christmas day in perth

christmas day in perth passed in a blur of heat and alcohol! we started off opening our pressies and having a champagne breakfast. well bacon butties and champagne!! then we headed to the beach, as per usual on christmas day it was packed. we came back and cooked and showered before sitting down to a full traditional christmas dinner. mikey even had soup!!! it was 40 degrees so we hauled the outdoor setting inside and sat in the cool air of the air conditioned house!!!!!!!! after lunch we changed into our bathers and sat outside and slowly but surely got drunk!! we played the wii and sang on singstar as well as failing miserably at mikeys new guitar hero game. all in all a good time was had. bring on the new year!

more pics from christmas dayout 2007

well here it is, how sad is this, stevi is at a party, mikey is at his mates and i am sitting here on a saturday night uploading pictures onto my blog!!!! jill and sooz get here in 44 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bring it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! these are just some more pics of me and my work mates on our chrimbo day out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

christmas works out at the brewery

well this christmas we decided to go to a brewery for our christmas day out. where else would a bunch of hard working nurses go????? we sat in the shade and ate lovely food and drunk lovely cocktails. as the day progressed we wandered back and forth from the gorgeous sunshine drinking our drinks and then sharmain, jasmin and i remembered our hidden water bottles with vodka in them!!!! it was a slow decline from there i am afraid!! sharmain got the worst case of hiccups and tried to phone her boyfriend paul to pick us up, it was sooooo funny!!! no baby i am not drunk, just a little case of the hiccups!!!! jasmin as usual was very welll behaved and helped sharmain and i sneakily top up our sprites!!! paul came and picked us up and we all went back to sharmains for more drinkies!!! i got michael to pick me up and i went home for a swim in the dark. it was lovely, the water had been heated all day with the sun, the only problem was that it was bloody freezing when i got out!!! not surprising really as it was 11pm at night!!! there were a few sore heads and dicky bellies the next day at work as you could well imagine!!!!!!!! but all in all i think a good time was had by all!!!

mikeys decline

well friday was st andrews day and although when we scots are at home dont give it a thought, when away its a big thing (well an excuse for a piss up!). we decided at the beginning of the week that we would partake in a drinkie or two to celebrate. mikey had decided that he was going to stay in on friday night til he found out that we were headed to the moon for some scottish entertainment!! it came to 6.40pm and he hadnt come home from work, 5 mins later he staggers in the door and asks what time the taxi is coming!! the fastest i have seen him move in a long time!! its also the worst shave i have seen in all my days, he had razor tracks in at least 4 places and was bleeding profusely!! but still some 7.30pm hes in the taxi headed to the pub!! he gave us the pleasure of his company long enough for us to feed him and buy him a drink then he buggered off to a night club!!! it was a good night all in all and when the pipe band marched through the pub there were many a lumpy throat and teary eyed punter!!! the pipes never fail to hit the spot in a scot away from home!!!

things to do in oz after a hard days work

well the weather here has been great! have also heard that its been snowing in old aberdeen!

well sorry to make you all jealous but here are a couple of pictures of what we do after a hard days graft!!!!

the lucky shag and other adventures

well the last week of my dads visit we took the ferry to rottnest island. we had a little wander around and visited the basin where my dad got good video footage of a bright red star fish. i took lots of sceanic photos too! it was hot and none of us had bothered to bring any liquid to drink so off we took to the pub!! we spent a couple of hours in the pub and boarded the ferry back to perth. upon our arrival we discovered that we had no change for the train so we hit the first pub we found!!! the lucky shag!!!!!! a couple of drinks later we wound our way up to the centre of the city where we found yet another pub! we phoned the kids and told them to feed themselves cos in alisons words we were getting rat arsed! these are the pics that i took of a slightly inebriated couple walking through the streets of perth!!!!!!!!!!

fings wot have did

here are pics of just a few things that we have done since dads arrival in perth wa. we have been to perth city, harbour town desinger outlet, fremantle prison, fremantle markets, fremantle harbour, cottesloe beach, scarborough beach, mullaloo beach (see sunset!), the zoo, caversham wildlife park, hillarys boat harbour and the pinnacles, we still have to go to rottnest island and the art gallery!!!! speak about a whistle stop tour of perth!!!! i will need a holiday to recover!!!!! its been fab and i dont want my dad to go home! ............................................................................

well arrivals in perth!!!

well my dad and Alison have finally arrived in Perth! after much messing about with tickets and travel money they got here in one piece. we watched the plane land from the observation lounge and were horrified to see the plane tilt dramatically to one side just as it touched down! there were many gasps of horror from the many spectators and then nervous smiles and laughs as we made our way down to the arrival lounge. the first day we just had a leisurely walk up to the shops and then sat by the pool and watched the kids splash around. yesterday we took the train in to Perth and shopped for postcards and souvenirs. here are just a couple of pics of my dad!

excitment and emotion

well its only 15 days til my dad AND Alison arrives! am getting so emotional its not funny! am already stressing about how upset i am going to be when he leaves!!!!!!!!!!!!!! am sure this last two weeks will drag and drag and drag!! work is pretty full on just now, kids school holidays and no staff! AND a new ward to open. who said that promotion was good?/?? as the boss on most shifts i get to deal with all the crap! people who threaten to leave cos they cant get a private room, all sorts of crap......... i just get it all!!! well i called one patients bluff cos we dont have any private rooms (there are actually sick people in them!) and guess what............ she left!!!!!!!! roll on my annual leave! on a brighter note my baby Hamish went to puppy pre school and behaved impeccably. he sat and stayed when told and even defended a smaller puppy!!! i am soooooo proud of him!!! he is still a little bugger tho! the kitten is also as bad and swipes Hamish when he thinks no one is looking!!! and he hides down the pockets of the pool table sending everyone in to complete panic!!!!!!!!!!!!!! last Sunday we went to a winery for lunch, it was a beautiful day and with good food and lots of wine a good day was had by all!!! here are some pics of my work mates drinking wine on the lawn. 1st picture is of nikki, kylie, sharmain and anita, the second is of michelle, the boss kathy and jasmin.

newest addition

well we have added to our ever growing family! we are the proud owners of a new ginger kitten named charlie. michael named him after bonnie prince charlie! we wanted something scottish and he was flicking thru the scottish history book. hamish loves him to DEATH! well sometimes!! seriously tho he is very good with him seeing he is only 4 and half months old himself! he just gets a little rough at times but charlie is fit for him and he has more than one bloody nose! was in the pet shop today and spotted a little jack russell/foxie cross, hes beautiful but michael said no!!!

he would have made a perfect playmate for hamish and charlie!!!!!!!!!

ME

ME ME ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its ALL about ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHUMMY WHERE ARE YOU????

AND ANOTHER SAT NIGHT

well this is my brilliant life in australia!!! if anyone thought that michael and the kids would change then you are sooooo wrong!!!! this pic shows mikey on the sofa, pissed and asleep! michael sober and asleep!!! and the bloody dog!!! all asleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! murrae is in bed and stevi is staying with a friend!! this is the scene that greets me!!! i have spent the evening watching uk tv, most haunted texting my brother!!! me not out on the piss on a sat!!??? i cant remember the last time i was pissed? think it was

about march>? its now bloody september?????? whats happening to me......................................................

out of practice

well finally after much nagging michael actually took me out!!! what a disaster that was!! he went from this to this and this in less than 5 hours!! then asleep behind the ensuite door!!! such a light weight!!!! he drank as much as me and i am on antibiotics for chest, ear and throat infection and sinusitis!! AND i hadnt eaten all day!!!!!!!!!! oops pics are back to front!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! on a lighter note!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY DAD HAS BOOKED HIS FLIGHTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOP WOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

parties and accidents

hi folks, well its been two weeks since my last post. not much has happened but we had a house warming party on the 11th august and a good time was had by all. there were approximately 23 people here most of them nurses!! (kenny you missed a golden opportunity!!) i will post pictures when my friend sends me copies!! my camera battery died an hour before people started arriving so i will have to rely on jasmin. however, this weekend my darling little puppy dog hamish decided to get over excited when i was playing with him and he headbutted me in the face. i now have a nice little purple area on my cheek bone! i have to go to school today for stevis subject selection interview and to see the principal about her being bullied and skiving off school last week!! how nice am i going to look!!! oh well shit happens!!!! 52 DAYS til my dad gets here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BIRTHDAYS

i am an awful daughter!!! it was my dads birthday on fri and i didnt manage to get his cards sent on time!!!!!!!!!!!! PLUS it was my step moms birthday a few weeks before that and i still havent posted them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DONT KNOW WHERE THE POST OFFICE IS!!!!!!! no excuse i know but its the truth!!! typing this is very difficult as i trapped my index finger in the cupboard door and i think i've broke it!!!! it hurts like hell!! oh well pay back for being a bad daughter!!!! by the way, house warming on sat 11th aug. everyones invited!!!!

this week............

well this week i havent been up to much, been back at work after having a week off to sort the house out. its been hectic at work as usual but there we go thats what we're there for!!! stevi took some new pics of me and her last night so i thought that since there arent that many of me around i would post some!!!!

the new house part 2

took so many pics that i've had to put on a couple of posts!!