Hi there all. I apoligise for the long break between blogs and this time, I am not going to promise that I will be back more because life seems intent on throwing me curve balls at every chance. I will explain.

Money has always been really tight around our house but many people are in the same boat so you just learn to adjust the best you can. To make things easier on us, I starting doing all of the overtime that I could get including working saturdays. But after a while, you start to get tired and you think that you might have to cut back a little. Still, the pay check at the end of the week was always good so it made it worth while. With my wife working part time, things were starting to head in the right direction for us.

Then about three weeks ago, my wife was complaining os a sore arm. Now I just thought that it was a bruise but it continued to worse so we went to the doctors where she was ordered to take blood tests. A call a couple of days later told her to come in. Not a good sign. The doctor went on to explain that she had an acute form of arthritis. She was put on medication to reduce the pain and help with getting more movement back. So for the next wekk or so, her arm was in a sling because she couldnt move it. That meant that she struggled to get dressed by herself or take a shower. It also meant that she had to take time of work. Now because it is all part-time, there is now sick pay.

People who have been reading my blogs for a while now will know that the goverment screwed us over a while back meaning that we lost all of our concession benifits. That means that we have to pay full price for medications. This is a struggle with the normal amount of medications that she is on but because of the shoulder, it added an extra burden to the tune of $300 for two weeks on top of the other medication. That meant that what ever we had manage to save because of all the overtime was gone.

She is feeling better now but still has to go see a specalist. She is also getting back to a little work which will help.

What effect did this have on me. Well, it meant that I had to wrk as many hours as I could to help pay for things and then get home and doo all of the house work, help my wife shower and drive her where she needed to go. My parents were fantastic in helping out as well.

As far as work goes, I have more or less, been put in charge with a big construction project but it sometimes feels like I am working with ine hand tied behind my back because I am also needed to work in the factory where I am duel 2nd in charge. Many times, I get told that certain parts are not my job but it usually turns out that if I don't do them, it doesn't get done. I am the type of person who wears his heart on his sleeve and I feel that I have thrown everything I have into this project to get things to where they need to be but I get the feeling that it sometimes falls of deaf ears or no one notices.

By the time I get home, I am exhausted but that doesnt mean I cant watch a little tv. hehehehehe.

I am going to hopefully be writing a blog soon about what I have been watching but I must go now.

I would like to thank a few people for there support though. Aaron, Kane, Mum and Dad and of course my wife.

Take Care.

Hi there, I hope that you are all well. Well, I am slowly but surely getting back on here a bit more reguarly but I still have a way to go before I am back to to my old usuage.

Well first things first I have officially passed the 100 blog mark. It really did suprise me. I really cant believe I have had so much to write about. What I am thinking of doing is going through all the blogs that I have wrote and try and do a time line off all the things that have happened in these pages. I think that it mght be a bit ambitious as it would take a lot of time and at the moment, I just dont have much time to spare so before I even start it, it might just have to go on the back burner. lol

Last weekend, I also attended another brother of mine's wedding. I was a groomsman for him and everything went off without a hitch.The weather was wonderful and everything else you can imagine went awesomely. I would like to take this oppertunity to wish them all the best and I hope that there honeymoon is going really well (They went to Hawaii). So to Damien and Hannah. All the best and remember we love you both.

On a sad note, I would like to pass on my condolences to the families of Bea Arthur and Dom DeLuise who have both recently passed away. I have very fond memories of them both and they will be sorely missed. R.I.P.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. Well this is becoming a regular occurance. By that I mean noit being on the sight for weeks at a time. I always aim to get on here as often as I can but things in my life are up in the air at the moment I am just waiting for them to settle down. Before I go into details of that, I thought that I would let everyone know that on Monday the 27th, it is my birthday. I will be turning 30. To some of you, I am still young and to others, I am getting old. I must say that my body doesnt know what age it wants to be though. Somedays, I feel like I am 50 when others, I feel like a 10year old with all of the energy.

So what has kept me so busy lately. Work for one has been flat out. I really cant complain because of these economic times but I am buggered. I have had lots of responsability lately and even though it has been great that I have been trusted with this, it also brings headaches. So I have had fairly long days and when I get home, all I really want to do is ly on the couch and do nothing.

Money problems also seem to be hiding around every corner with the goverment being a pain in the bum but I am glad to say that we are starting to get on top of things.

The things I miss most about not being on this site much is all of the friends that I have made. Everyone of you is special and that is the reason that I keep coming back here.

I am thinking about retiring from all of my guides as I no longer have the time to spend on them. I breaks my heart to do this as I have put a lot of work into the guides over the past year or so but I do feel that they will be better of in other peoples hands who do have the time for them. Does anyone know how I go about retiring from them?

I have said this many times before but I am hoping to be around here a lot more soon but at the same time, dont hold your breath cause I dont kno whats around the corner.

I hope everyone has a great weekend.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. As many of you know, we recieved new a while back that we can't have any children of our own. This hit both of us pretty hard and we have been struggling to come to terms with it. We thought we were doing ok and were starting to pick up a bit when the goverment decides to give us another kick just to make sure that we feel crap.

A while ago, I wrote about how my wife lost per disability benifits because some beurocrats decided that she would be able to work full time within a year. This was in contradiction to all the medical reports that they were given. So we appealed but got knocked back so we appealed higher up and it has been nearly 4 months and still no word. Last week, we got a letter from them and we were hoping that it would be the news that we were looking for. Instead, they decided to give us a bill for $750 saying that they had over paid us in the time that she was getting the benifits. Annoyed is an understatement for how we were feeling.

We had done everything right and reported all income that we recieved but somehow, we are still in the wrong. And even worse, they still havnt made a decision on whether she gets her benifits back or not.

Then the cherrie on top came when we got our credit card bill. When I looked at it, I noticed that there were a lot of fraudulent transactions on it as we dont really use the card. So now we have to lodge forms to say that they are not our purchaces.

I was asking myself if anything would go right. Sadley, not on the weekend ither. I was driving when a car didn't break in time and hit me from behind. There was not much damage to my car and no one was hurt but it just another thing to add to the list of problems. Can I scream. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

I am also sorry that I have not been on a lot but many things have been taking up my time. I hope to be on more very soon.

Take Care everyone.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. A few weeks ago, my wife got some devestating news that she is unable to have children but first a back story on this.

Regular readers to my blog would know that my wife suffers from severe depression but what I might not have mentioned is that she also suffers many other health problems. These include Kidney disease, a heart condition, diabeties and high blood preasure. For as long as I had known my wife, having children was always right on the top of the list of things that she wanted. Whenever she saw a cute baby picture, she always had to point it out or if she saw a baby with there parents at the supermarket, she would always make a line to the parents to ask all types of questions about the age and even shake the little ones hand.

We had planned on starting to try for children around this time but we always new that it would be a risk with her health problems but what we werent prepared for is to be shot down in flames and be told the risk is to high. You see, if my wife does fall pregnent, there is a very high chance that her Kidney disease will worsen greatly to the point that she will need dialisis and a transplant within 10 years. The baby will also be very premature so there is a big risk there as well.

As you can imagine, this has rocked both our worlds completely. We were both looking forward to being the best parents we could possibly be. Seeing a kids eyes on christmas day, birthday parties, the first day at school. All the tantrums and trouble they would get into. Everything that involves being a parent .

To have that taken away at the blink of an eye has really been hard. We know that there other options like Foster Care and adoption but we will have to research this before confirming anything. I know that with time, things will get easier but at the moment, it is still hard coming to terms with it all. We are going to be the best aunties and uncles we can be but I cant help but feel that here will always be that empty space in my heart that will go unused.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. I would first like to appoligize for not being around much lately. I am sure that I have missed a few peoples blogs but I do plan to catch up on them all over this coming weekend.

A few months ago, I joined Facebook. I know that I am way behind the times but I never really ave it much thought. That was until a month ago when I really started getting the hang of it. It is more than just another website but more of a social network. It has allowed me to catch up with people who I hadnt spoke to in a long time and also make many new friends. The application that has me hooked the most is poker. The good thing about it is that it is all fake money so I can never go into debt. Many times when I am playing though,I end up talking to friends on the message boards and not concentrating on the game. LOL. Has anyone else been hooked by facebook? If you are onlineover there, please send me a PM so I can add you as a friend.

Work has also been really busy lately. At the start of the year, we got a really big contract and thee are lots of problems going on with it at the moment so myself and a couple of others have been putting in extra hours to try and get everything running smoothly again.

For those of you that are regular readers to my blog, you would know that my wife had a car accident towards the end of last year. Well her car was a write-off so once we got the insurence money, many a day was spent looking for cars. Well two days ago she got another one which is a relief as it means that we have two cars again and we are not relying on people for lifts.

On a sadder note, my wifes uncle just this week had a stroke and has landed himself in hospital. Why wife is going to head to the hospital which is about 2 hours away to see how he is going this weekend while I stay home because another one of my brothers is getting married in may and we have suit fittings to attend to.

I hope that everyone has a great weekend and I promise to be around a lot more.

Take Care.

Hi everyone, I hope that you are all well. I thought that I would write a blog that gives everyone an update on the fire situation here and also any other developments that have happened.

As many of you know, last saturday in Victoria, Australia, we had the worst natural disaster in our countries history. Temperaturs reached around 48 degrees celcius and that plus very strong winds caused massive fires all over the state. The end resault was that over 180 people so far have lost there lives and as many as 2000 homes have been lost. Cattle and animal losses are expected to be over the 100,000 mark.

Since I last wrote about the fires, many stories have emerged of miracle escapes and also many stories of heartbreak at the loss of loved ones. Whole families have been taken from us as well as babies and grandparents. The Australian goverment has waisted no time in stepping in giving just about, an unlimitted supply of funds for the major rebuilding that will have to take place. All the major banks have frozen all loans to those affected and goverment payouts have already been given to people to get supplies.

One of the reasons that I am so proud to be an Australian is that in times of need, we all pull together and in the space of just a week, over 100 million dollers has been raised to help people affected by the bushfires.

Sadly, I must also report that there has been some things happening that just sicken me. The first is people going around pretending that they are collecting for the bushfire appeal when in actual fact, they are just doing it for themselves. That, in my opinion in just low. There has also been looting. What is going through these peoples minds to take things from people who have lost everything. I have one word for them. SCUM.

The police have also caught one of the people who started one of the fires that killed about 21 people. I hope that they full force of the law is used against him.

Most of the fires are now under control and hopefully we never see this devestation again.

Take Care.

Hi there eveyone, I hope that you are all well. I am sorry to say that this blog is full of sadness and disspear. Many of you know of the country where I live but for those who don't, I live in Australia. I was always trying to keep that hidden to keep an air of mystery around me and to keep people guessing but a tradjedy as happened that put everything into perspective.

On saturday, our state had the highest temperature we have ever had. It reached 48c or for my American friends, about 120. I have never felt heat like this. Not only that but the winds were blowing savagely. We were told the day before that this could become one of the worst bushfire days but I don't think anyone realised the magnitued of what was to come.

10 seperate bushfires took hold through the state and fueled by the heat and the wind, they ravaged everything in its path. Whole towns have been destoyed with nothing left but a name on the map.

Now to get a true understanding of the magnitues of these fires, let me real out some numbers.

172 people are confirmed dead with that number expected to go into triple figures.

Over 1000 homes have been lost leaving many of the people homeless with nothing to there name anymore except for the clothes on there back.

Many people with servere burns have been rushed to hospital. 20 of them with such servere burns that they might not make it.

Over 5000 people are homeless.

50,000 of livestock have been killed.

These fires have ripped the hearts out of everyone and they have not descriminated. I personally feel lucky because one of the towns where my friend and I go camping has been totally destroyed. All but 10 building are burned to the ground. We have been to that town many times and it breaks my heart to see it turned to rubble.

Now, bushfires happen all the time and the devestation varies. Its something we live with day to day but something that just makes me angry beyond all belief is that some of these fires have been deliberatly lit. What goes through these sick peoples heads is beyond comprehension and I would love just five minutes with them so I can explain the extent of damage that there stupid actions have caused. What is even worse is that some people are lighting fires that firemen have worked tirelessly to put out. They see the damage that has been caused yet they want to enflict more.

The sadness that we are all feeling here is undescribable and I with heavy heart say that there might be worse to come if temperatures head that way again. Thankfully, a coolchange cme in on sunday and it is forecast that we will have a cooler week this week. Lets hope so.

I would like to offer my thoughts and prayers to everyone that has died, lost homes or is seriously injured. In times of need, we all have knack of pulling together to help out the fellow person and if there ever was a time, this is it.

One of the arsonists responsible for some of the fires have been caught and will hopefully be charges with murder.

There has also been some terrible acts of looting taking place. How low can you get.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. To understand this story I am about to tell, I must first give you a little bit of background information.

In my late teens's before I met my wife and I still lived at home, new neighbors moved in next door. They were a young couple who had a little daughter. I am not sure how it happened but it didn't take long for me to become friends with them. Over the course of the years, we did heaps of stuff together and had some really great times. But after about 6 years, there relationship fell apart. Things were changing. I had decided to give up drinking for a year and I met my wife. My friends went there seperate ways while still remaining friends but for some reason or another I lost contact with them.

Since I had lost contact with them, on and off I would still recall all of the fun that we all had together. Yes I was drinking way to much back then but thats not what I missed. I missed popping over there after work so we could complain to each other about how bad work was. Always helping each other out and generally being very close. I also really missed there daughter. I always felt like a big brother or an uncle to her and when she used to give me hugs when she was going to bed made my heart melt.

But times changed and we all moved on. That was untill about a year ago when I saw the ex-husband while driving. We pulled over and said a quick hello and exchanged phone numbers. But being a really busy 2008, I didnt have the chance to call him. I sent him a message on new years eve but didn't get a reply. That was untill a week ago when out of the blue I got a messge wishing me a happy new years. We decided to catch up for a beer at the pub and did so yesterday. It was fantastic seeing him again and hearing what he had been up to for the past five years. I also mentioned that I would like to catch up with his ex-wife and daughter.He gave me he number and after a couple of hours we went home but making sure that we don't loose touch again.

When I got home, I jumped on he phone and made the call. I played with her for a couple of minutes about trying to guess my name. She didn't so I gave her a hint. All of a sudden, there were sceams of disbelief that I had called her. I am pretty sure she was happy. We chatted for 40min and also exchanged numbers and email addresses. I also had the chance to speak to her daughter and she also couldnt believe that I was on the other end of the phone.

Once the phone call ended, I couldn't stop smiling. Great friends that I thought I would never speak to again had suddenly become apart of my life again. All the good times we had together came flooding back to me and made me realise just how much friendship means. I am going to make sure that I don't loose contact with them again because I know that there will be a lot more fun in our friendships ahead.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all good. I got some unexpected news yesterday that shocked me a bit as well as worry me as well. One of my grandmothers best firends past away. She had been sick for a long time but her health was starting to improve so everyone was shocked when they heard the news. I didn't know her that well even though I had met her a few times so even though I was sad by the news, I didn't feel as much pain as I would if it was someone close to me.

I was more worried about my grandmother. She is 73 years old and has the health problems that come with age. She has never fully got over the passing of her husband and my grandfather about 10 years ago so I was really worried how she would hold up. After speaking to her, she told me that she is over the shock but doesn't think that she will go to the funeral as she really hates them. She has instead sent flowers.

An autopsy is being done to determine the cause of death but it is not suspicious. People are just curious as to why it happened as her health seemed to be improving.

Onto another subject and I would like peoples opinions on whether they would like me to post reviews of tv shows or not. Like I wrote in a previous blog about how much of a tv nutter I am, I write my reviews for myself but am a bit selfcontious about posting them. I have wrote about 20 which I have posted in reviews but I was thinking about making a blog of it to introduce people to different tv shows. Would anyone be interested in reading these?

I would also like to thank everyone who commented on my last blog. 14 comments is the best I have had and I love reading them. Hopefully over time I will build up a reputation for my blogs and get mre comments but for the time being, I am very happy with 14. Thankyou friends!

Take Care

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. I am writing this in a very excited mood because I just found out the my wife and I are going to be aunties and uncles.

Those of you that are regular readers to me blog would know that my youngest brother got married the December just gone. Well we went out for a picnic today when they suprised everyone with the news that they are expecting. My sister -in-law is five weeks pregnent meaning that it was a honeymoon baby.

This news has got my wife and I really excited and my wife has already offered herself as a babysitter as well as a hand in nappy changes and the all other things that go with a new born. As you can tell, she is very clucky.

I am just a very proud person and the moment and I can't wait for the day that I here the words UNCLE from my new nephew or niece. I wish them all the best and love from both m wife and I.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. I know it is a strange title for a blog but bear with me and you will understand why. All of the people I know watch tv and love certain shows but they stare at me with a weird look when I tell them how much tv I watch. I cant list all the shows of the top of my head but at last count, I was watching 25 different shows a week and growing. That does not include the news or game shows. I always thought that was normal but my friends think that I am the one that has something wrong. Even my wife cant understand my fascination with the tube.

I can trace this fascination with television all the way back to when I was about 1 1/2 - 2 years old. By that stage I had figured out how to use the television and I was already sneaking out of bed to watch tv by 7 am in the morning. Why was I attracted to it? I am not sure. My parents certainly didnt encourage me to watch tv all the time and always got me out of the house but when they wernt looking, I was back inside very quick.

As I got older, sports became a huge interest for me but every night, the family and I would sit down together for another quality night of television. The love of television never wavered through the years but with the advent of dvd, it became a lot easier to own all the shows that you liked.

At school, I wasnt very good at most classes but when I studied movies and television, I aced every single exam and essay. I had the uncanny abilty to pick up subtle messages and be both annalitical and persuasive.

Now, this might sound familiar to a lot of people but I am certain that my brain is nearly full of trivia and theme songs to shows that I havnt seen in years. An example of this is Hogans Family. I hadnt thought about that show in so long but as soon as someone mentioned it, in popped the theme song and there it stays. I have been singing to my self for two days now. AGHHHHHHHH.

But why do I watch so much tv. For me, it is a hobby. Other people have other things but for me it istelevion and writing about it. I write reviews all the time for shows that I dont show anyone but myself. I love the escapism of it all. I like to forget about all the trouble of life and jsut immerse myself in a world of make believe and just imagine. I am critical of many shows and that is probably the reason why. When a show doesnt capture my imagination and continually shunts me back into the real world due to poor acting or writing, it is not doing its job.

My latest exercise was watching the whole series to current of How I Met Your Mother over 2 days. But I really did enjoy it and that for me in special.

Is there any people who can relate to this or just have any thoughts.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. H on the heals of the peoples choice awards comes the Golden Globes. These are generally seen as the lead-in for the oscars and favourites for the oscars are usually a resault of these awards. It also gives us a chance to have a bit of a comparison between what the people chose in the Peoples choice awards and what the journalists thought in the Golden globes.

I dont think there were two man surpirses but I was sad that Neil Patrick Harris didn't win for his role on How I Met Your Mother. I was very happy though to see Heath Ledger win best supporting actor for his role in The Dark Knight.

Cecil B. DeMille Award - Steven Spielberg

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy

Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actress In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams - Doubt
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Animated Feature Film

Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E

Best Foreign Language Film

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany)
Everlasting Moments (Sweden, Denmark)
Gomorrah (Italy)
I've Loved You So Long (France)
Waltz With Bashir (Israel)

Best Director - Motion Picture

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Written by Eric Roth
Doubt - Written by John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon - Written by Peter Morgan
The Reader - Written by David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire - Written by Simon Beaufoy

Best Original Score - Motion Picture

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button - Composed by Alexandre Desplat
Changeling - Composed by Clint Eastwood
Defiance - Composed by James Newton Howard
Slumdog Millionaire - Composed by A. R. Rahman
Frost/Nixon - Composed by Hans Zimmer

Best Original Song - Motion Picture

"Down To Earth" - Wall-E - Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman
"Gran Torino" - Gran Torino - Clint Eastwood, Jamie Cullum, Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens
"I Thought I Lost You" - Bolt - Miley Cyrus and Jeffrey Steele
"Once In A Lifetime" - Cadillac Records - Beyoncé Knowles, Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarmon, Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody Street
"The Wrestler" - The Wrestler - Bruce Springsteen

Best Television Series - Drama

Dexter (SHOWTIME)
House (FOX)
In Treatment (HBO)
Mad Men (AMC)
True Blood (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Drama

Sally Field - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Mariska Hargitay - Law & Order
January Jones - Mad Men (AMC)
Anna Paquin - True Blood (HBO)
Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer (TNT)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Drama

Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment (HBO)
Michael C. Hall - Dexter (SHOWTIME)
Jon Hamm - Mad Men (AMC)
Hugh Laurie - House (FOX)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors (SHOWTIME)

Best Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

30 Rock (NBC)
Californication (SHOWTIME)
Entourage (HBO)
The Office (NBC)
Weeds (SHOWTIME)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Christina Applegate - Samantha Who? (ABC)
America Ferrera - Ugly Betty (ABC)
Tina Fey - 30 Rock (NBC)
Debra Messing - The Starter Wife (USA)
Mary-Louise Parker - Weeds (SHOWTIME)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Musical Or Comedy

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock (NBC)
Steve Carell - The Office (NBC)
Kevin Connolly - Entourage (HBO)
David Duchovny - Californication (SHOWTIME)
Tony Shalhoub - Monk (USA)

Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television

A Raisin In The Sun (ABC)
Bernard And Doris (HBO)
Cranford (PBS)
John Adams (HBO)
Recount (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Judi Dench - Cranford (PBS)
Laura Linney - John Adams (HBO)
Shirley MacLaine - Coco Chanel
Susan Sarandon - Bernard And Doris (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Ralph Fiennes - Bernard And Doris (HBO)
Paul Giamatti - John Adams (HBO)
Kevin Spacey - Recount (HBO)
Kiefer Sutherland - 24 (FOX)
Tom Wilkinson - Recount (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Eileen Atkins - Cranford (PBS)
Laura Dern - Recount (HBO)
Melissa George - In Treatment (HBO)
Rachel Griffiths - Brothers & Sisters (ABC)
Dianne Wiest - In Treatment (HBO)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

Neil Patrick Harris - How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
Denis Leary - Recount (HBO)
Jeremy Piven - Entourage (HBO)
Blair Underwood - In Treatment (HBO)
Tom Wilkinson - John Adams (HBO)

What are peoples thoughts on the resaults?

Take Care.

Hi there everyone. I hope that you are all well. Well, like the title of my blog suggests, I am actually writing about tv. Who would have thought. And on TV.com of all places. LOL.

The annual Peoples Choice Awards were held recently and I have all the winners for the television section here. I must say that I am happy with most choices and I know that a few people will be happy with the "House" win ( Tuck). The ones that I am really surprised at are that Heroes won best sci-fi, and the best rea;ity show being Dancing with the Stars. I am very pleased to see Robin Williams get an award for his work in SVU.He was outstanding.

- TV drama: House

- TV comedy: Two and a Half Men

- TV animated comedy: The Simpsons

- Sci-fi/fantasy show: Heroes

- Reality show: Dancing With the Stars

- Game show: Deal or No Deal

- Male TV star: Hugh Laurie

- Female TV star: Christina Applegate

- Talk show host: Ellen DeGeneres

- Scene-stealing guest star: Robin Williams, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

- TV drama diva: Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Johnson, The Closer

- New TV comedy: Gary Unmarried

- Funny female star: Tina Fey

- New TV drama: The Mentalist

What are peoples thoughts?

Take Care

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. Well like the title of my blog suggests, we have had a pretty ordinary start to the year.

On new years eve, my wife was in a car accident. She lost concentration and accidently ran a red light. She got hit by another car. Now one was hurt but they think that her car is a write-off so we will have to make do with one car for the time being. We had full insurence so all we have to do is pay the excess which is $500 and let the insurence companies take care of it all. But it also means that we are going to hae to start car hunting again.

Now as I wrote about in many of my blogs and many of you know, my wife suffers severe depression so this has hit her pretty hard. She started going back into her shell a bit and not talking about her emotions but slowley she is coming around. She told me that it was just the accident that shook her real bad which is quite understandable but I just need to keep encouraging her to talk about things. I have found that it all somes down to confidence and self-esteem which she has been low on for a while. I need to find ways to try and boost these things because I feel it is the only way too really get her talking and socializing a lot more. That is not to say that she hasnt improved because she has dramticly but I think it is now time to take the next step.

I also started back at work today which was a bit of a bugger. I only had a week and a half off. That is it for the year. We get 4 weeks a year holidays but I got asked to come back early bt I think this christmas coming, I will take a month. I am also planning on taking another week off in about a month or so.

I hope that everyones new year has started off better and that everyone is in good health.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well and have recovered from all of the christmas celebrations. I just thought that I would write a quick blog just to wish everyone a Happy New Year and I hope that 2009 brings everyone good cheer.

Our christmas went very well but as usual, we cooked up way to much food so it was leftovers for a couple of days. lol. Our families also spoilt us rotten. We had been living in our new place for a couple of years with no air-conditioning. All we had was a ceiling fan so my parents bought us a portable ar-conditioner. woohoo. That was a huge suprise and we thanked them heaps. We also got a new home phone. Our old one would only ring when it wanted to and we missed so many calls because of this so once a new phone was set-up, I took a hammer to the old phone. It felt really good. lol.

My wife got heaps of clothes witch is nothing unusual as she loves clothes and I got the Rockband drum set for my xbox which was awesome even though I am really bad at it at the moment. We got a lot of other stuff so like I said, we were spoilt.

I also managed to get away with my best friend for a few days of camping. I was great just to get in the bush a just relax. I just wish there werent so many flys.

I hope you all have an excellent new years once again I will speak to you all in the new year.

Take Care.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well. I would first like to thank everyone who commented on my blog about my brothers wedding. He read all the comments and asked to pass on his thanks as do I so big thankyou's.

I am writingthis blog to wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year. When I reflect on the year that has been, it has been a very topsy turby ride as any of my regular readers would know. From my wifes depression to battleing the goverment. We have had two new redesigns of tv.com that have been so ordinary that we had a strike. I changed jobs and had my brothers wedding.

We have also had many new shows bestowed upon us. We had terrific series like Flashpoint, Merlin, The Mentalist, Fringe, Eleventh Hour and some pretty bad ones like Do Not Disturb, Worst Week and Knight Rider. Favourite shows have stayed with us like House, Monk, Psych, The Big Band Theory and How I Met Your Mother and some have said a fond fairwell like Pushing Daisies and soon, Battlestar Galatica.

I would also like to thank everyone who has commented on my blogs over the year. All of your thoughts really mean alot to me. I would like to extend a special thanks to a few peaopl ewho have been a rock for me over the year.

Sheeplikeme:- You have been such a fantastic friend, not just over the year but all of the time we have known each other. Your Friendship means heaps to me and I thank you heaps.

Karl and Caroline:- You two have been such brilliant friends. Your advice when I have had issues has always helped and knowing your there makes me smile that little bit more.

Kazzgirl. Your friendship and advice has really helped me along the year. Thankyou so much.

Tuck:- I am proudto also be able to call you a friend. Your blogs always cheer me up and my mouth always waters when you talk about food. I really want some kebobs for christmas now.

I would also like to thank Hari, Indiana Mom, April, Phin, Opalrisa, Grace87, Supercin and absolutely everyone else who has been there for me. I am over the moon that I can call you all friends. Sorry that I couldn't list everyones name but there are many and my memory is not the best. lol

I hope that everyone has a safe and merry christmas and an even better new year.

Take Care all and bring on 2009.

Hi there everyone, I hope that you are all well and ready for christmas. Well, like I promised, I am writing about my youngest brothers wedding.

It hadn't really hit me till friday that my youngest brother was actually taking the big step.I felt a lot of emotions. Iwas really happy but at the same time came the realisation that he was grown up. I always remember him as the kid who would wake me up every christmas morning at 2am and we would stay awake watching christmas tv shows (a favourite being the Happy Days christmas special) and sneaking out to the tree to see what gifts we had. We always made to much noise and would soon here the yelling of our folks to go back to bed, which we did for an hour till we buuilt up the courage to go on another mission to the christmas tree. I remember the secret handshakes that we had and playing basketball together. He was always smarter than me but he never made me feel like he was beter than me. He was my youngest brother and I always kept an eye out for him to make sure he stayed on the straight and narrow.

But now he was getting married and moving on with a new chapter of his life. I arrived at his house about 10am with the rest of the groomsman and best man and relaxed a couple of hours till the photographer arrived. We then started getting our suits on and the day had begun. Everything went smoothly except for the person delivering the flowers who was late. I held it all together till the limo arrived at 3.30pm to pick us up and take us to the venue. I saw my brother in a beautiful tux and I was just overcome with emotion. I just gave him the biggest hug and wished him all the best.

The wedding was out doors so thankfully, the weather was perfect. The ceramony went off without a hitch and in half an hour, he was offically married. The reception was really nice. Seeing my brother have the first dance with his new wife, Kelly was very special. When they did the big thankyou circle at the end of the night, I gave him another huge hug and wished him all the best in the years to come. I am sure that he is going to be very happy he could not have met a better person to marry than Kelly.

I would like to say again that I am so proud of my brother for all of his achievments and a big hug and congratulations from me. Take Care Aaron and Kelly and all the best in the years to come.

One seperate note, I just got my christmas present from my best friend aand his family and to say I was shocked was an understatment. The bought us a new washing machine. Our old one broke down a while ago and because we didnt have the money to repair it, we were either using washing machines and the laundry mat or going to my parents place. I would like to say a big thankyou to them for such a wonderful gift.

I will be writing one more blog before christmas to wish every a merry christmas so until then

Take Care.

Hi there everyone. I hope that you are all well. I didn't plan on writing any blogs today because it is my brothers wedding so I was going to write one tomorrow with all of the details. All I wanted to do was log on and see my friends blogs and holy cow! It appears someone decided the new layout needed fixing which it did but they did this by making a more complicated layout.

Now i don't know about you but I am really dissappointed. All this effort that has gone into this new design could of been better spent fixing the problems that were already there. Instead. We have a new layout but the same problems. What gives. We still only can track a few blogs on our page and they still can't bring the create-a-blog button to the profile page intead of having to look at your blogs to write one.

If it wasn't for all of my friends and the comunity here, I would be seriously considering leaving this site. The powers that be only listen when they want to, then are suprised when people complain that they do nothing or the wrong thing.

What do all of you think of the new layout?

My next blog will be happier as it will be about my brothers wedding.

Take Care