I am that

But even with all the God-Jesus-church-amen and hallelujahs going on in this clip

I still love it

It made me smile

And without trying to sound all Oprah-y

It made my heart sing a wee bit

Don’t panic

I’ll be back to the dick jokes before you know it

The same tree again today, at 4:30pm

Winter has arrived in Chicago!

I first heard this song through a friend of a friend

It was love at first listen

I have since downloaded the whole album from iTunes

And have proceeded to thrash the shit out of it

It is THE definition of awesome sauce – his voice, his lyrics, his melodies….all of it

I love that there is so much music out there that I have never heard of, that I get to find by complete happen chance  - then fall for it hard

In the fab words of the Aussie legend Molly Meldrum, DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR, and check out, “All I Ever Wanted” ….

Gimme more!

Whatever you call it, 11-11-11 is a great day to remember those who have served for your country

Macaroni & Magoo’s school held a fantastic assembly to honor the day

The kids sang patriotic songs, waved flags, read essays they’d written about what a veteran means to them

And whether they knew it or not, were learning to respect the people that have, and continue sacrifice for their freedoms

Diamond’s Dad, who served in Vietnam, came with us. He doesn’t say much about his time there, but I could see the pride on his face as he watched his granddaughters and all their little friends show their pride for their country and it’s veterans

The girls, in turn, were beyond chuffed to have their very own veteran to honour

I can’t tell you how wonderful I think it is  that ceremonies like this take place all over the world

So many kids at the school have family members currently serving overseas. I got more than teared up seeing those kids, wearing hats from their family member’s branch of the military, proudly march through the gym carrying flags

They even had a bagpiper play Amazing Grace. And that was the end of me

Magoo got to say the pledge of Allegiance, which she nailed. If you don’t count that it sounded more like the Pwedge of Awegiance

But my favourite part, was actually one of the veterans who assisted in the flag folding. After explaining to the kids about the significance of the flag & how it’s folded (read about it here)

He told everyone that he was at the Lincoln National Cemetery yesterday, and he folded a flag to present to a family of fallen soldier.

He presented 11 flags, at 11 soldier’s funerals yesterday. You could feel his sadness as he told the room this

Then, as the kids walked back to their classrooms, they thanked the veterans and exchanged high fives. These children may not totally ‘get it’ yet. But thanks to days like this, they will. And they should

It was beautiful to see that same sad veteran, end his morning with a big grin on his face

Lest we forget.

Always have

If you’ve read Dad’s book

You’d know that many years ago, when we (as a family) left Kalgoorlie

We were headed to Queensland

Specifically Cairns

Mum & Dad loved the place, and thought it’d be a great place to raise me & my brother

We got as far as Perth – to say goodbye to Mum’s family

Dad picked up some work

Actually, Dad picked up A LOT of work

And we never left

But every time I come to Queensland, I wonder if my life would have been much different if I’d grown up here

I don’t think so. The people here are equally as fun and fab as my WA peeps

And they’re on the same page too

The sold out crowds we’ve played to on this tour would attest to that

Easily our most successful Queensland tour ever

And the drives from gig to gig weren’t too shabby either

Queensland has some of the most spectacular scenery in all of Australia

Not that you can tell by my crap photos

And I’m always a happy girl when I can add to my  wanker wall

I love that I sign them….we pose for a pic…they smile big

With no idea what I’ve written on they bellies

(L- I’m on school holidays  R- I need a weed wacker (whipper snipper) )

Purrrrrrdyyyy…

Ah boys…

(my parents are cuzzins)

Ahhh purrrrrrdyy…..

Crazy long lines for signing after the shows every night

One of our most favourite parts of the day

Second of course to the totally fucking clueless boys

(I like penis)

Playing one of my favorite songs

We were lucky enough to have these guys, Mr Blotto, play this at our wedding

Love them

For Diamond x

Love.

I get home sick

It’s just part of the deal

That I’m not sure I’ll ever get used to

Then I look down at my wrist

At the bracelet that my boy and my babies keep adding to

And all is good.

Mine started out awesome

And just got better.

No, REALLY, not really

But guess what?

LITTLE JOHNNY THE MOVIE comes out 1st April!!

That’s like…..TOMORROW!!

Unless you’re reading this tomorrow

Then it’s like…….umm……TODAY!!

Either way, it’s very fucking exciting!

If you’re not in Melbourne, where it’s being screened

You can rent the movie for a 24 hour period and watch it on your computer

I have absolutely no idea how that works

But it sounds very cool

Here’s the official movie trailer

CLICK HERE to go to the Little Johnny Movie website

Or you can watch it from Dad’s website too, just CLICK HERE

I’ve already seen a sneak preview

But I’m totally going to watch it again tomorrow

If I rent it for 24 hours

I can watch it while I have breakfast

In the car headed to Doncaster

Before the show tomorrow night

After the show

Before bed

I’m going to be one of those pain in the arse people that walks around reciting lines from movies like my husband

Hey! We can be like the cool kids that speak our own language

And just use different lines from the movie when we talk to each other like my brother does with old Seinfield episodes

Wanna?

Only thing is, is it’s not going to work very well if you guys haven’t seen the movie too

Off you go then!