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Well, we are well and truly into Winter now and boy have we been cold! We've had bad storms and really heavy rain and I think because this year we are living closer to the coast - we seem to have been hit even more with the bad weather. There was one particularly bad storm one night with heavy rain and thunder and gale force winds that we thought the roof was going to cave in - we have a steel colorbond roof so it makes the noise of the rain and wind even louder - sort of like camping indoors ;0) One weekend we gave in trying to ‘get dressed’ for bed which included thick pjs, socks, and a hoody top and went out a bought an electric blanket - bliss!!! We also put 2 ... read more

Merry Christmas and a Happy 2009!! Merry Christmas from Down Under (again!!). I had a lovely Christmas Eve at work and had the pleasure of recording the RAC Christmas Choir who sang traditional Christmas carols as well as the aussie alternative ones such as Jingle Bells (dashing through the bush, in a rusty Holden ute!!!) - which had me in stiches (all this in 30 degree heat!!). I have the strangest job at the RAC and basically do lots of shopping trips, organising events and sales incentives - I also get to decorate and theme rooms in the Call Centre for Christmas etc so as you can imagine it's quite a laid back job and I am finding it quite difficult as I have always worked to really tight deadlines and had busy hectic jobs! Later ... read more

Well, I have just celebrated my second birthday and also my 9th wedding anniversary in Australia. The first one was 5 years ago and was spent in Cairns on the beach in glorious sunshine watching wild dolphins swim by this year it was a working day and raining and grey so just like being in the UK! We decided to just have a quiet night in and celebrate at the weekend instead and thankfully the weather picked up so we had sunshine! On the Saturday night Doug cooked a lovely dinner and we had a bottle of champagne ... lovely! On the Sunday we went down to the beach with the dogs and had a lovely walk until we were rained off! You could see the weather coming in from the ocean really fast. It is ... read more

As Doug's Grandma Winnie was 100 years old on 7th May we were certainly not going to miss out on the party and seeing her on this special occassion so we planned and schemed along with my dad, Doug's mum Ann and Dad John (poor Ann nearly had a breakdown trying to keep our visit a secret!) for the past 6 months that we were going to go home and join in and surprise everyone at the same time!!! We arranged for my dad's friend Paula to come out to Oz along with her husband Andy and little girl Lulu for a holiday to look after the dogs (after the effects of quarantine on the dogs could never put them in kennels again!) so that we could fly home and we set off on 30th April ... read more

Not too sure what happened to this blog as it seem to have disappeared along with the pictures .. so apologies if you have hundreds of email notifying you it has been updated .. here is the final version along with the missing pictures :0) ******************************************* So much has happened since the last blog. After weeks of application forms and interviews I finally accepted a job offer. I am so glad I waited now (even though at times it felt like I would never find a job that I wanted - I am so grateful to Doug for being the best husband and my best friend through it all as he has been so patient and reassuring - I even have forgiven him for getting me the application form at McDonalds!!) as I have landed a ... read more