Such a gorgeous day - I totally regretted not wearing flip flops! With a view like this just a short stroll from our place I couldn't help but be in a great mood:)
Monday, August 31, 2009
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
Such a gorgeous day - I totally regretted not wearing flip flops! With a view like this just a short stroll from our place I couldn't help but be in a great mood:)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Opera at the Opera House!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Gosh I love Manly
'Isn't it a beautiful day? You have a wonderful day young lady!'
I smiled and said 'Thanks you too'
and he replied 'You have a fantastic day, keep smiling!'
Ha - how nice. Lovely way to start the day really:)
Opera photos from last night to be posted soon!!!!!
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Just like the Army
One girl was so tired that she ran/slipped into the raililng at the back of the room and ended up flat on her back - scary - we thought she might be really hurt! Luckily she was able to get up and walk it off.
The instructor actually 'punished' us all at one point for not continuing exercises which our relay parters were running by making us all do 100 push ups - ouch.
Anyhow, it was completely and utterly exhausting, but in a good way. I do still prefer doing choreographed exercises to music though - like body attack.
If I can only make it to the gym a few times a week though, I suppose this intense class is a good one. I'm just not sure I WANT to go again:)
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads
Caught up with Selina & her lovely girls which was lovely (we watched the classic 'Girls just Wanna Have Fun' - just gotta love classic SJP!). Also we saw a few movies in the theatre this weekend – Inglorious Basterds (EXCELLENT!!! Very Tarantino – but really a great movie – it was fun to see it at the cool old theatre The Orpheum in Cremorne too! Also saw Public Enemies which was good, but a bit slow moving – I guess that’s the difference between telling a true story & a totally made up one (like IB), not quite so many interesting twists.
The weather lately has been amazing, but I haven’t been in the sun too much to enjoy it. I had a sun spot lasered off of my cheek last week, and was told to stay out of the sun for awhile until the pigmentation adjusts itself, so no beach time for me. Oh well – it’s only just Spring here and 27c (84f) !!! today, so I think with summer still on it’s way I won’t be lamenting the lack of sunny days, they just keep on coming! My sun spot SEEMS to have been nearly 100% removed, fingers crossed that I don’t have to go in for a second session. But all I can think of when I think of that I had a laser zap my face is how all Dr. Evil from the Austin Powers movies really wanted in life was ‘Sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads’ he he. I MAY post photos once the pigmentation is better – they say it’ll take at least a few weeks – we shall see:)
Friday, August 21, 2009
Random TGIF
* Very anxious for season 6 of 24 to arrive - should be here any day now - WHOOO HOOO. I realised watching tv this week that I had no idea what was on when and that new shows had started that I didn't even know about, because for the past few weeks we were 24 addicts, watching a few episodes every night, and nothing else. Oh well - it's a great addiction - I love that show! It's great that at least ONE thing is cheaper in Australia than in America - dvd box sets - fabulous!
* Oh and is it sad this whole post is about TV? Ha ha - oh well. I also started watching Gossip Girl. They showed the first ever episode here last week, and episode 2 was on last night. I'm liking it so far, nice to have something new & fresh to watch!
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Weekend review
Saturday we made our way up to Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park for this view from West Head at the very top of the Northern Beaches - the Barrenjoey Lighthouse in Palm Beach is JUST visible in the distance
Looking a bit to the right (south) to Pittwater (the backside of Palm Beach) a REALLY lovely area
and looking back left to Lion Island - it's a bird refuge because there are no natural predators on the island (also no cats or foxes). They think it is named Lion Island because the first visitors to the area thought it looked like the sphinx.
We even saw a wallaby! Cute!
Lion Island from a distance
And on Sunday we headed to Steve & Selina's house to celebrate Clara's second birthday!
I was lucky enough to get to meet & hold Selina's sister Georgette's 4 week old baby Marisa
Amelia and her cousins had a GREAT time in the jumping castle!
Meanwhile Clara got in to the cream on her scone - yummmmmmm
Later, after some fun games, it was time for the birthday cake! Shame there's a beer glass in the way for this photo cause Amelia & Clara look sooooooooooooo cute!
A good close up of the cake - how CUTE is it!!
Close up of the awesome cake Selina made - very impressed!
Steve helping Clara open our gifts with Amelia looking on:)
Murray playing the bath time xylophone with Clara
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Welcome Luk Chai !





He isn't very good at using his little trunk yet though (cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute!!!!)
Shame this is sideways - but Murray was lucky to catch this koala leaping between trees - wow - we've never seen that before!
We had some LOVELY fish & chips down at the Corso, walked all over the place to enjoy the beautiful day, and that evening had a fabulous Indian meal in Manly. Such a nice weekend:)
Wed nes day
I'm tired - but feeling revived today for some reason.
Last night I was VERY happy to discover a new tv channel called 'GO' that shows a constant stream of trashy US shows. I watched Entertainment tonight and TMZ - so I feel all caught up on gossip now - ha ha. But the best thing is - this is the channel they are going to start showing Gossip Girl on - it premieres here tomorrow night YAY! I have read the book, and I've heard how good the show is. I'm just happy to have something regular to watch other than Packed to the Rafters (which seems to be the only Aussie sitcom - it's cute, but kinda dull at times as well...). We MUST remember to pick up season 6 of '24' this weekend so we have something good to watch!!
I promise to get weekend pictures/video up soon (the baby elephant was SO cute!!!)
Friday, August 7, 2009
A little car whinge
My only complaint now is the petrol (gas) stations.
1. Why don't the pumps have those little notches so you can set your gas to fill and not have to hold onto it the WHOLE time? It stops filling once it is full anyway? I HATE having to stand there holding it while I could be washing my windows or something!
2. Why don't they have pay at the pump here yet? It is SO convenient to just swipe your card at the pump - and so much quicker!
That is all for now. TGIF - BRING ON THE WEEKEND!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
I want one of those!
That looks PERFECT for plane travel (especially for side sleepers like me)!!! Allows your head to angle to the side just enough to be comfortable to sleep - I NEED ONE! What a great idea!
I always try to sleep like this on planes by propping up pillows on my shoulder, but it never quite works and I always end up with a very sore neck. I think this may be the key! They say you can connect it around you body like a messenger bag as well, rather than attaching it to the seat, so it stays put while you sleep. Cooooooooooooooooool