Grateful for sunny afternoon

Thank you Universe.  Out of all the days I needed it to stop raining, the clouds cleared and the blue sky came out to warm us.  The kids played in the park under the watchful and amused eyes of nanna while I went to an appointment.  They ran around the new park for half hour having a great time.  Mum enjoyed relaxing in the sun after a busy day.  It was such a big, leafy park with lots to explore and climb, so easy to sit back and watch the kids have fun.

Afterwards we cooked dinner for mum.  She loved having a home cooked meal and she laughed as the kids told stories and we passed the 'speaker' spoon around to ask questions.  We all missed Master G who is away.

I'm tired now.  A big day, although normally, as I get the kids ready for school, drop them off, race to work, grab groceries at lunch, pick them up, play with them, cook, and do the bath, brush teeth, read book routine with them, clean up and prepare for tomorrow, put the clean clothes away.  I'm blessed, they are wonderful and make me laugh everyday but geez I'm tired.  I need a holiday.  Please Universe, I need a holiday

I just received the best head massage at the hair dressers - I'm floating

Tiger's Big Adventure

Late Saturday night, still awake, Master G and I decide on a drive.  We enjoy cruising around, checking out the sites, people watching, a stop off for gelato, cake or hot chocolate.... tonight though Master G thought Tiger might like to come with us.  In his litte carry bag he hopped in his bag for the car ride and off we went -

Tiger crossing the Harbour Bridge!

Tiger checking out the characters at Kings Cross with its bright lights

Tiger taking in the locals at Manly

Tiger at McDonalds - we could interest him a in a fillet of fish though

The simple things in life

Enjoyed a quiet Sunday morning in the sunshine watching the kids play with the rotor spin tennis set.  We could hear the birds waking, Litte cat T sat under my chair in the shade, peaking out to watch the kids as the relaxing Sunday unfolded.

Today we splashed in the waves at Manly, Litte Master O and Little Miss S giggling as the waves pushed through them before washing to shore.  Little Miss S hanging on for dear life but loving the force of the water as she gripped my hand.

Great Sunday Escape

I'm so grateful for friends inviting us to share their country home with us.  It is my ideal farm, it has a beautiful deep balcony that overlooks the paddocks and stream, a pergola surrounded by wonderful deep hammocks, a tree house suspended over a trickling stream, chickens, goats, cows, horses and most importantly bike tracks and paddocks for the boys to ride their bikes and quad bikes.

The kids had an amazing time and such freedom to run and explore.  The girls picked flowers and played so happily.  The boys got on the bikes and raced through the paddocks to the dirt tracks.

Master G showed Little Master O the way.  He is such a great role model in many ways. I'm blessed.

It was such a relaxing and fun day.  If I was going to have a farm, this would be it.

Billy Connolly

 

Urban Hunk has been working very hard so it was great to have a night out together and enjoy a show.  Tonight was Billy Connolly who has sold out 25 shows, including 6 at the Opera House.  We were lucky to get seats so I warned Urban Hunk we might be sitting closer to the roof than the stage.  I had also forgotten my glasses and they don't have large screens at the elegant and dignified Opera House.  It took me forever to decide on the tickets and whether to pay for seats that could be up near the rafters, I wasn't sure of the layout because I haven't been to this section of the Opera House, so much internal chatter I was exhausted before I finally bought them.  Arriving in good time before the show we made our way to the seats, wow, we're in the centre in an elevated position, fantastic, I felt so lucky, I didn't even need my glasses.  I tried to only sip my lemon, lime bitters so I wouldn't have to go the bathroom half through the performance.  The last thing I need is to be heckled!

 

Billy Connolly has this animated and off-the-cuff intensity that has you caught up in every story.  He has a great outlook on life and reminds you not to take life so seriously.  Thankfully I embarrass myself enough to be able to laugh at myself daily and Urban Hunk will often find great amusement out of my exploits, a few I can't even bare to write about.  Great night.

Vajazzled!

I won my first ever competition!  I can't believe it.  How excited.  I got a call from TodayFM telling me to be at the radio station by 4pm to get the limo, yes, a limousine, out to be Vajazzled!  Before I accept I do the quickest mental checklist ever: am I wearing nice underpants? am I prepared down there? I take in my clothes, shoes, I'll need a jacket, should I take the camera, no, I'll have phone!  Right, I agree to accept the offer to be Vajazzled.

 

I want to surprise Urban Hunk so this adds to my excitement.  I’m too embarrassed to tell any one about my Vajazzling but so energised that I’m busting to tell some one. I leave a message for my close friend, knowing that she'll get a laugh out of it.  Why am I so embarrassed about explaining it, I can be such a prude.  I laugh at myself and the electricity zipping through my body.

 

Urban Hunk phoned.  He can tell some thing is up by my voice.  I realise that my Vajazzle probably won't last until Friday. Damn.  So I tell him the news.  We both laugh hard, only me, he says. 

 

I wish I could use my navigational device inside buildings because finding the lifts in to the radio station is proving a challenge.  Composing myself as I walk through 2 security doors I'm greeted by the young and over-confident Simon.  He thinks he is way too good looking than what he is but he's young and its fun to watch the circus of personalities at the radio station.  Four other girls are also there waiting for our Vajazzled experience, they're much younger.  I wonder if they'll have champagne in the limo.  I go to the bathroom to empty my bladder incase I'm in luck with the champagne!  I'm sure as you get older your bladder shrinks.

 

I return to find the other girls still just sitting there but not talking.  Hmmm.  Okay, too weird, so I break the ice with, "so, what kind of Vajazzle do you think you might get?"  The others girls all smile and its like they exhale for the first time as they relax and start talking all at once, throwing out names and ideas about what they'd get.  Ofcourse we forget it’s a small area 'down there' and names like, 'press here,' 'enter,' might not fit and the conversation then goes down hill fast as every one laughs and get over excited.

 

The Hummer Limo is waiting, lots of people are on the pavement and watching as we giggle like school girls and climb in.  Inside it's like a disco, lights dance around the ceiling, music plays and there is bottled water and lollies.  No champagne.  Although this is probably a good thing because the other girls are too excited and crude and I'd hate to see them after a glass of champagne while stuck in a limo.  I sit back and listen as they talk about their boyfriends and their sex life.  They're not shy about sharing details which amuses me.

 

The TodayFM crew tell us about what to expect and prepare us for the Vajazzle. As we reach the Beauty Salon out west we're guided in and filmed as we're Vajazzled.  Its quite a delicate operation and quite comical as they interview me while on the table.  It's all sound bites for radio so we fake some comments and sounds.  I would never have done some thing like this in the past, now here I lay getting myself Vajazzled!  Such a fun night, a great experience chalked up.