Wednesday, December 31, 2003
New Year's Eve
Well it is NYE again. I always have very mixed feelings about New Years Eve. I would love to join in all the festivities but it all seems so fake. I can't really remember a New Year's Eve that I could call my best ever. I guess I must sound like a real misery guts.
Tonight, we are going to the Fireworks on Sydney Harbour. We plan to leave at about 4pm for the 9pm fireworks and make a picnic at Kurrabba Point, opposite Lady Macquarie's Chair. Donna was hoping her mum would be coming but she has changed her mind and deosn't want to. Karl won't be going because he is working and then going to a school friend's New Year's Eve Party.
This morning Adam and Iwent for a bike ride from Cecil Hills to Prospect along bike tracks. I nearly killed myself :-) trying to keep up with him. I am still feeling sore from it. I think I could use Adam as my personal trainer. Adam was going to go with me on Friday as well until we found out that Lauren is swimming at 5:30 again. Oh well. Back to my slower pace.
Well it is NYE again. I always have very mixed feelings about New Years Eve. I would love to join in all the festivities but it all seems so fake. I can't really remember a New Year's Eve that I could call my best ever. I guess I must sound like a real misery guts.
Tonight, we are going to the Fireworks on Sydney Harbour. We plan to leave at about 4pm for the 9pm fireworks and make a picnic at Kurrabba Point, opposite Lady Macquarie's Chair. Donna was hoping her mum would be coming but she has changed her mind and deosn't want to. Karl won't be going because he is working and then going to a school friend's New Year's Eve Party.
This morning Adam and Iwent for a bike ride from Cecil Hills to Prospect along bike tracks. I nearly killed myself :-) trying to keep up with him. I am still feeling sore from it. I think I could use Adam as my personal trainer. Adam was going to go with me on Friday as well until we found out that Lauren is swimming at 5:30 again. Oh well. Back to my slower pace.
Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Christmas Holidays
I have been on holidays since Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, while starting the bbq for our traditional Christmas barbecue breakfast, there was an explosion that singed the hairs on my arms, my eyebrows and my fringe, but did no other damage. Obviously, we didnt have a bbq breakfast.
We had lunch with my family at Therese's house. The last few years have been relatively peaceful as far as where we are having christmas since we managed to coordinate with all the in-laws, to have christmas together every second year. Jacinta was pushing real hard on Christmas day to have it in Uralla (mum and dad's place) in two years time. It is a romantic idea, but I can't see it working logistically. Besides the fact of being so far from the other side of the family, there is the extra stress of Christmas, and treading on each others toes as we squeeze into the house, plus, the wide variety of Santa and Christmas morning traditions would cause big problems. I dont think that Therese was too keen either, but I know that Jacinta is really pushing for it.
We spent Boxing Day at our house with Donna's family. Only 12 of us, so not too difficult. It was a full Christmas lunch and by the time we got through it for the second day in a row, we were pretty full.
Since then, we have been catching up with all the jobs that never get done when we are trying to keep up with all the kids activities. I went cycling again yesterday at Horsley Park.
I rode from the car park up to the Radio Antenna. That is the site of the mountain biking for the Olympics. I have had a short ride on the track but it is way beyond my abilities. Perhaps if I drove straight there and started fresh, I might be able to make it around, but I am not so sure. It is a great place to go, especially early in the morning. I often see rabbits, and of course, lots of birds. I will probably go again tomorrow morning.
I have been on holidays since Christmas Eve. On Christmas morning, while starting the bbq for our traditional Christmas barbecue breakfast, there was an explosion that singed the hairs on my arms, my eyebrows and my fringe, but did no other damage. Obviously, we didnt have a bbq breakfast.
We had lunch with my family at Therese's house. The last few years have been relatively peaceful as far as where we are having christmas since we managed to coordinate with all the in-laws, to have christmas together every second year. Jacinta was pushing real hard on Christmas day to have it in Uralla (mum and dad's place) in two years time. It is a romantic idea, but I can't see it working logistically. Besides the fact of being so far from the other side of the family, there is the extra stress of Christmas, and treading on each others toes as we squeeze into the house, plus, the wide variety of Santa and Christmas morning traditions would cause big problems. I dont think that Therese was too keen either, but I know that Jacinta is really pushing for it.
We spent Boxing Day at our house with Donna's family. Only 12 of us, so not too difficult. It was a full Christmas lunch and by the time we got through it for the second day in a row, we were pretty full.
Since then, we have been catching up with all the jobs that never get done when we are trying to keep up with all the kids activities. I went cycling again yesterday at Horsley Park.
I rode from the car park up to the Radio Antenna. That is the site of the mountain biking for the Olympics. I have had a short ride on the track but it is way beyond my abilities. Perhaps if I drove straight there and started fresh, I might be able to make it around, but I am not so sure. It is a great place to go, especially early in the morning. I often see rabbits, and of course, lots of birds. I will probably go again tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Christmas Eve
I haven't posted for a while. Things have been busy at home. Karl got his HSC results and did very well. I was so relieved. I think he wouldnt have done anywhere near as well if he had been at a comprehensive school. He reminds me so much of myself in the way he gets distracted and avoids work (like I am doing right now). It is only the fact that the standard he had to work to was so high that he got a good result. I think if he had been the brightest student at a comprehensive, he would have rested on his laurels even more than he did.
Today is Christmas eve and just about everything is organised for Christmas. Thanks of course to Donna. I find her so hard to live with but she does an incredible job of organising the family.
I will be off work till the 6th January. Happy Christmas to anyone who happens by.
I haven't posted for a while. Things have been busy at home. Karl got his HSC results and did very well. I was so relieved. I think he wouldnt have done anywhere near as well if he had been at a comprehensive school. He reminds me so much of myself in the way he gets distracted and avoids work (like I am doing right now). It is only the fact that the standard he had to work to was so high that he got a good result. I think if he had been the brightest student at a comprehensive, he would have rested on his laurels even more than he did.
Today is Christmas eve and just about everything is organised for Christmas. Thanks of course to Donna. I find her so hard to live with but she does an incredible job of organising the family.
I will be off work till the 6th January. Happy Christmas to anyone who happens by.
Monday, December 01, 2003
The Magic Mirror Technique
I read about this as an opportunity to use the struggles of marriage to learn more about yourself. It is hard to accept that this might be true. It is certainly true that I can learn more about myself by watching how I respond to Donna. I will try to pay more attention and blog about this when I learn something more.
I read about this as an opportunity to use the struggles of marriage to learn more about yourself. It is hard to accept that this might be true. It is certainly true that I can learn more about myself by watching how I respond to Donna. I will try to pay more attention and blog about this when I learn something more.
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