The Griffin's son, daughter in law and the 2 grandchildren aged 3 and 8 months arrived last Saturday from New Zealand for a week's visit. The poor parents had been up since 3 am NZ time because they had a 4 hour drive to Auckland airport. By the time they arrived at our place, about 2pm Aussie time, they were totally exhausted and collapsed in a ( Read more... )

Bummer. Yesterday GG and I went out to the animal shelter to pick up our 2 kits, and found that SOME IDIOT had already given them both away! Even though the shelter staff member had rung me up on Thursday to confirm we were coming out to collect. We were a bit cheesed off, to put it mildly ( Read more... )

Just to make things more hectic financially (after the Griffin crunched the passenger side of my car this week - it will cost at least a thousand by the time I pay for the repairs and the insurance excess on the damage to the other car....of course GG has no money but anyway anyway anyway that's another story ( Read more... )

This weekend's good stuff: It was the Griffin's b'day yesterday, and since we were at work all day and didn't get home till 6.30, and we were totally knackered, I decided to take him out to lunch today to celebrate. So, we are going to a restaurant at a local winery, just down the road, where I hope the food will meet with his approval. The Griff ( Read more... )

it's been way too long sine I posted anything here. Put it down to too much work, and other distracting hassles. A New Year resolution is to try and stay in touch more...and to write more. The ficcage output has been non-existent recently but I will try to resurrect the muse from wherever she is cowering :)

I can't access Facebook! I don't know if my work has suddenly barred staff from using it (probably!!!!) but will have to catch up once I get home tonight.

Humph......

Maybe it is just a temporary server issue......*grumbles*

BUT, the new New Moon trailer! WOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The weather up in QLD and northern NSW is scaring me! My kids called from Brisbane to tell me that while they are safe living near the top of a hill, cars further down the hill towards the river were washed away during the deluge of the last few days. Friends on the Gold Coast reported roofs, BBQs and windows blowing all over the place, not to ( Read more... )

My Monday was ruined by a frigging film crew who usurped my booked sports hall to film an add for High School Musical 3 or something similar. We had to wait half an hour for them to leave then the crew and extras kept wandering through my students doing all their fitness testing (like the Shuttle Run) and an extra snarled at me when I couldn't tell ( Read more... )

So FINALLY the TWilight DVD is released here today, like about a month after the rest of the civilised word.

I can hardly wait to get my hot, clammy paws on it at last. The movie only finished at the cinemas 3 weeks ago (which means it has been playing since November, something that only the LOTR and HP movies have done previously)...
WOOT!!!!!

Am off with the Griffin to see "The Boat that Rocked" this afternoon. Have been told the music is great and it's pretty funny, so I'm hoping it is worth it :)