I have not left you again. I am just trying to get things ready for the packers/movers who will arrive on Thursday and Friday to take all of our stuff. We are throwing stuff away, giving stuff away, making certain areas “no pack” zones, sorting things and deciding whether to take it ourselves…it doesn’t seem [...]
Today my friend, J, and I took our 5 kids to see Hoodwinked. It got good reviews from the family website we check with so off we went. It was really good. At 2 1/2 years old the smallest boy got antsy during the movie but everyone else watched it intently. Personally, I thought it [...]
The trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest can be found here, as well as other sites, I’m sure. I’m very excited. I love the first Pirates movie and look forward to seeing Captain Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann again.
I think it’s going to be great. Savvy?
This evening Peanut and I were at the baby pool while Flash had her swim lesson. There were other moms and kids there but I didn’t pay them much attention until I thought I heard Flash’s name. I wasn’t sure so I waited to see if she would use it again. Sure enough, about 10 [...]
I saw this article where Donald Trump is suing an author over the fact the author claims Trump is only worth millions of dollars and not billions. And the importance of this is what?
“I believe it is important to expose irresponsible, malicious and false reporting,” Trump said in a statement.
I don’t even know what to [...]
I’m too tired to come up with something original for today so I will just borrow this from several other bloggers around including Boudicca, sarahk, and Pinwheels.
Four Jobs I’ve had in my life:
Babysitter
Cinnabon maker/cashier for Cinnabon
Bookkeeper for AF Consignment shop
Daycare teacher
Four movies I could watch over & over:
The Three Musketeers
Pride & Prejudice (A&E version)
Pirates of [...]
I have been rather rude and been neglectful of posting about the Carnival for several months. We are now going to fix that.
Carnival of Recipes #75 is now available at your local Morning Coffee & Afternoon Tea. It is in story format so it is entertaining as well as delicious. Drop by and I’m sure [...]
We are back in Cairns for the last leg of our trip. We picked a different hotel once again due to location and what we wanted to see. We went back to the mall we started at more than three weeks ago to buy a few things that caught our eyes the first time. We [...]
Today was our last day in Sydney. We spent time just walking the marina and made our way down to the Sydney Opera House. We did not do the inside tour but were still impressed with the outside and the views.
We then headed parallel to the water looking for a place for lunch. There were [...]
113F degrees! That’s how hot it was yesterday and we spent most of it outside. It’s a wonder we didn’t melt. It’s the second hottest temperature on record for Sydney and we got to experience it. Wonder of wonders.
Today is much nicer and so is our new hotel. We are now walking distance from many [...]
Today we caught a bus and headed to The Rocks. We were trying to head in the direction of the Opera House. We didn’t make it today but did get around. On our way to the Opera House we found the tourist information section down by the marina and looked through all kinds of tours. [...]
We boarded another plane this morning and headed to Sydney. It was about 90 minutes so it was nice and quick. We made it to our hotel although we weren’t sure we would get in our room since it was still before 11am. They were very nice and let us in. Our room has a [...]
After yesterday’s heat and today’s expected forecast of 42C (almost 100F) we decided we were going to enjoy ourselves and just visit in the cool of the air conditioned house. Although there were the usual squabbles you’d expect with 5 kids in the house it was a lovely day. In the evening when it was [...]
We decided to head to the zoo today. Although we didn’t get started as early as we hoped we had a very nice time. It was hot but the zoo was mostly shaded so it wasn’t too bad. Even with the heat we were able to get good visuals on most of the animals. The [...]
The plan for today was to head to Phillip Island, see the pelicans, see the penguins, play at the beach or park, and spend the night if nobody else was there. (beach house is shared with Pen Pal B’s 2 brothers and her parents) We made it to the beach about 20 minutes before the [...]
This morning we flew from Christchurch to Melbourne, Australia. We flew on Jetstar where you have to pay for everything but headphones. That includes peanuts, which are $2 and kids’ playpacks for $6. Waiting for us in Melbourne was my flylady pen pal and her family. It was nice to meet them in person and [...]
Although Ian was recovering from food poisoning he drove us back to Christchurch so we can fly to Australia tomorrow. We stopped at a little Merino wool shop on our way and found out we had accidentally stopped in the home town of Shrek the Sheep. He was a sheep who had gotten lost up [...]
Merry Christmas, all the way from Queenstown, New Zealand. Today is a very pleasant day. Even though we have an apartment-like hotel room with a full kitchen we weren’t sure what we were going to do for Christmas dinner. So, 2 days ago we signed up for Christmas lunch across the lake at the Colonel’s [...]
Today was a long day, but not as long as it was supposed to be. We headed out this morning on our tour to Milford Sound. The plan was to stop at several scenic areas on the way to Milford Sound, ride the ferry around Milford Sound and then to take the bus back home. [...]
Today we headed to Queenstown in beautiful sunshiny weather. We still have to wear long-sleeves but at least it isn’t dreary and wet. It was a bit chaotic trying to drive through Queenstown but made it to our hotel with few problems. Our room is a 2 story, 2 bedroom apartment. The living quarters are [...]
December 21: We made it to Franz Josef today. We had dinner in a restaurant not far from our hotel, but were glad we took the car since it rained most of the time.
December 22: We drove out to Lake Matheson which is supposed to have beautiful reflections of the two mountains. However, because of [...]
December 18: Today we will take the ferry from Wellington in the north island to Picton in the south island.
December 19:Today is a 5 hour train ride from Picton to Christchurch. There we will rent our first vehicle and head to Franz Josef before heading to Queenstown.
December 20: We walked around Christchurch today. We [...]
but she’s asleep, and i’m upgrading her. things will be back to somewhat normal soon.
Today we spent 12 hours in a train from Auckland to Wellington. The kids did very well. There were some teenagers in the row behind us and both the kids and the big kids were entertained throughout the day. We even had some great-grandparently passengers in the row in front of us [...]
We ended up taking another tour today to tour the city (Auckland) by bus, visit Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World and to take a harbor cruise. It was a nice bus ride and we enjoyed the penguin exhibit at Underwater World. The harbor cruise was nice, but I was very sleepy. Today is [...]