Yep that just about wraps up my weekend.
Lets see it started early with a day "off" on Friday. Ha ha ha. spent 2 hours in Optus organising new mobile phone. So I now have a new phone to play with. Its lots of fun. After lots of humming and hahhing and research I am now the proud owner of a gorgeous Nokia E71. Full internet capabilites, full diary/calendar that can be synced with my home puter. Lots of functions and bells and whistles.
Friday night Tracy and I went to see New Moon (yes it was my second time!) Who cares about Team Edward or Team Jacob I want them both! Although I have always have a leaning towards the buff guy on the motorbike........ Even Tony when I met him was a fitness fanatic (gym 6 nights a week, hockey, soccer, volleyball, skating, running etc, etc ) AND rode a motorbike.
Saturday was soooo hot. I am not sure what is going on here but I had had enough of these over 30 degree days. So when it hit 36 degrees I took Tasha and her friend Tegan out to Bay and Basin for a swim. Then we had planned to go out to dinner for a family meal but that didn't happen.
Sunday was another mad one. Tony and I went to church in the morning (Tasha was at a friends place and Kyle stayed home) then sunday afternoon was grocery shopping and sorting things out for dinner guests tomorrow night. Then some house work and then all of us went to church for the evening service.
Tony now in bed - he has to get up at about 3am (hehe not at work and STILL getting up at ridiculous times) to head off for his holiday. I have stacks more housework to do and am now working probably all week. Was looking forward to a few days to myself with the kids at school and Tony away but doesn't look like thats going to happen :( This week is a shocker for Tony to be away. There is something happening every night (most nights more than one thing) so hopefully we can make it through and out the other side.
On the diary this week: Work, Tasha final dance rehearsal, Girls Brigade dispaly night, Church AGM, Kyle youth group, more work, meeting for yr6 formal committee, meeting for NCS 30th birthday celebrations. I'm sure there is something I've forgotten. The highlight of the week will be actually catching with Jane face to face for after dinner treats and show and tell. Bring it on!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Updates
Yeah, yeah I know I am slow updating properly. Will get there. Hope this will tide you over until then:
Todays Prompt: What do you like best about yourself?
Answer: Easy (well I did have to give it some thought when asked a similar question a couple of weeks ago) - the best thing about me is..................................... my friends!
I have 3 amazing friends who I could not survive without. Miss Jane, SJ and Cass. I know you hear this a lot around here but I love these girls and honestly don't know if I would be standing (well okay sitting at the moment) without them.
Yeah kind of a cheating answer but its the main thing that jumps into my head. Couldn't really think of anything else
Todays Prompt: What do you like best about yourself?
Answer: Easy (well I did have to give it some thought when asked a similar question a couple of weeks ago) - the best thing about me is..................................... my friends!
I have 3 amazing friends who I could not survive without. Miss Jane, SJ and Cass. I know you hear this a lot around here but I love these girls and honestly don't know if I would be standing (well okay sitting at the moment) without them.
Yeah kind of a cheating answer but its the main thing that jumps into my head. Couldn't really think of anything else
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Weekend
Wow. Its kind of scary but I got home from the weekend away feeling so refreshed and full of energy! Not sure where the energy comes from but have just about bounced in the door and am still bouncing off the walls hehe.
Will update later with pics (very limited pics - I really need to work on that!) but here is a brief rundown of the last few days
Friday:
Leave work early
Come home and Pack
Drive to Shellharbour in rain (get ran off road and shake the rest of the way there)
Pick Cass up - drive to Sutherland and catch train into the city
Check into motel then go wandering
go to Baia at Cockle Bay for dinner and the Lindt Cafe for dessert
chat till some silly hour of the night or morning
Saturday:
Up nice and early
Go to Stampin Up Regional conference (Very cool - will include more details later)
Wandered through chinatown (all of it - a few times! - long story)
Went to Paddys Markets
Went back to motel - quick change then walked up to Star City to go to the Thai restaurant which isn't there any more!
Walked back to Darling Harbour - went to Zaafran for dinner. YUM YUM
then went to the Lindt Cafe for dessert (again)
Sydney heard we were there so they put on a fireworks display for us
Then went to JB's bar and stayed and drank and chatted and laughed till they kicked us out cause it was closing time (oops)
sat in hotel foyer and chatted for a bit longer before going back to room
Sunday:
Up early-ish again
Found out 41 degrees predicted for Sydney so instead of wandering around the city we caught train back to Sutherland
Went shopping in air conditioned comfort of Miranda Fair!
Shopping shopping shop-ping
And then another tirp to Lindt Cafe! hehehe
Home about 6ish - very sore feet but as mentioned bouncing off the walls.
Will update later with pics (very limited pics - I really need to work on that!) but here is a brief rundown of the last few days
Friday:
Leave work early
Come home and Pack
Drive to Shellharbour in rain (get ran off road and shake the rest of the way there)
Pick Cass up - drive to Sutherland and catch train into the city
Check into motel then go wandering
go to Baia at Cockle Bay for dinner and the Lindt Cafe for dessert
chat till some silly hour of the night or morning
Saturday:
Up nice and early
Go to Stampin Up Regional conference (Very cool - will include more details later)
Wandered through chinatown (all of it - a few times! - long story)
Went to Paddys Markets
Went back to motel - quick change then walked up to Star City to go to the Thai restaurant which isn't there any more!
Walked back to Darling Harbour - went to Zaafran for dinner. YUM YUM
then went to the Lindt Cafe for dessert (again)
Sydney heard we were there so they put on a fireworks display for us
Then went to JB's bar and stayed and drank and chatted and laughed till they kicked us out cause it was closing time (oops)
sat in hotel foyer and chatted for a bit longer before going back to room
Sunday:
Up early-ish again
Found out 41 degrees predicted for Sydney so instead of wandering around the city we caught train back to Sutherland
Went shopping in air conditioned comfort of Miranda Fair!
Shopping shopping shop-ping
And then another tirp to Lindt Cafe! hehehe
Home about 6ish - very sore feet but as mentioned bouncing off the walls.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Mem - ories
Hehe todays prompt: Whats something you remember from your childhood?
This one is easy - holidays at Currarong! Yes I know we travelled far didn't we ~L~. Nearly every school holiday we headed out to Currarong and stayed in a house owned by friends of my mum. It was always a fun time - there would be us, the Riggs, the Larsens and the Stuarts. (My claim to fame - I used to play with Ricky Stuart at his grandparents place!) It was always just a relaxed time - we spent most days at the beach. Uncle Les and my 2 cousins joined us sometimes and it was just heaps of fun.
The other main memory from my childhood is catching the bus with Mr Clout over the mountains to Moss Vale to my Nana's. I would go and spend time in Moss Vale during the school holidays. Mum would put me on the bus here and I would get to sit in the front seat next to Mr Clout and help with the mail (the bus driver was also the mailman!). Then Nana would meet me at the corner and we would walk back to her place (she never drove - didn't even own a car). There was a girl next door named Rachel who I became great friends with and we spent heaps of time together. We would walk into town to do the shopping and we spent a lot of time at a property called Cherry Hinton where Nana looked after the vegie gardens. It was a gorgeous old house with lots of rooms and full of antique furniture. It seemed massive to us and (of course) we believed it was haunted - after all it was soooo old and massive and echo-y it just had to be. But we would be very brave and go exploring!
So.... do you have any memories that stand out from your childhood?
This one is easy - holidays at Currarong! Yes I know we travelled far didn't we ~L~. Nearly every school holiday we headed out to Currarong and stayed in a house owned by friends of my mum. It was always a fun time - there would be us, the Riggs, the Larsens and the Stuarts. (My claim to fame - I used to play with Ricky Stuart at his grandparents place!) It was always just a relaxed time - we spent most days at the beach. Uncle Les and my 2 cousins joined us sometimes and it was just heaps of fun.
The other main memory from my childhood is catching the bus with Mr Clout over the mountains to Moss Vale to my Nana's. I would go and spend time in Moss Vale during the school holidays. Mum would put me on the bus here and I would get to sit in the front seat next to Mr Clout and help with the mail (the bus driver was also the mailman!). Then Nana would meet me at the corner and we would walk back to her place (she never drove - didn't even own a car). There was a girl next door named Rachel who I became great friends with and we spent heaps of time together. We would walk into town to do the shopping and we spent a lot of time at a property called Cherry Hinton where Nana looked after the vegie gardens. It was a gorgeous old house with lots of rooms and full of antique furniture. It seemed massive to us and (of course) we believed it was haunted - after all it was soooo old and massive and echo-y it just had to be. But we would be very brave and go exploring!
So.... do you have any memories that stand out from your childhood?
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
What a mad day!
I know Tuesday is usually my mad today but today I made it just that little bit more insane!
got up this morning - got the kids off to school then jumped in the shower before heading off to the local Community College for a workshop on....... wait for it........ composting! Yes - you heard right. It is funded by our local council and if you attend the workshop you get a free compost bin and smaller kitchen tidy for kitchen scraps. So I went along thinking at least I get a free compost but it was actually very interesting. The instructors were great and the time flew. Although the interesting part was trying to squeeze the big compost bin into my little car! But I got there eventually.
Drove home - dumped bin - quick change before racing back down town to meet my mother for lunch. Then a quick trip into the supermarket before heading up to pick Tasha up from school and drive her to Bomaderry for dancing.
Then we raced home - cooked dinner and then dropped her to Grils Brigade. I then got to come home for about 1/2 an hour before heading back out for a meeting at Kyle's school for the 30th Birthday Celebration Committee. Then grab Tasha from Girls Brigade and head home.
YAY!
got up this morning - got the kids off to school then jumped in the shower before heading off to the local Community College for a workshop on....... wait for it........ composting! Yes - you heard right. It is funded by our local council and if you attend the workshop you get a free compost bin and smaller kitchen tidy for kitchen scraps. So I went along thinking at least I get a free compost but it was actually very interesting. The instructors were great and the time flew. Although the interesting part was trying to squeeze the big compost bin into my little car! But I got there eventually.
Drove home - dumped bin - quick change before racing back down town to meet my mother for lunch. Then a quick trip into the supermarket before heading up to pick Tasha up from school and drive her to Bomaderry for dancing.
Then we raced home - cooked dinner and then dropped her to Grils Brigade. I then got to come home for about 1/2 an hour before heading back out for a meeting at Kyle's school for the 30th Birthday Celebration Committee. Then grab Tasha from Girls Brigade and head home.
YAY!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Todays prompt
Prompt no 3: What's the best part of today?
Um this is a tough one. Probably 5 o'clock this afternoon when we picked Kyle up from the train station after a weekend camp in Sydney. Was good to have him home safe and happy ( although very exhausted!). Although this time of evening is good too - Tony gone to work - Kids going to bed. Ideally this would be time for scrapping etc but the ironing is calling me instead! Hhhhmmm now decisions, decisions - do I want to check out gorgeous vampires or Hugh in spandex?
Um this is a tough one. Probably 5 o'clock this afternoon when we picked Kyle up from the train station after a weekend camp in Sydney. Was good to have him home safe and happy ( although very exhausted!). Although this time of evening is good too - Tony gone to work - Kids going to bed. Ideally this would be time for scrapping etc but the ironing is calling me instead! Hhhhmmm now decisions, decisions - do I want to check out gorgeous vampires or Hugh in spandex?
I get by......
with a little help from my friends! Yep, that is definately true but this time I just had to share a cute little story with you about some of Tracy's friends.
Tracy has had a rotten week this week with work prac for TAFE and then finding out her Auntie had a serious head injury. So to help her out some of the people from her church have been bringing dinner for her and Jacob so she doesn't have to cook! Well on Friday there is a knock on the door and there is the cutest package.
Not only did they get her Nasi Goreng from the Noodle Box (her favourite take away) but there was also a disposable plate, knife, fork and a bottle of Diet Coke with disposable cup so she didn't have to wash up. Wish I had taken a picture cause it all looked so cute.
Tracy has had a rotten week this week with work prac for TAFE and then finding out her Auntie had a serious head injury. So to help her out some of the people from her church have been bringing dinner for her and Jacob so she doesn't have to cook! Well on Friday there is a knock on the door and there is the cutest package.
Not only did they get her Nasi Goreng from the Noodle Box (her favourite take away) but there was also a disposable plate, knife, fork and a bottle of Diet Coke with disposable cup so she didn't have to wash up. Wish I had taken a picture cause it all looked so cute.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Spot check
Okay peoples, time to play along!
Sitting here at work at the clutter and realised that not only do I have 4 piles of different doctors paperwork to get through, a new database to update with new MBS fees (hate the 1st of November!) but I also have a bottle of coke zero AND a large coffee. Ooops caffeine fix anyone ~L~
So it brings me to this question:
What is on your desk at the moment?
Sitting here at work at the clutter and realised that not only do I have 4 piles of different doctors paperwork to get through, a new database to update with new MBS fees (hate the 1st of November!) but I also have a bottle of coke zero AND a large coffee. Ooops caffeine fix anyone ~L~
So it brings me to this question:
What is on your desk at the moment?
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