 | | 05-03-2009, 06:19 PM |
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| I spent the weekend up on the mid central coast as it was my dad's 80th b'day. The Step had organised the party and some long time friends and other family drove up. It was a great weekend. The Step told me how annoying and useless I was once I arrived (I forgot to bring the birthday card. I'd bought 2 a couple of weeks ago and left them on the bench) but once she'd got that out of her system she calmed down. The Sister had made a home made card because I'd realised the night before. She makes 'child art' cards. Very simple with stars and stickers. I think they have simply have a 'sister' quality to them. The Step calls them 'preschool, baby art'. Sigh. So any way, she refused to sign the card and will buy another one from herself. I did remember the cake, AND I chose a cake that dad actually really liked. He doesn't like cake as a rule but this one was a Grand Marnier cake, and as the Sister said, 'He'll like it. It's got plonk in it' (Plonk is alcohol by the way) and he did, he even had a second piece. So I got that right. And I remembered to make the bow for the present. So I remembered 3 out of 4 things. (I'd also cut some flowers from the garden so the Sister could give them for an early mother's day gift. (I refuse to give mother's day any acknowledgment. The Sister was signing the card and said, 'shall I sign it from both of us? .... The flowers are from both of us right?' ...... Uh-uh.  She's such a sweety. Forever hopeful that all will be peace.
Anyway, I got side tracked into a rant. hehe. I stayed at the Sister's apartment and it's REALLY lovely. Tucked away in the bush, on the high side of the street and looking out through the Gums to the water. Absolutely quiet. No street lights at night. We sat on the veranda on the Sat morning in the sun with the view. Dad and the Step always say how it doesn't look like a home because all the wall are bare and stuff. I thought it was lovely. And they say how messy it always is. I thought it was really well organised. They also complain that she likes you to take your shoes off at the door (being OCD she has a dirt phobia) but that makes total sense when there because you walk over mud and dirt and gravel then up the steps to a landing. Why should she trapse all the dirt in. I thought it was simply lovely. Had a good time staying there. Twas funny, she goes in the back of the property when she comes home rather than the front because it's easier to get the car into the car spot and it's a full on cross country drive - dirt roads and tree roots, through the bush and down overgrown tracks. It's a wonder her car survives.  'Bush Bashing' we call it and the first time she did it was at night so I'm sitting in this bouncy car while she's with just the headlights going down all these overgrown tracks.
Anyway, dad was really happy. His friends and family were there, he got a new flat screen tv that he can adjust so it doesn't boom out and his deaf ears will actually be able to hear it. The Step had also organised a cake for church on Sunday morning and that was great too. So a successful w/end.
The Step's bestest friend of all time has come to visit for the first time with her down's syndrome daughter. (She's a US gal) That is also fun but the daughter, bless her, LOVES music so I kept having to play with her while she played the keyboard. Her mum on the violin. Twas fun but, just like a kid she can go for hours and hours. The Step was laughing that they went to a tourist town and the daughter sang the entire hour there and back. Said that dad was going slowly crazy as she only sings a tuneless 3 notes The Step told dad that he had nothing to complain about as she was driving them around for 2 weeks straight (they're touring up to Queensland and back and leaving dad behind) and would have an awful lot more than 2 hours of tuneless singing They're going to have fun. The Mother has had to find out all the friends who have keyboards on the way up so the daughter can play
I'm back at work now. Holidays are over and later on today I will begin with the house hunting. I've got some addresses to check out and see what the places are like. I'll just get an idea of distances and areas, won't actually go into the houses. So it has begun. 
Talking of Hugh..... he was saying in an interview that he had never been going for the over muscled look with Wolverine, just the vein popping look that a lot of muscled 'woodcutter' type blokes have so he bulked up for that. He said that in the promo poster shot he's actually holding really heavy bags of sand to make his forearms and biceps veins stick out. It helps that he's pretty shaggy naturally too. As for his wife, she is older I think but she hasn't really aged much. She still looks the same age now as when they met. She's got a square face and has just always looked middle aged. Some photos make her look a lot older too. She seems to love fun though so they're a good match. Love at first sight thing too. Very sweet. Hugh is also so completely unashamed of her too. Often pulling her into his side and pecking her on the cheek while out. Very normal couple.
Thankyou for the new Jason pics. I'll get to buy those DVD's at some stage and watch. I can't imagine any of them will be rentable over here.
Wen, I can't imagine how you function on so little sleep. I do hope your appointments go well.
Poddy, glad you're having a positive time with the Big Viv.
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