I love Winter days like today. For the first time in a while, it felt like a 'real' Queensland winter. For the last few weeks we've been having temperatures in the minus/close to zero ranges in the mornings, and it's horrible when your houses aren't equipped for it!
So today after Church we decided to take advantage of it. Another of our little 'windowshopping' ventures - this time to James St in the Valley.
There's some great shops out there - I'm a big fan of homewares/kitchenware stores, so I was in my element. And it was fun checking all the menus out at places like Harveys and Cru Bar. We never go to these places (none of our friends do), but it's always good to keep them in your back pocket.
Ended up grabbing some Lick! icecream at the Merlo factory outlet and just wandering around in the sunshine. Very nice!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Recap of the week
Seeing I've been so darn lazy the last week and not typed a thing, I'm now in the position of writing out key points indicating the highlights of the week.
So here goes!
Tues 24 July: Had an allocated day off. Went shopping, hired out 'The White Masai' from video store and played with Vox. Hubby came home and whisked me off to see Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix. VERY much liked, and again reinforced decision to read the books asap. Still think Snape isn't as evil as Rowling loves to make him appear to be. Great fun!
Wed 25 July: Worked from 8-4:30pm. Thus began the days of caesarian sections. That night came home to compete in our regular home contribution to Adam Hills' "Spicks n Specks" the good ol' ABC. Still love it - just wish Glass House wasn't axed. Now THAT was a great Wednesday!
Thurs 26 July: 6:30-3pm shift. Poor Vox thought his mother grew another head, waking him in the middle of the night for breakfast! Was not very keen on going back outdoors before sunrise either (don't worry mate, I don't like it either). In the caesar theatre again - lots of girls (I think our ratio is even-ing up!). Had a meeting with Peter (minister) in the afternoon which was very good. Have some plans for small groups next year - must stay quiet til get full approval! Did a lot of shopping after that with hubby, only to miss life group for the sake of an early night.
Friday 27 July: 6:30-3pm shift. Didn't have the heart to wake Vox from his slumber, so had an extra big meal that night. Again in the caesar theatre, with again having a large slew of girls appear!
Friday night 41 people from Church came to see 'Amazing Grace' - the story of how the slave trade came to be abolished in the United Kingdom. Although not quite as fun as Harry Potter earlier in the week - the message was far more important for this day and age. Especially once you consider slavery still happens - although now it is more wellknown by the title 'human trafficking'.
And today we helped friends move house in the morning, before watching Brad play soccer in the afternoon. A loss for them, but he scored a goal which was VERY exciting!
My stepsister is up from Melbourne for 2 weeks, before she leaves on a big adventure overseas. Hopefully I will see her sometime this week.
So here goes!
Tues 24 July: Had an allocated day off. Went shopping, hired out 'The White Masai' from video store and played with Vox. Hubby came home and whisked me off to see Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix. VERY much liked, and again reinforced decision to read the books asap. Still think Snape isn't as evil as Rowling loves to make him appear to be. Great fun!
Wed 25 July: Worked from 8-4:30pm. Thus began the days of caesarian sections. That night came home to compete in our regular home contribution to Adam Hills' "Spicks n Specks" the good ol' ABC. Still love it - just wish Glass House wasn't axed. Now THAT was a great Wednesday!
Thurs 26 July: 6:30-3pm shift. Poor Vox thought his mother grew another head, waking him in the middle of the night for breakfast! Was not very keen on going back outdoors before sunrise either (don't worry mate, I don't like it either). In the caesar theatre again - lots of girls (I think our ratio is even-ing up!). Had a meeting with Peter (minister) in the afternoon which was very good. Have some plans for small groups next year - must stay quiet til get full approval! Did a lot of shopping after that with hubby, only to miss life group for the sake of an early night.
Friday 27 July: 6:30-3pm shift. Didn't have the heart to wake Vox from his slumber, so had an extra big meal that night. Again in the caesar theatre, with again having a large slew of girls appear!
Friday night 41 people from Church came to see 'Amazing Grace' - the story of how the slave trade came to be abolished in the United Kingdom. Although not quite as fun as Harry Potter earlier in the week - the message was far more important for this day and age. Especially once you consider slavery still happens - although now it is more wellknown by the title 'human trafficking'.
And today we helped friends move house in the morning, before watching Brad play soccer in the afternoon. A loss for them, but he scored a goal which was VERY exciting!
My stepsister is up from Melbourne for 2 weeks, before she leaves on a big adventure overseas. Hopefully I will see her sometime this week.
Monday, July 23, 2007
3 day "weekend"
It was nice to have the 3 days off from Thursday-Saturday.
Did a few little things - housework, took Vox to the dog park, watched a couple of movies, that kinda stuff. Nice to relax and kick back.
We've been busy the last couple of nights - Thursday night we have the 'Generosity'small group at Church; Friday night we had a marriage seminar; and Saturday night was our debrief on the marriage seminar.
Saturday was busy too - had a baby shower in the morning, took the dog to the dog park mid afternoon, and then had a late afternoon coffee with my mentor for Rwanda. Was nice to get out a bit - I have a tendency to 'hibernate' most of the time.
Sunday I was back at work from 9:30-6pm. Only had one case, so really only did set ups and caught up on policies and what not.
This week should be nice - going to try and get to Harry Potter at some point, life group on Thursday night, and then going to see Amazing Grace on Friday night.
Did a few little things - housework, took Vox to the dog park, watched a couple of movies, that kinda stuff. Nice to relax and kick back.
We've been busy the last couple of nights - Thursday night we have the 'Generosity'small group at Church; Friday night we had a marriage seminar; and Saturday night was our debrief on the marriage seminar.
Saturday was busy too - had a baby shower in the morning, took the dog to the dog park mid afternoon, and then had a late afternoon coffee with my mentor for Rwanda. Was nice to get out a bit - I have a tendency to 'hibernate' most of the time.
Sunday I was back at work from 9:30-6pm. Only had one case, so really only did set ups and caught up on policies and what not.
This week should be nice - going to try and get to Harry Potter at some point, life group on Thursday night, and then going to see Amazing Grace on Friday night.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Time in Sydney
We had a lovely time in Sydney, albeit short and a few issues with our hotel.
We arrived down there late Thursday night, only to find that despite booking a queen room (queen bed) on a non-smoking floor - we were allocated 2x single bed room, on a smoking floor. Apparently that was all that was on offer for the evening, and the assumption was (we found out the next day, after a very bad sleep) we had been allocated a room with 2 queen beds. After much discussion, we were upgraded to a king sized room with spa bath on a non-smoking floor. Needless to say, we won't be staying at that chain of hotels again.
All day Friday was spent with my brother-in-law, his wife, their new baby and toddler, as well as our parents-in-law. Took their toddler out for a walk (ending in a nice cafe run), played with the baby, and had a nice roast dinner before sitting down to watch the Socceroos get humiliated by Iraq.
Saturday we were dropped off to a train station, in an attempt to get to The Rocks for the markets and lunch. Unfortunately Sydney is having a heck of a lot of train work at the moment - so this also required an hour's bus drive to get to a station that WAS open.
Finally we got to The Rocks, and had a lovely walk through the laneways, as well as sampling some chillis and chocolates at the markets. Then off to lunch, before taking the train back to my brother-in-laws. Just enough time to hug the baby and toddler, say goodbye to the parents, and race off to catch the plane home.
It was a nice break though.
Since then we've spent some time with my parents and our dog on Sunday afternoon, racing around Shorncliffe Pier, and enjoying the sunshine.
Work has been particularly chaotic - had a few cancellations and delays yesterday, which I think will impact on today. Have a late shift (12:30-9pm), so that meant a nice sleep in, and time to walk Vox again.
And after tonight, I have 3 days off before working again on Sunday.
We arrived down there late Thursday night, only to find that despite booking a queen room (queen bed) on a non-smoking floor - we were allocated 2x single bed room, on a smoking floor. Apparently that was all that was on offer for the evening, and the assumption was (we found out the next day, after a very bad sleep) we had been allocated a room with 2 queen beds. After much discussion, we were upgraded to a king sized room with spa bath on a non-smoking floor. Needless to say, we won't be staying at that chain of hotels again.
All day Friday was spent with my brother-in-law, his wife, their new baby and toddler, as well as our parents-in-law. Took their toddler out for a walk (ending in a nice cafe run), played with the baby, and had a nice roast dinner before sitting down to watch the Socceroos get humiliated by Iraq.
Saturday we were dropped off to a train station, in an attempt to get to The Rocks for the markets and lunch. Unfortunately Sydney is having a heck of a lot of train work at the moment - so this also required an hour's bus drive to get to a station that WAS open.
Finally we got to The Rocks, and had a lovely walk through the laneways, as well as sampling some chillis and chocolates at the markets. Then off to lunch, before taking the train back to my brother-in-laws. Just enough time to hug the baby and toddler, say goodbye to the parents, and race off to catch the plane home.
It was a nice break though.
Since then we've spent some time with my parents and our dog on Sunday afternoon, racing around Shorncliffe Pier, and enjoying the sunshine.
Work has been particularly chaotic - had a few cancellations and delays yesterday, which I think will impact on today. Have a late shift (12:30-9pm), so that meant a nice sleep in, and time to walk Vox again.
And after tonight, I have 3 days off before working again on Sunday.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Busy afternoon
I swapped my shift with another woman from work, so I worked from 12:30-9pm, instead of 6:30am-3pm. And I didn't STOP between that 12:30 start and 6pm. Running from theatre to theatre to tea relieve and set up the cases; followed by a couple of emergency c-sections.
The morning was a run around to. Returning videos, doing dishes, organising the house for our trip to Sydney later this week - I'm quite tired now.
I'm in the process of finally uploading our wedding photos from our videographer to our hard-drive. Once that's done, I'll have them up on photobucket again. There's a few really nice ones that are taken from different angles than our photographer did - so it's nice to see them! I've never actually taken a proper look at them, so it's good to have some time set aside to rifle through.
Another 12:30pm start tomorrow. And again the morning will be filled with organising our Sydney trip.
The morning was a run around to. Returning videos, doing dishes, organising the house for our trip to Sydney later this week - I'm quite tired now.
I'm in the process of finally uploading our wedding photos from our videographer to our hard-drive. Once that's done, I'll have them up on photobucket again. There's a few really nice ones that are taken from different angles than our photographer did - so it's nice to see them! I've never actually taken a proper look at them, so it's good to have some time set aside to rifle through.
Another 12:30pm start tomorrow. And again the morning will be filled with organising our Sydney trip.
15 minutes of fame
A friend of mine was helping someone build up a wedding website - and needed wedding stories.
So I figured why not, and put mine up. Got a free present out of it, so that's pretty good.
Check my story out here
Yes I'm a media glutton!
So I figured why not, and put mine up. Got a free present out of it, so that's pretty good.
Check my story out here
Yes I'm a media glutton!
Monday, July 9, 2007
60 hours I won't get back
All that stress for nothing.
Turns out our first case didn't finish til 12ish, and due to anaesthetic delays the 'big' case I was talking about didn't start til 2pm. So after all that worrying, I ended up transferred to another theatre. Simply because my shift finished at 4:30pm today, and there was no point me being in a case that long, for so short a time.
And then I ended up involved in an inservice for over an hour - so there went MY afternoon! Talk about stressing for no reason!
But on a funnier note, I'm going back to yesterday.
Ended up meeting friends of ours at Nudgee Beach for some 'off-leash' time for both our dogs. Dot is a Kelpie x Jack Russell, so about the same size as Vox but with a lot more effervescence. So off they went for about an hour and a bit, driving each other crazy, getting hideously dirty in the process of finding out they BOTH hate water, and going to check out every other dogfight going on in the vicinity. Lots of fun!
I got told off for being a 'helicopter' (being too much involved with Vox's interactions with other dogs), so I sat and pretended not to be stressed over my poor little doggy getting harrassed by much bigger, much more excitable canines. Ah well - at least we know Vox and Dot will get on whilst they live together for the 2 days we're in Sydney.
Here's hoping Vox and Dot don't work out their 'anatomical differences' in that timeframe - God knows we don't need puppies!!!
Turns out our first case didn't finish til 12ish, and due to anaesthetic delays the 'big' case I was talking about didn't start til 2pm. So after all that worrying, I ended up transferred to another theatre. Simply because my shift finished at 4:30pm today, and there was no point me being in a case that long, for so short a time.
And then I ended up involved in an inservice for over an hour - so there went MY afternoon! Talk about stressing for no reason!
But on a funnier note, I'm going back to yesterday.
Ended up meeting friends of ours at Nudgee Beach for some 'off-leash' time for both our dogs. Dot is a Kelpie x Jack Russell, so about the same size as Vox but with a lot more effervescence. So off they went for about an hour and a bit, driving each other crazy, getting hideously dirty in the process of finding out they BOTH hate water, and going to check out every other dogfight going on in the vicinity. Lots of fun!
I got told off for being a 'helicopter' (being too much involved with Vox's interactions with other dogs), so I sat and pretended not to be stressed over my poor little doggy getting harrassed by much bigger, much more excitable canines. Ah well - at least we know Vox and Dot will get on whilst they live together for the 2 days we're in Sydney.
Here's hoping Vox and Dot don't work out their 'anatomical differences' in that timeframe - God knows we don't need puppies!!!
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