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The_Brat

All American Aussie Mum/Grandma/Wife

About Me

Oh jee... what to say about me? I'm older than dirt (ask my son Geer he's been telling me that since he was little) BUT not a grown up...YET. I live in Brisbane Queensland Australia where the weather is always the best... shrimp jump onto the barbie by thier own accord and the beer is so cold your tongue will stick to the can.I'm a proud American and I'm a proud Australian. I live in the best of both worlds...and get to leave the shitty bits out.Important to me:I'm a Grandma :) my grandson Damian is the cutest baby ever (nah I'm not prejudice about that...honest he is!)My kids are Awesome (Love you Paul and Jenn!)My husband Mick is truely the gentlest bear I've ever known. He's my soulmate.

My Interests

My family. Mick my scary looking teddy bear of a husband, my son Paul, of whom I am so very proud of the way he turned out, My Daughter in Law Jenn who is one of the most amazing ladies I've had the pleasure of knowing and my Grandson Damian, who is perfection personified. Birds. Bowling. Computers. Food and Recipes.

I'd like to meet:

The people that hand out the big million dollar lottery winnings...doing what they do in an official capacity of course

Music:

Everything from Classical to Country to Rock to Alternative to Pop. Depends on the mood whether it is Nickleback or Dixie Chicks or ZZ Top ...you get the idea lol Eclectic!

Movies:

Wolf Creek. Shawshank Redemption. Billy Madison. LOL Eclectic taste again.

Television:

Law and Order. Documentaries. Travel. Cooking. Red Dwarf.

Books:

Anything by Stephen King

Heroes:

My son! My husband. My daughter-in-law for loving my son. My Grandson Damian!! People who are true to themselves and don't cave in to popular opinion.

My Blog

So Micks been gone two weeks now and I've done something...

Ok Micks been gone to work for two weeks today and is finally coming home. In the time he's been gone I've been out house hunting and I've found.....and rented the perfect new home for us. I really ho...
Posted by The_Brat on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:47:00 PST

Happiness is

You know, over the years you think of happiness as your favourite foods or getting the that new game or t-shirt you wanted. It's taken me years to realise that that isn't true happiness at all. That's...
Posted by The_Brat on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 12:54:00 PST

Time moves slow but fast. How weird!

Sitting here this morning contemplating everything left to do before the kids get here (Only 15 more days!) But why have the days started dragging? It seems like a day lasts a week when you are waitin...
Posted by The_Brat on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:46:00 PST

Moving on

Wow....what can I say? The realization hit hard tonight that "this" is no longer home. Open house. People going through looking at my home to make it thier own ....how sad! I don't think I realised ho...
Posted by The_Brat on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:15:00 PST

Were moving!

Ok...for those of you that don't know, I got the news that my job was being made redundant as of Oct 31st last month. Because I love my job so much I was pretty devastated. What is it they say about w...
Posted by The_Brat on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:39:00 PST

Thanks to Jenn I got "tagged"

1. Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.2. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their 8 things and post these rules.3. At the end of your blog, you need t...
Posted by The_Brat on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:14:00 PST

I just wanna say one thing....

Life is bloody awesome right now. Someone pinch me cause I must be dreaming! 
Posted by The_Brat on Tue, 08 May 2007 02:56:00 PST

How lucky am I?

Wow.... I came home from work yesterday, on valentines day, to a clean house.....flowers on the table and my gorgeous husband here to hug me tight and hand me a cold drink. I thought "this is nice!" a...
Posted by The_Brat on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:41:00 PST

All unpacked - no place to go!

Well ....we've been back in Australia 12 days and home 9 days. I finally got around to unpackinging the last of the trip stuff. Works been good but hectic, but I am all caught up which makes me happy....
Posted by The_Brat on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 01:59:00 PST

Back to work today

I'm heading back to the office this morning and i have to admit that i am actually looking forward to it. It's been a long break, i hope i remember how to do my job! I know the first few days will be ...
Posted by The_Brat on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:15:00 PST