Hello, you!
It’s been a while, I know. I’m an appalling blogger, what can I say. Goodness and mercy have rained down on me in the past few months and I have neglected my writing duties. My apologies! Here is a brief update on what’s been going on during the past few months of my absence:
I went to America!
A lifelong dream of mine came to fruition a few months ago and I was lucky enough to touchdown in the United States of America! I can’t even begin to list all the things I experienced, all the wonderful people I met and all the sights I saw in my three week trip. Here are a few things that I will never forget:
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| Blueberry picking in Henderson |
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| Jack's Creek church of Christ |
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| Line dancing at the Wild Horse Saloon |
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| Endless bandhero! |
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| One night in Philly with the best roommate ever! |
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| A day in Memphis |
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| Falls Creek Falls |
I went back to university
After struggling to get a job in my studied profession and suffering in retail, I decided to bite the bullet and do my graduate diploma of education. It is one intense year of studying but at the end of it, I will be able to teach, travel and terrorize little children. Well, maybe not the last one ;-) I am actually fairly happy to be back at university. I love being surrounded by an environment of learning and creating and besides, I quite missed the freaky folk at the Mount Lawley campus.
I’m surrounded by babies!
Not my own, of course. Spring really does seem to be the season of new life because everyone around me is having babies! We have just welcomed two adorable little babies into our extended family, born one day apart. Jacob Daniel Sanderson is my cousin Joanne’s beautiful baby boy (yes, named after the Twilight character) and is the first great-grandchild on my mom’s side of the family. The second baby is a lovely little girl born to my mom’s cousin named Emily. Baby booties and miniature dungarees were flown swiftly over to the UK and many tears were shed over the distance that feels so much greater in times like these. It’s hard being on the other side of the globe for special family occasions.
As well as these two human additions to our family, we have also been blessed with two animal babies as well. My sister’s guinea pig Rogue gave birth to the two most adorable little babies affectionately named The Giblets. They are absolutely gorgeous and I’m besotted with these two little menaces. It’s love, I tell you!
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| Bill |
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| Sooky |
I road-tripped down south
Now I am usually the first person to moan about Perth being the most boring place on earth. So I was pleasantly surprised when some girlfriends and I took a trip down south to Busselton/Margaret River and had ourselves a grand old time! Busselton is a charming little country town that is so swamped in vineyards that it wouldn’t surprise me if the rivers started running red from all the wine produced in this region. We spent the weekend trying out the local produce (cheese, fudge, chocolate…and maybe a wee tipple) and all came away a few kilos heavier in weight and a whole lot lighter in pocket!
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| Canal Rocks |
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| Not chocoholics at all! ;-) |
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| Winery in Margaret River |
