Robert and I have been thinking for some time about an overseas holiday. We both have our passports, but we haven't used them. Well, I went on a Pacific cruise once before I met him, but we've never gone anywhere together ( Read more... )

I had forgotten how exhausting it is to start a new job. Apart from the normal "wanting to make a good impression" nerves, there is just so much to learn. My predecessor typed two pages of instructions about arranging weddings, funerals and baptisms (fortunately, the main thing I have to do is refer them to the right person), but every day, there ( Read more... )

You Belong in Australia


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I was retrenched some time ago by Australia's largest insurance company (more fools them!) and in the meantime have made a life full of interesting (unpaid) activities, including foster care through Barnados. But I got my passport last year, and I really want to use it. And late last year, the office manager at our church decided to retire. "I ( Read more... )

Two of my brothers have businesses delivering flowers, so their two busiest days of the year are Mothers Day and Valentines Day. At 10.30pm on Sunday, I got a phone call: could I do deliveries on Monday? Well, not in the morning, but I could do some after midday. There weren't a lot to do, but I had two suburbs. The car was loaded up, with ( Read more... )

Today is the 39th day of 2005, and I realise that I have made a total of only TWO posts to my lj. And out of the 38 other days, I have probably thought about posting on at least 30 occasions. Boy do I feel guilty! But I have excuses. One day I wrote an amazingly insightful comment, and it just "disappeared" (so no-one will ever know just how ( Read more... )

Or were they born that way ( Read more... )

I copied this from Runyon's lj;

And I have an * after the ones that apply to me. And a # next to the ones that apply to people I know, but which make me cringe

You know you're from Australia when:

< Your next door neighbours can be from Tunisia, Israel, Indonesia, Japan, Zimbabwe, Iraq, Brazil, Spain, Malaysia ( Read more... )

I always get a bit reflective towards the end of the year, looking back over the good and bad, the highlights and lowlights. I haven't updated for a while, and I thought I might do something about 2004. I still might do that, but NOT YET ( Read more... )

Firstly an update; Hannah is fine, full of cheer and bright as ever. Pearl has caught up on her sleep and is back to work this afternoon ( Read more... )