pick one : jenny/jenga/jentle/jengi/itchy/jk

spendies

rumour has it that a bit of money was spent today

firstly, howie and i bought a bed! a sealy posturepedic queen ensemble that was on sale - $1000 off!! but we don't have to pay for it or collect it til July or August. cheering!

then perhaps we indulged a bit in our combined achilles heel - dvd and cd shopping - although this time it was just dvds. howie finally got live 8, and i bought three seasons of futurama - all about half price! so it's all good :) still to purchase the elusive season 3, but it'll happen

15.17.107

hoorah for a win! how good is howie's phone camera - here we are!

oui oui

anyone for a croissant? we have about 40 left over from mum's birthday brunch this morning. it was good fun seeing people i haven't seen for a decade or two. it's pretty crazy - although it's probably harder to recognise people who have grown up from little kids than grown ups who have grown up into old people. and it was super fun hanging out with two of my cousins, and seeing little kaysey at play. little josh is so very cute too. we did well to span the generations.

mmm... sooo attractive

home again

oh my bed! my shower! my toilet! my room! my cat! it's exciting.

sad to say bye to peoples as well. kinda surreal. all good people on the bus. shall be a bit strange to be home for a little bit. oh i hope i get good sleep.

but off to luke's 21st tonight! bring on the 80s!

back in marla

well, technically we're on our way home. kinda the long way though. we've "done" uluru and kata tjuta and kings canyon.

our bus is a bit sick today. the alternator isn't happy so we are conserving power - no air con!!

am tired, but all is good. looking forward now to coober pedy tonight - no tents! and we're going noodling this arvo - maybe i'll find one and become a tens of thousands-aire.

red

out at yulara. went to the rock yesterday, and kata tjuta today - where we did two different walks. it was good. it's not very hot out here, it's pretty windy and cool. this arvo there's a festival which leads into a concert for the seven coachloads we have here. tomorrow morning will be early - dawn service overlooking uluru! then off to kings canyon - i'm looking forward to that the most on this trip.

so so tired. but all is good.

howie threw up this morning because he ate bacon.

out back somewhere

day 5 of the trip. so tired, like so so so tired. and i'm cold all the time. it's all a lot of fun. good bunch of people. would love to be back home though.

get into Uluru this arvo. looking forward to Kings Canyon on Sunday.

signing out.

we're off

to Uluru today

i'm also tired, overwhelmed, nervous, but not sick. just worried about howie. like really really worried. he's sick again. and that sucks.

i'm looking forward to coming home again too. i know God will do big stuff. i'm sure of it. it'll just be nice to be home. and maybe have a little holiday too.

not much blogging either for the next couple of weeks.

so adios. be good.

shop til you drop

i bought two things today that mean howie loves me more

ok, so that's not true. i'm sure he loves me anyway, but still, a good addition to the wardrobe. today was shopping day - first at castle towers to see the lego, as well as visit kmart for some mess kits, and second at birkenhead point with debs and mumma as well

we bought many things today. naughty!

for jenny: two coke shirts (kmart), metal plate, and pooh bear cup and bowl (kmart), microfibre towel (kathmandu), mess kit bag (kathmandu), bright green and bright orange belts (some surf shop), black shorts (jay jays).

for howie: metal plate and bob the builder bowl and cup (kmart), led head light (kings of knives - but will be returned), mess kit bag (kathmandu), 5 led head light (kathmandu), monocular (kathmandu), orange bling (random jewellery place).

debbie got a bunch of things too.

it's ok coz it was all on special! every single thing.

sigh

remember how awful it felt when someone told you they weren't angry or upset with you, they were just disappointed. i found out some news this morning, and i let out a big sigh, my shoulders slumped and all i thought was 'how disappointing". sometimes if i'm disappointed in someone, i feel bad about it. especially if it's just from my perspective that it's not so good a thing. ah well. what can you do. life is a rollercoaster.

people

kev chamberlain is a good boy. i much enjoyed catching with him today. shame he's getting married the same day as us. although it's a good thing too!

but the things you find out! hehe.

too hot

i'm not looking forward to 13 days without singlet tops.

who remembers this gem?

do - the stuff you make bread with
ra - the guy from the midday show
mi - me me me me me me me me me
fa - a long long way to the pub
so - i guzzle down some beer
la - la la la la la la
ti - the letter that starts... tomatoes
that will bring us back to do!

i'm sure you will pick up the tune.

machine

productive is good. i enjoy it. which makes it hard when something comes and blocks that

flexible shmexible

my attention span is decreasing. that's not so good

power

whilst getting ready in the morning, i reckon at any one time i often have the light on in four different rooms of the house - my room, bathroom, parental's room, debsy's room. oops for energy bill.

i am so glad for friday and saturday off. words can't express the relief.

catching tales

jamie was good stuff last night. he is a little ball of energy, cheekiness and hyperactivity. this is the kind of jamie we know and love, and it's the kind of jamie we got

(i confess i stole this photo from somewhere unrelated to last night, besides the fact it's jamie)

i wish i hadn't been as tired as i was. i'm sure i would have enjoyed him much more. but it was still many goods. i do like his music very much. he is a very talented boy.

i'm just not sure i'm a concert girl. U2 continues to concern me.

show time

i ever so want to be excited about jamie. i really do! but i'm just so tired and sore and tired. i know it'll be tops once i'm there. i do like jamie.

bookworm

i'm a silly billy coz i stayed up til 1am so i could finish 'the da vinci code'. i started reading it as something to do at howie's specialist appointment last week, but only got about 70 pages in, so i finished it off yesterday. i think i'm probably not sure what all the fuss is about. actually i'm not really sure what the fuss is. it was quite 'my kind' of book - same sort of vein as matthew reilly or tom clancy - but of course different.

does mean i'm tired now though.

hands up

who wants to spend all day in doonside!

mmmm

french toast!

sniff

the cold hasn't hit quite yet, but i know it's there waiting til a couple of days before, or a couple days after we leave for Uluru. ahhh, the magic of the body.

bacteria

the other week howie bought some antibacterial hand gel - one of those ones where you don't need water. it's good fun to clean your hands every so often (or more frequently if your Mr OCD). but i'm wondering whether me using it, and purchasing my own bottle yesterday, is against my convictions. i've always struggled with 'antibacterial' everything epidemic of recent decades - bacteria get a raw deal - they aren't all bad!! and the ones that are nasty, they seem to decide to survive somehow and darwinise into superbugs. so in short, i am not sure if i'm in the middle of some internal moral conflict.

tis a barry

i rang barry to remind them that my car is under warranty. they rang back and said "oh yeh, forgot to check and see if it was". so that $320 thing is covered. stick it to the man!

rorted

cityrail was kind. so to compensate, barry smith rang and has hit me for another $320 on top of the already $800. so anger-making.

question

i love filling in forms and surveys.

but today's question is, how good can cityrail dog me. we shall see.

just a bit of fun

How well do you know me?? For instance, did you know...?

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Fusion
2. Pizza Hut
3. Koorong
4. Letter box deliveries

Four movies I would watch over and over:

1. Lord of the Rings 1, 2 or 3 (and i do!)
2. Die Hard With A Vengence
3. Lethal Weapon 3
4. US Marshals

Four places I have lived:

1. Thornleigh
2. Scheveningen (in the Netherlands)
3. no three for me!
4. no four for me!

Four TV shows I love to watch:

1. Friends
2. The Simpsons
3. Survivor and Amazing Race
4. Futurama

Four places I have been on Holiday:

1. UK and Europe
2. Old Bar
3. Armidale
4. Lake Cathie

Four of my favourite foods:

1. Grapes
2. Bread
3. Spinach and Cheese Filo Pastry thing
4. Spagetti Bolognase

Four people I've seen today:

1. Mum
2. Howie
3. Steve
4. Colin

Four places I would rather be right now:

1. at home
2. on a fun adventure
3. London
4. watching a DVD

Four things I'm wearing right now:

1. White Singlet top
2. Make Poverty History white band
3. engagement ring
4. my hair up

Four cities I've been to:

1. Los Angeles, USA
2. Athens, Greece
3. Hong Kong
4. Amman, Jordan

Four schools I've attended:

1. British School in the Netherlands
2. Thornleigh Public School
3. Normanhurst West Public School
4. PLC Sydney

Four stores I'd spend my last $50 at:

1. Target
2. Borders
3. Coles
4. IKEA

Four of my favourite CDs:

1. A brief history - the Waifs
2. Singled Out - Diesel
3. Room for Squares - John Mayer
4. So much for the afterglow - Everclear

What are your fours?

kodak

i love how a photo capturing a single moment can typify a relationship. this photo typifies debs and my relationship, particularly of when we were little - i'm the one annoying her, and she's the one wearing a face of complete frustration and annoyance while trying to pull away. and she was only two months old! you gotta start them young. go team!

warranty

trying to make the decision of giving up on barry smith and forgoing my car's warranty. part of me just wants to dog barry, but part of me is worried that if i do, something bad will happen to my car. so i'm in indecision land. everyone is telling me $800 is too much for what needs to be done. including another mechanic, and my grandpa - who knows a lot about cars. what to do what to do.

mostly music

i get to drive to st mary's today. woo.

it's less than one week til jamie! that is exciting.

yesterday was australia day in our cd player at work - new 'cat empire', new 'the whitlams', bernard fanning and the waifs. well, then there was john mayer trio - ok, they aren't aussie. but still it was fun.

today's car music will be jack johnson and friends. as much as i like that CD, it'll only be because i couldn't be bothered changing it.

pretending

i bought a fake engagement ring yesterday. well, more replacement than fake. i don't want to wear my engagment ring when we head off to the middle of australia for two weeks, in two weeks. so off to westfield it was. the pricely sum of $10 was spent - hehe.

i'm excited about breakfast this morning. perhaps i will go eat it now.

jitters

i get nervous about the stupidest things

mmmm a nice fresh, crisp morning. lovely. i'm sure i'll be less excited about them in two weeks time.

mortality

my grandpa is sick. he got test results back, which said one of the valves in his heart has gone to the dogs, and the doctor said he has three options:

1) get a pacemaker, which won't really do anything

2) have open heart surgery, which there's no guarantees about, and he could die on the table

3) leave it be and let nature take it's course

none of those options are particularly optimistic. he and grandma want to talk with dad and his brothers before making any decisions. it's all a bit sad though. i'm not quite sure what to feel.