wordful wednesday and the wild ride

so much has happened since this photo was taken

i finished up at my work

flew to sydney

climbed the sydney harbour bridge

had a fabulous girls' weekend in sydney

had a wonderful 'GLAM SALLIES' party to help tara celebrate turning 40

that's me in my $22 dress and mr scrappy in his $8.90 sports coat

after a whirlwind 5 days in australia we flew home

got the phone call that mr scrappy's mother had passed away

(she'd been ill for some time)

then i got sick

REALLY sick

somehow i managed to get on the plane for the funeral

my MIL got a wonderful send-off and being around family (a very large one!) sure helped

that was last friday

and i've been out of the house only once since!

and it's the school holidays!

thankfully my girls are of an age where they can help me and i haven't had to sweat that their school holidays have been a total bust.

phew

    

wordful wednesday: this time tomorrow

tara and i will be here...

...doing this

yes, the girl who is afraid of heights and hates to fly (tara, not me) is ascending the sydney harbour bridge

now that she's a fabulous 40 year old - she's keen to push her boundaries!

the bridge climb is my birthday gift to her

then, once we've descended back into solid ground, it's cocktails here

with this fabulous view

then it's back here for some zzzzzzzs before painting the town red on friday

saturday we're back at tara's for her 'GLAM SALLIES' party, which will feature song and dance, but you're just going to have to wait for piccies and details!

happy wednesday!

    

wordful wednesday: playing dress-ups

oh how i love a mirror with decent lighting so i can take these kinds of pictures

of course i only ever seem to find them in hotels...

...or more specifically - hotel bathrooms!

i was at the sky city grand for our work conference - and it was indeed a grand hotel

not too shabby for sue for a couple of nights!

no kids

no laundry

no running/driving around

no cooking dinners

all work and no play, but fun work it was

never left the building for 3 days, but i love conferences

love meeting and interacting with our members and exhibitors

and generally making nice with the peeps

it's exhausting of course, but still a tonne of fun

this was me all dolled up before our conference dinner

as you can see, i got the girls out - i loves me my water bra!!!

i got the necklace in new york at a fair that my blog friend daryl took me to

from memory, she knew the lady on the stand where i bought this, so i got a great price!

*sigh* - i miss new york