Anyway, let's see if this works. And here's a recent photo of my girlfriends and I clinking sangria glasses to celebrate the return of our Tami from her trip to Israel last month. Thanks to Misha for the photo!
Night night xoxo
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Blasting the past
Anyway, let's see if this works. And here's a recent photo of my girlfriends and I clinking sangria glasses to celebrate the return of our Tami from her trip to Israel last month. Thanks to Misha for the photo!
Night night xoxo
Sunday, August 19, 2007
I feel the Earth.... move.... under my feet....
But hopefully no sky tumbling down!! Yes,we had yet another earthquake the other day. This one was only a 3.5, "only," but enough to scare the beejeesus out of an Aussie!
Just wanted to give a couple of shout-outs to some buddies of mine who have had their birthdays since my last posting. Happy birthday to my awesome buddy Ailie on August 7th (well, nearly after my last posting); Niki, who is currently living in England but came to visit us in LA earlier in the year, has her birthday on Aug 12th; my brother Patrick who also came to visit us a few weeks ago had a birthday on August 14th, and my buddy Catherine who has her birthday today on August 18th. Happy birthday you guys!!! Hope you day was as spectacular and fabulous as you all are!!
Jimmy and I have been having a bit of a sticky beak around the housing markets here during our past few weekends. We're looking into buying a house, exactly where or when yet we don't know. We're in the best situation for the moment where we don't have to buy, we want to buy. We're in a great apartment paying very reasonable rent and are saving up nicely. However, a turning point came last week when we came across a car that had run into a fire hydrant, creating this:
And here's the artistic, shot, naturally:
So we had to make a detour. While we were weaving through uncharted streets, Jimmy thought he'd show me a couple of his favourite type of houses, absolutely gorgeous works of art called Craftsman Style houses. They're found here and there around LA, particularly in the older historical parts and were built mostly prior to 1925. Anyway, Jimmy was about to show me one of his favourite craftsmans when he suddenly saw a "For Sale" sign out the front of it!! Wow!!! Imagine one of your favourite houses up for sale just when you're thinking about buying!! It said there was going to be an open house on Sunday, we were soooo going to check it out!! Unable to stop thinking about it, we went home and looked up the details on the net and saw that it was somewhat out of our price range. Disheartened, but not without hope, we went to check it out on Saturday and then again at the open house on Sunday. WOW again. This house is nothing short of incredible. It was built in Hollywood in 1913 and transported to Van Nuys in 1920 where it has remained virtually untouched for 87 years. We were drooling all over each other and cringed at the thought of what we'd have to sacrifice in order to be able to afford this magnificent dream home. Here's the website link, go check it out: http://www.hamlinstreet.com/
Stay on the main page and let the photos scroll around by themselves. The outside is not my favourite, but the interior is phenominal. It even has a basement!!! In order to buy it though we'd have to give up trivial things, like food, clothing, petrol, etc. While it took us a while, we've kinda come to the decision that it's a little out of our reach (Jimmy thinks eating and filling the car with petrol is important, like, sheesh!!) and we might have to pass. There were a lot of things that needed fixing and updating, a lot of TLC would be needed, and we wouldn't have any dosh left to mess with if we made that house our home. Alas!! I hope no one buys it and it's still on the market in a year's time... wishful thinking... We're very protective of that house now. It should be ours. Bahh humbug.
I am sad to report that our little Max Biallystock passed away last week. He was a very cute birdie but was not quite right from the beginning. Whether whatever ailment he had caught up with him, or he was exhausted from all the unwanted attention and shagging he was receiving, we separated him from his buddies for a few days. He was very sick at the beginning but seemed to perk up after 3 days in isolation. The other birds were always calling to him and he would call to them, he missed them so, so we decided to reunite them. He seemed to be doing alright until one morning he was gone. The others are missing him, but at least the shag fests have substantially subsided since his passing. Here are some photos of the boy quartet... That's Max with his head under his wing, surrounded by his ever-vigilant body guards; pigging out on some yummy seeds and that's the four of them snuggled up together.
You have to forgive me if there are any mistakes in this posting, I'm competing for keyboard space with Harriet, our new(ish) cute little yellow cockatiel. She's awfully friendly and loves to play with whatever we're doing, especially the keyboard. Why do birds always go for keyboards??
And I'll leave you with that thought for the evening. Goodnight all, love & hugs xxx Laura
Just wanted to give a couple of shout-outs to some buddies of mine who have had their birthdays since my last posting. Happy birthday to my awesome buddy Ailie on August 7th (well, nearly after my last posting); Niki, who is currently living in England but came to visit us in LA earlier in the year, has her birthday on Aug 12th; my brother Patrick who also came to visit us a few weeks ago had a birthday on August 14th, and my buddy Catherine who has her birthday today on August 18th. Happy birthday you guys!!! Hope you day was as spectacular and fabulous as you all are!!
Jimmy and I have been having a bit of a sticky beak around the housing markets here during our past few weekends. We're looking into buying a house, exactly where or when yet we don't know. We're in the best situation for the moment where we don't have to buy, we want to buy. We're in a great apartment paying very reasonable rent and are saving up nicely. However, a turning point came last week when we came across a car that had run into a fire hydrant, creating this:
And here's the artistic, shot, naturally:
So we had to make a detour. While we were weaving through uncharted streets, Jimmy thought he'd show me a couple of his favourite type of houses, absolutely gorgeous works of art called Craftsman Style houses. They're found here and there around LA, particularly in the older historical parts and were built mostly prior to 1925. Anyway, Jimmy was about to show me one of his favourite craftsmans when he suddenly saw a "For Sale" sign out the front of it!! Wow!!! Imagine one of your favourite houses up for sale just when you're thinking about buying!! It said there was going to be an open house on Sunday, we were soooo going to check it out!! Unable to stop thinking about it, we went home and looked up the details on the net and saw that it was somewhat out of our price range. Disheartened, but not without hope, we went to check it out on Saturday and then again at the open house on Sunday. WOW again. This house is nothing short of incredible. It was built in Hollywood in 1913 and transported to Van Nuys in 1920 where it has remained virtually untouched for 87 years. We were drooling all over each other and cringed at the thought of what we'd have to sacrifice in order to be able to afford this magnificent dream home. Here's the website link, go check it out: http://www.hamlinstreet.com/
Stay on the main page and let the photos scroll around by themselves. The outside is not my favourite, but the interior is phenominal. It even has a basement!!! In order to buy it though we'd have to give up trivial things, like food, clothing, petrol, etc. While it took us a while, we've kinda come to the decision that it's a little out of our reach (Jimmy thinks eating and filling the car with petrol is important, like, sheesh!!) and we might have to pass. There were a lot of things that needed fixing and updating, a lot of TLC would be needed, and we wouldn't have any dosh left to mess with if we made that house our home. Alas!! I hope no one buys it and it's still on the market in a year's time... wishful thinking... We're very protective of that house now. It should be ours. Bahh humbug.
I am sad to report that our little Max Biallystock passed away last week. He was a very cute birdie but was not quite right from the beginning. Whether whatever ailment he had caught up with him, or he was exhausted from all the unwanted attention and shagging he was receiving, we separated him from his buddies for a few days. He was very sick at the beginning but seemed to perk up after 3 days in isolation. The other birds were always calling to him and he would call to them, he missed them so, so we decided to reunite them. He seemed to be doing alright until one morning he was gone. The others are missing him, but at least the shag fests have substantially subsided since his passing. Here are some photos of the boy quartet... That's Max with his head under his wing, surrounded by his ever-vigilant body guards; pigging out on some yummy seeds and that's the four of them snuggled up together.You have to forgive me if there are any mistakes in this posting, I'm competing for keyboard space with Harriet, our new(ish) cute little yellow cockatiel. She's awfully friendly and loves to play with whatever we're doing, especially the keyboard. Why do birds always go for keyboards??
And I'll leave you with that thought for the evening. Goodnight all, love & hugs xxx Laura
Thursday, August 9, 2007
I hate earthquakes!!!
We were just in an earthquake!!! IKKKK!!!! Roxy the dog and I are a little freaked out. Jimmy is cool as a cucumber and thinks it's kinda fun. He's nuts. Just checked the stats out and it was a 4.5, Jimmy says the biggest one he's been in since the 1994 mega 6.6 earthquake which devastated the San Fernando Valley 13 years ago. The huge ones normally happen every 20-ish years or so, so I ain't seen nothin' yet. I experienced another earthquake here earlier this year, in about March or so, and it was scary enough, a 3.2.
We'd been out at a movie screening ("Stardust" - pretty good movie, wicked special effects!!) and are having a late night, getting ready for bed, I'd just finished brushing my teeth and was rinsing my mouth out when the bathroom started to wobble. I use the word wobble because it was moving like a rocking wave. The ground and buildings move here all the time though, so I thought it was either something small and seismic or a big truck driving past, but then it got more intense and started rocking more and then a massive JOLT! It pushed me into the sink and towards the side wall. My first thought was that I'm glad it jolted in the direction it did because our china cabinet should be okay, ha!! The windows were still rocking in the loungeroom when we went to check, and the lamp over our dining room table was swaying away. I'm an Aussie, I'm not used to this, ha!! I came in to check the birds and the cockatiels were fine but the budgies were all hanging on the sides of their cage. Oh well, we were hoping it wasn't a prelude to something even bigger and nastier, but all looks okay now. Apparently the epicenter was about 5 miles from here in Chatsworth. Time to try and get some sleep now. Goodnacht!
P.S. If you'd like to keep track of earthquakes in LA, try this website on for size. See how many small ones we have every day!! Eeeek! http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.htm
We'd been out at a movie screening ("Stardust" - pretty good movie, wicked special effects!!) and are having a late night, getting ready for bed, I'd just finished brushing my teeth and was rinsing my mouth out when the bathroom started to wobble. I use the word wobble because it was moving like a rocking wave. The ground and buildings move here all the time though, so I thought it was either something small and seismic or a big truck driving past, but then it got more intense and started rocking more and then a massive JOLT! It pushed me into the sink and towards the side wall. My first thought was that I'm glad it jolted in the direction it did because our china cabinet should be okay, ha!! The windows were still rocking in the loungeroom when we went to check, and the lamp over our dining room table was swaying away. I'm an Aussie, I'm not used to this, ha!! I came in to check the birds and the cockatiels were fine but the budgies were all hanging on the sides of their cage. Oh well, we were hoping it wasn't a prelude to something even bigger and nastier, but all looks okay now. Apparently the epicenter was about 5 miles from here in Chatsworth. Time to try and get some sleep now. Goodnacht!
P.S. If you'd like to keep track of earthquakes in LA, try this website on for size. See how many small ones we have every day!! Eeeek! http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.htm
Thursday, August 2, 2007
This 'N' That
As I mentioned before, being away at work for 12 hours a day has certainly cut into my social time!!! I’m finally making time to write in my blog and say g’day to all my family and friends who have been so kind to check in. Life has been exciting here, between getting our wickedly groovy china cabinet, extending our bird family by adding a sweet little yellow Harriet II; exploring antique shops looking for the perfect materials to make my parents’ 60th birthday presents since I won’t be able to be there in person to help them celebrate; visiting new places like San Pedro and Solvang aka “Little Denmark”; hosting visitors; dealing with a lack of hot water for 4 days and having to make an emergency hot water shower trip to Jim and Helen’s place (Jimmy’s parents), we’ve been kept pretty busy. Patrick just finished visiting, such the ultimate guest, arrives and gets himself set up with a rental car and awayyyy he goes! So glad he got to see and do as much as he did in his 2 weeks here, including breaking a few hearts here and there, charmer that he is. I’m bummed that I couldn't spend as much time with him as I’d have liked to, dern work. Oh well, the money is certainly nice after months of not working!
I’m really enjoying this new job, pretty interesting, always learning new things, and it can be challenging trying to master the art of not raising an eyebrow when some of your fav stars walk past you. Inside I’m like OHHH Victor Garber!! Lookin’ even better in person! You were so cool in Titanic! And in that Judy Garland thing! Yeahhhhh! But on the outside I’m like ohh hey Victor G, man… yeah… like… whaddup?
Something I noticed this morning was that my bus stop was surrounded by police when I got there, but I didn’t notice it immediately. How could I not notice them??? Because they didn’t look like the police I’m used to! Their uniforms are a brown-ish colour, I think they could be sheriffs, I might have mistaken them as civilians going to work until I noticed all the black police cars everywhere. Then I put two and two together. So be aware just in case you ever need to be on the lookout for police/sheriffs in LA! They blend too easily!
My Aussie cravings shall soon be fulfilled!! Temporarily anyway. I got a call from 97.3FM radio in Brisbane last week asking for a phone interview with me. Odd! I got such a surprise when they rang up, to hear an Aussie voice on the other end... "G'day, 'owzzz it gawwwin'??" Ahh, heaven! So I chatted with them on the air for 10 mins or so about life in LA away from Brissie, what was different, what I was missing, etc. They were particularly interested in the studios and the fact that I was standing right outside the “Lost” TV show writers’ office, ha. Jimmy and Patrick were listening online from home while a whole bunch of the production crew were listening at my desk… I was outside. ‘Cuz I was missing Brissie, ‘cuz I wanted to keep up-to-date with happening in Oz and ‘cuz I was sick of LA radio’s adverts every 5 mins for plastic surgery, I’d been listening to some Brissie stations at Disney, and some of the other production people had commented that they liked 97.3FM in particular. So I emailed 97.3 and told ‘em they were being enjoyed outside of Oz. As a “cheers” for the interview, they’re sending me an Aussie care pack, woohoo!! Full of Twisties, Cadbury, chicken salt, too funny!! But YUM! Oh, and after they interviewed me, they had an interview with Sandra Bullock. But, hey, let it be known that I was first, ya hear?!?! Bwahahahaa.
Anyway, that's all for now, Jimmy and I are going off to a screening of the new Bourne movie... I barely remember the first one and haven't seen the second, but hey, should be fun. Byeee!
I’m really enjoying this new job, pretty interesting, always learning new things, and it can be challenging trying to master the art of not raising an eyebrow when some of your fav stars walk past you. Inside I’m like OHHH Victor Garber!! Lookin’ even better in person! You were so cool in Titanic! And in that Judy Garland thing! Yeahhhhh! But on the outside I’m like ohh hey Victor G, man… yeah… like… whaddup?
Something I noticed this morning was that my bus stop was surrounded by police when I got there, but I didn’t notice it immediately. How could I not notice them??? Because they didn’t look like the police I’m used to! Their uniforms are a brown-ish colour, I think they could be sheriffs, I might have mistaken them as civilians going to work until I noticed all the black police cars everywhere. Then I put two and two together. So be aware just in case you ever need to be on the lookout for police/sheriffs in LA! They blend too easily!
My Aussie cravings shall soon be fulfilled!! Temporarily anyway. I got a call from 97.3FM radio in Brisbane last week asking for a phone interview with me. Odd! I got such a surprise when they rang up, to hear an Aussie voice on the other end... "G'day, 'owzzz it gawwwin'??" Ahh, heaven! So I chatted with them on the air for 10 mins or so about life in LA away from Brissie, what was different, what I was missing, etc. They were particularly interested in the studios and the fact that I was standing right outside the “Lost” TV show writers’ office, ha. Jimmy and Patrick were listening online from home while a whole bunch of the production crew were listening at my desk… I was outside. ‘Cuz I was missing Brissie, ‘cuz I wanted to keep up-to-date with happening in Oz and ‘cuz I was sick of LA radio’s adverts every 5 mins for plastic surgery, I’d been listening to some Brissie stations at Disney, and some of the other production people had commented that they liked 97.3FM in particular. So I emailed 97.3 and told ‘em they were being enjoyed outside of Oz. As a “cheers” for the interview, they’re sending me an Aussie care pack, woohoo!! Full of Twisties, Cadbury, chicken salt, too funny!! But YUM! Oh, and after they interviewed me, they had an interview with Sandra Bullock. But, hey, let it be known that I was first, ya hear?!?! Bwahahahaa.
Anyway, that's all for now, Jimmy and I are going off to a screening of the new Bourne movie... I barely remember the first one and haven't seen the second, but hey, should be fun. Byeee!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Checking in...
Just wanted to give a shout out to anyone who may be out there checking in with me!! My new job has been keeping me busy busy busy... this 12 hours a day working thing is totally cutting in to my social life!!! Haha. Will write more later but just wanted to say that yes, I am alive and well, am enjoying the new job, learning a lot of interesting things, but missing everyone in Oz terribly!!!!
Something that I'm sure evvvvvvvvveryone will be happy to know is that Laura is finally learning to drive!!!!! Again!!!!!! WHOAAAAAAAAAA!!! I started when I was 15 & 16, then decided I'd wait a while. Got my learners at 19 and started to learn again then, but decided to wait a while longer. Now I feel it is a necessity as the buses here are soooo unreliable!!! I sometimes find myself waiting an hour or more for them after work. Highly uncool. And drivers here are whacked. Oh well, if I'm gonna drive, might as well throw myself in the deep end!!
And I'll leave you with this: We have added four cute little budgies to our family about a month ago. We opted for two at first, a boy and girl pair, then decided to get another pair to make 'em a happy foursome. Well, our two boys and two girls didn't work out as planned, as we now find we have four little boy budgies. That's right, FOUR boys. All very cute, but all in need of girls. We always catch 'em trying to shag each other. There is one budgie in particular that is very cuddly and likes to snuggle up and be preened and fed by the others. They all try to shag him. We named him Max Bialystock, after the character in "The Producers" who seduces the old ladies for their monetary sponsorship of his shows. His favourite friend, who we thought was his mate, we named Ulla, Max's long-legged Scandinavian temptress. She turned out to be a boy, too. I don't dare throw a little girl budgie in that cage full of randy boys now!!
And that's all for today. xxx Laura
P.S. Yank tanks... ohhh.... my.... gosh.
P.P.S. "Fluke" is not a common word in the US. Be prepared to translate if you catch yourself using it whilst in Amerikeee.
Something that I'm sure evvvvvvvvveryone will be happy to know is that Laura is finally learning to drive!!!!! Again!!!!!! WHOAAAAAAAAAA!!! I started when I was 15 & 16, then decided I'd wait a while. Got my learners at 19 and started to learn again then, but decided to wait a while longer. Now I feel it is a necessity as the buses here are soooo unreliable!!! I sometimes find myself waiting an hour or more for them after work. Highly uncool. And drivers here are whacked. Oh well, if I'm gonna drive, might as well throw myself in the deep end!!
And I'll leave you with this: We have added four cute little budgies to our family about a month ago. We opted for two at first, a boy and girl pair, then decided to get another pair to make 'em a happy foursome. Well, our two boys and two girls didn't work out as planned, as we now find we have four little boy budgies. That's right, FOUR boys. All very cute, but all in need of girls. We always catch 'em trying to shag each other. There is one budgie in particular that is very cuddly and likes to snuggle up and be preened and fed by the others. They all try to shag him. We named him Max Bialystock, after the character in "The Producers" who seduces the old ladies for their monetary sponsorship of his shows. His favourite friend, who we thought was his mate, we named Ulla, Max's long-legged Scandinavian temptress. She turned out to be a boy, too. I don't dare throw a little girl budgie in that cage full of randy boys now!!
And that's all for today. xxx Laura
P.S. Yank tanks... ohhh.... my.... gosh.
P.P.S. "Fluke" is not a common word in the US. Be prepared to translate if you catch yourself using it whilst in Amerikeee.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Woohoo!!
Just wanted to write a quickie to say that I'm now a proud employee of motion picture production at Walt Disney Studios!! I applied for a job there last week, went for an interview and was asked if I'd like to start on Monday as a production accounting assistant. Woohoo!! It's an entry level job, pretty hard to get in to, but once you're in you're in and it's a great foot in the door. I can't believe I applied for just one job and went for one interview and got it. I wasn't planning to start looking for jobs until next week, but when I saw this position advertised I had to give it a go. Soo lucky am I, and kinda proud to say I did it all by my lil ole self, not sure what they saw in me above the others but I'm thrilled. Movie & Television Production, here I come!! xxx Laura
Saturday, July 7, 2007
4th of July & more
Why is it that Australia Day and US Independence Day fall on the hottest days of the year?? Just so everyone can have the day off and attempt to have a BBQ in the stinkin' heat of summer?? We had a lovely July 4th the other day, my first one in the US, topped off with a barbie where most people cleverly stayed indoors to escape the scorching heat. Americans are very proud of their country. Even though most here do not seem to agree with the local, state and national governments of late, they'll have no reservations in displaying their flag with pride. How many Aussies have a flag and flag pole handy around the house? As with the Norwegians, if your family doesn't have a flag of some description you'd be out of place. Celebrations and fireworks everywhere, parties, open houses, beach fests, carnivals, stacks of fun no matter what you enjoy.
The barbie was fun, I got to see a lot of my Californian buddies I hadn't seen in a while, some in quite a few years. We each brought part of the meal to share, and Jimmy & I were on coleslaw and dessert patrol. Which leads me to my next thing... be careful when you bring an Aussie cook book to America! Not only are the measurements hard to translate, but ingredients and other food items go by different names here!! I'm like... honey... we need some icing sugar... ICING sugar... ICING... huh?? POWDERED sugar?? Well I'll be... My lemon tart and tropical chocolate truffles didn't turn out quite as expected, perhaps they melted in the heat, but I managed to fix 'em up nicely and they tasted beauty mate!
More news to come!!
The barbie was fun, I got to see a lot of my Californian buddies I hadn't seen in a while, some in quite a few years. We each brought part of the meal to share, and Jimmy & I were on coleslaw and dessert patrol. Which leads me to my next thing... be careful when you bring an Aussie cook book to America! Not only are the measurements hard to translate, but ingredients and other food items go by different names here!! I'm like... honey... we need some icing sugar... ICING sugar... ICING... huh?? POWDERED sugar?? Well I'll be... My lemon tart and tropical chocolate truffles didn't turn out quite as expected, perhaps they melted in the heat, but I managed to fix 'em up nicely and they tasted beauty mate!
More news to come!!
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Comments
I didn't realise that I'd enabled comments to be written only by blog users, sorry!!! I've now changed it so that anyone can leave a comment. Ooopsies. Have a nice day. :-) xxx L
Monday, July 2, 2007
Life in LA
My observations of the day of life in LA, or life away from Brissie...
- I'm enjoying having 2 showers a day again!! And... gulp... often more than 4 mins each
- Taco vans have replaced Mr Whippy Ice Cream trucks.
- It's 30 C on a cool day!
- You bump into people from LA Law, Days Of Our Lives and Will & Grace in the local hardware shop.
- It's 3am on a Tuesday morning & I have the munchies... which of the dozens of restaurants around me shall I visit??
- The airport has direct flights to every continent in the world (...maybe not Antarctica)
- If you're not part of the arts, you're not truly living.
- You can be at a Sound of Music Singalong with 12,000 people, quote every single line and lyric from the movie and still be one of the saner people in attendance.
- Wacky is IN...
- Places you've never been to before seem awwwwfully familiar...
- People here have actually heard of Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, Cary Grant, The Andrews Sisters.
- Clark Gable owned the property across the road from you and Liberace used to live down the street
- A ham sandwich is just that, stacks and stacks of ham in a sandwich (salad?? HA!).
- Refills are freeeee.
- My cosmetics are half the price! Woooot!
- Electronics are wicked cheap.
- Cars are a fashion statement... like a very large Gold Coast.
- Plastic surgery stores are found in shopping centres. Go have a burger, then go next door and get it sucked out!
- Baseball is... special.
- Flights to Norway are cheaper.
- Budgies have been bred down to half their original Aussie size, pint-sized budgies!!
- International calls are NOT 0.2 cents a minute
- Traders expect you to bargain.
- Want something? Betcha the Rose Bowl Swap Meet has it!!
- Cadbury chocolate, snack, flakes, twirls, etc are not readily available.
- Hershey's is NOT a substitute
- Peppermint cream-filled chocolate is hard to come by.
- I miss twisties!!
And they're my observations of the day.
- I'm enjoying having 2 showers a day again!! And... gulp... often more than 4 mins each
- Taco vans have replaced Mr Whippy Ice Cream trucks.
- It's 30 C on a cool day!
- You bump into people from LA Law, Days Of Our Lives and Will & Grace in the local hardware shop.
- It's 3am on a Tuesday morning & I have the munchies... which of the dozens of restaurants around me shall I visit??
- The airport has direct flights to every continent in the world (...maybe not Antarctica)
- If you're not part of the arts, you're not truly living.
- You can be at a Sound of Music Singalong with 12,000 people, quote every single line and lyric from the movie and still be one of the saner people in attendance.
- Wacky is IN...
- Places you've never been to before seem awwwwfully familiar...
- People here have actually heard of Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, Cary Grant, The Andrews Sisters.
- Clark Gable owned the property across the road from you and Liberace used to live down the street
- A ham sandwich is just that, stacks and stacks of ham in a sandwich (salad?? HA!).
- Refills are freeeee.
- My cosmetics are half the price! Woooot!
- Electronics are wicked cheap.
- Cars are a fashion statement... like a very large Gold Coast.
- Plastic surgery stores are found in shopping centres. Go have a burger, then go next door and get it sucked out!
- Baseball is... special.
- Flights to Norway are cheaper.
- Budgies have been bred down to half their original Aussie size, pint-sized budgies!!
- International calls are NOT 0.2 cents a minute
- Traders expect you to bargain.
- Want something? Betcha the Rose Bowl Swap Meet has it!!
- Cadbury chocolate, snack, flakes, twirls, etc are not readily available.
- Hershey's is NOT a substitute
- Peppermint cream-filled chocolate is hard to come by.
- I miss twisties!!
And they're my observations of the day.
Wedding photos
Thanks for the comments and emails we've received about wedding photos! We actually don't have our official ones ourselves yet, so we haven't uploaded any (many...) for all to see. We'll be picking them up today from the postie, Mum & Dad sent them registered mail for us, so stay tuned!! Pics are on the way!! Check back in a couple of days and I should have some up. And here's a couple to tide us over... I've edited some of them a bit. These were taken by Frank, our groomsman; Sara, my cousin and mother of flowergirl Amelia; and my friend Uli. xxxx Laura
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