Saturday, March 27, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Thoughts for a non-Monday
Yesterday was a public holiday - YAY!! Had a pretty busy long-weekend actually. Apart from the usual chores, I cleaned the fishtank, and we visited Sis for Synd on Friday, went to ex-her-G's place as a farewell (he's moving to Aus tomorrow - WOW seems unreal) on Saturday, then Sunday we popped in at G's parents for tea. In between all of that, I stitched like mad. I'm so nearly done with Golden Ice. I just hope I don't run out of this colour thread, but I'll just have to wait and see. Can't wait to be done now. I'm so eager to 'free' him from the Qsnap frame, looking forward to having him back, framed, put on the wall.
We've got to get our visas placed into our passports, G's going to drop the passports off tomorrow... can't believe it, this is the last visa-related thing still to do! Can't believe it's done, finished, granted. Everything else, from now on, is activation-trip related, and once that's done, MOVE-related. Waiting for payday to happen, then we're going to book our tickets. Gotta also hear from Sis whether she IS or ISN'T coming with us on the trip. Just gotta know soon so we can book our flights and accommodation. 92 working days til the trip! Can't wait!! After we get back from the trip, I'll have only 122 working days left... phew... what a countdown!
We've got to get our visas placed into our passports, G's going to drop the passports off tomorrow... can't believe it, this is the last visa-related thing still to do! Can't believe it's done, finished, granted. Everything else, from now on, is activation-trip related, and once that's done, MOVE-related. Waiting for payday to happen, then we're going to book our tickets. Gotta also hear from Sis whether she IS or ISN'T coming with us on the trip. Just gotta know soon so we can book our flights and accommodation. 92 working days til the trip! Can't wait!! After we get back from the trip, I'll have only 122 working days left... phew... what a countdown!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Progress and pausing
I've been making steady, slow progress with Golden Ice. I'm almost done with the 2nd last colour, then all that's left is knocking myself out on the last colour!
It's so thrilling and I'm already eager to have finished and want to be busy starting the Wedding Blessing while Golden Ice is away being framed. The Wedding Blessing is going to be so much smaller than Golden Ice, I'll (hopefully) be able to sit on the couch and stitch, rather than be restricted to sitting at the table the whole time (my poor shoulders are so tired). It's a quicker design, as it's not an entire expanse of stitches, it's more spaced out and empty, and I'm hoping to do it in the time before we move. It'd be special since it's linked to the wedding, and would be nice to keep stitching in this time before leaving. All the other designs I have lined up - 100%-of-the-fabric-is-stitched Gentle Strength, more-than-50%-of-the-fabric-is-stitched Motion (which still needs threads), the others which still need both fabric and threads - can all wait til we've moved. Also, if I'm not half-way through stitching something when we arrive in Aus, there'll be loads of time free (as opposed to 'busy' stitching) to explore the place and learn about where we will be.
It's way in advance to be planning stuff linked to the move, but it's better to be prepared than arrive and regret not organising something ahead. I've enquired about opening a bank account, I've asked about getting a PO Box, want to re-research cellphone service providers, because all these things we can do when we activate the visa (not entirely sure about the postbox though). The simcard we'd get in August would last a year before going inactive, and we'd definitely be in Aus before August 2011, so we could at least have an Aus contact number in order to arrange things and have a 'fuller' profile with the bank, for example.
But, as always, my daydreamy mind wanders and I think about things that we CAN'T do yet, like find a place to rent, or a suitable car. And of COURSE I'd want personalised numberplates on my car (my car BUAHAH... that isn't happening ANYtime soon but it's a nice daydream), but these things must wait - I need to focus on more 'immediate' concerns like what can and can't be taken with us, which removal company to use, etc, and even THAT has to wait quite some time before it becomes pressing. So, I'll keep my head down, prepare for the holiday in August (and, don't forget, river rafting in October!), and try CHILL OUT!!
The pausing I refer to in my subject line is: KELLY CLARKSON!! We're going to see Kelly Clarkson live! I can't wait! Going home and straight there, so that we can have supper early and BE THERE ready. Really can't wait. I think I should rename myself Kit-Can't-Wait.
YAY!!
It's so thrilling and I'm already eager to have finished and want to be busy starting the Wedding Blessing while Golden Ice is away being framed. The Wedding Blessing is going to be so much smaller than Golden Ice, I'll (hopefully) be able to sit on the couch and stitch, rather than be restricted to sitting at the table the whole time (my poor shoulders are so tired). It's a quicker design, as it's not an entire expanse of stitches, it's more spaced out and empty, and I'm hoping to do it in the time before we move. It'd be special since it's linked to the wedding, and would be nice to keep stitching in this time before leaving. All the other designs I have lined up - 100%-of-the-fabric-is-stitched Gentle Strength, more-than-50%-of-the-fabric-is-stitched Motion (which still needs threads), the others which still need both fabric and threads - can all wait til we've moved. Also, if I'm not half-way through stitching something when we arrive in Aus, there'll be loads of time free (as opposed to 'busy' stitching) to explore the place and learn about where we will be.
It's way in advance to be planning stuff linked to the move, but it's better to be prepared than arrive and regret not organising something ahead. I've enquired about opening a bank account, I've asked about getting a PO Box, want to re-research cellphone service providers, because all these things we can do when we activate the visa (not entirely sure about the postbox though). The simcard we'd get in August would last a year before going inactive, and we'd definitely be in Aus before August 2011, so we could at least have an Aus contact number in order to arrange things and have a 'fuller' profile with the bank, for example.
But, as always, my daydreamy mind wanders and I think about things that we CAN'T do yet, like find a place to rent, or a suitable car. And of COURSE I'd want personalised numberplates on my car (my car BUAHAH... that isn't happening ANYtime soon but it's a nice daydream), but these things must wait - I need to focus on more 'immediate' concerns like what can and can't be taken with us, which removal company to use, etc, and even THAT has to wait quite some time before it becomes pressing. So, I'll keep my head down, prepare for the holiday in August (and, don't forget, river rafting in October!), and try CHILL OUT!!
The pausing I refer to in my subject line is: KELLY CLARKSON!! We're going to see Kelly Clarkson live! I can't wait! Going home and straight there, so that we can have supper early and BE THERE ready. Really can't wait. I think I should rename myself Kit-Can't-Wait.
YAY!!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Still can't believe it!
It still doesn't feel real. Woke up this morning, and it felt weird NOT having to instantly check the visa application status! Still doesn't feel real.
Last night we watched the 3rd Back to the Future movie. While we were battling with a scratch in the dual-layer switching section of the disk, I noticed something small moving across the floor. It was a TEENYTINY little CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE baby gecko! It was so adorable!! I quickly moved the couch away and herded it towards the wall, managed to 'capture' it in my hand and took it outside - there really is nothing for them to eat indoors, we've already had one in the bedroom die after a couple of days due to starvation.
I've been stitching again - spent most of the weekend stitching. So exciting looking at Golden Ice, picturing finishing the colour I'm working on, having only 1 left. Guh I wish I could stay home and stitch!!
MAN I wish that stupid widget still worked - the countdown that I had on my blog. Anyway, this is my countdown, I can't remember if I posted the link or not:
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?day=28&month=02&year=2011&hour=17&min=00&sec=00&p0=56
Basically, I have 219 working days left til the end of Feb 2011, and 95 working days left til our trip - provisionally. I still have to find out stuff from the bank we want to go to, like how long it takes to activate the account once it's opened and we go there. If it's a week, we'll have to rethink our holiday dates.
219 DAYS LEFT OMG!! And G only til the end of this year!!
Ok, that's all for now - gotta go make hbbm tea cos the tealady went off to the doctor.
Last night we watched the 3rd Back to the Future movie. While we were battling with a scratch in the dual-layer switching section of the disk, I noticed something small moving across the floor. It was a TEENYTINY little CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE baby gecko! It was so adorable!! I quickly moved the couch away and herded it towards the wall, managed to 'capture' it in my hand and took it outside - there really is nothing for them to eat indoors, we've already had one in the bedroom die after a couple of days due to starvation.
I've been stitching again - spent most of the weekend stitching. So exciting looking at Golden Ice, picturing finishing the colour I'm working on, having only 1 left. Guh I wish I could stay home and stitch!!
MAN I wish that stupid widget still worked - the countdown that I had on my blog. Anyway, this is my countdown, I can't remember if I posted the link or not:
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?day=28&month=02&year=2011&hour=17&min=00&sec=00&p0=56
Basically, I have 219 working days left til the end of Feb 2011, and 95 working days left til our trip - provisionally. I still have to find out stuff from the bank we want to go to, like how long it takes to activate the account once it's opened and we go there. If it's a week, we'll have to rethink our holiday dates.
219 DAYS LEFT OMG!! And G only til the end of this year!!
Ok, that's all for now - gotta go make hbbm tea cos the tealady went off to the doctor.
Friday, March 12, 2010
OMGGGGGGGGGGG
WE GOT THE VISA!!!!!
I used my phone and logged onto the status checking webpage first thing this morning, as I have done every weekday for the past 4.5 months.
WE GOT THE VISA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It says 'applicant approved'.... OHMYGAOOOOODDDD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENED!! I can't believe it's real!!
The whole application took 4.5 months, and it took 1 month after G's medicals were finalised to be approved.
We have to enter Aus (either move or activate the visa) by 1 Feb next year. So we have plenty of time... but now it's time to book flights and accommodation for August - our trip! I can't wait! My savings are only being released later this month, BOY is that going to be a long wait til it happens! OMG SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now Sis just has to apply for her tourist visa, we gotta book flights, accommodation, get travel insurance... and WAIT AND OMG exciting!! I CAN'T WAIT!! Gotta put in leave... 4 months til the trip... it's only a short trip BUT I CAN'T WAIT!!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I can't believe it's real!!!!
I used my phone and logged onto the status checking webpage first thing this morning, as I have done every weekday for the past 4.5 months.
WE GOT THE VISA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It says 'applicant approved'.... OHMYGAOOOOODDDD I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S HAPPENED!! I can't believe it's real!!
The whole application took 4.5 months, and it took 1 month after G's medicals were finalised to be approved.
We have to enter Aus (either move or activate the visa) by 1 Feb next year. So we have plenty of time... but now it's time to book flights and accommodation for August - our trip! I can't wait! My savings are only being released later this month, BOY is that going to be a long wait til it happens! OMG SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now Sis just has to apply for her tourist visa, we gotta book flights, accommodation, get travel insurance... and WAIT AND OMG exciting!! I CAN'T WAIT!! Gotta put in leave... 4 months til the trip... it's only a short trip BUT I CAN'T WAIT!!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I can't believe it's real!!!!
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Quote for the day
There's something adolescent about it, the theatricality of anger. It's definitely a juvenile thing; I think if you're still indulging it beyond that then you start to become reminiscent of Basil Fawlty. I think that was a fantastic portrayal of high-level histrionic, ineffectual rage where you want to create an impact but you just seem shrill and ludicrous.
- Colin Firth
- Colin Firth
Thought for the day
Those who do not create the future they want must endure the future they get.
(Draper L. Kaufman, Jr.)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
So tired
Yesterday was, to put it simply, was KAK.
Except for watching Back to the Future last night, the rest of yesterday was pretty much shitty.
First of all, ants. At home, ANTS!! Monday evening I went to have a haircut, G popped in at the shops while he was waiting and bought us a box of chocs. Since we got home late and had stuff to do, we didn't open the box of chocs that night. Tues morning, first thing in the morning, I notice the box of chocs was swarmed with ants. IT WASN'T EVEN OPEN YET!!
Got to work, it was ok at first, in the morning I got my paws on a magazine that the typist brings sometimes (highlight of the week, pretty much), and since I'd packed in some chips to nibble, I was looking forward to having a nice break at lunch with magazine+chips. Hbbm kept me busy the morning, then went out to a meeting leaving me with work to do. Once I was finished, I took the opportunity to do filing which I hadn't been able to do for a good while because of being busy/at switchboard/whatever. 5mins to 1pm I'm NEARLY done filing, receptionist calls up to the office I'm filing in, saying hbbm's looking for me urgently, need to finish the document we were busy with the morning. It's got to be ready by 3. FIVE MINUTES TO LUNCH!! He gives me drawings and says the pencil marks are to be rubbed off, the numbering redone, copies made, while he's busy reading through the stuff I've typed up so that he can make changes while I'm busy. Lunch fuckingwell comes and goes... and I'm stuck, starving.
MADAM, on the other hand, is sitting at switchboard for lunch (it's the typist's week not to sit on Tuesday - DON'T EVEN BOTHER asking what the logic is in the timetable, there is none), so she asks if she can go to the toilet... she says she's sorry, she can see I'm busy but it's her time of the month (THANKS for sharing... really). I look up from the drawings with a O.o expression on my face and say "I actually can't... " so she huffs and mutters something like she's going to ask the typist. I carried on with the work, next thing I hear the doorbell go. I ignore it, and it goes again. I get up to see where she is, and she's DISAPPEARED. She just abandoned the frontdesk. Bitch.
I really don't understand why she can't just ASK SOMEONE ELSE!!! Of all the times she asks, I NEVER SAY NO UNLESS HBBM IS RIGHT AT MY DESK DICTATING STUFF - because I'm NOT usually BUSY, AND because I, wonderfully, am first in line to stand in! But no, she doesn't ask tealady, fuck, she doesn't even bother tealady to make coffees for meetings (tealady's JOB) sometimes even though tealady is upstairs, she asks me to listen to the phone while SHE makes it. No, she doesn't call anyone ELSE, she just disappears.
I was so angry. Fuck my lunchbreak (again), thanks hbbm, and FUCK YOU receptionist bitch!
It was busy ALL DAY, so I didn't get to eat anything ALL DAY. Cornflakes in the morning, then a nice FAST the rest of the day til hometime. Lovely.
I did send an email to the bosses, telling them of her disappearance, considering they're PAYING her to do her job!
222 days left of this? I dunno hey... I guess I can try to keep myself sane by remembering that (hopefully) the Aus trip is in August, only 4 months away, and then, after 1 month, is the river-rafting trip, then 2 months after it's end of year holidays... THEN I have only 2 MONTHS LEFT EVER in this dump. Putting it like that, it sounds semi-tolerable... but to think: 11 months left...?
On 1 of the Aus/SA forums, someone who applied (for the same visa as us) in Nov has already got their visa. Damn! When's our turn? On the forum, with our particular visa application type, it's just us in Oct and now only 1 other person in Nov. Our turn pls!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!
It's still so hot here now... muggy and overcast/hazy, and humid!! I guess it's preparation for Brisbane weather :P
Except for watching Back to the Future last night, the rest of yesterday was pretty much shitty.
First of all, ants. At home, ANTS!! Monday evening I went to have a haircut, G popped in at the shops while he was waiting and bought us a box of chocs. Since we got home late and had stuff to do, we didn't open the box of chocs that night. Tues morning, first thing in the morning, I notice the box of chocs was swarmed with ants. IT WASN'T EVEN OPEN YET!!
Got to work, it was ok at first, in the morning I got my paws on a magazine that the typist brings sometimes (highlight of the week, pretty much), and since I'd packed in some chips to nibble, I was looking forward to having a nice break at lunch with magazine+chips. Hbbm kept me busy the morning, then went out to a meeting leaving me with work to do. Once I was finished, I took the opportunity to do filing which I hadn't been able to do for a good while because of being busy/at switchboard/whatever. 5mins to 1pm I'm NEARLY done filing, receptionist calls up to the office I'm filing in, saying hbbm's looking for me urgently, need to finish the document we were busy with the morning. It's got to be ready by 3. FIVE MINUTES TO LUNCH!! He gives me drawings and says the pencil marks are to be rubbed off, the numbering redone, copies made, while he's busy reading through the stuff I've typed up so that he can make changes while I'm busy. Lunch fuckingwell comes and goes... and I'm stuck, starving.
MADAM, on the other hand, is sitting at switchboard for lunch (it's the typist's week not to sit on Tuesday - DON'T EVEN BOTHER asking what the logic is in the timetable, there is none), so she asks if she can go to the toilet... she says she's sorry, she can see I'm busy but it's her time of the month (THANKS for sharing... really). I look up from the drawings with a O.o expression on my face and say "I actually can't... " so she huffs and mutters something like she's going to ask the typist. I carried on with the work, next thing I hear the doorbell go. I ignore it, and it goes again. I get up to see where she is, and she's DISAPPEARED. She just abandoned the frontdesk. Bitch.
I really don't understand why she can't just ASK SOMEONE ELSE!!! Of all the times she asks, I NEVER SAY NO UNLESS HBBM IS RIGHT AT MY DESK DICTATING STUFF - because I'm NOT usually BUSY, AND because I, wonderfully, am first in line to stand in! But no, she doesn't ask tealady, fuck, she doesn't even bother tealady to make coffees for meetings (tealady's JOB) sometimes even though tealady is upstairs, she asks me to listen to the phone while SHE makes it. No, she doesn't call anyone ELSE, she just disappears.
I was so angry. Fuck my lunchbreak (again), thanks hbbm, and FUCK YOU receptionist bitch!
It was busy ALL DAY, so I didn't get to eat anything ALL DAY. Cornflakes in the morning, then a nice FAST the rest of the day til hometime. Lovely.
I did send an email to the bosses, telling them of her disappearance, considering they're PAYING her to do her job!
222 days left of this? I dunno hey... I guess I can try to keep myself sane by remembering that (hopefully) the Aus trip is in August, only 4 months away, and then, after 1 month, is the river-rafting trip, then 2 months after it's end of year holidays... THEN I have only 2 MONTHS LEFT EVER in this dump. Putting it like that, it sounds semi-tolerable... but to think: 11 months left...?
On 1 of the Aus/SA forums, someone who applied (for the same visa as us) in Nov has already got their visa. Damn! When's our turn? On the forum, with our particular visa application type, it's just us in Oct and now only 1 other person in Nov. Our turn pls!!! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!
It's still so hot here now... muggy and overcast/hazy, and humid!! I guess it's preparation for Brisbane weather :P
Monday, March 08, 2010
AWESOME BIRTH(DAY/WEEKEND)
Wow... is all I can say!
Ok, let me not be coy/corny and actually elaborate :D
First of all, Friday was my day, and despite having to be receptionist ALL DAY, it wasn't insanely bad, it was thankfully quite quiet. Hbbm wasn't in a mad tizz, so it was ok. Friday evening G and I went out for supper at an Indian restaurant. We shared a reshmi tikka (chicken) starter (mild) and aloo tikka (vegetable) starter (medium!), and for mains we shared korma lamb and makhani lamb (both mild). It was very yum. I preferred the makhani lamb, but the korma was also good.
Saturday morning we slept late (ahhhhh bliss), I read up a bit on camcorders (or carried on, I'd been trying to find out as much as I could for the past few days) then we popped out to the shops (got a quote for a cam). We headed over to G's parents' for birthday tea, and wow there was a delicious spread of sweet treats - carrot cake which we brought, plus chocolate cupcakes, caramel cupcakes, an apple-pie G's mom made (with the letter H on top!), plus shortbread biscuits. G's aunt+uncle and 2 of the 3 cousins were there, 1 of the cousins and aunt+uncle have moved to CT and it was so lovely seeing them again, and even more so, knowing that they're here, closer and a more tangible part of our lives.
It was very hot yesterday, as it has been for the past I'd say 2 weeks+. Yesterday evening, sis, M+J came over for Syndicate. Just a chatting, catching up kinda evening.
This morning I resumed my camcorder-research stint, comparing the quote I'd got with prices I could find out online, and decided to buy! G told me (very cryptically) on Friday about a surprise he'd organised for today... I worked out what it was during Friday evening and decided I NEEDed a video camera for it. The camera I bought is a Sony Handicam DCR-SX40(E), which seems pretty decent and seriously small. It fits in the digital camera bag PERFECTLY. So, it'd finished charging for only a few minutes and we rushed off to the V&A to the heliport. G had reserved seats for us on a Huey helicopter on a 'combat style' trip. OHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYY WORRRRRRRRRRRRRD IT WAS AAAAAWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was so incredible and wonderful, experiencing the sensation of flying in a different way to normal aeroplanes. It was quite noisy, being an open-sided Huey, but it was WONDERFUL. I filmed the entire flight (30+ mins), which because of the camera having an LCD didn't hinder my ACTUAL enjoyment at all. WOW!!!
WOW!!!! And super-kudos to the camera for actually capturing the helicopter sound well instead of a grating, overwhelmed crashing kind of noise that you might get with very loud sound. Wow. Wow to the camera and superwowyay to G for the seriously wonderful adventure! We got certificates afterwards saying we'd been on the mission and were 'honourably discharged' hehe.
Afterwards, we strolled around the Waterfront for a while, me doing the touristy thing filming odds and ends. When we got to the car, it said 41C. We certainly picked the HOTTEST day to park the car outdoors for a good few hours. One of the electronic clock/temp displays showed 85C HAHAHA... but I reckon it was maybe 43C, at the hottest, today! A real sweater of a day.
Right now I'm lying on the couch typing with the laptop, got the fan going pointed right at me, and it's still hot. I don't want to KNOW how hot it is upstairs... not looking forward to going to bed at all. Might end up sleeping on the couch ;-)
I hope HOPE HOPE that we get our visa soon - too exciting thinking about filming the Aus trip, and also the riverrafting trip too (just gotta get a waterproof housing for the camera).
Anyway, lemme sign off by just saying:
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok, let me not be coy/corny and actually elaborate :D
First of all, Friday was my day, and despite having to be receptionist ALL DAY, it wasn't insanely bad, it was thankfully quite quiet. Hbbm wasn't in a mad tizz, so it was ok. Friday evening G and I went out for supper at an Indian restaurant. We shared a reshmi tikka (chicken) starter (mild) and aloo tikka (vegetable) starter (medium!), and for mains we shared korma lamb and makhani lamb (both mild). It was very yum. I preferred the makhani lamb, but the korma was also good.
Saturday morning we slept late (ahhhhh bliss), I read up a bit on camcorders (or carried on, I'd been trying to find out as much as I could for the past few days) then we popped out to the shops (got a quote for a cam). We headed over to G's parents' for birthday tea, and wow there was a delicious spread of sweet treats - carrot cake which we brought, plus chocolate cupcakes, caramel cupcakes, an apple-pie G's mom made (with the letter H on top!), plus shortbread biscuits. G's aunt+uncle and 2 of the 3 cousins were there, 1 of the cousins and aunt+uncle have moved to CT and it was so lovely seeing them again, and even more so, knowing that they're here, closer and a more tangible part of our lives.
It was very hot yesterday, as it has been for the past I'd say 2 weeks+. Yesterday evening, sis, M+J came over for Syndicate. Just a chatting, catching up kinda evening.
This morning I resumed my camcorder-research stint, comparing the quote I'd got with prices I could find out online, and decided to buy! G told me (very cryptically) on Friday about a surprise he'd organised for today... I worked out what it was during Friday evening and decided I NEEDed a video camera for it. The camera I bought is a Sony Handicam DCR-SX40(E), which seems pretty decent and seriously small. It fits in the digital camera bag PERFECTLY. So, it'd finished charging for only a few minutes and we rushed off to the V&A to the heliport. G had reserved seats for us on a Huey helicopter on a 'combat style' trip. OHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYY WORRRRRRRRRRRRRD IT WAS AAAAAWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was so incredible and wonderful, experiencing the sensation of flying in a different way to normal aeroplanes. It was quite noisy, being an open-sided Huey, but it was WONDERFUL. I filmed the entire flight (30+ mins), which because of the camera having an LCD didn't hinder my ACTUAL enjoyment at all. WOW!!!
WOW!!!! And super-kudos to the camera for actually capturing the helicopter sound well instead of a grating, overwhelmed crashing kind of noise that you might get with very loud sound. Wow. Wow to the camera and superwowyay to G for the seriously wonderful adventure! We got certificates afterwards saying we'd been on the mission and were 'honourably discharged' hehe.
Afterwards, we strolled around the Waterfront for a while, me doing the touristy thing filming odds and ends. When we got to the car, it said 41C. We certainly picked the HOTTEST day to park the car outdoors for a good few hours. One of the electronic clock/temp displays showed 85C HAHAHA... but I reckon it was maybe 43C, at the hottest, today! A real sweater of a day.
Right now I'm lying on the couch typing with the laptop, got the fan going pointed right at me, and it's still hot. I don't want to KNOW how hot it is upstairs... not looking forward to going to bed at all. Might end up sleeping on the couch ;-)
I hope HOPE HOPE that we get our visa soon - too exciting thinking about filming the Aus trip, and also the riverrafting trip too (just gotta get a waterproof housing for the camera).
Anyway, lemme sign off by just saying:
YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, March 04, 2010
Transit lounge
Right now, and these days, I feel like I'm waiting in an airport for an indeterminate length of time. The only difference is, I'm LIVING that and not waiting FOR someTHING at a specific time... there's just no conclusion, like boarding a plane or reaching a destination... and I'm not even sure if I'm in the right airport anyway, or, why I'm even IN an airport, waiting, anyway?
I'm so tired. I'm not sure if it's the hot weather we've been having lately or not sleeping properly or something else, but I just am so tired and exhausted. I know we ARE waiting for something (visa, move preparations, finishing work+life here before moving), but I really... feel like I'm a damaged rowing boat, filled with water, slowly being scraped up a sandy beach by the tide...
I haven't made a LOT of progress on Golden Ice, it's just been so hot and uninspiring. And I've been trying to research camcorders. It's just not working. I don't want to fork out R5000 for a video camera, but each one I read up about (+-R2500 - R3500) has some problem that seems bad. One doesn't have a pause button, another has bad picture quality, another sucks when shooting in low light conditions, some have file formats that are apparently troublesome to convert to files the computer can read, etc etc etc. But anyway, Panasonic seems decent, but the one I'd like isn't available here yet. I want to start recording stuff to chronicle our year. I don't recall if I blogged this already - probably have. Anyway, it'll be fun. Except I don't know what to buy!! What's extra frustrating is I'm always perky and wide-awake AT WORK, when I CAN'T research ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait for tomorrow. Switchboard ALLLLLLL day...
I'm so tired. I'm not sure if it's the hot weather we've been having lately or not sleeping properly or something else, but I just am so tired and exhausted. I know we ARE waiting for something (visa, move preparations, finishing work+life here before moving), but I really... feel like I'm a damaged rowing boat, filled with water, slowly being scraped up a sandy beach by the tide...
I haven't made a LOT of progress on Golden Ice, it's just been so hot and uninspiring. And I've been trying to research camcorders. It's just not working. I don't want to fork out R5000 for a video camera, but each one I read up about (+-R2500 - R3500) has some problem that seems bad. One doesn't have a pause button, another has bad picture quality, another sucks when shooting in low light conditions, some have file formats that are apparently troublesome to convert to files the computer can read, etc etc etc. But anyway, Panasonic seems decent, but the one I'd like isn't available here yet. I want to start recording stuff to chronicle our year. I don't recall if I blogged this already - probably have. Anyway, it'll be fun. Except I don't know what to buy!! What's extra frustrating is I'm always perky and wide-awake AT WORK, when I CAN'T research ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't wait for tomorrow. Switchboard ALLLLLLL day...
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
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Monday, March 01, 2010
March 2010
Today is 1 March 2010. I have officially started my 7th and last year at this co...
If I can last here, my plan is to stay til Feb 2011. Not sure if I will last - I KEEP DAMNWELL SAYING that, but I always stay... how irritating. Anyway, regardless, I've been here a solid 6 years now, I'm starting the 7th... there are 12 months left... 4months+a few weeks til our (provisional, depends on the visa) trip to Aus this year. Our visa has been in progress for 4 months now... I am going to email them later to ask whether they've received everything we've submitted, and whether they need anything further. I don't want to nag, but hopefully it'll make our application move a little bit more. I'm hoping it's soon!!!
It's already March... how time flies... is my blog turning into a pit of overused phrases? "time flies", etc.
I stitched a bit this weekend, not very much though because it's stayed so unbelievably hot here. I'm really thrilled with his progress. I took a pic and will probably put it up later... but I'll see!
Just over 2 weeks til we see Kelly Clarkson! Can't wait!
Nothing really newsworthy has happened lately. The cylinder (geyser) broke on Wednesday evening, the plumber came to fix it on Thursday. We went to the carnival on Thursday, got to eat all the yum treats we'd been looking forward to, and bought some 2nd hand books and enjoyed the lovely evening. Auntie Cancer was at their place yesterday, showing people around and watering the plants. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can they rent the place out and not move back? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?!?!
What else is news. Not much. Will post more if/when I am inspired again.
If I can last here, my plan is to stay til Feb 2011. Not sure if I will last - I KEEP DAMNWELL SAYING that, but I always stay... how irritating. Anyway, regardless, I've been here a solid 6 years now, I'm starting the 7th... there are 12 months left... 4months+a few weeks til our (provisional, depends on the visa) trip to Aus this year. Our visa has been in progress for 4 months now... I am going to email them later to ask whether they've received everything we've submitted, and whether they need anything further. I don't want to nag, but hopefully it'll make our application move a little bit more. I'm hoping it's soon!!!
It's already March... how time flies... is my blog turning into a pit of overused phrases? "time flies", etc.
I stitched a bit this weekend, not very much though because it's stayed so unbelievably hot here. I'm really thrilled with his progress. I took a pic and will probably put it up later... but I'll see!
Just over 2 weeks til we see Kelly Clarkson! Can't wait!
Nothing really newsworthy has happened lately. The cylinder (geyser) broke on Wednesday evening, the plumber came to fix it on Thursday. We went to the carnival on Thursday, got to eat all the yum treats we'd been looking forward to, and bought some 2nd hand books and enjoyed the lovely evening. Auntie Cancer was at their place yesterday, showing people around and watering the plants. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can they rent the place out and not move back? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE?!?!
What else is news. Not much. Will post more if/when I am inspired again.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Timelining and Counting Down
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?day=28&month=02&year=2011&hour=17&min=00&sec=00&p0=56
I will add/update a widget on the blog to show it.
I... am not sure... but I may "have" to stay where I am, job-wise... for now.
Everything is provisionally able to fall into place nicely, if I am still at this co and have the leave days accumulated that I would have if I stayed.
Our Aus-visa activation trip (touch wood/depending on whether we get it, etc), will require 5 days' leave. Our river rafting trip requires 5 days' leave, but after the visa trip I'd only have 3 days' leave available, and would need to put in for unpaid leave. I doubt that I'd be able to join another company and get 2 weeks' leave so soon.
I have 233 working days left, til end Feb 2011. It feels dumb, because I've started this timeline before, and it's always shifted. This time, hopefully, it'll be for real, as G's work commitment finishes approximately the end of this year, and I don't want to sit at home for 6 months... Ok I'd LOVE TO, but don't think it'd be practical.
I've formulated a plan with the visa activation trip... it's pretty exciting. I've kinda got Sis fired up about it too: a trip to Brisbane, with a few-hour stop in Singapore on the way. She's never been on a long flight like this, nor to a different continent, and although it'd be a very short trip, it's at least an appetiser for her, to give her something to inspire her. It won't be too expensive, apart from the flights of course, as we'd be sharing accommodation, and with a stay of only 4 or so days (the main reason for the trip being us activating our visa and opening a bank account), we wouldn't have much TIME to spend great wads of money. What's extra cool is that the time we've provisionally marked off as trip-time is during the Ekka - Royal Queensland Show! So it wouldn't be a luxurious sight-seeingy kind of trip, but I'd say a fun holiday nonetheless! And it gives me something to count down towards - 5 months!
In visa news, there is no news. This is the 2nd week since G's meds have been finalised, I want to wait til Monday to send a post-lodgement-enquiry to find out w'suppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!! Basically to check whether they've got everything and whether they need anything more. I think it'd be better form if I were to wait til Monday, as then our visa app will have already been 4 months in progress, instead of my being so impatient that we don't even give them THAT long to do everything. It's just too exciting and I can't wait!!!!!! It'd be pretty cool if the visa were to be granted on my birthday, but let's see!
In my visa/cross-stitch race, I'm in the middle of a bit of a slump. I DON'T have that much to do, but just don't even have the energy. I guess it's cos of the trip-excitement, but also because we've been having extremely muggy, humid, hot weather the past few days. The last thing I feel like doing is sitting under glaring lights, handling fabric and thread with clammy hands. Today the weather looks as if it wants to give us a bit of relief - after it has a bit of a thunderstorm first. It'd be nice if it were to thunderstorm! This evening, please! Then we can enjoy it at home and I can stitch!! :-D
Ok I'm bored at work. 233 days of this? Hmm.
I will add/update a widget on the blog to show it.
I... am not sure... but I may "have" to stay where I am, job-wise... for now.
Everything is provisionally able to fall into place nicely, if I am still at this co and have the leave days accumulated that I would have if I stayed.
Our Aus-visa activation trip (touch wood/depending on whether we get it, etc), will require 5 days' leave. Our river rafting trip requires 5 days' leave, but after the visa trip I'd only have 3 days' leave available, and would need to put in for unpaid leave. I doubt that I'd be able to join another company and get 2 weeks' leave so soon.
I have 233 working days left, til end Feb 2011. It feels dumb, because I've started this timeline before, and it's always shifted. This time, hopefully, it'll be for real, as G's work commitment finishes approximately the end of this year, and I don't want to sit at home for 6 months... Ok I'd LOVE TO, but don't think it'd be practical.
I've formulated a plan with the visa activation trip... it's pretty exciting. I've kinda got Sis fired up about it too: a trip to Brisbane, with a few-hour stop in Singapore on the way. She's never been on a long flight like this, nor to a different continent, and although it'd be a very short trip, it's at least an appetiser for her, to give her something to inspire her. It won't be too expensive, apart from the flights of course, as we'd be sharing accommodation, and with a stay of only 4 or so days (the main reason for the trip being us activating our visa and opening a bank account), we wouldn't have much TIME to spend great wads of money. What's extra cool is that the time we've provisionally marked off as trip-time is during the Ekka - Royal Queensland Show! So it wouldn't be a luxurious sight-seeingy kind of trip, but I'd say a fun holiday nonetheless! And it gives me something to count down towards - 5 months!
In visa news, there is no news. This is the 2nd week since G's meds have been finalised, I want to wait til Monday to send a post-lodgement-enquiry to find out w'suppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!! Basically to check whether they've got everything and whether they need anything more. I think it'd be better form if I were to wait til Monday, as then our visa app will have already been 4 months in progress, instead of my being so impatient that we don't even give them THAT long to do everything. It's just too exciting and I can't wait!!!!!! It'd be pretty cool if the visa were to be granted on my birthday, but let's see!
In my visa/cross-stitch race, I'm in the middle of a bit of a slump. I DON'T have that much to do, but just don't even have the energy. I guess it's cos of the trip-excitement, but also because we've been having extremely muggy, humid, hot weather the past few days. The last thing I feel like doing is sitting under glaring lights, handling fabric and thread with clammy hands. Today the weather looks as if it wants to give us a bit of relief - after it has a bit of a thunderstorm first. It'd be nice if it were to thunderstorm! This evening, please! Then we can enjoy it at home and I can stitch!! :-D
Ok I'm bored at work. 233 days of this? Hmm.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Diddle-daddle
Once again I am sitting bored at work. IT'S IRRITATING!!!
There are so many things to do (not just fun/hobby things), and not enough time in the evening (or on weekends) to do all of it. We have to do a big wash-up, gotta get a washer for the basin (we've had a bucket under it for a few months now), we have to re-stick the car's numberplate (it came off on Sunday), have to mow the lawn, cut back the plants (and cut up the stuff before throwing it away). Then I need to email the owner of our place to a) tell her the tap in the garden doesn't work anymore (I suspect due to the work going on next door), and b) to ask her to tell the CancerClan to trim their tree. It's growing up and over the fence, I reckon there's more tree hanging over our and the other 2 neighbours' fences than in their own yard. And if they can pettily 'ask' us to trim a blade of grass from growing through the fence, they can bloodywell cut their TREE.
Those are just the 'need to do' things. There are the usual chores, too, and other things we *should* be doing regularly, like washing the car and watering the garden (but I still don't really feel much like giving a damn about the garden if the CancerClan haven't ACTUALLY moved out!).
Of course, that's all in the way of happily doing FUN stuff. Unreservedly stitching, playing computer games, reading, nevermind going out and stuff. There's just too much life-time wasted sitting at work all the time. The balance is all wrong. Time should be divided into: work time, sleep time, unfun things time, fun things time. Not: work time, sleeptime/unfun things/fun things time.
And this month is a lean month for us - having to pay for things and having nothing left. After payday things should be back on track, but it's still uhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
GUHHHH
SO FRUSTRATED!!!!
GAHHH SO FRUSTRAAAAAAAATEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No news on the visa front. No progress with Golden Ice. I did play Diablo last night, and made a bit of progress but OMG do they make you WORK for the waypoints in Act 5.
Hbbm has his aircon on right now and I'm dying a slow death.
There are so many things to do (not just fun/hobby things), and not enough time in the evening (or on weekends) to do all of it. We have to do a big wash-up, gotta get a washer for the basin (we've had a bucket under it for a few months now), we have to re-stick the car's numberplate (it came off on Sunday), have to mow the lawn, cut back the plants (and cut up the stuff before throwing it away). Then I need to email the owner of our place to a) tell her the tap in the garden doesn't work anymore (I suspect due to the work going on next door), and b) to ask her to tell the CancerClan to trim their tree. It's growing up and over the fence, I reckon there's more tree hanging over our and the other 2 neighbours' fences than in their own yard. And if they can pettily 'ask' us to trim a blade of grass from growing through the fence, they can bloodywell cut their TREE.
Those are just the 'need to do' things. There are the usual chores, too, and other things we *should* be doing regularly, like washing the car and watering the garden (but I still don't really feel much like giving a damn about the garden if the CancerClan haven't ACTUALLY moved out!).
Of course, that's all in the way of happily doing FUN stuff. Unreservedly stitching, playing computer games, reading, nevermind going out and stuff. There's just too much life-time wasted sitting at work all the time. The balance is all wrong. Time should be divided into: work time, sleep time, unfun things time, fun things time. Not: work time, sleeptime/unfun things/fun things time.
And this month is a lean month for us - having to pay for things and having nothing left. After payday things should be back on track, but it's still uhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
GUHHHH
SO FRUSTRATED!!!!
GAHHH SO FRUSTRAAAAAAAATEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No news on the visa front. No progress with Golden Ice. I did play Diablo last night, and made a bit of progress but OMG do they make you WORK for the waypoints in Act 5.
Hbbm has his aircon on right now and I'm dying a slow death.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Visa update
I logged on this morning to check the status of our application, and G's meds are now 'finalised'!!!! So, we are evermore closer to the visa application result!! It took 2 weeks for them to assess his meds, so now (it seems) all the CO has to do is tick 'received' for the meds and PCCs... and then of course, we wait... I'm not sure how it all works, as in, what happens after everything's been received - does the CO then have to go through everything and tick 'met'? Then do we get the visa? Will they ask for more information? Has the CO been through the information we've already uploaded? How long to wait til we get the result? Ohmyword, questions!! It'd be super-awesome if we were to get the visa this month, then we could pop up to Pta and get the visas stuck into our passports ASAP. Could book the flights to and from Aus to activate the visa.... start EVERYthing!!!!!!!!! Could RELAX knowing we'd got it! So many thoughts!! We're poised to make our moves!
In STITCHING news, I worked on Golden Ice last night. This second-last colour is irritating because I have to pick my way around the lower-left half of GI, filling it in, but still have to pay attention and not make mistakes. Can't wait to do the LAST colour, where I can just stitchstitchstitchstitchstitchstitchstitch filling everything in. Gahhhh can't wait :D So impatient to get home and stitch. Probably can't stitch much this weekend, taking G's parents to lunch tomorrow, probably visiting Mom+Sis too, not sure what else. Will try fit some stitching in!
YAY IT'S FRIDAY!!!
In STITCHING news, I worked on Golden Ice last night. This second-last colour is irritating because I have to pick my way around the lower-left half of GI, filling it in, but still have to pay attention and not make mistakes. Can't wait to do the LAST colour, where I can just stitchstitchstitchstitchstitchstitchstitch filling everything in. Gahhhh can't wait :D So impatient to get home and stitch. Probably can't stitch much this weekend, taking G's parents to lunch tomorrow, probably visiting Mom+Sis too, not sure what else. Will try fit some stitching in!
YAY IT'S FRIDAY!!!
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Disconcerted
Yesterday after work I noticed when looking out the bedroom window, a whole lot of wood and other stuff in the Habsburg's back yard. I realised what it was: skirting boards and tiles. The place is still empty and wonderfully quiet, but we've seen (through the front window, when in the car in the morning - no, we're not spying) a wheelbarrow in their lounge, so I guess they're having the place retiled. This morning we saw the front door open and some guy/s in there.
I feel so... worried about it. I really really really don't want them to move back. Really, really don't. I am hoping and praying that they're having it retiled and are going to let it out. I'm trying not to dwell on it, but it's such a disturbing, depressing thought that in a few weeks' time they'll be back. On new tiles, with their goddamned high-heel clonky shoes, and the brat's toys, and the furniture being shoved and scraped along the floor, and so it goes on. Back in the place, stinking us out again, disturbing us with their noise and lack of consideration. I really despise them. I've even had a nightmare where we'd just landed in Aus, found our dream home on a hillside overlooking the ocean, only to find that they're living next door and the places are joined, just like here. I suppose we could, in passing, ask the neighbours on the other side if they know what's happening, it'd at least put my mind to rest, in whatever form of rest that may be - relief if they're preparing the place to let it out, or awareness that it's just a passing bliss that they're not living there right now. But I dunno... I just... just hate these people.
Last night we watched District 9 (yes, FINALLY!). Wow, what a tense movie! Not at all what I expected. I loved it though... it was so raw and real, and Wikus's response to his weird hand is just SO REAL. Jees!!!!! 5 stars, brilliant movie. Wednesday (for now) we're going to see Avatar (in 3D). Can't wait.
This evening I'm hoping to stitch a bit - haven't stitched since Thursday and the compulsion is poking me and I want to stitch right now. I realise I've been working on Golden Ice since early 2008. It's already been 2 years! Ok a lot has happened since I started (wedding preparations, honeymoon preparations, wedding, honeymoon, scanning 7000 photos, visa application preparations, visa application, to name a few!), but it's been so long! It's about time - Golden Ice's time has come and I must finish. It's time to move onto something new... to try new things. Time, also, to tackle Act 5 of Diablo 2 (LOD). EERrrrghhhh!!! So much I want to do.
Visa news: DIAC/Aus govt are completely restructuring the system, scrapping the CSL in mid-2010, the MODL (a list of occupations according to which you are assigned points) is scrapped, they're capping and ceasing processing pre-Sept 2007 applications at 20 000 (which SUCKS for people who have been patiently waiting!), amongst other things. I'm hoping that we are still ok, being on the as-yet-unscrapped CSL, but it all is uncertain. No further change has happened with our visa application, G's medicals remain 'referred to Australia', whatever that means for us. I hope it moves along, so we can get clarity on our plans.
I feel so... worried about it. I really really really don't want them to move back. Really, really don't. I am hoping and praying that they're having it retiled and are going to let it out. I'm trying not to dwell on it, but it's such a disturbing, depressing thought that in a few weeks' time they'll be back. On new tiles, with their goddamned high-heel clonky shoes, and the brat's toys, and the furniture being shoved and scraped along the floor, and so it goes on. Back in the place, stinking us out again, disturbing us with their noise and lack of consideration. I really despise them. I've even had a nightmare where we'd just landed in Aus, found our dream home on a hillside overlooking the ocean, only to find that they're living next door and the places are joined, just like here. I suppose we could, in passing, ask the neighbours on the other side if they know what's happening, it'd at least put my mind to rest, in whatever form of rest that may be - relief if they're preparing the place to let it out, or awareness that it's just a passing bliss that they're not living there right now. But I dunno... I just... just hate these people.
Last night we watched District 9 (yes, FINALLY!). Wow, what a tense movie! Not at all what I expected. I loved it though... it was so raw and real, and Wikus's response to his weird hand is just SO REAL. Jees!!!!! 5 stars, brilliant movie. Wednesday (for now) we're going to see Avatar (in 3D). Can't wait.
This evening I'm hoping to stitch a bit - haven't stitched since Thursday and the compulsion is poking me and I want to stitch right now. I realise I've been working on Golden Ice since early 2008. It's already been 2 years! Ok a lot has happened since I started (wedding preparations, honeymoon preparations, wedding, honeymoon, scanning 7000 photos, visa application preparations, visa application, to name a few!), but it's been so long! It's about time - Golden Ice's time has come and I must finish. It's time to move onto something new... to try new things. Time, also, to tackle Act 5 of Diablo 2 (LOD). EERrrrghhhh!!! So much I want to do.
Visa news: DIAC/Aus govt are completely restructuring the system, scrapping the CSL in mid-2010, the MODL (a list of occupations according to which you are assigned points) is scrapped, they're capping and ceasing processing pre-Sept 2007 applications at 20 000 (which SUCKS for people who have been patiently waiting!), amongst other things. I'm hoping that we are still ok, being on the as-yet-unscrapped CSL, but it all is uncertain. No further change has happened with our visa application, G's medicals remain 'referred to Australia', whatever that means for us. I hope it moves along, so we can get clarity on our plans.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
It's 9:30am
and it's already boring.
Today is Thursday, in case the blogpost system doesn't show that.
This evening we're going to watch Eddie Izzard! Can't wait! Also can't wait for Kelly Clarkson, next month :D
As blogged last night, I've started on the second last colour, and it's such a pleasure stitching when there are only 2 symbols left on the chart! It is still a lot of stitching, but the end is in sight - I really can't wait for that TOO! I dug out the Wedding Blessing kit this morning, and yay, it's so much smaller than Golden Ice. It might be the last cross-stitch I do in SA... who knows? I'm super-amped to start the Wedding Blessing though, as it is so light and the colours are varied. Gentle Strength is next (still... yes I probably HAVE blogged about all the charts ad nauseum)... and it's a bit 'daunting' as the entire fabric is stitched over. Although... now that I think about it, I *could* of course just buy all the threads I need for Motion (as I have the fabric already), and what beautiful fabric it is too! But whatever!!!! I will cross that bridge when I get to it :P But maybe, just maybe, the hand-dyed fabric might call out to me too loudly and I wouldn't be able to resist...
Today is Thursday, in case the blogpost system doesn't show that.
This evening we're going to watch Eddie Izzard! Can't wait! Also can't wait for Kelly Clarkson, next month :D
As blogged last night, I've started on the second last colour, and it's such a pleasure stitching when there are only 2 symbols left on the chart! It is still a lot of stitching, but the end is in sight - I really can't wait for that TOO! I dug out the Wedding Blessing kit this morning, and yay, it's so much smaller than Golden Ice. It might be the last cross-stitch I do in SA... who knows? I'm super-amped to start the Wedding Blessing though, as it is so light and the colours are varied. Gentle Strength is next (still... yes I probably HAVE blogged about all the charts ad nauseum)... and it's a bit 'daunting' as the entire fabric is stitched over. Although... now that I think about it, I *could* of course just buy all the threads I need for Motion (as I have the fabric already), and what beautiful fabric it is too! But whatever!!!! I will cross that bridge when I get to it :P But maybe, just maybe, the hand-dyed fabric might call out to me too loudly and I wouldn't be able to resist...
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Monday, February 01, 2010
News!
This weekend, I stitched like mad. I have 2.5 colours left and then it's FINISHED! Yes, half a colour because I was nearly finished with it but ran out of the colour. So this evening I'm going to try finish that colour and then there are only 2 colours left! Yeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll post a pic later once I've finished the 3rd-last colour.
Otherwise, this weekend was pretty chilled. We went to N&N's place for a braai on Saturday - was so lekker to have braai food because we don't have a braai at home and always smell braai when people in the complex have braais. Had fun and played Buzz Quizmaster again - G won this time :P
In OTHER news: all weekend I had a feeling that something would change with our visa application on Monday (today). I logged on with my phone this morning to check the status, and there HAS been a change. The document checklist hasn't been updated with 'received' but probably will be shortly... My medical info has been 'received' and my medicals are 'finalised'. G's medical info says 'referred', and the details say 'referred to Australia'... I'm just curious to know whether that means they have a query about the results, or if it just means they've received it and are now processing it.
We will have to wait and see!! I can't believe it's been so smooth so far - hopefully I'm not jinxing it by saying that, but so far it's been ok. Eeeeek now we wait with crossed fingers, touching wood and all that jazz.
On Thurs we're going to see Eddie Izzard. Can't wait! I was a bit hesitant to go see him, seeing how flipping expensive the tickets are, but G splurged and got us tickets which seem quite near the front! In March we're going to see Kelly Clarkson, can't wait for that either! Ohh, and our river-rafting trip has been postponed til October. But, if we get the visa soon, then we're going to have a quick trip upcountry soon anyway, to get the visa stuck in our passports. So YAY! So much going on at the moment :D And I'm trying to finish Golden Ice before we get the visa.... let's see!!!!!
Otherwise, this weekend was pretty chilled. We went to N&N's place for a braai on Saturday - was so lekker to have braai food because we don't have a braai at home and always smell braai when people in the complex have braais. Had fun and played Buzz Quizmaster again - G won this time :P
In OTHER news: all weekend I had a feeling that something would change with our visa application on Monday (today). I logged on with my phone this morning to check the status, and there HAS been a change. The document checklist hasn't been updated with 'received' but probably will be shortly... My medical info has been 'received' and my medicals are 'finalised'. G's medical info says 'referred', and the details say 'referred to Australia'... I'm just curious to know whether that means they have a query about the results, or if it just means they've received it and are now processing it.
We will have to wait and see!! I can't believe it's been so smooth so far - hopefully I'm not jinxing it by saying that, but so far it's been ok. Eeeeek now we wait with crossed fingers, touching wood and all that jazz.
On Thurs we're going to see Eddie Izzard. Can't wait! I was a bit hesitant to go see him, seeing how flipping expensive the tickets are, but G splurged and got us tickets which seem quite near the front! In March we're going to see Kelly Clarkson, can't wait for that either! Ohh, and our river-rafting trip has been postponed til October. But, if we get the visa soon, then we're going to have a quick trip upcountry soon anyway, to get the visa stuck in our passports. So YAY! So much going on at the moment :D And I'm trying to finish Golden Ice before we get the visa.... let's see!!!!!
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