Snoskred – Life in the Country

Have you participated in the Hump Day Hmmm yet? If not, why not? The next topic is – “How we let it go.” – Do you ever have something build up inside you like an volcano ready to burst? Did you carry something you were ready to let go of? Have you watched a process in our culture that involves letting go?

I wanted to mention that at the top in the hopes that more of ya’all will rise up off your blogging rear ends and have a crack at it this week.

So, having returned from running up the first 500+ kms on the new car by going to look at a large.. err.. ENORMOUS concrete sheep, I have returned and managed to stop giggling long enough to type up this week’s wrap up. I wish I’d taken some photos of it but there really was no good angle – the only uninterrupted view I could get would have shown you the rear end of a large concrete sheep. So instead I provide you this link to a tour of some of Australia’s big things, many of which I was unaware of myself.

Funny Search Terms This Week -

car in the country scary monster clip (how they ended up here I have no clue..)
bitches in the workplace in australia (yep, we got plenty here!)
country bitches (well, there’s less of them than in the city, but they do still exist)
chances of surviving a plane decompression (chances = excellent if your seat belt is done up and you don’t get sucked out)
who knows the live earth commercial song. the part where they show the sponsers (I never blogged about Live Earth, and I didn’t watch it either.. so I have no idea!)
thing always explodes (this is the equivalent of searching in the dark with no lights on, I suspect. Thing? What thing? Note to self – if you tell google what you want, google can find it. If not even you know what you want, what chance does google have?)

Must Reads -

Post Of The Week –
Weaning: My story (part 1)
Weaning: My Story (part 2) Judge not, lest ye be judged. I cannot tell you how annoying it is that people still choose to judge mothers on this issue. It is the equivalent of coming to my house and having a go at me about the food I choose to serve to my cats. What business is it of anyones – how a child gets fed, how a cat gets fed, AS LONG AS THEY GET FED. And people who choose to make formula users feel “lesser than”, please take a long walk off a short pier. I don’t even have kids, yet this still bugs me.

Welcome to Planet Possibility Is Craig going to have a post here each week? Well this week he has two – A Practical Guide to Overcoming Procrastination This last one I know a few people who can use it..

green flush: no water urinals I tell you I knew that the moment someone invented scented socks, there would be no end to the incredible inventions and this is one of the best I have seen so far. Much better than scented socks, though those were fantastic.

Summer Squash Hilarious! Also with a good message..

Dawna Nolan’s Mango and Shrimp Salad Hungry? You will be, once you see this post.

Some excellent posts related to blogging -
The 20 Blogging Commandments – how many have you broken?
PSST – Want To Buy Some Blog Comments? Make sure to read the comments, a very interesting discussion was had there.
Paid Reviews: Can You Go Too Far? one of the most balanced views I have seen on this topic yet. It’s worth a read.

Here On The Blog –

We had a bumper week, with over 900 visitors dropping in. Yay! I introduced the thought for today idea, I added the BlogCatalog widget to the sidebar. I spoke about Australia being the land of hippies and flakes (as I write this, I am burning lemongrass, lime and mandarin flavoured oils) how I knew I was born to be a salesperson, for the Hump Day Hmmm I spoke about what I carry with me, and yesterday I gave out some awards – did I give one to you?

Blogs Added To The Sidebar –

Brown Thoughts – The Life of a School Bus Driver! – Next week I intend to go on a blog adding spree, so if you have a blog and you’re not listed on my sidebar, comment on this post and let me check out your blog..

New Australian Blogs Community Blogs -

Should You Eat That? – Pacific Highlander – Falling Brick – PoeARTica

Coming Up -

I’ve got a fair bit of reading to catch up on tomorrow after taking most of the weekend off. This week I hope to make a few cosmetic changes here to the blog but it depends on finding the right photos.