Things I Know - Volume Eight

Things I Know about John Farnham concerts.


1. I have been to a concert in almost all the tours he had done since 1988.  You might call that 'obsessed', I call it 'committed'.


2. I know that if you join the fan club, you get great seats.

3. Chandeliers are appropriate for any occasion.

4. When Mr Farnham walks on to the stage, everyone WILL stand up.

5. The man may be 60, but he still has it.  He had the entire Palais Theatre capacity crowd eating out of the palm of his hand.

6. He will make the same lame, terrible jokes every time, but he will pretend they are new and everyone will laugh at them anyway.

7. The first half, which was an 'acoustic' set, was fantastic, even if it did include a banjo.


8.  The first half had NOTHING on the second. 

9. He played the entire Whispering Jack album in the second set.  In order.  And told us anecdotes about the songs. 

10. The more bagpipers there are, the better the John Farnham concert.

11. I know he has NOT retired, and I for one am VERY glad about that.



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Christmas

It's almost that time again.  Christmas. 

Christmas had always meant 'family' to me.  It was a time to be spent with family, where presents were given and received.  By family.  When my Pop was alive, he ALWAYS arrived with Red Tulip after dinner mints (the thin square ones in the paper sleeve) for everyone and Tweed perfume for Mum.  She didn't like Tweed perfume, but she never told him that and he continued to buy it.  He would also have a packet or two of Mackintosh's Toffee De Luxe.

The Egg & Cream ones were my favourite.  I used to leave the Coconut ones for Dad because coconut is foul and gets stuck in your teeth and to the roof of your mouth.  Let's not talk about how I left the almond part of sorched almonds for him. 

Christmas day involved lunch with everyone around the family dining table, eating too much home grown roast lamb and the best pavlova in the world made by my Mum.  After lunch we all had a nap and then had leftovers for tea. 

Later on, when my siblings got married and had families of their own, it was traditional for us to spend Christmas Day at home, or with the in-laws, then we would all get together on Boxing Day.  It was an unwritten law.

That changed two years ago. 

Well, actually, four years ago was the last time we were all together on Boxing Day.  Three years ago Chyken and I spent Christmas in England.  We spent Christmas Eve in York and Christmas Day having lunch with his extended family, including his Grandma.  Despite me holding out hope until 11:50pm, it didn't snow, however I did see my first and only squirrel that day.  We spent Boxing Day in front of a fire in a 300 year old barn that had been converted in to a house.  Different, but still involving family, and we had celebrated Christmas with our Australian families earlier in December.

Two years ago we had our usual Boxing Day thing, but my Dad wasn't there, he was in hospital.  The rest of us had lunch and made plans to do it all again when Dad came out of hospital. 

Dad didn't come out of hospital. 

We never had a 'proper' Christmas that year. 

I doubt we will again.

Things I Know - Volume Eight

I know I'm linking up again with Shae from Yay for Home! again.

I know I'm also gonna Flog My Blog with Glowless this week, you should too, the button is at the bottom of this post.

I know I am going to see Mr Farnham in concert next week and I am SUPER excited about it.



See anyone you know in this picture?


I know that a week of night shift does not make for a very good blogging effort this week.

I know that a week of night shift means I don't really know what day it is anymore. 

I know that I have enjoyed doing night shift, it has been a lovely change of scenery and duties in my job.

I know the transition from night to day shift next week is going to suck.

I know we have sunflowers growing in the garden. 

I know that I haven't been home or awake during daylight hours in order to take any photos of them.

I know that this is a picture of last year's lone surviving sunflower instead.  Yes it's the same as the one in the header, get over it.

I know the sunflowers we have growing this year ALL came from this one flower.  Imagine how many there will be next year!!!

I know I still haven't seen my sister in a really long time.

I know I am going to try really extra specially hard to fix that this weekend.

I know we are celebrating the impending arrival of a special little baby this weekend with some of my most favourite ladies.

I know Turkish Delight Tim Tams are delicious!

I know I have the most patient, wonderful and amazing husband in the whole world.

I know I am ever so glad that a certain person fucktard who is bitchy and vile and created ill-feeling wherever she went is no longer in my life.

I know that I am glad Apple came to the party and gave me a new iPhone last weekend with a minimum of fuss.

I know Love Never Dies was even better the second time around.

I know Historic LOLs NEVER fails to make me laugh.

I know it is 1:47 am and my 'lunch' break is over.

I know 32 is far too young to die.  Especially if you are leaving behind a son who is only a few months old.

I STILL know cancer is bullshit.




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