What the…?
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Tuesday, November 29th, 2011Whomever said “there are no stupid questions…” was full of it because along with “Why isn’t Thanksgiving (or the 4th of July) celebrated in Australia?” comes these doozies….
Bombing Magpies
Sunday, November 6th, 2011And I’m not talking about the AFL team. I’m talking about the bird. We were at the park. LJ was riding his new bike while CJ was running around like the maniac he is. The next thing we know a magpie swoops down onto LJ’s head. Good thing he had his bike helmet. MJ went [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Settling and word of the day
Sunday, November 8th, 2009So I’ve been here a little over a year and a half and I do believe I’m just settling in now. As a result I don’t have that many interesting little stories anymore or if I do, I’m so busy with the boys that I forget what I wanted to write when I have a [...]
Getting used to the Australian germs
Monday, January 19th, 2009It’s been nearly a year since I’ve been here and I’ve been sick so many freaking times. And not just a cough and cold, I mean MAJORLY sick. Today I’m on my 3rd day of horrible stomach pains, vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, and dizziness. This has nothing to do with the pregnancy. My hubby and son [...]
Is it me…
Monday, January 12th, 2009Or are Australians are so truly laid back to the point that they’re sooooo slow?? We were out running errands today so we didn’t get a chance to cook dinner so we quickly went into town to a fast food place to get some pasta. It took 25 minutes to get 1 bowl of spaghetti. [...]
Family friendly sex shop in Brisbane????
Friday, October 31st, 2008I know that I have mentioned that Australia is very family friendly but a family friendly sex shop in Australia?? Oh c’mon, what lowlife will take their 3 year old to a sex shop and tell them “ok behave and draw me a picture with this nice lady while I go shop for naughty underwear“.
Australians are slobs
Saturday, October 18th, 2008We went to McDonalds today. We don’t normally dine-in at McHeartAttack but LJ was very upset that we took him away from the park where there were some fun Children’s Week activities so to make it up to him we went for some McNuggets. As soon as we walked in, the mess hit me. On [...]
There’s trash everywhere
Saturday, October 11th, 2008Yesterday, I had a craving for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups so my hubby took me to a candy store (that’s confectionary shop in Australia) where they sell some American candy. On our way out and back to the car, I saw a little girl about 3 years old and her mother walking toward us. The [...]
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