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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!