First ever home studio shoot

Okay so my first ever home studio shoot was with an old friend of Stacys, who is an asspiring actor. He was recently asked by his agent to get some head shoots for his portfolio etc.

Stacy asked if I'd be interested in doing it and of course I said yes!

Now the thing is - Trevor isn't just a 'standard' actor. He's very much a 'character' actor... Think Jim Carey (although I think he'd shoot me if he saw me write that) So keeping that in mind...

this is my fav photo from the shoot.



And as they say at the end of the day the most important thing is that the client is happy. I'm happy to report that both Trevor and his agent where happy with the images they recived. So yay me! haha.

fair weather friend

So really I don't know why I'm back here...   Been a long time since I posted anything.  I think life took a serious detour somewhere along the way.   Guess I just stopped spending so much 'free' time on the computer.   Or maybe just had someone else to talk to that I didn't need this outlet anymore.  Who knows? (well not me that's for sure - and as I'm the only one that would really know.. then I guess it will just stay a mystery! 

How's life you ask?  - Okay so no one is reading this and no one is asking but I'm going to PRETEND that is what's going on - as talking to myself is something I'm good at after all (just not very good at listening to myself...... *snort*)

S0 work is 'okay'  I must say the honeymoon of that is well and truly OVER.  Work is Work.  Glad when it's over and I can go home.  

Stacy. Is good, well he does have a cold at the moment but other then that he is good.  Well better then good actually.   Stacy is completely wonderful.  You know one of those people who are just so nice and good at 99% of things?  You know those kinds of people that you just wish you could hate - but you can't cause they are just way to nice....  Yeap that's my boy.  Love him to death.   But I do wish he'd stop making me look so bad!!!   

He spoils me way to much - and not with gifts and trinkets (although he on occasion does that to)... but in taking on more then his fare share...   And he tells me I'm cute so much it's addictive. 

Yes. I know. I'm a lucky girl.  Believe me I'm very thankful for it.  

So yes - that honeymoon is certainly not over!!  (doesn't that make ya sick! haha)

Fish are still here - well the one's that haven't died.   I've actually been a good girl and not added any new friends to the collection of late.  But saying that I am trying to establish two new spawns so I can have my fish babies to cluck over...  

Photography is pretty quite.   I spent all my K-rud money on buying studio lights and a background stand to use at home.  Have used them once....   Really need to get back out there. 

My sister had a baby boy!!!!!  I can't believe I didn't even blog that!!!   or that it's taken me so long to post it in this post!!!  Never said I was a good aunty did I?   Saxon John Ward was added to the family in April.   His four big sisters are loveing having a baby brother.   I finally got to meet him at the start of the month.  He is very cute (just like all his sisters before him)!!!   Was nice to have the Wards up for the day, we didn't get to see them for very long at all less then 24hrs!  All the girls have grown so much.   I wish they where closer to us,  I miss the girls and miss having a role in their lives.  But we make do with what we have.   I really should call them more often.

Other then that.  I'm BORED.  Have taken to staying up late at night again.   I think it's a symptom of my screwed up brain.   Winter is always a tough time 'mentally' for me - thank god I don't live in Switzerland!  Looking forward to spring!!! 

I might try and post here more often.  It's nice to catch up with myself...

So what's new pussy cat??

Given that I post so little on here now it's always hard to think what exactly I should 'catch' up on. There is a lot of 'life' stuff now that just doesn't get mentioned that once would have been a sure fire blog post.

Maybe I should try to post more often....

So things to catch up on.

1. I went on my first photography shoot since I started work!!! It was fun and has really given me back my photogrpahy bug, but I must say it once again taught me that a/i have so much to learn b/i need (want? haha) so much more 'stuff' (haha) and d/ I really don't think group shoots are for me!! I'm to much of a controll freak to have to share!! ;)

2. Works work. I'm still injoying it, and hey, my design was picked for the next catalouge (march) so that is exciting (although there has been a number of changes made since my initioal conpect - but hey the original idea/bones are still my idea haha) . But the most exciting thing about work this last few weeks has been that I wont be there next week!!!

I'm on HOLIDAYS!!

3. I'm off to Melbounre on Tuesday!!! With the boy of course! We're staying a Punt Hill on Little Bourke, where I got a great deal, 4 nights for the price of 3! (so works out to be around $450 for the four nights we are there) .... the scary thing is. Stacy rang the hotel the same day I did, and for the same room the best they could do for him was $209 a night!!! Needless to say I scored big points for my great luck at getting us such a great deal!! (must have just spoken to the right person haha!)

4. Yet another fishie got sent off to the freezer. Sadley it was the daddy to one of my baby fishes and one of my (also) favourite fish. Today we think we pin pointed the cause of the trouble, some new live food that was introduced right before the downhill side of the fishies... no fish have passed since I stopped feeding them the live blackworms so that is making me think even more that they where the cause of the 'evil'

The fish that passed was my boy Kissinger ...






5. ... Was there a five??? Ohh yeah. Someone may have dyed their hair! BLUE. Well I haven't yet. But I've got the 'stuff' here to do so. (and the bleched hair already!) Hey I've always wanted to and if it looks like crap I'll just dye it back to black ;)

Maybe I shoudl go do that now, so I can listen to my parents freak out tomorrow haha.

stupid fish

they keep dieing!!

Had one of my favouriet girly fishies die on the weekend. Was very sad about that, still have no idea WHY she died - she just did.

Then yesterday my darling boy picked me up at the trainstation after work and as we where headed back towards the house he goes "I've got some bad news, did you know Santa was sick?" I said I thought he might have been why? Then he tells me that he'd noticed Santa was laying on his side this morning, and didnt' look well. When he checked before coming to get me, he saw that Santa was dead. I'm like "okay" Not really to fussed as he'd be my least favourite of the boys - I would quite often refer to him as the ugly one (harsh but true - he was no where near as pretty as the others) .... I was still disapointed that he was dead, but not 'deverstated'

After telling me all this Stacy goes. "I've got some other bad news" I was imediately worried. Who else is dead?!?!

Snot.

.... I was DEVERSTATED.

I was even more deverstated when I found out WHY he was dead - as that one is actually well and turely MY fault.

It seems that Snot jumped out of his little tank that he was in, Stacy found him on the floor of the laundry yesterday afternoon covered in ants (poor Snot).

Why it's my fault is becasue I hadn't bothered to put the lid back on the top of the tanks as I figured "none of my fish are jumpers" (Betta's have a tendency to be jumpers) ... BIG mistake!! Seems Snot boy was! *CRY*

I never really thought I'd be much of a fish person but I have to say I am rather attached to my babies.

I spent the rest of last night in depressive mood and sulked around the house. Got snappy with the boy (who snapped back - wahoo!) When we made nice again he explained that he'd had a bit of an emotional day too as he'd been worried all day about how /when to tell me - if to tell me whne on the phone at work or to wait etc etc. He's such a sweety. He also was deverstated about Snot passing away as Stacy was kind of attached to him.

... these are my fishies that passed away first is Hidie (after getting into a fight with her sister Luna), Second is Snot! and lastly Santa.

Simple Things in life

Okay so there is so much to update on but I will leave that for latter.

I just wanted to share something here because it's always been an underline current about this blog ...  although I didn't really realise it until now, even with the amount of times I have come back to it. 

Okay so long time readers will know there has been a one two three key events in my life that have had a HUGE impact on me.  Sure there has been a lot of other stuff that has happened in my life but these three events are ones that changed me for good and bad.  (some more of the latter then I would have liked to admit to).  

I feel like I've turned a corner today.  It actually seems kind of silly to be saying that now so long after it all has passed,  but today for the first time I realised that while the pain,  the feelings of loss may still be there ....  the depression isn't.    It hurts.  But I'm okay with that. Tomorrow I won't be sulking and feeling sorry for myself.   If anything I feel happy,  happy for the people who once meant so much to me, to know that they have gone on to have some wonderful changes in there life.    

Explanation:  I logged into facebook,  normally I avoid it like the plague as seeing old friends is TOUGH.  But as I wanted to add my sister (as apparently she couldn't find me on there. Of course I ended up having a look around.   I saw heaps of photo's of old friends with new additions to there families -some I may no longer know anything about or play any part in their lives - I'll probably never even know the names to those little faces I saw smiling in photos...  but I'm happy.   

Happy because life goes on, it changes for all of us,  it's nicer to find joy in those memories now then to just feel the pain.  

Still, don't think I'll be using facebook all that often, but at least now I know I've moved on and I've let go of all of that ... FIANLY

pst in other news.  I had the most wonderful weekend surrounded by family!!  Lots of girly hugs and kisses from the nieces - bliss.  

so long at the fair

Well I've been slack on the updates haven't I!!

I thought I had at least posted something to say the move had gone well, but seems I haven't. So....


Move went well. Still a lot of unpacking to do! Which is actually getting done this weekend as we're going to be over run with guests next weekend. The big sister and her family are staying with us for a few days.... so you know what that means... Aunty Peta has a lot of photos to catch up on MUWHAHA

It's kind of exciting and scary at the same time, as I'm excited to see them all and get to spend a little time with them all (maybe Jenna might not 'hate' me by the time she goes back home - maybe) but scary as I'm not quite use to the whole grown up hottesst thing. I'm not a very good one actually - lucky Stacy's a little more switched on then me, and I think that comes from him being the eldest. Growing up when ever we 'entertained' at home, I was always 'last' to need to do anything 'offica' in the way of looking after guests. Even after that, when ever we had family get togethers I always found it more 'prudent' to stay the hell away - it was a lot safer to sit back and wait to be told what to do hehe.

So yes. Being 'Queen Bee' of my own house is novel, and certainly something I'm not use to at all. If you ever come over and I forget to offer refresshments or attend to your needs as a guest correctly .... I'm sorry. I hope you where able to find the fridge!


In other household news. I have been a little bit 'nuts' latelly and spent quite a bit of money (credit cards are wonderful-haha) on new 'stuff' for the house. We are currently waiting for some new furniture to turn up (hopeing it's here before the end of the week!) I finally got to use my staff discount at work!!

We have a new lounge suite on it's way (*bounce*), a new outdoor/indoor Kitchen setting (*bounce*) and Bed!! Well that's the exciting stuff anyways - we've also got a storage pantry and a office chair for me on it's way as well. Next on the list once that is all done is some different curtins for around the place - I'd like some darker/thicker curtians in certain areas of the house for more privacy. But that's something that will come along easily.


In boy news. Things are going well there as well. I do feel a touch guilty over just how much work Stacy's had to do around the house, but it's just had to have been that way as I'm working, he's not. So he can do and organise a lot more stuff then what I can. Relationship wise. It's certainly changed things a little, we're both still getting use to each other. I think the things that make me the happiest (and more confident about everything) is that 1. We've had dissagrements - which means we have been talking about things. 2. I've reached points where it's been 'okay I'm sick of you - go somewhere else' .... might sound "mad" but these where issues last time. I like having my space now. I don't have to hang off (and annoy) him, and when I'm pissing him off he'll tell me (where as he use to just put up with it and not say anything). I've only had one big tanty so far, and that was right after moving in and I couldn't find ANYTHING ... and everytime I asked where something might be I was greated with "I don't know, in a box somewhere' The hazords of not packing all your own stuff and having other people do it, is you never know where that thing you're looking for is!! But yes - everything is going well and 'normal'.

In fish news. There has been a lot going on in fish world. The week we moved in, I lost one of my beautiful boys, he was sick in the move and died a few days after moving in from a nasty bug. I cried lots! Stacy was left with the task of burying him out the back as I couldn't bear (nor thought it was environmentaly friendly) to 'flush' him.

Christmas day, another of my fish passed away, this time unexpectedly, this time one of my girls. My Rosey. Stacy came home and was greated by me standing on the front steps holding a dead fish in a cliplock bag - crying.

Boxing day, I decided 'sod it' and set up two of my boys and girls to 'bread' (not really expecting much - if anything to happen - just thought I would give it a shoot). Boxing day was filled with my family christmas 'do' - which just means that I had my parents, Nana and my Brother with his partner and her children over to eat food, play playstation (singstar), play wii and run around the backyard for the day... all of which included me sticking my head in the fish room every now and then to check that my fish where not killing each other, and that the girls wheren't to stressed out by the boys less then 'sweet' loving tactics.

Nothing happened fishie wise boxing day, but the morning after .. there was a lot of action in the fishroom. At first I though only one of the pair would end up 'doing the dead' but nope. Both started spawning and dropping eggs!!

At the end of the day I had four very tired little fishies, two very beaten up little fishy mumma's and two boys sitting under bubble nests FILLED with eggs.

Two days later, there where little tails hanging down from both of those nests. A Day after that, I had little fry swimming around their daddies...

Now I have two tanks with LOTS of baby fry demanding to be feed!

So in about 3'ish months time I should have some very colourful little boys and girls to show off!!

Saddley, one of the baby Mama's passed away from the same icky disease that got the first fish I lost (have since collected new medications to fight this one if any of the other fish come down with it!). I now have two dead fish in my freezer waiting for me to bury them out the back this weekend (which reminds me - must get a shovel to bury them!)

That's about all I can think of. Christmas and New year where pretty easy days, nothing overly exciting or even overly boring. Just spent with the families and a lot of bad singing with the Singstar that I got for a "good end of year" gift from the boy - it wasn't a christmas present as such, even though it was wrapped in christmas paper and I got it christmas day... becasue we wheren't buying each other anything for christmas!! I loved Stacy's reasonlng behind the gift, it was to spoil me for having such a good year!! - Love that boy ;)

Well I best get going, unfortnately the magic elves seem to be on christmas holidays still and no matter how long I wait for them they don't seem to be stopping over to clean and unpack for me!

Those girls are fisy....

Firstly - Thanks everyone for the congrats :) I'm counting down the days!! Can't wait to have a look back through the house on Saturday. I can't wait to start planning things out in my head properly. Of course I would dearly love to go and buy furniture and a whole heap of 'non essential' things for the house - but I think I'll have to behave myself for awhile.

Plus add to that is the fact that idealy we would love to be working towards a house deposit this year... yes I did just really say that!!! Starting to feel like a real grown up haha...


So in other news... Here are some photos of my babies... My girls.

They are mostly in one 22L tank together, you can get away with houseing the girls together depending on their tempermant etc Where as the boys unless you have a HUGE tank are always on their own.

First up.......

Rosie: - becasue she was a slight lavander colour when I got her, I also got her at the same time as two of my other girls and was going to name them after the Golden Girls (Rose, Blanch and Dorothy) ... but only Rose stuck. She's the meany of the bunch so much that she's on a tank on her own as she bites the other girls fins off!!! She is actually quite dark in colour and has a nice purple tinge to her.

Shark-Baite: She ended up with this name as she reminded me of a shark everytime she would chase or flare at the other girls. She's also a little bit of a brat like Rosie, and has been the one I've seen get into the most full on fights with another girl (mostly with Luna)

Group Shoot: Luan on the left, Hidie on the right, and Jaffa's bum down the bottom...

Luna did start out life as "Ping" but sone becasue Luna as she was LOONEY - so Looney Luna is her full name! She's actually one of my favs. I had to preform a rescue operation on her not long after she came to stay. She had gotten her head stuck in a plastic plant thing I had in the tank with her. She couldn't breath and I had no idea how long she had been stuck for. The only way to save her was for me to pull her out - plastic container - plant and all. I was walking around my room with a fish and plant in one hand freaking out about how to get her the hell out if it. Ended up having to cut her out, which was also heart stopping. She pulled through it all okay, a few dents and a few lost scales, but she's fighting fit now!


Hidie: Earnt her name because that's what she would do. Soon as she saw me she'd Hide. I was often trying to find her under one of the plants to check in on her. She did warm up in the end and now doesn't hide at all - she's always at the front of the tank wanting to be fed haha! She's also a fav and will possible the first fish I try breeding with!

Jaffa: Is a bit of an odd ball. She got her name becasue her body is actually a dark chocolate while her fins are a red orange! Just like a Jaffa!! She doesn't like getting her photo taken and spends most of her time at the bottom of the tank hunting for left overs.

Rocky! This is my latest addition to the girly tank. Little miss Rocky. She was the tiniest little Betta I had ever seen .. and when I say tiny I mean tiny she was the size of a 1.25L Cooke bottle lid. - If not smaller!

She has earnt the name Rocky as the moment she saw the other girls through the plastic divider in the inroduction tank she want'ed to 'go' them. Flared like crazy and you could tell she was saying "come on I'll take you on" haha. She's a cute little fish, and it's a laugh to watch her chase the other bigger fish around the tank!

So yeap those are my girls. They don't look much like that anymore though, as I only recently set p the girls tank and they have been working out who is boss and so are all missing chuncks out of their tails,

Will post the boys tomorrow...

I'm big Kev excited.

Wow. The things a girl leaves off her blog now days...

I'm MOVING!!!!!!

Yes that's right... MOVING. And not into a bloody share house... INTO MY OWN PLACE well it's rented but still if I leave the dishes dirty its no one's business but mine and I don't have to deal with other peoples mess!!! *dances*

Did I mention that I am VERY excited!

This is the info. Get the Keys on the 13th (although may get them on the 12th). It is a fully fenced, four bedroom house with Aircon in the lounge and I think bedroom... It is in Ipswich, which I'm okay with now. I didn't want to move back to Ipswich, but given the price/location and the fact that everyone else is there... I guess I can live there for awhile.

The house is nice and big, but I can't really remember the details as I had looked at a few other houses on the day and it was the last one I looked at. The agent actually had the wrong keys and couldn't get in (we'd been to three properties she was showing that day haha)... after having a look around the outside I was very keen to see inside, as I just had this feeling about the house... got the to go back to the office to see if she could get the right keys (this was at like 4:30 on a saturday - and her last showing). Thankfully she was able to get the keys for the back door! Inside was great too, so I decided to just give it a shoot and put in an application, I didn't expect to actually get the house really as people tell you so often how hard it is to get aproval rent, but it all fell into place really easily. I was very lucky.

Of course I owe it all to the wonderful references that everyone gave me!!

With four bedrooms there is going to be lots of room for me and the fish! Well me the fishies and Stacy.... YEAP. Stacy and I are going to co-habitate!! Will be interesting to see how much it is different this time around being that we have both lived on our own now etc.

In the process of making sure I have everything I need to live in and maintain the house. Getting another walkthrough the house on Saturday to refresh my memory on what inside is actually like (mainly want to know where the forth bedroom is and where the bathroom is again haha... oh and if there is carpet!) Got a great deal on a new fridge and washing machine on the weekend with the Good Guy's 15% off Sale.

What else?

Ohh yes, and my family have already nominated us to have the Stokes family christmas at our place (so Bellie - if you're not doing anything Boxing day - you're invited... you'll just have to come to ipswich :P ).

We might also have a few house guests booked in for January already too... Just waiting to find out what Kim's doing as they are coming up in January.... Which I'm excited about, regardless of if we do have them as house guests or not... Been to long between visits!

So yes, not keen to pack up my room but very excited about moving and being in my own space! Can not wait for that!!!

Will post pictures of the house once we are in it I'm sure :)



and lastly. Mixed in with all that wonderful news. If you haven't had enough of that from me yet is this.

I am soooo proud of Stacy. So very happy for him and so excited for him. It hasn't been the easiest thing to do but he's finally gotten there...

MY BOY IS A UNI GRADUATTE!! He passed all his subjects!!! I can not wait to see him in his cap and gown!!

I think 2009 is going to be a very interesting year for the both of us!! While I'd love to have it filled with even more good news ... I'm just hopeing that it's filled with lots of good days as I think I've had a good share of the good luck lately, now I'm just happy to have some easy happy days to enjoy it all with! :)