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I took this when doing my motherly duty and volunteering as a parent helper for my daughter's class excursion. No, it wasn't to the planetarium proper, but to the surrounding Botanical Gardens. At one point, when I was just about to drop, I sat down and looked across to the imposing Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium building and just couldn't resist getting out my phone for a picture!
(And yes, I have worked out another way to get my iphone photos onto my computer! I have no idea why it wouldn't work the old way!)
Life is hectic so this is one of those 'excuse posts' for why I haven't posted!
1. My pictures won't load from my iPhone to the computer! No idea why! It's so annoying cause I have a gorgeous picture or two to upload....download....whatever!
2. We got carpet laid! Anyone who has done this will be taking sympathy on me about now! It was a whole weekend of moving the furniture of half of our house! What a job! Boxes and boxes of important items/junk/crap....along with the furniture....had to be moved out of five rooms and stored into 2 rooms! It was a nightmare and I still cannot get my car in the garage as my kids decided to store some of their belongings there and it is a standoff as to who puts it back!
3. Work! I know, we all blame work....but I have worked a few extra days and....well....you know the rest!
4. High school interviews. Can you believe that my baby is going to high school interviews? She has another 18 months to wait, but after sitting through interviews, waiting on offers and taking up an acceptance, she is counting down!
5. Children who have a social life that is better than mine......enough said!!!
6. The study renovation! As I type this I am actually sitting in it....although it's not finished! More on that to come!
7. Sport...the netball season has begun and that takes out our Saturday mornings again.
8. Running to doctors. I was sick with swollen, aching joints. I went to doctor...had blood test...went back to doctor....went to specialist....went for another blood test....went back to doctor....went for another blood test.....went back to doctor annnnnddddd....it is a virus! They have no idea what but it mimicked arthritic symptoms and was very painful. I'm on the mend now and my blood levels are returning to normal! Phew!
9. Ok, I'm at a loss about here....but you get my drift! I've been busy!
I am hoping to have pics etc up soon! Right now, I am off to pick up my teenager who is currently enjoying himself at a Good Charlotte concert!
It's amazing what catches your eye while you are sitting and waiting for your daughter's netball training to finish!
It's also amazing how we live around these huge man made structures and they just tend to blend into the environment.
Oh and did you notice the left-overs of that pretty sunset. If only I'd thought to drag my phone out a few minutes before!
Miss Eleven has been doing an art class. Last year, it was on Thursday afternoons, this year she is doing the painting class on Saturdays. I wanted to share with you her latest work because I think (unashamedly bias, I admit but that's a mother's privilege!) that it's great! Can you spot the wolf and the frog that she has painted in? Kudos to her teacher as well, who is obviously inspiring the artist within my child!
Happy St Patrick's Day to all of you who, like me, enjoy honouring the Irish blood that flows through your veins!
For me, it's a couple of generations back...my great grandparents to be precise, but their courage in the face of adversity and adventure meant that their descendants now live, not amongst rolling green valleys and castle-topped hills but rather grey-green, gum tree riddled bushland and fabulous white beaches! If only they could see now what their hard work has resulted in!
I should also add that 19 years ago tonight, I first met my husband. So I guess that is another reason to mark the day as significant!
To celebrate tonight we had Colcannon for dinner - an Irish potato and cabbage dish. Ok, apparently it's traditionally a Halloween dish but I reason that their Halloween is in Autumn and it's Autumn here now so.....meh!
This is my little effort, topped off with a bit of meat. I must say though that it was obviously meant to pack a few pounds onto the hips in preparation for the on-coming winter....cause it's soooo full of food that is way too yummy!!!!
Here is my city....taken from Coronation Drive on my iphone (Hey, I don't profess to be a photographer but I do enjoy playing around with Hipstamatic)! Gotta love an iphone! This road was all underwater a few weeks ago!
Last week it was my birthday. Next week it is Dear Husband's birthday. To celebrate, we dumped the kids on their grandparents (yay for grandparent babysitting when the 'rents - as the Superteen likes to refer to us - need some hard-to-come-by time off!) and headed out to tea.
I decided to surprise Dear Husband and booked a restaurant without telling him where. All today he has been trying to guess where the mystery dinner would be. We ended up going to Lure Restaurant at the Coro Hotel. This was for two reasons....firstly, I'd been there before and thought it was ok and secondly, I am of the total belief that we need to support Queensland businesses who are trying to recover from being flooded.
Ok, this is slightly personal as, if you are a regular reader to my blog would realise, that Dear Husband's work also went underwater. Like every other business in the same position, they are slowly recovering but every little bit of support is greatly appreciated.
Our Lure meal was delicious. I have taken a photograph of the scrumptious dessert so that you can understand why I think I've put on a few kilograms over the last few hours! The only hint of flood devastation was that the car park lift was not working and we had to walk up the easily accessible car park ramp.
After dinner we walked around the block and onto Coronation Drive. As we walked we tried to imagine the whole area being underwater. All we can say is that the immense clean up has been worth it....it looks almost as good as new!
PS...I think I've finally fixed the small picture problem! Yayyy!
