Poppies

 

 

 

Last week I bought a whole bunch of poppies, actually two bunches of poppies. I think poppies are gorgeous, and for the first couple of days they did look gorgeous and would make me feel so happy when I walked in through the door...but then they all died. I don't know what I did wrong. I treated them like all the other flowers I get, the bunch I bought at the same time is still very alive and happy, but my poppies are now all droopy and hanging about. It makes me sad. I don't think I'm going to buy poppies again. I'll leave them for admiring in beautiful gardens.

Also, I need to work on my flower photographing with the new camera...the focus is all over the place in these photos. Not good.

Mahna Mahna

I love that James and I grew up in different countries because it means we have some different memories. For example, Mahna Mahna reminds us both of two completely different adverts from our childhoods.

I remember BN using Mahna Mahna in their ad:

James remembers a Banana Boat ad:

The Banana Boat ad is pretty awesome. But BN BN sticks in my head more....it's going to be a while until I get the song out of my head!

What does Mahna Mahna remind you of?

Day Trip to Manly

 

 

 

 

Yesterday afternoon we headed out to Manly with James' mum and youngest brother. It was a seriously lovely day for it. We caught the ferry, had some Ben and Jerry's, and walked along the coast dreaming about how lovely it would be to live on the coast. It was a gorgeous, calm day. Perfect use of a day off. We should really get out more on gorgeous days, Sydney has a lot to offer.

Rostered Day Off

Today I have taken a day off. I wanted to take two days off in a couple of weeks, but another staff member was off then...so I couldn't. Poo. Today's day off is pretty awesome though. Due to my Visa coming through I can now apply to study the course I'll need for my job next year, and I can use today to go out and prove to them I have the Visa...because they seem to insist on it being done in person. James' family are also visiting Sydney at the moment, so we can hang out with them today too. It all works out in the end!

My plans for today:
-Fill in Temporary Visa Form
-Take said form and proof to Stathfield
-If I have the sufficient funds already in my bank account pay for course
-Be enrolled!
-Take photos of pretty poppies in our apartment
-Have a yum lunch out
-Meet up with James' mum and brother to do something like going to the zoo or the aquarium
-Try my hardest to not buy or do anything for work
-Fail at previous plan

Sounds like a good day off to me!

Dawn

This is what the sky looks like just before I leave for work (the weeks I'm on an early shift). It's these mornings that I really need my coffee. Getting up to the dark is not fun. I'm already planning my nap for this afternoon!

In other, much more exciting, news: We got my Temporary Partner Visa!!!! Yay!!!! We're so happy! :) It sounds like it'll be another year and a half until I get the Permanent Partner Visa, which makes me a permanent resident, but WE GOT THE TEMPORARY ONE!!!!

Freshly Brewed Coffee

 

Yesterday I bought a coffee machine. Until now I'd been drinking instant coffee at home, and whilst I'm not a coffee snob and will happily drink the instant stuff, you just can't beat the proper brewed stuff. I love the noise the machine makes. I love the smell it fills the apartment with. I know it's only day one, but I really do love this little purchase. I look forward to spending my early mornings with my coffee machine. 

Our Saturday Out

Today has been a wonderful day. After waking up at ten to eleven (I needed the sleep) and having a coffee, James and I headed out to Broadway for a Movie Date. First we went to Ziggy's Cafe, our favourite place to eat at in Broadway. The pizzas are amazing, the chips are to die for and they do super yummy milkshakes too. Yum. (Speaking of good food, we went to a tapas place called Encasa last night as a staff night out. SO GOOD! If you are in Sydney and want tapas, I recommend this place.) After stuffing ourselves with a half and half pizza and some chips we headed to the movies to watch Monsters University. We felt a little awkward as we were probably the only 'adults' there without children...oh well! Before the movie they showed the Pixar short film 'The Blue Umbrella'. Seriously, Pixar and Disney will be the death of me...a short about an umbrella, with no words, had me on the verge of tears. These people work magic! Plus the animation was AMAZING! Monsters University was good too. :) I laughed. I cried. Now I want to watch Monsters Inc. again.
After the movie we went and got ourselves some new pillows, and a new blanket...we can't get enough of good blankets. I also got a proper coffee machine that I can not wait to try out. It has a auto-timer on it, so you can program it to make you coffee for a certain time, meaning on my early shift mornings I can have some coffee freshly brewed for when I wake up. So excited! We also got a vacuum, because our current one is useless.

It's been a good day.

Mundane Midweek

Today has probably been pretty interesting as far as Wednesdays go.

Our boss wasn't in for the morning because she's feeling really ill; our Admin dude was at Head Office during the morning, and the only permanent staff member in the Toddler room today needed to go home for a bit because of a leak or something. So we had to shift around all sorts of things and sort out lunch covers and all sorts of boring ratio/staffing stuff.
In the afternoon we had a grandparents afternoon tea. This was probably the biggest family event we have had. We had 48 grandparents turn up! It was really nice to see most of the children interacting with their grandparents, and the grandparents were so excited and happy to see how happy their grandkids are. It also made the afternoon go by so quickly, and a lot of children went home early which makes the afternoons a lot less stressful.

We had Domino's for dinner, and quite a bit of beer too. I also booked two days off at the end of July around James' youngest brothers birthday. One of those days James and his youngest brother will be at a Liverpool game, so I'm planning on booking myself in to get a nice spa treat. I am looking forward to it. :)

I kept it brief today, that was my mundane midweek day. Thrilling, right?