Hmmm…
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Saturday, May 19th, 2012This is going to be hard post to write, so I ask for your forgiveness in advance. After searching for nearly a year, we found OK flights and we’re going back home to visit in September a few weeks ago. We were so excited. We didn’t tell anyone about the flights because we were going [...]
Oi, oi, oi
Friday, May 4th, 2012You are now looking at an Australian citizen! After my test a few weeks ago I forgot to let everyone know that I scored 100% on my citizenship test and just this past Monday, I had a private ceremony with the mayor. I have applied for my Australian passport and I have sent in my [...]
Me, an Aussie??
Monday, February 20th, 2012It’s been 4 years since we landed in Australia and began calling this place home! I can’t believe it! And now I qualify to become an Australian citizen. Wow. It seems like just yesterday I was sorting through our things, trying to figure out what to send to Australia and what to get rid of [...]
American’s Survival Guide
Saturday, July 23rd, 2011I was looking through this website tidying up any loose ends that had come undone as I had been absent from it for so long and I came across an Amazon link to Americans’ Survival Guide to Australia and Australian-American Dictionary and I had to do a double take! Were my eyes deceiving me? I [...]
Friends
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011Someone once told me that making friends in Australia would be tough as Australians, especially females, tend to have their own close circle of friends that they’ve grown up with since childhood and rarely ever let others into that circle as adults. I thought that was true of anyone whether Australian or American or whatever. [...]
So I’m back
Saturday, July 16th, 2011Well I hadn’t gone anywhere, I was just busy with life, kids, work, you know all the crazy stuff. I was going to write a post about the health care system here but my 5 year old is jumping on me right now so I can’t write. I will try this again later. Maybe.
Becoming Australian
Thursday, December 16th, 2010It’s funny how nearly 3 years later my older son seems to have been born here. He absolutely loves Vegemite and Sausages. He says “ta” instead of thank you when talking to his little brother. He wants to put “sauce” nearly on everything! Some people are “rat-bags” and some big things are “whoppers”. His accent [...]
The hype is over but what will replace it
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010When I first heard Oprah was coming to Sydney, I thought it was cool. As the time got closer, I was getting excited with the hope that I could win tickets to see her show. I didn’t win the tickets and I was very disappointed. I thought I would be annoyed once all the coverage [...]
So much to say, so little time
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010Everyday I encounter something that triggers me to make a mental note about posting it on Lost In Australia. Every night after putting the kids to bed, I sit on my couch, laptop in position and I have a complete brain fart. Staring at the laptop, I try to remember what I wanted to say [...]
In a funk
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010As the title suggests, I’m in a bit of a funk today. It has nothing to do with Australia nor the US. It’s just one of those days that can happen to anyone, anywhere in the world. It’s a little past 11am on a Wednesday morning. There’s no one around to just process what’s been [...]
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