Christmas is over, ring in 2007 (eek)

Ok Seriously? Why do I keep getting Jane Bennet when I am doing Jane Austen Quizzes?

Which Pride and Prejudice Character Are You?

You are Jane Bennett. You are beautiful, good, kind, and loving. You take care of everything, love everything, and everybody loves you. You think the best of everyone until it is too late and then still believe that they have redeaming qualities. On the one hand, you are wonderful. On the other hand, get your head out of the clouds, woman!!
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Not that there is anything wrong with Jane, she is a lovely person, that might actually be the reason, she is too nice. She always sees the best in others, never the bad, I am not sure that I really am that nice. This is not the first time I have done a quiz and come out with Jane Bennet, I might just have to accept that I am, could be worse of course, I could have been told I was Lady Catherine, or Mr Collins now that would have been embarrassing.

Well I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. On Christmas Eve Eve, I had brunch with Hayley, then I went home, put on It's a Wonderful Life and wrapped my Christmas presents. I just have to watch that movie sometime close to Christmas, it is perfect for helping me get in the Christmas spirit.

On Christmas Eve I went to church in the morning (since it was Sunday), then my brothers ex-girlfriend bought my littlest nephew round for lunch. We had lunch and opened presents, it was pretty nice. After she had left mum and I got ready and then left for my sisters house in Camden. My oldest nephews were very excited about Ho Ho coming that night (that is what they call Santa, very cute), it took a while for them to settle down to sleep.

Christmas Day, Sam, who is six got up very early and wanted to open his presents, Bec (his mum) told him it was too early. At 6:30 he woke Zach (age 4) up so that they could open their stockings. When they had done that we all got ready for church, I wore the dress that Hayley and Kate had bought me as a christmas present.

We had present opening when we got back from church. I got some really nice stuff, my mum bought me a cute hat box, the book Devil Wears Prada, the new Robbie Williams DVD, and some scrapbooking stuff, from Bec and all her boys I got a pretty watch, from dad I got a beautiful charm bracelet with Celtic charms he bought when we were in Ireland and a book. Oh and from David on Christmas Eve I got a sugar bowl and creamer. I think I did pretty well!

Lunch was prawns, cold ham and turkey and salad. For dessert we had christmas pudding and trifle. I ate lots! The afternoon was pretty relaxing, we sat around, watched the boys play with their new toys, walked down to the park. It wasn't warm enough for a swim, which was a bit disappointing as Bec and Graeme have a pool.

Boxing Day mum had to be back in Canberra to start work at 3pm, but dad, who came up seperately was going to see my uncle Bruce, who was in Sydney for Christmas, he lives in Hong Kong at the moment. I decided to go with him, and I am glad I did, it was a really nice afternoon. We drove into the city, and parked at Martin Place, we battled our way through the crowds in Pitt St Mall (craziness!) and finally managed to find uncle Bruce, his wife Ute, her daughter Annie and Annie's boyfriend Sam. We went and had coffee at the Hilton hotel, to try and get away from the crowds, and then decided to go out to Newtown where Annie and Sam live. We went to a pub in Newtown, had a couple of drinks and some nice Thai style food. Then it was back to Annie's place, which was in walking distance. It was really nice to spend time with them all, as it has been quite a while since I have seen them. We didn't leave until about 7:30 in the evening, so we were pretty late getting back to Canberra.

I had an extra day off from work the next day, and I had a phone interview for a job in Brisbane, that was nerve-wracking, now I have to wait to hear if they offer it to me. Would be a big move, but kind of exciting.

I went back to work on Thursday, and worked two days, very quiet days, it was very boring, hardly any work came in, I left early both days. Now I am glad it is the weekend again, and another long weekend, which is even better. I am going to spend New Years Eve with Hayley and Kate, which should be nice.

I am about to head down to Hayley's place, there is a storm coming, I can hear the thunder already, so I hope I make it before the rain comes. I hope everyone has a Happy New Year, and I will write again soon.

It's almost over

You probably think I mean the year, and you would be half right. It is almost the end of the year, and very close to Christmas now, but more on that later. What I really mean is that the Harry Potter series is almost over, you are probably now looking rather blankly at the screen "What on Earth is she talking about?" you are probably saying, and your hand is reaching for the white pages, ready to find the emergency number for the mental health team, please though give me time to finish.

Now I expect everyone who is bothering to read my blog has heard of Harry Potter, even if you have never read them. I am a fan, I love them, and as soon as I finish one I am hanging out for the next one to come out, in this I am not alone, thousands of people right around the world are lapping up every little piece of Harry Potter news they can get. So when JK Rowling revealed the title of book seven on her website the level of excitement went up a few notches. This is always big news when a new book is due to come out, but even more so this time when you consider that this is the final, last ever book in the series. It was big enough to be the leading news story last night, or perhaps it was just a quiet day for news...

Anyway, for those of you who have a little bit of interest in the title, read on, for those of you whose attention has been reduced to almost nil by this boring subject, feel free to scroll down and find out what other things I have been up to since I last wrote. Now that I have the attention of only those who want to discuss, or those that are bored enough to read anyway (are you really that ready for christmas?) the title Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has been confirmed as the title of the final book. Speculation has already begun, a lot of people seem to think it relates to Halloween, which is the anniversary of Harry's parents death. My take on it however is this: The Deathly Hallows actually relates to the room at the Ministry of Magic where the veil hangs, the one Sirius dissappeared behind. Either the room itself is called the Deathly Hallows, or it is the name of the place behind the veil. Now to spend the time until the book comes out making stuff up and being completely wrong, should be fun.

Alright, back to real life. Well I have finished work until Thursday, five whole days off work, that is going to be so nice. I have also managed to finish my christmas shopping, and I did that about a week ago, so I have been able to avoid the horrible rush at the shopping centres. Last weekend I went up to Temora with mum, David (my brother), and cousin Jodie to visit my Nanna, and other family who live up there. It was really nice spending time with them, we ate plenty, and talked, nice and relaxing.

Otherwise I have been at work most of the time, very boring I know, but it pays for all those christmas presents I bought, and stuff for me too (hooray). For christmas I am going to Camden, where my sister, Rebecca, lives with her husband and three little boys, so that should be fun. I will let you all know how it goes when I get back. For now, have a lovely Christmas everyone, enjoy the time off and time with family and/or friends. Remember that the reason we celebrate is because of God's amazing gift to us, his son Jesus, who came to take away the sins of the Earth, amazing love!

"Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy, that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a saviour has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord" Luke 2: 10-11

My Close Encounter with Robbie Williams

I got back yesterday from a weekend in Sydney. My friend Hayley and I went up for the Robbie Williams concert, part of his Close Encounters world tour. It was an awesome weekend.

We left Canberra on Friday morning, nice and early, we caught the train and it left at 6:37am. The train journey was fairly uneventful although we did manage to make friends with a little boy named Jake, he chatted to us for a large amount of the trip, while his father shook his head in disbelief at the stories we were told.

We arrived in Sydney at about 11am, and we set off to find our hotel, it wasn't too far from Central Station, but we got a little lost and walked a bit more than we needed to. Still we found it eventually and were able to leave our bags there. We then set out for Taronga Zoo, the first thing we had planned for our big Sydney weekend.


We caught a bus to Circular Quay, and the Ferry across the Harbour to the Zoo. I got some lovely pictures of the Harbour from the ferry. The zoo was fantastic, we saw the new elephants that have recently arrived from Thailand, as well as all our other favourites, the lions and tigers, the meercats as well as lots of other animals. We also went to the Seal Show, which was cool, especially as Hayley decided we should sit in the front row. One of the seals showed a new trick, that involved everyone in at least the front row getting wet, good thing it was quite warm and I dried pretty quickly. We also saw the Free Flight Bird Show, where we saw lots of different Australian birds, including a Wedge-Tailed and a Sea Eagle, a couple of Owls, and several smaller birds. A boy in the audience got to hold an owl on his hand, and Hayley had a galah take a gold coin from her hand, and then return it a short time later. We caught the sky Safari cable car that runs above the zoo, and goes down to wharf, then the ferry back to Circular Quay.

We then went back to the hotel to check in and get ready for dinner. We had dinner at Nick's Bar and Grill at Darling Harbour, beautiful seafood. We share the Seafood Buffet for Two, which had Lobster, Crab, Prawns, Oysters, Mussels, and Calamari. It was all so beautiful, I love seafood, especially Lobster, which I don't get to have very often. I also had a Mango Daiquiri, so lovely, I knew there was some things I liked about summer ;0)

On Saturday we went shopping, hooray. We walked down to Paddy's Market to catch the Monorail into the city. We went to Pitt St Mall, I managed to find Haigh's chocolates, yum. We also went to the huge David Jones, it was amazing, and so much pretty stuff! We saw Manolo Blahniks 30% off! Then it was back to the hotel to get ready for the main event, Robbie Williams.


We got to the stadium and waited in line for a while before the gates opened and we were able to go in. We bought t-shirts on the way in and then found out place on the oval, we were glad to sit down for a while as we waited, and waited, and waited. Robbie came on at 8:30 and he was awesome. He was really chatty, and funny, he promised that if he ever gets kicked out of America (where he currently lives) he will move to Australia. I took a few pictures, and I was able to watch the big screens, occasionally peoples heads moved and I could glimpse the stage, plenty of times through the evening I wished I was taller. It was so great though, he is an amazing performer, a true entertainer! He sang some of my favourite songs, including Come Undone, Angels, and Make Me Pure. He also sang a couple of songs with his best friend Jonathon Wilkes which was cool.

Sunday we spent the day at Darling Harbour, we had brunch and saw Deep Sea 3D at the imax, and went to the Aquarium before heading to Central Station to catch the train. Funny thing our little friend Jake was sitting right in front of us this time and we got some more interesting stories from him again before he went to sleep. The journey seemed to take forever, especially as the train was delayed in the first place. We were very glad to get home, the whole weekend was great though, well worth the exhaustion.