last weekend, australia day, picnics and back to school!!!!

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  well last weekend was australia day weekend, we decided that we werent brave enough to do the city thing all day so off we went to city beach, it was bloody hot, i think it topped at 43 degrees!!!!!! after a day of splashing around and laying in the sun we came home showered and braved the train in to the city to see the skyworks show. we were very surprised at how easy it was to get a good spot to relax and watch the fireworks. they were fantastic, the best firework display that we have ever been to. it was a very emotional atmosphere and i was surprised to start to feel emotions normally kept for new year!!! i didnt cry this new year and it didnt really feel like new year. here on australia day, everyone was singing waltzing matilda, the national anthem and of course the obligitory aussie aussie aussie oi oi oi! it was very odd knowing that we were the outsiders.
  

then on saturday we met up with nat, dave, tina, steve and joe. it was the day before tina and steves sad departure home. we went to point walter on the swan river (the site of our first aussie bbq). it was evening time, still very hot but not sunny. we just sat around chatting and looking at the cockateels and then steve and dave too the kids to the spit to fish. the kids had fun, joe got drunk and nat and i pissed ourselves laughing at her. we finished it off by sitting in the dark watching the spectacular lightening show. it was still bloody hot!!!!!!

then today it was the big one for murrae. first day at the big school!!!!!!!! he didnt sleep well last night and he looked decidedly pensive as he headed out the door with stevi to get the school bus!!! i hope he manages to settle down and begin to enjoy the experience. although i can sympathise with him i remember the dreaded first day too!!!!!

skool holidays

well this week i have been back at work again and nat, tina and steve have kindly entertained my kids!! off they went to rottnest island AND nat was even on time to pick them up!!!! in fact she was 2 mins EARLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! now i know that some of you would be thinking rubbish nats never early for anything but credit where credit is due!!!! i was soooooo jealous, i had to work and they are off on the ferry to the beautiful island to snorkle and shop!! steve even bought the kids fishing rods, stevi of course getting the pink one!!!!!!! much to my surprise they loved fishing even stevi!!!! she of course didnt do the holding the fish thing tho, but as you can see murrae did. he has now decided that he doesnt want to be a vet he wants to be a professional fisherman! tomorrow is australia day, its a public holiday and everyone and their dog heads to the perth foreshore of the river swan to watch the skyworks fireworks show. now i have heard that the display is beautiful and the atmosphere brilliant but nearly everyone i have talked to has either been beaten up or mugged personally or knows of someone who has. so we have decided to do the decent thing and hit the beach to soak up the expected 40 deg temp and then hopefully, if i am not too late to book, off on the fast ferry from hillarys around the coast line and perfect views of the fireworks! wish me luck!!!!

lazy sundays

well this week its been back to semi normality, i say semi cos the kids are still on bloody holiday!!! 31st jan before they go back!!! michael and i however have been back at work. i did 3 dayshifts and two nightshifts. i finished this morning at 7.30am. this is my only day off and i am back on nights mon thru to thurs. michael decided that we were going to have a lazy day and just lounge around on the beach. stevi decided that she didnt want to come and mikey is still not going ANYWHERE with me in case i get drunk!!!! just wait til hes 18 and rolling in pissed!!! so murrae grabbed his boogie board and off we went. as you can see from the pics hes really getting the hang of it. we had a whale of the time messing around in the ocean and topping up our already fabulous tans. this is the life!!!! so hurry up peoples and get flights booked, we only have room for two at a time tho!!!!

new years

well for the 1st time in about 18 years (apart from when i have been pregnant) that we have been kid free!!! what did we do???? nothing!!! thats what!!!! we ended up waiting all afternoon for stevi to decide what she was doing? we ended up in sizzlers for a meal and then dropping her off at her friends. i wanted to go and watch the sunset on the beach but michael decided that the car needed washing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we spent our new year on the beach at scarborough wandering along the prom speaking to my aunt and uncle from scotland trying to explain that it was only 9pm!!! then we went along to city beach and was met by heaps of families that had been there all afternoon waiting for the new year! as we were without alcohol and food we headed home. i was pleased to find that my dad was on msn!!! i was talking cyber talk with my daddy when the clock changed to 1st of jan 2007!! i had to wake michael up to celebrate the new year and then we were in bed by 12.30am. the next day we visited our friends barb and gordon where i proceeded to get shit faced and my children have decided that they dont want to come out with me again#!!!! oh well nothing changes!!!!!!!!!!!! my advice to them is get a life!! i only get drunk once in a while cos in this circumstance quality is better than quantity!!! on a more sober note this festive season has brung some sad shite! michaels gran died before christmas and then one of my friends in aberdeen died from breast cancer. heather was an inspiration to many. she kept me going when things got rough even tho she was having mega crap in her life. she was distraught when i left and i realise now that she knew that i would never see her again. in my mind she was a fighter and although i knew her prognosis was not good i trusted in her faith and thought that she would beat it finally! how sadly i was mistaken! she was a wonderful person who meant alot to me. its soooooo not right, she didnt smoke, drink, a vegetarian and a true christian! what does anyone have to do to escape the disease!! my only consolation is that there is something better and bigger than this life and that she was too important to waste here!! my heart goes out to her family at this really crap time! on a lighter note nats mum and partner have arrived in perth!!! wooooo hoooooo!!! some link with the uk!!!!!!! we have endevoured to provide them with entertainment since their arrival!!!! i went on a wine cruise on friday and much to my kids disgust didnt get shitfaced!!! so much easier to be little shits when they think their mothers a drunk!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was a lovely day, cruising along the river at a lesuirely pace drinking (slowly) luverrrrlllly wine!!! sat we met for dinner and a few drinks and then today we headed to hillarys marina for the aquarium! except we didnt make the aquarium!!! lunch was late and we just ended up strolling along the coast. so when i am back to work tomorrow nat, sparkle and steve will be entertaining my youngest two!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!