2007

Christmas day was good. We opened stockings in bed but it was a hot day so we got up and opened all our presents which didn't take long !! Mum's parcel still hasn't arrived so there were no presents from the UK to open which was a bit sad. The girls then played with all their new stuff whilst Paul cooked a full english breakfast on the bbq. By 10am we were on the beach at the end of our road and it was bliss - the water was warm and a bit of a lagoon, people were snorkelling and swimming. Our friends Debbie and Paul and their two joined us and we stayed until about 3pm. We even went rock pooling and collected shells. Gorgeous.

We went back home and Paul got the roast on which we finally ate at 7.30pm. Never again - cold meats and salads I think for Christmas 2007. But we had a good day, ended up on MSN to my cousin Amanda which was great fun and it was the first outing for the webcam so at least we know it works.

Since then we spent a few days working on our house, Fawlty Towers, many more are needed but at least the essentials are done. Yesterday we went to our friends Teresa and Brian in Greenwood via Ikea. We spent the day in their awesome pool and had a bbq complete with kangaroo. The girls were very rude and argumentative again so have now been banned from tv, dvd's and the computer for a few days so lets hope that works.

Today I went to a new church, the Metro church at the end of our road. It 's a lot, lot smaller but felt good. I'm still not sure where I will be staying at but having a church in walking distance is nice. I got a welcome pack complete with pen, piece of rock and a cd which I'm listening to now !

Tonight we're off to the foreshore for fireworks. They have two sets at 9 and 12 so I think we'll be staying for the first set then go back to Debs for a curry ! It will have to be the last late night we have though as none of us have been getting up until gone 9 every morning and Paul has to start getting up at 5am from Tuesday. Tomorrow all the Christmas decs are coming down and being put away. The girls still have 4.5 weeks off school and we're going to make the most of all these beaches which are so close, especially now I can swim again. For my birthday I want a body board and snorkel, oh, and a cat as I am really missing not having pets but need to work on Paul for that !

Anyway, happy new year everyone. I remember the 2000 new year in cold UK when divorce seemed very likely and life seemed pretty bleak. So much has happened in the last 7 years, who knows what good things are to come

03:56 - Sun 31 December 2006

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Sounds Bliss......happy new year to you and you family x

Issie - 12:30 - Wed 3 January 2007