Burlesque Night

Last night Donna, Deb, Danielle & I went to The Beautiful & The Damned Burlesque Revue at the Playhouse Theatre in Hobart.  We decided to go dressed up for the occasion....so on with the pearls and faux fur coats we went.....

I have never worn fake eyelashes before...I LOVE them! Hahahaha....We all felt very glamorous... I got to wear my Aunty Bess's Mikimoto pearls for the first time since they were bequeathed to me and I am sure she would have been proud.

How much fun is a dress up night?  Will definatley be doing it again soon!  I love the clothing and style of the 30's and 40's....so feminine and glamorous! Unfortunatley none of us won a best dressed prize but we had a ball anyway!  There were plenty of "flappers" and sparkly women and men and they all looked fantastic!

The show was amazing...the girls all looked incredible, it was well choreographed and of course Miss Kitty's meow http://www.misskittysmeow.com/ ,Scarlett Jezabel http://www.scarlettjezebel.com/ and Ms Lucy Sky Diamond http://lucyskydiamondburlesque.blogspot.com/ were my favourite performers on the night.

Miss Kitty's Meow run the burlesque classes Donna and I attended last year....it was such a hoot...it makes you feel very feminine and sexy..was great for the self confidence....neither of us want to be on stage (at our age lol) but so glad we did the classes.....check them out if your interested....Hell learn to do it for your hubby's birthday! He will never forget it LOL and you will never feel sexier!

Ms Scarlett Jezabel....described as Swinging Socialite, Original It Girl and Remote Royal.......was graceful and beautiful as always and Ms Lucy Sky Diamond...Tasmania's Bonfire on Leg's... is just amazing with her aerial rope work!  What a cracker of a show!  So many highlights....If you ever get a chance to see Burlesque in your area...check it out....

The Australian Burlesque Festival kicks off soon....here's the details.....
http://australianburlesquefest.com/

Next weekend it's a Great Lakes trip to see my Wolfe Brothers......

WOOT!!

Til next time.....And hey....do an act of random kindness this week....the world needs more kindness!

It's detox time!

Last Saturday night the local footy team had a Ladies night.....We met at my friends (sisters) Nat and Mel's for pre dinner drinks before the evening to find a tray of red and green jelly shots....I have about hmmm...5-6! We then hit the club and were given a glass of punch on arrival....Now I cant do fizz so I was drinking Baileys Irish Cream....and they were serving me not a nip or two but a full tumbler on ice....as you can imagine...I ended up quite pissed lol.  Then a friend was having a particuarly bad night so she suggested a shot or 5 of jagermeister (my fav!) so we did that too....(rememeber I dont eat so very little but alcohol in my system)....when we walked outside the cold air really hit me and I was pretty smashed....I fell over walking home (the sideways walk) grazed my hand and back and my knees and vomited profusely (something I NEVER do from drinking) hahahaha.....I woke up the next morning WISHING I was dead....cringe factor about 100 and thought "Thats it! I need a break from drinking"

It was Mothers Day so I HAD to get up and do the luv my Mum thing and go to the cemetary and say hi to Nan...it was the hardest "struggle" day I have ever had.....

So I have decided to go on a 2 week detox!


Now I know it sounds like I am a big drinker, but the truth is I have always only been what is classified as a "binge" drinker....I dont drink through the week at all but make up for it on weekends. Which, as I have read, is worse than if you drink a few glasses each day.....Dont worry Im not giving up my party weekends at all, but I do want to limit the amount of alcohol I consume as I am getting a bit older now I am already lacking in a few vitamins due to limited food intake.

I have to say...I am not struggling at all.....Luckily for me the kids are away for the weekend so I get to have some "ME" time....I went and popped in to see a few friends I haven't seen in ages after dropping of the kids last night, came home, had a bubble bath, got the house organised, cooked a feed of sweet potato fries, made myself a milkshake and sat down (in between facebook) and watched a chick flick!  I am not a romance/comedy sort of girl but this was a pretty good one "Valentines Day" with HEAPS of big name stars and some really funny quotes...What a great night...this morning I woke up just because I had finished sleeping...not because the kids were fighting over which cartoon to watch or the colour of the sky and without the dreaded head.... I think after having a shower I might hit up Salamanca Market for a look and come home and get stuck into my book!


Sounds boring?  Sounds like restful, relaxing and bliss to me.....I wont be going to Will's footy match tomorrow feeling like death and I should be refreshed and ready for a new working week.....Will let you know how it goes....Might even turn into a month detox ......BAHAHAHAHAHA...Just kidding!!

Til next time......♥

What are the rules of dating in your 40's?

Good grief....Its all new to me....

If you have been reading my blog you will know that I have been single for the last 8 years.  Through choice mostly...but after some of the train wrecks I have endured I thought it was time to take a break and find "me"....I was exactly where I left myself so that didnt take long (lol) then I must admit I began to like having a life to myself, where I didnt have to answer to anyone and could spend on my credit card to my heart and wallets content!  I know I can survive just fine on my own but the last few years and losing weight, I am now getting a lot more attention from men than I probably have ever had in my life and I must admit...I LIKE IT!

So into the world of dating I am throwing myself again at the ripe old age of 40 odd!

It hasnt been all that bad...obviously I havent met Mr Right just yet but its been fun looking....lol.  But it seems to me the rules have all changed now....Girls are a LOT more confident and forthright and I find that all a bit scary!  Shouldnt men have to put a little effort into romancing you or have the confident girls killed it off?  I expect effort....I still love flowers and texts for no other reason than to say hello....I like nice restuarants and live shows.....I like a man to be presented well and smell good....am I expecting too much in this age of the "Naughties"??

I have never been confident in this area, so the chances of me initiating a date is probably never gunna happen...I am a bit out of my league....LOL

So what are the rules these days?  Should a girl approach a guy she likes?  Or should she wait for him to do it?  Is it really a world of meet..go home and have sex all in the same night?  I am feeling old LOL

In the mean time I will keep kissing frogs and hoping for the prince LOL

Til next time...............xxxx

The Dreaded BLOB!!!...A Shitty Conversation

Remeber when you were a kid and one of your uncles would say to you "Hows ya bowels?".......

If there is one thing that I hate about my lapband it is the constipation that comes from not digesting enough fibre (or food for that matter).....We, thanks to Margie's inept sense of humour, call it the BLOB (Back Log Of Bog).....I suffer badly with it, to the point of tears and time off work.  I have tried heaps of products to fix it....benefibre, dry fibre bla bla bla but nothing works....in the end its 5 coloxyl and a lay down til its time to give birth, so to speak...and it sure feels like that sometimes!

I wish I could eat more and have a regular bowel but really, even when I was bandless I only did number 2's once a week...ONCE A WEEK??? I hear you say...yep!  But my doc told me that if thats the way you are thats the way you are....I wonder if I had been able to poo every day whether my weight would have been more stable, but its pie in the sky theories...really I ate too much hahaha....

I am not a coffee/tea drinker, never have been, so there is another stimulate I miss....I dont have a coffee and a poo first thing like most "normal" people.  I dont eat very much at all, so no fibre....no poo!

So lappie people of the world...what do you do to avoid the BLOB situation?  I'd love to hear your success stories!

Shitty conversation..but hey....there you are.....she says as she reaches for the coloxyl once again..........

Dont forget to add your email so you dont miss this shit LOL

Easter at St Helens 2011

Well readers...As you all know I run a facebook group called "Tassie Lapbanders" and this year we decided to have a meetup at Easter on the beautiful East Coast, so I packed up the family and off we went.  I hadnt been up there for over 20 years!  We booked a unit and packed the car...the MacQueen's were on a road trip!  Took us about 2 hrs from Brighton....was worried about the traffic being it was a long weekend but no hassles at all...was an easy drive.  We got there..booked in and unpacked and looked forward to welcoming drinkies at the gorgeous Lisa's that night....and what a night we had!!

 We had some VERY yummy food and of course it wasnt long before the Jager was pouring and we were all well on the way HAHA.....

Bahahahahaha.....we had a great night catching up and laughing and drinking and laughing some more! How would St Helens ever cope with us!! LOL.....The next day we caught up again for lunch at Binalong Bay Cafe.....gorgeous spot!

Sat night we planned to go to the RSL for dinner then on to the Bayside Inn for KARAOKE!  Well none of us actually karaokied....but we DID drink and dance and laugh til the early hours...they stopped selling shots at 10pm...so because we are older and smarter...we were ordering sambuca with a small dribble of lemonade because guess what! THE PUB HAD NO JAGER!! Was a fantastic night with some amazing people!

St Helens wont forget us in a hurry and I will certainly be back to do it all again soon!!  The next day we had a free day to wander around with our families and check out the gorgeous scenery....we went to the Bay of Fires for a look..the kids loved it.

Thanks to all that came and enjoyed Easter with my family and I....you girls and your fella's are all so very special to me and I love partying with you all xxx

Bring on the next Meet-Up I say!!  Happy Easter to everyone!

OH MY HEAD!

Will ya get a look at these two! Hahahahaha...why do people like to show their tonsils when slightly (hahaha) pissed?  Another huge weekend in Hobart Town....

We started Friday night at the Ponty for my favourite Tassie Band the Wolfe Brothers http://nickandtomwolfe.com/wolfebrothers/....They are a great party band with some awesome originals...I love them...we are official groupies now I think LOL

We had way too many Jagers....I cant remember exactly how many...I cant really remember getting home...but I did and its all good! LOL.....then followed up with another huge night in town last night...again excessive drinking and dancing...in fact I finally was persuaded to dance on the "box" in Syrup! hahahaha cant believe it but apparently I did! I think Trace has the pics to prove it... OH DEAR! :D


Off to beautiful St Helen's on the East Coast with the kiddies next weekend for Easter...not camping this year..we are roughing it in a nice self contained cabin...Its getting colder and boy do I feel the cold these days....And I get to have a catch up with all my Lappy ladies who are making the trek as well for a weekend of food, drinkies and karaoke!!  Cant wait...my extended lappy family..love them all dearly.

Another fantastic goal today...Finally in the 70's!!  4 kilos til goal!! WOOT WOOT! Want to hit that bad boy by July....3 year bandiversary! 

Have an awesome week everyone...I will when I shake this hangover....my days of 2 big ones in a row are fading fast :(


CHEERS!  Meegs

Ahhh.....Lets getaway from it all......

What a fantastic weekend I have had....after a couple of VERY stressful weeks, I was lucky enough to be indulged in a couple of luxurious nights away on Hobart Waterfront.  Had a fantastic time, with awesome company and got to chill out.
My crazy mate (and partner in many adventures) Trace came to keep me company for a few hours sat night and we popped over to Customs House Hotel and had a few (too many for me) Pale Ale's and then back to the Hotel....we then decided to pop down to one of the bar/cafe's under the hotel for a cocktail.....so in we go to T42 and immediately we, well I did anyway, felt like a grandmother in a creche.....the staff were not terribly interested in us....but we soldiered on an ordered a cocktail each anyway.....At $17 a pop!

This was Trace's Bloody Mary....It was that spicy that she had to send it back and try, with rubber dinghy lips, to ask for it to be chilled out LOL, which they couldnt manage and she never finished the drink, ordering herself a glass of tomato juice instead....then mine came out...Carribean Cruiser....

Now I know bars these days like edgy, hip, totally cool attitudes...BUT A FARKING JAM JAR??  What were they thinking??  I couldnt believe it....remarking to the waiter, clearly they had run out of glasses...hahahahahaha.....needless to say, I wont be going back there....Small speed bump in an otherwise WICKED weekend.

 The view from my room

 Nice when a tall ship just happens to float by...

Me ready for the Casino...we didnt win unfortunatley but was a fun night......Sunday we caught the ferry over to MONA...http://mona.net.au/ I loved it....some wouldn't....I dont care....I like thinking outside the box hahahaha...I dont think the owner thinks of anything but the box HAHA....The exhibit "Cunts and Other Conversations" pretty much backs me up on this thought hahahaha.....If you get a chance check it out but remember it is a private collection and definatley NOT your usual Museum.....There isnt much I didnt like about it, from the architecture, ipod guides, exhibits and the unique ferry ride (which I missed to go home lol) I say well done to him and thanks really for building it here in little old Tassie!

So now I'm back in reality..kids are fighting over the cubby house they built in the lounge room...lunches to be made yet....yep...I'm home LOL.......