2 posts tagged “travel”

Feels like my life is so scatty and scattered at the moment that I have trouble thinking of any solid and coherent to post about in here.  So this will just be a little newsy update kind of like the ones people send around with their Christmas cards.

Work going well although have missed a bit of time due to the kids being sick (SEPARATE illnesses on SEPARATE days - how thoughtless!) over the past week. 

Have been nominated to attend an International Women's Day breakfast in a few week's time (one of the other women in my office a bit snippy that she wasn't asked to go).

Still reading my way through the YA shelves of the local library.  Currently part way through a good book that is set in my local area of Sydney.  It is called "Lost Property" by James Moloney.

Going out for coffee with one of my mum friends on the weekend.  She lives just as harried a life as I do so we decided we both need to do this and hopefully more regularly.  Also determined to get to yoga this Saturday.  have really been feelign the effects of missing it this week (although it was nice to have a sleep in). 

Also hoping to go on a movie "date" with my husband on Saturday night.  I am really feeling movie withdrawal as haven't been to the cinema for ages.  Was going to go and see "Juno" a month or so back but it never happened.  Will have to check what is on and see if I can arrange a babysitter.

Thinking of going away for a few days over Easter.  Planning a trip away always cheers me up provided it is not to somewhere where I need to clean (eg, husband's aunty's holiday house) or camp.

Still changing my mind frequently about what to do for the kids birthdays.  Pretty fixed on Hannah Montana in 3d for V (eek!) and maybe an after school or Easter party for J.  Thinking of inviting the whole class now as there are only 16 of them and it is a bit clear out of the 16 who are J's particular friends.  even his teacher said the groups still pretty amorphous at this stage. 

School hols coming up in April and have decided to take kids to visit Mum in Melb for a few days around Anzac Day.  J also looking forward to catching up with his two pals (my friend's two sons) down there.

(Following is something else I read the other day (while home with sick V).  Quite good but the plot suspiciously like the movie Mean Girls and others of its type.  Nice girl triumphed in the end (of course)!)

Art Geeks and Prom Queens: A Novel

Alyson Noel

J Nat Mus Canb

What a great kids holiday destination Canberra is!  Both my husband and I used to live in Canberra (it was where we met and fell in lerv) and didn't like it much then at all.  Once the initial excitement at leaving and moving to exciting Sydney had worn off, I kept experiencing a yearning to go back and visit.  In 2006, I took both kids there for a long weekend.  We met my brother there and had a great time.  This time I just took my son and met up with another friend and her two young sons for a three day 'boyfest'.  It was great!  There were so many free or cheap things to do with kids and being January, the whole of Canberra was like a ghost town so it was even easier than usual to get around.  We re-visited the National Museum on Lake Burley Griffin (this was a highlight last time) and Questacon and also went to the Botanic Gardens (where we came upon a huge water dragon sunning itself on a rock), the Black Mountain Tower and the War Memorial.  We also found a few good playgrounds (esp recommend John Knight Park at Belconnen) and went swimming a few times (including once at Dickson Pool).  Mostly cooked our own meals but did have one (fairly unmemorable) dinner out at the Dickson 'Tradies' - main attraction of that was the kids could sit and eat their meal in a train carriage - unfortunately this was the best thing about eating at this place!

The photo is from our 2006 trip to the National Museum (didn't have my camera with me this time so waiting for my friend to send me copies of her photos):