My life isn't really exciting but...

I love my life.

Yummy. I'm just sitting here smelling reheated turkey leftovers, about to watch "Inception" on our new blu-ray player with my spunky hubby. My life rocks!

Eek! It's been like forever since I last blogged.

So, Christmas.

On Christmas Eve I did a halfday of work and bought the last few things for Christmas dinner, then W@dsy and I went home and assembled the kids' Christmas present.

Ta Da!

Gremlin loves it but unfortunately the weather is terrible at the moment and he can't play on it much.

I spent Christmas day cleaning, cooking, ferrying Gremlin inside from the rain then outside to play, and familying. It was fun but tiring. My turkey with bacon and onion stuffing turned out really well and everything went really smoothly. I felt a little odd about that, the day was quite organised and I kind of missed my usual level of insanity. I almost felt... dare I say it...normal! And now I have plenty of leftovers to consume, so much for eating healthy. Oh well, the diet can always start next year, right?

Friends and Kids

I'm pretty sure that God made kids cute so that they would survive to adulthood.

Gremlin still refuses to sleep any later than 5:30am and turns his nose up at any food that isn't toast.  But he's just so cute when he tries to imitate his daddy doing Wii Fit exercises. And Chicken, she is going through a stage where she wants to be held all the time but then she turns to face you and gives you a ridiculous grin and you just melt.

I wouldn't trade my kids for anything but some days you just get so exhausted you don't know what to do. It's those days I especially thank God for my friends. I have a few friends I can just call and chat to and hear a happy voice instead of a cranky one. I can always call my husband and he's a fantastic support but there is only so many times I can call him while he's trying to get some work done. My friends are such blessings and I don't know what I would do without them.

Yup I'm bragging

My wonderful husband W@dsy brought me some flowers, just because I wasn't feeling great and he thought I'd like some flowers. God gave me the best husband!

Finally

Yes, despite my brain threatening to explode out my ears I unearthed the star from the kids' cupboard and W@dsy and I put the lights on the tree.

I like it, it's a bit more twinkly in actual life though.

My Brain!

Today is Day 4 of the Enormous Headache. I'm not sure why my body has turned against me in this way, but it has. I went home from work and I am thanking God for daycare. I'm not usually very good at resting because there is always things to do. I keep thinking things like, "Well, I'm home, so I might as well do the dishes." Is it a mum thing or just a me thing? Anyway I've made an effort an actually did rest a bit today. Maybe I'll put the lights on the Christmas tree...

Ahh, Weekend Away

God blesses our family incredibly. We were planning a weekend without the kids (W@dsy's wonderful parents took them for us), and a friend shouted us two nights at the Sebel! It was fantastic to get away, not be "Mum" and to just be me.

W@sdy and I relaxed, wandered about town, swam in the pool, and had a chance to see what a lovely and slightly quirky town we live in.

The Lovely Town...

 The Esplanade at sunset

 The skyline from our hotel room

And the Slightly Quirky Town...

 Yes, that sign does say "Sushi & Waffle." It may be just me, but I find that an odd food combination.

Just a standard hotel toilet you say? Well, not if you need to make a phone call...

We also came across the Literature section of a bookstore, which was entirely empty, no stack of books nearby to indicate a shelf tidy or rearrangement, just an empty bookshelf. Oh and Oddity No.4 for the weekend was a lady walking down the street wearing a burqa (traditional Islamic clothing) which covered most of her body, her enormous sunnies covered her face, but what was odd about the outfit was her neon yellow flipflops.

So there you have it my friends, Cairns is both beautiful and strange.