this morning my husband sent me flowers. sweet and thoughtful. even better because i dont have to water them or watch them die.
gorgeous arent they???
the picture was my gift - via email.
so yes - he sent me flowers - yes - i think it DOES count as much as something tangible and i encourage people to do the same for your significant others. it made my morning.
everyone loves a romantic.
I have been contemplating recently how I associate myself with different places. For me there are areas that I will always feel at home. Penshurst (where I grew up), anywhere in the Sydney CBD, Katoomba, the South Coast between Austinmer and Wollongong, Christchurch and its surrounds.
All these places are familiar and I would say I have an affinity with them, and identify myself with them. I’m not sure yet whether I can say the same for Padstow, where we are living now. I certainly now have a familiarity with the area, and would call it home, but it doesn’t have the same permanence as the other examples.
Interestingly there was once a time when I would have considered the wider Hurstville area as on of “my places”. That’s not really the case any more - for the most part we rarely have a reason to do anything over there.
I wonder what part of our brain it is that processes these things, and whether there are actually firm factors that we feel about certain places. It bears thinking about anyway.
What places do you consider yourself associated with?
Awesome! I really like them and am quite crazy enough to want to swim with them - that would be amazing.
It appears that there is a Giant Shark in QLD that is biting other ones in half…
yesterdays 1st session of root canal therapy has me remembering all the reasons i hate dentists - and why grinding my teeth is so bad… and expensive.
lets face it - i knew it was going to be bad. you dont get pain like that without something being wrong. Not even Neurofen Zavance could fix it. I could lie and say i was trying to find the time - except he’s open till 7pm - or that it was only a small hole - like the size of garge that would hold a small car… like… i dont know - a Hummer- or that i just had something better to do… but in reality im just plain scared of dentists… and i know everyone has their ‘why i hate dentists’ story but mine is long and horrible and i feel justified.
but when the time comes to decide whether you will get your teeth fixed - or take that holiday you wanted - you know that maybe, just maybe, you’ve left it that little bit too long in between visits.
only 3 more session on 1 tooth… and then theres the other stuff… i think i need a second job.
Pad Thai, Himalayan, Dim Sum, Japanese Pancakes, Chilli Corn Cobs, Salt & Pepper Squid and more - as far as the eye could see…
Last night we went (along with D+K+P) to the Night Noodle Markets in Hyde Park. Put on as a part of Crave Sydney, a large section of Hyde Park (nearest to St James station) was separated and large number of stalls were set up offering every imaginable type of Asian Cuisine, along with usual market staples like Gozlemes and (of course) a beer garden and bar.
There was a sea of tables and chairs set up, and although it wasn’t too full when we arrived, by the time we left it was thoroughly filled. Most stalls had dinner for about $10 and many would deliberately throw a few different dishes onto the plate, to give you the opportunity to sample a range of things. As it got darker, and fairy lights and chinese lanterns gave the whole area an almost magical feel.
We had a nice evening as the sun went down, having a beer, sharing some interesting new food, and good company. I can highly recommend it.
one of these things is not like the others, one of these things is kind of the same, but of these things is doing its own thing, now its time to play our game…
ok - so in figuring out what to do for kels birthday i really discovered how similar and how different we can be… and its really quite scary. we can finish each others sentances, but we hate each others music tastes (mostly), we can’t play certain games together becasue we can predict each other moves, but we dont like the same food, we can think we know what will be perfect for a day out, but we can get it so wrong…
i think that i may have come up with a fairly flawless formula for organising special occasions though. I think of all the things that i would like most in the world, then do the complete opposite for kel, and its perfect. i think similarly, if she was to organise something for me the same formula would work.
the day was spent with a lot of food, activities and ended with us getting to spend some time at home with puff.
i think of how often i used to take our relationship for granted becasue i assumed that all sisters are best friends who talk to each other every day and want to spend time together but i am increasingly aware these days that its not so when i look at my friends sibling relationships.
i dont know what i would do with out kel… she’s just that awesome.
Usually from the trailer of a movie you can get a sense for what its about and what you will walk away with at the end, at least i usually can…
Not so much last night when we went to see Up with Jordans folks and i realised at the end that i spent more time crying than laughing… and things about the movie have weighted heavily in my thoughts ever since…
After my bass lesson last night i realised that i can actually play it. i am a bass player.
Whilst by no stretch of the imagination am i “awesome” at it - i can hold my own with a set of sheet music… BUT last night, i sucessfully played a song by RHCP. Lets face it, the band has arguably one of the best bassists in the UNIVERSE.
i also realised that its not so much about making myself play like anyone else but what feels right and normal to me.
my fingertips are sore - but i cant wait to get home and practice some more.
Having a great idea is never enough - you have to have the guts, time and energy to act on it.
There have been a few cases over the last little while where I have had an idea of one sort or the other. I would be really into it, and be totally convinced of how good it was, but I could never get it together to take the next step and do something about it. Whether it was lack of time, a perceived inability to deliver or something else - one way or other it never happened.
Well it has been an increasingly long time since we have seen Jaxon. While we mourn his loss, and hold many, many fond memories of his time with us, we decided it was time to think about another kitty entering the Gillman household.
With that in mind I would like to introduce you to Bentley.
He is an 8 week (about) old Silver Tabby, and he now calls our house his brand new home. He is energetic (as you would expect) and a little bit mischevious, but we love him.
I’m sure you will be hearing lots more about him in the coming weeks.
the archive for October 2009 on www.jordandchan.com.