All you have to do is think of a song that you enjoy listening to when you need a lift

Blog about it, heading your blog:

Song to Lift Me Tag

If you can add it to your blog for us all to listen.......bonus!!!!

Explain why it lifts you, is it the lyrics, is it the tune, does it symbolise something to you.............

Then tag two other members to do the same: Mail them so they know they are tagged

Come on  these games are fun and we all learn a little more about each other too!!!!

Have fun!

The song that lifts me is Breathe by Faith Hill. The reason being it was our wedding song - the we walked into the room to. Nobody knew our wedding was a wedding....we had and engagement party at my mum's motel that started at 6pm and at ten past 7 my sister (she was my maid of honour) and I walked out to get changed, just after we did James and his best mate went to the motel room to change and stood outside waiting to be told to come in. The Celebrant came in and took over from the band saying he was a story teller & had a great story to tell - that this wasn't just an engagement party, but it was our wedding. Everyone was gobsmacked and so emotional...it was fantastic and so relaxed! Not sure about the video I have but it's the best audio I found:

The song lifts me up because it brings back that amazing evening filled with emotion and happiness - the best day of my life before my children were born....and they wouldn't be here without it! Ok, it does bring tears to my eyes instantly but I feel amazing for the rest of the day. If by some chance this one doesn't lift me then Stone Cold by Jimmy Barnes does as that was our Wedding Dance song!

I'll tag Jessgore & mom2jedd 

My profile says I'm 31 - when did that change? I'm not 31 until Thursday! My body is trying to tell me I'm old so please don't change my age before time! HAHA!

I love being in my 30s, but today my body feels like it's falling apart after a full on weekend at work running the restaurant for our towns Folk Festival....I am more than happy to admit to my age at any time, but I don't wanna be made out to be older than I am, ROFL! My left hip is going, I'm having so much trouble with it. I got to the Chiropractor a few weeks ago but haven't been able to get back and boy do I need it. My left ankle is playing up badly from being on my feet all weekend - it plays up regularly but now I feel like my left side is giving up on me...and I'm left handed!

So please, please don't make me 31 today...wait until Thursday and I will happily admit to it!

1. Put your iTunes/Napster/Zune Player/WinAmp/etc(music player) on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 4 or more friends who might enjoy doing this as well as the person you got it from.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Dust in the Wind - Kansas  (oh god - mum's music, ROFL)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Hero of the Day - Metallica

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Waiting on an Angel - Damien Leith

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Mirror for the Sun - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?

Comfort You - Eskimo Joe (funny how true that is actually)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Night of My Life - Damien Leith (haha)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?

Last Remaining Light - Audioslave

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

I Don't need a Man - Pussy Cat Dolls (ROFL...don't know about that - I need MY man!)

WHAT IS 2+2?
You are the Woman - Firefall (another of mum's, LOL)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Ooh Ah - Grits (ROFL)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Into the Night - Santana (damn why do I still have mum's music on here!?!)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Lonesome Loser -  Little River Band (I need to go through my music!)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Show Me the Way - Peter Frampton (OMG, please save me from mum's music, HAHA)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Teardrop - Newton Faulkner (that's more like it)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Tu Comapania - Keith Urban

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Superstar - Jamelia

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
American Pie - Don McLean (great song...wrong country, HAHA)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
We Believe - Red Hot Chilli Peppers

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Live it Up - Mental as Anything (OMG, LOL)

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
You're So Vain - Carly Simon (?)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Dream Catch Me - Newton Faulkner

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?

Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol 

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
If Everyone Cared - Nickleback (too true!)

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
One - U2

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Chuck E's in Love - Rickie Lee Jones (WTF....god mum!)

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard (HAHA)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
London Bridge - Fergie (???)

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?

How Does it Feel - Eskimo Joe

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?

One More Night - Phil Collins (HAHA)

I'm tagging Staceycrid, jenaya04, erinlarsen and leet

Our weekend was awesome! My dad was here from Monday until this morning - he watched the kids while I cooked and decorated our friends, Stacey and Dan, wedding cake during the week and then stayed here with the kids on the weekend while James and I went to Murray Bridge for the wedding. I can tell you it wasn't great transporting a wedding cake in the car for 2 1/2 hours in 40 degree heat, but we got it there safely and put it together at Dundee's (that's where the reception was held) before finding a motel in Murray Bridge and getting ready for the wedding.

The wedding was in a really nice garden overlooking the Murray River - quite appropriate since the bride's surname is now Murray, LOL! The groomsmen looked smart in their black pants, shoes and black pinstripped shirts, the Bridesmaids look fantastic in their black dresses and Stacey looked amazing in her gorgeous white dress and veil! Everything went off beautifully and the reception was fantastic with great food and company.

James and I had a lovely weekend away by ourselves and got home around 2.30pm Sunday to happy kids and dad. Here are a few photos of the lovely day.

The Bridal party and the view from the gardens:

the happy couple - I love the emotion in Dan's face...I've never seen a groom so emotional!:

Me and Stacey - not a good one of me but a good one of Stace:

My creation - the wedding cake:

I hope everyone else had a great weekend xxoo

I was photo tagged by Dee so here is my pic.

how exciting - it's a photo of a paddock! HAHA! We have lots of these photos as we live on a farm. This is one James took when his boss bought some new land and he went down to push all the logs and sticks up and get it ready to crop:

 Here are the rules for the FotoTag: Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer. Select the 4th picture in the folder. Explain the picture. Tag 4 people to do the same! (make sure you let them know you tagged them!) Thanks, and I hope you have fun!

I am tagging jenaya04, Staceycrid, hermy, darlington4

I won't be online after today for a little while - tomorrow I have to go shopping and get the car serviced, which makes for pretty much a whole day in town. Saturday  afternoon we are having a small birthday party for Oscar as his 2nd birthday is on Monday..at this stage James won't be able to be home for the party because of work so he's a bit upset about that, but we can't change the birthday party because Sunday morning Jack and I leave for Adelaide as Jack's surgery to remove his tonsils and adenoids is on Monday

I'm so very scared for Jack...and I know that he will probably be fine, but I don't know if I will! James has to stay home and work - although harvest may be almost finished for a few weeks only one of us can go into theatre with Jack while he is put to sleep and only one of us can stay at the hospital overnight with him, so James has made the hard decision to stay home and work & be closer to Oscar should mum have any problems with him. Oscar is staying with my mum & stepdad about 130km from our place and will be with them from Sunday until Thursday when Jack and I get home. Jack only has to stay in overnight all going well, but we will be staying at my uncle's for a few extra nights after he is discharged to make sure everything is ok before we drive the 350km trip home.

Jack is quite prepared for the hospital - I got him 2 books, "Goodbye Tonsils" and "Going to the Hospital", and we have been reading them every day. He loves the books and it's quite amazing but the little girl that wrote the goodbye tonsils book had her operation the same day as her little sister's birthday! In the book they have a party the day before and she has a "Goodbye Tonsils" cake while her sister has a birthday cake....can anyone guess what Jack has requested to have at Oscar's party! LOL! Mum has offered to make Jack's cake and I will write "Goodbye Tonsils" on it when they get here Saturday before the party. He's actually a bit excited about going to hospital, and I'm pretty sure he understands what is going to happen to some extent, I'm just not sure he understands the pain bit. He has been telling everyone that we are going to Adelaide "just me and mum" and he is going to the hospital and his "special doctor" is going to fix his throat. He says that there will be a doctor and a nurse and maybe two nurses, HAHA. He has also been picking flowers to give to the nurses because the little girl in his book gives them flowers when she leaves the hospital...I have had to explain that the flowers from the grass won't live until we get to Adelaide and he asked where we would get flowers from for the nurses then so I told him I would buy some and he said "you will have to find a flower shop then mum!". Kids are so cute sometimes!

It's amazing how calm Jack is about the whole thing, the book he has explains everthing that happens & the little girl says a few times that she was scared but when I ask Jack if he's a bit scared he gives me a firm "NO"! LOL! I think what's really stressing me on top of the surgery is that I will be away from Oscar for 5 days - and one of them is his birthday! I never ever wanted to be away from my boys on their birthdays. I know we are having a party and Oscar won't know the difference, but I will know on Monday that it's his birthday and I can't see him

Two good things come out of it though - I get to visit my friend Stacey on the way and help her with a few wedding things before I make her cake for the 31st, then Sunday arvo I get to meet Angie! Now I can't wait for that!

I hope everyone has a great weekend and week next week, I know all will be ok in the end & I will have a healthy boy finally! Those of you that I have numbers for I promise I will text at some stage Monday to let you know how Jack is after his surgery....and I will get someone to let everyone else know via the Bulletin Board if needed. I'll leave you with a pic of myself and the boys that I took last night. Love to you all  XXOO

I'm going to be an auntie! WOOHOO! Found out when I got home from work around midnight last night...James's little sister had messaged him to tell him cause she didn't have our home number & didn't know what the time difference was between QLD and here & it was late - she tried to message me but it wouldn't go through , she had my number wrong, LOL.

OMG I am so excited! Our kids are the only grandkids and great grandkids on both sides so it's awesome. She's about 16-18 weeks along and has a scan on the 20th, so it will be her 20 week scan and they are going to find out the sex so they can be organised. They had no idea she was pregnant until 2 weeks ago because everything was normal & then the morning sickness kicked in!

Now the trip we were thinking of taking to QLD to see them and James' mum in July or August is a definate cause I want to go and see our new niece or nephew! As soon as tickets are on sale I am booking! I am going to go through all the baby stuff after Jack recovers from his op on the 12th and send some up, and I'm also going to try and find out if I can get our cot and change table up to them without it costing a fortune (any suggestions would be appreciated here). We are going to give them Oscar's car seat as a spare cause they've already bought one, also the activity station that turns into a race track cause the boys have pretty much grown out of that...I am making a huge list of stuff they can have! HAHA!

Christmas was awesome...it was here at our place this year with my dad's side of my family. My dad and stepmum turned up around lunchtime Christmas eve - Judy had worked until 7am and then they had jumped in the car and drove over. I had already cooked the meat for Christmas day that morning (turkey roll, rolled roast pork, and a roast chicken) as we were having cold meat and salads. Dad had done all my fresh fruit and veg shopping for me before they came so I didn't have to go to any shops, so when they got here I sorted out what I could do then and what had to wait until Christmas morning.

James was working on the header harvesting crops (as usual this time of year) and wasn't expecting to be home before 9.30pm and had asked me to get dad to help me put together the swing set for the boys from Santa. He was a little upset that he wouldn't be able to do it, but thems the breaks sometimes I guess. Judy went to bed about 5pm and dad and I played with the kids then I organised tea and dad cooked it on the BBQ for us. I was listening to the UHF in the background as I always do and it sounded like everyone on the farm would be finishing early due to all the bins and trucks being filled up & nowhere to empty them until Boxing Day so I rang James and he said he'd be home in an hour or 2! He got home about 7pm, had a shower and ate his tea then we went into the pub for a while...got home at 10.30 & put the kids to bed (oops)...Jack kept saying he had to go home to go to sleep because Santa wouldn't come unless he was asleep, too cute!

I had mentioned earlier in the night that I remembered waking up one Christmas morning at dad's when I was a kid & seeing Santa's footprints from the fireplace to the coffee table & Christmas tree....so after the kids went to sleep and we had put the swing set together (around 12.45am) Dad asked for some powder and made Santa prints across the back verandah, through the back door & kitchen into the loungeroom up to the Christmas tree! It was great and I knew the kids would love it. I put an empty beer bottle on the table and a half eaten biscuit and went to bed.

As we were out late Christmas eve Oscar didn't rise until about 7.45 (and it's usually 6am for him), came into our room & got me & I walked him out to get his usual morning "nana" that he wakes up asking for, LOL! He saw the powder prints on the floor and said "mess mummy"...I said "I think they are Santa's footprints" and he said "Santa dirty mum!". ROFL - kids say the funniest things! Jack got up around 8.30am and loved the footprints...and all the presents! We took them out the back door first to see the swing set Santa had bought & they were stoked, then we came in and opened all the other presents. Now please tell me who else's kids started opening their presents & when they ripped a piece off stopped & both asked what to do with the rubbish before they even knew what the present was? LOL...I think I have made my kids anal! We told them to just throw it on the floor and they were ok with making a mess after that though!

I've made a slide show of most of the pictures on photobucket and am hoping to get it in here...fingers crossed!

It's not working so here's a link until I can work something else out:

s461.photobucket.com/albums/qq336/tooshwilko/

Is it really possible to be all these things at the same time? Well, for me right now it is! In 3 weeks from today I will be in Adelaide waiting anxiously with my little man, Jack, to go to the hospital the next morning....Yes, it's only 3 weeks until he has his tonsils and adenoids removed! I am so nervous about it, anxious about it, worried and scared about it. I know it's for the best and I am so looking forward to having my happy healthy Jack back after he recovers from surgery...but I am scared that I will be upset and it will make him upset and scared. I have to take him to Adelaide by myself as it's a busy time of year here and James is staying home to work, Oscar is going to my Mum and Stepdads and it's his 2nd birthday the day Jack has surgery! I won't be with my baby on his second birthday! I know I can (and am) have a party for him before we leave and he won't know any different, but I still won't physically see my baby ON his birthday . I know I am making it worse for myself worrying about it but I can't help it...and everyday I seem to be getting worse (just ask Nat, LOL).

We are staying with my uncle (don't call him that often as he's 4 months younger than me, LOL) and his girlfriend the night before Jack's surgery and for 2 nights after he gets out of hospital - he has to stay overnight but all going well and providing he has eaten he is allowed to leave the next day. As we live 3 1/2 hours from Adelaide we decided it would be best to stay an extra few nights to make sure Jack is ok before the long drive home. My uncle thinks he is off work until the 14th & has insisted that if he is he is driving us to the hospital at 6.30am on the Monday morning, waiting with me while Jack has surgery and coming back to pick us up when he is discharged...oh I hope he is right and has those days off, otherwise I could well be on my own waiting with Jack unless my uncles girlfriend has some free time.

On the excited side of things...I get to meet Angie on the Sunday afternoon when we get to Adelaide! I can't wait - it will sure make the trip and the waiting until Monday morning a lot easier!

Also I am totally excited about Christmas this year! The boys are excited for really the first time - they aren't scared of Santa anymore and understand that he brings presents! We have lights and decorations around the house and a great tree with a few pressies under it (keeping the rest away until Christmas eve in case they decide to rip into them, LOL). We have 10 people coming (possibly a couple more) and I am really looking forward to it...most of you know that I love to cook - and the more people to cook for the more I love it!

Anyway, there is my life right now...I hope each and every one of you has a wonderful Christmas! xxoo

Jack and Santa at the Playcentre Christmas breakup:

Oscar with Santa at the Playcentre Christmas breakup:

Our Christmas tree:

1. Whats the main thing on minti that make you so addicted?

Checking out my friends pictures and blogs!

2. whats something funny thats happened to you recently?

Hmm...can't think of one thing - sorry!

3. whats a word you kid/s say/said thats pronounces funny / cute?

Jack - says Kwakala or Koagla instead of Koala

Oscar - doesn't really pronounce anything funny...yet! lol

4. if you could be someone famous for a say who would it be and why?

Angelina Jolie - why wouldn't I? The body, the money, the hubby and all those cute kids!

5. sum up what minti means for you in 5 words

friendship, support, family, sanity, outlet

I am going to tag Jessgore, Staceycrid, jenaya04, mom2jedd and SteffCharlotte