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On Thursday night, Leigh and I headed to Melbourne. It was a bitter sweet event. 1. We reached our 2 month anniversary. (Joy) 2. My mac hard-drive died - ( Sorrow) It is truly difficult for me to say this especially after all the times I've spent claiming superiority. Yet it has been 4 years of no trouble, and we went into a great MAC place, and they were super helpful - they're able to save the files, and put a double-the size- hard drive in for $200, and it will be better than good-as-new. Which turned my sorrow into joy! 3. Sight Seeing (Joy and Sorrow) I love Melbourne. It is a beautiful city, and Leigh and I spent some time walking the streets getting familiar with the sites. The skyscrapers are very unique and beautiful! We had a great time, however with the cost of parking, I should have just hired a chauffer for the day! It cost us over $30 for 2 hours. YIKES! 3. We saw SIMON!!!! (incredible Joy!) It was great to hang out with an old friend from YWAM ...

Did you know that they don't have basements here in the land "DOWN UNDER"? Weird eh?

Well the day finally came! The Ballarat cup. This was a day similar in ways to Vancouver's Celebration of Lights *Fireworks* and Kerroberts' Jamboree Days, or Boxing day at Walmart...The whole community is involved and it's busy and fun with tonnes of people milling about. A slight difference would be, that everyone is dressed up and wearing hats or funky things in their hair. Men are wearing suits, at least ties, and women are wearing the latest fashions, and feathers...yes folks, many a chicken died for this event. Champagne flows freely, and people are yelling for their horses to win - so essentially they can buy more champagne...So maybe not a whole lot like Boxing day? I created my hat, as hats were being sold at $150 a pop, and I also did Sarah and Her friends hair. It was fun. We picked 2 horses to put small bids on, and were thrilled at the end when Leigh's pick won...Mine didn't place - I wonder if he even finished the race? Anyways, now we have to figure ...

Leigh took me away for the weekend up to Echuca. Well really Leigh's brother Mark needed us to bring up the boat for him and his mates who were "celebrating" another school year-end there. They had rented a houseboat for the week, and were floating down the Murray River, and we were to bring the other boat up so that they could water ski. So we took this opportunity to be on holiday away from home! We stayed in a little cabin beside the Murray River and even got on a steamer the next day to go for a little "tourist adventure". Us and 50 old very lovely, people...Man, I love holidays! Thankfully it was too cold to water ski with the boys, as I'm still a little paranoid to hop into the river (brown from mud), not knowing what you might come across in there - Crocodiles, snakes, eels, dead bodies...who knows!!! Anyways, we didn't go water skiing with the boys! whew! And Leigh and I had a great time otherwise. Later Leigh took me and his sister Sarah to a cl...

This week, I had the opportunity to travel with Leigh's dad Ross in his Semi Truck. It was awesome! I felt like we owned the road. Also, I was able to see the Aussie move "The Castle" I would reccommend this movie for anyone! Two thumbs wa---ay up!

10. Kangaroos 9. The Ute 8. The Weather 7. Speed "Limits" hardly exist 6. Half-Full-Flush Toilets 5. Cheese is half the price as in Canada. 4. Round-A-Bouts 3. Tim-Tams 2. No tax or tipping required. 1. The People (esp. Sarah!) Tell me the 10 favourites of where you are...

My husband is not only "HOT" but he is also a great cook. In this picture you will see a Thai Coconut Currey Chicken Soup and Sweet and Sour Veggies. He also made Chili lamb, with coconut cream and coriander. YUM -YUM!!! Wade would have loved it! I made apple-strawberry-rhubarb crumble for dessert. Jo would have loved that. He re's a picture of Ross and Carlene's house. Today Ross' sister Merle and Neil came to visit. They are great! I have almost met the entire family now. Tonight's menu: Chicken caesar salad and cheese toast Glenna style. In honour of my awesome sister.

Okay, so my very handsome Nephew's birthday was on Saturday the 5th, and I feel terrible that I haven't got a blog on here for him sooner But thankfully, I have had a chance to get a photo from the special "Spiderman" Day of him and his older sister Evee. My sister in law is incredible at creating the BEST birthday parties! So have a great day Jakee, and I love you so much Please keep your eyes open for a gift from us in the mail

I have been overly nervous about walking anywhere in ditches or long grass, cause of my insane fear of snakes. According to everyone it is unheard of to see a snake in this area... Not long after that conversation, I went for run, to overcome my irrational fears. About 10 min into the jaunt... I SAW A SNAKE - and I could hardly breathe, or move. Luckily I got outta there, quickly. I came home and told the story to a slightly skeptical audience. I took Leigh to show him, to prove it to him. It was a brown snake. So Leigh, "How poisonous is this snake?" "Ummm...probably in the top 5" My first thought was what do you do, when bit by a snake? And secondly... Irrational fears, not so irrational after all. And who would be the one to find it? That would be me. Thank goodness it was dead. I can't even blog a photo, cause they freak me out that bad!

Today I decided to do something new. Here is the new top I MADE today! I KNOW...crazy eh? I was so shocked when I finished it, and half liked it. This is my test run, before I actually was going to attempt the REAL-DEAL... And here in the end I actually like the Cheap fabric I found for this test run. Who knows maybe I'll like it better than the real thing?

Today is November 1st in Canada and it's Estella Joy Celeste's 1st birthday! This is my adorable neice. I miss you and love you SO MUCH Love Auntie Angie

Here's photos on the day that Leigh and I celebrated our 1 month anniversary - just 2 days after our Aussie wedding. Note our mode of transport in the background...Leigh absolutely loves this baby...and I chalk it up as a "fun-ride" like at an amusement park or something...Sure is amusing. So we got ALL gussied up, and got in the UTE and went out to a restaurant called "Tellers". We ate.... yup you guessed it Kangaroo! Actually Leigh got the Kangaroo because after meeting such cute animals I opted for steak inside. I mean who cares about cows anyways? he he he Well, truth be told by the end of the meal, I had tried a bite or two, or three???... Mmmmm Cajun Kangaroo? I also bought a hat. Persuaded by Lindsey's story as well as the big thing coming up....the Ballarat Cup! The whole town goes out and celebrates the horse races. All the ladies dress up to the nines, and everyone wears a big eccentric hat. So cool! Based out of Britain, I believe, however, the A...

Here's a couple of shots so you can see a bit of what we get to see! 1. Raindrops 2. Dusk 3.Canola Fields 4.Black Swans

Well my dream came true and I actually got to meet 2 kangaroos! Unfortunately they were not in the wild, but we got to see them at a place in Swan Hill that cares for sick animals. Here's a cute photo of my new friends. So Leigh and I travelled to Swan Hill from Ballarat last week. Leigh grew up in Swan Hill but after he left for Canada, his whole family moved to Ballarat (3 hours away) but of course, all of their family and friends reside in Swan Hill, so we all loaded up and headed to Swan Hill for our Aussie reception (*see previous posts) Here is a photo of the sunset I took on the way... Afterwards, when Leigh's parents and siblings headed back to Ballarat for school and work, we stayed an extra week, to meet more of the family, and his friends, to see the cute town that he is from, and to have the chance to talk in his church. He comes from a fabulous church, very familiar with YWAM. One weird thing was that we met parents of...