G's Spot

Happy Anniversary Number 22

2007-02-21T17:38:00.000+11:00

Wow! on February the 9th , 22 years of wedded bliss *cough* *cough* how does Charli put up with me. It must be the charm, good looks and endless passion. Whoops got carried away there for a second, nothing like pumpin' up your own tyres every now and then.

We had no real plans prior to our anniversary as usual, (other than last years surprise weekend in Noosa) we normally wing it on the night and this year wasnt any different. We donned the casual clothes, jumped in the car and went looking for a nice resteraunt. We found Yings Chinese resteraunt by accident, it just happened to be in a place Charli decided to do a U turn. So we parked the car and went in too check it out and we were ushered to a table. The Banquet we chose was awesome and who would have thought you can set fire to ice cream. Mmmmmmm!

Fortunately the lady who waited on our table was the owner of Yings. I say fortunately because she was this bundle of energy, cracking jokes and having a ball. she obviously loved her work.
After getting to now her and chatting to some regular customers this wonderful lady turned out to be Phylis Chan the mother of Carmin Chan. Carmin was the young 6 year old girl that was found murdered in Thomastown 10 years ago. (a suspected victim of the scum of the earth Mr. Baldy)

Charli and I had a great night, Phylis made me pay the bill by threatening me with a baseball bat. According to Phylis "woman no pay, man pays". I hope Charli pays me back but just in case
22 years suggests I shouldn't hold my breath waiting...... LOL... :-)

MRI Update

2007-02-20T23:08:00.000+11:00

I've had interim results from the MRI yesterday. All is not good, it seems the Spinal cord nerve is still impinged by the original damaged disc.

The new MRI films have been returned to the hospital for a comparison report of the original films.

Next step is a visit to the surgeon for further advice.

BUGGER!!!!! :-)

Lifting My Game

2007-02-16T20:35:00.000+11:00

Thanks Peter, I needed a kick in the pants :-)

Firstly, I have a confirmed appointment at the Hospital on 19th Feb. for an MRI to investigate the new developements of pain related to my back injury. I will keep everybody posted on the results. As they say, watch this space.

And now for a little humour to cheer up your day:

The Dam

An elderly man in Queensland had owned a large property for several years.
He had a dam in the next paddock, fixed up nice - picnic tables,horse shoe courts, and some mango and avocado trees.
The dam was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when it was built.
One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the dam, as he hadn't been there for a while, to look it over. He grabbed a five gallon bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the dam, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his dam.

He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end. One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave!"The old man frowned, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the dam naked. Holding the bucket up he said, "I'm here to feed the crocodile.

"Moral: Old men might walk slow, but they can still think fast".

Busy December Part 2

2007-01-31T20:32:00.000+11:00

The Alan Davies Christmas Trophey was conducted over two Saturdays by the Gold Cross Golf Club. The annual trophey was won by 1 stroke by Barry Heywood. Yours truly presented the huge Christmas Ham to the winner..

Busy December Part 1

2007-01-28T20:14:00.000+11:00

The last part of Charli's Birthday present. Matt & Midge, Little Jen & The Governor, Charli & myself and 66,000 people headed into the Telstradome for the last Robbie Williams concert for 2006.

We all had a good time. The girls would liked to have been a bit closer, Robbie's lap was suggested to be the prime spot.

Christmas Humor

2006-12-13T21:45:00.000+11:00

Christmas Story for people having a bad day.....

When four of Santa's elves got sick, the trainee elves did not produce toys as fast as the regular ones, and Santa began to feel the pre-Christmas pressure.

Then Mrs Claus told Santa her Mother was coming to visit, which stressed Santa even more.

When he went to harness the reindeer, he found that three of them were about to give birth and two others had jumped the fence and were out, Heaven knows where.

Then when he began to load the sleigh, one of the floorboards cracked, the toy bag fell to the ground and all the toys were scattered. So, frustrated, Santa went in the house for a cup of apple cider and a shot of rum. When he went to the cupboard, he discovered the elves had drank all the cider and hidden the liquor. In his frustration, he accidentally dropped the cider jug, and it broke into hundreds of little glass pieces all over the kitchen floor. He went to get the broom and found the mice had eaten all the straw off the end of the broom.

Just then the doorbell rang, and irritated Santa marched to the door, yanked it open, and there stood a little angel with a great big Christmas tree. The angel said very cheerfully, "Merry Christmas, Santa. Isn't this a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?"

And so began the tradition of the little angel on top of the Christmas tree.

Apples & Wine

2006-12-08T20:40:00.000+11:00

Blown Away

2006-11-27T22:34:00.000+11:00

Wow! Two posts in the same week

Our house was battered in the last storm ( upto 160 Km winds) that raged through Melbourne. We lost 12 metres (37ft) of our back fence and about the same off the side fence.

The wind came out of nowhere, there was an almighty crash and when I rushed outside I could see sections of the fence missing. It happenned after midnight so I must admit I shrugged my shoulders and called Ruby (our dog) to make sure she was ok. She had decided to get herself aquainted with our neighbour's dog & pet rabbit. I managed to stop her from having an early breakfast (lucky rabbit).

Colin & Matt came over to help me to put the fence back up. They did a fantastic job, we finished with plenty of time to stand back with a frothy (Jim Beam for Matt) and admire our handy work.

C'mon Gaz Keep Up

2006-11-20T21:37:00.000+11:00

I do enjoy blogging, you probably wouldn't think so given the time lapsed between posts. My digital camera is not working . I hope santa brings me one.... Hint Hint

Since my last post:

My backyard workshop has been completed. All that is left for me to do is install power points and lights.I should get the time in the next couple of weeks.

Nathan has successfully graded to His Yellow belt with Orange tip in Karate. He now can compete in contact exersizes using Mits & Pads. His next grading is to Orange belt.

Emily has been sitting for her Year 10 exams. In addition to her Year 10 subjects she is studying Psychology a VCE subject (Year 11 & 12). The course was offered to a limited amount of successful students. If all goes well Emily will be able to carry her results to VCE level which will add to her score for University entry.

Alyce has been offered an interview at Victoria University for the possibility of acceptance.

My Mum "Jeanette" and "Gwen"stayed at our place and were both spoilt rotten.

Although you wouldn't think so when you read thier bloggs. Isn't that right ladies? :-)

"Andrew" and myself headed down to The Rosebud Country Club to compete in our Social Golf Club's annual competition. We didn't run last, but we were closer to the tail than the top of the leader board.

Last but not least a joke :

Dolly Parton and Queen Elizabeth die on the same day and they both go
before an Angel to find out if they'll be admitted to Heaven.
Unfortunately, there's only one space left that day, so the Angel must
decide which of them gets in. The Angel asks Dolly if there's some
particular reason why she should go to Heaven.
Dolly takes off her top and says, "Look at these, they're the most
perfect breasts God ever created, and I'm sure it will please God to be
able to see them every day, for eternity."
The Angel thanks Dolly, and asks Her Majesty the same question.
The Queen takes a bottle of Perrier out of her purse, shakes it up,gargles,spits into a toilet and pulls the lever.
The Angel says, "OK, your Majesty, you may go in."
Dolly is outraged and asks,"What was that all about? I show you two of God's own perfect creations and you turn me down. She spits into a commode and she gets in!
Would you explain that to me?"

"Sorry, Dolly," says the Angel, "but even in Heaven, a royal flush
beats a pair - no matter how big they are

Camp out

2006-10-27T22:00:00.000+10:00

When the cats away...... Dad takes the kids camping. (real Camping)
Nothing like the great outdoors,fresh air, great scenery, peace and tranquility. mmmmmmm!
Emily & Nathan have been hanging out to go camping. So while Christine went to stay at her sister Donna's place to celebrate her birthday, we took the opportunity to load up the 4 wheeel drive and camp trailer, picked up Fitzy and his son Connor then Headed into the bush. A two hour drive to the Thornton pub to meet our hosts for the weekend Ian & Ray. We followed Ian and Ray to a secret secluded area of land on the banks of the Goulburn river. A friend of Theirs owns two thousand acres of prime farmland where the Goulburn river winds through, a truly magical spot. First things first, I grabbed the shovel to dig the dunny. Yep! no toilets here, I did say it was real camping. Next we put up the tents and Emily made it homely by setting the beds up nice and comfortable. With the main things taken care of it was time to get the campfire going. Once the fire had settled the kids toasted marshmellows by using sticks they had collected earlier in the day.
Just as well we were prepared with extra bedding in case it got cold overnight. Cold... Brrrrrrr!! the temperature plummeted to zero degrees and everything we left outside was frozen. At 5 am we were woken by the sounds of nature. Sheep,Cows,Kookaburras,Native birds taking it in turns to call one another. The Kids and I laughed and joked about being awake so early. So as not to waste the day all of us were up and about collecting timber, setting fishing rods up and cooking breakfast on the coals left behind by a redgum limb burning overnight. We fished for a few hours, Ian caught a nice Rainbow trout and a Redfin. Unfortunately the rest of us didn't have to much luck when it came to catching a fish...
The highlite of the weekend for Nathan was being able to WIZZ anywhere he felt like.
The highlite for Emily was chasing and being chased by the cows close to our camp.
The highlite for me was just being there

Male or Female

2006-10-17T19:59:00.000+10:00

Male or Female???
THE REMOTE CONTROL:

Female..... Ha! You probably thought it would be male, but consider this: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying

Its Sunday

2006-10-15T09:43:00.000+10:00

Its been a while since my last post,too many things to do not enough time available. Its Sunday morning and for all that know me its time for me to make breakfast for Christine & the kids. I'm up a little earlier than usual, so I thought I might experiment on how to spruce up my blog. After all I can not have my sisters showing more creativity than me. I'll try to get back on later to add to this post,but first breakfast (scrambled eggs,baked beans,bacon & fried tomatoes with toast, juice for the kids and a cup of Tea for Charli),then out to the back yard to install power to my new workshop. If all goes to plan I'll have time left to fix my computer hard drive & get some business paperwork done.

I'm back, things never go to plan do they? Scruff (little Jen) & the Governor (Colin) dropped in to say hi. I didnt want to work anyway, I got called in to answer an alarm at the factory, All is well there just a power failure. 'Cause Col doesn't mind the odd frothy we had to empty the old bar fridge. A few Corona's, a Hahn Ice (how did that get in there? Oh yeah! Col left that last time), half a dozen VB's . Started to get a bit peckish, no problem, a delivery from the local pizza shop, our choice a Macadonian pizza full of hot salami & chilli. Thirst was back, hmmmm! Whats left?
I spy with my little eye a Darwin stubby sitting by its lonesome. A treasure mum brought back from her visit to the Northern Territory in July. Two litres of beer, not the best brew we've tasted ( we used to say that to dad about his home brew). We struggled through it and now I have an orniment for my bar. Nothing more impressive than an emtpy Darwin stubby and I have Col to blame for that.... lol ............. Damn! I still haven't fixed my hard drive. It doesn't matter, maybe tomorrow.... I'm feeling a bit weary now ( bloody Colin). I'll try with the fancy stuff on my blog later. (Did I mention.. bloody Colin)

2006-10-07T11:04:00.000+10:00

In Memory of Dad as posted by Mum,
Carol, Gary, Donna, Joanne

4 July 1936 - 7 October 2004

My darling Alan

My life changed forever
When you were taken from me two years ago today
And I still ask why you were taken away so soon.

Alan you were the love of my life
The hardest part is living life without you
I sense your presence at times,
Which gives me the strength to go on

Thinking of you every minute of every day
You are always in my heart.
Thank you for the precious memories
That are mine to hold onto forever and a day

Carol, Gary, Donna & Joanne would like to share with you all the following reading that they wrote & Carol read at Alans funeral service.

Dad, you were our teacher
From you we learned the rules of right and wrong
You gave us strength, hope and courage
You taught us to stand up, be ourselves,
You encouraged us to strive and achieve.
But most of all you showed us how to love each other,
Be there for each other, to stick together, be a united front.

There were times when we rebelled,
You would just look at us with “the look”
Arguments would follow, but stubborn we would remain.
You would just shake your head,
and eventually accepted that we just had to do, and learn for ourselves.
How lucky we were to have been loved so well.

You were proud of us all,
In so many different ways.
You were our rock,
The person we turned to, looked up to and respected
You saw us through the good times
and guided us through the hard times.
Your were not one to express “mush” and sentiment
You didn’t need to, we knew, we were your life, and you knew, you were ours.

We will miss you though we know you are here beside us
We will miss your arguments, laughter, and fun,
We will miss so much, we cant even express
But most of all, we will miss your love, though ours for you remains

You were, are and will be, just as ever, In many minds and hearts, not only ours.
Dad lives in those he left behind, His loved ones and his mates
And so Dad, goodbye does not mean you are gone, so long as we still love you, you live on.

REST IN PEACE

Alyce Update

2006-10-04T20:10:00.000+10:00

So far so good, Alyce has been accepted in the first round for her entry to university in her
quest for a bachelor of education.

Fingers & toes crossed for the second stage.

A little more Humour

Male or female???

HOT AIR BALLOONS:

Male object: Because to get them to go anywhere, you have to light a fire under their arse (ass)

A Little Humour

2006-09-27T23:05:00.000+10:00

Where is Alyce

2006-09-25T18:36:00.000+10:00

Introducing my eldest daughter Alyce.

As beautiful as her mother and according to Charli as untidy as her dad. Alyce and I have this theory that if anything is in a neat pile on the floor it cannot be deemed as untidy.

Christine is constantly reminding Alyce to clean her room, this seems to fall on deaf ears (where does she get that from?) until mum threatens to start throwing things out and refuses to do her laundry.

At 19 years old Ayce has plenty of things to keep her occupied. She has a steady boyfriend (Leigh), two jobs and when not working she has taken on selling Nutrimetics from home.
Her goal is too apply to university next year and take on a teaching course. Lets hope all her hard work pays off.

Birthday Update

2006-09-23T22:41:00.000+10:00

Hi everyone, I'm happy to report Emily's new boyfriend passed Peter's questionaire with flying colours. Did I mention he received extra bonus points for barracking for the Mighty Tigers? Most of the girls at the party said that he (Daniel) was cute, I'll have to take their word on that.

Birthday cake anyone?? MMMMMMMMM!

It tasted just as it looks, fantastic.

Sweet Sixteen

2006-09-13T22:04:00.000+10:00

Happy 16th Birthday to my daughter Emily. (14.o9.1990)

Wow! sixteen years ago since this beautiful girl was delivered by Cesarian section.

It has taken me this long to get her to leave through the front door instead of the side window...... LOL

Emily is a straight A student at school. She just recently received a letter from the school's principal congratulating her on her efforts in all subjects. Further to the letter she was awarded a Certificate Of Excelence.

Dont tell anyone I told you, she now officially has a boyfriend. I haven't met the young boy yet, the big night is this Saturday.

Karate - Little Grasshopper

2006-09-11T20:09:00.000+10:00

You mess with my family, you mess with me.

Here's the youngest of my clan Nathan. He has just been promoted to 8th KYU (Yellow Belt).

The next grading is Orange tip.

One of my favorite jokes...... The names have been changed to incriminate the innocent..lol

The moral of the story is ????

A teacher gave her class of 11 year olds an assignment:
Get their parents to tell them a story with a moral at the end of it.

The next day the kids came back and one by one began to tell their stories.

Karl said, "My father's a farmer and we have a lot of egg laying chooks.One time we were taking our eggs to market in a basket on the front seat of the car
when we hit a big bump in the road and all the eggs went flying and broke and made a mess."

"What's the moral of the story?" asked the teacher."Don't put all your eggs in one basket!" Replied Karl"Very good," said the teacher.

Next little Emilie raised her hand and said, "Our family are farmers too.But we raise chooks for the meat market. One day we had a dozen eggs, but when they hatched we only got ten live chicks, and the moral to this story is,

"Don't count your chickens before they're hatched'." "That was a fine story Emilie. Ian, do you have a story to share?"

"Yes. My dad told me this story about my 3 Aunties. Cazz, Chekez and Skippy.
They were flight engineers on a plane in the Gulf War and their plane got hit. All three had to bail out over enemy territory and all they had was 3 large bottles of rum, a machine gun and a machete each. My Aunties drank all the rum on the way down so it wouldn't break, then they landed right in the middle of 150 enemy troops. They killed 120 of them with the machine guns until they ran out of bullets. Then killed twenty five more with their machete's , then killed the last five with their bare hands."

"Good heavens," said the horrified teacher, "What kind of moral did your father tell you from that horrible story?"

"Stay the hell away from Aunty Carol, Donna and Joanne when they've been on the piss."

2006-09-08T20:07:00.000+10:00

Charli insisted I posted this photo of yours truly amongst the tiger faithfull.

Im the one in the middle

Go Tigers!

2006-09-05T21:08:00.000+10:00

Hi All, Thought I might have a crack at the blogging community.
I have no idea how this works, but I'm sure I will get a little help from my mum Jen & big sister
Cazz.

Here is a picture of my gorgeous wife affectionately known as Charli, with Nathan Brown of the mighty Richmond Tigers (AFL). It took me forever to get her away from the footballers.