Today is a sad day...

He might have been a freak of late (might? who am I kidding?!) but he knew his beats. Michael Jackson has reportedly died today, at the age of 50.

I have bought several of his albums over the years, and in fact my first ever purchase of a cassette (yes, a CASSETTE) was Michael Jackson's Thriller album, with money from my 10th birthday.... almost exactly 25 years ago. Incredible.

Here's a few cover shots to take you down memory lane....

Rest in peace dude.

I just HAD to tell you about this...

Ok, this will give you a bit of a giggle...!

The girls were over last night, scrapping and having some Chateau Cardboard (ie wine out of a box), and one of them started talking about which ribbon she should put on her card... the lemon grosgrain ribbon, or the red riff-raff. "Mmm," I said, "is this riff-raff some wonderful new scrapping product I haven't seen before?" In fact, no, it's not. It was RIC-RAC, ha ha ha!

I have a little pressie for someone who can correctly guess who the guilty party was.... a little bit of riff-raff of course! You can choose from R, L, M or S (I won't list their names, just their initials, to avoid TOTAL embarrassment!). I'll draw out a winner from the correct guesses over the weekend.

Toodles, B x

My nephew and niece...

Yup, here's my nephew, BRUTUS the chihuahua (awww ain't he cuuute!)



...and my niece Goggles (well almost niece, she belongs to the flat that my sister lives in!)

We had a flying trip up north for Queen's Birthday weekend to go to a wedding (I was taking the photos!).... flew into and out of Auckland, driving over to Tauranga for the wedding. And I got the chance to catch up with my sister, her bf, and my nephew!!!! Ha ha ha!

Will post some wedding photos after the bride has seen them.... probably at the weekend. Also have pics of Jake's first ''air" on his motorbike (SCARY!) to come..... He was so proud of himself!

Right, time to get dressed and get teh flock outta here.

Toodles, B x

BLOG CANDY

Wow - you have to have a look at this - you gotta be in to win! Michelle has lots of yummy blog candy to give away, and I WANT TO WIN IT!!!!!

More to post laters, have some housework and tidying to get on with for now...

Toodles, B x

Try this on for size...

I read about this, so thought I'd give it a try.... You put your first name in google, followed by the word needs, putting them in quotation marks (eg "Becky needs"), and see what pops up...

Here's my top 10 picks of what I need (apparently):

10 - Becky needs a nose job (WTF?)

9 - Becky needs a co-star (oohh, I'm a star?)

8 - Becky needs a psychiatrist (who told them!)

7 - Becky needs to find something to wear for Saturday (Neat, where am I going?!)

6 - Becky needs a hug (awwww)

5 - Becky needs three cups of herbal tea (swiftly followed by a trip to the toilet me thinks)

4 - Becky needs her pants changed (SO not true)

3 - Becky needs implants (NOT!)

2 - Becky needs the help of river pirates to free her brother (mmm, pirates? brother? wtf?!)

And my personal favourite....

1 - Becky needs a home. Becky came to the SPCA as a stray 7 months ago. She had been found tied to a tree in a local park. When she first came to us she was in a highly distressed state. She would howl and bark for attention, and bite her lead almost uncontrollably. This, of course, has meant that it has been hard for us to find a home for her. However determination and training has paid off, her behaviour has vastly improved in her kennel environment and she is now much more controllable when out and about (Good to know, ROFLMAO!)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Right, now someone else try this and give me another laugh... it's funny!

I love this....

... and I TOTALLY agree with it (well, who wouldn't?!)

For everyone else...

I know I've been 'blog-absent'... so shoot me.

Last week I was flat on my back with a really nasty bug... horrendous back pain, high temps and the squirts. Say no more. Medical intervention was required to get it under control. Then we had to fly up north to go to a wedding in Tauranga over the weekend (I was working).

Obviously I have a bit to fill you in on, but I have no time to do it at the moment, so you'll have to be patient!

Hopefully you're all happy and healthy. Catch up soon.

Toodles, B x

This one's for Sary...

See, I told you the photo was cute! (Although I'm SO pleased you're blonde again now!) Thanks heaps for having us to stay, even if only for a real short visit. Only about 7 weeks until I'm back again for SENZ.... B x