Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Holiday Photos
These photos are of Singapore from our trip to Asia.
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Flying Trip
We had a flying trip to Queensland last week. David's niece graduated from High School and turned 18 on the same day. So we went up for the Graduation and her 18th Birthday party. No one on either side was going and there were some relatively cheap flights so we went. Kelly did not know we were coming and we wish that we had got a photo of her face when she saw us as she came out of her graduation. She looked lovely, very elegant. She also did not know that she was having an 18th birthday party. So it was a time full of surprises for her.
The graduation was a typical school event - went 30 minutes over time, had a heap of speeches that were probably unnecessary, the final speaker forgot to say 'now the Graduates will walk back through the aisle and meet family and friends out the front'. Which meant that family and friends all got up and mobbed the graduates making it difficult for everyone to get out. As they were late graduates didn't have times for photos outside as all their transports were waiting to take them into the city to dinner. I was a bit upset about the photo thing because it meant we didn't really get any photos of her and none of her and us or her and any of the other family who decided to come (I think maybe they felt guilty when they heard that we were coming from Victoria [a 3 hour drive and 2 hour flight and another 1 hour drive] for it and they were making excuses not to come from 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours drive away).
The graduation was a typical school event - went 30 minutes over time, had a heap of speeches that were probably unnecessary, the final speaker forgot to say 'now the Graduates will walk back through the aisle and meet family and friends out the front'. Which meant that family and friends all got up and mobbed the graduates making it difficult for everyone to get out. As they were late graduates didn't have times for photos outside as all their transports were waiting to take them into the city to dinner. I was a bit upset about the photo thing because it meant we didn't really get any photos of her and none of her and us or her and any of the other family who decided to come (I think maybe they felt guilty when they heard that we were coming from Victoria [a 3 hour drive and 2 hour flight and another 1 hour drive] for it and they were making excuses not to come from 1 to 1 and 1/2 hours drive away).
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Laughter the Best Medicine
Well if the saying that 'Laughter is the Best Medicine' is accurate the 6 ladies at Carolanne's Nutrimetics party got an enormous dose of medicine. For over 3 hours we talked and laughed and shared and laughed and asked stupid questions and laughed and ate and laughed and some where in amongst this the lady running it got to say a word or 2. A great time was definitely had by all.
As we were driving back to the island it was quite warm and sunny. The tide was a long way out. I never get sick of looking at the water as we cross the bridge to and from the mainland. It is always different. Anyway as we came past Cape Woolamai there looked to be a wall of smoke stretching from the coast through the airport and across the road. We thought this was odd because usually the ocean doesn't catch on fire and send smoke billowing inland. So we opened the windows to see if it was smoke but it didn't smell and was damp and just kept getting thicker. We realised that it was fog and it lasted all the way to Wimbledon Heights and started to thin out after this. By the time we reached Cowes it was gone. (Cowes is the furtherest part of the island from the Bass Straight.) It was the oddest thing to drive out of warm afternoon sunshine into a thick blanket of fog.
Catch you all later. God Bless.
As we were driving back to the island it was quite warm and sunny. The tide was a long way out. I never get sick of looking at the water as we cross the bridge to and from the mainland. It is always different. Anyway as we came past Cape Woolamai there looked to be a wall of smoke stretching from the coast through the airport and across the road. We thought this was odd because usually the ocean doesn't catch on fire and send smoke billowing inland. So we opened the windows to see if it was smoke but it didn't smell and was damp and just kept getting thicker. We realised that it was fog and it lasted all the way to Wimbledon Heights and started to thin out after this. By the time we reached Cowes it was gone. (Cowes is the furtherest part of the island from the Bass Straight.) It was the oddest thing to drive out of warm afternoon sunshine into a thick blanket of fog.
Catch you all later. God Bless.
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Glorious Day
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the temperatures just right, I'm off to a Nutrimetics Pamper party at Carolannes (Nick's teacher) this afternoon what more could you ask for.
Patrick and Nicholas had another good week. Patrick scored another basket and is really improving his defending in basketball. He even got a couple of fouls this week, which doesn't sound like a good thing, but is because it means he is getting in there and not hanging back. Nicholas didn't get to bat but took 2 wickets and a catch and they won. Nick played at Tooradin about an hour away and we were eaten alive by mosquitos.
Sun is only heading down after 8pm with daylight saving. We haven't adjusted to the time switch yet. Need to start making use of the extra hours of daylight in the evening.
Worked another couple of days at school in the last couple of weeks. Carolanne is still hoping I will relent and agree to do her admin relief (as well as being Nick's teacher she is also head of campus {which really means Principal without the pay}) for 6 periods per week next year. They only have 4 periods in a day so each period is about 1 and 1/2 hours. She wants Maths and Science which I haven't taught before. Maybe I should convince Darryl and Vicki to move down and Vicki could do it instead.
Boys had a 4 day weekend for Melbourne Cup last weekend. They sure do seem to have a lot of holidays and pupil frees down here.
Have been doing some work around the house. Put some shelves in Patricks walk in robe that we had made. Closed off a section of wall in our room and opened up one in Nicks to make more cupboard space. Really want to get into the garden but are waiting for Council approval to remove 3 large trees out of the yard and don't want to start anything that will get in the road of the tree removalists.
Better go and do some housework before I head off for my pampering.
Patrick and Nicholas had another good week. Patrick scored another basket and is really improving his defending in basketball. He even got a couple of fouls this week, which doesn't sound like a good thing, but is because it means he is getting in there and not hanging back. Nicholas didn't get to bat but took 2 wickets and a catch and they won. Nick played at Tooradin about an hour away and we were eaten alive by mosquitos.
Sun is only heading down after 8pm with daylight saving. We haven't adjusted to the time switch yet. Need to start making use of the extra hours of daylight in the evening.
Worked another couple of days at school in the last couple of weeks. Carolanne is still hoping I will relent and agree to do her admin relief (as well as being Nick's teacher she is also head of campus {which really means Principal without the pay}) for 6 periods per week next year. They only have 4 periods in a day so each period is about 1 and 1/2 hours. She wants Maths and Science which I haven't taught before. Maybe I should convince Darryl and Vicki to move down and Vicki could do it instead.
Boys had a 4 day weekend for Melbourne Cup last weekend. They sure do seem to have a lot of holidays and pupil frees down here.
Have been doing some work around the house. Put some shelves in Patricks walk in robe that we had made. Closed off a section of wall in our room and opened up one in Nicks to make more cupboard space. Really want to get into the garden but are waiting for Council approval to remove 3 large trees out of the yard and don't want to start anything that will get in the road of the tree removalists.
Better go and do some housework before I head off for my pampering.
Friday, November 9, 2007
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