Thanksgiving 2010 recap

This is the first year I’ve hosted a thanksgiving, I think I’d like to make it a tradition with our friends from now on. They really enjoyed the novelty of it, since not a lot of Aussies celebrate Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving day we had JA’s dad, his sister Katie & her boyfriend Pete, Chloé & [...]

Birthday Dinner #1

I’m one of those people that likes to drag their birthday out for as long as possible, with numerous celebrations over a few days or a week! Last year I had a Halloween Party to celebrate my 25th, this year I didn’t have anything really planned because my parents and bestie are going to be [...]

Our poor Rowdy Cat

We found out last weekend that our black kitty cat Rowdy was not just missing as we had hoped, but had actually been hit by a car the day he went missing =( This is what I wrote on my facebook album remembering him: Our Rowdy cat was very naughty. He would jump up and [...]

Crafty Party

Last Tuesday night I had my mum, mum-in-law, sister-in-law, bestie and 2nd mum (bestie’s mum) over for a crafty party at our place. My nearest and dearest are not really known for their “creativity” and a few were a tad apprehensive at the thought of anything with the word “Craft” in it, but we had [...]

Nandy’s 90th Birthday

I just had to share this photo of my grandma blowing out her candles at her 90th birthday party. Amazing, right?

Meeting the family #2

This is Nandy, my grandma on my mum’s side. This was taken about 2 years ago. Nandy’s turning 90 in 2 weeks, and she’s pretty amazing! She wanted to go up in a hot air balloon but unfortunately you have to be pretty able-bodied to do that, and she relies on a wheelchair to get [...]

Meeting the family #1

Just thought I’d introduce my in-laws! Here is a photo from a couple of years ago, JA at the back, with his Step-dad Nick, mom Susan, younger sister Katie and older sister Erin. And here is his dad Frank, being a goofball. This “photo pose” is one all the siblings have adopted, so it’s really [...]

Daily Photo – Tuesday evening walk

How your life changes when someone close to you dies

Grief is a sneaky fucker… It comes up out of no where and knocks you off your feet.

Today that happened and it made me reflect on a few things, namely what has changed in my life since my sister passed away in 2005. Or more accurately, how I’ve changed.