catching up

Hi Everyone,

My apologies for being so slack. I know i say it every time, but the fact is, i dont really get much of a chance to up date coz ryan is always on the computer! Anyways im here and you have me.

Well lots has happened since we last spoke.


I got back to Darwin. My beautiful boys home waiting for me. Ryan looking good as always and Jackson had grown so much! was weird as.

In august im pretty sure, Megan and James came up to see us. It was only for a few days but it was AWESOME! we went to litchfield and swam in the rock pools, that place is amazing. I live about 40 minutes away. not far at all. So if you would like to see it. YOU BETTER COME UP!

Not much else has been happening. Oh Jackson got desexed. FUCK ME everyone at my work was like why why, how could you do that... thats awful.. and this wicked chick Jess said " at least let him have his first root!" and ofcourse, i was horrifieD haha. anyways he got it done, without rooting anything. I felt totally bad about it, but it will stop him straying and no son of my is gonna get some girl pregnant before marriage :0) His has grown heaps.. check out these photos and videos
he had been digging





Tricks


The video below is of Jackson and our neighbours puppy Oscar. They do this every morning when im getting ready for work. Oscar goes nuts barking.



UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM WHAT ELSE. Ryan has been working hard. I love him so much. Living with him is totally stress free and relaxed. im very lucky.

Check out this massive lemon meringue. no i didnt make it. I bought it for my cousins dinner and its huge! my god..

was yummy though.



What else. This weekend or next week im going to get my hair chemically relaxed! I need to do something. its driving me nuts. i straighten it and about half an hour later its frizzy.. only gonna cost about $180.00 and i cant wait.. its not going to be dead straight. hopefully it works.

anyways i will load a picture when its done.


well i better be off. gotta feed jackson.

missing you all heaps. and i promise to keep the blog more up to date.

i will see you all from 22nd of december- 11th of January!

love you all

muah muah
Sarah xx

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Still in Melbourne for the last stretch. I go home to Darwin on Sunday and I sort of can't wait. Its just so cold here. My whole body has gone into meltdown and is freaking out.

Interesting facts.


My asthma is one thousand times worse in Melbourne than it is in Darwin. I didn't even think to bring a Ventolin inhaler with me and on the second night i needed one! and fast.

My skin is showing that eczema loves the cold. My hands are starting to itch and in a couple of days i think the lines on my fingers are gonna crack! OUCHIE!!!!!! Just something that i always had to put up with. ALSO MY FUCKING SICK ON MY FACE is sooooo dry!

I now have a very strange and unwanted love for Kylie Minogue. After seeing her on hey hey its Saturday i am just in love. I bought her cd the next day. I never thought the day would come and its shocking you know. I have vowed by Christmas i will have a kylie minogue body or at least something a lot closer to hers and a lot different to mine. haha I really wanna get into shape now. She is like 40 and looks amazing. See what the cold weather does to you! make you go loco
I love her.




On the up note thought i have caught up with lots of people. So busy doing everything. Ive caught up with la familigia and la friends. Unfortunately the winter weather has taken over a lot of my friends good health so they are resting it up big! I have been to my cousins Emma for dinner. She made an awesome creamy pasta. She also makes a great lasagna! I went to see some friends play. Raven vs Crow. Enjoyed that! And caught up with a few other mates!


Being back at my parents place, i now realise how much they did for me when i was at home. Especially my mummy. The amount of washing my brothers chuck in the basket and the dishes they use is crazy and annoying. I don't know how i never realised. I used to do the washing and stuff but since Ive been here, every day the basket is full and the dishwasher needs to be put on. what the hell! In Darwin i do washing on the weekend but here, there would be clothes everywhere if it wasn't done during the week.

Ryan has been out field since last Tuesday and I haven't heard from him since Monday. Ahhh i miss him so much. Not seeing someone is weird but not speaking to them and for this long isn't really nice. I guess this is something i will have to get used to but ahhh its hard! i wonder if he misses me. Hopefully :P He is on course and will be eating rashen packs and sleeping in tents. Carrying heavy shit around and probably using weapons. So much fun for a boy!

Well today looks sunny and the washing machine has already been on. I will now go and hang it all. Tonight ill be seeing Twilight Eclispe, with some chickies! cant wait...

OMG I forgot to write about Jackson, That little guy has been on my mind this whole time and i forgot! He is staying with my neighbour Heather. I called her the other day to check on him and he is doing just fine. Eating sleeping and playing. I asked her if she thinks he misses me and she nicely but awkwardly said yesssssss. I know he doesnt and by the sounds of things, he is having the time of his life! I bet he has grown heaps. I cant wait to see him!

Peace! x

Home Cold Home

Hey Hey,

How are you guys?

Shout out to people that comment on my blog. So nice that you even read it. Love you

So it turns out that im back home in ATOWN and im freezing my butt off. I never remember it being so cold. I was looking forward to wearing my jackets and scarfs but i need more than that. I dont have ANY long sleeve tops and only bought tshirts from Darwin so i am stuffed.

Ryan has been on course for the last month and a bit. He has gone out feild as of today for 10-12 days and Im not going to hear from at all. Not even a little phone call. Gonna be soo weird ey. So with that happening and me being afraid of losing my mind, i booked some flights and walah, here I am.
I know you are probably thinking about our child Jackson. He is fine and hanging out with our neighbour Heather. She loves him and spends all day at home, so she was the perfect person to feed and play with him while we were gone. Tonight is the first night neither of us will be there and im finding it a little stressful worrying about him. I know he will be fine though! He has mastered rolling over and high five and shake. I took all his food over to Heathers and she must hear me saying HIGH FIVE JACKSON HIGH FIVE all the time. So asked him for a high five and he sat there so still and put his paw up perfectly, i chuffed like a proud mother. I was so pleased with him, it was a bit embarrassing how rapt i was. haha. He is just the best!

Coming home was a massive decision. Jackson was the main issue in regards to what we were going to do with him. He hasnt had all his vacinations and no kenal would take him in. I was goin to bring him to Melbourne but thought he might get lost or sick because of the weather. And also stressed on the plane. And last of all it was leaving Ryan full stop. Over the last 2 years we have been apart more than ever and even though we have done it a million times, saying bye kills me. I hate leaving him and hate him leaving me. I sorta feel like Bella when Edward leaves. Just doesnt feel right. Being home makes it a bit different and seeing everyone is fantastic. We will be back together soon!

I finally finished Twilight new moon and loved it. I know i always say i want to be a vampire but im sure i just want to be Bella. 2 guys after her, thats crazy. I watched the movie today and Jacobs body... MY GOD. I am sooooooooooo team Jacob and that is for the shallow reason that i like the way he looks and that Edwards six pack looks shitter than Jacobs. I am going to try and read Eclipse before i see the movie but i know its not going to happen ey. Takes me forever to fit in time to read. I am reading though and making the effort still!

Not much else to report. I am in Melbourne until the 1st of August, so if anyone would like to catch up, you most likely have my number or email me! Up for anything!!!!!

Take care and love youxxx

Catch up blog.

Ohla everyone. Long time no speak AGAIN!
Sorry for being slack and not posting..
Ive had the busiest couple of weeks and just havent had a minute to myself.

On the 13th of June a few things happened.. I turned 24, my awesome husband gave me some red raybans as a gift, my parents were flying in to visit and we picked up the new addition to our family.. Lil Jackson..A beautiful 9 week old lab x golden retriever. So cute!

Anyways, so this day was hectic.. Not only did we have to pick up Jackson before 3pm but my parents were flying in at 2!

We went to get our child first. Whilst there, I got a comb, some chewing stuff for him, a couple of toys and had to fill out all the paperwork. The girl went to get me a comb and then asked me to go see which one and guess what happened! The most embarrassing thing that could happen to one self. I sorta rushed off, not seeing that beside me was one of those floor weights that animals go one. My big toe slammed into it and i went fucking head over heels and landed basically on my fache'. ( For those that dont speak fluent spanish, fache' means face) So i landed on my fache', raybans went flying... to my HORROR! Ryan thought i was dead coz apparently i lied there without moving for a couple of seconds.. i could have melted into the ground at that second... So i got up, and then made every effort possible to get out of there! But that was a challenge as my husband could barely catch a breath from laughing so hard. Anways we got the dog and the brush and everything else and left. Once in the car, Ryan turned to me and explained step by step what i looked like from behind falling..

Here are some photos of him..








He has his puppy moments.. Biting is one of them.. He has crazy sharp teeth, that hurt!!!! So far he knows how to sit, lay down, roll over, shake hands and high five. Pretty cool when he does them all in a row.. Its crazy how fasts he learns. He knows his name and is a pretty laid back kind of dog. We had fireworks night last week and for the 2 weeks before they were saying on the radio to leave our dogs in the laundry because they will be scared and could ran away.. But not Jackson, he wasnt even fussed.. and actually slept outside. So proud of him ahha..

Since we got him, he has also grown heaps.. bit scarry. He will probably get as big as my friend Bouchers dog, Charlie.

Enough about the new love of my life.

My parents can up to the top end on my birthday, and what a treat it was having them here. Not only did they do the odd jobs that we didnt get around to doing but mum cooked.. and i miss her cooking. They only stayed a week and my heart broke all over again when they left. So shit saying good bye. But the house wasnt completely empty when they left. My brother Stephen and 3 of his mates were also up. They stayed for like 10 days and that was great too.. Loved having people at our house. Its been just Ry and me for 4 months now and i loved showing them around Darwin.

What else has been happening.
Work has been pretty busy. Its fun though. Leanne the girl i work with has started doing office pranks on me. Like sticky taping the hang up button on the phone, so when i answer it, it keeps ringing. Also she said someone had called when i was out and i called them back and it was the fucking sexyland up here. I got her back with the same shit and made her call the place where that dickhead manager that used to work with us, works now. I laughed soo hard. I have to come up with more. Tomorrow im going to swap all the tops of her stamps around so she stamps the wrong thing. Lame I know, but i must get her back. She is really awesome. She actually has a pet pig named Willimina. My boss keeps saying he is going to eat here.. Awful person.

Ryan is doing super good. Working so much lately. They have him doing this course. I cant really explain what its for, but basically he will be able to teach people on weapons, pt and other stuff. Poor thing has been working weekends. Love him to the moon and back.

Speaking of Moon, im still reading twilight, new moon. Im almost done, its taken me ages. Again i wish i was a vampire.. but that will never happen.


Unfortunaltely i have missed out on some of my friends birthdays..
TRAV
FLICK
SIMO
SEONA
JADE
MEGAN
:(
Happy birthday Guys.. I hope i havent missed anyone.

Better be off.. Love you all lots and lots

Peace xxx

All about Reading

I have never been much of a reader and I am making a huge effort to read everyday. No matter what it is. At the moment I am reading Twilight New Moon, and I plan to read the others.. In the mean time I ordered a few books online. A couple by Haruki Murakami. Ive already read a couple of his and another one called Love Letters of Great Men. Carrie on Sex and the City was reading it one time. You may remember this, she was in bed with Big and she was using his glasses.


You- my Life- my All- farewell
Oh, go on loving me- never doubt
the faithfullest heart
Of your beloved
L
Ever thine
Ever mine
Ever ours
s2

When I went to order it, there was a paragraph saying that the show just made up the book, and once she was seen reading it.. all these authors scrambled love letters by famous old men and made the book. I ordered it anyway.
Me being a huge romantic.. Believing in love at first site, eternal love, soul mates blah blah blah I thought I would post some of them up after I read them.

Here is the first one.

Its by Pliny the Younger, a son of a landowner in norther Italy. He had a career in law and government and when he died they found 10 books of letters. Nine to friends and colleagues and the tenth to the emperor Trajan.

To Calpurnia, his Wife.

You will not believe what a longing for you possesses me.
The chief cause of this is my love : and then we have not grown used to be apart. So it comes to pass that I lie awake a great part of the night, thinking of you: and that by day, when the hours return at which I was wont to visit you, my feet take me, as it is so truly said, to you chamber, but not finding you there I return, sick and sad at heart, like an excluded lover. The only time that is free from these torments is when I am being worn out at the bar, and in the suits of my friends. Judge you what must be my life when I find my repose in toil, my solace in wretchedness and anxiety. Farewell

Review

Hey Babycakes!

How are yous all? Im good...Bit tired but all good

Last night I went out with 8 ladies. I only knew one chick named Peta and the other ladies were all new to each other too. I had an awesome night. I thought what the fuck im gonna get drunk. If they don't like me big deal but i was determined to make an effort and not be shy. So I got to Peta's and she poured me a wine. Im not much of a drinker AT ALL but the wine was nice. She filled the glass so i needed about 10-15 minutes to slowly down it. But within a couple of minutes of pouring it the bloody doorbell rang and she says to me " SKULL IT!" im just like FUCKKKKKKKKKK. So i did and it hit me instantly. I said goodbye to Ryan and told him I might be home sooner than I think at this rate. Got out side and i couldn't find my shoes.. I hear Peta telling her 7 year old Paris to take my shoes off and to give them to me.. Poor Paris, she was so disappointed that she had to take them off but more so that they were too big.. She spoke as if they were supposed to fit her.. i wasnt sure what to think. So i climbed into this fancy four wheel drive and there were 6 ladies and the male driver. They were all so nice and we were off on our way to the Casino.

Darwins casino is better than Gold Coast Casino but wayyyyyyyyyyy smaller than Crown. Like there is no comparison. We had dinner at the Dragon Court, an awesome Asian restaurant. Whilst sitting there drinking more wine, a bright blue t shirt catches my eye. It was sooo bright it hurt. I couldnt believe the odds of who it was. Out of the small amount of people I know here, the one person I was happy to never see again, walked in carrying his baby.To my COMPLETE HORROR it was the MANAGER LEE that i posted about yesterday. I nearly fucking died.. I turned to Peta and had a hissy fit and she just said dont worry.. drink more wine... What are the odds! Anyways he left and the night continued.. I was pretty tipsy when we finished dinner and we headed to Sandbar, a bar/ restaurant. There was a live band for a bit and then the dj started. We danced and drank danced and drank.

I thought alot about the girlfriends I left behind and missed them alot but being able to go and and dance was really fun. I wondered if my new friends had ever had a jam donut shot so I bought them all one and none of them had ever had one, which I was stoked about coz I love them... and most of mi girls doo so it was great.. They took the shot and LOVE IT! They talked about it all the way home and it was a total hit.
Some great things came out of last night.

-Got to dance and sing the night away.
-One of the girls is a hair dresser and can do my hair alot cheap than what I paid at the salon early yesterday. $260 something.. She was shoked I paid that much.. I was so excited when she said she would come to my house and do it!!!

-And finally I realised that you could never be too old to have fun. There was an 80something year old man at Sandbar the whole time we were there. We left at 2.30am and he was STILL THERE.. I had to get some footages of him dancing.. We called him Poppy... He is in the stripy white shirt. What a legend!!


Hope you all had awesome Saturday Nights!!

Lovesxx

SO MUCH TO TELL

HELLO BLOG READERS.... HOW ARE YOU ALL??

Well I have been busy. Hard to believe I know but i have! My last post was about our pet gecko Freddie. Would you believe I havent seen him since I posted about him. Maybe Seona was right. I must have scared him with the flash.. Poor baby.

Anyways so much has happened since I last posted.

WORK- Work is going really well. The manager I was hired by resigned because he thought the Leanne and I were keeping him out of the loop. He actually sent us an email saying we made him look bad and shit like that. At this point he was in the same room about a foot away from us and typed this long winding email to us. I turned to him and just said you could say it too our faces. I wasnt really offended by it but was a bit pissed that he was blaming us for him looking bad, but Leanne went freaking stupid. It was like when your mum just has enough and youre at the point where you realise you shouldnt have said or done what you just did. She went off and things went sour from there. She yelled like my mum would and I couldnt look at her because I thought she was gonna smack him or something. He deserved it. You could cut the tension with a friggen knife! I replyed to his email in a really mature and professional way, and ccd it to the owner of the business, who was away in Sydney. This manager named Lee, was a fucking snake in the grass. He blamed us for a few things that we didnt do but "totally had our backs" pfft whatever dude. He wouldnt have sent the email if the boss was in town. He even waited till all the reps were out of the office and it was just us 3. To make things worse he did this at 9.30AM and the awkwardness continued until 2 managers from different sections of the business asked to see him.. Obvisously he shouldnt have sent this email coz he came back out and printed off his email.. took it back for them to read and then came back and printed our replys. Like i said, mine was pretty tamed but Leannes wasnt. After a while he came back and Leanne and I were called to the office. And they asked us how we felt if he left and shit and i just said i didnt trust him and cant be stuffed with his shit. After everything we said they sprung it on us that he resigned and we were so happy because he was a pain in the arse and throughout the whole company people were sayin the same thing. The good thing to come out of it was that the boss told the other managers that if it came to the point where it was me and Leanne leaving or Lee, that he would have to go. Ive been there for about a month. How nice is that! Anyway its been so good since that dick left. Leanne is the funniest. She is probably like 35-36 years old and has such a great sense of humor. We always turn to Lees old desk and ask him questions and shit.. and then we laugh to ourselves. Sad thing is that Lee probably thinks we are missing him and that the company has gone to shit, when in fact it hasnt! As if it would. Kudos to Kosmos Foods I say!

SEWING CLASS- Didnt go last week. The skirt is coming along very nicely though. Im doing a really simple pattern but it is hard to read. Starting from nowhere, I can use all the help i can get. There are some older ladies that have sewn before so they help out. I might be getting a sewing machine for my birthday from my parents so that should be really good. I hope to make some great stuff!

VISITOR- We had a visitor from the sea come stay with us. Ryans step brother Mat sailed into Darwin on Monday and we hung with him a couple of nights. The stories he had to tell. My god. He started off in Perth, sailed to Sydney for a couple of days, In those couple of days he flew to melbourne and came to our wedding. Then headed back to sydney, sailed to New zealand, then i think singapore and cambodia, than Darwin and now he is on his way back home. 4 months at sea. Crazy. He was saying that they have to salute the ship every time they get on and off the ship. They said they "throw it a goffer" haha how funny. I asked him the most obvious question anyone would be thinking. "Where does all your rubbish go?" The throw most of it over board! YOU GREENIES WOULD BE HORRIFIED I KNOW!!!!! Things like paper, cardboard and other stuff that eventually can break up gets toss over the side. They also throw cans.. That part i wasnt too impressed about. How can they throw cans.. they don't break up? Anyways, the other stuff is put in bags and taken off the ship once they dock. He was also saying that if their ship got hit by one torpedo it wouldnt sink their ship complete but it would break,hang on shadder your bones. The vibrations that would hit the ship would be massive. He did say that the ship can take up to 2 hauls full of water before they would be in serious trouble. How exciting.The thinks you learn. I do doubt you could spend 6 months on a leaky boat crowded house, cmon.

NEW FRIENDS- Well tonight I am going out with Ryans boss' wife Peta. Thats her name.. PETA awesome and some of her friends. Im pretty sure most of them are all mums but who cares. They seem to drink like they are teenagers so im up for it. Ill take what i can get and Peta is really nice so i dont mind. We are going to the Casino. I havent been in there but apparently it is really nice. There are some awesome bars and resturants so it should be real fun!

TWILIGHT- Reading the second book. Very interesting. After watching the first movie ages ago i keep using those actors faces in my head while im reading. I keep wondering who i would think they look like if i didnt have the movies to look at. Just a bit from half way. I keep saying to ryan that i wish we were vampires so we could live forever together. If i were a vampire i wouldnt hunt people but just say i was in bellas shoes and ryan was edward i would expect him to change me. I would hate him if he didnt. I would do it to him god dam it! What are the odds that she meets Edward who is cold as ice, a vampire and then knows Jacob who is as hot as fire, a werewolf . Only you Bella.



I think that is about it. Another big blog. Nothing else has been happening. I thought I would take a photo and let you see how i look after living here for just over 2 months.


I look the same ey. hahaha

Love you guysxx muah

FREDDIE

This is Freddie.
He is our adopted child and not by choice. He is some kind of baby skink and he rules this house.



I think he is trying to communicate with us. He shows up in random places around the house. And some how defies gravity.


He has no boundaries and no sense of privacy. Scaring me as I was on the loo this morning! Oh Freddie!

Where will Freddie be next. Watch this skinky space..

THE COURSE HAS BEGUN!! and by THE COURSE i mean the GARMENT MAKING COURSE.

I signed up to this course in aid to find some new friends, and maybe start my career as a fashion designer. Not a famous one. and maybe a designer of my style.. I would like to make funky things not just clothes but anything to do with a sewing machine. So the course started Monday just gone and it was really good. I enjoyed it. I didnt really speak to anyone and have a sneaking suspicion i probably wont - but all the same i was happy.

So the journey starts to a visit to spotlight. To get the essentials, basically what the course runners advised us to get.



If you cant tell, ive decided to make a skirt for work. Finding the pattern was easy as, but finding the other stuff. My god. I had to choose a material and it had a lot of suggestions on the back but I didnt know where to start.. so i just chose a nice silk fabric. Then I was in search of all the stuff the other stuff ineeded for the skirt. The zip. the loop and hook, scissors, a pick, some needles and some funny tape stuff. All this cost $62.00. I WAS SHOCKED. But atleast alot of the things were one off buys and i wont need to buy them for a while.




The skirt i am making is the red one im pointing too. Its a pretty straight forward pencil skirt. I had a look at the pattern and its only really in 4 parts so it would turn out alright.

When i got to the class the teacher "Lyn" told us a bit of her background and she has worked all over the world, dress making and stuff. She is probably in her early 50's and is so impressive I wanted to be her. After all the introductions, Lyn got us on a machine, teaching how to thread it. Jez it was weird. It had to go all these different ways and through here and there, but finally i got it. She got us to practise on some caleco. And these are the results~!






I did a heap more but they all look the same. some a bit shitter. So there you have it. its been fun. I have to cut out the pattern over the weekend so ill let you know how i go and post some pictures. Until then. Love you alwaysxx

Massive update

Hey Guys,

I havens blogged for a week almost and so much has happened.. More so in the last 2 days.

So my week has been filled with full time work. This new routine is killing me. After 2 almost 3 months off work its hard to get back into.. Work has been super busy and finally the guy that i was hired to replace, finished yesterday. THANK GOD. This guy was really nice but totally creepy. Like someone you see in a movie, when they say something and slowly turn to you and laugh the creepiest fucking laugh you've ever heard. Well this guy, did that a few times to me.. But on a awful and mean note, i really think he has a learning difficulty or even dyslexia and the people in my office were so awful to him its ridiculous. Anyway.. he is gone. So this whole week I have been trying to catch up all the shit he was behind in and also learn everything. There is a lot of stuff to do and know. I have to run reports of all our suppliers for the Darwin warehouse and the Alice springs warehouse and send them to the relevant people.. there is just heaps i cant be even explain it.. Its exciting though.. the last 2 days i have finally felt good about the job.

Yesterday Ry called me about 3pm and told me we were going out for tea to his bosses house with a few of the other boys. Immediately i went into meltdown "WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR" , "MY HAIR ISN'T STRAIGHT!" Once i got home i got ready and just wore my jeans and a white top. My hair- well it wasn't straight but was neatly in a pony tall so i didn't mind so much.. To be honest i was just so excited about talking to some people and his boss has a wife... so talking to another female out of work! The night was awesome. There were to women there and they were really nice. The bosses wife stays home with their youngest and was spewing that Ryan didn't say anything to her husband about me being at home while i didn't have a job. We could have hung out. But i gave her my number and hopefully she calls.. I didn't get hers.. weird ey. I didn't think of that until after I left. But we did have a great night!!

On to other news.. Furniture..When we moved up here we only had a bed, side tables and a few other things... We needed couches, dining table entertainment unit and 1 maybe 2 more beds.. Slowly this list is narrowing down. We got the couches! we got the entertainment unit! and today we got the DINING TABLE AND CHAIRS!!!! I'm so excited finally we can bloody sit at the table and eat instead of on the couch.. Its a beautiful 9 piece solid timer set. Its just fantastic and is everything i ever wanted! It took 4 weeks to get here and came from Adelaide. Can you believe in this day and age things take so long.. Crazy.... All the stuff we bought is really nice and matching well.. Now all i need is the beds and decorating stuff.. Any suggestions.. I want to get some indoor plants and some cool painting..

This week we have another long weekend.. Its called MAY DAY and its for those who fought for the 8 hour day. They could have fought for 6 hours and a 4 day week.. but thats just me.. ill take the day off all the same. So tomorrow we are heading to the Mindal Markets.. hopefully i can find some awesome stuff for the house there! and Monday i don't know what we are going to do! Maybe go to the wave pool. mee dont know! 2 long weekends in a row.. this could be the making of a new habit!!

I also have started reading twilight.. the first book. I saw the movie ages ago so its weird knowing whats coming in the book but i haven't seen the 2nd one soo it will be good to read! In the past I haven't been a reader at all. It took me maybe a whole year to finish one book and that was because i kept forgetting about it. I remembered it all tho. I finally finished it and that same day went to the library and got twilight. Im not going to buy books just incase i don't like them and my old habit of not reading kicks in. I'm half way through it and is around the part where Edward saves Bella from those guys and she is asking all the questions about Jacob Black and stuff. Its cool!

I think that's about it.. Sorry to ramble on and keep you. Hope your all well and have a great weekend!!!..Speak soon .....s2
Peace

ANZAC DAY

Hello all,

This morning Ryan and I got up nice and early...4.30am, to get ready and head off to the Dawn Service that was taking place at his base. After about 45minutes of traffic trying to get in.. we finally got in and just made it too the service with only minutes to spare.
I wasn't sure what I was in for as I have never been to one before. Ryan has but at a different place.
It was 5.45am and the service began. It was still quite dark and no birds were chirping or anything. We were standing at the entrance of Ryan's unit. 5 RAR, where there was a memorial wall with the names of fallen soldiers. The trees behind the memorial were all lit up and it was just beautiful.

Everyone stood silent and prayers and the story of ANZAC DAY were read. And then the Last Post played. It was played perfectly and sounded just fantastic. As if someone was singing it, with real effort and giving it all the justice it deserved. More words were spoken and then the National Anthem was played. As it started all the servicing members shifted their posture and stood up tall and proud. With their hands tightly gripped and close by their sides they some what saluted their country and their flag. It was a fantastic sight and a proud one at that. Once the Anthem was over they relaxed their hands and continued to stand silent. The service was over and the sun was just break through.. the birds were all awake by this time and singing loud!

After the service we met up with a few of Ryan's mates and some of them wouldn't be much older than us.. maybe younger and they were wearing their medals. Some had heaps and others had a few...some had none.. but no one really cared.. everyone was just happy to be there.

I am so proud of Ryan and am so grateful that I am married to someone so brave and courageous.

Attending the Dawn Service was pretty awesome not only because I got a personal tour of the base but because it was nice to see that everyone was proud to be in the Army. They were happy to be in their uniforms and saluting the flag.. They have a friendship that would outlast any war and that will always have each others backs. And they all had egar faces on them because the boozer was about to open at 8am. :P

So I left Ryan there, where he began the drink off. Just before 12pm I got a call to see if I could take him and a few of his mates to the city. I said yes of course just to see how PTE POOLE was surviving. He got in the car and was handed a Jim Beam by one of the guys. Something Ive never seen him drink before. The car filled with the smell of beer and bourbon and it dawned on me.. My husband may come home not knowing his name or mine... or may not come home at all. Who knows that time they will get home. I will let you know how he goes :)

Peace to all the ANZAC's! x

Private Ryan James Poole

"Kosmos Foods Darwin- This is Sarah speaking"

Hey Guys.

So I haven't posted for a couple of days.. as i have been busy working from 8am- 5pm. My day starts early.. its nice though coz i get to wake up with Ryan and we rush around getting ready and leave within 15 minutes of each other.. ohh

Anywayz so i started this week and at day 3 its going well. Like every place it has its own problems and shit that you have to deal with but its going to be alright.. the lady Leanne , thats teaching me is SUPER ORGANISED and she is teaching me how she does it.. so together hopefully the purchasing department runs a bit smoother..

Things that might interest you about my new job..

1 .I work up stairs.. My first job that requires running up and down stairs.. does that count as exercise im not sure but GOD i hope my bum gets a bit of toneage.. if thats a word.

2. There are 4 massive fridges/freezers.. and a huge warehouse that stores things that doesnt need to be cool.. In these fridges/ freezers are..
* THE CHOCOLATE ROOM.. full of chocolate.. i think i could die in there.
*Fridge 1. that keeps all butters and cheeses

*Fride 2. I havent been in so i assume something cold is in there..Ill let you know. thinking back maybe its flour and stuff like that. like Dry goods but need to be cool.

*Freezer 3. I went in there today and spent about 2 minutes watching this guy counting some stuff and i was supposed to be learning but I couldnt concentrate because it was -35degrees and all i wanted to do was GET THE FUCK OUT! it was the coldest thing i have ever felt.. after i got out all the blokes that are always going in and out were like "its not cold in there", "you think its cold" yada yada yada... and i was about to yell.. "THEN WHY ARE MY BOOBS SNAP FROZEN THEN EY!" "EY" It was all good.. I finally thawed out but was in a bit of pain.. my back and chest hurt alot afterwards from the cold.

3.This place is about 10 minutes away from home and has only 2 main roads to get on.. some days its busy and others its not.

4. They supply almost of all of NT'S and Alice Springs super markets.. convenient stores, hotels., petrol stations and everything else that sells a chocolate bar and anything branded Schweppes. Its a massive company.

So there you have it.. the basic run down of my job. They people there are really nice and hopefully it continues that way. The manager is organising a go carting/ archery day for us so that might get us mingling.


Speak soon... Laterzz

The Interview

After about 3-4 weeks of job searching I finally got a call this morning and was asked to come in for an interview and 1pm TODAY... Naturally I was shitting myself.. it was only 2 hours before I had to be there.. so I had to straighten my hair.. Print our my resume and figure out what a knock outfit would be...

So the interview was for a purchasing assistant/ stock controller position. I felt good about it as I have had experience in these areas.... So i got there a good 20minutes before. Sussed out which door i would have to go in.. and if i could make the walk without falling over.

Got there and the interview started. Once i met the two guys interviewing me I totally relaxed and started wanting the job more and more because they were funny fellas.. i could really get along with these guys and have a joke with them... The interview came to an end and they shook my hand and asked me "WHEN CAN U START" and I said "Tomorrow" and they said "SEE YOU AT 8AM"

I GOT THE JOB ON THE SPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AWESOME............

Ill be working at a Food wholesaler.. if that's not the best part of it.. because I LOVE FOOD.. any type.. doesn't worry me... and its got a great confectionery category.. im a lucky girl.. its also about 10-15 minutes away from home.. nice and close.. and i think im going to make some friends there.. they seem like a real friendly bunch..

So i start tomorrow and ill let you know how i go..

Love ya!xx

Garmet Making Course

Ok soo in a bid to make new friends and meet some nice people I have done something that I never had the courage to do before and have signed up and paid for a 5 week night course.

In the course I will be learning how to make garmets from commerical patterns and learn how to adjust to size.... It will teach me how to use a sewing machine and over locker correctly.... how to hem and sow on a zip.. and how to choose the right material..

Im actually pretty excited.. My mum can sew so well.. she made my communion and confirmation dresses.. she has made fantastic quilts, table runners. My auntys Carmen and Carolyn are also great!!! They often compare their works of art. I really would like to make my own things for around the house and clothes even nice gifts for people.... It starts on the 10th of May so once it starts i will let you know and keep you updated.. I really want to buy a sewing machine sooner or later too..

So this is hopefully one way i can meet some friends and keep them as friends.. There is a huge list of courses that I could do but i thought this might be the one attracting younger people. I even asked the enrolling lady what ages the other people were and they around my age and all women. Ohh i hope this works.. Fingers Crossed!!!

Finally its straight---for now

Since being here my hair has had alot of trouble getting used to the heat.. I have curly hair and when its wet and curly its just gross and i feel really yuck.. dirty even. I dont feel myself when my hair is frizzy and not straight.. i cant even run my hands through it.. its gets so knotty

When i straighten my hair here, its a big job.. by the time i get half way finished im all hot and bothered and im sweating so much that i need to re do parts.. its really gross and im sorry for informing you about it. Its like when you go out and you just cant find something to wear.. doesnt matter what you wear u feel shit and theres nothing u or anyone can say or do to make you feel better.. ur just not in the mood.. well ive been like this for a while.. ive been up here for over a month now and ive straightened my hair 2-3 times only for it to go frizzy with the same day.. i hate it.. and Ryan doesnt get it.. what boy would.. he thinks my hair looks fine all the time.. such a good husband :)

so tonight i straightened my hair.. it was a bit cooler and i had the air con on in our room.. i feel so much better. I dont know how long it will last and im worried it wont last long enough.

I guess its just whinging but i like my hair to look clean and nice...... doesnt everyone???

Crocosaurus Cove

Howdy!!

Today we went to the city and in the main street there is CROCOSAURUS COVE!!!!!!

It is filled with massive crocs that have been caught from all over the NT. Its a great place.. the have platforms so you can see over the crocodiles enclosure and then you can walk under and see them swim and stuff.. they are huge!!! I cant image what I would do if i saw a massive one..

Here are some photo




croc just lying around


All different crocodiles and alligators from around the world.


Story of old Charlie



Old Charlies Head!!


I just missed this croc floating like vertical.. was so pissed off... he just hangs there for a bit



This one stayed like this with its mouth open the whole time we were looking at him.. i wasnt sure he was alive coz he was sooo still.


They also have reptiles. This one was a starer.


stuck between a rock and a hard place.. hehe


This lizard thing was stuck on a log.. i put an arrow where the log was.. it was the funniest... he was waving his arms like a crazy person and was swaying from side to side.. eventually he fell and went back to what he was doing.. he avoided all eye contact after his embarrassing moment.


there he is shy as anything.. his tail was sooo long.


Soul mates.. there were hundreds all this little crocs all lying on eachother.. it was a love pen.


This is an olive snake.. thats probably not right but the presenter kept saying it.. they gave him a huge rat to eat..and there my friends is the rats stomach going in the mouth.. ryan wanted to be sick.. the lady showed us newspaper clippings of a snake that had eaten a wallaby.. and it took 8 hours for it to swallow the whole thing.. and one snake that they actually have there ate a jack russel dog and they couldnt bring him out because he doesnt eat rats.. has the taste for dogs. The snake ate the dog in march last year and since being at crocosaurus cove he has only eaten 2 rats.. the dog would last 2-3 years and he wouldnt have to eat anything else...scary..



no no thats not his tounge.. its the rats TAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!


It was really cool seeing everything there. we are going to take anyone who visits there because the crocodiles are just so huge its crazy. cant wait to go back.. they are like dinosaurs

latersxx

Biggest Indicator ever

I was driving around the other day and stopped behind this car. Ive never seen this kind of car before but the indicator was a giant one and i had to show you... do you think that was the winning point of the car.. "well it has a huge indicator... i think we should get it"

"WE'LL TAKE IT!"



When I took the photo i was scared they saw me and thought about all the things they could do to me. I was behind them and infront of another car so they could of

- jumped out of the car and broke my windows with baseball bat
-jumped out of the car and demanded i delete the evidence of the massive indicator
-followed me home and then broke all my car windows and my house windows.
-jumped out of the car and sang a traditional Mexican song and invited all around the join.

the possibilities were endless... nothing happened.. i drove home and forgot about the massive indicator..

bad luck continued

COLL 86

MELB 85

Am I bad luck?

Ryan is a mad Melbourne supporter and when we started dating it was a condition that I let go of all of my ties to Collingwood.. To my family and Seona's disgust. The things u do for love.
Anywayz we have been together for just over 6 years and the last 6 years havent really gone down well for the demons..im afraid I have bought bad luck to the team.

Every time I watch a game they lose.. they get smashed... and today im not watching it.. Demons VS The Pies. Ryan has gone to the "HUB" not the pub.. the hub, to watch it with his mate Harry.. I just checked the score on the net and Melbourne were in front.. but have i made a bad decision by checking????.. I believe so.. they are no longer in front.. it took a second of my bad luck to get to them.. Im too scared to check again :-S

What will the outcome be??
Ill let you know


Go Dees xx

A Good Friday

Yesterday here was a very different day.. It was a really cold fresh day.. It was great.. Reminded me of home heaps. I opened most of the windows and doors of the house to let the cool breeze in but somehow the house was way hotter than outside was. It was the first day Ive worn a singlet and a top on top of that.. I enjoyed it. Ryan said he had never felt it soo cold here before.
I thought mmm maybe a big storm was coming but it didnt :(

See when it rains here it just starts.. no sprinkle to start it off.. just full on rain.. Buckets down.. then after about 15-20 its gone.. no sprinkle after that either.. just like someone is turning the tap on and off.

So to get out of the house we decided to go look at some beaches that are close to the city.


Here is a map. Palmerston is where I live. So we drove up to Darwin around that white dot.




First we went to Mindil beach. This is where the Mindil Beach Sunset Markets are held. Anyone who knows about this market love it. Cant wait for it to start. It's starts the 29th of April and is on every Thursday and Sunday nights till the 28th of October.

Mindil Beach

The sand here was really thick and our feet just sunk into it. By the end of it we were full of muddy sand and this glue like stuff..

There were these two people standing out in the water and yelling something..they just stood there looking at the clouds.. They looked like Aborigines. Maybe they were praying or something. You can just see them.





Would have been awesome if a storm rolled in but no luck..






This formation from the water went for miles on the beach.. the pattern was edged in the sand a good 2 cms. Crazy






Then we went to Cullen Bay... This is a richer suburb of Darwin city.. It has awesome resturants and you can catch a ferry from there. There are houses that back onto the water and there sit the multimillon dollar yatchs. With all the boats its sorta looks a bit like Williamstown. I didnt get any photos of the yatchs.. it started raining and i couldnt be bothered. SOZ









That was pretty much our day.. we came back home and relaxed for the rest of the day..

It was awesome

Peace.xx

Primary back ground work

Im trying to find my way around this blogging thing and im guessing people just write what they want. Seriously if you dont want to read it... dont.. i will be offended :P

I moved straight out of the womb to where i lived for 22 years in Altona Meadows.. My younger brother Stephen calls it "A TOWN" He gets in a taxi and they ask "Where too?", Stephen screams "A TOWN" believing the driver really knows where "A TOWN" is.. Anywayz so i lived in "A Town" all my life and i liked it. Went to primary school at the local catholic school. QOP. Said our prayers every morning and got bullied but some unnamed people.. one being my husband... no no just kidding.. he didnt talk to me haha

When I was in prep mum used to carpool with Loretta from across the road.. and some days Loretta would walk to school and we would walk back.. so this one day she came to pick us up and she had her pram out with Thomas her youngest in it.. I assumed we were walking home. Loretta was a bit of a chatter and to be honest I had better stuff to do than listen to her go on about, well lets face it.. shit, so I thought I would start walking..

My house in "A TOWN" was about a 15 minute walk away from the school for an adult but for a 5/6 year old it was longer, alot longer. By the time Loretta finished yapping I was long gone. And by the time I got home, I was in BIG TROUBLE. Apparently Loretta totally freaked out, which is understandable and had some teachers searching for me around the school. She called mum and it was on. MISSING CHILD.. I was fine though.. walked all the way with not trouble. My poor mum was hestirical. All I can remember is walking up the porch and she comes rushing out with her arms open and crying..Like it was a really joyous occassion.. yeah she was happy to see me but then I got inside and it was a total different scene and then my bloody dad got home..Lets just say I never walked home by myself again.

So primary school was pretty adventureous.. reached grade six and I was outta there. Our princible was Mr Ryan. Basil Ryan.. He was an odd character and to make matters worse he lived in the court across from me. Mr Ryan was a tall man.. had a rough beard and his favourite choice of footware was sandles with socks.. So addtractive ey. He was very sun smart and if we didnt have a hat and sunnies we were "silly sausages" I never had the privilage of having sunglasses at primary school, but what could i do, I didnt own a purse.

Grade 6 came and went and walah.. i found myself at mackillop and surviving another 6 years of school.. Thats for another day..


Good Afternoon Dirty Whisphers!!xx

Dear Diary,

Welcome to the first ever posting from me.. Sarah. So here is how I ended up here.

I followed my heart and it bought me to Darwin.. My husband Ryan joined the Army last year in March and it has been an interesting ride from there. From being together every single day to not seeing each other for 3 months and only speaking on the phone every few days a week, my life was upside down. After he left I wasnt sure what was going to happen.. See I am one that likes to know what happens and have a plan. But there was no plans, I had no idea what was going to happen.

So Ryan was away on and off until July, when he got his posting to Darwin.. and there it all started. He proposed and the plans started. The plan was that we would get married and I along with him,we would move to Darwin and married life would begin. I wouldnt just move for any old mo fo. This guy is my high school sweet heart. A total gentleman. He is great!

After 6 months of planning and trying to deal with the fact that I was leaving.. on the 6th of March and gave my parents and brothers the biggest hugs and kisses ever and told my friends, they meant everything to me, I turned and held Ryan's hand and with tears in my eyes I boarded the plane bound for the top end.

And here I am. I live in a great suburb called Durack. The grass is green as and the trees are amazing. For somewhere so hot ive never seen it soo green. Coming from Melbourne was a huge culture shock in so many ways.. I wont go on about it now but i will later.. I need to tell u a few things.

Ive been here for almost a month and Im enjoying myself.. having my own place to live, living with Ryan and just doing my own thing is great.. Next plan is to find a job and make some friends.
Making friends is the daunting part of my plan. I feel like im back at highschool on the first day. Even though i went to school with a bunch of primary school friends, it was still weird. I was the pugdy maltese girl with huge teeth and even bigger frizzy hair. My best friend was a gorgeous blonde, skinny little thing.... ps.. she still is gorgeous and my bestie..and I was in year 7 class with my way cooler cousin Luke.... i was doomed to fail.. and i did.. not until year 11, year 12 did i find the best group of friends ever.. and still going strong.. they are still the best group of friends ever.. they are known as the "posse". So how do I make friends.. Join groups and talk to strangers.. thats what i have been advised by Jade to do.. and I will try. But the people i have met so far are crazy... maybe im the crazy one.. who am I kidding... i hate meeting new people and all my friends know it.. Ive had the same friends for almost 10 years.. and I dont want to let them go.. But who am I gonna have girl time with??

Ponder that!