Still suffering from my head cold, and feeling even more down since I only had one day left of my holidays before returning to work.
Met the Dodd's, Roberts' and Gordon's down at the water park on Sunday morning. I was feeling that sick that I didn't even take the camera. With the exception of Emma, Angus and myself, everyone had a great time frolicking in the water and on the slides. I definitely want to go back, perhaps when I feel less like a whale, and don't have a head cold. It was great to spend this relaxing time with some of my favourite people. After spending the whole time in the shade, and wearing sunscreen, I still managed to get a 2-degree sunburn across my back. The rest of the afternoon was spent sleeping and reading, and trying to come to terms with starting back at work the next day.
I must say that any novelty there was of Jason being at home, while I had to work, wore off very quickly. This was only intensified when I recieved SMS updates of his movie-watching adventures. Jason's word-for-word review of Avatar 3d was "That movie was un-f*@king believable! Freaking awesome!". So there you go.
During the week I managed to formalise my goals for 2010, which I will reveal in a separate post. I started with a long list, and whittled it down to what I feel is the most important to me at the moment. The resultant list is a concentration of doing things that are going to make my life better, rather than busier. One particular goal I had on my original list was to start an on-line invitation business. This is a goal I've had for a couple of years, but have never really pursued. It is for this reason that I have let it go (for now).
Saturday night, we hosted a Mexican Fiesta-themed dinner party at house, for Leah and Justin, and Josh and Ally. I made a big pot of chilli con carne, and some chicken enchilladas, served up with tortillas, corn chips, tacos, guacamole (home made), sour cream and salsa (not home made). It was a huge feast, topped off with margaritas. For dessert I tried my hand at making churros. It was a lot easier than I had first imagined, but the clean up the next day took about 10 times longer. The mexican chocolate sauce I made to accompany them was probably my favourite. All in all a great night with great friends, enjoying great food (if I do say so myself). We also played Cranium, but the boys weren't that into it, and ended up rolling over and letting the girls win. Party poopers....
Met the Dodd's, Roberts' and Gordon's down at the water park on Sunday morning. I was feeling that sick that I didn't even take the camera. With the exception of Emma, Angus and myself, everyone had a great time frolicking in the water and on the slides. I definitely want to go back, perhaps when I feel less like a whale, and don't have a head cold. It was great to spend this relaxing time with some of my favourite people. After spending the whole time in the shade, and wearing sunscreen, I still managed to get a 2-degree sunburn across my back. The rest of the afternoon was spent sleeping and reading, and trying to come to terms with starting back at work the next day.
I must say that any novelty there was of Jason being at home, while I had to work, wore off very quickly. This was only intensified when I recieved SMS updates of his movie-watching adventures. Jason's word-for-word review of Avatar 3d was "That movie was un-f*@king believable! Freaking awesome!". So there you go.
During the week I managed to formalise my goals for 2010, which I will reveal in a separate post. I started with a long list, and whittled it down to what I feel is the most important to me at the moment. The resultant list is a concentration of doing things that are going to make my life better, rather than busier. One particular goal I had on my original list was to start an on-line invitation business. This is a goal I've had for a couple of years, but have never really pursued. It is for this reason that I have let it go (for now).
Tamie is currently reading "Eat Pray Love", and rang me out of the blue to tell me that her and I are going to Italy (by ourselves) one day. Still to work out who will be paying for that....
Saturday night, we hosted a Mexican Fiesta-themed dinner party at house, for Leah and Justin, and Josh and Ally. I made a big pot of chilli con carne, and some chicken enchilladas, served up with tortillas, corn chips, tacos, guacamole (home made), sour cream and salsa (not home made). It was a huge feast, topped off with margaritas. For dessert I tried my hand at making churros. It was a lot easier than I had first imagined, but the clean up the next day took about 10 times longer. The mexican chocolate sauce I made to accompany them was probably my favourite. All in all a great night with great friends, enjoying great food (if I do say so myself). We also played Cranium, but the boys weren't that into it, and ended up rolling over and letting the girls win. Party poopers....
and the aftermath.....
