could it be...?

am I no longer a blogger? Does one post a week satisfy my reading public?

Last weekend we went to a wedding at Mt Tamborine. It was great until I was attacked by a flying pterodactyl at breakfast the next morning. Seriously it swooped down from nowhere like a stealth bomber, grabbed food off my plate and then took off. Of course the whole restaurant found it hilarious. I hot footed it out of there ASAFP! Besides the shops were calling me.

my plans

SO I have a few days off - and well you really need a plan don't ya? So here they are ..my plans for the next few days

• fill the mini skip - yes we have a mini skip again - the yard has overgrown from all of the rain
• advance a bit more on my C25k plan - maybe even try running outside..OMG
• do some meditations from the Iphone app I have
• gym it up
• catch up with 'people'
• maybe go to the movies - I must be the only person on the planet who hasn't seen avatar
  

I'll keep you posted on how I go with these things.

Also this photo is using an iphone app that turns your pictures into lego - cool hey.

the toes knows

Friday night was a work social event that involved baring my feet. I decided on Friday morning that my feet were really not worthy enough to be paraded around and needed a pedicure. So i quickly and easily convinced Cat-man-do to come with me. We ditched the gym! but our feet definitely looked fab

narrow it down

so I had another busy weekend - the highlight of which might just have been Saturday night when I went out with Leesy J and Jojo. I looked forward to our dinner alllllllllllllllllllll week. We went to Meccah Bar which was delicious and then we went to Freestyle for dessert. This was the menu. I had it narrowed down to 6 choices from this menu. I often have this problem and just have to be forced to lock it in. I often ask the waiter/ess for help. Which of course I did. I asked her " Should I go with the Baked Lemon and Lime cheesecake or the apple raspberry crumble"

She said " umm well one of them is hot and one of them is cold"

ummmmmmmmmmm thanks for that.

I went with the cold option.

More weekend stuff

SO Saturday was a busy, busy day. I had not one, but two social gatherings to attend - both of which required "dressing up' to some element. The first was a kitchen tea and you had to dress like you were going to the races. The second was a birthday party with the theme of "beauty and Geeks". I obviously had to wear the same outfit to both - there wasn't time for a change. I had fun at both venues. This is me at the beauty and gees birthday party with my aunty Ivy.

a relaxing Sunday

at home for the most part. Once I had been to the gym, done a few odd jobs, some washing, been to Bunnings, done the groceries, had a chat with Shirl - I came home and put my feet up and caught up on some weekly viewing. If you want to know what I did on Friday night - check out this link .

I knew I should have...

I have prattled on for a few weeks now about the 12 week challenge...well tomorrow is its official start day. WE had the measurements taken at the gym on Saturday and let me just say that that was adventure. Here are some highlights...

• as I left the house I said " Oh hey I think I should have shaved my legs" My sister said " Nuh it'll be alright". WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had to pull my pants leg up and put my leg on a chair and well why is it always the good looking ones who get to see me at my worst
• an ex-student works at the gym, he was doing measurements too. He said to me "Ummm Miss can you just place the tape on your nipples please"
• then it was on the fat calipers - another young guy says " can you please take your shirt off" Yes I had my back fat pinched, and every other spot where fat hides for that matter
• Finally when this was all over and we were handing back in the paperwork - another ex student says" Do you live near..." "why yes I do" "Oh yeah I thought you did - I've been in your house". Turns out one of the house sitters at some stage in the last few years had him over. Umm I wanted to say " have you been through my knicker drawers as well???"

So obviously after this harrowing experience I need a Gloria Jeans Iced Chocolate ( which I have only recently discovered) - and as we are walking back to the car - we run into a guy from the gym..and he laughed at us. WE said " we're starting on Monday - don't tell anyone!!!!"

Belated V Day

We spent Valentines Day with our dad. WE went for a drive up the coast - to measure bridges - that part of the journey was as riveting as it sounds. WE did end up in Coolum though and Dad shouted lunch at the Coolum Beach Surf Life Savers Club. It is literally right on the beach - you can see it was very windy - what is with that random piece of hair? Every single photo had hair flying everywhere so sadly this is the best of the bunch.

weekend adventures

This week is dad and Jo's birthday week. Yesterday we went out to Karoomba Vineyard and Lavender Farm for lunch. It was yummy - of course - it always is! The only slight problem was that they did not serve beer. Which was a bit of a shock for dad. I didn't know there was no beer. Dad did manage to struggle through lunch though.

saturdeeee night

the big fancy staff dinner was on Saturday night - you know that I had problem after problem with the dress. AS a result I simply HAD to buy a new dress - which in itself was fraught with difficulty. SO many thanks must go out to Jojo - who came dress shopping with me twice, Dad who endured Thursday night, and Aunty Shirl who ventured out on Saturday morning in to the big smoke with me. The dinner was nice and it was great to catch up with some people who I hadn't seen for ages. Always good I say. I didn't drink anywhere near as much as I wanted to - which I guess in hindsight is a good thing.

Also I promise to stop boring you with collages - but it is so much fun. You might also notice that I still have the wish necklace on. It went with the dress - thankfully...

owww my legs

are really hurting after a really big walk on the weekend. We signed up for an adventure bush walk with friends. It was a 2 hour walk in which we were meant to circumnavigate the earth - sorry I meant a reservoir. About an hour into the walk we discovered that we were not going to make it before dark so we went back from whence we came - well not exactly the same way. These are the shoes of my sister and I enjoying some delightful cupcakes, after we had had delicious minestrone soup , and some yummy wine. Apparently we walked 8000 steps and also burnt 988 calories - during the walk. Exciting hey. I'm not sure that everyone in the walking group knew that I am scared of walking down gravelly, rocky things - I don't mind walking up - but I just have this fear that on the way down my feet will fall out from under me and the next thing you know I am at the bottom - in a heap. Not good. But all in all it was SUPER FUN, and something I would do again- as long as I have my gandalf the great walking stick

love em

I love these shoes. They are navy patent. I think they fully rock it. And they are called Shirley...one of my fav aunties. Shirl and I went into the big smoke yesterday. Started off with coffee and cake at Three Monkeys at West End, wandered around James street for a little while and then headed to my fav Viet rest for lunch. Shirl liked and said she might even venture back to Viet in the future.

The Presets

continuing with my weekend recap - Sunday I had a housewarming at a friends house followed by a concert at Riverstage. Doesn't everyone do exactly all of these things on their weekends. I hear you asking "Who are the presets???????" SO for your listening/viewing enjoyment...







and then...






oh and here is me at the concert...

can't you just see me going all rave like in my spare time.

Nurse Betty

So the fancy dress party on the weekend saw me dressing up as - in the words of the costume shop - a bloody nurse! I had made three visits to the costume shop and had gone through many ideas and had decided I wasn't going to dress up. I was really thrown off the idea when the lady at the shop said I definitely wouldn't fit in the what I would call "skanky gypsy" costume. I didn't want to be a skanky gypsy - ever! It was her idea. I left post haste after that conversation. I went again on Saturday morning - the day of the party - and well bloody nurse was the result. I did have a super cute red woolen cape to wear which was good. The party was super fun - and I think the costume worked well. A big thanks to my sister who did a fab job on my hair - I will be having that style again !

truly truly delicious

I have been madly busy for the last few days - and also extremely tired. By Friday of last week I so did not want to participate in any of the plans I had for the weekend. Which involved - lunch, several parties and a concert. I did make myself go to every planned event though - because well sometimes you just have to.

In my last post I mentioned that we were going our for dinner with my dad - and having one of my mum's favourite desserts. Inters tingly the restaurant burned down the next day so we probably had one of the last meals they will be serving for a little while. The caramel tart did not disappoint - it was absolutely delicious. The yummiest dessert I have had in along time.

red velvet

Yesterday I had adventures with my Aunty Shirl - for two Sundays in a row we have ventured around the big city. Yesterday we started at Paddington, and ended up in the Valley, where we discovered a new cupcake shop. I am a cupcake connoisseur- I make great cupcakes - well people tell me they are good - and so I am always on the hunt to find the perfect bought cupcake. I think we may have found them. The shop was called poppycakes and is at the Emporium. I had the red velvet cupcake because I see it on American TV shows all of the time and have always wanted to try - it did not disappoint.

Miss Joanne

and her wonderful world of ballroom dancing! Yes this is how I spent my Friday night - for the princely sum of just 8 dollars you get to touch a multitude of unknown sweaty men. Sounds enticing doesn't it. It was actually a little bit fun and I probably will go again - but there were some unfun bits...like

• having to wait on the chairs til a boy comes and asks you to dance ( seriously think 1950's)
• being told off by some of the boys because you looked down at your feet - apparently this is a big no no in the ballroom dancing world
• seriously the sweat on some of the boys was just too too much . yech!

fun bits...

• learning the cha cha, quick step, jive
• exercising for a few hours
• having the same sorta cute boy ask you to dance a few times
• the Mexican for dinner before we went

It was seriously like a step back in time - or onto the strictly ballroom dance set...

murder on the dance floor

just a hint about how I spent my Friday night

I was just looking for a photo for todays' blog and this one jumped out at me. I remember when I made my sister take it she was all like "that's not very nice" but I at the time thought it was hilariously funny (I also think the consumption of few too many cocktails might have been involved.) I had been trying to showcase the perfect picture of the ring I am wearing which I bought in Byron Bay a few weeks ago and just love. This photo neither showcases me nor the ring very well - but hey you get that. It was taken at the wedding we went to a few weeks ago - of the broken tailfeather fame - and which I am off to the physio again this afternoon trying to rectify some problems. I wander if this appointment will bring a happy ending?

welcome back kotter

you may not have known - or even noticed for that matter - but I haven't blogged for 2 days. After my last blog on Monday morning the computer literally D-I-E-D. It needed a whole new hard drive and stuff. Let me say the last 2 nights have been very very boring at my house. I hadn't realised just how integrated the Internet had become in our lives.



If you were eavesdropping outside my house last night you would have heard this.



Me : What's the time

Housemate: 7.30

Me: Are you kidding me???!!!!!!!!!!



several hours later



ME : What's the time?

Housemate: 7.35

ME : NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO





ME: Wanna play Yahtzee... or should I do my physio exercises in the middle of the lounge room?

Housemate: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO



and so it went for several hours....





A few Friday nights ago - my cousin and I went to see the Cat Empire and hence the photo - and just in case you were wandering what i looked like on a Friday night...your questions have been answered...