Summertime

Have you got one of those friends in life that truly brings every thing into perspective for you?

Ok, let's go back a little, I am not a huge horder of friends. I could honestly count the number of good, trusted and beloved friends I have and still have a couple of fingers left over. Perhaps much of that has been my lack of dedication to my friendships or a lack of interest in people that don't inspire me, a bit of both perhaps?

I have been lucky to have both male and female friends, and yes you can have a male friend and keep him as a friend. They have all made an impact on my life in very different ways, from proving to me that love is timeless and boundless and can still be fun 20 years down the road, to revelling in the moment and living life for life itself and that no mater where we are or what we have done, said or forgotten we are still their friend.

I have just read a friends blog about, of all things, Summertime! When he writes you feel like you are on a journey with him. You can imagine the lake, the sun, the friends and the experience and even now while he is in a war zone, protecting all of us while we sleep and go about our daily lives, he sees the beauty in the world around him. Even if he is covered in crude oil and salty water.

While reading his blog I realized just how privileged I am to be a part of his and my other friends memories, not only that, they form the backbone of some of my fondest life changing events.

To my friends, probably the few people who read these meandoring thoughts of mine, thank you for sticking with me, it is never an easy task but you are appreciated more than you know.

Go the Padres

OK, how did I forget to mention our night at the Baseball at PETCO Stadium, fantastic seats, hot dogs the works!!!! We sat just behind 3rd base seats on the grass basically........amazing and great for Babs to see her first Baseball game. We of course called Australia to let them know where and what we were doing...........

Oh, could life be any better?

Did I mention I went with Babs and Barb. Must be the name as they are both a scream!

Where has the time gone!

Wow, what a couple of weeks. I have just had my best girlfriend from Australia visiting for 10 days. Babs and I go way back, well not that WAY BACK as to make us look old......but way back enough. We actually didn't like each other at school, she was a cool jock and I was a choir member, non sporting, dork! I think that about covers it.

We spent the last week out looking around San Diego, shopping and catching up. She was a real trooper as we couldn't get out of town because of school etc. I had also arranged a surprise Birthday Party for a close friend and Babs was bloody fantastic at helping me get everything ready. We had arranged with her husband, who is in Iraq for a year, to have a ring made featuring the Birth Stones of each of her children, hers and her husbands. We had to find out her ring size, figure out the style and then get it ordered and delivered in 1 week........the CIA could not have pulled this off with as much precision. I had asked her and another friend over for dinner so she had no idea that there would be 8 of her closest friends for a 4 course sit down dinner outside, with champagne and a pretty good meal (if I do say so myself). We had also had a poster collage of photos made up, pics from family around the USA, another logistical milestone....and a live video hookup with her husband, which if you know me, the technically challenged chick, was impressive to say the least. She walked in and her husband was on the computer screen and then told her we had a present for her!!!!! Worked like clockwork, except the ring was 48 hours late and we had to use a note and similar ring...........it was worth all the work for the look on her face when she saw her husband.

Apart from the party, we also had Gym for Allie, the beginning Summer Preschool, registration for Kindergarten, work, work, work and the usual Wednesday night BBQ, Friday night Cocktails, washing of cars, mowing of lawns, cleaning of house etc, etc, etc.

Oh, did I mention the day of shopping with Babs..........we did us girls proud.....!

Anyway, will try and be a better blogger over the next few weeks.

Girl's Night Out

Sad to say that we have all grown old enough to start talking about 'Young Folk' when we go to a party!

Last night was our monthly Bunko event, if you don't know Bunko look it up on the Internet as it would take far to much time to explain, and we were treated to a great evening. K & K hosted this time and we were greeted by a long-stem yellow rose upon arrival by two well dressed young men......... The food was fantastic and we spent such a great time chatting and eating that when we looked at the clock it was past nine and we hadn't even started to play.....needless to say we just talked, ate and drank.............

Subjects covered included, how we met our other half, younger Marine wives, husbands, Iraq etc. I can say with great pride that Paris Hilton did not feature in one conversation.....my personal opinion is that she is an oxygen thief and a waste of space on a highly overcrowded planet......but that's is just my opinion.

I think we got home about 11:30 last night, not to shoddy for mums with little kids at home. Of course my ever vigilant children were aware mum would be nursing a slight headache and awoke with the birds at 5:30AM!

So far today we have been to an appointment, picked up cash, CJ had a hair cut, we have washed Al's car and cleaned out the garage and now we are off to a movie with some other little people. Oh, the life of a deployed spouse, continuous fun! Did I mention I still need to clean, wash, change beds, mow and wash the truck!!!!!

Anyway, I will leave you all to enjoy your wonderfully happy, relaxing lives and get to work!

YAHOO FOR YAHOO MESSENGER

Ok, so call me old fashioned and a little slow on the uptake, but today I used Messenger for the first time and it rocks. I feel 10 years, no 20 years younger, hip even! I had a chance to chat with a friend who is serving in Iraq and it was great trading insults for 20 or so minutes. Ok we chatted most of the time and were rather polite.

I love technology, even if I am 5 years behind everyone else, slow and steady..........blah, blah, blah.

My Fantastic Job - selling Orion!

Ok, so this is blatant advertising, but I just can't help it. I work for the most amazing company, Orion Expedition Cruises. Orion is a 5 Star ship that visits areas such as Antarctica, PNG, the Kimberley and New Zealand and I get to talk about her all day! Life is pretty good..........

It always pays to check closing times!

Once again I have attempted to cluster errands and have failed immensely!!!
With the new School Year looming (I know Summer hasn't even started yet) I need to get all the registration paperwork completed, that means shots. Shots that I have been putting off for several weeks as I know that two children with shots is worse than having a root canal! Trust me! So I gather up my not so happy children and cart them off to the hospital. I think, what could be easier, I need to pick up a prescription so we can do both jobs at once.

NO, Immunizations closes at 3:00, great timing guys, most kids don't get out of school until 3:00pm and if you work it is even harder. We arrived at 3:15, sorry can't help you come back tomorrow! If only they understood how hard it was to get two kids into a car, get them to the hospital and get them inside, all with a husband that is deployed. I know, wah wah way, what a whiny wife.

Anyway needless to say we missed the office by 15 minutes, so no shots and then it tool 45 minutes to pick up a prescription, all with two not so happy kids.......