Pink

We had a girls night out last night where we went to see Pink in concert. It was an amazing night, she is such a talented performer. She sold out 58 shows in Australia, it is the biggest concert Australia has seen. The night started with dinner and drinks at a friends place, then we left the boys behind to go to the concert. Before Pink came out, we listened to Evermore play and then the crew came on stage to do the Thriller dance, very funny. Then Pink came out and amazed the entire crowd. She not only sang but did numerous acrobatics while singing and lots of dancing in wonderful costumes. While I loved all the stunning dancing and stunts she did, my favourite part was when she grabbed a guitar and sat down and sang a few songs, my fav was Dear Mr President. It was a great concert, enjoyed by all.

Housewarming Party

We had our housewarming party last night, with great success. There were about 4o adults and 10 kids come to celebrate our new place with us. It started at 2pm, my family came over and we got the place ready by decorating and making snacks and platters of food. My neices and nephew enjoyed swimming in the pool and spa for a while then went to the park to play. Then all our friends came over for dinner and drinks on the rooftop terrace. It was lovely to have our party there in the open, with the city as the backdrop. Plus, it was a lovely evening, not too cold and not raining (we got a few drops at the end though). We had a wonderful barbeque on the roof, Uwe cooked prawns, steaks & sausages and we served up salads, coleslaw and bread rolls. The German beer went down well, everyone loved the Erdinger, Schoefferhofer and Loewenbraeu, they even loved drinking it from the Weiss beer glasses Uwe has. We then had fruit platters and cream cupcakes for dessert. Everyone enjoyed the food and the view from the roof.

Today was cleanup day. There were many glasses and dishes to clean, carpet and our new sofa needed to be cleaned (kids eating and drinking on the sofa didn't help). We filled at least one garabage bin of just beer glasses, amazing how much we all drank!!

We also got some wonderful gifts from everyone. My parents gave us dinnersets and cutlery, my sisters gave us serving platters, friends gave us plants, herb garden, glasses, ice cream bowls, salt and pepper mills, platters and bowls, cook books and much more. We were very lucky. We also received from one of Uwes friends our initials, U & L. They are lovely. Thanks to all our friends and family for coming, we had a wonderful day.

Sydney Swans game

Wow, what a game tonight. Edge of your seat thriller, right down to the last second. The swans lost by five points against the Cats. It was a must win for the swans tonight if they wanted to make the finals with only 3 games left. It is most likely they will have to wait for next year. My sister and I have been members for the last 12 years and have a season ticket for all the home games. We always have alot of fun at the games and I have even managed to get Uwe to a game or two.

My sister Vivien and I at the swans game

Great weekend

What a great weekend we had! Saturday morning, we drove to Bondi and did the Bondi to Bronte walk. It was such a lovely day, the sun was out but the wind was a bit chilly. It felt a bit strange to be walking around in t-shirts and shorts in winter. We had breakfast at Icebergs and had a giant feast. We headed home as we were having our new fridge delivered. It came late in the afternoon and is wonderful. Its about twice the size of our old fridge. We then headed to some friends new place they just moved in to and had a nice dinner at Moseleys pizza.

Sunday morning, we were up early to watch the city to surf. There were about 75,000 people in the race this year and they ran right past our street. The race goes from the centre of Sydney all the way to Bondi Beach. Some people ran, walked even danced past us. Some had covered there whole bodies in paint and others dressed up in costumes. Uwe and I set ourselves a goal, that we will get fit enough to run the race next year. Not sure about it, 14 kilometres plus the steep Heartbreak Hill... The rest of the afternoon we spent relaxing.

Blue Mountains trip

Saturday morning, we packed our bags and drove 2 hours west of Sydney, to Blackheath in the Blue Mountains. There were 11 of us getting together for a Christmas in July celebration. While we were there, we took a walk through the mountains (it took about 4 hours and lots of struggling walking up the steep steps for me, my legs are still store 4 days after), we had afternoon tea at Lilianfiels in Katoomba, walked down to see the Three Sisters, along with lots of eating and drinking. We left Monday morning, Uwe headed back to Sydney to go to work, and I continued west on to Orange for work. I stayed until Tuesday afternoon to train staff before the long drive back to Sydney.

Sofa has arrived & Brisbane

Just an update, our sofa has finally arrived and it looks great. Only got a chance to sit on it for a few minutes before I had to head to Brisbane for work. Can't wait to get home and relax on the new sofa.

What an adventure we had getting to Brisbane. Firstly, our flight was delayed then cancelled. We managed to get on another flight 2 hours later, then that was delayed but finally took us to Brisbane. When we got there, the cab driver took us for a half hour drive around Brisbane!! He didn't know where he was going. Then when we finally arrived, the restaurant was closed so we ended up having pizza at 10pm. To top it off, there was a crazy guy back at the hotel! What a day.

Rooftop Spa

The other day we enjoyed using our rooftop spa in our unit block. It was the first time we have been able to use it since we moved in. It has either been cold or rainy or we have just been too busy. But it was the perfect day for it. The rooftop has a lap pool (which was way too cold to go in) and also a heated spa. What a great way to end the perfect day, relaxing in the spa while watching the sun set over Sydney. Total bliss.

Sailing & the Central Coast

Yesterday Uwe and I drove up the north coast for a mini holiday. It was nice to just get away and relax. Last week at sailing we won an Audi A6 to test drive for a week. So we got in the car and drove up the coast and stopped in Terrigal. While we were there, we watched a local rugby game, we had fish & chips for lunch and watched some fisherman scale their catch and feed the pelicans with the scraps. They are really beautiful creatures. we also watched boats come and go, people scuba diving and kids playing in the sand and water. We then headed to Ettalong Beach, checked into our room, walked along the beach and had a wonderful massage. It really was such a relaxing day.

Todays adventure - sailing on Sydney Harbour for Ladies Day. It was a beautiful day, very sunny, blue sky but little wind. Janet was the skipper today and she did a great job, we ended coming second in the race which was our best for the season. We headed back to the club for some refreshments and the prizegiving before heading home. We also had to give the keys for the Audi back :(

Relaxing on the boat after the race

The Beginning

Well, its official. I have started a blog!! It didn't take me very long, did it? My reason for creating the blog? To share ideas and thoughts, display photos and scrapbooking pages and its a place to tell my story.

My partner and I recently bought our first home. Its a gorgeous two bedroom unit in the city and we love it. It took us a long time to find what we wanted at a good price. It is so much fun being able to decorate your own home exactly how you want it. Oh, the joy I am having. The only problem we have at the moment is we still don't have our sofa yet. For the last 6 weeks, we have been sitting in camping chairs in the living room and they are so uncomfortable. I can't believe it takes 7 weeks to make a sofa. I really just can't wait to be able to snuggle up with my partner on a sofa again, especially in this cold weather we are having.

Take care.