I will be heading down to Sydney tomorrow to visit my daughter, Natalie whose baby is due on Tuesday.

She went to the doctors yesterday and if the baby hasn't arrived by the weekend after this, he will induce. She rang me today and asked for me to come down as she has had a 'show' so here's hoping it will not be long now.

ANZAC DAY PARADE

Keith Melville,79 years old, from the

Townsville 27th Lighthorse Regiment

led this morning's parade.

(ABC News: Josh Bavas)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/25/2882173.htm

LEST WE FORGET.

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ABC Outside Broadcast for troops leaving

ABC Outside Broadcast for troops leaving
Originally uploaded by ABC Archives

Archival Photos from Australian Broadcasting Commission
first Mobile Unit covering the embarkation of troops from
Darling Harbour, Sydney,1939

Actor and Director Vincent D'Onofrio, Sarasota Film Festival April 17, 2010

Actor and Director Vincent D'Onofrio, Sarasota Film Festival April 17, 2010
Originally uploaded by JenniferHuber

Love this latest Photo.

Plus I'm trying out posting from Flickr to Blogger.

Finally got out into the backyard today, two full bins will be put out tonight for garden/garbage collection. Later in the afternoon youngest son turned up to collect some of his clutter to take to his flat. Yay.

He will be back tomorrow to collect my last single bed and mattress + bedding plus stuff he left in the garage. So who said down-sizing is hard.

I should be out in the yard - doing something

or tidying up the clutter inside

but I couldn't be bothered... feeling very lazy today.

Darcy has taken over my reading lap-table. (!)

So naturally I can't disturb him so

I'm reduced to watching the telly.

Criminal Intent, Bones, CSI-LA - Miami

or a little N3mbers will do.

This is Fun.

Funny Photo creator > funny.Pho.to

The countdown to the last

Vincent D'onofrio/Kathryn Erbe episode begins...

Change is inevitable.

The Dynamic Duo will be missed

and as Vincent D'onofrio sheds his 'Robert Goren' persona he will take on new and interesting roles in the

film industry to the delight of his fans.

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A special thanks to Val of Life and Vincent blog

and Eliza of The Velocity of Vincent blog

for your great caps/photos over the years.

Stanley Kubrick Film Festival 2010

Vincent D'Onofrio played Private Pyle

in the movie Full Metal Jacket.

He chats about the filming of the movie

and mentions an incident with the British extras

they used for the filming of Full Metal Jacket.

Thanks to BriarRose920 of Youtube.

Ok, I have started on the tummy medication ...

BUT I cannot have any alcohol at all and today is the start of the 4 day Easter weekend. I'm not going to miss the alcohol as I rarely drink nowadays except laterly to ease the cramps in my stomach but as I will be spending time catching up with friends, it is going to be a little hard to sit there while everyone else is having a merry time

::wanders off sulking::

Finally, after battling a stomach bug for the last 2 weeks, that wasn't responding to over the counter medication I went along to see the doctor yesterday. He thinks it may be just a stomach bug and has prescribed antibiotics, if after a week the tummy is still not behaving he will get me to have a ultrasound and if something is found will organised for me to have a camera tablet(!!) swallowed and see if this discovers where the problem is.

I have been unwell the last couple of days,

not too impressed as I am rarely sick.

On Saturday I went down to Sydney to visit my daughter, Natalie, she is due to have her first baby in 6 weeks time. It wasn't until on the morning I hopped on the net to check the rail timetable that I found out that there would be trackwork, so I was going to have to catch a rail bus to Sydney from my local railway station.

What fun!

It had been years since I last caught a bus, as I, like most people am always running to and fro by car. So it was lovely to 'rock up' to the station, purchase a train ticket and wander over to the other side of the station to hail the rail bus which had journeyed down from Newcastle. I was able to get a seat behind the bus driver.

I put on the seat belt and away we went.

By the time we got to Gosford the bus was full and we 'hopped' up to the F3 freeway. I don't know how many times I have driven down the freeway to Sydney but driving at 110kmph my whole focus had been on the traffic around me. Now I could sit back and watch the world go by especially as we crossed the Mooney Mooney bridge which is perched above the Mooney Mooney river 75 metres below. Yikes.

I arrived in Hornsby to be met by my daughter and after cruising the shops and having some morning tea we headed off to her house to preview all the things she had been given so far by friends/family. Lots of things - a cot, prams, clothes, nappies, cuddle rugs galore.

Natalie will be having her baby shower next Sunday and will be having about 30 family/friends bearing gifts. While we were shopping we went through a list of what she needed and so far she pretty much has everything, which is making it a bit hard for me to choose what to get her, as I'm not one to buy baby needs until just before baby is due. So in 3 weeks, when she starts maternity leave we will get together again and shop for last minute items.