The Weddings & The Honeymoons

For an update on photos about my sisters wedding please visit her site Miss Concept.
I was the delirious sister.

Daffodil Day

What is Daffodil Day?

Daffodil Day is the largest merchandise based national fundraising event of its kind for cancer research, education and patient support in the Southern Hemisphere.

It is a day to support those touched by cancer and to focus on hope for a cancer-free future.

At the beginning of last century, people with cancer faced almost certain death. Now, thanks to continuing improvement in research and patient care, more than half of them will be successfully treated. This progress is celebrated on Daffodil Day.

Why was the Daffodil chosen?

The daffodil was chosen as the symbol of hope for all touched by cancer because of its reputation as a hardy annual flower, pushing its way through the frozen earth after a long winter to herald the return of Spring, new life, vitality and growth.......continue reading

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A friend of mine "GUY" has been undergoing Cancer Treatment for the last two years and I would like to dedicate this poem to him - I also thank God for his continued healing...

The Daffodils

by William Wordsworth

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the Milky Way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced, but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A Poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Meg's Bridal Shower - 16th July 2005

This was one of the maddest bridal showers I've ever been to in my life. At the party there was Adrians mother Eve, sister Jennifer and three daughters, Judy (daughter in law) and family relatives on Adrians side - Dos and Margaret. Of course there was Meg, my mum and myself - the other girls in our family couldn't make it.

Meg was crowned with her Bridal veil and we played games all afternoon "games games games" I said to Meg who was horrified. She hates being the centre of attention and she was the centre for these games - larf larf.

We played dress the barbie in toilet paper to make a wedding dress, pass the handbag, hat & gloves game, memory of baking utensils game and make a posie out of handkerchiefs game.

Meg spent a mixture of the afternoon larfing, crying and feeling deeply embarrassed. To top it off as we finished the afternoon with a luxurious afternoon tea - my favourite being the mashed potatoes wrapped in luncheon meat - we sang "for she's a jolly good fellow" - its one of Megs favourite songs...

Neverending Socialising

When your weekends are so full - they fly by and before you know it - its Monday again.

Sigh.....

I've had the inlaws up for the last week so it has been a bit full on working all day, then cooking and entertaining of an evening - especially when I usually slip into my daggie jammies & comfy slippers and then sit down and veg...

So.......

On Friday night they took us out for dinner to one of our favourite Restaurants on the coast called Mikes Kitchen Ribs & Steakhouse and it was a lovely evening - especially for the girls. Chelsea as usual gets stuck into the ribs while Jordi opts out for calamari rings and chips. Mal had a humungous open grill and I chose the Ladies Fillet with vegetables - talk about mouth watering food then to top it off the girls had icecream, Mal had chocolate mousse and I indulged in some Sticky Date Pudding with icecream - talk about having to roll us home.

Saturday......

House cleaning - nah! I spent most of the week keeping it up to date so all that was required was some tidying up (mostly the girls rooms - larf larf) I took mum some morning tea as she had not been well and we spent the morning chatting as we usually do. With only enough time to polish down some lunch and get an update with all the Saturday football, I headed into town to catch up with some girlfriends at a little cafe called Bumbles at Budds Beach. As the cafe was full we had to sit outside and it was one of the coldest, windiest day the Coast has had for a while. However the Hot Chocolate and Mars Bar Cheesecake warmed me up immensly.

Saturday night.....

Had to get the girls ready for their Netball Presentation so after braiding their hair, limited makeup and lots of sparkles later we headed out to see them get presented with their trophies. As they are not graded and it is just a fun competition they all got a trophy for participation. After their nuggets, chips, chocies and lollies they headed out to the dance floor to do the Macarena and the Nutbush plus many more songs that sounded alien to me however not so to the 150 girls dancing and screaming...larf larf...I'm feeling my age

Sunday....

Sleep in (woohooo) as the girls were having their final Netball Carnival for the season and being presented with yet another trophy we skipped church and headed on down to the netball grounds. Earlier I had sent Mal a lovely email saying I was still curled up in bed - he had been down at the church early to help set up and as usual assemble his drum kit - he was jealous! However at netball I got stuck with a bitter woman who is squeezing every penny out of her exhusband for child maintenance and I had to sit there for an hour listening to the bitterness and the hatred that came spewing out of her mouth - as Mal said later it was God paying me back for not going to church...larf larf! I did miss church and I heard it was a great morning - doh!!!! I would rather have been at church than watch endless games of netball but thank the Lord its over for another season and I now have my Saturdays back.

Sunday arvo....

Got home just in time to pick up my mum to take her to a Bodyshop Party we only went because the lady who invited us is such a nice lady and the girl who was doing the party was a good frined of hers and was starting out in the business - we didn't want to let her down. We had our hands soaked and massaged with lavender products - not a good idea when you eat a biscuit and you have to lick your fingers - lavender doesn't taste too good...I won't tell you what I had for afternoon tea...I will leave that to your imagination.

Dear me...

What a weekend of eating and socialising - one I don't want to happen too often due to the amount of kilos that are being added each day.

Helloooooooo

Hey - I'm back......for those of you who read my blog.

I've been busy hibernating - its winter here down underunder and its a tough life when you have to walk around in t-shirt and shorts on the sunny Gold Coast.

Seriously though - it has been a busy couple of weeks with work and family. It was the end of our financial year on 30th June and I've had to deal with every nutter under the sun - thats another story for another day. My brain hurt, my head hurt and I'm definitely not a MATHAMATICIAN.

So instead of coming home and enjoying my fellow bloggers sites everytime I saw a computer I just wanted to cry - so I've stayed away from it and delved into the land of fantasy with a favourite Maeve Binchy Novel.

Speaking of family it is only five more sleeps till my sister Meglet gets married.

Stay tuned for some more updates and plenty of foties to come.....