My 31st Birthday

I would like to first of all thank everyone for my Birthday wishes and cards, especially those that came from the other side of the world!!!. I would also like to thank Andy, Ade, Loz & Will for looking after the Moosten so we could go out and paint the town red!!!!.

Ian made my birthday very special for me, bit better than what I do for him!!!!...he puts me to shame. He first of all treated me to a bottle of Moet followed by a bottle of Hugo Boss Eau de parfum (not to drink obviously!).

We went out on Friday night to Fortitude Valley just on the outskirts of Brisbane City, this is also know as 'The Valley', sounds classy I know...but it was very nice. We first of all dropped off Megan at Andy & Ades, then had planned to get the train into the city...but as many of you know me & Ian...... we were late so we had to drive in & leave the car.

Ian had directions of how to get to our destination from the train station (as this was our planned mode of transport), however I had just popped his work shorts in the wash before we left with the instructions in!!!!!!!!!. Ah well we made it anyway, found a multi storey car park, to leave the pride of Fleet in & off we set on our night out. Once we had parked the car, Ian was absolutely desperate for the toilet, so was rushing me around, now this was not good bearing in mind I haven't worn heels on a night out for about 10 months!!!!, so I was scuttling along behind him. He found the exit in the multi storey car park....or so he thought, so we started walking down the stairs to the bottom floor, trying all the doors to see if we could get out at any. After about 4 floors it became apparant that this was not the traditional exit it was the fire escape....which in Australia locks you in, so we could'nt get out on to any floors!!!!!!!!!!. So you can picture it Ian is almost wetting himself, I'm tottering around on 15ft heels & we are trapped inside a stair well!!!!. I was a bit nervous by then & my panic button was pressed so I started banging on the doors...luckily someone had just parked their car & let us out...I think she thought we were lunatics!!...Yeah so that was the first 10 mins of our first night out in 7 months!!!???

However it got better from then on, Ian booked a table for us at The Garuva restaurant or should I say cushions!!. It is a Thai restaurant that doesn't have the traditional table & Chairs. When we went in we walked through a little replica tranquil rainforest thing, which led through to what only could be described as what looked like hospital cubicles!!!!???. We were then led through to the Wine bar, which had live music playing...the band were singing a relaxing version of Lady Ga, Ga's poker face..it was very good. The bar had cushions & bean bags scattered around no chairs or tables whatsoever, it was all dark... there was alot of mood lighting...very relaxing.

We then went through to our 'Cubicle', which was a really low table with really comfy cushions to sit back on...and the cubicle was enclosed with like cheescloth curtains, which made it really private. There were people at the side of you but you could only see there shadows, yet there was still a good atmosphere as you could hear everyone still. We had a really nice time & meal at the restaurant.

We then hit a few bars for obviously a few drinky poos. All in all we had a great night!!!!...apart from the face I was celebrating my 31st Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Now I AM OFFICIALLY IN MY 30's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Megan at Kindy

Thought I'd show you Megans Kindy pictures, I think she looks beautiful!!!. I know I'm biased though. Please note the accessories she has on.... she will not go anyway without her necklace, bracelet & ring on...ooooo she is such a DIVA!.

Also note how old she looks in the group picture, the room she is in, is for 4 to 5 year olds, so the majority of them are in the school year above Megan & will be going to school this year, whereas Megan next year, because she is bright they put her in the class above (don't know where she gets her brains from???!). However she looks like a teenager, she looks older than all of them.

Sunday at Southbank

Last weekend we took a trip to SouthBank the man made beach in the City. Megan really likes it she seems to be more confident in the water, probably because there are'nt any large waves, like there is at the beach.
We spent the morning in the water, which built up Megans already healthy appetite, so we visited our favourite little italian there where we dine with the Water dragons!!!. Megan had a full bowl of spaghetti!!!!!!, she did'nt spill any this time!!!.

New Phone Number

We finally have a land line now, so for those of you who want it, here it is 00 61 73325 4604, we are 9 hours ahead, however when your clocks change ours don't so at the end of October we will be 10 hours ahead.

The Weather in Oz

The weather in Oz is definitely hot, however it did get chilly in winter. The days were beautiful in winter but the nights were quite cold, the temps in the daytime were low to mid 20's, but the nights dropped to 10 degrees. Now that doesn't sound that cold does it??!, but when you add in that there is no central heating and the houses are made from wood & a bit of plaster board, equals flimsy enough for the big bad wolf to blow them down!!!! It did feel really cold, I discovered a hot water bottle, it was strapped to my back for 2 months to keep warm on a night!!!.

However it is spring now & it has certainly warmed up!!!. I seriously cannot remember the last time that it rained here, which is quite good for someone from the U.K, but on a serious note it is not good for the dams!!!. The last time I can remember that it rained & it did rain was prob about June!!.

I went to the park today with some friends I got there at 9.30am & left at 11am, I was in and out of the sun & look at the state of my back (I have attached a pic!)!!!. It is really scary as the heat to me does not feel as hot as in Spain, but look how much it burns you in such a short time!!!.

The video is of a dust storm that we had last week, it was bizarre me & Megan were in the park it was quite sunny blue sky then all of the Sudden it looked like the world was gonna end!!. It lasted all day, it was a dust storm from South Australia, the worst apparently in 70 years. Everything was covered in orange dust, ah well it made me wash our car the first time since we bought it in May!!!!.

Megan McKenzie

Arfar.........

Megan McKenzie is still as crackers as ever, as you can see in the few bits of footage... She still wets herself when anyone hurts themselves or falls over!!???...sicko!!!.

I thought I'd let you sample a bit of her voice coaching sessions...one day you mark my words she'll be as good as Lauren Mills!!!!!?????

The Lovely Lauren Mills

This is my lovely little cousin (well I still think she's little, I can remember dancing with her when she was 3 to Take That's 'want you back for good'...seems like 2 minutes ago!'). She was serenading us, we think she is gonna be the next idol. She is absolutely amazing...good on ya Loz, you've got it all looks, personality & you can sing!!!!!!