January 2011
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...hic...
I went out this weekend for a friend’s birthday. It was such a good time and good company. B2 and I managed to be child free and stay a night away from our respective live-in positions. This in itself is cause for celebration. We had a great time dressing up and heading out. After visiting a wine bar we decided to stop in at the pub conveniently located across the road from where we were...
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home...
“It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside… I’m not one of those who can easily hide…” And so the song goes. It’s true. I am not one of those who can easily hide. I am Australian. You can tell by listening to me talk (though I’m told I have a mongrel accent). You can tell by looking at my foot (sorry to remind you of the body art, parents). ...
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far away friend
One of my very closest friends has her birthday today. M is all the way on the other side of Canada from here and it’s the second year we’ve been in different countries on her birthday. BOO.
Let me tell you about M. She is gorgeous, has this infectious sense of humour, an enviable sense of style, a more empathetic kind person you will not find and I love her to bits. Every week we’d...
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E is here! Hooray! I love that I can show her around my new stomping ground of London. We had a great day exploring new things (both of us) and I’m so glad she’s here for a while. Familiar faces are a rarity for me these days, so it was fantastic to rock up to South Kensington station and see one. We visited the V&A, Harrods, Hyde Park, Regents Park and then we headed to mine...
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All in the family
I was slightly relieved to realise that my family is not that strange. I should probably stop apologising for them before I introduce people to them. (kidding guys. You know I just explain a bit about Dad) (Kidding Dad. Obviously)
This Christmas my family spent it with their respective spouses and in-laws and those that are minus an in-law spent it in a Chinese restaurant. I loved the idea...
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disbelief
I can’t make sense of it. I am sitting on the other side of the world looking at pictures of my home town of Toowoomba under water and reading reports of evacuations ahead of expected flooding in Brisbane.
Here’s a link to some pics of Toowoomba
http://www.news.com.au/pictures/gallery-e6frflv9-1225985209684?page=1
I can do nothing but pray, so I do that for those I know and love...
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Death by Jerusalem Artichoke
I had it coming. I admit it. I knew what I was getting into. I just didn’t realize how true the warnings were. It’s like that time I came into work after a weekend exploring my new beachfront in Holloways Beach just north of Cairns and I said, “You won’t believe it! There are signs warning of crocodiles just up the beach from me! I bet that someone just saw one there one time and they had...
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one of those days
You know the ones. Where all is right with the world? I had a day like that recently. 6 yr old girl was at a playdate and 5 yr old boy was the greatest company you could hope for. We started the christmas cake, played Thomas, drew yet more pictures for Santa, and he cracked jokes and made me smile.
The little things in life are increasing in their importance, a secret smile of a child, the...
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Jealousy
My friend B left at the right time. B left the frigid conditions and huge snows and is now in Sunny Queensland wearing short sleeves while I pile on the layers in a vain effort to ward of the cold.