A new begining

Well, this is my first post. I hope I have something worthwhile to say and I hope that whom ever reads this will think so too.

The title for my blog came from something my mother always said to me when I was small when I asked what was dinner. "Shim shams" she'd say. "What's shim shams?" I'd ask. "Oh, you'll see". Dinner being dinner was always different so I was often confused. Now, many years later I have finally worked it out. It means a bit of this and a bit of that. So, I thought it was an appropriate name for this blog.

My Mum died of a brain tumor in 1990 and I miss her every day. We never got to have an adult to adult relationship and that's one of my life regrets, but it's something out of my control so I have to accept it and value the time we did have. She was 63 when she died.


My computer is unwell so I'm writing this on a laptop and not my usual computer where all my photos are, so until then it will have to be text only, sorry about the boringness.


Tomorrow I'm off to a giant garage sale. It goes for 4 days and is a bi-annual event. I hope to find some bargins especially in the furniture area, not that I need more furniture, but I want to repaint it or whatever it needs and resell it. I might even find something I do need. I'm going aquipped with the trailer just in case. After bargin hunting or you could call it nurturing my vice, family and I are off to the Whittlesea Agricultural Show. I have'nt been there for ages so I am looking forward to it. There won't be any horses this year due to the horse flu. Victoria hasn't had signs of it as yet but no chances are being taken, so no horses.

Well, that's all for now. I'll report on how I got on later.