1. I am loving the new little chill to the air first thing in the morning. And the sunny days have been glorious. I've been tempted not to go back to work after walking around town at lunch. Autumn and winter may actually be on their way.
2. My work mates are obsessed with Survivor. Most Wednesdays are taken up with a deconstruction of the previous nights' events. While I do like the show (if and when I watch it), I don't really get the obsession.
3. It wasn't until this year that I found out I share by birthday with 'International Star Wars Day'. There really is a 'day' for everything isn't there.
4. A pair of kookaburras continue to battle with their mirror images on the balcony at work. One morning this week when I had gone in very early, I was treated to the two of them 'laughing' their hearts out while sitting on the railing. It was pretty cool, but I couldn't help but wonder if they were laughing at me, having to be at work, while they were out enjoying the fabulous weather.
5. I usually flex-off on Friday afternoons at lunch time. Due to having a fair bit of time off lately, I decided to work all of Friday. Well, it damn well near killed me.
6. My cousin's daughter, Lilly, turned 1 this week, and of course there was a birthday party. The theme was 'fairies', and the cake (made by my cousin's mother-in-law) was fantastic. It's always such a shame that cakes like that have to be cut and eaten. After the cake. lemonade and Grandma's marshmallow cookies, I'm pretty sure I was on a major sugar high.
Lilly was spoilt with presents. We gave her this awesome board book called 'Dog'. It's probably more for when she's a bit older, but I couldn't resist buying it.
7. For Mother's Day, we invited mum, dad and grandma over for one of our famous cooked breakfasts. This is probably the fifth or sixth time we've done it, and I probably enjoy having people over for breakfast more-so than dinner. Mum and Dad got to see the few changes we've made around the house, in regard to furniture and appliances (ie new fridge), and Mum loved the new craft room. Especially because this means she has room to actually use the large format printer now for dad's cd covers.
8. On Sunday night Jason and I went to see Diesel at a local club. He was brilliant. We were front and centre for the majority of the concert, which was a mix of originals, and covers inspired by Otis Redding, Neil Young and Hendrix. I ended up buying a live dvd so I could relive the experience at home (possibly while doing the housework). The support act, Kim Churchill, was pretty amazing too. He's a surfer from south-east New South Wales, who writes his own material, and is able to play a gazillion different instruments at once. For the majority of the songs, he was playing guitar, singing, playing harmonica, and using two different bass drums with each of his feet. The beats and flow of his music are quite different and original. I ended up buying one of his cds, also. Since he was standing near his cds, I asked him to sign my copy. He was a bit taken aback at first then thought it was pretty cool. It started a bit of a rush for him, actually, when everyone then started asking for signatures.
9. I was pleasantly suprised to receive a bunch of flowers from my hubby yesterday, when he picked me up from work. It happens so rarely, that I had to mention it here.
10. Back running this week, and it feels good.
2. My work mates are obsessed with Survivor. Most Wednesdays are taken up with a deconstruction of the previous nights' events. While I do like the show (if and when I watch it), I don't really get the obsession.
3. It wasn't until this year that I found out I share by birthday with 'International Star Wars Day'. There really is a 'day' for everything isn't there.
4. A pair of kookaburras continue to battle with their mirror images on the balcony at work. One morning this week when I had gone in very early, I was treated to the two of them 'laughing' their hearts out while sitting on the railing. It was pretty cool, but I couldn't help but wonder if they were laughing at me, having to be at work, while they were out enjoying the fabulous weather.
5. I usually flex-off on Friday afternoons at lunch time. Due to having a fair bit of time off lately, I decided to work all of Friday. Well, it damn well near killed me.
6. My cousin's daughter, Lilly, turned 1 this week, and of course there was a birthday party. The theme was 'fairies', and the cake (made by my cousin's mother-in-law) was fantastic. It's always such a shame that cakes like that have to be cut and eaten. After the cake. lemonade and Grandma's marshmallow cookies, I'm pretty sure I was on a major sugar high.
Lilly was spoilt with presents. We gave her this awesome board book called 'Dog'. It's probably more for when she's a bit older, but I couldn't resist buying it.
7. For Mother's Day, we invited mum, dad and grandma over for one of our famous cooked breakfasts. This is probably the fifth or sixth time we've done it, and I probably enjoy having people over for breakfast more-so than dinner. Mum and Dad got to see the few changes we've made around the house, in regard to furniture and appliances (ie new fridge), and Mum loved the new craft room. Especially because this means she has room to actually use the large format printer now for dad's cd covers.
8. On Sunday night Jason and I went to see Diesel at a local club. He was brilliant. We were front and centre for the majority of the concert, which was a mix of originals, and covers inspired by Otis Redding, Neil Young and Hendrix. I ended up buying a live dvd so I could relive the experience at home (possibly while doing the housework). The support act, Kim Churchill, was pretty amazing too. He's a surfer from south-east New South Wales, who writes his own material, and is able to play a gazillion different instruments at once. For the majority of the songs, he was playing guitar, singing, playing harmonica, and using two different bass drums with each of his feet. The beats and flow of his music are quite different and original. I ended up buying one of his cds, also. Since he was standing near his cds, I asked him to sign my copy. He was a bit taken aback at first then thought it was pretty cool. It started a bit of a rush for him, actually, when everyone then started asking for signatures.
10. Back running this week, and it feels good.
