I'm skipping question 18 of the 30 Day Blog Challenge and moving onto to question 19. I'll get to 18 later...
19. Take a photo today and share it with us.
Our street is flooded! So we did the only sensible thing and got in the car and went for a drive. This one was taken down our street, out the car window, hence the brilliant quality of photograph. Luckily the drainage seems to be working and no water seems to be headed inside our house.
So, I went to the doctor today and the good news is that I don't have pneumonia. Yet. He's put me on some really strong antibiotics and told me that I should start to feel a lot better by tomorrow afternoon. I hope so, because I haven't feel this awful in a really long time.
Question 17: Go to http://www.shopstyle.com/ and make or choose an outfit that best represents your style. Post it.
Without further ado, I have come up with this...
Now, I am the first to admit that I have zero style, so I have no idea if these things work together, but I like them all so they are what I have chosen.
I have no idea how many days this has actually taken me, and I don't care. I will keep going until I answer all the questions.
Number 16 is: What is your favourite magazine, book and poem?
I don't really have a favourite magazine. I buy That's Life and/or Take 5 sometimes because they are cheap (for a magazine) and they keeps me busy for half an hour or so. I also have a friend that writes for them fairly often, so it's good to see what she's been up to.
My favourite book ever is Four Fires by Bryce Courtenay, but I have a looooong list of runners up for this category. Including lots of other Bryce Courtenay stuff, most of Judy Nunn's books and some of Colleen McCullough's as well. I also love almost anything that Philippa Gregory has written. Oh and Pillars of the Earth is another favourite. OK, I'll stop now.
I'm not much of a poetry fan. I once wrote one about trees, so if you are gonna MAKE me choose a favourite I will nominate that one. I don't remember the whole thing, but it started out with 'Trees are green, they can be seen'. It didn't get any better.
OK. Life has calmed down somewhat. Well, enough for me to have aenough time to answer the next few 30 Day Blog Challange questions...
Question 13 - What is the best piece of advice that you have ever received?
"Never try to grow your hair, and stop dying it at the same time." Thanks to Claire the Hairdresser for this one.
Question 14 - What is the worst advice that you have ever received?
"Your fringe would look brilliant if you let me perm it!" Thanks to Frances the Godmother and Hairdresser for this one.
The Author, possibly 1992
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Question 15 - Some songs bring us back to a moment. Share with us a song and the moment it reminds you of.
It's hard to go past the songs we had at our wedding. I walked down the aisle with my Dad to "You Were There". Originally performed by Southern Sons.
While we signed the register, the beautiful band Chyken put together for the ceremony played a John Farnham song... 'The Reason Why'.
As we left the church the band played 'Come Back Again' by Daddy Cool. There is meaning behind this, and one day I will explain it, but I think it deserves a post all to itself. Soon.
This is our first dance as married people. It's not the greatest footage in the world, but you'll get the idea. The song is 'My Baby Just Cares For Me', in this instance it is sung by Nina Simone.
Chyken is home from hospital (he had four sleeps in there) and on the mend. He's on some pretty scary looking tablets, but they seem to be doing the trick.
I had a complete meltdown last week. The doctor said I was completely exhausted and severely stressed and told me not to go back to work for at least a week. So I am at home this week too.
Chyken was taken to hospital yesterday with severe pneumonia. He will be OK, but it means a few days in hospital for him and a few days of running around and worrying and sitting in the hospital and not much sleep for me.
I will finish the challenge... Eventually... I promise!
In the meantime, here is a picture of the sign above his bed in the hospital...
We THINK it means, 'High Risk Of Bad Dancing Here!'. But we're not sure.
Transmission will resume in the not too distant future... In the meantime, go and read some lolcats, that ought to keep you amused.
