January 31, 2007
god bless university
i got a letter today stating that i have $202.11 in credit in my student fee account from Club Mac. it went on to ask if i would like to claim that credit.
hell yes.
God is a good bloke.
never mind the fact i finished in 2002 and last set foot in my uni for graduation almost four years ago.
i'm getting old
congrats libby and matt on your engagement!
the first of my youth group kiddies to tie the knot. jeepers.
libby, this is an awesome site.
tanked
thankyou to tom for his help yesterday with the new home for the boys. tom's a good sort.
it is one big tank. it's so massive. but they'll still outgrow it one day. yikes.
all is still not well with ham's world. but he was doing better yesterday arvo. keep praying for him!!
January 30, 2007
swivel
we got this baby delivered today
we finally have an office chair. we haven't had a chair in the study since we had a study.
but what's awesome is that it was $79, on sale from $139. and what's more awesome is that they delivered the "better" model, which was initially $159, but on sale for $89. and what's even more awesome is that they delivered it for free because they didn't have any in stock.
what's not so awesome is that i'm not quite sure how to put it together. so it doesn't quite look like the photo yet. i'm sure we'll get there.
January 29, 2007
anxiety
our boys are stressing me out. i'm worried about them, and if we're looking after them right. tricky when you get lots of different advice! we bought a new set up today. not cheap. ham is still all weird, and it was an effort to feed him tonight. although piney has a new favourite... corn! and daddy's fingers.
hopefully their new set up will help ham and be good fun for them. although they won't be able to see the tv so well.
January 28, 2007
and they're green
i too am worried about our little hammy. i have been emailing a few "experts" about his behaviour and have got two replies asking more questions, to which i've replied. hopefully we have an answer soon. it may end up with a visit to the reptile vet at crows nest. our poor little baby.
sadly missed
unfortunately we bid farewell to lachy and will from the ol' links list. as much as it saddens me, it's been many a month since either blogged. and so the culling must begin.
heed the warning people. i know there is nothing more important to you than being on my links list.
and on that note, we welcome james (aka prawn) to the list. we're such good buddies that i don't even know what he looks like!
January 27, 2007
January 26, 2007
barbie
we had an australia day bbq. how patriotic. we even had lamb thanks to anmol.
thankyou fun visitors for making our australia day fun.
the honour roll
tamara
debbie
sam
ben
josh
jo
hannah
jane
john
lachie
anmol
cathy
grant
libby
watch out sam and david
Guard dogs protecting a fruit orchard in Malaysia have met their match - a 7.1-metre long python that swallowed at least 11 hounds before it was finally discovered by villagers.
"I was shocked to see such a huge python," orchard-keeper Ali Yusof told the New Straits Times.
The paper published a picture of the captured snake, which was almost long enough to span the width of a tennis court and as thick as a tree trunk.
Villagers did not harm the snake, but tied it to a tree and then handed it to wildlife officials, the paper said today.
from here
January 25, 2007
toppings
tonight is night #3 of this week for pizza!
monday night - mccains ham and pineapple pizza
wednesday night - zoe's homemade ham and pineapple, vegetarian, and teriyaki chicken pizzas
tonight - mum's homemade chicken pizza
and we have leftovers of zoe's to enjoy sometime too!
the week of pizza.
belissimo.
January 24, 2007
chums
today was the day of friends. tamara visited the office not once but twice (technically). as did lachy. when i finished work, the standing out the front of the office with those two and will became a two hour visit to my house. how fun. we drank coke products. and looked at google earth.
then tonight, howie and i had dinner at snowy's, with tom and sam. we had yummy pizza - go zoe! - and played cranium. go the girls!! me and snow beat the boys... just! that was my first attempt at cranium. it's no match for 'who, what where' but we laughed lots nonetheless.
sleepy time is coming soon and that is joyful.
our lounge room smells suddenly. it didn't when i left at 7:45pm. either of 'wet' (you know, the wet carpet in the car musty kinda smell) or of jake. but i don't know what jake smells like so i'm not sure if it's him.
tamara or lachy, can you tell me if jake smells like wet car carpet?
sure i was born in '81 but i sure am a 90's kid!!
You're a 90's kid if:
(bolded means "oh yeh i remember!")
You remember tazos.
You can finish this [ice ice _ _ _ _ ]
You remember watching Doug and Ren & Stimpy
AAAAAAAH Real Monsters!
You had a favourite member from FIVE.
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You remember reading "Goosebumps"
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence . . . not
You would play hide and go seek until your legs grew numb
You remember obeying your parents
You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record your FAVORITE song of ALL time.
Video hits was actually good.
"Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?" was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet. He's a Hero.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green ranger, were meant to be together.
You remember when Super Nintendos and Sega Genisis became popular.
You always wanted to send in a tape to Australia's Funniest Home Videos . . . but never taped anything funny.
You remember watching Home Alone 1, 2 , and 3 . . . and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"
You had a fringe at some point. None of this side fringe crap, a real fringe
You remember those Where's Wally books.
You remember eating Warheads.
You remember watching the Aladdin.
You remember Ring Pops.
If you remember when every thing was "da BOMB!"
You remember walkmans
Writing M.A.S.H. notes.
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell".
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet, or Nano and brought it everywhere.
. . . Furbies.
You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.
And Windows 98 was the best.
You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers, and Ninja Turtles.
When Goth (NOT EMO) was crazy cool! Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, the good bands.
You remember Bewitched, Jump 5, S-Club 7, and that whole period with the boy bands and pop divas.
You remember exactly where you were and what you were doing the first time you saw a Britney Spears or N'SYNC video.
Michael Jordan was a king.
No one had brand pencilcases
You collected those Beanie Babies.
Carebears
Lambchop
You collected all the Troll dolls
You owned a portable tape player.
You know the Macarena and the nutbush by heart.
"Talk to the hand" . . . enough said
You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"
You went to McDonald's to play in the playplace.
Before the MySpace frenzy . . .
Before the Internet & text messaging . . .
Before iPods . . .
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX . . .
Before Spongebob . . .
When you got one sheet of homework for the whole week.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off of our walkmans.
When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.
Way back.
When it was all about N64.
WHEN YOU TRADED POKEMON CARDS FOR A LIVING.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear.
Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!
January 23, 2007
tuesday
tonight's friend is tom. i'm making beef and hokkien noodle stirfry. howie got some video ezy DVDs. tom's taking care of dessert. a good night in is expected.
health plus
a lot of fun was had last night with howie, josh and sam, plus of course myself.
we started with a really unhealthy dinner - pizza, nuggies, wedges. so we thought it best to get out and about a bit.
we headed to brick pit park. there's a massive non-little-child friendly flying fox, so we all had a go. there were a few scraps and falls. you gotta go hard on these things
then we had a climb on the biggest OH&S playground risk i've ever seen, which was quite fun, albeit painful without shoes
i even made it to the top! i'm not a wussbag!! although i did make the boys climb down and not shake it so i could
took a couple of nice family shots
and i love this one - i think it's really cool of the boys!
and we completed our night of healthiness with a trip to silverwater/auburn for some KK
good times!
January 22, 2007
January 21, 2007
retreating
i'm leaving this weekend with a mixture of the mind.
i'm tired, excited, petrified, optimistic, fearful, anxious, overwhelmed, appreciative, hot and wondering. and probably much more.
quite a mix i think. it was interesting to be with a bunch of people - some of whom i know well, some of whom i have never spoken to before, and others in between - who are so different in our strengths, but all passionate about young people and young adults in our different ways. i'm glad to have strengthened friendships, and hope to strengthen team life for the particular bit i'm a part of.
i'm a bit anxious about being boxed and labelled. i don't mind being in my little box, most of the time, but it would be nice to have a someone share my box sometimes.
sometimes i find it hard to be connected to anything. i think it's apathy more than anything else.
i can't believe that the alarm where we were staying malfunctioned and went off every hour or less from midnight last night. that was insane. and loud. and incredibly annoying.
that being said, i am thankful for the alarm malfunctioning because our substitute venue had air conditioning.
i am thankful for cookies and cream icecream.
i am thankful for my sister.
i am wanting to be thankful for opportunities. and less scared of the bigness of things.
January 19, 2007
beached
today howie and i went to the beach with sam and matty. it was good fun. we talked about all kinds of things. once again the water was too cold. i didn't get past my knees because my legs hurt from the coldness! it's probably something to do with melting polar icecaps. everything is global warmings fault these days.
i finally got my hands on photos from sammy t, howie and my beach adventures
all three of us
digging a hole
howie
sam made a woman
fun fun
no weekend
there's got to be a way where churches can compensate your time spent away on weekend camps/retreats.
that's a good attitude isn't it!
January 18, 2007
petrol prices to fall?
well who knows if it will come to fruition. we'll still buy it no matter what they charge.
January 17, 2007
a few randoms
debbie and sam on christmas day
looking over the glorious township of moonbi
the human sundial outside of gloucester. it even worked, almost
cool clouds on the way home from armidale. if i said i took this while i was driving, i'd be telling the truth. if i said that.
January 16, 2007
twaddle
sometimes work is a very lonely and isolating place.
meanwhile, imagine if UK and France had merged in 1956.
January 15, 2007
pricey
planning a trip to the zoo?
to make it the most cost effective, take 5000 of your closest friends with you
no worries!
January 14, 2007
eaten
we were very kindly given a very pretty gingerbread house just before Christmas as a gift from Mr Bob and Karen. it was finally finished today.
yum AND fun!
January 13, 2007
happyenuf
we went on a localised adventure today. we thought it a good idea to have pie in the sky for lunch. and it was. i had a vegetable pie, and howie had a chicken and corn. there were many motorcycles and cars at pie in the sky. there seemed more vehicles than people.
then we cinema-ed it up. we saw 'the pursuit of happyness'.
it was pretty long and slow, but it was good too. had the feel good ending. and i like will smith. his son is pretty cute. if i did ratings, it would probably be about 4/7.
we dogged allocated seating, and i think we put a fair few people out. stupid allocated seating.
January 12, 2007
do you remember year 6?
myspace is a bad place. these things keep popping up. so, on we go!
THINK BACK TO 6TH GRADE...
Let's see how much you remember and how much you regret.
1. Who was your best friend?
sam stuart and hayley reid
2. Who did you like?
ryan ewart
3. What sports did you play?
tennis, little bit of netball, little bit of teeball, little bit of bin ball
4. Did you buy your lunch?
very rarely
5. It's Friday night, where were you?
at home with my family
6. Were you a party animal?
oh yeh - all that fairy bread, cake, i remember one party i went to and the party food was KFC. although that may have been year 5.
7. Skip School?
no way
8. Did you get suspended/expelled?
no way. i got in trouble once in the whole of school - for swearing at a spider during bush regeneration. i was only caught coz it was in the background of a video
9. Can you sing the alma mater?
school song yeh? not really. i can for high school. but NWPS' "Aim High" isn't quite all there for me. i do remember "at normanhurst west we try our best, aim high aim high aim high. in work and play, in all we say, aim high aim high aim high" and the tune.
10. What was your favorite class?
i think i liked maths. and science
11. What was your schools name?
NWPS
12. Did you go to the dances?
i only remember three. and i was at them.
13. If you could go back in time and do it all over would you?
oh yeh - what a bludge!! where it was legitimate classwork to do colouring in! count me in!
14. What do you remember most about 6th grade?
dance group, liking ryan, the slip n slide on mufti day
15. Favorite memory in 6th grade?
year 6 camp was pretty awesome. sam and i snuck out to visit the boys room. and this one boy liked me and bought me a koala. i gave it back to him coz i didn't like him, so i didn't want to accept his gift. so he ripped it's head off.
also, i must say i was pretty proud to get dux.
16. Where did you go most often for lunch?
i can't remember in year 6. bottom oval i guess.
17.What did you do on the last day of school?
i have no idea. i'm sure there was an assembly. and i remember lots of crying.
so that was 1993. what was it for you?
small world
i just figured out that penny's (who got married the other weekend) brother jason was in my grade at primary school. i can't remember if he was in my class ever. but that's kinda freaky. maybe penny was at my school too!
January 11, 2007
in the summertime
howie, sam and i went to the beach today. the glory of north narrabeen. and i woosed out coz the water was freezing! but it was still a nice day of fun in the sun, and sand. and we used our awesome beach tent. it's so great.
i did take photos with howie's phone, but they haven't arrived in my inbox as yet.
we had dinner at my parents house. and got a phone call from my sister who is lucky to be alive. she was driving to crescent head, when her car lost it on a bend, and flipped over! fortunately she only has a scratch on her arm, but my goodness it could have been bad. they (whichever authorities 'they' are) think that her tyre blew, and caused her to lose control. but thankyou God that she's ok. bit freaked out but ok.
but it could be bye bye to that car. ahh the process of crash - write off decision made - cheque. took me about four weeks.
January 10, 2007
cookery
went around to my mothers this afternoon and took down some good quality recipes. dinner time at our place might just end up a little more exciting than pasta and sauce, jaffles, mccains pizza and the odd stir fry or spag bol.
i really would like to enjoy cooking more. and i guess that will come with time. i hope it comes with time.
our weekly nightly schedule doesn't help matters much.
friday is lasagne night this week. that's a little scary. howie's favourite dish and i've never cooked it before.
zero tolerance
I'm not sure what I think about all these new restrictions, guidelines and tests for young drivers.
I've had my licence for almost eight years now. I got my P's before the days of 50 hours on your Ls, and of reds then greens. Pretty much for me, I got my L's (failed first time!) when I turned 16, hated driving so had to renew my L's when I turned 17, then restarted driving and got my P's three months after that.
Now I can't claim to have the best driving record, so I'm not here to debate skills of young drivers. I'm all for safety of young drivers, and everyone on the roads.
But I'm not sure why all the changes suddenly. Perhaps P-plate drivers were dying as well back in 'my day' but the media wasn't all that interested. I don't remember there being much hoo-ha about young driver training, about accidents, fatalities, irresponsibility etc. Was it just that things weren't being reported? Or was it that there wasn't much going on in terms of P-plate deaths.
I don't know what the statistics are, but if the system wasn't changing, but the rate of deaths was, does that point to the system or something else?
I must admit, the first time I turned right out of my street onto a major road with no-one beside me, I had the heebie jeebies. I didn't feel all that confident. Perhaps young drivers do need these restrictions, more practise, better skills. Perhaps we all do! I still see seasoned drivers try and turn right out of the street across the three lanes of southbound traffic, and have trouble with it.
But I'm not sure. Eight years doesn't seem that long ago. But oh my how things have changed.
January 09, 2007
beautiful day
sitting with husband watching U2 go home.
i think today may be U2 by U2 today.
westfield gift cards are good inventions.
January 08, 2007
January 07, 2007
one of those things
There come around but a hundred times a year. Ta Juicy.
1. Initials: JKH
2. Name someone with the same birthday as you: Skye Roberts same day, month and year
3. Last thing you ate? green ice pole thing
4. For or against same sex marriage: I'd have to say against
5. I say Shotgun! You say? Sorry, Howie gets it
6. Last person you hugged? Howie
7. Do you believe in God? Yes
8. How many Australian states have you been to? Which ones? All of them - NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, NT, WA, ACT, TAS
9. How many of the Australian states have you lived in? Which ones? 1, NSW
10. Ever lived outside of Australia? Where? Yes, Holland for a year
11. Name something you like physically about yourself: My fingernails
12. Something non-physical you like about yourself: My collection of DVDs
13. Who is your best friend? Howie
14. Why are you still up? Coz it's 5pm
15. What/who made you angry today? Nothing really. I was a little frustrated waiting 28 minutes for a train
16. Favorite type of Food?: grapes
17. Favorite holiday: Honeymoon
18. Do you download music: Itunes on Howie's account
19. What illegal things have you done? Things to do with road rules, accidental and non-accidental alike, stolen, drank.
21. Would you date the person that posted this? No, sorry Justine
22. Has anyone ever sang or played for you personally? Yes, both
23. Do you love anyone? Yes
24. Do you like Howard: yes, I do like Howard because of his Storage World
25. Have you ever bungee jumped: No
26.Have you ever gone white-water rafting: No
28. How much money ya got?: A little
29. Have you met a real redneck? No
30. How is the weather right now: Cloudy and sunny
31. What are you listening to right now? the bubbles in our turtles tank
32. What is your current favourite song? Umm.. maybe Throw Your Arms Around Me by Hunters and Collectors
33. What was the last movie you watched? Most of Garage Days
34. Do you wear contacts: No
35. Where was the last place you went besides your house? The airport
36. What are you afraid of?: Getting hopelessly lost
37. How many piercings and tattoo's do you have?: 4 current piercings
38. How many pets do you have: 3 - Ham, Pineapple and Xander
39. Have you ever loved someone: Yes
40. What turns you on? Not Barry White
41. What do you usually order from Starbucks: Nothing
42. Have you ever fired a gun? No
44. Fav. TV show? Futurama presently.
45. Do you have an ipod?: No
46. Has anyone ever said you looked like a celeb? No
47. When are you 47? in 22 years
48. Who would you like to see right now? The back of my eyelids
49. Favorite movie of all time? Tough... Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, or Die Hard with a Vengence
50. Do you find yourself loved?: I feel I am
51. have you ever regretted something you didnt do? Yes
52. Favorite flower: Frangipani - since before they were cool
53. Butter, plain, or salted popcorn? Any of the above
54. What Magazines are you reading: None
55. Have you ever ridden in a limo: No
56. Has anyone you were really close to passed away?: Yes
58. What's something that really bugs you? Bugs
60. Do you like Michael Jackson? Old school michael yep.
61. Whats your favorite smell? Umm... I do like the smell of coffee, although I don't much enjoy the taste.
62. Favorite basketball team: N/A
63. Favorite cereal: Nutrigrain!
64. Do you drive? Yes
66. What's the longest time you've gone without sleep? More than 24 hours, but not sure otherwise
67. Last time you went bowling? Was with Howie, Lachie, Will, maybe Tamara and Ben?? A year or so ago?
67. Where is the weirdest place you have slept? I don't know that I've slept anywhere really weird.
68. Who was your last phone call? Sam Williams
69. Last time you were at work: Thursday before Christmas
70. Whats your favorite city to be in: London
toodlepip
well this is farewell, cheerio, auf wiedersehn, so long, from the realm of blogging in launceston. we fly out in three hours, but will fill some time by going to some markets. good old sunday markets. maybe we'll snap up some bargains, small, fits in carry on luggage bargains.
January 06, 2007
pictorial
our time in tassie so far
a couple of attractive people in some launie hotel
last nights dinner
our white getz, fahrenheit, and howie will the yummy teevee snacks
we went to bunnings, as documented by howie
revisiting cataract gorge
lunchies
we're off to see a wedding...
woohoo indeed!
penny making her entrance
and being greeted by andy
us with dave
rubie and doyle - woot woo!
doyle's all class
howie and bowen
penny and andy cake cutting
howie likes daniel
megan and i are soooo pretty
howie and his close personal friend, smithy
happy wedding day andy and penny!!
where the streets have no name
i reckon everywhere ever, and especially in cities, should have clear street name signs. yes i do.
we adventured into the city centre by foot this morning, and wandered around places like kathmandu, good old chickenfeed, target... yep we get into the exotic stuff when we travel.
then to bunnings (you'll find out why later) and then to cataract gorge this morning. good fun driving our little getz, who we've named fahrenheit, around all the one way streets that make up launceston.
time to start getting ready for the wedding. yay for penny and andy. should be a good show.
oh. we found a coles thats open til midnight. eat that reception lady. way to know you're own town.
January 05, 2007
launie
ah, tasmania. the apple isle.
it's a quick one this time. not as quick as when josh graduated, but still two nights isn't a bad effort.
jetstar was late and bumpy.
our hotel is funny and just a step above dingy.
but the wedding will be good. and that's why we are here.
i'm hungry though.
hyperventilation
aaaah!!!
phil just asked me to step up to something huge and i'm freaked out.
damn you lachie!
January 04, 2007
i took a survey
my signature themes are Discipline, Harmony, Consistency, Analytical and Belief.
i think i'll find out more at our youth leadership retreat later this month.
i don't mind surveys or questionaires. i like them actually. although this one i answered "neutral" a lot.
today i am very tired. i don't think i slept well enough last night.
January 03, 2007
coasting
well, as promised we went adventuring down south. and first stop was howie avenue for a photo opportunity
we also wondered whether bill got this message loud and clear
we continued on through the royal national park (hoorah for our multipark pass) through to the south coast.
our primary touristing reason was the new-ish sea cliff bridge, which we walked the length of before driving over it.
we witnessed evidence that the new road is a good idea - a little rockfall over the old road.
then we had some lunch at austinmer which was jolly good - we had spinach gozleme and a coke/diet coke. it was nice to sit in the shade looking at the beach and eat our yummy lunch.
we continued on down to wollongong - howie hadn't been there before, and i hadn't really much either. we stumbled upon city beach, and then walked back to the city centre. howie found a good lookout at the top of a hill - nice outlook over the roundabout.
we wandered around, and got some mcflurries, and headed back to the beach and then the headland.
there are some nice view of the industrial area of the city
the white lighthouse that seems to be on all the wollongong touristy stuff is sitting behind howie in this photo
we started heading back home, and stopped at mt keira lookout, which was pretty impressive, and nicely refurbished in the last couple of years.
and that was our adventure for today. it was good stuff. the only poopy thing was that i'm a little sunburnt from the lack of forethinking in the shape of suncream as we walked the bridge. damn.
What the hell?!
"Jesus Christ help us all Lord"
Channel 7 has some show playing, but over to top of it (not part of the show) is an american man saying the above over and over again.
Very very strange.
adventure!
last night howie and i decided it was high time for another adventure. so we ventured by car to milsons point, and i found a free park!! good old loading zones. our umbrella makes this photo deceptively blue sky-ed
we walked across the bridge and down to pancakes on the rocks! yummo. we just beat the crowds. i had bananarama and howie had the blackforest cherry. it's always hard work to finish off the two pancakes, but i got there. howie didn't quite. the chocolate pancakes taste like chocolate cake. not my thing.
it's always a quick meal at pancakes - coz i feel bad about the people lining up outside, and because the place is so uncomfortably warm! but it was good nonetheless.
then we went a wandering around circular quay, and across to the opera house. i took some photos. and tried to be as unshaky as possible in night mode without a tripod.
we continued back around to the fun lift up to the cahill expressway, and back across the bridge.
isn't my husband an attractive man
and back in the car we hopped for the short journey home.
today's adventure is grand pacific drive, with a detour to the only howie street (avenue) in sydney. whoopie!!
meanwhile, i'm still not convinced that image trick actually does the trick when it comes to resizing photos. it's a bit closer to the microsoft photo editor than the corel photopaint standard.
January 02, 2007
January 01, 2007
quiz - would you...
Pet a snake: most probably, i think i already have actually.
Spend a week in an empty room: not by choice
Ride in a hot-air balloon: it would take a bit of convincing i think
Sky dive: No
Sing in front of a huge audience: No
Scuba dive: I would like to think yes, but i'd have to deal with that whole fear of sharks and fish stuff
Sit in the front seat of a roller coaster: i don't really like roller coasters
Deliver a baby: if there was no one else around to help
Swim across the Amazon River: no
Change careers: Yes
Disappear for a long period of time: No i don't think so. Unless I could explain to people first.
Walk through the bush alone at night: probably not
Join a space mission: i don't think that would ever become a possibility, but maybe.
Tell everyone what you honestly think of them: depends on the person and what i had to say and the strength of our relationship
Call off your wedding: well, i didn't. i'm not planning on getting married again
Walk naked through Hyde Park for 10 minutes during rush hour: no
Disarm a bomb: No - I'll leave that to the people who know how to do it. Unless that became my career change.
Clean the outside windows of a skyscraper: probably not
Draw a mustache on the Mona Lisa with a permanent marker : No
Go on tour with Elvis: That doesn't appeal to me
Go swimming during a thunder storm: nah, not intentionally
Perform surgery on your best friend: Ahhh, no.
Care of lesley. Now, over to you bloggies.
toilet humour
the new year movie/KFC combo. goodie.
howie, debbie and i met tom, martin, lesley and anmol at hornsby. the foodcourt was shut so joseph's bakery it was.
and then onto greater union (where we ran into justine) for flushed away.
it was an ok movie. some funny spots, but it wasn't anything special in my mind. this was later reflected by others, with the ratings out of 10 ranging from three to six.
but off to a good start for this year's 52 film target for howie and tom.
now i think it may be nap time.
nye that was
welcome to 2007 again people. if you haven't felt welcomed enough already.
we brought in the year much like last year.
it all began as josh, howie and i headed into waverton at 1:47pm.
found a good park, trained it to wynyard and walked to observatory hill. there were a few people already but not tonnes. we found a good spot, not wuite under the tree, and with a good enough view of the bridge. i did feel a little self-conscious as josh and howie began setting up the gazebo, as it caused two groups of people to move away from us. but once it was up, didn't it look nice.
well that lasted about 10 minutes. a good gust of wind came through, and over it went. beyond repair. so an executive decision was made that it was over, and the boys enjoyed pulling it apart. obviously it had been a very sturdy article.
the gazebo's final resting place.
the afternoon continued on: bono-on-bono, popcorn, conversation, chocolate biscuits, pretzels...
there was a fly by of some sort of plane, as you can clearly see here. and that threatening sky never did anything but threaten - praise the lord!
we found good use of our new kathmandu seats. although they give you a bad back after a few hours of consistent use.
we were joined by various peoples throughout the remaining daylight and evening. more food was eaten, more drinks drunk, more conversation conversed.
it was good to spend another new years with my sister. we've only had two apart.
this is the only photo i took of any sort of skyline or night landscape. i didn't even bother with the fireworks. no tripod = no go.
and this is a lovely moment shared by howie and tom.
in any case, it was a fun evening that didn't drag on too long. the fireworks, well they were good, but fireworks never really do it for me. the bridge ones weren't all that exciting, and they did finish abruptly. but still, a spot of fireworks every now and then is a good thing i'm sure.
once all the happy new years were wished, we proceeded to walk to wynyard with the sea of people, and boarded an empty train to northern sydney. it remained quite empty for the three stations we were on it. i felt very sorry for the thousands of people stuck outside milsons point station. remind me never to go there on new years.
it took us a good half an hour to get out of waverton once we got back to the car - a nice mixture of traffic, traffic lights, and bloody pedestrians. we pumped up ben harper, and enjoyed exchanging pleasantaries with surrounding commuters and randoms.
and 2am brought us to our doorstep.
and that, my friends, is a recap.
i do hope that 2007 is kind to you, and you to it.
happy new year once again.