I had really wanted to go, but didn’t have the money at the time and couldn’t quite justify another trip to Melbourne. But I now have a SUPER exciting new project I am working on…it would be the perfect opportunity to share it with you all.

I never enter competitions, they always ask stupid questions. 25 words or less..be creative. I have run competitions where I get 100′s of entries of songs, poems and limericks. Pfft, I have no chance!

But when I saw Liz’s question I thought… cats..hmm, maybe I can do that. Then I got to thinking about some of the pictures I had, and giggling to myself just a little too much. I thought why not. At least I’ll have a post for Caturday.

So here is my entry, which is basically a collection of my most embarrassing cat pictures.

The competition question is…

“Tell me how you would smuggle a cat and/or dinosaur into the ProBlogger Training Day.”

Ok, so plan A is…. Disguise cats as babies, and smuggle them in a pram.

I have a cat pram, yes..I really do.  We can smuggle at least 3 cats in. Room for Train, if we leave Alex at home. And quite possibility a few smaller dinosaurs, maybe some stegosaurus?

Dress them like babies. I’m pretty sure the ears would give them away, hide the ears…and it is like looking at a real baby!

Or, stick one in next to a real baby. People are for ever bullshiting “Oh wow, don’ they look a like” Again, hide the ears, no one will know!

Meezer’s meows often sounds very much like a small baby crying.

Allow Calais to demonstrate…

Now, if that doesn’t work. Never fear..I have a plan B!

Drag queen bloggers!

Although I still believe in the wonderful list and community that I once created. Something where everyone was welcome no matter your niche. The stress and disappointment of trying to find someone to help program/code a new list was just too much, and I have decided for my own sanity to walk away. The pangs of guilt every time I got an email from an excited blogger asking to be added to the list.

Promised by so many that they would help, only to be let down. Lost a lot of money to a lovely indian coder named Bill.

Thank you to everyone for their support over the years. I am going to keep a copy of the list here for posterity, and it still gives out some nice traffic for a lot of the bloggers.

I am slowly trying to get back to my blogging happy place. Back to basics, before all the ads and contracts and stress. I have missed it. I am not cut out for all this grown up blogging.

I’ve never been to a musical before but, I like Glee..so it would be sort of the same thing, right?

The day didn’t start too well, I was left limping around on a broken shoe, scored my first ever fine and came the closest ever in my adult life to actually peeing my pants.

But after a feast of yummy dumplings in Chinatown, we settled in with our Mary Poppins sippy cups and old english lemonade to watch the show.

I’ll admit, it did take a bit of getting used to. The singing and such (turns out it isn’t much like Glee at all) but it wasn’t long in, and I was just enthralled by it all.

The dancing, singing….the sets!

The sets were unbelievable. At times I found myself, for a moment, forgetting about the cast on stage and just mesmerised by the sets, trying to work out, how on earth did they do that?

The Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious act was definitely the stand out of the show for me, the choreography was truly amazing. There were some other breath taking moments, but I won’t spoil it..you will have to go along and see it for yourself. Definitely a a MUST see show!

Matt Lee as Bert and Verity Hunt-Ballard

Entire cast, amazingly colourful

Matt Lee and I

Rah, Verity and I

Was also a great chance to catch up with some of my  oldest, favourite and bestest bloggy buddies!

Trish, Tiff and Rah

Playing at the Capitol Theatre, tickets are available for shows until September from Ticketmaster.

Disclaimer: Rah and I visited Mary Poppins as guests of Disney. A big thank you Julie and Disney for a wonderful evening.

I dragged along Tony from work, who is looking to resurrect his blog. Meet the lovely Christina from Hair Romance her blog is depressing, I struggle with a pony tail…what she can do with hair is a.mazing! Was also great to catch up with the gorgeous Cait and Dani.

We had a fabulous night, lots of blogging (and facebook) chatter and laughs. There is another meet next month..Hight tea…ohh la la…you should totes come along! Check out the Hello Events Facebook page for my details.

(it was my turn to get very few decent pics..some borrowed from Rah and Dani)

Things took a little turn for the crazy as when the jug-tails came out. These things were awesome, with the added bonus of being a drink and a snack in one!

I loved this one of Tony, even if he didn’t

I have only recently started giving blood in the last 18mth because of one super amazing little girl, Ivy..and her fabulous Mum. You can read their story, if you haven’t already at My Three RIng Circus.

I am the 1 in 3 Australians who will need blood products in their life time. But did you know only 1 in 30 currently give it?

The wonderful Liz has set out on a mission to get us all donating regularly.

Join us on the 30th April at Town Hall Donor Centre!

If you are:

• Available on Saturday, April 30 2011;
• Eligible to donate blood (You can also ask a Medical Officer if you have any questions or concerns by calling 13 14 95)
• Able to make your way to the Town Hall Donor Centre in Sydney City; and
• Want to be apart of some kick-ass life saving action……join our event page here!

You don’t have to be a blogger to join in.

And don’t worry if you can’t make it, or you aren’t in Sydeny. ‘Sydney Blogging Community’ is now registered on Club Red Online – an online donation tracking program which tallies how many donations are made. You can now join this group for your blood donations to automatically be added to the tally, even if you’re unable to make the group donation event!

When you join it will ask you to enter your donor ID – if you’re a new donor you’ll need to wait until after your first donation to join the group. Click here to join! The ‘Organisation or group name’ is Sydney Blogging Community.

So, want to join us on April 30? Sign yourself up here. And don’t forget to help spread the word! You can check out Liz’s blog for more info Lizosaurus