Midwife Crisis

Peek at my Week: I’m on holidays baby…

2012-01-04T22:46:00.002+10:00

My lovely sister over at Live. Love. Create. Imagine. has started up a new blog meme called ‘Peek at My Week’. Basically, since she and I are both avid instagram users, she has decided that it would be awesome to make a collage of our weekly instagram photos and post them on our blogs. She is encouraging everyone and anyone to join in so head on over to her blog and join up!

But here’s a peek at my week:

If you want to follow me on instagram my username is: alexieb

Hope you’re having a lovely week and Happy New Year!

Alexie xx

Shameless plug..

2011-11-02T19:15:00.003+10:00

If you're a worship leader, a christian, or you just appreciate a good bit of godly blogging you should go and check out my very talented father's new blog 'Confessions of a Worship Leader'. He's a very gifted and anointed worship leader and always has inspiring and thought provoking things to say so you should all go read what he has to say and then follow him!

Hope you're all having a lovely week.

Lexi xo

Point & Shoot - And they call the thing rodeo

2011-11-01T14:26:00.002+10:00

I love the rodeo. There’s something about it.. the bulls, the horses, the manly riders..I honestly love it all. There’s even a part of me that daydreams about being a nurse on the rodeo circuit someday!

The love affair began last year when I attended the Kenilworth Rodeo. It’s just a small town rodeo but a lot of circuit riders compete making it an all day event. I’m pretty sure I sat in the same spot on the grandstand for most of the day just watching, trying to understand the rules of every event. And by the end of the day I was hooked.

I convinced my parents to take me to the Warwick Rodeo later in the year. Warwick Rodeo is known as ‘Australia’s Most Famous’ and it basically goes for a whole week, starting Monday and ending Sunday night. Last year we just went for the day on Saturday and a new tradition was formed. This year we arrived at about 11am and didn’t leave til 11pm. Man oh man was the day action packed. 7 ambulances (nothing too serious before you ask just some broken bones), countless riders and all the events that I love.

We stayed in Killarney (about 1/2 hour away from Warwick) Saturday night so it made sense that we did a little exploring in the morning. We started our exploration at Queen Mary Falls, literally right down the road from where we stayed. It was beautiful! From there we went to Killarney town and, being the huge McLeod’s Daughters lover that I am, posed for a photo in front of the town sign. After walking the main street we headed off for New South Wales. That’s right, it was just a 5km drive to the state border! We took the obligatory ‘straddling the state line’ pictures before the long drive home (long only because we travelled via Toowoomba!).

I can’t wait to do it again next year!

p.s. If you want to play along… head on over to Sunny & Scout and join in!

Point & Shoot – new camera, new baby & surprise visitors!

2011-10-10T20:04:00.001+10:00

What an eventful weekend!

Friday - I was on the train to Uni bright and early Friday morning when my lovely youth pastor and friend, Michelle, called me to announce that she had given birth to her newest daughter in the wee hours of the morning. Little Macey Clare was born at 12.40am weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measuring 51cm. I stopped in on my way home from Uni for an introduction and a cuddle!

(from left to right) First cuddles. Macey Clare. Mother and daughter.

Saturday - I purchased a camera of my own. I generally use my iPhone camera which, lets face it isn’t the best quality in the world, but with a Perth holiday coming up very very soon (which is sooooo exciting by the way!) I decided that I needed my own compact to capture holiday memories.

Sunday – Church and an afternoon of visits from friends and a surprise visit from the ‘Friends’. I always love when my sisters come home even if just for a few hours and we were blessed with a visit from Zoey, Pete & Mayana.

(From top right to bottom left) One of my friends from church, Amelia, and I / The boys – Jordan, Pete & Papa / Zoey and Mayana having cuddles / Mayana and her Opa.

Hope your weekend was as lovely as mine was. If you want to play along.. head to the Sunny + Scout to join in the fun!

I’ll leave you with my favourite picture from the weekend…

My gorgeous niece and I!

The photo wall.

2011-05-01T20:53:00.001+10:00

I figure this is one of those things in my life that deserves a post. The wall of my bedroom.

It started with six framed photos of the beach. I was going through a beach phase and was determined to decorate my room beach style. Obviously I got over that obsession and at some point I changed the beach pictures to photos. From there the wall just grew. It’s kinda out of control now – it covers one wall completely and has spread to the opposite wall as well now. Some photos are framed, some just blue-tacked, there’s a couple canvases and one giant poster board of the Dixie Chicks (which is my pride and joy by the way). I think it’s probably reached it’s limit (size wise) but I constantly replace photos or move things around. I literally can’t imagine my wall without it and I dread the day that I move out and have to take it all down and start again somewhere new.

Easter Holidays

2011-05-01T20:12:00.001+10:00

A few pictures of my lovely Easter holiday…

1. A few of us in line for Easterfest! 2. Church in the Big Top - Friday morning.

3. Stalking the Former Love Pirates. 4. Rapture Ruckus from the front row!

5. The Art of Sleeping from the mosh pit! 6. Mayana’s Easter present from ‘La La’.

7. My family. 8. My favourite little person in the world.

*Note my new hair!

10 things I love right now.

2011-04-18T20:53:00.001+10:00

In no particular order.

1. The fact that I only have two assessments left until Easter break. A whole week of nothing coming this way baby.

2. The High Distinction I got for my first ever university assignment.

3. My favourite TV shows: Grey’s Anatomy (especially season 2 which I am currently re-watching), GLEE and Army Wives.

4. The joy in knowing that Easterfest is only four days away.

5. My new haircut. I’ll post a picture sometime soon for your viewing pleasure.

6. Juice. I can’t get enough of the stuff. Especially apple juice. Or orange juice. Or apple mango juice. Who am I kidding? Any kind of juice really.

7. My iPhone. Hands down the best thing I currently own.

8. My midwifery class at uni.

9. ‘Who Are We Fooling’ by Brooke Fraser. If you haven’t listened to it do yourself a favour.

10. That Perth is less than 8 months away!

Point & Shoot

2011-04-18T20:26:00.001+10:00

I figured, since my lovely cousin Louise from Sunny+Scout is now the host of Point & Shoot, it’s about time I played along.

We spent the weekend celebrating my oldest sister's birthday. The original plan was to go to Woodgate and spend the day at the beach in the sun. But good ol’ mother nature had other plans and as it was raining quite heavily when we got there we decided to pop on over to Bundaberg and visit the Bundaberg Rum Distillery. Unfortunately we got there about half an hour too late to take the tour but one lovely staff member let us partake in the tasting section of the tour for free!

My sisters and I had a taste of an oh so lovely chocolate rum liquor. And then my oh so lovely father bought a bottle for us to share.

Oh and I didn’t do a single bit of uni work the entire weekend!

Getting my study on…

2011-04-12T20:21:00.002+10:00

Well technically I’m listening to a lecture while blogging but whatever.

Bioscience.

2011-03-23T11:32:00.001+10:00

Will be the death of me. I kid you not. I realise my brain is still growing and this is the opportune moment to fill it with knowledge but I don’t think I can fit all this biological knowledge into my brain. If you only knew how much they teach in one lecture (and how fast they go) you would feel super sorry for me.

My other classes are going great! I love Intro to Midwifery Practices. Even though it’s all theory and ethical frameworks it at least is about my chosen field.

More later, the lecturer just called an end to our very very short break : )

First Day.

2011-03-01T15:07:00.001+10:00

Right now I am sitting in the air conditioned comfort of my university’s library. My lecture finished early and I have a plethora of time until my train home so I thought ‘what better to do in this time than to update my 19 lovely followers on my first official day’. So here I am. Updating.

I caught the train at the oh so reasonable hour of 10.00am. Had my first mini freak out when I realised there was no parking left at the train station and I had 10 minutes until my train left. I circled around, praying up a storm, until FINALLY I got a park.Thank you Jesus. With about 3 minutes to spare I raced up the stairs, onto the platform and into the train. Train journey – uneventful, except for a Spanish tourist who serenaded the entire train… for the entire journey.

So my first lecture. Not at all what I expected. The Lecturer was not boring, she didn't stand behind her desk and read off her notes and she most certainly did not make me yawn. Far from it. She was funny, entertaining and kept doing this frustrated-point-at-the-computer-and-yelp dance whenever the ‘next’ button on the remote failed to make the next slide appear.

It was mostly an introduction to the unit coupled with housekeeping type rules and an overview of assessments (no exams!).

The only thing I really learnt today is these two little piece of information:

1. You know when you have a gastro type virus and people suggest that you drink flat lemonade because it’ll give you energy? Well apparently that is not at all the thing to do. Here’s the thing - lemonade is full of glucose and sugar all of which, sits in your empty stomach. Your body recognises that there is a mass amount of glucose in the stomach to digest and sends every last piece of fluid (that you haven’t already gotten rid of) to the stomach in order to enable digestion thus sucking your body dry of whatever fluid it did have left, making you more dehydrated and lethargic. Not to mention the fact that your stomach is now full of more sugary goodness to… ~~squirt~~ get rid of. Not at all the desired result.

2. Any drink with caffeine or glucose in it does not count towards your recommended 2 litres of fluid intake per day. Having, say, five cups of coffee and a few juices during the day does not suffice. When they say drink 2 litres of fluid… they really do mean water.

So yeah, put that in your pipe and smoke it, or whatever it is that they say!

Week in Pictures.

2011-02-27T18:36:00.001+10:00

O Week. Lunches out. New boots. Farm time. Coffee with my mummy. Lovely teapots.

O Week

2011-02-21T18:03:00.001+10:00

So today my friend Tayla and I ventured down to Uni for the beginning of O Week. We arrived just after 10.30am and headed straight over to the Student Centre to get my ID photo taken. Boy am I glad I’m a student again. I’ve missed all those lovely student discounts the past year! Hello cheap movie tickets, bus fares and train rides, it’s so nice to see you again.

A quick visit to the bookshop and library and we were armed with free t-shirts and the Uni’s guide to referencing and deciphering assignments. How nice of them.

We then ventured off the the Gardens Point campus which is only a 10 minute free shuttle bus drive away from the main campus of the uni. Gardens Point backs onto the Brisbane Botanical Gardens and is situated right next door to Parliament House. The entrance and first few buildings were part of the original University and are so lovely and old. I only have one class over at Gardens Point (a bioscience practical lab eeek!) but I can already tell it’s going to be one of my favourite places.

I attended my first lecture. Granted it was on overseas study/exchange programs and nothing of earth shattering importance but still, it made it seem real. I tried my best to learn my way around but the lay-out is confusing to say the least so I think it may take me a while. I bought my first drink from the Kitchen. I found the Uni Lolly Shop. I scored a bunch of freebies from the Student Guild. I bought a duffel bag and a travel mug because I’m cool like that.

It’s just beginning to daunt on me I think. As of next week I’m a full time Nursing/Midwifery student who is going to be in Brisbane four days a week. I’m a little scared and nervous but super excited at the same time.

But I think I’m going to like it.

Well that was fast!

2011-01-24T19:27:00.003+10:00

Look what was waiting on my doorstep for me when I got home! And this is why you choose the 'courier' option when it's free! This is technically only 2 of my textbooks but in reality its three books and one interactive CD. That's one class booklist down and three to go.

preparation & ponderings

2011-01-22T21:21:00.003+10:00

Uni books are expensive. Seriously. Today, in preparation for the ever approaching Uni start date, I spent the greater part of my morning searching out the best places to buy my prescribed textbooks. I'll interject here and say Uni bookshops are a rip off. I've bought 4 (2 of them being second hand) so far and spent just over $350.00. My poor bank account. But I've managed to save just over $70 and I'll be able to sell the two I had to buy brand new for a reasonable price later on. I know the money spending is necessary it's just a little hard to part with the money that has taken me so long to save.

I've been registering for classes and reading course outlines and have maybe begun to freak myself out ~~a lot~~ just a teeny tiny bit. My classes look hard. And while I know I'm only going to be a nurse and not a doctor or anything I still feel like I don't know a whole lot (thanks to a not so great senior biology experience) and I'm going to struggle for the first few weeks. Plus my class lists are huge and my competitive side is starting to worry that it's going to be a lot harder to be at the top of the class.

I have many, many assignments coming up in the near future so I'm taking this opportunity to enjoy my last bit of free time to indulge in some Grey's Anatomy. My lovely cousin/best friend, Emily, came to visit all the way from WA for the past three and a half weeks or so, and (among various and numerous tourist activities) managed to get me 100% obsessed with the show! I figure it's at least medically based so obviously not a complete waste of time. I may just be learning something by watching it.

Still on my to-do list before Uni commences:
- Buy the rest of my textbooks
- Stationary shopping (which I LOVE doing by the way)
- Sort out accommodation for a few nights a week during the semester
- Finish Grey's Anatomy seasons 3 & 4 so I'm not distracted one iota when I start studying!

New year. New blog.

2011-01-02T21:15:00.003+10:00

2011 has been a highly anticipated year for me since I decided back in grade 11 that I was going to have a gap year. I so wish I could have continued onto Uni as soon as I finished school but because I chose to go to a Brisbane Uni rather than the local Uni I had to take a one year break from study and earn some serious money. Having finally completed this task I am SO ready to begin my higher education experience.

I am officially enrolled in a dual degree of nursing and midwifery with classes commencing on 28 February 2011. I've selected my first year, first semester classes, I've had all three Hepatitis B vaccination needles (a must for any future nursing student) and I'm slowly forcing myself to think seriously about my accommodation situation for this year. I know I want to be at home as much as possible and I know I'm not ready to move out full time. But with a hectic schedule for at least two, possible three, days of the week I know I'm not going to want to travel back and forth from Brisbane to the Sunshine Coast and I'll need some place to stay on those days. I've just been keeping that particular issue right at the back of my mind. Probably about time to drag it to the front.

But first things first. I started a blog about a year and a half ago because I was inspired by a few people I know who not only blog regularly, but always have the most entertaining/thought provoking/lovely posts (namely Ramblings of a Wife and Mama, Sunny + Scout, and 3 Little Cuties). I did not however feel I had anything entertaining/thought provoking/lovely to write about. I wrote about my year 12 life and put up, what I realise now was, an overload of pictures which probably interested no one but my mum. Then I graduated and started working in a law firm and stories just didn't seem worthy of being written on the internet for all to see. Therefore my blog became a chore-like activity and eventually fizzled into nothing. Literally. My last post was in August.

But now I'm a Uni student I finally feel like I have something to write about that people might actually read and be interested in! Hence the name change, the new design and *fingers crossed* more regular posts. I plan on using this blog to relay stuff I learn at Uni, things and people I'll discover while on pracs and to keep certain family members (who I know read this blog) informed about the general things in my life.

I hope you like the change. It's made me excited.

The time I went horse riding.

2010-08-28T18:01:00.002+10:00

As lame as this may seem.. I wish I was a cowgirl. A McLeod's daughter. A true country bumpkin. I even wanted to wear cowgirl boots to my formal, much to the dismay of my friends who eventually talked me out of it. My favourite animals are cows and every time we drive out to my grandparents I dream of what it would be like to live in the country.

My sister and soon-to-be-brother-in-law granted a long time wish of mine when they gave me a horse ride for my 18th birthday. They had planned it well but unfortunately, the horse injured itself on the day of the big ride and I missed out. They kept promising me it would happen we just had to wait for everyone to be available, and the horse not to be injured… and time just eventually went by.

I was kind of thinking I would never get to ride. But then some lovely church friends of mine (Ron and Sookie) found out about my desire for a ride and organised a trip. Now Ron is a real live cowboy. He rides horses in cutting competitions and has won a lot of money with his horse Leroy. Ron and Sookie have a farm out Kenilworth way (which is where I went on my actual birthday) with Bison and horses and a country style house. And they own a couple of horses specifically trained to compete in cutting competitions and they live on a training farm out past Murgon.

The family who live on that farm are true country people, real abrupt at times but so nice and genuine. And not only do they train horses to cut, they train people to ride. Pretty perfect huh?

So off I went on my adventure. With a cutting demonstration thrown in for good measure.

Watching a cutting demonstration.

My favourite animals in the whole world!

Oh how I wish these belonged to me!

Watching to make sure I won’t look like an idiot when I try to get on. It’s kind of lucky this photo was taken from this side of the horse, because around on my side… Courtney was giving me a push to get on! Don’t worry I got better at mounting as we went on.

Can’t wipe that smile of my face! Riding along.

Not only did I walk. I trotted. And cantered. AND did some cutting training! Basically, I sat on the horse while it chased a mechanical cow at high speeds. And had an absolute ball.

After riding we went up to the house and had some lunch. I traded my horse lesson for a bit of a singing show and now they all want me to go on the show trail with them to sing!

I had the best fun and I can’t wait to do it again.

50 List

2010-07-07T21:37:00.001+10:00

So Blog This is celebrating it’s 50th challenge, and you have to write a list of 50 things… anything you want! I haven’t done one in forever, but the time has come.

My list is:

My 50 Favourite Movie Quotes

“You killed Ted! You medieval dickweed!” [Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure]
“Whatever I feel like I want to do, GOSH” [Napoleon Dynamite]
“Don’t be jealous of me just because I’ve been chatting online to hot babes all day. Besides, we both know I’m training to be a cage fighter.” [Napoleon Dynamite]
“Tina Eat! Eat! Eat the FOOD!” [Napoleon Dynamite]
“You look pretty!!”, “What?”, “I said you look shitty! Goodnight Denise” [Hot Rod]
“Have you seen a picture of my dead dad? You should. He’s super dead.” [Hot Rod]
“It’s called a day spa. D. A. I. Y. E. Day".” [Zoolander]
“That’s Fan-Crappin’-Tastic!” [Post Grad]
“I can do this. I am a dude. I am a hunky dude. I’m a bad-ass hunky dude.” [She’s the Man]
“Let me just interrupt this little brain-fart moment of yours. Girls with asses like mine, do not talk to boys with faces like yours.” [She’s the Man]
“Can I call you back? I gotta ..change.. my… …. feet.” [She’s the Man]
“What’s a friendly bite on the bottom between friends. Com on, give me a nibble.” [Madagascar]
“60% of the time; works every time.” [Anchorman]
“Where did you get your suits? The toilet store?” [Anchorman]
“Yes. Roast Beef. It is the Swedish term for beef that is roasted!” [A Series of Unfortunate Events]
“If you touch my ass one more time I will cut your balls off in your sleep, okay?” [The Proposal]
“Do you prefer Margaret or "Satan's Mistress"?” [The Proposal]
“You know what? I can get a couple of my brother's loser ass friends to go over to Mason's apartment , knock on the door and when he opens it wham! They'll junk-punch him all up in his man business and he'll fall to the floor whaling and crying "why?" and then we'll say "you know why!” [What Happens in Vegas]
“We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning, I'm making waffles!” [Shrek]
“'Greater good?' I am your wife! I'm the greatest *good* you are ever gonna get!” [The Incredibles]
“Mootter? Mootter? I’m an aborigine!!!” [Bran Nue Day]
“If its yellow let it mellow, if its brown flush it down... Oops, looks like I forgot my own rule” [Meet the Fockers]
“I have a cow, and I sew. Now how's that for hard to relate to.” [The Holiday]
“There's something I've always wanted to tell you and I think you're ready to hear it. You're not very pretty, and you're not very bright. Oh, I'm so glad we had that talk.” [Cinderella Story]
“I’m going to bed before either come up with another idea that will get us both killed. Or worse: Expelled.” [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]
“Stop stop stop. You’re going to poke somebody’s eye out. Besides you’re saying it wrong. It’s LeviOHsa not leviohSA".” [Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone]
“Dad, you haven't let anyone down. I don't know what the opposite of lettin' someone down is... but you done the opposite” [The Castle]
“Dad reckons fishing is 10% brains and 95% muscle, the rest is just good luck.” [The Castle]
“I’ve got one sister who thinks she’s a horse. Another who’s got a black-belt in being a bitch. And bloody Harley’s mowing crop circles in the lawn again.” [Hating Alison Ashley]
“Shut up, shut up, shut up! Your voice is giving me Mono!” [Connie & Carla]
“And now we’re women pretending to be men pretending to be women so SHUTUP SHUTUP SHUTUP!” [Connie & Carla]
“Hey, psycho - we're not gonna discuss this, OK, it's over. Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up.” [The Wedding Singer]
“Toula, on my wedding night, my mother, she said to me, "Greek women, we may be lambs in the kitchen, but we are tigers in the bedroom." -- “Eww. Please let that be the end of your speech.” [My Big Fat Greek Wedding]
“There are two kinds of people - Greeks, and everyone else who wish they was Greek.” [My Big Fat Greek Wedding]
“Now, you are family. Okay. All my life, I had a lump at the back of my neck, right here. Always, a lump. Then I started menopause and the lump got bigger from the "hormonees." It started to grow. So I go to the doctor, and he did the bio... the b... the... the bios... the... b... the "bobopsy." Inside the lump he found teeth and a spinal cord. Yes. Inside the lump was my twin.” [My Big Fat Greek Wedding]
“Tell me how it happened. And the real story, not the "Oh, we met, we fell in love, and we decided to take all that love and make a family, and that's how we made you.” [Definitely Maybe]
“I can't believe I ate meat for him. I mean, it was fish, but still. I don't eat anything with a face.” [John Tucker Must Die]
“I'll have a Pina Colada, not virgin. Wanna see my ID? Totally have it!” [Suddenly 30]
“Well, beatniks for one, folk singers and motorbike riders. Y'know. All those hip, jazzy, super cool, neat, keen, and groovy cats. It's in the fridge, daddy-o! Are you hip to the jive? Can you dig what I'm layin' down? I knew that you could. Slide me some skin, soul brother!” [Charlie & The Chocolate Factory]
“Uh, well... sometimes only half of the little pieces find their way through. If you had to choose only one half of your son, which one would it be?” [Charlie & The Chocolate Factory]
“Oh, I'm not here with these fellas. I've got a pig in competition over at the livestock pavilion, and I am going to win that blue ribbon!” [That Thing You Do]
“I'm down, I've got the 411, and you are not going out and getting jiggy with some boy, I don't care how dope his ride is. My momma didn't raise no foo'!” [Ten Things I Hate About You]
“Remove head from sphincter, then drive!” [Ten Things I Hate About You]
“Somebody up there has got it in for me. I bet it's my mother.” [Mama Mia]
“The thing about the toilet... if it doesn't flush right away, then go and come back and it'll... nothing works around here except for me.” [Mama Mia]
“What if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection!” [Toy Story]
“I'm packing your extra pair of shoes, and your angry eyes just in case.” [Toy Story 2]
“Globo Gym employs a highly-trained, quasi-cultural staff of personal alterational specialists. And with our competitively-priced on-site cosmetic surgery, we can turn that Frankenstein you see in the mirror every morning into a Franken-fine!” [Dodgeball]
“Tawanda!” [Fried Green Tomatoes]
“In the event of an emergency, put your head between your knees and kiss your bum goodbye.” [Chicken Run]

The things I hear

2010-07-06T19:05:00.001+10:00

I was walking behind these two blonde girls today who had obviously been to the beach as they were wearing bikinis.

Blonde Girl One: Lets have KFC…. No wait I can't. I'm allergic to it which sucks because its my favourite thing in the world. But if I eat it.. it makes me angry.

Blonde Girl Two: (nonchalantly) That does suck.

No word of a lie.

Satisfied?

2010-05-29T11:45:00.001+10:00

I hope I have have satisfied all of you who were dying for an update.

I’m going to try really really hard to be better.

Birthday party.

2010-05-29T11:43:00.001+10:00

I won’t say much because you’ll be able to see from the pictures that I had such a lovely time. I was so blessed with presents (and a drink made up especially in my honour by the barman) and lovely speeches and I want to thank everyone for coming.

Marina and I.

My beautiful youth Pastor Michelle and her baby Leela

Some of my guests: Hannah, Mel, Jordan, Kayla, Uncle Pete and Meaghan.

My school friends: Rhett, Tayla, Me, Danielle, Marina, Marcus, Mark and Kendall.

More guests: Julie, Erin, Amelia, Anita and Jeremy.

Michelle, Luke, Lachlan, Bethanie, Mayana and Zoey.

Sister Love.

I love this photo of my sisters.

My best friend. Please also note my Piña colada - not virgin.

Me, Mich and Zoey.

Speech.

Cutting the cake.

Legal Adult.

2010-05-29T11:26:00.001+10:00

For my 18th birthday my lovely sister and her fiancé organised for me to go horse riding.

Those you of that know me well would know what I consider myself a country girl at heart, a bit of McLeod's Daughter and have always wanted to go horse riding. What a perfect present.

But on the morning of my birthday my sister got a text saying that the horse I was supposed to ride had got caught up in some barbed wire and had some pretty bad cuts on his legs. Not good shape for riding unfortunately. I had no idea at the time what was going on.

We went to church and then when we got home Mum told me to get on some clothes to go to Kenilworth. I love Kenilworth so I thought this sounded pretty good. We had lunch at Nana McGinn’s (lovely café in the main street) and then we headed off to a friend of ours (Suki) Farm. They told me of the plan for me to ride a horse and about the accident which meant I couldn't. And then they told me their back up plan.

I could spend some time with some horses that are too old to ride but perfect for cuddling. I was pretty happy with the alternative anyway.

Meet Legs. He’s about 20. I got to cuddle him and talk to him and brush his mane. Country girl heaven.

Cuddles!

I look like I belong right?

My horse ride will be happening soon. The horse is nearly healed and all ready to go. I can’t wait!

Brisbane Trip.

2010-05-29T11:13:00.001+10:00

I’d been missing some of my school friends and decided we all needed to have a catch up. One of my lovely friends (Danielle) moved to Goldie at the beginning of the year and I hadn’t seen her since then. So we decided to jump on some trains and meet in the middle.

Brisbane.

Marina, Danielle and I got on the train at 7am (commitment no?) and met Danielle in the city. It was such a lovely day. We shopped til we dropped (literally) ate so much food and just caught up. We have another get in the planning stages.

Some pictures…

Just arrived at Brisbane train station.

First stop – breakfast. We walked over to South Bank and went to this cute cafe with the loveliest staff of all time. So much fun.

You know in suddenly 30 how they go on about Razzles? Well we found them. ‘They’re both a candy and a gum’ and they are fairly gross but we felt cool.

Our first purchase. Cute skirts from the markets. only $10. what a bargain!

Shopping got a little much for Danielle.

Soaking up each others company. That's the worst thing about not going to school anymore - not seeing everyone.

I bought some sunnies to match the girls.

We had crepes for lunch.

And then after a little more shopping we went to Starbucks.

Just before we left to go home again. Me with all my shopping.

It was such a lovely day and I can’t wait for the next one. I love my girls.

Easterfest

2010-05-29T10:57:00.001+10:00

I’m taking you back because its been awhile.

As is tradition in this family, we headed off to Easterfest. Best time of the year. It was our tenth year attending and it was as good as ever. Can’t wait for next year!

The best part was probably me sponsoring a child. His name is Israel and he is adorable! I'll scan his picture onto the computer and show you all sometime.

A few pictures for you… not in order of days. Just some favourites.

Jordan and Mel.

Mama and Papa.

New Empire <3

Superchick!

Spacifix. They’re waaaay cool.

My lovely niece and I.

In the mosh pit with Hannah.

Trying to take a picture of Playjerise. And this guy thought I was taking a picture of him. Hence his face. I laugh every time I look at it.

Bethanie and Lachlan.

Newsboys. Or DC Talk. Depending on which way you look at it.

A very small part of the crowd.

Kayla, myself and Meaghan. Just as the night is about to begin.

Hannah and I.

Zoey, Pete and Mama.

so sorry.

2010-04-19T12:39:00.000+10:00

a few big posts coming soon.

promise. x

St Patrick’s Day.

2010-03-17T18:23:00.001+10:00

As an ex-Irish Dancer I feel I have a little responsibility to write a post dedicated to this dear old holiday – mainly because I was involved in it for so many years. This year marks the first year in a LONG time that I haven’t been at a pub dancing/watching my sister dance.

The pub down the road from my work opened bright and early this morning at 8am. Slightly unusual. It had 2 patrons waiting outside the gate at 7.55am and the Irish music was pumping away by 8.05am.

By the time I left work this afternoon to drop the mail at the post office the pub was absolutely packed. I mean people crammed inside and out with a fairly decent sized line outside to get in. There was green and orange everywhere I looked. Women with green spray painted in their hair, men sporting orange shirts, balloons, streamers, the whole shebang. An ambulance was there on its first of, no doubt, many trips. A live band had just started up and people were well on their way to getting drunk.

Now imagine a group of 7 – 16 year old entering that environment. Well that was me and the troupe I belonged to. Don’t get me wrong I loved every second of performing for the drunks – mostly because they loved us no matter how crap we may or may not have been. But its the whole being hit on by sleazy men, getting beer spilled on you and having young men come and pelvic thrust right next to you that I’m not going to miss this year. I really don’t think the Irish Pub will be graced with my presence on St Patrick’s Day ever again really.

My contribution to old St Paddy this year? The green leaves on my floral cardigan and the green Apple flavoured lollipop for the bus trip home.

Dancing at St Patrick’s Day. And before you ask – no I’m not bored.. I’m concentrating.

My most favourite dancing photo of all time. During an exhibition my wig fell off and landed right in the middle of the dance floor. My best friend pictured with me and I could not stop laughing. we laughed so hard I believe I even had to stop dancing at one point.

School Photos

2010-03-15T20:03:00.001+10:00

I decided to play along with Kelly.

Then I realised I don’t really have any school photos from Primary school because my family never bought them. People always think that's weird but it was so normal for us we never even asked.

I have one school photo from when I was in grade 5. One of those cute little family ones with my little brother. But the photo is hideous for two main reasons:

1. A have the most insane windburn. I look like I’ve taken a handful of strawberry jam and smeared it all around my mouth
2. A girl in my class thought it would be funny to cut a section of my hair. Right at the front. I don't know how she did it but she managed to cut a huge chunk of my hair without me even realising it (until I got home and Mum pretty much freaked). The result – a weird spiky looking fringe that required a very wide headband for a couple of months.

So I won’t be gracing my blog with that photo anytime soon.

I have my year 12 photo but I really can’t be bothered scanning it to the computer. so I'm giving you the next best thing. My last ever school photo used for our graduation ceremony. I’m particularly proud of it because I’d just got my braces off the day before. Hence the huge smile.

One day soon I’ll dedicate a post to all my ID cards. Then you can get a real picture of how I looked at school.

Bethanie & Lachlan

2010-03-08T16:56:00.001+10:00

I won’t try and describe the night. I’ll leave that up to Zoey (she’s the writer in the family anyway).

But a picture says a thousand words and does a way better job than I could.

In case you can’t tell from the pictures.. she said yes.

My new favourite.

2010-03-03T20:56:00.001+10:00

So 4 Norwegian singers got together and did a tour around Europe. The result?

Hallelujah.

Best version since Jeff Buckley?

I think so.

Never Think

2010-03-03T20:52:00.001+10:00

WARNING. This blog post will not be kind to Rob Pattinson. Die hard fans turn away now.

If you haven’t listened to Rob’s song Never Think you can go here to have a listen – just so you know what I’m talking about.

My friend gave me the Twilight soundtrack a while ago but because it was on iTunes formatting I never got the chance to listen to it until now thanks to my lovely new iPod Nano. Most of the songs I like but this one has to be one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard.

Alexie’s Top 5 Reason’s Why ‘Never Think’ Sucks:

1. The intro is waaaaay to long. Yes the guitar rift is quite pretty but after 1 min and 17 seconds you start to wonder if there is more to life.
2. What the hell is he even saying??? It sounds like he’s taken one too many sleeping tablets and is struggling to open his mouth wide enough to say any words. All I hear are a series of vowels ‘ahhhhh’ ‘ooooohhh’.
3. The actual lyrics suck. I looked them up. Out of pure curiosity. My favourite verse?

Once I put my coat on
I'm coming out in this all wrong
She's standing outside holding me
Saying oh please
I'm in love
I'm in love

Yeah okay. I totally get that. Not.
4. Its repetitive. I guess that's mostly because you cant tell what he’s saying – but its the same melody the whole way through. No harmonies, no real variation. Boring.
5.The only reason this song is even known is because they featured it on Twilight. There is no way it would have been signed otherwise.

I guess what I’m trying to say is:

Rob if you think you’re a good musician, then no. You should never think.

Ode to Pay Slip

2010-03-01T18:39:00.001+10:00

Oh Pay slip.
With your white page and black ink
What I’d do without you - I hate to think

Oh Pay slip.
I haven’t known you long
But I can tell that we belong

Oh Pay slip.
I am now employed
And you make me overjoyed.

On the Bus

2010-02-23T19:10:00.001+10:00

When I get on the bus I sit in the middle of the seat. Not the left. Not the right. Smack bang in the middle. It seems to me that most people tend to pick a side. Generally, whatever side is closest to the window. But not me. I like to think its because I’m an individual and not because I’m subconsciously trying to tell people that I am unavailable for chatting and/or sitting next to.

See. Even Rosa Parks picked a side.

Officially Employed

2010-02-23T18:37:00.001+10:00

Sorry that its been so long since I’ve last written… I’ve been super busy at my new job! That’s right ladies and gentlemen this graduate is not longer unemployed.

I applied for a few jobs and didn’t really hear anything so I was doing some fill in work for my dad’s work, while checking seek.com everyday hoping that something better would pop up. One fine day after several minutes flicking through the ads I found one for me. A secretary in a Law Firm. Not only did I take Legal Studies as a subject in my senior years, I also duxed.. which got me to thinking this could be the perfect gap year job.

I applied. A few days later I get an email saying that I had been narrowed down to the shortlist and would I be available for an interview. Heck yes I would!

Monday. I rock up, get asked some questions, get told alot of information that made my brain hurt just a little and walk out, feeling good about it. They tell me that they’ll get back to me by the end of the week.

Wednesday. I’m chilling at my Aunty Joce’s house when my mobile rings. I answer and am very pleased to discover that I got the job! And that I’d be starting the following week.

So what do I do? Basically:

1. Get the mail every morning and post the mail every afternoon.
2. Answer the phone every time it rings and transfer to the appropriate person.
3. Print faxes and emails and give them to whoever needs them.
4. Scanning. A lot of scanning.
5. Do ALOT of filing. Which I have to admit is probably my favourite part of the job. Some of our Client’s (not that I’m allowed to say too much about them) are really interesting.
6. Typing from the Dictaphone. I like to picture myself like this:

But I’m not really that cool because I only have a computer and my hair is definitely not as perfect as that.
7. Basically anything else I’m told to do. For example today I was with the Big Boss, finalising files, doing costing and typing up Contracts. It’s all very exciting.

This is me on my first day of work. What do you reckon – Legal Secretary or what?

EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

2010-02-09T19:58:00.001+10:00

That’s the sound that escaped my lips when I popped online for a little bit of blogging catch up and discovered that I had won a giveaway! Lovely Danielle over at Danimezza was celebrating 100 followers with a giveaway featuring a Hello Owl bag. I thought to myself ‘I may as well enter, I enjoy reading her blog. I probably won’t win but oh well.’

But I did! I’m very excited! This is the second item I’ve won via the blogging world. I will post a picture of my lovely new red and white stripped bag when it arrives.

Brisbane’s Worst Vegetarian Restaurant

2010-02-06T15:46:00.001+10:00

On Friday, due the fact that I still don’t have a job (although I do have a job interview on Monday!) and had nothing to do I tagged along to work with my dad. It was great to have a little quality father/daughter time, something we don’ get to do too often because we’re both so busy. But we had a lot of time to catch up because we drove to Brisbane. Correction- I drove to Brisbane. That’s right, this little learner sat her bum in the driver’s seat and dove all the way to Brisvegas, including in the actual City! I was pretty impressed with myself I have to say. I feel ready for anything now.

So I spent the day following my dad around as he schmoozed some important guy from the Education Department, dressed all professional and smiling appropriately at j0kes pulled by the ‘adults’. Then came lunch.

Welcome to the Norman Hotel.

They call themselves Brisbane’s worst vegetarian restaurant. This is probably because they serve no vegetarian meals at all – instead they serve some of the best steak I have ever tasted. I was treated to a Grass Fed Angus Hereford Fillet Mignon. Oh my.

Now I am a meat fan, but this just went above and beyond. It basically melted in my mouth. I couldn't get enough of the stuff. If you’re ever in Brisbane I would seriously recommend this for an excellent dining out experience.

Because I’m a Graduate

2010-01-31T14:29:00.001+10:00

You know what’s funny? Watching my little brother go back to school knowing that I never have to go ever again. I’m on of those cool kids who graduated! It’s exciting, but weird and kinda sad all at the same time. But I think I’m going to enjoy this year. There is so much stuff going on (that’ll I’ll reveal at a later date) that is going to be so exciting. And I absolutely cannot wait for uni next year! Yeah I’m thinking 2010 is going to be great. Even if I don’t have a job yet and I’m still bumming around… things are looking up.

Ladies and Gentlemen...

2010-01-14T11:29:00.002+10:00

I am pleased to inform you that I have been accepted into the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery dual degree at QUT, commencing 2011.

I am soooooo excited! I don't think I ended up writing a post about my school results but I ended up getting an OP 3. The cutoff OP for the dual degree was a 7 so I was pretty confident that I would be accepted but was still a little nervous. Uni offers were supposed to be released today but I got a text last night from one of my friends telling me to hurry up and log onto QTAC as offers were up! I did just that and found I had been accepted for my first preference! much celebrating followed.

I've decided to defer for a year to work and get some money before heading off to Uni. I can't wait for 2011 now. QUT is going to be so much fun!

Cert III

2010-01-13T18:24:00.003+10:00

One of my friends finally uploaded the video of my cert III class' final ever performance, our own arrangement of the beautiful hymn 'I Surrender All'. I thought I'd share it with you. Enjoy : )

I Surrender All

Love Alexie

Perth

2010-01-07T11:34:00.001+10:00

I was so busy during my holiday that I had no time to update-as-I-went. So here is a collection of some of my favourite snaps from the holiday – each showing some of the highlights of my trip.

This is the Welcome Wall. It’s basically a long list of all the names of people who have immigrated to Australia via Fremantle. Not that you can see, but I’m pointing to my own family’s name.

We celebrated Sinter Klaas (Dutch Christmas) at Miss Maud’s. A night filled with music, laughter and LOTS of food. Here I am with my cousins Emily and Cameron.

It’s impossible to stay in your seat the whole night at Miss Maud’s. Oom Sace, Tante Anthea, Emily and I in the conga line.

Holly and I before we went for a swim in the Indian ocean.

Watching the sunset into the ocean with the Murray family.

Holly and I relaxing after a long hard day playing tourist. I stayed with the Murray’s for most of my trip and it honestly was like home. I knew where everything was and by the end of my trip felt like part of the furniture.

A cousins (well some of them anyway) outing day. Emily, Anne-Elise, Miranda, Cameron and I relax in Kings Park.

My cousin Cameron is an incredibly talented musician. He attends WAAPA and I was lucky enough to be able to see his Funk Band perform at The Ellington Jazz Club. I was pretty excited not only to see him perform but to be an underage club-goer. Granted I did have to wear a bright red band on my arm and have parental permission to go but it was so much fun. Pictured above: Anne-Elise, Emily and myself.

About 3 weeks after I arrived the rest of my family joined me in WA. This is all of us the day after their arrival standing out the front of Ye Olde London Court.

The Maritime Museum was particularly fun, especially the submarine tour we did. I think in this picture I’m entering the Sub.

We ate ALOT. Looking through my pictures… most of them depict us around a table. After a long day in Freo, while waiting for the Night time tour of Fremantle Prison, we relaxed at an Irish Pub.

The Perth Buma’s and the QLD Buma’s combined forces to perform at the local Carols Service. Cameron, myself and J0rdan hanging out before we went on stage.

After Christmas the Buma family headed off to Lesmurdie for a family reunion. The number of people staying at Camp Buma (as we affectionately called it) drifted between 40-50 people for most of the weekend. It was probably one of my favourite things about the holiday. Mostly because I got to see family that I haven’t seen in years, and some that I’d never even met. It’s a beautiful thing to be surrounded by so much family and just be completely yourself. I can’t wait until the next one!

My beautiful Oma was diagnosed with cancer while we were there and underwent some pretty serious surgery. We nearly lost her but by God’s amazing grace she is now recovering wonderfully and will be going home from hospital this weekend. We had planned as a part of Camp Buma to run a church service as a family. When Oma got sick and we found out she’d be in hospital during this time we decided that since she couldn’t come to church… Church would come to her. We booked out the chapel of the hospital and had church as a family. Pictured above: Emily and I at Church.

This is the most wonderful family in the world.

Holly and I just before we left Camp Buma.

On our last day in Perth we had our final visit with Oma. Looking at this picture you can hardly tell she was even sick (a very different looking woman to the one we visited in ICU just after her surgery believe me). The Perth and QLD Buma kids together with Oma.

Saying goodbye to Emily, who I miss so much! We’re so similar its scary (except for the fact that while she’s incredibly talented at sport I maintain that sport is determined to bring me down) and I love her to absolute pieces.

As happy as I am to be home after such a long time (nearly 6 weeks) I miss my family so much. Thank you to everyone that had me to stay at their houses, particularly the Murray’s, I had the most wonderful and amazing holiday. I love you all.

Back to the real world I guess.

Perth Update

2009-11-29T21:18:00.002+10:00

I have had the most wonderful time so far in Perth. It has been so much fun catching up with family and galavanting around town. So far I've been to Noble Falls, Lake Leschenaultia, The Dutch Shop (sigh), Kings Park, Mandurah and Fremantle. I've got lots more on this week including shopping in the City, shopping at Harbour Town, a visit to a tea house (and rose garden I think) and some lovely chilling out time with the family. Oh oh! And I'm going to Miss Maud's this Thursday for Sinterklaas! I'm just a little excited...

Farewell Lunch

2009-11-29T21:08:00.008+10:00

My friends and I decided that we needed one last chance to say goodbye before we all departed to our various schoolies trips: Tayla on a cruise around the Whitsundays, Rhett on a road trip to Gold Coast and Rainbow Beach, Marina to Caloundra, Danielle to do Red Frogs in Byron Bay and Jessica and Danielle to Stradbroke Island. It was especially sad for me as I wont see my friend for nearly 6 weeks while I'm in Perth.

{Tayla}

{Rhetty}

{Marina - note her lovely formal hair still up all fancy}

{Danielle}

{Tayla, Jessica and Danielle}

Goodbye my beautiful friends and see you next year!

Formal Pictures

2009-11-29T20:57:00.010+10:00

{Rhett}

{The best Drama teacher in the world - Mrs Holthausen}

{My sisters and Michelle}

{The best and most wonderful Youth Pastor in the whole world - Michelle}

{My gorgeous family}

{My formal partner dean}

{Christopher}

{My sisters - Zoey & Bethanie - and Mayana}

{This is where all my good looks come from}

{My beautiful friends - Tayla, Me, Danielle, Danielle and Marina}

Movie time

2009-11-29T20:50:00.003+10:00

My girls and I went to see the second installment of the Twilight Saga: New Moon. I've got to admit I rather liked the movie. In fact, I think I may have liked it more than the first film. It's an interesting experience going to the movies on a premiere day because most of the cinema are die hard fans. In our packed theatre there were only 8 males and I'm sure they were dragged along by their female companions. So because it was mostly women in the theatre the movie stirred up some rather funny reactions... lots of 'ooooohhh' s and 'aaaaaaahhhhhhh' s whenever Jacob or Edward came on the screen. A fun night all up.

The funniest part of the night was when, upon exiting the cinema, we stumbled upon a poster for the upcoming Disney movie 'The Princess and the Frog'. We were filled with shock and awe when we discovered that our very lovely friend Danielle looks exactly like the Princess! Well don't you think she does??

Beach Trip

2009-11-29T20:39:00.009+10:00

On the final Thursday of school my grade took a trip to the beach where we: went for walks, swam if we so desired (I did not) and just soaked up each others company for the last time. We started the day off with our Year 12 chapel, a chance for us to say goodbye to the grades 7-11. This is was an insanely fun hour filled with songs, the boys dancing to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies', and teacher thank you's. Then it was off to the beach. I have been so blessed to be a part of a year group like mine was. We just have so much fun together and all get on really well. I'm going to miss them.

{Year 12 chapel - my last ever performance at school 'Hit the Road Jack'}

{My best friend - Rhett}

{The girls - Marina, Danielle, Tayla and I}

{A nice wet hug with Chris}

{Dean - my formal partner}

{Danielle}

{The other Danielle}

Graduation

2009-11-29T20:05:00.015+10:00

Here are some lovely happy snaps from my graduation. It was such a good night filled with final music and choir items, awards and of course the actual graduation itself.

{Gown and sash}

{The graduating Class of 2009}

{Final cert III Music performance - I Surrender All}

{Proud parents}

{Best of friends all through high school - Jessica, Marina and I}

{The family}

{Mayana}

{The winners of the Peter Slipper Contribution to the Performing Arts Award -Rhett and I}

{All my awards}

My Schedule For the Next 2 Weeks

2009-11-08T12:56:00.001+10:00

I probably won’t have much time for blogging for a little while. My next 2 weeks are planned right down to the minute. So I though I’d share with you my busy schedule of events.

Monday 9th
8.45 – 10.30
Maths Exam
Last ever K & P exam. Thank the Lord. Maths is definitely not my favourite.

11.00 – 3.00
Presentation Night Practise
Personally, I don’t see the need for 4 fours of practising how to line up and walk across a stage… but apparently its necessary.

3.00 – 6.00
Study for Legal Exam
I’m a little sad about this. I’ve really enjoyed legal this year. I’m a little sad that I’ll never get to have heated debates about politics with my class ever again.

7.00 – 10.00
Going to the movies.
My cert III lovelies and I are going to see the Michael Jackson documentary ‘This is It’. I’m a wee bit excited.

Tuesday 10th
8.45 – 10.30
Last ever Legal Exam
Easy stimulus test. Tear…

10.30 – 12.40
English Preparation
Not looking forward to this. One of my group members love everything to be perfect… so it may take awhile.

12.40 – 1.30
Choir Practise
Yay! Choir is going to kick some serious butt at Presentation Night this year!

1.30 – 3.00
More English Preparation
Same sentiments as earlier this day.

Wednesday 11th
8.45 – 10.30
Last ever Drama Assessment
It’s not really going to go for nearly 2 hours. I’m doing a monologue of about 7 mins… but I plan on being an audience member for others assessments.

10.30 – 6.30
Last ever Drama Excursion
Yippee! A trip to Brisbane’s QPAC to see The Crucible. I’m very very very excited!!

6.30 – 8.30
Jordan’s OP Music Performance
I come from a talented family… but for some reason Jordan thinks this concert may not be very good. I don’t doubt that he will do a great job, I think he has reservations about others in his class. Ha. Should be fun then.

Thursday 12th
A DAY OFF!
Sigh of relief…

Friday 13th
8.45 – 11.00
Final English Preparation
Getting all set up and doing final organising stuff.

11.00 – 12.10
Last ever English Assessment
A sound collage (difficult to explain what this actually means). Hopefully all those preps pay off.

12.20 – 1.30
Maths Revision
Not at all worried.

1.30 – 3.00
Last ever Maths Exam
M & P. Should be a breeze. I actually know what I’m doing for once in my life.

Monday 16th
A bit of a bludge day really.
I can go to school if I feel the need. Probably will for some cert III rehearsal.

Tuesday 17th
Another bludge day.
But I’ll go to school to spend some times with my friends.

Wednesday 18th
9.00 – 3.00
Presentation Night Practise.
Interspersed with talking, hanging out and mucking around. Nice.

6.30 – 10.00
Presentation Night
I GRADUATE!!!!!

Thursday 19th
Year 12 Chapel
A final presentation from the graduating year 12’s to the rest of the senior school. I believe the morning will feature: an entrance song (think Remember the Titans), an interpretative dance by ‘Da Boys’ highlighting events of the year, and final farewells.

Beach Day
The last chance for the cohort to hang out. We go to the beach, chill out and have a bbq. Hopefully I won’t cry.

Friday 20th
Police Talk
Basically telling us not to drink at schoolies (won’t be a problem for me.. wouldn’t happen anyway), not to drink and drive and not to do anything dangerous. Will probably feature gruesome stories and pictures.

Final Roll Call
Tear…

Dance Practise
Always a laugh. Our final practise before the formal.

Saturday 21st
10.00
Hairdressers
The beautifying process begins my friends!

1.30
Make up
My lovely friend from church, Amelia (who coincidently is a make up artist) is coming around to make be beautiful. Oh boy!

3.30
Photos
With my friends at the Coolum Board Walk. Can’t wait to see everyone. Followed by my parents driving my lovely friend Danielle and I to the formal.

5.00 – 11.00
The Formal
A whole post will be dedicated to this very topic later on so I won’t say much now…

Sunday 22nd
9.00 – 11.00
Church
My last one before I fly away.

12.30 – whenever the crying stops
Lunch with my lovelies
Our final chance to say goodbye before we all go away fro schoolies. I won’t see them for 6 weeks, so a lot of tears will probably be shed.

Monday 23rd
Final day for packing and getting organised.

Tuesday 24th
Goodbye QLD and hello WA.

Ladies and Gentlemen… they’re off!

2009-10-31T21:15:00.003+10:00

Friday morning I awoke early, slightly nervous yet very excited. I’d slept poorly Thursday night, due to a combination of too much lactose and an intense desire for Friday to arrive. It was. after all, the day I had been waiting for.

Let me take you back 2 years, 1 month and 28 days. The last ever day I was braces free with crooked teeth. I looked a little something like this:

On the crooked teeth scale, 7 is the level used to signify ‘severe over crowding’. I placed level 14 on that scale. I received 4 extractions and I discovered I was the proud owner of 7 wisdom teeth. I did not miss-type just then.. I literally have 7 wisdom teeth.

The next morning, September 3rd 2007 I set off to the Orthodontist, where a man named David Vautin proceeded to glue brackets onto my remaining teeth and then fit a wire and a plate. The result looked a little something like this:

The above photo was taken the day I got my braces on. After seeing this photo I decided there was no way I was smiling with my mouth open and so for the next 4 weeks remained quite firmly tight lipped and covered my mouth with my hand while talking. This got a little old, and by the end of the month I was smiling open mouthed:

This is me on the family holiday to Sydney. Still very crowded looking in there but boy were things straightening out. Looking back now, I realise the initial movement was very fast and obvious. Exactly one year later those teeth were starting to look good:

If you look closely, you can see my bands, which were my constant companions for about a year. When David finally told me I wouldn’t have to wear them anymore I nearly cried with relief. Not even kidding. They are a pain in the bum and you should pity anyone who has to wear them. Although I am glad I didn’t have to wear headgear. By the end of 2008 my mouth looked like this:

I was very comfortable now and had the strong belief that I suited braces. In fact I liked them. Well, I didn't like the pain and the cut up lips or pokey bits of wire but I liked the look of them. And so 2009 came bringing with it great expectations. This would be the year that the braces would be removed. I held great hopes for the month of March, as I was originally quoted 18 months. However, March came and went and by June the braces were still on. This distressed me a little as in June I played Dorothy in the school Musical ‘The Wiz’ and would have loved to have them off for this. It didn't happen:

Looking at this photo I realise my teeth were not straight. The frustrated rants (about how there was nothing wrong with my teeth anymore and the braces should be off) given to my friends during this month were.. lets face it, immature and not warranted. By late July I looked a little like this:

And finally, FINALLY, in early September David announced that the braces were coming off! Friday the 30th of October 2009, at 9am my braces were removed at a lovely, albeit slightly painful, appointment. This my friends, is the result we’ve all been waiting for:

Please excuse the hideous make up job – it was fluro bowling night at Youth and these are the only pictures I have at the moment… expect more. I’m a little proud of my new smile.

One last picture… my new cheesy grin!

driving miss daisy

2009-10-19T16:41:00.001+10:00

I’m a learner driver. Have been for oh about 14 months now. Unfortunately I’m not too fussed on the whole being in control of a car thing. I don’t really know what my problem is. I mean, I know that the ability to drive is ultimately for my benefit. But for some reason I have no motivation to get my P’s. I realise that next year when I need to get myself around I will totally regret my slackness but for now, I am quite content to sit back and let someone else do the driving.

To make matters worse, 3 people I know have died in car accidents this year. One of them was a guy I went to school with – it only happened this weekend. It’s really not helping me or giving me the desire to drive. At all.

I should probably get over it, suck it up and get on with it. And I will. I swear I will. Just in my own time.

mayana banana

2009-10-18T19:08:00.001+10:00

Happy 9 months Mayana! You’re the best niece in the world and I love you lots and lots!

*Mayana dressed a bunny. She refused to look at the camera and instead looked away with a face that said ‘I can’t believe you’re making me wear this!’

I've been to heaven

2009-10-18T19:05:00.001+10:00

I have a new favourite place. It’s a beautiful cafe, new to the Noosa Civic, called Chocolat. For weeks my mum and I have walked past the shop, waiting for it to open so we can try it out. Well it finally opened and try it we did. Zoey, Bethanie, Mayana, Mum and myself toddled off on Saturday morning to indulge in a ‘chocolate high tea’. This ‘high tea’ was only $30 and served 2, although 2 of us struggled to finish it.

Basically, each of us got a silver platter with about 6 little chocolate desserts on it. Our eyes grew wide, our mouths began to drool and our stomachs grumbled. But this was not all that was brought out to us.

A white chocolate Panacotta with a strawberry coulis was then brought out. We sat, wondering how on earth we were meant to eat all of this delectable food when suddenly, our waitress appeared once more carrying this:

A chocolate crème brûlée. I can’t even begin to explain how heavenly these desserts were. One word that pops into mind is AMAZING!!

So we begin. Eating, talking, eating, talking, laughing, eating, laughing hysterically, getting full now, giggling uncontrollably. Then, the pièce de résistance arrives. A hot chocolate shot.

This is basically liquid chocolate. I kid you not. And if we weren’t on a sugar high prior to this, we certainly were after.

An hour and a half later we rolled out of the shop, more full than I have ever been in my entire life. Like I said, I have a new favourite place. I plan on going here a lot. I’ll probably get fat, but it will totally be worth it.

Festival Times

2009-10-18T18:45:00.001+10:00

Friday night was my last ever school festival and boy was it busy. The action kicked off at 4.30pm with the first annual ‘original song writers competition’. After being pressured by a lot of my friends and family, I decided to enter just for laughs. There were some great prizes up for grabs including music shop vouchers up to $200 and first prize – a free recording of your song, so I thought to myself ‘Why not?’. I pondered over what song to enter and finally decided upon the song I wrote for my cert III class ‘Say it Again’. I was up first, which was a little nerve racking, but I had some of my wonderfully talented friends (Melanda and Danielle) singing with me and my little Bro playing the guitar. There are some amazingly gifted kids at my school so I really didn’t expect anything. But I ended up winning!! So I’ll be recording sometime soon!! I’ll keep you up to date with all of that and let you know how it goes.

Next up on my schedule of events was my last ever cert III performance. My band Four |on |One performed 4 songs: ‘Steal my Kisses’, ‘In the Jungle’ transitioned into ‘I Can See Clearly Now’, ‘Naive’ and ‘Man in the Mirror’.

I’ll upload a video of ‘Man in the Mirror’ a bit later for your viewing pleasure because I’ve been told that it was our best song.

I didn’t get to do much more after that, apart from some very silly photos taken with my friends which will be appearing on my blog at a later date.

Hope everyone’s Friday night was as fun as mine!

Love Alexie.

some band photos

2009-10-13T20:06:00.008+10:00

Let me know which ones you like...

The photos are a part of one of my cert III music assessments. It's all to do with 'develop and promote image'. I'm not sure which photos I like, so any help with which ones to use would be greatly appreciated! We're performing at my school's festival on Friday... should be interesting.

why hello there

2009-10-13T15:07:00.002+10:00

I write to you from the airconditioned comfort of...my school. That's right my friends - the internet blocker (which currently bans all access to facebook, myspace, mylifeisaverage.com, other interesting sites that may lead to procrastination during class, and so called 'social networks') allows blogger!! Armed with this new information I sit here and apologise once again for my extreme slackness in regularly updating my blog. I think my main problem is that I always think my life is too boring for anyone to actually want to read about it. However, I realise that this is my blog and if my life is boring than so be it! Please expect more posts... I may write from school more often!

Lovely Luggage

2009-09-30T21:14:00.001+10:00

In November I am heading over to Perth for 40 days!! 3 weeks by myself for schoolies. Well not exactly by myself. I am heading over to a very large extended family most of whom I haven't seen in a few years. I’m pretty excited. Then after my schoolies break, the rest of my family are coming over for another 3 weeks – our first big family holiday in quite some time.

So I’m starting to get ready for my upcoming trip. First on my list of priorities, some carry on luggage. I wanted something really nice, not black, not ugly – but really pretty. At the moment I’m in Toowoomba, visiting Zoey, Pete & Mayana. Most of you probably don’t know this, but Toowoomba has a pretty decent shopping scene. Every time I come here I manage to find awesome bargains. Anyway, we were just casually shopping on Tuesday afternoon when we stumbled into Strandbags. As always I go and have a casual glance at the carry on luggage and low and behold I find the luggage for me! It’s purple, it has a beautiful pattern and it looks like a handbag!! Oh yes, this luggage was obviously made just for me. I quickly text my mother and some minutes later I am the proud owner of this baby:

I can’t wait for November! Lookout Perth – Alexie is coming.

and the 'slackest blogger of all time' award goes to...

2009-09-21T10:47:00.003+10:00

Me!

I am well aware its been weeks since my last post. But I have an excuse I promise. The life of the busy grade 12 student totally takes over and can I just say... when people told me that term 3 was going to be busy they weren't joking. For example, week 8 I had seven pieces of assessment. That's seven big year 12 assessments in 5 days. Joy of joys. But hey I've made it through and I'm back to blogging. It's holidays now so hopefully I'll have lots of time to post things.

So I thought I'd share with you a list of things I have to do on my lovely 2 week holiday:
1. Finish updating my resume - I'm applying for a full time traineeship at the hospital next year so this one is kinda important.
2. Fill out my QTAC preferences - aka apply for uni. Still debating which uni to put as preference number one. I'll let you know which one I end up picking.
3. Hang out with my friends - most of them are going away but there are a few that I desperately need to catch up with, the ones who are not in year 12 and have been constantly ditched in order for me to do school work. Having no social life sucks.
4. Celebrate my parents 25th wedding anniversary
5. Visit a different youth while my youth takes a break over the holidays
6. Sleep in - seriously need to catch up on some zzz's
7. Spend some time with my lovely big sister, her husband and my gorgeous niece - I'm really looking forward to going to Toowoomba by myself for once. I wont have to share Mayana with anyone!
8. Do a massive clean and chuckout of my cupboard - my theory is if I get rid of all the clothes I dont actually wear that are taking up space in my wardrobe, my parents will see the lack of actually wearable clothing in there and be required to buy me some more.
9. Finish writing a song that I started weeks ago - need some lyrical inspiration.
10. Finish reading my english novel - The Power of One. I'm liking it a whole lot better than the Lord of the Flies (which was last terms english novel).

So thats my plan...

Have a good day!

Letter to QCS

2009-09-03T15:25:00.004+10:00

Dear QCS,

Well, I can't say I'm sorry to see you go. I'm actually pretty happy that our time is up. I'd like to say you've been fun but quite frankly you were pretty boring. Okay wait, there were parts of you that I did enjoy. The nice, long, relaxing lunch breaks for example. They, my friend, were great. So thanks for that. Also thank you for making your short response so much easier than the practise one.

After months and months of preparing for you - you're finally over. And I'm a little relieved. One of my big milestones of Grade 12 over and done with.

I'll always remember you.

Love Alexie (Student Number '08 2765 0020 3' - or something like that anyway)

My best friend is 17!!

2009-09-01T19:51:00.008+10:00

Jessica turned 17 on Friday! We celebrated on Saturday with a murder mystery party, set in Las Vegas, which was lots and lots of fun.
Some pictures:

The Birthday Girl!

Most of the girls.

Marina aka 'Ace High' (the victim) and I with our drinks
More drinks with Tayla and Danielle

Tayla aka 'Hustling Hailey' (she was the murderer)

Danielle aka 'Jack Black' and me aka 'Jamie Journalist
The Group!

Happy Birthday to my best friend in the entire world!

*please note: all the drinks were non-alcoholic. Ha.

MIA

2009-08-19T19:52:00.003+10:00

Sorry its been a while since I've posted anything. Life has been a little hectic. I've spent the last two days doing QCS practise. Tuesday consisted of a 2 hour and 10 minute writing task and a 1 hour and 40 minute multiple choice exam. And today I did a 2 hour and 10 minute short response test and another 1 hour and 40 minute multiple choice exam. Best part of the day was the massive lunch break. I am definetly prepared for the real thing in two weeks time. Still have lots of assignments to do though so will probably continue being busy for the next few weeks. Say hello to very little social life.

In other news, my little brother turned 16 on Tuesday. He is convinced he is now a man. We'll see. Also am now officially playing keyboards at church. Played at youth and at church on Sunday and while it was a little freaky everyone said that I did a good job.

Coming up this week - Kelsie (my mum's gorgeous little God-daughter) is turning 5! Party time!! Kelsie's parties are always something special with lots of fun and yummy food. They must be good if a 17 year old can have fun at them. Then again I still act like a kid from time to time. Will post pictures later on this week.

Hope you're all having a good week.

Love Alexie.

blog this challenge

2009-08-12T18:17:00.004+10:00

Challange 11 - What's on your bedside table?

What are you reading at the moment? What book can you not put down or just can't finish? Are you drawn to certain authors, genres or just what's in the bargain bin? Do you get books from a book exchange, library or are you beating the doors down at Dymocks on release day? Write all about the last book you read or the one you're reading/struggling to read!

Well I'm a bit of a bookworm so I always have several books on the go. I love all sorts but at the moment I'm loving re-reading the Harry Potters'. Nearly finished number 6 "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince". Can I just say how brilliant those books are? They draw you in and you just want to keep reading.

Other than that I'm working my way through Pride & Prejudice and Emma by the wonderful Jane Austen. Honestly, its taking me a while because I have to be in the right mood for olde english language - if you know what I mean.

Also, still trying to work my way through Lord of the Flies for english. I really hate it. The only reason I'm reading it is for class, definetly not by choice. So that one is taking me a loooooonnnnggg time.

My secret book obsession is corny christian romance novels. I have two boxes of them now and I pretty much adore them and all of their corniness. It's probably lame but there's nothing I can do about that. I pick them up for $10 for 10 at Koorong and read them whenever I feel the need.

mundubbera fun

2009-08-10T18:04:00.008+10:00

So this weekend my family and I headed off to Mundubbera for the first ever Multi-cultural Festival. I'll try and sum it up in one sentence: a dirt strip with stalls, food and rides down both sides, plenty of entertainment and camel rides.

A few pictures...

The Mundubbera Multi-cultural festival in all its beautiful glory
(please note this is only a tiny bit of it behind me was a fair bit more)
Mum and I wearing our hideous Mundubbera hats - not so sexy but great for shade!

Aunty Nelle, Mum and I sharing the world's biggest Fairy Floss.

We ate Quail. Yes we did. Deep fried Quail to be precise.

Getting ready for our camel ride!!

These beasts are pretty tall just in case you didnt know.

Pretty dang stoked.

I did lots of new things this weekend:
1. Drove for an extended period of time at 100 km!!! (please note - I have not been the most enthusiastic learner up til now, this is big for me.)
2. Ate a Quail. You might remember from my 15 facts about me that I don't eat chicken so it was pretty interesting eating what was, lets face it, basically a mini chicken.
3. Rode a camel. Oh how I loved it. Definetly going to do it again.
4. Tuned a banjo. Which decided to turn on me, break a string and stab me. Thank you banjo.
5. Oh oh and I won a blog this challenge! Very exciting!!

Good weekend me thinks.

Marina's 17th!

2009-08-01T18:17:00.004+10:00

From left to right, top to bottom
-Marina (the birthday girl) and I
-Cake time
-Danielle and I
-Danielle G, the mouse (duh)
- My best friend in the whole world
-The Gang
-Tayla doing (non-alcoholic of course) Jelly shots

Typical Marina party, we all had to dress up as something either magical or Alice in Wonderland-ish. I dressed as a tree spirit. Can't really see in the pictures but I had some lovely gold makeup all over my face. We had lots of fun running around like idiots, taking photos and playing silly games. I won pass-the-parcel, and ate waaaayyyyy to much food.
Oh how I love my friends.

blog this challenge

2009-08-01T11:13:00.004+10:00

"I have a little recipe that isn't hard to make

But you must always start as soon as you awake.
Take a great big mixing bowl and fill it with a smile
Mix half a cup of sunshine with good deeds to last a while.
Add a pinch of work and play, a pinch of thoughtfulness and care
But don't bake it in the oven, just spread it around everywhere."

Ok, so it's a little corny but we all need a bit of silly sometimes! Challenge 10 at Blog This is to list the ingredients for your perfect day. What's your surefire receipe for a wonderful day?

My Perfect Day

1. Grab a good sleep in and place it in a bowl
2. Add a good quantity of lovely sunshine
3. Take some good friends and mix them in (family is a good substitute for friends, if friends are not in season)
4. Take a Grande Starbucks Frappacino and add it to the bowl
5. Some Mcleods Daughters (or Gilmore Girls) should be added around now
6. Don't forget some good music - it is very important to make this day perfect
7. Finally, an afternoon sun-shower followed by some dancing in the rain and jumping in puddles.

All in all, the perfect day.

party time

2009-07-28T16:37:00.010+10:00

My friend Julie turned 18 last week! Of course we had a party. But not the typical party expected to be had by a bunch of teenagers. No alcohol, no silliness. It was nice and civilized. A lovely dinner followed by present time and a movie (Serendipity). A great night all up in my books.

Me and the birthday girl

Jules and Jordan

The lovely Catherine and JulieLockey and Bethanie.

The Girls.
Lockey is enthused by both the party itself and the pretty girl hanging off him.
Obviously.Due to a lack of chairs, this is how we watched the movie.
Kinda hurts your hip after a while.

back to school

2009-07-22T18:34:00.003+10:00

image: deviant art

My last ever term 3 of High School.
Suddenly I'm in a world of Uni applications, QCS, major assessments and lectures. It's all happening very fast, I kinda just want it to slow down for a second so I can think. Think about what I'm doing next year (hopefully I get the traineeship at the hospital), where I am going to uni in 2010 (narrowed it down to QUT, UQ and ACU), where I am going to live in 2010 (either at home, part time home and part time Brisbane, or Brisbane).
Too much to decide in too little time!

last few days

2009-07-18T12:43:00.002+10:00

Tuesday night I developed a bit of a snuffy nose and very achy legs. Didn't really think too much of it so just had a panadol and went to bed. Then proceeded to have the worst night's sleep of my life thanks to hot/cold flushes, ache spreading over entire body, head ache, extremely blocked nose and very sore chest combined with a cough that would not let me sleep. By 6am Wednesday I knew I was very sick.

I had some Codral in the morning but by 11 I feeling so gross that all I wanted to do was crawl into bed and sleep the rest of the day. My mum and sister went out and when they came back and saw my condition decided it was best to take me to the doctor. I hate doctors so the fact that I was really willing to go must say something about how sick I was feeling.

Doctor asked me what was wrong. My exact response was "I feel like crap". After describing all my symptoms and discovering my temperature was now up to 39.9 degrees my doctor looks at me and says "I'm wondering if you have influenza. Of the swine variety." He's a funny man. Didn't help me feel any better though. Armed with a perscription for Tamiflu off I go for swabs. Yay.

Can I just say up til this point I was not worried about Swine Flu in the slightest. Ask anyone who knows me and is around me whenever I hear news reports about the H1N1 virus and they will tell you that I'm the girl who goes "Swine? Pffffft whatever, its not even a big deal" but when I heard that I might possibly have it I freaked out. Cried a little too as soon as I got out of the doctors. Mostly because I was worried if I did have it, could I have given it to my little niece or my youth pastor who is pregnant? Headed over to pathology for a throat and nose swab. Oh and the nose swab - yeah it hurts. About 3, maybe 3 1/2 inches shoved up your nostril kinda stings just in case you were wondering. Once that was done they gave me a nice little mask to wear home 'just in case'. Walking around with a mask on with everyone staring at you does not help you feel any better. No sir, makes you feel a little like a freak. I happen to have experience in this area now. So if you see a person walking around with red puffy eyes and a face mask on don't laugh or look at them weirdly, smile positively. That might help a little.

The waiting game. I was told I'd have my results by Friday. Mum rang three times and hey guess what no results. By this time I'm really sick of being house bound. Tamiflu is working a treat and I just want to go out. But no I'm not really allowed to just in case I contaminate the entire Sunshine Coast. Final call that Mum makes they tell me they wont have the results until next week. Good news is I am officially allowed out of the house without a mask on because apparently they've given up on trying to isolate it. So I got to see Harry Potter last night. Loved it by the way.

Anyway, doctor rang this morning. Results are in... negative for Swine!! I am very happy. Means I get to go to school next week and see all my friends!

In other news... my formal dress has arrived in Toowoomba and I'll get to pick it up in a few weeks. And I'm sending in my resume for a full time traineeship at the hospital next year. The week is looking up. Let's hope it stays on a high all weekend.

Love Alexie

blog this challenge

2009-07-15T17:22:00.003+10:00

Bought something fabulous lately? Wanna share? Wanna brag? Blog some pictures, write a sonnet about it, tell the story about how you got it in the house without your husband noticing. What made you buy it? Have you been secretly coveting it for a while? Or are you an impulse shopper. And of course, now you have it, was it worth it??

Okay so due to the fact that I don't have a job (sorry but school takes priority right now) and only recieve $12 a week for pocket money, most things I buy are paid for with my mother's debit card. However, on Monday I splurged a little and bought a new movie! Yes, I am a movie fan. I love this movie. If you are a chick flick fan and havn't seen this I suggest you go and hire it or even buy it! It follows the romantic tales of William Hayes (Ryan Reynolds - another reason to watch it. He is quite good looking) as he recounts his loves and losses to his daughter. For more information on this lovely movie go to imdb.

Seriously, worth the watch. Oh oh and.... I got it on sale for $13. Yay!

Bunya Mountains

2009-07-11T16:35:00.023+10:00

Day 1
Was awoken at 6am by my father. Lovingly told him to 'get lost' before being equally lovingly reminded to 'up and at em' as we needed to 'get this show on the road'. Rolled out of bed onto my sister who has been sleeping on my floor due to my Oma currently occupying her room. Finished packing, ate breakfast and hopped in the car.
Looooong car drive interspersed with chronic coccyx pains, sweet tunes from my iRiver and feeling woozy from the windy roads. Finally arrived at Bunya Mountains. Checked in. Drove up the driveway of Pademelon Lodge and was greeted by lots (when I say lots I mean up to 17 being visable at any one time without even moving your head) of Pademelons. Like this little guy:
Explored the house (which was really really cute), claimed and made my bed before heading downstairs to relax in front of the fire. Took a walk to the general store and Cafe where we had coffee before going back home. Ate dinner. Attempted to watch NCIS but reception sucked so I went to bed.

Day Two
Was awoken early morning by my niece. Oh well she's cute. Got ready for the day, ate breakfast. Family decided it would be fun to go on a bush walk.

Pete carried Mayana on his front. She was adorable. She fell asleep by resting her head on her
shoulder and remained that way for a good 45 minutes. Wished I was a baby and could sleep instead of walking. Dodged the Pademelon poop and finally arrived at the beginning of the bush track.

Had fun being Zoey's walking buddy. Got sick of walking. Started cramping. Got pushed up hills by Pete. Laughed very hard at my brother risking his life to help Mum across a beam:
Got sick of walking again. Rested. Walked. Rested. Walked. Etc. Finally reached the end of the track. Resolved never to go on a walk labelled 'short' by my father ever again. Relaxed at home. Ate scrummy dinner consisting of: dips, crackers, a selection of cheeses, cold meats, sundried tomatoes, Turkish bread, olives. Watched Closing the Ring. Went to bed.

Day Three
Was awoken early by niece again. Oh well she's cute. Family decided to go on a day trip to wineries and Kingaroy. Off we go. In the car with Mayana. Looked after Mayana while the over 18's sampled a selection of wines from a selection of wineries. Got to Kingaroy. Looked in Information Centre, museum and Art Gallery. Discovered something that makes Mayana very happy:
Basically, you grab her hands and make her hit Jordan in the face while he jumps back and makes grunting/ouch! noises. She laughs and laughs. Couldn't help myself. Made them pose for this photo.

Now everytime she starts to get a bit upset we pull out this trick and she is extemely happy again. Oh how I love my little niece.

Went out for a lovely lunch at RimFire Winery. Yummy yummy yummy.

Went to Lavender Farm.

Was really cute sort of French Country style with a nice view. And very expensive country styled things to buy. Therefore didn't buy anything. Walked around with Zoey. Took pictures of flowers. Took pictures of furniture that I will one day buy.
Went home.

Found a really pretty view. Dragged Zoey, Mum and Mayana over to it to take some nice pictures.

Ate dinner very similar to Day Two. Played Scattegories with the family. Has to be one of the best games of all time. Went to bed.

Day Four
Was awoken early by my niece. Nothing new here. I'm used to it. Packed up all my stuff before heading downstairs to eat a very nice breakfast of bacon, sausages, eggs, hash browns, tomatoes and musherooms (for those that actually eat them). Helped Oma with the kitchen. Packed up the rest of the house. Checked out. On the road again. Stopped at another winery. Arrived at Toowoomba. Went shopping. Brought 3 new bra's and new PJs. Went to Zaraffa's. Had a White Chocolate Fusion. Went out to dinner at the City Golf Club. Had fettucine with roasted lamb, sundried tomatoes, garlic, basil and parmesan. And Lemon Meringue for dessert. Felt sufficiently full afterwards. Went back to Zoey's. Watched tv. Went to sleep. Slept pretty poorly due to a combination of my snoring brother and teething niece. She's cute and can get away with it. He's not so cute therefore he gets kicked and told politely to 'shut up'.

Day Five
Woke up. Watched Hannah Montana and H20 - Just Add Water. Packed up my stuff for the last time. Said goodbye to the Friend's. Gave Oma a big hug as I wont see her til November. Got in the car. Stopped at Kilcoy. Ate one of the best pies of all time. Got home.

End of Holiday. Back to the real world.

Family Holiday

2009-07-06T21:57:00.003+10:00

I really love hanging out with my family so I'm pretty excited for this week's adventure. We are off to the Bunya Mountains which, according to bunyamountains.com, is "a mountain paradise, peacefully nestled adjacent to 11,700ha of subtropical rainforest National Park".

Pademelon Lodge - the place we're staying

Pretty sure there isnt actually all that much to do there, maybe a few national park walks or something. But I'm pretty content to just hang out with the family, read a good book in front of the fire place (yes!) and eat all the yummy food we are taking.

Will update with pictures and all the details when I get back.

Love Alexie.

First post / blog this challenge

2009-07-04T20:18:00.002+10:00

So what better way to start off my blog than to complete this weeks blog this challenge:

Tell us fifteen facinating, far fetched, frightening, funny or frivilous facts about yourself. Those bits of trivia that are floating around in your life.

1. I have seven wisdom teeth. Don't ask me how this works I was just told by my dentist that I'm a freak. Yep, he used those exact words.
2. I hardly ever bruise. I have to be hit really really hard for any colour to appear on my skin at all.
3. While my hair looks like I regularly bleach it, it has never been dyed. The colour of my hair is exactly the same as the the day I was born. I pride myself on that fact.
4. I have 27 first cousins.
5. I graduate from high school in exactly 4 months, 2 weeks and 2 days!
6. I have lost about 14 kg since I got my braces. Where it all came from I have no idea.
7. I love Starbucks. So much.
8. I have seen every episode of Gilmore Girls.
9. I am slightly obsessed with cows. I love everything about them: their look, their taste etc. In fact, I own a fair bit of cow paraphernalia.
10. I don't eat chicken.
11.I talk to my pet fish. Every morning and night. I think they like it.
12. I have never broken a bone.
13. I rub my feet together when I'm going to sleep. My sister says it's really annoying because apparently it rustles my sheets.
14. I've planned my whole wedding and I've never even had a boyfriend.
15. I make up chords on the guitar when I write songs. It bugs my music teacher because he has to figure out what they are.