Its the thought that counts....I guess!!!

I mentioned to my DD this week that I had made a hair appointment, considering I am sporting a happening version of the she-mullet its very much needed.

DD says to me that afternoon, with a big smile on his face - "your hair looks great"

Thanks I say, but my hair appointment is not til next week.

Can't blame the guy for trying, lol!

When did we become old fogeys?

So our very quiet and private neighbourhood, has been invaded by kids godamit. Not young kids, Kid's of the partying kind, the type of kids who had 200+ other kids at their place for a party last weekend (so my neighbour tells me) and like to partay any night of the week. And where do they live? over our back fence.

The party was on last night, the music blared, there was lots of yelling and the language - oh my lord the language was dispicable

DD ended up calling the police at around 11pm to get them to do a house call, apparently we may have been the only ones in the neighbourhood not to call the cops last weekend. Sounded like it shut them down pretty darn quickly.

You know what makes me laugh though - not so long ago - that was us, careless, carefree, partying any time of the week and now DD and I have turned into old Fogey's, complaining about the youth of today!!!

(Mind you Im sure our language can be quite as impressive when we have a few beers under our belt, but we won't let those darn kids know that!!)

Place your bets

Firstly excuse the bad hair...Im currently trying to get it to some kind of length that will allow me a pony tail and therefore suffering a version of the she mullet while It gets there.

So with 6 weeks to go, what do you think, a doodle or a va jay jay?



Im certain its another boy - DD is certain its a girl - one thing I do know is that one of us will be right!!!

"Pacific" By Judy Nunn

I have to admit, this book was quite a pleasant surprise, anyone who has ever watched "Home and Away" a long standing Australian Soapie,will remember Judy as Ailsa (Alf the true Aussie bloke's wife) however on leaving the show, has had quite a career writing novels, mostly with strong Australiana flavours.

I really only chose to read this book because my Mother in Law passed it onto me. (Im sure Ive talked many times about the pile of books she has given me to read that sit under my bed and get pulled out at intervels between other read's) and actually when I pulled this one out, I have to admit I may have even groaned, even though Ive read one of her books before and didn't mind it, in all honestly her books just don't appeal to me, even though it seems I might actually like them.

"Pacific" is set in two locations - the UK and Vanuatu, however our leading lady is very much Australian, there are two tales, one of long ago and a present story which eventually weave together to make a really great story about a strong and brave woman.

I am going to give this book 3.5 out of 5 - Im almost inclined to give it 4, but Ill stick with my 3.5 for now. A great easy read.

Small and uninteresting points

1. My throat hurts. Ollie has had a bit of a cold the last few days and Im thinking I may have picked it up, I hope not, the idea of being sick and not being able to dose up on every cold and flu drug imaginable does not sound fun to me.

2. I have 2.5 weeks of work left, I am at the point where I wish I had exactly 0 weeks of work left. I have 2 projects to tidy up as well as some a couple of reports and Im done. If I could get out of lazt mode I could get the damned things finished and maybe even finish up work earlier but my motivation seems to be lost - please come back, just for a couple of days so I can finish up my last couple of things

3. I am having a clothing predicament, we have a wedding on New Years Eve, at that point in time I will have a baby that will be no more than 1 month old. My tummy will still be flabby, Ill be feeding so needing to wear an ugly breast feeding bra and I have no idea what size Im going to be, so wardrobe planning is at an all time low.

4. I have a pile of presents sitting on my bed for friends and family - birthdays and babies that need wrapping and posting, but again with my motivation seemingly disapearing Im not sure when those things will get wrapped and posted.

5. Im thinking an early night is in order, my book is great and I really want to finish it as we had book club last week and I have something new and wonderful to read which is sending me tantalising looks every time I look at it sitting on my bedside table

6. DD, Ollie and I are taking a road trip this weekend to visit friends, really looking forward to seeing them and the weekend away as it will probably be our last for a while.

Banana Bread

Of the reasonably healthy kind. Simply because I am a Banana Bread addict. I cannot get enough of it and therefore I needed to find a way to be able to eat it regularly with as little guilt as possible.

Ive been messing around with this recipe to try and make it as healthy as possible and I think Im just about happy with this version. You can substitute the plain flour with plain wholemeal for an even better version and I often throw in a decent handful of berries as well.

4 ripe bananas
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsn butter softened
1 tspn vanilla
1 tspn baking soda
1/2 tspn baking powder
1 egg
2 large tbsn applesauce

Mash bananas in a bowl

Add all other ingredients and mix well

Pour into a greased loaf tin bake at 350 (Farenheight) for 50-60 minutes

Enjoy!

Hello sunshine

Summer is almost here, how do I know? we have already had a week of 30 degrees (thats celcius by the way!!) Ive been wearing summer dresses all week and even managed to turn on the air conditioner a couple of nights as well.

Oh how I love the warm weather, I love being outside, I love the feeling of motivation that it brings, I love that I can bum around at any number of friends houses who have a pool (which just quietly is oh so convienient considering they maintain them and we enjoy the spoils!!)

And this year Im loving that DD and I have finally pulled our fingers out and decided its time for a full backyard overhaul. We have so far installed a sprinkler system, mulched our garden beds, pulled out a horrendous vine and next week we are having a whole lot of paving completed which means we will have quite a little oasis of our own - Ill post some before's and after's when its all complete.