Polar Bear

Another week another creature this weeks creature is the polar bear, which at 3m or 10ft tall and weighing up to 1000kgs or 2200lb on its hind legs the polar bear is the biggest most powerful carnivore to walk the land.

They also have some powerful weapons in their enormous paws each up to 30cm or 12in across, with five strong, sharp, curved claws. Its massive jaws have long sharp teeth for slicing through the thick, blubbery skin of seals which is its favourite food.

If it feels threatened it will use its ferocious hunting skills to defend itself, no wonder that whenever a polar bear wanders into an Arctic town a warning goes out and people stay indoors.

They are nosy and curious and like to investigate human settlements for food, once a film crew were trapped inside a hut for several hours while a nosy polar bear pressed its face up against the window.

Did you know No 1

Well here we are at another Monday afternoon and you know what that means, more did you know facts that mostly true but who knows sometimes I may goof and post an untrue facts......

In the 1900'2 a hunter in Uganda was sough by local authorities for illegally hunting gorillas. He was shooting them with a tranquilliser gun and dressing them in clown suits . Six adult gorillas were found wandering around in this condition

In October 2000 a cat named Fufu ran away from home after its owners bought a dog into the house some time later the dog died the day after that happen Fufu returned home with a new mate and kitten, that was 8 years later 2008.

The people killed most often during a bank robbery are the robbers.

Napoleon carried chocolate on all his campaigns

Milk chocolate was invented by Daniel Peter, who sold his concept to his neighbour Henri Nestle'

Diary Week 2

Here we are at 10.30 am on Sunday morning and it is time for my diary post..

I got up at 6.30am, Tim got up just afterwards and got ready for work. Kathy-Lee and the girls picked me up and drove me to Mum's.

While there her phone was on the table and there was a strong wind so I went to move the paper plates and somehow managed to knock her phone off the table and her screen smashed. I feel awful.

Kathy-Lee left before me so Kelli drove me home when I was ready.

Dave had to feed me the ice cream cake, due t o the shaking causing me to drop it between the plate and my mouth.

It isn't as hot today.

I was up at 6am and had a shower before getting dressed.

It is a much cooler day with some rain as well, just not enough.

I dropped and broke my Christmas cup.

This afternoon Tim cut my hair so much better. I do not like longish hair.

This morning if woke to go to the toilet at what I thought was 4.20am, however, I must have been wrong as Tim was still in bed and didn't get up for work. He did get up and go to work at 4.30 but it was hours after my trip to the loo. At 5.10 I woke up again, went to the loo again and tried going back to bed but I just laid there so I got up at 6ish.

Tim home at 9.45am to 1.30pm, I had a lay down at 12ish till Jess rang. She had received an email saying her Big W order had been delivered but only half of the order is here. The other half should be delivered either this afternoon or in the morning.

Mum told me that Micheal wants Dawson to get a Centrelink loan for her, $900 I hope he doesn't make that mistake again.

Leo's birthday he is 12 now, I sent him a birthday message.

I am not feeling well today.

The bike Jessica ordered for Leo arrived just before Papa got home for work and he said he would put it together but there was a problem with it and she had to return it to Big W and had to get a different one. Which Papa did put together it is blue.

Up at 7am after a horrible nights sleep, woke up confused but after a while I was ok.

Tim rang at 7.45 to tell me he left his wallet in his shorts and that Tasha was going to come get it and take it to the bus stop near Pring St

Mum told me that Dawson told his mum he is sick of her abusive and wants nothing with her till she grows up.

I have been dripping in sweat all day and it's a coolish day.

Up at 6.30am again, Tim up at the same time. I had a shower and Tim helped me get dressed.

Kathy sent me a message telling me that it will cost $320 to fix her phone. She is blaming mum/nana.

Of course mum doesn't feel like she did anything and blames it on the wind.

Tim & I are joining Jess & Leo for a trip to the army museum at Singleton.

Kelli, Daemon & Freya joined us and it was great having them with us.

We offered to take Blain with us but he was in a mood as he had stayed up all night

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I woke up at 6am with a headache, so tried going back to bed but was up by 6.30 am still with a bad headache.

A much cooler day, I have opened the doors and windows to let the breeze through.

Jessica has work taking people to the Elton John concert tonight and again tomorrow night. So we have Leo for the weekend.

He has been inside most of the time as Georgia is at her grandparents and he is avoiding her.

Cape Buffalo

Have you heard of a Cape Buffalo?

The are related to a domestic cows and kinda looks like them except they're about twice the size are far stronger and a lot more indestructible.

Animals that mooch around mulching grass can be easy prey for big cats or hyenas, so to stay safe buffaloes have an array of super tough defences such as sharp hooves, massive horns and in males a bony plate covering the skull.

When in danger Cape buffaloes will get together in a circle with their calves in the middle making it hard for predators to surround them.

Buffaloes especially young ones are often targeted by hungry lions who team up to hunt and catch them but the buffaloes aren't going down without a fight. Adults have been seen kicking and trampling lions to scare them off and rescue a baby buffalo.

They are bad tempered and if annoyed they make sure to get their revenge. In the past wild game hunters told tales of buffaloes being wounded then sneaking around behind the hunter later and charging at him to get their own back.

Did You Know 1

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is well, this morning I am not so well but at least it isn't hot and we have had some rain just not enough. Well here are this weeks did you know facts.

Air-filled tyres were used on bicycles before they were used on motorcars.

In 1913 a Russian airline became the first to introduced a toilet on board

In 1620 a Dutch inventor Cornelius van Drebbel launched the worlds first submarine in the Thames.

Over 2,500 left handed people are killed each year from using products made for right handed people.

Pablo Picasso left 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints & engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 works of sculpture and ceramics.

Diary Week 1

I woke at 5.20am but decided to go back to bed for a bit and ended up not getting up till 6.50am. Tim was up and getting ready for lunch.

Going to be another bloody stinking hot day, turned the air con on at 8.30am.

Asked Tasha to bring me bread and smokes at 10am by 2pm I was having a breakdown because I felt/feel like she is putting others before me.

Just as I started to cry Blain walked in with the bread, he went back and told his mum I was crying. She came down and we talked and hugged and she made me a peanut butter sandwich.

Up at 5.50am Tim was up and getting dressed for work. It is going to another very hot day.

Jessica arrived at 11am to drop off Leo while she went and arranged for a new cage for their bunnies. He didn't want to join her while she drives Daemon home.

Leo started asking when his Mum would be here alt around 3pm.so I ended up sending her a text, which she didn't reply to.

Tim got home at 3.50pm, Leo ran outside as soon as he heard the motorbike, he absolutely adores his Papa.

She finally arrived at 5.30pm, she was with her friend Cassie who had been helping her get the house ready for the guinea pigs.

My BGL dropped to 3.8 during the day.

Ok last day of 2019 and I am ready to kick to the kerb.

I was awake, up and dressed by 6.30am and had to turn the air con on by 7am it is that warm.

Leo is here tonight, he was in two minds about staying but Jess turned up with him at about 2.30pm.

Tim got home at 2pm and was hot and cranky I asked him what was up and he snapped about the fact I had the curtain drawn to block out the heat. I told him to build a bridge, which he didn't like.

Tasha has been out all day doing stuff for or with Alex.

Been so bloody hot all day

Last night Mum went over to Dave's for the night/

I kicked off 2020 by waking around 5am and being unable to get back to sleep I decided to get up at 5.20am.

I opened up the house and sat in quiet while I checked my messages and Facebook. At 6.50 Tim got up and left for work at 7.15am.

Jessica arrived at 10am to get Leo and brought me Macca's.

At around 1pm Tasha dropped off a choc mud muffin, when I said dropped off she walked in and tossed it on the table she was in a right mood. She said it wasn't me of course I knew that, she vented a bit before she left.

I wrote a letter to my family about my health.

Mum said when I spoke to her that she a good night at Dave's she didn't get to bed till 1.30am.

Up and dressed at 6.15am, it was really dark outside and there is a nice breeze outside. I have opened the house up again.

Tim home at 10.15 for 3plus hours then he goes back to work for a couple of hours.

We are at last getting new neighbours in unit 15, a young family according to Tasha.

Been a nice cool day all day but no rain.

I woke at 6.45, I got myself ready including my make up but I needed Tasha to do my ear rings. I wore my black thong sandals but when I got to Charlie I knew I had made a mistake so Jess removed them and tossed them in the bin, so no more wearing them.

We left Leo at home here while we went shopping and he rang his mum to complain that the smoke detector was pipping. It had stopped by the time I got home.

When I got home Tim was home and he hadn't turned the air con which I was annoyed by. I turned it on.

I had a little sleep in getting up at 7am, today it is going to be stinking bloody hot day. I had a shower when I got up.

Tim is off and decided to change the oil filter, he had to go to Supercheap to get a spanner and then he had to go back for another part. He is getting frustrated because he cannot get it off. In the end he gave up and just refilled the oil.

Got as hot as 45 degrees today, still in the high 30's when I got ready for bed.

Time to post.

Hello 2020

As the year is starting, I want to say I hope everyone I know has a great 2020 with more highs then lows in their lives.

As everyone knows my Dad died in 2019 as did Tim's father sad times let's hope there are no more sad times or deaths in 2020.

Life is good, my heart beats and I am loved. Even if my body is failing.