Busy, busy , busy. Part 2

Here I am again! Eating frozen yogurt, mango flavour. I never really appreciated all the effort that goes into writing a blog but now I understand. It is time consuming!
On to the rest of our holiday spent in Wagga =)

When we arrived at the home we were welcomed in by Brooke and we all sat around chatting while we waited for Matt to get home from work. As some of you may be aware Jake's best friend is also Brooke's partner.
It was Thursday night. We spent time talking together and eating pizza. My favourite! We discussed many topics before finally heading to bed.

Friday was another work and Uni day for Matt and Brooke so Jake and I stayed at home. I read my book while Jake played on Matt's Laptop before we went to meet Matt in town for lunch. It was great, it always is when you're on holiday in a strange place at a Cafe that cooks well. Unfortunately Matt wasn't on holiday so he went back to work and Jake and I strolled along the main street. After a while Jake got a little tired so he went back while I continued to shop. We wanted to get something for Matt and Brooke to express our appreciation of their hospitality.
That night we talked some more, I read more book, we observed Matt and Brooke cook a really nice Chicken and Mushroom Risotto before watching V for Vendetta. It was almost 12 before we crawled into our beds. I was so tired.

Saturday! The day that holds special significance for myself; the day I was born. What a joyous occasion it was! After eating some breakfast of Salt and Vinegar chips we headed out to Junee to the Chocolate Factory. We all sat down and had hot chocolates and brownies before heading back into Wagga to see where Matt and Brooke spend a lot of their lives: Work and Uni.
That afternoon we had a small, light lunch and I got my hair cut off! =o =)
For those of you that don't know I recently had a hair cut (picture below). I decided I didn't really like it and in a bid to fix it got it cut shorter. I don't have a picture of it as it is now but I've had lots of compliments about it and I like it too.


Dad and I. You can't really see my hair but it's just above my shoulders. It's the best/only one I have.

My hair cut over with we went back home. Jake and Brooke watched some TV show comedy from their childhood while Matt and I did some reading. That night for dinner we went to La Porcetta. It was a pasta place and I love pasta. They were very busy but we managed to get a table. Once we had finished we got some gelati and went home again to watch Blood Diamond. Very good, very bad movie. I loved it but it was just so sad!
So in the morning Jake and I were leaving to go back home to Adelaide. We packed, loaded the car and went off to bed earlyish to organise our gift to them - We got them a card and a wall clock =) Oh, and some dried fruit because I love it.
During my stay there I used their gym balls a lot for various things so as a nice surprise, for my birthday they bought me one of my own! And some nice deep bowls because Jake and I don't have any and I mentioned that I liked theirs, I should get some. It was great =) I'm actually using my gym ball now while I type this. Back to the story -

Sunday morning was early but at least it was only 5:30am. We got ready, said our goodbyes and drove home to Adelaide. Our Kitty was very happy to see us the poor little thing. Jake and I unpacked our bags and I went over to the folks place to see Isiah and the others. They were over mums for Isiah's birthday dinner.

And that was our holiday. Wonderful but short. Jake didn't even get sick of me which is an added bonus. He did get sick though. Just a cold but it made him more tired then usual.

Here's where the rest of my story comes in. .. I went to bed Sunday night feeling fine. Was perfectly happy and healthy. I woke up Monday morning for work and realised with dismay that I was sick. I went to work and plodded through. It was a very busy day as Mondays are for me at the moment.
Tuesday I woke up aching in my throat so I called work, slept and went to the doctors. The Doctor told me I had a virus and gave me a certificate telling me to stay inside, warm and go back to work on Thursday unless I got worse. That day I slept some more and even had a minor fever! My first.
Thursday came and I was feeling better. Not best but well enough. I was still sick over the weekend, Monday and Tuesday but things weren't so bad till Tuesday night. I went to bed early because my head was pounding. Not a headache or a migraine, it just pounded when I moved or coughed or lent down, even when I was in bed sleeping! I decided that if it wasn't better when I woke for work that I should go see the doctor again. So that's what I did. Yesterday I called work again and went to the doctors. This time he tells me that I now have a sinus infection and I'm contagious =( I'm not allowed to go back to work till Monday and I have to stay inside all day. He thinks I'm sick because of going from warm places to outside constantly. I'm quite upset because I'm bored out of my brains and I want to go to work. 3 days is too long to stay at home all day with nothing to do and no one to talk to. Sigh.

And there we have it. My life. I hope you enjoyed it. This weekend Rory and Isiah are meant to be sleeping over because Damien and Natasha are going camping with another couple. I should be better by then. I have some Antibiotics.

A bowl of Special K, some left over Doritos, frozen yogurt, a mars bar and a litre of water later and I'm finally done. I can't go shopping for fresh food so I'm reduced to eating junk. There is more going on in my life but there's too much for me to write about right now. You've probably all given up by now anyway =) It is very long.

I love you all family. Always have, always will.

Tammy - And her wonderful Jake.

Busy, busy , busy.

Well here I am! Eating Special K on this cold, rainy morning in Adelaide; coughing and not at work. For those of you not in the know - I am sick. I know, it's very sad but do not fret too much for me as it is just your average sinus infection and virus. My story is quite ironic actually and to me, very annoying. I'll tell you all about it a bit later =)
I was talking to Amy last Tuesday for our nephews birthday and she encouraged me to write something about my holiday. Something small with pictures but I can never seem to do anything small, I apologise if this turns out to be pretty lengthy. Brace yourselves! Here we go =)

On the 5th of August my wonderful Husband turned 27. On the 14th of August I turned a mere 23. Just 9 days between the two birthdays and the perfect time to holiday. A few months ago I decided to pester Jake about us going on a trip with the idea to visit the snow. "We can go as a birthday gift" I said. "There's a special going at the moment with Mum and Dads holiday thing, very cheap". In the end I managed to turn him around to the idea. Yay! We organised our Annual Leave at work and managed to get from the 6th to the 15th of August off, and booked at our destination, Mansfield.

Jake's birthday didn't turn out the best. I worked full time up until we had to leave for our holiday and therefore didn't have much time to do things like shopping and other errands. On Thursday the 5th, our late night shopping night, I just had to go buy things. Jake definitely needed some warmer clothes and I just like to shop for me =p When I got home at 7 there wasn't any time for cakes and special wishes, we had to finish packing and get everything into the car for our early start Friday. It's just a good thing that Jake isn't much into celebrating his birth.

Friday dawned, after we'd already been up for 1.5 hours. There we were, up and out of the house, driving through the Adelaide Hills and beyond. Surprised? It didn't take us long to get ready and out of the house. It still took us longer then Jake was hoping though.
The rest of the day was spent mostly driving and chatting, Jake sleeping and me listening to music and reading. It took us 10 hours to drive over through the many towns and across the border, switching drivers regularly. We got into Mansfield, Victoria at 3pm our time, 3:30pm theirs. After finding our accommodation and checking in we unpacked and ate, watched a movie and then went to bed. It had been a long day and we were tired.

By the time we had awoken and organised ourselves the next day it was already 11. Jake had seen something about a lake the day before and so we went exploring. Lake Eildon turned out to be huge and not something we could actually walk around. We did venture a ways but eventually there was a puddle in the path that we just couldn't overcome. Jake did try to get over it but the log he'd stepped on wasn't stable. I held onto him the first try but fearing I might fall with him he told me to let go. On his second try to cross, the log moved under his weight and he cried "Hold on to me!" Of course I couldn't not laugh my head off as he almost fell in water and mud. =)
Due to drought and such the lake wasn't at his full capacity. I didn't take my camera with me and so have no pictures but I've found some on the Internet for you so you have an idea.


That is the entirety of the Lake Eildon. Big huh?


This is an example of what it looked like as we walked along.

During our walk back I tried navigating one of the many puddles we'd already crossed. After previously laughing at Jake for almost falling into the mud, it wasn't surprising when he started picking on me after I lost foot and shoe in a squishy spot. My shoes and pants covered in mud we laughed and continued to walk back to the unit.
For lunch we decided to go into town and see what was on offer. We stopped at a nice little cafe that sold baguettes and soups. After eating our fill we wandered over to the IGA to get some things we would need. That night we watched The Man From Snowy River, preparatory for our adventure the next day.

Horses! That's right, this day we woke early and went to a farm that ran Horse Riding Tours. It was awesome. There were just 4 of us on the tour. Another young couple from Perth and Jake and I. We got to walk, trot and canter the horses which were really quite fun; even for Jake who doesn't like horses.
Now, the reason we watched the Man From Snowy River the night before was because while on the ride we actually got to see the 'set' for one of the shots. For those of you who haven't seen the movie there is a scene where the actor and horse run down an unbelievably steep decline. We weren't on that same hill but we were on the hill opposite. Here are some pictures:


You can't really see it but the hill he jumped down is behind my right shoulder. About a quarter of the way from the edge of the photo to myself. There's a slight gap in the trees. You can see it when the picture is bigger.


Jake and myself! These were taken in black and white before I realised and I felt silly asking for more pictures. Oh well.


Me! We rode up this hill/mountain. Behind me is where we actually started from.


I wanted everyone to see the colour of my horse. Isn't he beautiful!? His name was Optus and Jake's horse was called .... I can't remember - Cosmo! That is what her name was.

While walking up the hill Rachel from Perth and I got acquainted. It was a peaceful 2 hour ride and quite enjoyable. I'd definitely go again. I was a bit sore at the end of it all but that was to be expected.
I think we read our books and Jake had a nap for the rest of that day. At some point I thought it would be fun to wrap my scarf around my head. I do have some pictures of it but I'm not going to show the world these ones =)

Just as an aside - My Kitty is sleeping on a pizza box. She's very cute.

The next day is Monday and it's time to finally see the snow! Yet again Jake and I slept in but that wasn't a problem. We hired some Ski gear and worked our way over and up to Mt Buller. When we got there we sorted out our gear and paid for a 2 hour beginners ski lesson. Jake had been previously when he was 12 but I'd never been Skiing before. I did pretty well during the lesson, falling over once! It wasn't to last though. When it finally came to going down the hill I fell over a total of 2 out of 4 times. .. I actually fell over more then that. Once was just while I was walking in Ski shoes, holding my Skis. Because of my falls I now have a bruised or fractured Coccyx Bone. It's not too bad though. Just a little tender.
It was a beautiful day to go Skiing, we were lucky. Only 5 degrees but it was sunny and I ended up taking clothes off. We enjoyed our skiing and went home very sore. We didn't actually take any pictures of us skiing or Mt Buller but here is a picture of the snow at the car park.


Snooow

Note to all: While Jake and I thoroughly enjoyed going Skiing we both decided that we wont ever go back to Mt Buller. As a mountain is wasn't very beginner friendly among other things. We'll try another mountain next time =)

Tuesday was originally going to be another day of skiing fun but because of the weather and because the other mountains were further away we spent the day in Mansfield. It was pouring with rain so there wasn't much we could do. We bought some books, had some lunch and had a look in a few stores before going back home again.

It was raining again on Wednesday but that wasn't a bad thing as we'd decided that we would go into Melbourne and see the Tim Burton Exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. I'd heard about it on an interview on ABC Classic FM and thought it would be interesting to go see.
We had a look around there and would've gone and seen a few other places around the city but because of the rain decided we'd just go back to Mansfield and eat some pizza.

Part of our holiday we had decided would be spent with Jake's sister who studies in Wagga Wagga; so on Thursday we packed up and that's where we headed.


This is a picture of the view from our front. It was very cold that day.

It was only a few hours of driving to Wagga. We managed to arrive at the perfect time! Just before 5 so we could find a McDonalds and have Chocolate Sundais before heading to the house.

I'm going to post this blog and do another one for the rest of it. I'm afraid that it wont let me post it because it's too big. Let us see! =)

2 Years

Last Tuesday the 21st Jake and I celebrated our 2nd Wedding Anniversary! It was such a beautiful day and I love Jake so much!

Tuesday started out like any normal day for Jake. He woke up and got ready for work. Always before he leaves to go to work he comes and sits on the bed and gives me a kiss goodbye. Tuesday held a slight difference though! Instead of giving me a kiss and leaving he placed a gift into my hand. I was sleepily surprised and yelled out my (probably unintelligible) thanks and I love yous as he walked out the door. I didn’t have to work that day so I half woke to see what he’d bought me and went back to sleeping in until 8:30.

My day was spent cleaning and getting the house looking pretty for Jake. Mum and Sarah took me to the shops at one point so I could purchase some ‘decorations’ etc to make the house look and smell nice. I even bought some flowers! The one’s that I had in my bouquet for the wedding.

Jake was surprised to see me when he got home as I hadn’t told him I was taking the day off but he was happy with everything I’d done.

We celebrated by going out to dinner where we had our reception 2 years ago. The food and everything was great! Jake had swordfish =) I even tired some and I don’t like seafood.

After we’d finished our dinner we walked to the shops to get some Cold Rock Ice Cream. It’s something we did for dessert on our first date and also the night he proposed. We sat and ate our ice cream at the park on ‘our bench’. It got a little cold but it was so yummy and we both had fun.

A very good day =)

He’s such a wonderful husband and I can tell he really loves me, even if I am more than a little annoying.

I hope your marriages are as love filled as mine!

Love Tammy – And her wonderful Jake.

Welcome, welcome!

Hello everyone! Another weekend is done and over.

I had an enjoyable weekend. Friday night Jake and I went out for dinner. I’ve had cravings for a certain pasta dish that I haven’t had in a long while. Unfortunately the place we went to that serves that dish wasn’t actually open. They’re renovating. Instead we went to Fasta Pasta. It was nice =)

Saturday I didn’t do much. Jake spent some time with the guys till they went home due to a crabby partner. I did go for a walk with Mum and Dad though which was good. Dad kept joking about taking pictures of Mum if she fell over in the mud and he kept walking deliberately into my path too which was funny and annoying at the same time. I’m pretty sure we had a quiet night. I probably read my book =)

Actually – speaking of books, I just finished book 4 of the Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordon. With out a doubt the biggest book I’ve ever read. 1000 pages! I’m enjoying the books actually. It’s weird to think that I’m in book 5 and the books have only progressed a year. And it’s not even boring which I find different for such a long series. So full of twists and blah, blah, blah =)

Anyway! Sunday morning I went to church with Mum and Dad. Jeremiah was so cute when I got into the car! He was talking of going to the Museum and seeing the Giant “Scuib” with “free” hands. He also spent some time talking about the Beach House at Glenelg. He went on a bus, a train and a tram! At church he sat on my lap while Nana and Grandad were singing but apparently we weren’t allowed to pull faces at them because we were in church. Oh! And dad stuck some trains and cars into his hood without him knowing and when Jeremiah went to sit down he couldn’t work out what was in his back. .. In the end I fished them out for him so we could colour in. I had a lot of fun with my Miah.

After church I think I did some more reading and later that day Jake and I went to see his family. Jakes sister Brooke is currently visiting Adelaide for about a week so she was at dinner which is always good. She definitely makes some good jokes and such.

I think that’s about all for the weekend. Tomorrow I will hopefully be riding my bike to work. It’s been raining so much this week that I’ve not had the opportunity as yet. It’s good for our water though so I won’t complain.

Jake is decidedly sick at the moment and he’s always cute when he’s sick =) I think it’s a cold or something similar. He’s a good little husband.

Anyway! Off with me. I love you all.

Tammy – And her wonderful Jake.

Catching you up.

I missed a blog from last week and this one is a bit later the normal also. Sorry about that! I’ve been busy =)

I haven’t really been up to much. I’ve ridden my bike a couple of times to and from work. I’m actually getting better at it too! Dean, the person I ride with (he lent me his old bike), he has set me a goal. As of Monday there are 21 weeks left in the year. (Not many at all!) Anyway, he’s decided that before the year is over I have to ride 35 times to and from work. Wish me luck! By the end of it, I’ll be so buff you won’t even know me! Hehe. .. Maybe not buff =p

Last weekend (the 4th/5th of July) I didn’t really get up to much. Saturday Ruth and I went out for Sister’s Day. We went shopping. We were meant to go shopping for Christmas goodies but all I ended up getting was a couple of birthday gifts for Charlie, Anabelle (I know! I’m late =S) and Jake and also some stuff for me =D I love shopping! Other then shopping I read some book and watched some movies.

Weekend before last I can’t really remember. All I seem to remember is that at 8:23 in the morning I rang mum to take me to church. I had just woken up and decided to go.

That’s about all =) Sorry it’s not very interesting.

Love you all!

Tammy – And her wonderful Jake.

Welcome to my life.

Sorry – I have trouble working out what to call the subject. It gets boring to call it “catch up” every week.

I had a great weekend! It all started with Friday. Technically Friday is a work day but I’ll start it then.
I rode my bike to work which was great! It was a fabulous morning! Not freezing cold but not hot either and we made good time as well. Fortunately Jake took the bike home with him (he was at Tafe around the corner) and I got a lift home. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll ride the bike and ride home also! Wish me luck.

Friday night was a busy one. When I got home I did some last minute cleaning for my friends that were coming over in the morning. After I’d finished cleaning Jake and I went over Damien’s for Games Night. Jake stayed over Damien’s and the boys played (along with some other males and females) while Natasha and I went out for a drink and a chat. Eventually, after a good long time, (the place was packing up around us) we made it home. The game still hadn’t finished so Natasha and I decided to watch a movie. By the time I got home it was almost 1.

Saturday morning I awoke at 7.45! I had organised for a group of couples (who happen to be friends with Jake and I) to come over for breakfast! There were 10 of us all up and I had a great time. I actually cooked for most of it but I still got to chat while cooking. We had bananas, bacon & eggs, stuffed mushrooms and pancakes along with juice and milos.

Eventually it was time for everyone to get going. Jake and I tidied up a tad before I went for a lie down and didn’t get up again till much later. I was actually surprised how long I slept!

That night we didn’t do much. We hired a couple of DVDs and I got the pumpkin ready to make pumpkin soup. Oh, and very importantly, Jake let us get Cold Rock Ice Cream from the shops. .. Soooo yummy!

Sunday was a nice day. We went over Ruth’s place for some onions as I needed some for my pumpkin soup. It turned out that I didn’t actually have all the ingredients (we were missing chicken stock). Fortunately I had a brilliant idea and we used the seasoning from our chicken two minute noodles =)

Before I could mush my pumpkin soup up Jake and I had to leave for Jakes parents. Olly (the puppy) was very excited to see us and we were able to meet Alex, Shaan’s boyfriend.

Pumpkin Soup – Eventually I was able to finish making my soup and it turned out pretty good. I’ve portioned some out for lunch at work but it runs out so quick! I need to make more.

Hope you’re all well! Love you heaps.

Tammy – And her wonderful Jake.

Life as it is.

Another weekend over.

I didn’t do much this last weekend although I did watch the boys and Juliet play soccer. I enjoy going to the games. Mostly I play with the little ones while cheering but they’re fun all the same. Rory’s team did very well. It’s cool to see how far they’ve come. They seem to have a very good coach.

Jake and I didn’t get to see much of Isiah’s game as we came a little late but he kicked the ball a few times while we were there. Even Juliet kicked the ball some.

Last week on Thursday I rode my road bike to work! I didn’t ride home as I think I should practice a bit more before I ride home again. .. It took me a while to get home last time =) I’m enjoying riding to work. It quite fun and I’m getting more confident too.

Yesterday Jake and I gave blood! I’ve been 4 times now and last night was the first time that I didn’t have any problems after or during. I am pretty impressed. Today I’m feeling it a bit though. I had to rest half way up the stairs this morning but I’m still kicking.

I think that’s about all that is interesting.

Love you all!

Tammy – And her wonderful Jake.