Happy New Year! Welcome to 2009.

Last night we headed out (eventually) to the Drunken Poet, which is our local Irish pub. And by Irish pub I don’t mean tacky, fake, over the top theme pub. The Landlady is an Irish woman who regularly features traditional Irish musicians as well as assorted other performers on the bill, with live music 5 - 6 days ( Read more... )

Since moving from Sydney to Melbourne in March, I feel as though I've been slowly putting the pieces of my life, my routines, back together.
The SCA was the first piece to be put back, with its associated social outlets. I was sewing and creating from early on too, which helped to ground me and remind me I am more than an employee (essential during ( Read more... )

It's Royal Melbourne Show week. Since we are both so dreadfully busy, and incredibly popular, we are going to squeeze in a trip to the show on Thurs night after work. Tonight we are researching show bags. Yes, that's right, reasearching show bags. I blame
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SammyHubby woke up feeling crap this morning. He had to go do an 8 hr shift at the city oxfam store where he was covering for someone else. As a result he is feeling even more crap than he was this morning - cough, headache, joint pain, feeling hot then cold. So, no snow :( 
Instead we will have a Melb long weekend, which is what we used to do when ( Read more... )

Well, that week disappeared like a .
Mon & Tues I had early start at work - and by early I mean 8.45 am tee hee.
Tuesday night I headed out to sewing. I knew I would have a nice time once I got there, but actually leaving my warm house was hard. I made a start on sewing my new green wool dress and played with Little Flower. A very pleasant evening ( Read more... )

At the State Library I can now put funds on my copy card, by EFTPOS!!!!

We went to see the Illuminations today. I really want to get the mp3 ear thinggies with all the info on them. They were all out on loan so I decided to show Sam the rest of the Library (it was his first time beyond the front lawn) and come back in half an hour. We had a lovely ( Read more... )

Well, after much stress, frustration and a few tears, we are here. The final inspection at the Jannali house went well, we expect to get our entire bond back, yay ( Read more... )