Hopefully by the end of this week I will have a new mailing address to share with everyone. I have been apartment hunting over this past month, but now we are getting desperate and I think we will take whatever we can find that is cheap.
It means so much, especially when living in a new country where everything is so different some privacy (where people do not just walk in anytime they please) and to have a little control over your own home. There are always rules, but it would be nice if a light gets left on or a door accidentally left unlocked not to have my character called into question.
I have found some great little apartments -in Austin. :) I guess I'd better look a little more in the Sydney area though, eh? Australia is a pretty place to visit, but I'm not so sure about living here.
Wish us luck finding an okay place!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Happy Easter Everyone!
I don't know about you but so far I have had a lovely Easter morning. V got up extra early despite working double shifts and extra holiday shifts and drove me to church (40 min by car, double that by bus). And you know what the most incredulous thing was? Several people there remembered me! From my one visit two years ago!
It's a lovely church and I'm happy to finally be there. It may be small (~25 people, including children), but it is an active, humble, and loving group of people. There are even several non-english speaking students who are learning English through studying the Bible (like the World Bible School and Lets Start Talking programs). Oh, and I loved that they served morning tea between church and class because anyone who knows me knows I slept in and skipped breakfast.
It's funny how different the dynamics are in a small group. There will be no falling asleep at church, LOL. (Not that I ever did that Mom and Dad -it's just a joke! Really!) Apparently they spotted me as a chuch member straight away because they noticed I knew all the words to the songs. They have also already helped me organize easier transport for church next week. I look forward to getting involved more.
Happy Easter everyone.
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
It's a lovely church and I'm happy to finally be there. It may be small (~25 people, including children), but it is an active, humble, and loving group of people. There are even several non-english speaking students who are learning English through studying the Bible (like the World Bible School and Lets Start Talking programs). Oh, and I loved that they served morning tea between church and class because anyone who knows me knows I slept in and skipped breakfast.
It's funny how different the dynamics are in a small group. There will be no falling asleep at church, LOL. (Not that I ever did that Mom and Dad -it's just a joke! Really!) Apparently they spotted me as a chuch member straight away because they noticed I knew all the words to the songs. They have also already helped me organize easier transport for church next week. I look forward to getting involved more.
Happy Easter everyone.
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
Friday, March 21, 2008
A lovely hike
It's always encouraging to see signs like this one as you start your walk.
But the views were beautiful and it was a lovely day.
Ender really enjoyed the hike too. 
There were many beautiful Australian plants around to see, even though it's technically fall here now. This is a scribbly-gum, named for a worm that leaves a little trail of scribbles behind in the bark. Or so I'm told.
A short clip of video. I need a lot more practice at using the video camera feature on my camera I think. Hope you enjoyed the views as I did.
Friday, March 14, 2008
New Family!
I want to let you all know I've got 2 newly adopted little cousins in the family and I'm very excited about them. If you were at my wedding -they are the flower girl's new sisters. (Thank you big sis for forwarding on all the info!) I can't wait to meet them; looking forward to July.
Best wishes, welcome to the family, and lots of love to them. Not that they can read this, or even read yet. But, ya know.
Best wishes, welcome to the family, and lots of love to them. Not that they can read this, or even read yet. But, ya know.
Hi, I'm not sick or dead or anything!
Sorry I haven't been updating in a while. I have just been very homesick. Being homesick has nothing to do with where you are, it's where you aren't. I miss my loving family and friends very much. I miss Dr. Pepper. Heck, I even miss Wal-mart. (Stores here close down at night -can you imagine that? No 24/7, no buying groceries at 2 am anymore!)
V and I, and occasionally his folks have been busy the last few weeks with council clean-up. Once a year (on a scheduled basis) people around here all put things they don't want out on the curb. It's not normal trash -it's like the things people here would donate to churches, charities, or college students. :) It sits out on the curb until someone scavenges it (One person's trash is another person's treasure!) or eventually the shire councils haul it away to be recycled. Charities go around and loot if the have the man-power, people who run 2nd-hand shops, people who recycle metal for cash, and people like us who need furniture/dishes/etc.
We have many, many little treasures (and big ones) from our looting. We found cash (about $15, plus $5 canadian), metals which we recycled for more cash (Yes Dad, V finally got to haul a carload of scrap in for cash), this 19inch moniter I'm looking at to type this (and 3 other 17 inch ones), speakers for my computer, a 120 GB hard drive, a 7 ft couch, desks, computer tables, art supplies, set of black plates, 3 teapots and teacups, a whole complete teaset with tags still on, a Tiffany glass bowl, nice computer chair, drafting set, a working clothes-dryer (Yes!!!), and the list goes on and on... It's totally unbelievable what people throw away.
This is some of my favorite loot. It was all carefully wrapped in newpaper and put in a box, then piled with lots of other things...
We went to some really nice neighborhoods where people were just upgrading. It seems a shame to me that people don't rehome things. Recycling is all well and good, but isn't it better to use things that still work?
Anyhow, been busy on the days off cleaning the scavenged items and sorting them all. Good timing for us that cleanup was now.
Sadly, all the cleanups are over with now. Still very busy though -beautiful weather so V's job of feeding people is really busy. Easter weekend is coming up -and with it a wedding in the family here. Lots of people staying at the house in our 1 extra room and the rooms of our level we aren't allowed in, all here for the big event. Should prove to be really crazy. We are all hoping for sunny weather as we will be out on the beach. It's been really warm and summery here still, despite a few days in the high 60's-low 70's when Aussies declared winter had come early!
Thanks for all the comments, I appreciate hearing from everyone and miss you all a great deal.
V and I, and occasionally his folks have been busy the last few weeks with council clean-up. Once a year (on a scheduled basis) people around here all put things they don't want out on the curb. It's not normal trash -it's like the things people here would donate to churches, charities, or college students. :) It sits out on the curb until someone scavenges it (One person's trash is another person's treasure!) or eventually the shire councils haul it away to be recycled. Charities go around and loot if the have the man-power, people who run 2nd-hand shops, people who recycle metal for cash, and people like us who need furniture/dishes/etc.
We have many, many little treasures (and big ones) from our looting. We found cash (about $15, plus $5 canadian), metals which we recycled for more cash (Yes Dad, V finally got to haul a carload of scrap in for cash), this 19inch moniter I'm looking at to type this (and 3 other 17 inch ones), speakers for my computer, a 120 GB hard drive, a 7 ft couch, desks, computer tables, art supplies, set of black plates, 3 teapots and teacups, a whole complete teaset with tags still on, a Tiffany glass bowl, nice computer chair, drafting set, a working clothes-dryer (Yes!!!), and the list goes on and on... It's totally unbelievable what people throw away.
This is some of my favorite loot. It was all carefully wrapped in newpaper and put in a box, then piled with lots of other things...
We went to some really nice neighborhoods where people were just upgrading. It seems a shame to me that people don't rehome things. Recycling is all well and good, but isn't it better to use things that still work?
Anyhow, been busy on the days off cleaning the scavenged items and sorting them all. Good timing for us that cleanup was now.
Sadly, all the cleanups are over with now. Still very busy though -beautiful weather so V's job of feeding people is really busy. Easter weekend is coming up -and with it a wedding in the family here. Lots of people staying at the house in our 1 extra room and the rooms of our level we aren't allowed in, all here for the big event. Should prove to be really crazy. We are all hoping for sunny weather as we will be out on the beach. It's been really warm and summery here still, despite a few days in the high 60's-low 70's when Aussies declared winter had come early!
Thanks for all the comments, I appreciate hearing from everyone and miss you all a great deal.
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