I haven't been able to blog....here is a blogging brain-dump.
Halloween party....50+ friends, rented a frozen drink/slushy machine....big hit. Found a butcher to order a brisket for me...$10.00 per kilo....Australian candy, texas brisket and the Monster Mash on the CD player.
Peonies and jacaranda...Spring has sprung. Purple flowers hanging from boughts. Raining flowers each time the breezes blow. Look out over the hils and you see the red tiled roofs and purple flowers, blue sky and blue water....fantastic.
Talk radio... No national radio here...an example of topics discussed, "The council is charging $15 bucks to go to the shore for the New Years Eve fireworks. That is outrageous! The shore belongs to Australia!" (Of course, the reason they are charging is because so many people set down their blankets around noon and get soooo rip-roaring drunk, that by midnight so many have become sick and the ground so rubbish covered that the Councils have to have a huge cleanup the next day.) Callers and hosts alike are also heard saying "What's the government going to do about that?" as the ongoing question to every problem...as a self-reliant American who basically wants the government to fund the military, roll Easter eggs on the lawn, light the Christmas tree and otherwise stay out of my life, this mantra is a bit disturbing...oh well....when in Rome....
Tiger Woods...He is here for the Australian Masters in Melbourne. Only The Bamster or, to a lesser extent, Jesus Christ incarnate could generate bigger headlines. Tiger is BigDogDaddy's firm's, Accenture, spokesperson. So, a group of Accenture folks from Sydney are travelling down to Melbourne this weekend to watch the golf. BigDogDaddy will be one of those. A glass of wine, a breeze from the Antarctic and Tiger in his red shirt...not bad.
End of the school year....Roller coaster plunging down from the apex....grip tightly. Since Year 6 is the last year of Jr. School (High School starts in Year 7), Skierdude has lots of activities: 1.)Year 6 Beach Day (during school); 2.) Year 7 Orientation (during school, parents needed first two hours); 3.)Year 6 breakfast (during school); 4.) Year 6 Disco Dance (a Friday night); and 5.)Speech Day (this is the awards day at the convention center on the last day of school). Let's not forget Ponygirl....Year 4 beach party, 3 ballet rehearsals and her ballet recital. She also has Surf Education at Manly (during school) for the next three weeks. All these activities require food, susnscreen, towels, and appropriate clothing/shoes to be packed and ready before they head off. Skierdude's experience at the disco dance....I will have to fill you in on that one after it occurs. I am looking forward to December 9th.
Messiah....What better way to ring in Advent then being given the chance to sing this massive work (unabridged) in the Sydney Opera House. Now that I have mastered the British names for music values (crotchets, breves, semi-breves, etc.), I can fully dive into this project. We are expected to sing it from memory. I have always thought memorizing bible verses was hard...now I know how to do it....put it to music. Singing the words of Isaiah really fill the soul. I can't even describe what singing the Hallelujah Chorus feels like.
Off to pick up Skierdude from Balmoral (sailing) and then back to Redlands for Ponygirl (ballet). Dinner is made and just needs to be warmed and the fridge is full of milk, fruit and veggies...life is looking up in the land down under!
Halloween party....50+ friends, rented a frozen drink/slushy machine....big hit. Found a butcher to order a brisket for me...$10.00 per kilo....Australian candy, texas brisket and the Monster Mash on the CD player.
Peonies and jacaranda...Spring has sprung. Purple flowers hanging from boughts. Raining flowers each time the breezes blow. Look out over the hils and you see the red tiled roofs and purple flowers, blue sky and blue water....fantastic.
Talk radio... No national radio here...an example of topics discussed, "The council is charging $15 bucks to go to the shore for the New Years Eve fireworks. That is outrageous! The shore belongs to Australia!" (Of course, the reason they are charging is because so many people set down their blankets around noon and get soooo rip-roaring drunk, that by midnight so many have become sick and the ground so rubbish covered that the Councils have to have a huge cleanup the next day.) Callers and hosts alike are also heard saying "What's the government going to do about that?" as the ongoing question to every problem...as a self-reliant American who basically wants the government to fund the military, roll Easter eggs on the lawn, light the Christmas tree and otherwise stay out of my life, this mantra is a bit disturbing...oh well....when in Rome....
Tiger Woods...He is here for the Australian Masters in Melbourne. Only The Bamster or, to a lesser extent, Jesus Christ incarnate could generate bigger headlines. Tiger is BigDogDaddy's firm's, Accenture, spokesperson. So, a group of Accenture folks from Sydney are travelling down to Melbourne this weekend to watch the golf. BigDogDaddy will be one of those. A glass of wine, a breeze from the Antarctic and Tiger in his red shirt...not bad.
End of the school year....Roller coaster plunging down from the apex....grip tightly. Since Year 6 is the last year of Jr. School (High School starts in Year 7), Skierdude has lots of activities: 1.)Year 6 Beach Day (during school); 2.) Year 7 Orientation (during school, parents needed first two hours); 3.)Year 6 breakfast (during school); 4.) Year 6 Disco Dance (a Friday night); and 5.)Speech Day (this is the awards day at the convention center on the last day of school). Let's not forget Ponygirl....Year 4 beach party, 3 ballet rehearsals and her ballet recital. She also has Surf Education at Manly (during school) for the next three weeks. All these activities require food, susnscreen, towels, and appropriate clothing/shoes to be packed and ready before they head off. Skierdude's experience at the disco dance....I will have to fill you in on that one after it occurs. I am looking forward to December 9th.
Messiah....What better way to ring in Advent then being given the chance to sing this massive work (unabridged) in the Sydney Opera House. Now that I have mastered the British names for music values (crotchets, breves, semi-breves, etc.), I can fully dive into this project. We are expected to sing it from memory. I have always thought memorizing bible verses was hard...now I know how to do it....put it to music. Singing the words of Isaiah really fill the soul. I can't even describe what singing the Hallelujah Chorus feels like.
Off to pick up Skierdude from Balmoral (sailing) and then back to Redlands for Ponygirl (ballet). Dinner is made and just needs to be warmed and the fridge is full of milk, fruit and veggies...life is looking up in the land down under!
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Memorizing Bible verses by putting them to music...why didn't I think of that?
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