When all through the house, not a creature was stirring not even a ... snake !! yes that was the highlight or perhaps lowlight of the week !! a snake was spotted by the gardener next door, in OUR front garden !! the front garden that I regulary walk through bare foot in to check the post !! panic set in, Mitchell was called, Brian the snake catcher from work arrived up !! but no snake to be found. Anyway to cut a long story short, snake was spotted a few days later when Mitchell was cutting the grass, a skinny long black thing, euuuuuhhhhhh ! He slithered off into the horizon hopefully never to be seen again (but doubt that).
Since I last posted we have been busy spotting Kangaroos, no koalas yet though, hopefully over Christmas we will spot one or two. Quite funny seeing Skippy just bounce accross the road on his two legs !! Speaking of Christmas, Ruby is very excited about Santa arriving tonight ! Archie will probably be happy crawling in and out of the cardboard boxes lying around. Very little hype over here with regards to Christmas, no major queueing at the supermarket, very little late night opening with regards to any small shops, some big shops open late, but again no major fuss. No big lights, no big fluffy trees in the shops and no major big Ho ho ho s. Maybe psychologically, the fact that its over 20 degrees, no snow and no big family get together, the excitment is just not the same. Perhaps for Australians it feels just how it should.
We go swimming at the pool regularly and Ruby is loving it. She has yet to meet some pals, but hopefully in the new year with pre schoool etc, she will find her way. I had a night out with some girlies I met since arriving and that was great !! I talked a lot ( whats new I hear you say !) but was so excited to be out, I couldn't help myself !
Weather is not looking good for Christmas day, but we will crack on with the BBQ, not sure about the swim at the beach, but will definitely crack open the vino/prosceco and raise a toast to all our absent family and friends, probably cry, laugh, then cry again !! If only we could exchange some of our heat for a little bit of your snow ( note I said a little bit).
Mitchell happy working away, but also glad to have 12 days off over Christmas, we head to Byron Bay for New Years, so we are looking forward to seeing somewhere new.
I think thats all for now, except to ask, what I think must be the most frequently asked questions every time we Skype ... What time is it there now ??
Happy Christmas to you all and love and hugs from Oz xxx
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Where are your Shoes ???
Sorry for the delay in posting something new, but not for the life of me could I remember the password I had for the first blog !! old age setting in ! Anyway we are off and running again and blog number two has been created !
Lots of barefooted people about town ! clearly they are not worried about stepping on glass or anything else ! Barefoot in the supermarket, barefoot in the shopping centre you name it kids, adults, (not sure about grannies!) but they are all at it! Definitely an Aussi thing and not something that would work well at home at the moment with all the snow!
Day 12 in the Aussi house and slowly starting to come out of the daze we have been in since arriving ! it rained for most of the first week, not a good welcome to the land of sun! but it was warm rain, so I guess that was a bonus. This week has been pretty hot, very humid too, so hard to do a lot with the kiddie winks in that kind of heat. I know, I know you have had mountains of snow, so am not complaining but from one extreme to the other, it will take a little bit of time to aclimatise, I think !
Ruby missing her pals lots, and finding it hard I think, but hopefully with a bit of time she will settle into things and find a few new pals. She can't start pre school until the end of Jan, but its a good preschool, so hopefully worth the wait.
Town not quite what we/I expected, little bit disjointed, in that there is no main town centre. Beautiful beaches, clear water, and lots of it, so definitely a nice bonus. Archie has already tasted the sand ! and by all accounts will be in the water as soon as he can find a baby surf board !! Ruby has been swimming in the sea, and boggie boarding which she loves.
Met a couple of Girls this week, which was great, even had a swim in one of their pools !! fancy ! but was nice to finally have a chat with someone, can be a bit lonely when you have just arrived and know no one.
Mitchell busy working away, but home much earlier than he ever was in Dublin which is fab. Waiting on news from Bath of our new niece of nephew anyday now and very excited to hear from them.
House is great (will post pics as soon as I get sorted) according to Ruby all we need is a Pool, a trampoline, swings and slide and we are sorted ! probably the only time we will ever fit all of those in a garden too !
Cost of living is pretty high, am shocked by the price of some things, am suffering withdrawal symptoms from Tk Maxx ( oh how I miss the weekly trips to Blanch !! ha ha).
Other than that, missing our family and friends lots, and finding it strange that, although they are a phone call away, it's not the same as a walk round the corner or a drive in the car ! but will finish up by saying, that good friends are like stars, you cant always see them but know that they are there xxx
Lots of barefooted people about town ! clearly they are not worried about stepping on glass or anything else ! Barefoot in the supermarket, barefoot in the shopping centre you name it kids, adults, (not sure about grannies!) but they are all at it! Definitely an Aussi thing and not something that would work well at home at the moment with all the snow!
Day 12 in the Aussi house and slowly starting to come out of the daze we have been in since arriving ! it rained for most of the first week, not a good welcome to the land of sun! but it was warm rain, so I guess that was a bonus. This week has been pretty hot, very humid too, so hard to do a lot with the kiddie winks in that kind of heat. I know, I know you have had mountains of snow, so am not complaining but from one extreme to the other, it will take a little bit of time to aclimatise, I think !
Ruby missing her pals lots, and finding it hard I think, but hopefully with a bit of time she will settle into things and find a few new pals. She can't start pre school until the end of Jan, but its a good preschool, so hopefully worth the wait.
Town not quite what we/I expected, little bit disjointed, in that there is no main town centre. Beautiful beaches, clear water, and lots of it, so definitely a nice bonus. Archie has already tasted the sand ! and by all accounts will be in the water as soon as he can find a baby surf board !! Ruby has been swimming in the sea, and boggie boarding which she loves.
Met a couple of Girls this week, which was great, even had a swim in one of their pools !! fancy ! but was nice to finally have a chat with someone, can be a bit lonely when you have just arrived and know no one.
Mitchell busy working away, but home much earlier than he ever was in Dublin which is fab. Waiting on news from Bath of our new niece of nephew anyday now and very excited to hear from them.
House is great (will post pics as soon as I get sorted) according to Ruby all we need is a Pool, a trampoline, swings and slide and we are sorted ! probably the only time we will ever fit all of those in a garden too !
Cost of living is pretty high, am shocked by the price of some things, am suffering withdrawal symptoms from Tk Maxx ( oh how I miss the weekly trips to Blanch !! ha ha).
Other than that, missing our family and friends lots, and finding it strange that, although they are a phone call away, it's not the same as a walk round the corner or a drive in the car ! but will finish up by saying, that good friends are like stars, you cant always see them but know that they are there xxx
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