Sunday 29 April 2012

101 Dreams - Dream 31

Dream 31 - Eat at the Fat Duck.
I don't know how long Heston Blumenthal has been a totally awesome chef, but I fist heard about him at uni a couple of year ago. I have loved him and what he makes. He is so awesome and seems to have such a HUGE passion for cooking. The Fat Duck for those of you not in the know, is his restaurant. Someday I would love to eat there, just to try one of his wacky dishes. :)
I mean, seriously, how cool does that look?

Saturday 28 April 2012

Brunch

We made some yummy brunch today, because it's Saturday. Bacon, eggs, avocado and flat bread stuff. It was super yummy and a lovely way to start the day (after an awesome sleep in).

We went to see Simon Amstell last night at the Factory in Enmore. We weren't entirely sure what he would be like at stand up since we'd only ever seen him on Nevermind the Buzzcocks, but he was good. His show was called Numb, because he's started to feel numb about life and what he/we do with our lives, which is somewhat what I feel like on my down days. He made the discussion about it funny, with the exception of some points which were actually quite sad, the rest was funny though. :) A good night out. :)

And today a sleep in, brunch and a lazy day! Yay!

Tuesday 24 April 2012

Quote to Inspire #33

Sorry about the fuzzyness, found on pinterest.
This is a little poster I found a while back on pinterest, but it is also a little poster up on the wall where I work. I find myself inspired every time I read it. Hope it brings you some inspiration too.

Sunday 22 April 2012

Some stories from work

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I shall spare you all any rantings from work (James knows I had quite a few things to rant about this week...) because while ranting can be fun it's just a bit too negative for the mood I'm in at the moment.

Things that made me laugh:
1. A while ago, whilst we were playing outside, I noticed one of my toddlers was scrapping his shoe on the floor funny, so went over to check it out. He had green paint on it. I then noticed green paint on his face, and hands, and bike...where was this green paint coming from? I looked over to where children had been painting in the morning and see another little boy painting the poles with paint. I go over to him and ask what he is doing. "Painting a smiley face" he says... I take the paint off him, do all my telling off, then take the two boys to wash their hands because they are pretty green. The bit about this whole situation that made me laugh was when they decided they were the Hulk because they were green, and started doing Hulk noises and 'flexing' their muscles. Boys can be cute.
Actually, boys seem to love superheroes. We get so many Batmans. I call all the kids dressed as Batman 'Batman' because most of them are from the pre-school rooms and I don't know their names. It's quite funny how many respond to it. 

2. During lunch one of the girls was saying she was a boy. This upset one of the little boys on her table, who started a little argument with her over whether or not she was a boy. The situation got sorted. The little boy, however, was still upset that the girl thought she was a boy so told her "You can't be a boy, because only boys play rugby and cricket!". He was dead serious. I was laughing, then looked down at him and he was not happy with me, which made me laugh more. At the age of 2 or 3 this kid already thinks girls can't play sport...oh dear!

3. Later on the same day, after play time outside, we had all the children from the toddler and pre-school rooms sitting in a circle whilst most of the staff finished tidying up the playground. Whilst the Toddler staff (myself included) were getting the toddlers to line up at the gate to go back inside one of the pre-schoolers jumped up. He lifted up his top and started thrusting his hips, and then he yelled "Sexy and I know it!". I was speechless.

Those are the only 'funny' things that happened at work. The kids do a lot of cute and funny things, but I think I would probably bore everyone with my ramblings about it. They are all getting cuter, but I think thats because they are liking me more. They know my name, they'll come running to me if they are scared and one of them screamed my name when she had an accident in the bathroom (she also gave me a kiss on the cheek for helping her, seriously cute). I won't be in the toddler room next week because both permanent staff will be there. I think I'll miss the kids, I might have to go in for a little visit. I do get to work with the babies next week though, and I do love babies, plus nurseries are so much calmer to work in. :)

I'm going to be sad when my 6 months is up.

Saturday 21 April 2012

Long Time No See

I loved that Canberra has seasons, Sydney is kind of seasonless. Plus having my birthday in Autumn . :)
I've been gone for a while, well a week, and that makes me feel bad. I feel like I have neglected my lovely little blog. I've actually felt like I've been making my blog more of a routine than something fun as well...so I'm working on changing my mood about it. :P
I worked a 5 day week this week, normal for many people, but with the bus there and back it means I have only 4 hours awake at home. And I have been choosing not to spend on my computer as much. Just for this week. It's been a lovely week, I have LOVED being back at work. I love the kids in the toddler room, they are adorable, annoying at times, but adorable. :)

Anyhoo, I'm starting to feel like my head is starting to go all mushed up and confused...I know, I make so much sense...so I thought I'd share some photos from mine and James' little 'holiday' last week. :)
We visited the lake.
I shouldn't take photos looking into the sun, bad look.
Much nicer with some shade. Adore this photo.
We walked to see the sunset on two occasions, it was super cloudy and pointless one of the evenings, but lovely on this occasion. :)
We also went to watch the Brumbies again. They played MUCH better this time and we got to see 4 tries in one half, awesome. :)
Yeah, so when my brain is functioning properly (I have picked up a cold from the kids...and an interesting TV show is distracting me) I shall share some funny stories from work/ramblings from work. :P

I hope to get back to blogging again. :)

Friday 13 April 2012

A glorious day

By the Canberra lake, taken on my phone.
We went for a lovely drive this morning. First we went to admire all the awesomely massive and beautiful homes in Canberra. There is a street with seriously awesome homes on it, and then a whole lot of gorgeous streets nearby. All the streets are lined with lovely big trees, which are all turning red for Autumn, was gorgeous! We then drove up Red Hill to have a look out from up there, and then off to the lake to sit for a bit. It was really glorious weather today, so quite a lovely little outing. I love days like these. :)

Monday 9 April 2012

Chilling in Canberra


Today I let myself sleep in. I still couldn't sleep past 10, no matter how much I tried...I think it's a sign I am growing up. :P James and I decided that today shall be our chill day, to just sit and do nothing, so that is pretty much what we have done. He has been playing Fifa with his brothers and I have been reading and doing some little craft planning. Whenever James' brothers are playing each other in Fifa he comes and joins me, and we watch some Britain's Got Talent. It's been quite a lovely day today. We've planned to go for a walk tonight to watch the sun set. :)

For those of you, like me, who have not been watching Britain's Got Talent some of mine and James' favourite acts (from what we have watched so far) are 'The Mend', 'The Zimmers' and 'Ashleigh and Pudsey'. Unfortunately the embedding has been disabled on the videos so I can't show them here, but I have linked to the videos. :)

I also wanted to share a random little quote from the weekend that I found quite amusing. James' youngest brother had for some reason been planning what posh names he would give staff in his house if he got rich...whilst playing Fifa with James he came out with this:
"Miles! Thats a posh name! I'll call my cook Miles. NO! I'll call my cook Chives and my driver Miles!"

I hope you all have a lovely Easter Monday. :)

Sunday 8 April 2012

Hoppy Easter!

I hope everyone has/is having a wonderful Easter! Mine has been lovely so far. James and I went for a walk in the morning, Autumn is definitely coming in Canberra, the trees are going some gorgeous colours. We then enjoyed some Easter egg hunts (with riddles) with his brothers. I then got a little Birthday present and we had lunch. :)

I have also had a super duper week. I am loving working out at Coogee, the staff and children are all so fun and kind! I am also bonding with the toddlers in the room I am working it which makes the job that bit more enjoyable. It basically means I get lots of hugs all day long from cute little two year olds...who wouldn't want to get paid for that?
James' mum has also lent me a Phillipa Gregory book I have not yet read, which I have been reading ever since I got it, I am loving it, and loving reading her writing again. 

It's the simple things. Here are some happy pictures to hopefully make you smile this Easter. :)
Chocolates from some of the children, feel like such a teacher now!
Bunnies are so cute.
Cake from when I turned 19.
Gorgeous Forsythia.
I do miss the Magnolia tree...
Tulips and Daffodils from Durham last year.
Hoppy Easter everyone!

Friday 6 April 2012

My Life in Song - Can You Feel It


It's another 'Can't hear this without thinking about this'. These kind of posts are probably a good sign of where and when I grew up, because I hope that those who lived through the original songs have not relinked them to the things I have.
Today 'Can You Feel It' by the Jackson 5, covered in part by Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band for Children in Need. Whilst I can tell you what the Jackson 5 music video looks like, my initial thoughts are of Postman Pat, Bob the Builder, the Wombats and Fireman Sam singing the song...It makes me very happy though. So many awesome childhood memories. :)

Sunday 1 April 2012

101 Dreams - Dream 37

Dream 37 - American Road Trip.
Although my Dream 37 is to go on an American Road Trip I would just love to go on an awesome road trip anywhere. America, Europe, Australia, I don't mind. I don't know why, but I really enjoy driving around in a car with people I like, good views and good music. Would be awesome!
I would probably need to learn to drive first, can't be asking everyone else to do the driving and then do nothing myself. :P