Originally Welsh
"Guinevere" meaning:
"White fair lady".
A charming and
attractive girl.
She tends to be very
sentimental about her
family.
Her elder relatives
have a special place in
her heart and the small
ones worship her!
Ello, thought I'd better do a quick blog. It's the first of September today, Spring is here. The years are just going to fast now! I thought this year would be really slow due to not working and sitting here everyday. I have decided to change my avvie that represents me for this month, I love TWEETY!
I am finally getting things sorted with a few things that have been dragging on for awhile, I will feel better when it's all done!!
I also want to say that my heart goes out to all those people, pets and animals that are struggling to survive in the katrina storm. I've seen it on the News and it's terriable.
For those bloggers that visit my blog, please take some time to sign my Guest Book which is sitting on the right side, it's there for vistors:)...Thank You
Over the last few day's I've been working on a new Forum to replace one I am currently using now. A friend of mine in the States has his own Web Server and hosting company and has offered to host my site FREE!! with access to everything, which is really neat and I took the offer up. That's what I've been working on and it's alot of fun.
Weather has been nice too so I wheeled down to the mall to get some odds and ends I needed.
I'm fairly tired tonight as I was awake thinking about my new forum lol, so I need a good sleep tonight.
Update on my Custom Made Cushion: I have given my feedback to the guy that made it and said I have been on it for almost 2 weeks now and it's great, nice and comfy. There is one adjustment he is going to make and if I don't like it, I can actually take it off the cushion. My therapist needs to pick it up so the guy can make the covers and send it back and that be the cushion all done:) YAY!!! I have asked my therapist to order me the back cushion I want too so just waiting for that to arrive, then they can close my case.
I am also helping out another friend who is struggling to get a chair to trial that they want. I spent some time today getting the correct information and emailing it to my friend's Mum. She rang me and was surprised to hear that her son's therapist is the same one that is working with me. So I feel really good I was able to help them. She isn't impressed with the therapist, as her son has hurt himself in the other trial chair:(
Yesterday I went out with family for a drive to Matakana. It was a really nice day too so we were lucky with the weather. We stopped at Morris and James Pottery and Cafe, and had lunch there which was really nice. I had rare beef (which I asked for it to be cooked longer) and salad and a nice cold beer. We ordered at the right time too, as after we got our meals, there were lots of people waiting to order.
After lunch we had a look at the nice Pottery. While some were still looking I went outside and wheeled around. My brother and Dad took some photo's of me and I said I would take one of my brother, and he said nah and walked right up behind me while I was wheeling around to try and take a photo. heheh it was a funny site. Here are some photo's below..
Me outside at Morris and James Pottery and Cafe at Matakana
and the beach was Omaha.
The beach was nice, I wish I could wheel on the sand and feel the water on my feet. I miss being able to swim in the salty sandy water with the waves crashing onto me and diving in and out of the waves.
I am on a PSP creative roll today and have created my first Slat which was easier to make than I thought. I have also created myself a Tranquility Reflection tag which looks awesome and a siggi girl tag.
Here is a Swimming Dolphin Globe I did yesterday, it took me all afternoon as it was difficult a nd I had 22 images to work on in Paint Shop Pro. Once I had created the globe, I had to add sparkes to all 22 images, then same them. I then had to add single bubbles to all 22 images and save them again. The animate it:) I'm very proud of it.
I've been learning how to make Animated Globes today and they are fairly easy, I just have to remember my layers. Here are three globes I made. Not sure how to make them transparent, without the white background.
Yellows are the most fun-loving, free-spirited, energetic, and childlike personalities in the aura spectrum. Yellows are wonderful, sensitive, optimistic beings, whose life purpose is to bring joy to people, to have fun, and to help heal the planet.
Yellows can either be very shy and sensitive, or they can be the life of the party. These playful characters have a great sense of humor. They love to laugh and to make others laugh. Yellows believe life is to be enjoyed. They like to live life freely and spontaneously. With a perpetual smile on their face, they remind people to not take themselves or their problems too seriously.
Yellows would prefer not to work at all, unless their work was fun, playful, or creative. They love nature, and often have concerns for the survival of wildlife and the environment. Dogs are very drawn to Yellows and often become their best friends.
If you want to see what your Auru color is, go here AuruColors
10 Years Ago Today: I was still living with my family out in the Country side.                                                                                             Â
5 Years Ago: I moved into a flat and got my Independence back.                                                                                              One Year Ago: I was dealing with lots of leg Ulcer's.
Yesterday: I went to my sports practice and played hockey and rugby, it was a lot of fun. Dand and I then went to do my food shopping..
Tomorrow: I might go down to the mall if the weather is still nice, otherwise I will be home on the net blogging, playing neopets and making some graphic's.
5 Snacks I enjoy: popcorn, musli bars, weetbix with butter and marmite on them, cheese n crackers, manderains.                                                                                                     Â
5 Bands That I Know The Lyrics to Most of Their Songs: R.E.M, WestLife, Pink, Dragon, Coldplay and Abba.                                                                        Â
Things I Would Do With $100,000,000: Get some land and have my purpose build Dreamhome which is opened planned and all flat.  Have an accessiable spa, pool and spa bath. Get a van I can wheel into with my wheelchair and drive the van myself which would give me full independence. Get a car for my brother, sister, Mum and Dad of there wish. Buy family member's a home if they need one too. SHout them a trip to there dream Country. Save the rest, if any.
5 Locations I'd Like To Run Away To: Austraila again, Tour United States, Japan, Paris, and Tour more of New Zealand at my pace.                                                                        Â
5 Habits I Have: drinking coke, get on the net to check emails/ blogs/blogging/fourms/neo pets/my groups, cleaning my chair, playing with my aquapet,
5 Things I Like Doing: Electric Wheelchair Sports = hockey/soccer/rugby, blogging, neopets, shopping, PSP (paint shop pro).
5 Things I Would Never Wear: mini skirt, tube top, bikini, jandels, jeans.
5 TV Shows I Like: Big Brother, Surviour, Shortland Street (NZ Soap), SCU Serious Crash Unit. Supernanny, McLeod's Daughter.
5 Movies I Like: Titanic, LOTR, Bad Boys 1 & 2, Harry Potter, Grease.
5 Famous People I'd Like To Meet: Johnny Depp, Leoandeo Capreo (sp), Will Smith, Keauna Reeves, John Trovolta (sp).
5 Biggest Joys At The Moment: Getting people to listen to me, being happy, knowing summer is on the way, good friends.
5 Favorite Toys: computer, aquapet, my hockey stick to practice outside, texting on my mobile ph, dvd's.                                                          Â
5 Tag Teamers: Jennnn, Mandy, Sunny, Pinkiehill and jerneedog.
Part Three - Had my meeting yesterday at the cushion place. G was there, and the two custom tech people and my Mum. I asked G, if the other person was coming, G said she is sick and she didn't want to cancel the appt.
One of the custom tech person's kneeled down to my height, looked at me and said " I would like to hear from you, what you find not right with this cushion and what you want, and we want to make it right for you" no matter how long it takes.
WOW I was shocked, this was great, I then took out my list and said everything. I even said this is the STF height on my Arrow, the J2 deep contour cushion is perfect, can you give me the angle I have on my Arrow and give me the contour my J2 cushion has. That is what I wanted and told him the reason's why it had to have the angle including the contour of cushion etc. I also said the cushion doesn't fit the width of the seat, can it be made the right width too.
He totally understood what I needed!! I then showed him how easy it was for me to get onto the J2 cushion and compared that to the foam cushion. height was wrong too.
He took both cushions and chair into the back room and modfiyed the foam cushion.
Basically he did what I suggested to G at the beginning, was he added a wedge of firm foam to make the STF height at the front 19" and then had the cushion on top of this. He had cut out the hard foam of the cushion and added softer foam and made the cushion fit the base too. He also added more contour etc. He added a try slippery cushion cover as well, similar to my J2 cover. Basically I was getting sore as I sat on the egde of the cushion and it was too flat.
Well I was quite impressed when I saw it. Now to sit in it hehe. It felt nice and soft, I had the contour I needed and the height was good.
I got into my chair today, and have sat on the cushion for 5hrs so far with basically no pain!!! I do have a dull pain on the right side still but bearable. I need to try the cushion for a week, have the guys number in case I need something done.
Overall I felt the custom tech guy that modfyed the cushion, listened to me, heard me, understood me and could see the problem's I was having with G. It was the best seating meeting ever!!
Now if G had arranged this appt when I asked awhile back, then we proably have got somewhere. I think she didn't pass my messages onto the custom tech people in the correct way. I think she also stuffed up the first measurements and not accepting the wedge idea.
My wheelchair therapist rang to ask how I am getting on with the cushion. First thing she asked was: are you at home? I said yes, she asked have I got your right phone number '#blah' and I said yes, she asked if I was on the Internet and I said yes, she goes well that explains it then... I said to myself huh what are you going on about. I said to her, it doesn't matter if I'm on the internet, I can still use the phone and I have been out today and sometimes I can't get to the phone in time or I'm not available to answer the phone. For goodness sake, you think someone in her job field would understand that!!!
She asked me how the cushion went and that she needs to close my case as it's been open for a long time. I said that I got sore again and uncomfortable etc. Basically she interupted me as I spoke and asked me again and I said I'm trying to explain to you. She asked me where I was sore and I told her. She asked me to tell her excatly where I was sore, trying to tell her over the phone was hard, let alone her butting in and asking me more questions. I told her what I think the problem is, and she disagree's with me and said she won't argue about it.. I was like ohhh ok I was only saying what I thought was wrong. She won't listen to me!! If I am the person sitting on the cushion 24/7 then I'm sure to know what is wrong. I asked her to orgainse a meeting with the custom tech people to come and see me on the cushion and see for themselves what is happening and what is not right. I am having to tell my therapist, then she is telling them, not sure if the correct messages are being passed on. She won't arrange meeting.
As far as closing my case as it's been open for a long time, I don't care!! I don't want to be left with a cushion that I get sore on and end up with pressure sores!! I said I want to be comfortable before you close my case, that should be the priority here, not how long my case is open.
Well today my therapist rang me and said that she has talked to the Cusrom Tech people about me saying I was still sore on the cushion etc and they are going to re access me.
I made my complaint to the seating co-ordnatior and she was very nice about it. I said to her that I find my therapist....(let me give a fake name for now...G will be my therapist name) does not seem to listen or understand me, it's like she has her own image of what I need in a cushion. I also said that I understand the meaning of "Closing a Case" when everything is good, I said but it isn't and G tells me everytime she talks to me, she wants to close the case. I said I don't need to hear that. I was asked if it was ok if she or someone sat in on my accessment as a second pair of eyes and ears, I said thats great.
Part One - I got a new powerchair in February and also needing new seating, a cushion and a back cushion. This might be hard for some people to understand due to not knowing wheelchair technology but I will try my best to give you a picture of my long seating process, please bear with me
My new powerchair is called a TDX 5, has Tarsy Seating System with electric Tilt and Recline and electric Elevating Legrests.
Since the TDX Tarsys Seating System 'seat base' comes 'Standard Flat', it does not have the option of adjusting the seat base to be angled to suit my needs. I need the rear of the seat base to be lower than the front.
Anyhow due to this seat base being flat I am having to go from my current Jay 2 Deep Contour Gel cushion (has another gel pad on top due to pressure sore I had a year ago) to a Custom Made Foam cushion to get the seat angle I need and the comfort I need.
On my Arrow (old chair) I had the ASBA adjustable seat and had the rear lower than the front. The Seat to Floor height at the Front is 19" and at the rear it's 18".
I was not keen at all to go to a foam cushion. I said that I don't want to have a sweaty bottom in the summer, foam gets smelly and mouldy etc. I was very concerned. The custom tech person's came and did an accessment and measured it all up. I told them and my therapist excatly what I didn't want from foam and also the seat cover had to have a slippery cover so I could transfer and slide myself back on the cushion. These are very important to me as I am Independent. They took it all in and could see I was worried. I was told that foam has improved and they use memory foam and the way they do it.
I got my new foam cushion 2 weeks after this meeting to try for a week. I transfered onto the cushion and tried to slide myself back onto the cushion which was really hard due to the cushion being to soft. I got really sore within an hour so I tilted the chair back, then I had to get out of my chair as I was in too much pain. I wrote down everything that wasn't right and needed improving and they took the cushion back the next day
I got my foam cushion back, chest harness and a new seat belt. Took awhile to get the seatbelt and chest harness setup. I then tried the cushion and it seems better than it was, it needs some more foam at the front. I have sat in the cushion for over an hour and am not sore, just some pressure on my heels. This is because the front of the foam cushion is still too low, need's more foam.
My thought's on Tblog, blog posts and tblog's Communitiy.
I was thinking about my blog, it's context and the comment's I get. I'm getting a bit disencouraged about my blog and the community here.
I started off writing my own blog posts and wasn't getting many comments unless I asked people to comment or posted in the chatterbox - NEW POST- which didn't seem to do much. Yes, I was new but I'm a blogger now for 3 months! so other bloggers should know me by now:) I then started adding some humor to my blog as I noticed people seemed to visit blogs with humor and made a comment or two.
I post topics about my life, humor etc and some of these posts take a lot of time and I wish to share. I feel like I am sometime's blogging to myself. I wonder if it's worth sharing things on a blog. The comments I get are there because I ask people to comment, should I have to ask for comments? humm
I was starting to browse a lot of blogs to see what was being blogged and how to get comments about the blog, it was humor, day to day stuff, beliefs, news events, poems, text from books, confrontation, putting beliefs and other things down, debates and art work etc. This is great and this is what I am basically doing with my blog. I also found a lot of blog posts on babble, spam and really silly things that is not needed for sharing which wastes space and takes up tbog server room....that's another blog post later on lol
Basically all the work, energy and time put into these blog posts should be respected from all. I see some blogs out there that have great blog posts but 0 comments, that is sad to see.
Check out Sweetsue's blog too as she has similar views on blogging
After reading some blogs on Friendship's, I thought I'd write about True Friendship's.
To me a True Friendship are two friend's who care for each other, have respect, help each other, laugh together, have fun, honest and don't judge others. Your true friend is someone who returns there caring nature back to you when you need it, help you when you need it, and much much more. Basically they are there for you too.
A friend who love's your attention, help, caring, respect, fun etc and doesn't reurn it is not your true friend. They may be a friend still but that's about it.
True Friend's are those person's that return your friendship.
Friend's are those person's that enjoy your friendship nature
I have a few True Friend's in real life and online, but mostly friend's What I find hard in a friendship is some of my friend's can give out jokes, hassle me and when I give it back, they can't hack it. Also when I care for my friends if they are sick, visit them when ill, help them getting a job, writting a letter, doing jobs for them etc, they don't bother helping me if needed or even a thank you, sometimes that is forgotten. I just think sometime's friend's use their friend's for there own needs, eg it's all about them, no one else.
Just some thought's on Ture Friendship's and Friendship's..
When I was in Australia for my sports tournament in 2000 we had a free day. One of the things I really wanted to try in Sufers Paradise was the Sling Shot. There it was, so Dad and I went and watched some people being flung up into the air by the sling shot. The Sling Shot operator was waiting for two people to get in the sling shot for the ride of their life, next minute I was getting into the sling shot seat!! I didn't even think, I just went. It was a mission to get into the sling shot seat from my wheelchair as I couldn't walk from wheelchair to seat. I had to park my wheelchair so close, then transfer to seat with help from Dad. I was strapped in and ready to go. The operator reclined the sling shot quite far back so I was facing the sky. On the count of 3, I was being flung up into the sky with 8 G' Force going 120km. Talk about awesome!! When I got so high the sling shot pulled me down with such a force I was lifted off the seat. This was when I got a bit worried but then I was bobbing up and down in the sling shot taking in the view and the excitement. That was the best thing I ever did, what an adrenalin rush. I was given a video of my reactions being flung up in the air and a t-shirt. The experience is something I will never forget, totally awesome!!
I finally finished my Harry Potter book and I want to say so much, but I won't spoil it for others who are still reading it. I am now going to read the full set hehe I guess you could call me addicted to Harry Potter, it's crazy but true.
I have been creating letter stats for IncredMail and it's a lot of fun. Some of the letter stats other people have made has blown me away. I am creating new graphic's in psp and enjoying that.
Something I made
I did my first HTML 101 Course which involved 5 lessons and an exam and I passed!! Waiting for my certificate to be emailed to me. I have signed up for the next course which is Tables. HTML looked scary to me at first and while doing the lesson's I actually enjoyed it and HTML doesn't seem as hard as I thought.
I watched the Tri Nations game last night, All Blacks vs Australia and it was a tight game. It was a really good game actually, both teams at a similar level but of course the All Blacks WON!!! They won 30-13 way to go All Blacks.
A couple years back I was asked to go Gliding, something I didn't think would be ever possible for me. Here I was questioning everything, how do I get in, can I fit in the tiny seat lol, who will drive it..not me I hope hehe Well off I went to the Glider field and saw the glider I was going to fly in. I said to myself, there is no way I'm going to get in that!! I was talked into it, so here I am getting hoisted into the glider. Broke the microphone that the pilot uses to contact the ground crew!! He just said he will go by how it is once we are up there.
Up we went and that was wicked feeling being pulled up into the air by a long rope from the ground. The pulling part of the rope was at the other end of the field, and it kinda lauched us in the air like a bullet. Then the glider was broken free and we were gliding. Next minute the pilot handed the controls over to me :shock: so I was flying the glider for a bit. It was an awesome view up there seeing everything below, it was fun too. We came in to land which was fast and short. An awesome experience!!!
Hey everyone, I have now got a guestbook, so please sign it before you head out, thanks. It be nice to see who's been visiting and your thoughts on my blogging.
This is a Harry Potter quiz. After I finished the quiz I found out that I had been sorted
Congratulations on making Gryffindor!
Basically, you're brave, daring, chivalrous, and pretty much.. an all around good person. Of course, some see you as a goodie-two-shoes. But hey, it's true! You're really good at winning, and normally always come out as the hero. Everybody likes you.. except, maybe, the Slytherins. You're too perfect. No, really.. You're too perfect. It's annoying to watch you win, repeatedly. Oh well. Be proud anyway.
We should not be discrimated against because of who we are,what choices we make or what our beliefs are.
(This is a repost with the permission of Cutter)
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I didn’t have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
I very busy weekend for me but enjoyable too. Saturday I went to sports practice, it wasn't too cold this time in the gym. I played hockey and rugby as we had 5 a side this time, sometimes we don't have enough players to play rugby. Rugby was good, I never know the scores at the end of the games. One of the younger players got his foot guard ripped off his chair by another player tackling him. It was a Classic!! The younger boy reacted in a way some of us have not seen him react, it was too funny. But he laughed it off too. We had a new 14 year old boy turn up and he was getting into the hockey. Dad who is the Coach was saying that after awhile of practice, you will get better. After sports Dad and I went and had a nice coffee then went to do my food shopping. I watched Bad Boy's which I totally love!!
Sunday I went to the Food Show at the Expo Centre with my Mum and my brothers wife, it was a very long day.
I got lot's of freebies of different foods and I got to taste different foods and drinks too. One thing I was amazed at actually watching was a Chocolate Fountion of 3 layers of warm chocolate falling down the fountion. We could dip marshmellows into it and the chocolate was very smooth, warm and yummy!!! I bought some Sour snake lollies too as I like sour stuff hehe
Fill it in and pass it on!! =) A = Abba, Akon ft B = Blondie, Blink 182 C = ColdPlay D = Doors, Dragon E = Evanessence, Eminem F = Foofighters, Fleetwood Mac G = Green Day, Gorillaz H = Hoobastank I = Incubus, INXS J = Janet Jackson, Billy Joel K = Killers, KISS L = Live, Linkin Park M = Matchbox twenty, Moby, Fleetwood Mac, Midnight Oil N = Nelly, NZ Idol HAHAH O = Outkast P = Pet Shop Boys, Pink Q = Queen R = Red Hot Chilli Peppers, R.E.M S = Simon&Garfunkel, Savage Garden T = Twister Sister, Tears for Fears U = U2, Usher V = Vengaboys W = Westlife, Steve Wonder X = Xena heheh Y = Neil YOung Z = Zed
A tough old cowboy from Wolf Creek, Montana once explained to his grandson that if he wanted to live a long life, the secret was to sprinkle a pinch of gunpowder on top of his oatmeal each and every morning. The grandson did this religiously and lived to a ripe old age of 110. When he died, he left 4 children, 20 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 10 great-great-grandchildren , and a fifty-foot hole where the crematorium used to be.
Within that porch, across the way, I see two naked eyes this night; Two eyes that neither shut nor blink, Searching my face with a green light.
But cats to me are strange, so strange - I cannot sleep if one is near; And though I'm sure I see those eyes, I'm not so sure a body's there! - by W. H. Davies
~*Cats Sleep Anywhere*~
Cats sleep anywhere, any table, any chair, top of piano, window ledge, In the middle, on the edge, Open drawer, empty shoe, anybody's lap will do. Fitted in a cardboard box, In the cupboard; with your frocks, Anywhere...they don't care. Cats sleep anywhere. - by Eleanor Farjeon
~*Cat hair!*~
Cat hair on the bedspread, Cat hair on the chair. Cat hair in the casserole, Cat hair EVERYWHERE!
Cat hair on my best coat, Even on the mouse! You live and eat and breathe cat hair, When cats live in your house.
I think I'm beginning to spell like an American :shock: I was correcting an article I typed up and realised I had some American words. Here are some examples..
edema = NZ odema, organize = NZ organise, center = NZ centre, color = NZ colour, flavor NZ = flavour and other words. I think some of this is from me learning HTML over time. I had typed centre to make some html text centred but it didn't work till I was told to type it like this - center.
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Ello, thought I'd better do a quick blog. It's the first of September today, Spring is here. 
The years are just going to fast now! I thought this year would be really slow due to not working and sitting here everyday. I have decided to change my avvie that represents me for this month, I love TWEETY!
Over the last few day's I've been working on a new Forum to replace one I am currently using now. A friend of mine in the States has his own Web Server and hosting company and has offered to host my site FREE!! with access to everything, which is really neat and I took the offer up. That's what I've been working on and it's alot of fun. 
 Buy family member's a home if they need one too. SHout them a trip to there dream Country. Save the rest, if any.
, I then took out my list and said everything. I even said this is the STF height on my Arrow, the J2 deep contour cushion is perfect, can you give me the angle I have on my Arrow and give me the contour my J2 cushion has. That is what I wanted and told him the reason's why it had to have the angle including the contour of cushion etc. I also said the cushion doesn't fit the width of the seat, can it be made the right width too. 
I guess you could call me addicted to Harry Potter, it's crazy but true. 
They won 30-13 way to go All Blacks. 
, can I fit in the tiny seat
