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!