I had the most enjoyable time the last few weeks at work decorating Level 12 for Christmas. There was originally to be a competition between the two floors but due to the drama involving the contract transition as the Chandler Mcleod staff faced uncertainty as to their future it was called off. I still kept on decorating though 😀 This is what Lv 12 ended up looking like. One of the doctors is quite a Christmas nut and brought in a heap of decorations for us to use. One of my most favourite had to be the garland we had across the counter.
Sadly yesterday we had to take it all down. Gosh the floor looks empty and bland now!
Today was one of those weird days.
It started with a blood test to hopefully sort out this issue.
Then brunch with a friend at Indro and finishing off the Christmas shopping.
Spending close to an hour at Spotlight in the line and then getting a refund sorted.
Going to Mum’s to use the oven and me not having my baking head screwed on properly.
Wondering what on earth is going through the head of my younger brother….
Wishing it would rain and storm but only getting a drizzle.
I decided it would be a really nice, cooling and mind clearing to take lay on the grass in the back yard on a yoga mat with some Thelonius Monk, a pillow and a candle. It was really nice till the mozzies and bitey bugs realised where I was…..
Tomorrow is Sunday and we shall see what the day brings.
I’m still breathing, still taking a photo a day (today is day 147!! when I tried the other year I only got to day 75). Christmas is just about upon us and as per usual I’m excited and planning all sorts of things. To bring things up to speed here are photos 62-147. Just a few! If you would prefer to be able to read the comments first, here is the Flickr link
I will post some more Bali and Sydney later.
24 + 6 minutes of fireworks, 56/365
I am very fortunate to have developed some very good mates through work and in some ways will be sad to see them posted back to base at the end of the year but that is the life of the ADF. For my birthday I was taken to Riverfire, and oh what a nice night it was. Fireworks, F-111 dump and burn, food, crazy chatter, crowds and a Chris Isaak concert. And of course watching The Roulettes as we drove in.
Washing, 57/365
Sunday, almost always a day of washing and ironing. This Sunday was a big wash as I started mentally packing my clothes for Bali.
Birthday headband, 58/365
This is one of the goodies I bought myself for my birthday. A very adorable handmade from Lupin Handmade
Breakfast, 59/365
With not very long now till I go to Bali, I am eating up my perishables left right and centre!
Screen Real Estate with Tony Mott, 60/365
I now have a 22″ widescreen on my desk. It is a big change from the 15″ wide screen on my laptop…. Whoa!!! Very much nicer for lounging on my bed watching TV or playing with photos.
Jacob’s Ladder, now in red, 61/365
They (the council) painted Jacob’s Ladder red as part of a small spaces program a little while ago. I keep on meaning to stop and take a photo each time I go to the ortho but forget…. I went to the ortho today and took the photo. The stairs look so cool now!
One of the best things I have done this year is to buy my little camera. So handy to be able to pull a camera out of my bag and take a photo.
11:00, late, tired. 30/365
Monday nights can be quite late nights for me it all depends on what happens at SES, if we have training off site it will be a late night. I like to be in bed by 10, then I can easily get up at 6.
Construction City, 31/365
I took and RDO on Tuesday to go out and visit a friend and her new baby. With all the road and tunnel building that is happening in Brisbane at the moment thy skyline is dominated by cranes and the like.
Ready to Fly, 32/365
Every day is a day closer to Bali and I picked up my passport last week and can now leave the country 😀
Today it is not a happy face, 33/365
You may remember the photo I took on day 5, well on this day when I was coming back from the orthodontist it was not a happy face. I don’t think I have ever seen it as an unhappy face before. I wonder what happened to make it be switched to an unhappy face.
Bed time, 34/365
Looking at this photo on day 43, it is hard to believe that when this photo was taken I was sleeping under a doona, blanket and a quilt, now I just have the doona.
abandoned, 35/365
This photo makes me laugh, for a few days, there was this pram abandoned in the park across the lane. There was a blanket it in but that was it. It moved round the park a bit as I guess the basketball kids played with it. Whenever someone walked past they would go nearer to check that there was no baby in it. The day after I took this photo the pram was taken by someone.
Sweet Potato Tree, 36/365
Sundays are farm days and last Sunday I spent some time under the custard apple tree digging up sweet potatoes.
Sandal Toes, 37/365
The start of the days getting hotter. I remember coming home and just grabbing a glass of water and kicking back on the deck.
Waiter, there is a flower in my tea, 38/365
At work I have a Bodum YoYo tea cup which I just love. One of the teas I am drinking the most at the moment is called Japanese Lime, which has these cute little daisies that unfurl and float about as the tea infuses.
A Story waiting to be told, 39/365
Georgie was in in town last week and we met up for breakfast on Wednesday at the Hotel Orient. I was a little early so I went for a stroll down to the river. The sun was blinding!
