A Day in my Life – 30th June, 2013

Today marks the start of the Tour de France. Ok, it actually started late last night but I always record it and watch as soon as I wake up – which this morning was around 5 am.

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I started watching a review of last years race, then went on to watch stage 1.

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While I enjoyed some tea and the race, the pups went back to sleep.

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Eventually the sun came up and revealed some blue sky, which we haven’t seen in over 8 days!!

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I made myself a cheese & pineapple jaffle, and more tea, for breakfast.

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And watched with horrified amazement when the Australian team bus got wedged under the finishing line. Love how it’s now known as the Orica Greenwedge bus :-).

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Finally after way too many hours watching the race, I finally got myself showered and dressed and headed out with the pups on a walk.

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They haven’t been out the last few days due to the rain, so they were pretty excited.

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It was lovely down by the lake, but it was very muddy so the dogs didn’t get off for a run.

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So nice to see the sun again.

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Back home I tried to book tickets to the movies, but it wouldn’t accept my gift cards.

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Of course, that meant the movie theatre was going to be super busy!!! I’ve NEVER seen it so crowded (I even had trouble finding a car park) and just as we took our seats the movie started :-).

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The girls and I all enjoyed the movie. From the theatre you could see some rain was still about.

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We headed back home and I got into some comfy clothes and vegged out on the couch watching YouTube.

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while I enjoyed some cheese & crackers.

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A few hours later I prepared a very easy dinner (using a packet).

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Then the girls and I watched Breaking Dawn Part 2, concluding our Twilight marathon – something we always do when Kevin goes away.

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I also painted my nails.

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Time for my last night sharing my bed with Christy as Kevin gets home tomorrow morning.

I also filmed this day if you want to check that out.

Laundry Room Tidy Up

Last week I finally managed to find a few hours to get my laundry tidied up and decluttered.

There is a video  showing the before and during….

and some photos of the after…

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A week later it still looks as good and I’m loving having a clean, tidy laundry. Not sure why I really put the job off for so long, esp, as I’m in that room EVERY day.

Do you tend to put off doing jobs, only to wonder why once you get around to it?

The week that was

It was the week of some morning walks with the pups…

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And it was the week I took the plunge and had quite a bit of length taken off my hair….

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Luckily I am very happy with the result – my head feels amazingly light….

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It was the week I saw the plastic surgeon and was given instruction on how to help my nice zig zag scar…

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and it was the week Christy was home sick for the whole entire week. But luckily she was well enough to pose for some puppy photos…..

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Christy being home meant it was an odd week. Plus the fact I had to drive Amy to school in the morning (because Kevin is away) meant I had a totally disrupted routine and hence didn’t get much done, nor take many photos.

Supanova Pop Culture Expo

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On Saturday I took Amy and 2 of her friends up to Sydney to the Supanova Pop Culture Expo. I took my ipad thinking I’d just hang out somewhere, but I ended up having a fabulous time. So much so I could easily have gone again the next day. I filmed a vlog sharing our day.

And here are some of the photos.

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In addition to all the cosplayers you could meet and be photographed with, there was stuff to buy…

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talks by the special guests, like Eve Myles from Doctor Who and Torchwood (Amy also got her autograph)…

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presentations on things like costume design…

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and makeup special effects…

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and of course the cosplay competition where skits are performed…

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I’m still amazed but what a fun time I had and can’t wait to go back again next year, with Kevin and Christy. And maybe, just maybe, I’ll do some kind of costume of my own….