Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Ok so I am not great at this blogging thing, no regularity at all, but I suppose if I get here every now and then that’s better than nothing right? OK so January, February, March and April have had their good days but they have had their very bad ones as well. We did start with a great day at the Bike races at Geelong after what had been a terrible end to 2011. The weather was perfect and it was just nice to sit back and relax and take some time out for us. Later that week, Julie Pauline and Kim Harris and I pulled a huge surprise on our friend Shelley for her 50th Birthday, sending her flowers with a cryptic message and then turning up on her doorstep to take her out for dinner. She was very, very surprised and I think she loved every minute of it. My footy Friend Emma and hubby Leon became the proud parents of bouncing baby boy Charlie Xavier at the end of January - will have to convince him he needs to barrack for the Roos and not his dads team The end of the month also saw my step father having to undergo an operation for cancer and thankfully all went smoothly. February saw another Scrapbooking weekend with a great bunch of girls again,despite some issues with the property where we stayed. Spent a night at the footy for my birthday and then woke the next day with Kev in agony with a bad back so no Birthday dinner for me Have had a couple of shop at home parties which I hadn’t done for a long time – lots of work but good to catch up with friends and get some bargains LOL March started off well with the birth of baby Khalil – congrats to my friends Hadaya and Abdi – he is just beautiful and I was able to have a nurse only hours after he was born which was just wonderful. However the month turned bad later on when I got a phone call to say my Mum had fallen and broken her arm and was being taken to hospital in an ambulance. She had been blown over by a gust of wind when bending over to pick up a can from the gutter. She did not get operated on until the Tuesday and they was moved to Broady Rehab on the Friday which is where she still was 33 weeks later. (PS Thankfully she is now home and on the road to recovery) Seems she just doesn’t want to celebrate her birthday because she injured herself at the same time last year. We will have to take her out for a big dinner when she is able. Had 2 friends also trip over to Phuket and I was very very jealous……LOL I also spent a Saturday in March at the Public Records Office in North Melbourne at a Family History seminar which was great and I learnt lots Also saw the start of the footy which didn’t start well the first week but had a big win the second week against the newest team in the league. Good Friday saw me have a scrapping day at home with Julie, Pauline and Shelley just to have some time out for me with a couple of good friends who needed it as well, unfortunately there were a couple who couldnt join us. Mum was able to come home from the hospital for the afternoon on Easter Sunday which was also good. Also got to see Frankie Valli with Julie, Pam and Cindy live and although he lip synced a bit the four guys he sang with and the band made the night truly memorable I have some friends going through their own issues at the moment and I hope they all get what they need to make things right as soon as possible – I just hope they know I love them to bits and back and will endeavour to do whatever I can to help And that in a nutshell is all about me as at 12.4.2012 And as I did this post nearly 3 weeks ago and didnt put it on the blog I suppose there is other stuff I now need to add. Celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary with a nice dinner at the local Curry Cafe,footy hasnt been too bad so far with a 3-2start, had some great family news with Brent and Michelle getting engaged, have a BIL in hospital having heart surgery but luckily all went well and another family member having some medical issues too. I can never say life is dull and I have probably missed stuff, but Kev, Alyce and I are all good so all is OK and tomorrow will be Day 11 And thats it in a nutshell at 01.05.2011 And I am sorry there is no paragraph breaks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!