loves...family, friends, flowers, books, movies, the beach, the water, music, dancing, the sound of rain, the smell of rain, painting, art, honesty, picnics, traveling, wine, tequila
please keep in mind that i wrote this before i left australia... i had a bad internet connection and was unable to send it...so here it is finally!!! alright...so i know i said i would keep you in touch with my everyday adventures..i definitely have not done that...i know i am not in a third world country but being away last week it was not as easy to get on the internet and write everyday like i thought it would be...so here is my last week summed up as well as i could __________________ DAY ONE: tuesday 10th so i left to go up to the gold coast...i flew into brisbane...before i even left sydney i had to fork out $80 for my one bag because i bought a super saver ticket... a super saver ticket ... read more
hello everyone... just wanted to let you know i am home safe and sound...it is a little surreal...but so much fun seeing my family...everyone is here...all 5 of us...well currently jason is on his computer in his room...but as you all know it is hard to get us all together in one spot at the same time so i feel incredibly grateful to have such a loving family.... anyways...flight home was brutal..well only because i was very out of my flying character and typically sleep the whole way...but between the babies crying...the people constantly walking around and the girl behind me pressing her tv screen buttons like a woodpecker...it was sort of hard....hower i was on the new qantas airbus 380...it was fascinating...it is HUGE!! we had tv screens the size of a computer on the ... read more
hello everyone.... well the countdown begins...i will be home on the 27th!!! it is definitely a bitter sweet feeling... so i have some sad news...Adam's uncle lost EVERYTHING in one of the bushfires today...he lives in Victoria around the melbourne area...he had a house on a farm and tons of land that has been in the family for years...the fires are so intense he had 3 minutes to get out!!!! all he has are the clothes on his back...but apparently he is a very strong human being as he just won his battle with cancer...pretty devastating...or as the aussies say " he is devoed"...devo= devastated well so far i am safe and sound here in sydney...however it is HOT!! NSW and Victoria are the hottest places in the world this weekend...with record breaking heat reaching over ... read more
here is the new photo site...hopefully this is the last time i have to change it...it may take a few seconds to load but there are lots more pictures and albums for you to look at.. http://web.me.com/courtccook/Site/photo_journal/photo_journal.html ok so i have to tell you about the coolest bathroom i have ever been in...i decided to go on a little adventure and drove around and found this little path...so i walked down and down and down these stairs and eventually got to the water...i start walking down the path and i notice this crazy metal thing...well it was a bathroom...it was the coolest bathroom...to get in i had to press this button then once in i pressed a button to close the door...then it talked!! it said something like "welcome to the something something bathroom...you have 10 ... read more
so the first weeks i was here i was complaining that it was too cold!! now i am too hot!!!! gosh i am like goldielocks...i want it just right!! haha...no i am thankful for the slight breeze here in sydney as melbourne where i was supposed to be this week is over 120 degrees!!!!.... anyways...had an amazing time in hawaii!! soooooo happy we decided to go so last minute...we got in super early to honolulu on thursday and it was still dark... it was adams first time there so we rented a car and i drove him to the north shore to check out all the famous breaks...he was like a kid in a candy shop...or like me feeding the kangaroos...it was pretty big so he chose not to go out for a paddle phew!!! after ... read more
well...just yet another change in my adventure!! i am just trying to keep you all entertained...i postponed my trip to melbourne..and not because of a hurt foot or a shark attack...i was talking with some friends here about how my family is in hawaii and they mentioned how tickets were really cheap...so my "friend" whom most of you i am sure have heard about by now from my mom or dad bought tickets and are going to hawaii on thursday!!! i find myself having little spastic moments of uncontrollable excitement!!! I cannot believe i get to see my family minus my little brother :( we will be there thursday through monday...I didnt tell my mom we were buying tickets until they were bought...maybe i should have let her know as the response i got to telling ... read more
ok...so as most of you know...i had to walk away from my business in 2007....i was tired and run down and not feeling inspired...basically i was not the courtney cook that most know...and since then i have tried the following: 1. went back to school... for a WEEK! 2. worked at a golf course wasn't into folding t-shirts and engraving bag tags sorry dad! 3. worked at a landscape designer so my dilemma now is...i can't figure out what to do as i love alot of things....i have been trying to come up with something that i could incorporate all the things i love...because they do all compliment eachother ... my loves... flowers art design interior, graphic, clothes parties...pretty much anything that is appealing to the eye family friends kids homes organizing other peoples messes clothes ... read more
hello everyone...so i am heading south and then north...on monday the 19th i will be heading to melbourne for a week..then i will come back to sydney on the 25 to celebrate my first AUSTRALIA DAY on the 26th... then on the 10th of Feb. I will be flying up to Brisbane and will rent a camper van and will be driving up to Noosa and then all the way down to Byron Bay area...then will head back to sydney on the 23rd...then will be heading back to the states on the 3rd... what i will be doing and where exactly i will be going is TBD but i am soooo excited to go venture out of NSW new south whales...i will keep you posted on my adventures... sorry i havent written in a while....i have ... read more
this site should work now...may take a second to load...then click on the picture and the rest will show up!! http://web.me.com/courtccook/Site/My_Albums/My_Albums.html more to come...i will be going somewhere in the next week...just havent decided if it will be north or south!!! xoxo... read more
well nothing too major!!! yay!!!!.... just some sprain/strained/torn ligaments in the foot...i have to R.I.C.E....rest, ice, compact, elevate....so at the moment that is what i am doing...i have been on the couch since 12 and it is now 7...for 6 of those hours i slept as i had been up since 3am..however already i can put more weight on it and the swelling has gone down so happy it doesnt put me out of surfing the rest of the trip....guess i will be painting and watching movies for the next few days....so i may not have anything too exciting to report... xoxoxo... read more