very very boring sitting there doing SFA most of the time.
Today was not a good day.
Well, work was alright, just boring.
Lunch was good, hot magi noodles while reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. left the book on the coffee table like I always do.
Drive home was nice, it was raining but there was a lot of sun as well, had the most incredible double rainbow! So stunning I just HAD to pull over and take a few shots. Just beautiful. So clear! The shots turned out ok, under cut of anyone wants a look.
Got home.  Walked in. Kody tries to bolt past me. That's the sign that he's done something very, very wrong. Grabbed him and hauled him back inside. Walk into living room. MY BOOK IN A MILLION PIECES!!!! BASTARD!!!!!!
He's never TOUCHED my books before!!! I got SOOOOOO mad! Smacked his ass, yelled, kicked him out. He's in the VERY bad books. God damn it, now I have to go and buy the book again. I was planning on going and picking up the 7th one on Saturday sometime after the crowds go AWAY, might pick up book 5 then too, or i'll wait till I get paid.