Graphs Graphs Graphs

Well its Saturday already. I have been updating the board graphs for two days now, lots of dumping data into spreadsheets and resourcing the graphs to show the current periods info (on the edge of your seat kinda stuff LOL). I am not allowed to show you any of the graphs that I do (not that they are anything exciting, they are really rather boring) so here is a picture of my workstation instead. It will look completely different in a few weeks as the whole office is being ripped appart, redesigned and put back together. I will be moving about 10 meters behind where I sit now, a little closer to the window.

I finally found out what is happening with my job! I start as a permenent employee (no more contracting) on the 9th of April!

Thursday night was fun, I had a little shopping spree at miranda with my gift vouchers that I was given for my birthday. I purchased a Blue IPod Shuffle and a pair of blue shoes (i need to exchange them, one is broken). Ohh and a new phone (though that was free with my phone contract thing). It has a camera, Vanessa at work offered to pose for me but as it turns out I have a mac and my phone is only compatable with a PC, slight problem, so for the time being my photos are stuck inside the camera.

Oh OH OHOHOH technology breakthrough, It has Blue tooth and so does the computer, I can send it whoohoo.

This Is Vanessa

Adelaide

Well I have just come to the end of a busy weekend. We started on Thursday night when Lauren & I flew down to Adelaide after work for Ben & Christine's Wedding (Matt and Chris were already there).

Friday was Laurens Birthday (Happy Birthday Loz). Ben Picked us all up and we started the day at Parafield Airport, I went to meet with some people from a flying school, while everyone waited very paitently in the car. Next stop, shopping, we arrived there at 10. The boys picked us up at two and dropped us at the hotel in which we decided to continue shopping, this time in the city of Adealide. We had a lot of fun in Colorado looking for some jeans, I think the staff were having a slow night (we were there for an hour) Loz took a picture of them on her phone, I will load it up as soon as I can. We arrived home at about 9.30pm, pleased with our purchases had a few drinks at the pub next to the hotel, hired and watched a movie and went to bed (the boys were staying at Bens for the night so we thought we would make the most of it). In total almost 11 hours of shopping, I think that is a record.

Saturday - Brunch at 11am, a wander around north Adealide and then the purpose for our trip - The Wedding. Chris was the Best Man and Mattie was a Groomsman. The caremony was at The Monastery at Cross Roads, it was massive and had beautiful gardens. I have attached some photos rather than try to describe to much. The Reception was lovely at The Next Generation Function Rooms on Memorial Drive in North Adealide. It was great to catch up with Matts Family, some of them live in Adealide and some here in Sydney. Matt & Bens Grandparents even managed to make the flight down (his Grandad is 92 and his Nan & Pop haven't flown in 30 years). There is one photo in the bunch that might seem a little odd, Loz and my feet got sore, so we took our shoes off, I like the photo, I had to add it

Sunday - We flew home at lunch time after a fantastic weekend away, good to be home but at the same time a little dissapointing that its all over.

Thanks to Mum and Sarah for looking after Daisy for us! Tonight she fell into the bath tub (full of water and Matt), thankfully Matt caught her before she went completely under. I have just noticed that the Yvestown link that is in my blog no longer goes to the place that it origionally went to, very sad, it was a pretty blog.

Birthday

Yesterday morning it was foggy outside, it was neat, almost looked like there was the set to a scary movie outside the window of my house. I took a photo buts its not that great, not really worth putting up. I love it when its foggy, it was a great start to the day, especially because it was my birthday! I was very very lucky Matt gave me a pair of earings. I love them! Mum and Dad gave me an array of things, my favourite was my painting from Vietnam that they had framed for me. It looks Fantastic, I think I will hang it above my lounge.
















On Monday night I made chocolate cupcakes from a recipe in the cupcake blog (They were the Devils Food Chocolate Cupcakes with Butter Cream Icing), they were so good! I took them to work yesterday, they were gone in a flash, I didn't get a chance to take a photo so I think that is good enough reason to make some more tonight if time permits.


I have also discovered that Renee (So Inspired) has put a link in her blog to mine, I was very excited (I know, it doesn't take much to excite me). Hi Renee! While I was in her blog, I also discovered a new one in her list, ohhhh, there is lots of fantastic pictures in there, take a look (Yvestown)


I am heading off to Adealaide tomorrow night for Ben & Christine's wedding (I can't believe they are getting married this Saturday). I will see you in blog land when i get back.

Hair Cut

I discovered this morning that taking a photo of yourself is not as easy as I first thought. Last night I had my hair cut and coloured, I thought this morning while it was still looking ok I should take a photo. It will never be this neat and tidy again. Of the many photos I took, they were all a bit fuzzy, but good old black and white seems to make it look that much better.

Another end to a busy week. I don't think I have been so thankful for a Friday night, work was nuts this week and looks like it is going to be worse next week. Though when Thursday comes around, I will be jetting off to Adelaide for the weekend. Relaxing on Friday. Ben & Christines Wedding on Saturday and flying home Sunday. Can't Wait!

Family Photo

Well it has been a busy few days Sunday night the girls and I went to Swan Lake. It was good. Monday, really busy at work and today has been interesting to say the least. I was told 3-4 weeks ago now that my job that I am working in as a contractor was going to stay mine and that I would be permanent, the processes started to happen and then people in the office were made redundant. Today I was told that i can't actually have the job without applying for it and that there are other applicants. I'm not real happy about that. If I don't get the job, I obviously have to find a new one, as I am already doing the job at the moment. Daisy has an upset stomach, she is very very quiet and currently on top of a pile of papers on my desk. I am very excited about tonight though, its art classes. I have not been in months and have new found inspration on what to paint. Will let you know how it goes. My painting skills are not the best but I have fun.

On the weekend, Matt took some 'family photos'. The 'family' being Matt, Daisy and me. They turned out to be more comical than serious portraits. I have attached one, I think its the best one there was, we don't look good at all but it was lots of fun.

I have discovered that my suculent plant is flowering again (not to sure the actual name of the plant) I never even knew that it flowered, but this time last year just like it is doing now, it grows a really long shoot out the top of it that is approx 20cm tall, at the top are lots of fluffy looking little flowers. I have attached a picture. The flowers haven't come out yet, will put another picture up when they do.

I have added two new links to my blog today, Lee's Blog (a friend of mine from school. Hi Lee) and Laura Gunn Studio (she makes beautiful paintings).

Blogger

Well after many dilemas with my previous page, I have moved to Blogger and also uploaded many photos to Flickr. So far so good, a faster internet connection would be nice but not necessary (I am a few centuries behind with good old dial up).

Happy Birthday Kylie!

Its fianlly the weekend and I have both days off. Last night we went to dinner with friends, thismorning, shopping with Mum and tomorrow is cleaning and I am going to see Swan Lake at the Capitol Theatre with the girls. The photo above is one of my new favourites of Daisy, she is actually sitting still enough for the photo to be relatively clear. There is a hair tie infront of her feet, its her favourite toy, she bounds around the house flicking them all over the plave. I have no hairties left, she runs away with them and they never come back. Daisy sitting still is a rare thing, see photos on the right, she is a blur!

Busy Busy

Wednesday 7th March 2007

Well the last few weeks have been full on! I flew both days on the weekend (thankfully I have this weekend off). Flying comp at Maitland on Saturday and fully booked with trial instructional flights on Sunday. The flying comp was great fun, I flew a Newcastle Flying Club Cessna 152. The sequence was longer than the usual comp sequence that our club does (oh I didn’t mention, it was an interclub competition, lots of flying clubs from around NSW came together, I judged the Newcastle club entrants) The entrants completed 5 patterns;

1. Instrument flying (under a hood)
2. Practice Forced Landing from over head the field at 2500ft and touch and go with a spot landing on the grass.
3. The River Bash - A low level flight (500ft) over the river that goes around the airport through the hills. Conditions were that the aircraft was to stay directly over the river (and not crash into the hill! That part I think was the most important - the not crashing that is).
4. Flour Bomb - bomb a target with a flower bomb.
5. Low level circuit (500fT) with a spot landing on the grass.
   

Lots of flying hours which is great.

My study is slowly coming together, brought a new bookshelf (the same as the one I already have) on Sunday afternoon. It looks great! I thankfully had Lauren and her BIG car to help me pick it up and put it all together. Putting it together was a bit Interesting. I have attached a photo. I still have a million things that have to go on it yet, and a whole pile of photos to go on the top. The painting of the rose that is on the wall is the one that I painted at the art classes that I used to go to with Mum. I hope to add a few more. You will be able to just make out Daisy on the floor, as you can see, she is not the size of Matts hand anymore! She has more energy than ever before as well! I will post another photo when everything is on the bookshelf.

In a few weeks (the 22nd) we are flying down to Adelaide for Ben and Christine’s wedding. I can’t wait, a 3 day holiday with Loz and Chris.

At the moment I am ordering some amazing fabrics designed by Heather Bailey (There is a link on the right).They are fantastic! I will show you what I do with them when they arrive.

First Wedding Anaversary

Sunday, 25 February 2007

I can’t believer that its a year ago since we were married. Everyone from NZ was here. This weekend has been really relaxing, no work for the whole weekend, just pottering around the house. Matt took me out for dinner last night to Danny’s Seafood resturant at La Perouse. We had a cold seafood plater - YUMMMM, it was really good.

I have managed to get the study all cleaned out and moved the furniture around. I love it, it is finally working for me. I need to get a few things such as another book shelf as I have so many things. This afternoon, I am working my desk, setting up all my scrapbooking stuff so that at long last i can start scrapbooking again.

Not Much News

Mekong Delta

Well its been a while since i have put anything new in here. Daisy is growing like a mushroom, she is more than 4 times the size that she was when we got her almost 2 months ago. I have sold 32 items on eBay this week, which was a pleasant surprise. OHHHHH big news, I found out that I will be a permanent employee at Qantas in my current position, no more contacting whoohooo. I think that Matt is finishing night shift next week, we will wait and see though. Not much else to write about so I thought that I would post some of my favorite photos from our holiday to Vietnam in December 06 (Click on the Flickr link on the right hand side of the page).

Old Photos

Monday, 4th February 2007


Last night I finally after almost a year and a half I retrieved a million photos off an old laptop that I had scanned from Hoki & Nan and Nanna & Poppa when I was in NZ in December 2005. This one is one of my favorites, Nanna is on the left.

Instrument Rating Renewal

Sunday, 28th January 2007
This weekend was the Australia Day long weekend (whoohoo no work on Friday) Loz, Chris, Bron and Anthony came over for a BBQ on Friday. Yesterday (Sat) I went flying with Dad in the Global Express, got to take Lauren with me and Today I finally renewed my instrument rating (with only 3 days until it completely expired). An NDB approach in the simulator and an ILS, unusual attitudes and steep turns in the Dutchess.

Jenny & Michaels Wedding

Saturday, 20th January 2007
Today seemed like one of the hottest days ever, we sat in the shade in the gardens of Curzon Hall to see Michael and Jenny get married. It was a lovely day, jenny looked fantastic and the reception centre looked like a castle, I think the reception room used to be the church, it had amazing ceilings and was set out beautifully, round tables with tall purple orchids in the middle (about 15 tables in all), they looked stunning. It was a great night (Thanks to Loz for Driving us there).

Daisy

This afternoon we picked up Daisy from the lost dogs home (yes she is a cat). She is so so cute and tiny, she purrs whenever you touch her and eats like she is a vacuum cleaner. Her energy is amazing, she just goes and goes and goes.