I bought new shoes...exciting stuff hey? ^^

Yesterday was good...I didn't have to go to work! So we decided to go to the city & look for some new shoes for me & see what we could get on sale. We went to the first sports shop & found a good pair of shoes, but I wanted to have a look around in case we found some better ones. We also planned to go to the sneak movie. They are movies that are coming out very soon with one shown every Monday night without anyone knowing what we will see until the film is actually starting. Anyway, we had plenty of time to look around the shops. After looking around for many hours, we went back and bought the shoes I had liked at the very beginning. Bluey says she loves me, but at that time she could have hit me in the back of the head. I know, I know...sometimes I take up woman-like tendancies when I go shopping, but when you are indecisive & with limited money, then you tend to want to know all the options. We also bought 2 hoodies (hooded jackets). Then we had a good Chinese feed & headed off to the movie.
We have been quiet lucky with the sneak preview movies. The last 2 times we saw "The Bourne Ultimatium" & "The Heartbreak Kid" with Ben Stiller. If Ben or Matt happen to read this at any time, I just want to say "I love your work..contact me next time you're in town." This time we saw "We Own The Night" With Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg & Robert Duvall. We didn't really like the movie. Maybe it is a good movie, however we are not big fans of drama. Give us a good comedy or adventure any day.
Today we will probably just relax around the house for once & try to figure out tattoo possibilities. We really need to figure them out because the studio is already so many months booked in advance & we need to make a appointment soon.

The day after & a great concert TAO

With only 4 hours sleep after holding the party, Bluey & I both woke up. WHAT was our bodies doing to us to wake us on a day where we could & should have slept in? Luckily & surprisingly I didn't feel that tired at all. After breakfast we tidied up & relaxed a little. It was a miserable stormy day, however we had to go shopping, so we rushed through that. The reason for rushing was that I wanted to go into the city for dinner before a concert & Erik suggested that we allow extra time in case of delays due to the storm. We got there with plenty of time to spare, so it was good to be able to take our time. We went to a resteraunt called Schweinske & ordered a meat platter for 2. It was wonderful. The meal came with a baked potato with sour cream on a dinnerplate & 6 pieces of roast meat, chips & salad on a large serving plate and a basket with 2 large bread chunks. Along with 2 large spezi drinks (half coke, half fanta) we made our way through our generously large meals leaving just a little of the serve, feeling full, but not uncomfortably so, satisfied & very,very happy.

All through the meal & on the train trip to the city Bluey was trying all she could to figure out where exactly we were going for the concert. She had known for months that I had something planned for Australia Day, but had no idea as to what & I had kept her guessing. It was driving her crazy not knowing.^^ It was not until we were right at the entrance of the performing area that she knew. I had managed to get 5th row center tickets to see TAO the Japanese drummers. We had discussed about going to see them last year, however it was really expensive & not on a convenient night for us to see them. Now there we were, sitting in the 5th row with earplugs to save our hearing. Bluey says I am deaf enough...but I don't always hear her telling me.^^
The show was amazing. The precision, style, & power with which they performed & the fun they were having while they played made it a GREEEEEEAT show. If you have a chance to see them I would highly recommend it.
By the time we got home we were both completely buggered. Actually we were buggered on the train on the way home. At least it was not raining when we had to walk home from the train station. To help forget how tired we were & make time pass faster I was teaching Bluey the lyrics to "Court Of King Caractacus". Once again it was sooooo good to hit the sack & get to sleep. All in all it was a extreemly good weekend. Oh...and I also have next week free...I have a holiiiiiiiidaaaaaay.

G'day and welcome to my spot on the internet.Happy Australia Day

G'day there. Welcome to my blog. This is my first entry & also my very first blog, so now I wonder where the hell do I start? Well, yesterday was Australia Day & as a proud Aussie living abroad I (along with my wife Bluey), did the only thing I could think of. We invited a group of mates to come around for a barbie telling them what day it was for. We actually had the barbie on Friday, but celebrated into Saturday 26th. A late happy Australia Day to all readers & I hope you had a great time wherever you were & didn't feel too crook the next day^^. Our party was to start at 8pm, so we painted our faces with the Aussie flag & had Australian music going. Slim Dusty is a great Aussie musician & I love his songs, but it just isn't party music. The Cat Empire, John Williamson, Rolf Harris & a variety of Australian artists sang the whole night. It also became apparent that I am a 80s music fan because I always found the songs from that era my favourites.
As the songs played the people ate, drank, mixed & mingled well, had a tour of our mini-zoo of pets. A general concensus is that most people really do NOT have a interest in tarantulas, snakes are interesting, but furry creatures are fine ^^. All in all there was a very good atmosphere & I reccon that everyone had a pretty good time. Well, at least I didn't hear anyone saying anything bad & neither did Bluey (who has phenominal hearing...she can hear me muttering under my breath in the next room^^).
The Pavlova went down well. I made one with fruit salad on it & Bluey made the other with rasberries & cream in layers. (I wish at this point to thank my sister Linda for letting me wake her at 2:30am with questions about how to bake it & know if I was preparing them right! THANKS LINDA). We only just had time to grab a slice each for Blueys dad, Rolf & his partner & Blueys brother , Erik & Maria (Erik's partner) before it all went.

Then a few of us went to the basement for a game of pool & a bit more drinking (some drinking more than others :-P) while some preferred to stay upstairs & continue talking. One by one the guests dispersed, with the last ones steadily ^^ heading to the bus stop at around 6:30am. We then found it was not as easy as we thought to get all the face make-up off. It took a few times of face scrubbing to get it all off, but we did & it was sooooooo good to finally lay down. I turned the TV on & a old Bugs Bunny cartoon came on. Bluey & I started to watch it. I think we both only saw about 30 seconds of it if that before........ zzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.