Jul. 25, 2008
Father Marian's 50th

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Jul. 23, 2008
Schools back

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Jul. 19, 2008
Prince Caspian the second installment in the Chronicles of Narnia

Over a month ago i saw Prince Caspian at the cinema with my brother.
I though that it was one of the most "I WANT TO SEE THAT AGAIN" movies that i had in fact ever seen. About two weeks ago I got a chance to see it again and eagerly went, waiting to see if it was in fact as good as i had remembered. The second time i saw it i thought that it was even better than it was the first time. Just today i've been reading interviews with the well know Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. Have not yet come across one with Caspian. It really changed the way i look at the characters and how they can be so different in movies. Remember, when you don't like a movie character and you build up your dislike for that person so much, their more than likely REALLY different. Or it could be the other way round. William (the one who plays Peter) is the eldest of three and Georgie (Who plays Lucy) is the youngest of three. Personally, Lucy has always been my favourite. I think Susan wore too much black eyeliner in this one.



I was amazed when i saw how much the cast had grown. (mostly meaning Lucy and Edmund) I reccomend this movie, but if the person in question gets scared by the witch in 'The Wizard Of Oz' then they should stay right away from Prince Caspian.

Write soon and God Bless,
Elizabeth

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Jul. 18, 2008
Rosaries

Moving all over Australia, it's been hard to make friends and keep them. a few months ago i met a girl named Jesse, her and I got along well and after a couple of sleepovers this month we are very nearly best friends. Both being Catholic and too young to go to WYD we've devised a plan to raise enough money to go in 3 years time. Were making rosaries and decades to sell. Our parish priests 50th birthday is on wednesday and I made one for him...





I initially made this one for myself.





This one I made for mum...





I haven't got a whole shot of this one...



These are my favourite 4...



These are some random shots..





These are the crosses and crucifix...



I also made a small pink one for little girls and a couple of decades. Saint Anthony and Saint Christopher. I'm currently working on a Saint Francis decade for a good friend of mums.

I hope you like the pictures,
CoffeeGirl

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Jul. 16, 2008
Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey has recently become one of my favourite titles. I have long loved Jane Austens work but (For some mysteriously vexing reason) I have only just come upon Northanger Abbey. I immediately fell in love with the characters of Catherine Morland and Mr.Henry Tilney. They are such a refreshing breeze from the many time repeatedly read Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Oh, and Persuasion. I have already read through Northanger Abbey twice and will rave about the movie to anyone who asks. If you have not read Northanger Abbey yet then please do not read on.

I immediately picked out Isabella and her brother John Thorpe as evil, conniving characters. The way Isabella would always call Catherine
'My dearest creature!'
She made Catherine sound like a little puppy dog. Catherine, blind sighted to the evils of the world had no idea that Isabella, her true friend in Catherine's eyes, was only out to secure Catherine's brother James for his money, and then when Captain Tilney came along she stooped to such malicious levels to try and marry Cap Tilney for his vastly greater inheritance when Isabella herself was already engaged to James! But Cap Tilney just used her... no more than she deserved i dare say. As for John Thorpe, the horrible pug faced man tried to marry Catherine for the money that he thought she was to inherit from Mr.Allen. Personally it was hard for me to read a character who absolutely loved Bath, especially after reading Persuasion where Anne, it's heroine, finds it so unpleasant.
All in all, Northanger Abbey is the greatest Jane Austen that i have ever read.

I got the audio of Northanger Abbey from Librivox, a free website.

http://librivox.org/northanger-abbey-by-jane-austen-2/

Write Soon,

CoffeeGirl

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Sep. 27, 2007
Ummm....hi?

How to explain Esperance...

The sky is white with tinges of dull grey. Sweet rain drops fall on chilled faces when standing unprotected in the outdoor windy atmosphere. Lush green ground and sky reaching treetops catch your eye. The water sparkles like spangled silver. Ivory seagulls and common pigeons litter the skys with their blurred wings.

That's as much as I can think of right now.

Write soon,

Elizabeth

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Apr. 18, 2007
Tag

I got tagged by YoshiYahu. Here are the answers.

7 things i love doing:

swimming, reading, blogging, visiting the horses, cooking, visiting friends,  maths.

6 things i dont like doing:

Lingua mater (english), arguing, doing the dishes, going for long bike rides without water, getting lost in the dessert, really hot days.

5 of my fav. books:

These Happy Golden Years, The Good Master, The little white Horse, The kings Shadow, Harry Potter.

4 thngs that scare me:

Cockroaches, Insects in my bed, Silverfish......Poisenous spiders.

3 actors/ actresses(sp)?

Angelina Jolie, Rowan Atkinson (mr.Bean), Orlando Bloom.

2 movies i like

ElizabethTown, LOTR

1 thing that is specal to you

Mass.

8 of my peps im tagging!

Burger, OceanaJones, EldestOf5, Sharla88, Dawn90, OldFashionGirl, quadguys (all of them), WolfGirl.

thanks for reading,

Elizabeth

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Apr. 1, 2007
Albany

A couple of weeks ago we drove down to Albany to go on a house-boat. We spent 2 days on a river in peace and quiet. (except when the speed-boats went by) I caught 20 fish with a hand reel, my brother caught 14, and my mum and dad each caught 2. All up that's 38 fish. In the picture above is Pete and me. We called him Pete cause he kept following us up the river all day, and at night slept on a nearby rock. By the end of the holiday I could hook buoys, (sp?) cast a reel, and drive the boat.

I haven't really got much to write, that's why there hasn't been an entry in a while. Suggestions welcome. LOL

write soon,

CoffeeGirl

P.S. Happy April Fools!!!!!

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Feb. 27, 2007
Tagged

I got tagged by BobaFett.

So I have to name my favourite things.

1 color: I can never choose between blue, pink, purple, and red.

(sorry)

2 names: Bernadette, Orlando

3 foods: you expect me to choose?

pizza, cinnamon scrolls, milk

4 books: pride and predjudice, little women, Arabian Nights, Harry Potter

5 Characters: Captain Jack Sparrow, Legolas, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swan, Avatar

6 movies: Pirates of the Caribbean 1&2, charlie and the chocolate factory (the new one), ElizabethTown, Monster in Law, How to Steal a Million

7 Hobbies: swimming, writing books and poetry, reading, eating, cycling, painting minatures, photography 

8 places you want to visit: Italy, Ireland, America, Africa, Tasmania, Scotland , England,  Rome
9 things you want to do before you die: Get married, have 12 kids, become a photographer, go on an African Safari, Scooba Diving, visit all my friends, Ice skating, learn to drive, open a coffeeshop / book store.

11 Fav. people on HSB: OceanaJones, Yoshiyahu, BobaFett, OldFashionGirl, Wolfgirl, PadmeAmidala, sharla88, Burger, RandomChic93, ChosenByHim90, CentralianJen

Okay, all of you who haven't already been tagged, have to do this tag.

write soon,

CoffeeGirl

P.S. did anyone notice that number 10 isn't there?

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Feb. 26, 2007
DUST STORM LEAVES MANY HELPLESS

Hello fellow bloggers!

I am going to try and make this sound as much like a newspaper as possible.LOL

(as for the heading)

People driving back from town, or into town were struck down by wind, rain, and dust storms.

"There was nowhere that you couldn't see a dust storm. The sky was red with sand and the windmills were blowing like crazy."

says a spectator

"we were driving back from town when we saw all this red sky that was actually all weak twisters, known as dust storms, and we had to pull over to the side of the road untill it passed because we couldn't see the road. It's the worst sort that I've ever seen."

All power from Yalgoo to Murrewa was lost for over 24 hours. Families lost food in their fridges and freezes, but to top it all off, it was a 40 degree day.

"We had no air conditioner, no fridge, no TV or computers, at night we lit candles and played board games because we couldn't find much else to do. The folowing day, when the power was still not on, we were sweltering in the heat and prayed for the power to come back on."

At around 7:20PM the power came on, but the TV stations were damaged therefore there were no channels. 

"We did not know the severity of the storm at all because we couldn't watch the news."

Mullewa had lots of trouble getting their power back on because the place where the problem was, was surrounded in mud and the elctricians couldn't get to it.

One girl even used her laptop to use the internet because she was so bored and needed to get her mind off the heat.

send in your verdict on the article:

was it well written?

did it capture the story? ect...

To do this, simply click on the comment button and fire away.

write soon,

CoffeeGirl

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Feb. 22, 2007
Poem

Today I wrote a poem,

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Nov. 6, 2006
God

Here is a little writing that my mother gave to me.

Good Morning I am God.
Today I will be handling all of your problems.
Please remember that I do not need your help.
If the devil happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, DO NOT attempt to resolve it.
Kindly put it in the SFJTD (something for Jesus to do) Box. It will be addressed in MY time, not yours.
Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold on to it or attempt to remove it.
Holding on or removal will delay the resolution of your problem.
If it is a situation that you think you are capable of handling, please consult me in prayer to be sure that it is the proper resolution. Because I do not sleep nor do I slumber, there is no need for you to lose any sleep.
Rest my child.
If you need to contact me, I am only a prayer away.

write soon,

Coffeegirl

P.S. Should I change my template?

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Oct. 31, 2006
HOME AT LAST!

My brother is home now.

he is much better and can use crutches.

A comunity nurse will come round every day to redress his wounds. Right now he is on THE PHONE!

it's ok. he just got home and he can do what he wants.

except jump up and down on his leg. LOL

write soon,

Coffeegirl

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Oct. 28, 2006
Recovering

I have good news, my brother is much better.

He can use his walking frame 3 times every day now, and although he is better he has still not fully recovered. There is one thing that I will ask you to pray for.

When his leg broke the bones had slightly pierced the skin.

If that skin dies, (it will happen from the inside out) then he will have to have that piece of dead skin removed and he will have to get a piece of skin taken from his thigh or somewhere else flabby and have it put on his leg.

(otherwise known as a skin-graph)

apart from that he is much better. (only little bits of pain now) He is still unwell and he needs to keep doing exercises for his muscles every single day.

Thankyou for the prayers, he will hopefully be able to leave hospital in the middle of next week.

Thakyou very much, and my brother thanks you too.

Write soon,

Coffeegirl

P.S. I will try to find the time to write the next chapter in my Olly story.

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Oct. 27, 2006
getting better

My brother is much better. yesterday went well, and the doctors said that it would be better for him to use the crutches tomorrow than today. (he said that yesterday)

So today he is going to use his walking frame and on monday he is goingto use crutches. He has to do exersizes every hour to keep his muscles from withering away. (and so that it doesn't hurt as much when he is on crutches)

He is  SOOOOO much better now. when he has morphine he can actually put his feet over the side of the bed and touch the ground with his feet. (still painfull) Did I ever mention that when he broke his leg he severed one of his nerves in his foot. Now he can't feel the bottom of his foot.

To answer some questions.............

PadmeAmidala: since we live in a VERY small town in the hospital is not very far away, so it's not very hard to keep driving back and forth. We don't take turns staying the night in hospital. Dad only did it once because he just had the operation late at night. Apart from that we just go up early in the morning. But because he is MUCH better now mum gets up at about 6:00 AM and goes to the hospital but she leaves dad and I home for the morning to sleep in. I had a breakdown a couple of nights ago. It was all that had happened being held in for so long (a couple of days) then it was too much when it mixed with tiredness (a lot of tiredness) so I just broke down. Even the nurses were saying how much mum dad and I looked SOOOOOO tired.

They are happier knowing that we are sleeping in now.

He will hopefully come home in the middle of next week

I dont have much time left to write.

my brothers blog is Slicingwingman. (it's all about computers) and it's in links.

gotta go now, thanks for all the prayers, He really appreciates them,

Coffeegirl

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Oct. 26, 2006
something bad and something good

I'll pick up from where I left off. 

It turns out that the leg cast was getting more and more painfull until he was in soooooo much pain that the plaster guy came in and had to saw a 1cm line down the front of the cast. As he was doing this my brother was screaming. There were not enough pain killers. After the cast had been sawed he was much much better, but his leg was was scarlet from where they sawed it away because it was so tight, and  he could feel the bones moving in his leg.(A LOT) Hours later they took him for another X-ray and they said that if the bones haven't moved they can leave it in the cast but if it has moved they will have to put metal pins in his legs on either side of the fracture to keep the bones in place. We all waited, waited for a long long time. The nurse came in and showed us the X-rays...........................................

The bones had moved considerably. My brother got really scared, it was from the shock the tiredness the medication, and lots of other things. The red blotches came up numerous times that day. After a few hours he went up to the operating theatre, dad went with him until he was knocked out. When dad came back to the room he said that when my brother had been out the front of the operating theatre and until he was knocked out my brother kept telling all these jokes and was in HIGH spirits. I think we waited for 2 hours and then we all went up to see him. He didn't want to see the metal pins in his legs so they were covered with a blanket. After half an hour or so he threw up all over himself and mums skirt. (BLERCH)

they cleaned him up and said that he had drunk too much water when he woke up. We took him back up to his room. (very gently) when we got there he was fine. Dad stayed the night with him but mummy took me home. We got up early in the morning and drove to the hospital. He was fine but he said that the bandage was sore. after a while he said that the bandage was really tight, and that it kept getting tighter. He was screaming. (mum wanted me to go with my friends for a while so that i wouldn't see him in pain any more. So I'm just telling this from my mums information) All I know is that the doctors cut the bandage and gave him some more medication, and that he was screaming in pain.

Guess what we discovered?  We discovered that he was only taking half the dose of medicaton that he was supposed to have. (I WANTED TO THROTTLE THOSE DOCTORS THROATS)  when I got back a few hours later the doctor came in and said that they were going to try him on morphine again. The nurse came in and injected it.

then he felt practically no pain at all and he didn't caome up with red blotches. Then they gave him panadol and the pain was 99/100 % gone.

A physiotherapist came in. (NOOOOOOOOOO)

he was trying to get my brother to move his leg up and down and pull his body up and straighten his other leg and lift it and he was just pushy, pushy, pushy. when he had finished he asked my brother if he had any questions so my brother replied "When are you quiting?" everybody cracked up laughing. (his friends were there to visit him. Including the one who was on the trampoline at the time he broke his leg) when he was gone I can't remember what happened. I was soooooo sleepy that I can't remember much. when we came home last night mum said that she was gonna let me and dad sleep in in the morning and that she was going to go see my brother. This morning i woke up, got dressed and made my bed then I turned on the computer and started writing then mum rang and asked if dad was there. (he's at work right now) so mum said that he had had a good nights sleep and that apart from his chest hurting BADLY(thanks to the physiotherapist) he was fine. He is going tot start on his crutches today, that's when mum is gonna pick dad and I up. So this is where I end the entry for today.

thankyou for the prayers,

GOD BLESS,

CoffeeGirl

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Oct. 23, 2006
More news

Today mum me and dad went to the hospital early in the morning. my brother was trying to eat his breakfast but was in to much pain so I helped him. It turns out that he is allergic to Morphine and had a bad reaction to it. This morning his knee was in soooo much pain because the leg cast had been very tightly wrapped around his knee. My brother hardly EVER cries, but it was so tight he started to cry a bit. The pain in his face was very unpleasant to see. He ended up going for another X-ray and after a few hours the plaster guy came in and took part of the plaster (fibreglass) of his knee. He has a whole leg in plaster. After that part was taken off he was much better but none of the painkillers were strong enough to kill the pain. (even remotely) I forgot to tell you that when they had nearly finished the x-rays Samuel seized up and couldn't move and trouble breathing. They raced down him back to his room and helped him to breath again and his hands eventually stopped seizing. A few hours after the plaster had been taken away, he looked so much better but his leg and his foot were still twice the size of his other leg. (from swelling)

when he was better mum and dad and I went out for half an hour to get something to eat. When we came back we gave him a seafood thing from Subway that he asked for. (he loves them) He ate only a little bit because he's feeling so sick from the pain and the medication. Anyway we ended up borrowing telly and a game cube from the hospital for him to play. It kept him occupied. (before the gamecube, dad went home to get som rest while mum and I stayed with him) At five thirty dad turned up to stay with him while mum and I go home and get some sleep.

last night the operation was a success but he did end up getting a little bit of hives. He is much better now but still in pain. Thankyou for praying for him. I will keep you updated. He will have to stay in hospital for a couple more days, but hopefully he can come home on Wednesday or Thursday. He will have a leg cast on for ten weeks. The first five weeks he will have the whole leg cast but the last five weeks he will have a half leg cast. (the doctor says that he will not be able to walk for the next ten weeks. (his cast will come off the day before we move)

write soon,

Coffeegirl

P.S. the hospital serves food for the whole family. It doesn't taste that bad, and is all very healthy.

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Oct. 22, 2006
News Headlines

Dear Reader

There is a story I must tell you about that occured two hours ago.

This morning I woke up and the phone rang. (ring ring)

It was my brothers friend, asking if he would like to go over to their place at about midday. Mum and dad said that it would be fine. So at midday they picked him up and took him over to their place. Mum took me out to K-mart and bought me a skirt and top to match the shoes I had gotten the previous week. We came home and about 3 hours later the phone rang. (ring ring)

I answered it. "Hello Coffeegirl," (i won't put in my real name) I heard a voice say "I need to talk to your mum or dad immediately." So I ran to mum and told her that my brothers friends mum was on the phone and that she needed to speak to her right away.

Mum picked up the phone and no sooner had she picked it up than we were in our car on the way to his friends house.

We got there just before the ambulance........................want to know what had happened?

My brother had been jumping on the Trampoline with his mate, Josh. They had landed at exactly the same time and because it was such a big trampoline and the mat went in like concave, he had snapped his leg. He broke his bone playing harmlessly with his mate. thankfully his dad was a Nurse and treated the leg as best he could but, when the Ambulance got there mum went with my brother in the ambulance and I went with dad in the car.

We got there before the ambulace because they had to drive slow cause of his leg. The pain in his face was..........unimaginable, and I was shaking so hard by this time that I couldn't stand without feeling queezy and lightheaded. Thankfully the bone had not broken the skin but it nearly had. The doctor said that he probably broke 2 bones not just 1. Right now I am sitting in my room writing while mum and my brother are at the hospital. He should have had his x-ray by now but he will more than likely be home by tomorrow night. He was really brave. We went into the hospital with him, but then dad and I went to buy mum some food while he slept in lullaby land. (he was only half asleep.) after that mum said that she would stay the night with him and that me and dad should go home and have some dinner. So dad took me home and we had dinner and now I'm writing.

The phone just rang again. It was mummy saying that he has his x-ray and that he has broken 2 bones. They called in the orthorapedic surgeon and he said that he might have to readjust his bone tonight or cut his leg open tomorrow and use lots of medication to keep him knocked out while he is doing the operation. (putting a pin in his leg)

I better go now. PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE,

PRAY FOR MY BROTHER. He is in a LOT of pain and it is painfull to see his face. PLEASE, pray for him.

Thankyou very much

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Oct. 16, 2006
hello

Dear Reader

today I have a joke to keep you occupied while I'm writing the story.

There was a man walking down the street in Texas and saw a sign that said "Worlds best chilli" so he went inside and asked for a bowl of chilli, the cashier said "No, sorry, we just sold the last bowl of chilli to that guy over there. So the man went over to the guy and saw that he wasn't eating the chilli so he asked if he could have it, and the guy said "sure, I don't care". So the man took the bowl and started eating it, at the bottom of the bowl he found a dead mouse and threw up the chilli back in the bowl. The guy nudged him, "Yeah, I did the same thing".

Hope I didn't grose you out to much,

write soon,

Coffeegirl

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