You Should See The Other Guy...

Well, it just never ends does it?!  I've officially finished my first two weeks of my new job and all I can say is I'm still not sure if I like it or not?!  It's a lot more customer focused and the customer is 'always' right!  UGH!  I got yelled at the other day by and angry woman who didn't want to provider her I.D. to drop her child off in Smaland, it's part of the legislation.  That was fun....NOT!  Had to get two other managers to help me calm her down and talk to her, she just wouldn't listen, wouldn't let us get a word in edge wise.  Oh well.  Still getting used to it all I suppose and if worse comes to worse it's only until mid-Feb...right?!  I'm doing a lot more over time in this job too (which sucks!  Especially b/c I don't get paid for it) and the management team have a habit of not taking their breaks or giving me mine, so I'm over worked and always hungry/tired!  We'll see how this week goes...

Got my first Remedial Massage the other day.  It's a deep tissue massage, kind of like a sports massage.  Man it was painful, but felt so good.  She worked on my calves and my back and as you can see above, she did some cupping on me:

"Cupping is an ancient Chinese therapy in which a cup is applied to the skin and the pressure in the cup is reduced (either by heat or suction) in order to draw and hold skin and superficial muscles inside the cup. Sometimes, while the suction is active, the cup is moved, causing the skin and muscle to be pulled. This is called gliding cupping.

Cupping is applied to certain acupuncture points as well as to parts of the body that have been affected by pain, where the pain is deeper than the tissues to be pulled. Cupping has greater emphasis on the back acupuncture due to the ease with which it can be performed on the back. Most practitioners use the back shu points or bladder meridian and the dazhui. It is frequently used after acupuncture, blood letting, or plum blossom treatment."

It definitely felt weird!!  And as you can see it's drawn the blood to the top of my skin on my back, doesn't hurt though, not like a bruise.  Just looks nasty, like someone took a bat to my back :P  I'm heading back again at the end of this week for another session, the first one definitely helped loosen me up.

Sleepy??  Junior's night time face, too cute!!

Reckon he's comfy??

Dan starts his new position this coming Monday.  Yup, that's right, he got his promotion.  So he will be an assistant manager along side another assistant manager, no team leader/manager position/hierarchy anymore.  I think he's looking forward to it and looking forward to having some more authority to making those needed changes plus some more support.

Been doing plenty of wedding planning as of late.  I've made up a 'to do' list for each month leading up to the wedding, organized much?! ;)  hehe.  Hopefully everything should go smoothly and all should be ready to go on our big day :)  We're SO excited!!  It's going to be so much fun!!  And so beautiful!! :)

Can you believe Christmas is coming???  SO SOON!!  I can't.  I'm still in denial.  I let out an annoying sigh every time I walk into a shop and it's playing Christmas music, UGH!  Started beginning of Nov, WAY too early.  Although I am looking forward to our staff Christmas Party which is this coming weekend.  Get to get all dolled up and have free food and booze.  Will be nice to catch up with some people I haven't seen since I swapped departments and have a bit of fun of course :)

Dan's taken up boxing.  I'm thinking I need to do something to get some frustration out  (from work stresses)!  Someone said the driving range is good?!  But I don't think that's why he's doing boxing, he's on his third class and seems to be enjoying it.  Learning something different, having someone challenge him more.  Going with a couple guys he/we met at the dog park so that's good.

What else?!  There's so much that's been going on I can't even remember what we've been up to?!  Oh ya, we had family photos the other weekend, those should turn out interesting.  Just had them at the brother in-laws place, not professionally done, semi-professional I suppose (done by Dan's brother Andrew who has all the camera toys).  I suppose not too much else has been going on other then all that.  Working all these hours doesn't leave much time left for me to do other things and of course trying to keep on top of those everyday life chores.  I had the day off today, managed to get most things done which means this coming weekend Dan and I are free to chill out and have some fun together.  We were hoping to go for a kayak, but looking at the weather forecast it's supposed to be a bit cooler and rain :(  BOOOO!!  Of course, the weekend I have off :(  It was 32 C last weekend!  Sigh, we might go to the driving range, or hopefully a motor bike ride, lunch out, mini golf, who knows we might even decide just to stay home and do absolutely nothing which would be nice too.  We'll see.  Christmas party is Sun eve, so that leaves the weekend wide open.

Alright, since I can't seem to remember what else I wanted to write on this post I suppose I should have some dinner.  Love to you all xx  Hope life is treating you well.  Oh, can't forget this:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE STEVE!!  (only a few days late;) xxxx  Hope you got spoiled with love :)

Chugging along...

I'm freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!  (hehe, one of my favourite photos:)

Dan & Junior <3 p="p">

Some shots of Dan's Mum's (Sussie) garden, so gorgeous.

His favourite toy, a stick.

Thought this one was pretty cute, especially with his tongue hanging out :)  You can see the tiredness in his eyes, absolutely loves going up to the in-laws and wears him out pretty quickly all that smelling, running round and mulching :P

So we enjoyed a lovely weekend away.  Friday night (our anniversary) we went out for dinner and a movie which was nice.  Saw 'End of Watch', was a bit different but still really good.  About two city cops in a very gang populated area.  So that evening was nice a chill, enjoyed each others company :)

We headed up to Warburton mid-morning Saturday, stopped in Warburton for some lunch and a little stroll around, was a gorgeous day out, both days were! :)  We got some wedding plans in place, yippeee!  Spent most of Saturday afternoon/evening making some decisions together which was nice to get some of it done.  Sunday was pretty chill, Dan chopped some wood, looked a few more wedding things and then Dan's parents came home just after lunch, so we had a nice catch up with them.  Then home time to get ready for work the next day :(  It was probably around 30 C on Sunday, not sure what it was Sat, around there too, SO nice :)

My head hurt after work yesterday that's for sure!  A LOT to take in on the first day, didn't realize how many different computer systems they use, will get the hang of it soon enough I'm sure :)  The first couple weeks are always the hardest.  But the team seem really easy going so far and my management team are supportive which always helps.  I'll let you know how it goes over the next couple of weeks.  Hard to judge it from only working one day.

Well, best get going, have to finish up in the garden before this lovely sunshine goes away for the day.  xx

Happy Six Year Anniversary!

All good things must come to an end.  Although it didn't always seem good, over all it was really good.  Had my last day in IKEA Food today :(  I am sad to be leaving such a great group of people (yes I will still see them around the store, but not be working closely with them anymore, will have a new team to get to know).  Had a 'farewell' today with all of IKEA Food leadership team, my new manager in Customer Relations, the store manager and some co workers.  Was really nice!  Some very endearing speeches were made, it really makes me feel appreciated which is such a great feeling.  It is nice to be recognized and rewarded for all my hard efforts, one of the reasons I love IKEA so much (the opportunities for those who want and work hard for them) and of course all of the people I work with.

I suppose I should enjoy my weekend of 'empty brain'.  (in between jobs so I have no stresses right now, finished with one and have yet to start the next:)

Dan and I 6 year Anniversary today:

Happy 6 years to such a wonderful and amazing person!  I love you beyond words, you are my anchor in life and always will be.  I'm so lucky to have met you on this day 6 years ago, I can't imagine my life without you in it, sharing every moment, every emotion.  Who knows what our future holds, all I know is it looks pretty damn exciting! xoxoxox

Not sure what the plan is yet for tonight, waiting for Dan to get home from work first.  Tomorrow we plan to head to Warburton for the night/weekend.  Dan's parent's are up North for a little while, so we thought we'd take advantage of a little getaway together this weekend.  So nice and peaceful up there, away from the hussle and bussle in the mountains/countryside, will be an 'ahhhhhh' weekend.  We plan to just relax, hopefully get a few wedding plans in place, maybe a nice walk somewhere (there's some great trails around that area so hopefully the weathers nice and we can take Junior for a stroll).  That's pretty much the weekend there, I'm SO looking forward to it :)

Got me some new glasses the other day.  Two for the price of one, gotta like it! :)  I think I look quite studious.  Will be needed if I meant to stare at a computer screen all day every day during studies.  If I get a good photo of myself in them I'll put it up ;)

Still waiting to receive my letter of offer from school, was supposed to get it a week-week and a half ago, hopefully it comes this coming week.  Need to get a few things in order so I'm able to actually study.  I'm so excited to do this!  I was having a chat with the store manager Innes the other day, he seemed pretty excited that I'm going to study Graphic Design and hopefully get into Comm&In (communications & interior design) afterwards, he said there's some great opportunities there be it I fill in while people are away in other countries working on projects or I myself get to go to other countries like China, Sweden, etc to work on projects.  Mel, the Graphic Design manager is in Sweden right now for 2.5 months working on a project and a few girls went to China not to long ago to help open a new store.  Pretty exciting!!  Let's hope it all works out for the best.

Junior in his favourite spot.  He had just woken up, but you could never tell....hehe

So we had a bit of a prank week at work, had to get in my last jokes before I left.  It all started at the beginning of the week when I sticky taped all the mouses down in the office (hehehe:).  When Con & Peter came in the next day they had a good laugh at that.  So before they left that day they decided to demolish the office incl: the chairs and my computer area.  Very funny (I work with a bunch of children?!).  So that night before I left, I put tape on the bottom of all of the mouses, so when they try to use them it doesn't register on the computer b/c the tape is blocking the laser on the bottom (hehehehe:).  Well, luckily I got the last prank b/c I think they gave up after that. (I hope?!).  I did have to watch my back all day today b/c I wasn't sure if I was going to walk in on anything or not :P

Well, best sign off, time to get on with this weekend, oh, I get two weekends in a row off too!! :D  yeehaa!  With my roster changing in the this new role I start Monday it works out that I get two off in a row, VERY excited about that :D  Chow for now xxx

Crazy Few Days

Well could I get any more stressed out?!  Been a lot of thinking about school, thinking about future work options, thinking about normal work stresses etc etc etc, whew I'm worn out!  Had a sit down conversation with Chris, Roola and Peter (my boss in the restaurant) yesterday, I was super nervous to start with as I wasn't sure how they were going to take the news (very unexpected for them as I hadn't told them anything about it before)?!  Well, they took it surprisingly really well.  I told them that I was thankful for the offer in CR Team Leader role but I had been accepted to study come Feb, if they wanted me to stay where I am or be in CR role I was more then happy either way, whatever worked best for them.  Well they were super happy that I had decided to go back to school and that I want to stay with IKEA!  They decided to put me in the CR role for 3 months (until Feb) as they think I would do well down there and help them out a lot.  Then Chris said he wants me back in food part time while I'm studying, he said he guarantees the hours for me and I get to be a bit choosy over what shifts I want to work.  So I guess all that hard work, stress and tears over the last year has paid off.  Yippee :)  VERY HAPPY!  And relieved :)

So I start as Customer Relations Team Leader Nov 12th.  I'll be helping out/in charge of; Front Line (cash line), Smaland (kids drop off area/play area), Greeters, Cash Office (counting floats, distributing change) & Shopping Tools.  Should be very interesting as it's completely new.  I'm excited for a change, working with a team of 50 odd co-workers, so double the size of what I have now.  Wish me luck!  Be nice to get some experience in another part of the company as well.

Roola & Chris are keen for me to get into Communications & Interior Design team after I've finished studying which is great to have the support to get where I want to go.  Sounds like they're going to try and help me get some work experience in the area before hand as well.  So we'll see how it all goes.

Going to be a very busy year!  But a very exciting year as well!  Studying, new career option, wedding, traveling, possibly moving, oh my goodness, brace myself, here we go!  I am looking forward to getting out of my current role right now, getting a bit too much for me especially with these hour cuts.  So I think all of this is happening at a very good time.  Keep you posted on how the new role goes.

And of course HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM!!  Thinking of you as always.  Love you to bits and hope you have a wonderful day!!!  Big cuddles in the mail for you xxx

That's it for now, it's all been keeping my mind very occupied at the moment, hopefully I'm able to de-stress a bit over the next few weeks or so, wound up tighter then a drum and not liking it at all.  Summer's on it's way, yipee :D  Love to you all xx

What a Week!

Well it's been a wonderful and crazy week both at work and at home!

Been enjoying the nicer weather that we've been receiving the last couple of weeks (YAY summer's on it's way, finally!).  Enjoying long walks along the beach, swims for Junior in Patterson Lakes, bike rides and BBQ's.  We had our first BBQ last weekend on our brand new barbie, yummmmm!  Food always tastes much better on the BBQ, used it a few times since, want to use it every night!  And less dishes too :)

Work's been a bit nuts, we have had to drastically slash our labour hours due to a slump in the the business, so it's put a lot of stress on our co-workers and the leadership team.  I'm now trying to do what a co-worker does in their day as well as my own work, UGH, stressful!

Plus I've been super anxious for my school interview, which I had today, I don't know why I stressed so much over it, suppose because I didn't know what to expect?!  Well....I've been accepted!!  YEEHAAA!  But there's a twist: I was offered another job position at work 'Customer Relations Team Leader' (temporary until Aug, then back into my current role after that), in this role I would be the Team Leader of cash line, smaland, greeters & shopping tools (ie: trolley's).  Chris (Food Manager) and Roola (HR Manager) sat me down on Tuesday (two days before my school interview) to offer me this position due to the high chance of my position becoming redundant due to hour cuts/having to be tighter with wages.  Chris doesn't want me to end up being a co-worker again (or leaving IKEA) as he thinks that would be a waste for the company and me, so he said while he's got the chance (while the opportunities there) he wanted to offer me this position before who knows what happens.  SO, obviously I'm choosing school but am very flattered at the same time!!  He reckons I'd run circles around the team down there, hehe.  

The course starts 2 week into Feb and finishes beginning of Nov, 1 year Diploma of Graphic Design.  Very excited!  I have until Tues this coming week to decide on whether or not I want to change positions at work (they don't know that I've applied for school), so I'll have to drop the studying bombshell on them then and then I've got (I think) three options: work the CR Team Leader role until Feb, or stay where I am and step down in Feb, or stay where I am and the possibility in a month, two months etc I would be forced to a co-worker position as they make my current role redundant.  SO, will keep you all posted with what happens.  Hopefully it all works out for the best?!  I know I don't want to leave IKEA during or after studying and by the sounds of it they really want to keep me there so I'm sure something will work out of all of this in the end.  Will let you know as soon as I do :)

Well, life will change slightly in the near future, it's going to take a bit of an adjustment, but I'm excited to try something different, make some new friends & have a new outcome of job options, yippeee :)  Dan's been super supportive (as per usual:) with all of this, my rock, my anchor :)  So lucky to have him <3 p="p">

That's pretty much been the excitement for the week, I think it's enough to keep me very busy!  Oh ya, can't for get this: Dan's boss handed in his notice the other week, so there's a possibility that Dan will take the management position or if they restructure it he would be an assistant manager alongside another assistant manager (split the operations department into two), so like always I'll keep you posted on what happens with all of that.  I hope he get's either, he'd be perfect for the role and deserves it.  Exciting things going on that's for sure! :)  Chow for now xx

Great Week :)

We went on a walk along Coastal Art Walk today (along the coast/beach), was a gorgeous day out so we thought we'd take advantage of it!  It was beautiful!  Junior sure enjoyed it too!! :)  Went for a couple of swims, Aussie coastline is gorgeous!  We stopped at a cafe along the beach and had a bite to eat half way.  Then turned around and headed back, we were gone for a couple of hours, was so nice to soak in some sunshine, the beautiful views and always so nice to be on the beach/near the ocean.  On the way home we stopped for gelato too...yummmm! :D

Some video's of Junior enjoying himself, he sure is entertaining! :)

Port Phillip Bay, the vast ocean is gorgeous! 

So lucky to live next to a beach like this!  Stunning.

Twisted old tea-tree, pretty cool looking.  

Some birds nesting on the rocks, not sure what kind they are but they were pretty cool looking! 

Junior enjoying his walk :)

This one's for you Grandma.  I can't send them in the mail (illegal) so I thought I'd take a photo for you :)  The little cove we stopped at during the walk to let Junior have a swim had LOTS of gorgeous glass and shells.  Made me think of you and our beach combing days.  Really wanted to take some home and send them to you, sigh, damn laws :P  xx  But know I'm always thinking of you :)

Chillen' at the end of a mini pier, what a gorgeous day!! :)  And so great to spend it with my family xx 

Junior thought he'd try rock climbing :P

Pretty flower called 'pigs ear'.  We might get some for our garden, they're a pretty colour.

We have a camellia bush in our backyard and it sits right in front of the office window.  Look what was nesting there! :)  Very cool to watch even if it was a pigeon.

One of our Kangaroo Paws in the back yard, was less then half the size when we put it in and it's filled right in.  Had to tie it up b/c it was getting to heavy/leaning.  The birds love to land on it and get the seeds out.

Our Peace Lily, this was less then half the size as well when we put it in this big pot.  Junior had a go at it last season and pruned it right back and it's filled right out this year, gorgeous!  Thanks for the pruning Junior :)

Unfortunately mumma bird who was nesting outside of the window fled the nest :(  Left three eggs behind, still pretty cool though, but sad for the unhatched eggs:(

So I got a little impatient waiting for the school to ring me so I rang them yesterday to 'follow up my application'. She was right in the middle of sorting everyone's applications and slotting them into time slots, lucky I called b/c I got to chose what time/day.  I'm booked in for Oct 25th for my interview & portfolio presentation, wish me luck! I'm anxious for it, hopefully all goes well?!!

Finally caved in a bought a air purifier/HEPA filter and man am I glad that we did.  It seems to work really well for the bedroom!!  I've had it two nights now, I usually get at least 4-5+ allergy attacks during the night, night one I had two and last night I had none, yeehaa! :)  I'm also having some luck with the Naturopath.  Went back yesterday, she tested my zinc levels and my iris'.  I'm now on a vitamin the reduces inflammation and a vitamin that helps naturally suppress over reactive immune systems.  She also told me to drink 2L of water a day and to change my diet slightly.  I not can't eat: dairy, citrus, MSG, aspartame, at least until my body sorts itself out (and I get the OK from her of course).  Dairy and citrus create a lot of mucus and MSG, aspartame is bad for asthma.  Also, chronic allergy sufferers are chronically dehydrated so I have to drink LOTS of water.  She gave me a lot more info then that but hard to take it all in at once.  She is super nice and educated in natural remedies, I'm really excited and hopeful for it to work, just need to make sure I stay committed to it as it is a bit of a regime.  So far (since yesterday I started taking them) it seems to be helping which is super exciting.  Would be nice to get my insides sorted so they stop over-reacting to everything!!

Been really enjoying my 4 day weekend!!  Wish they could happen more often.  It's been nice to catch up on a few things, relax and spend time with Dan.  Enjoying it while we can.  We're off to Clarissa's 18th Birthday BBQ tomorrow (Dan's niece), should be good fun!  Been awhile since we've seen all the family too so will be nice to catch up.

Well, best wrap this one up as it's getting pretty long.  Hope you enjoyed the video's and photos :) xx

Limbo.

Well, I'm still waiting to hear from the school! :(  I give it another week and if I haven't heard anything I might ring them.  I hope to know sometime soon because I hate it when important things like this sit in limbo!

Went to the Naturopath last Friday, sounds promising!!  She said 'she's got a lot to work with' which I'm not too sure is a good thing or a bad thing?!  Perhaps a good thing for her?!  Friday's appointment was an initial consult, she asked a LOT of questions, my health history, family health history, digestion, allergy symptoms, etc etc and she wanted every last detail!  She did give me a homeopath antihistamine to try and relieve me a little bit until our next appointment where she'll get me started on a regime.  She said she doesn't usually give anything out on the first appointment but wanted to help give me some relief and it seem to be working a bit which is good.  I also bought an air purifier/HEPA filter system.  Should be delivered by mid-week this week, hopefully sooner rather than later!!  I'm excited to get it, hopefully it really helps me sleep at night because that is when it's the most trying!  So I'll give the house a one-over and then put it on full blast (it'll be for our bedroom, but hopefully it helps a bit throughout the rest of the house).

I've managed to enjoy my bike twice this past week (since getting it the weekend before:).  It's so nice to be out there, but only when it's sunny and warmish!  hehehe, yes, I'm a fair weather biker ;)  I'm hoping to get out on it again today with Dan after he gets home from work.  It's been nice biking together, fun! :)

We received a fine in the mail the other week....$380...OUCH!  Red light camera!  It was for the BMW which we sold on the 1st of last month, the fine was for the 6th...YEEHAA, that means it wasn't us!  Thank goodness!!  Sucks for the person who was driving it, but great news for us, managed to skim outta that one :P

Junior having a nice nap on the couch, I think the picture says it all, what a cutie! :) 

Enjoying the sunshine, although that pillow doesn't look so comfy, perhaps a little hard?! :)

I'm off to get my Aussie Driver's Licence today, not sure if I'm excited or not?!  Kinda sad to not be using my Canadian anymore.  Had a great debate yesterday with a couple co-workers as to why I'm not becoming a citizen, this countries obviously very patriotic so they seemed pretty mad that I was 'taking advantage' of everything and not becoming a citizen :P  Maybe sometime down the line, but for now, doesn't seem to matter either way to me.

Well, not too much else is going on at the moment.  Oh, Dan put our BBQ together last night :)  Hopefully when the weather gets a bit warmer soon we can invite some people over and test it out! :)  I've also booked a couple days off this week, so I'll get a nice long 4 day weekend, SO looking forward to that!  Will be nice to have a bit of a break! :)  Ok, best get going, off to get my photo taken, more like a mug shot.  Love to you all xx

Well we finally spent our Bunnings Gift Vouchers that we got from our Engagement Party back in March...a BBQ!! :)  It's not the one we originally were going to get as they no longer supply that one :(  Which is a bit of a bummer b/c it was really nice and good quality, but this one's a good first barbie ;)  It's a Jumbuck 4 burner, very excited to try it out!  I've never barbied before!!  Exciting, a whole new way of cooking, should be fun experimenting!! :)  Got any good recipes or tips let me know ;) 

And I finally got myself a bike!!! :D :D  It's been about 3ish years since I've been on one!  But finally decided it's time to get this butt back in shape, I'm not a runner and I can never get motivated to go to the gym, so biking, walking and trying out SUP this summer it is :)  Came home after buying it today and went straight out for a test drive.  6km, short, but it's a start I think :)  Felt good and was nice to be able to ride with Dan, you all know he loves riding his bike! :)  Definitely be doing more of it together!

Ok, that's it for today, just thought I'd give you a quick update before I head back to work tomorrow and get caught up in the rat race.  Make sure to READ MY PREVIOUS POST, that I posted yesterday, just below :)  Chow for now xx

Portfolio For School

Thought I'd show you all what I'll be presenting at my interview for school next month (Oct).  Obviously looks better in person but it gives you an idea :)

Above: One self portrait I took in Mexico underwater and two of Grant I took in Canada, had a mini photo shoot with him, was fun :)

Above: Butchart Gardens in Canada

Above: Took these on my last trip in England

Above: Tonka & Junior <3 p="p">

Above: A couple more from England

Above: From my last trip in Canada

Above: Dad that's you on the left ;) Other ones from the sunset in Cali while I watched Dad & Shelly surf x 

Above: was the first newsletter I made for IKEA Food Department. 

Above is the second newsletter I made and below is the third.  You can see (or at least I can) the improvement from the first one to the most recent.  Really enjoying doing this part of my job :) 

October is coming up quickly and I hope they call me sooner rather than later to book in this interview, looking forward to doing it and finding out if I'm in the course or not.  Then we can start concreting some wedding plans in and of course I have more of an idea what's going to happen in my life in the year to come :)

I'm off to a Naturopathist the end of this coming week.  I'm so sick of taking drugs for my allergies and random sicknesses.  So I'm going to pursue a more natural route with the hopes it helps/works and/or curse me in the long term.  I've talked to a few people at work who take vitamins for it and say each year it gets better and heard if you stay off the antihistamines, etc for 3+ years your body will cure itself, will build up it's on immune system to it.  So wish me luck, I hope this all works, I'm willing to put in the few years of suffering if it cures me or at least reduces it for longer term.

Also off to get my eyes checked on the same day, wanting to get some new glasses.  The ones I have are heavier (metal) and small so I see the rims plus I can only see close up with them not far away, so I don't really wear them out of the house (I should really be wearing them at work!).  So I'll get an up to date prescription and then buy me some new, bigger/lighter glasses that I can wear possibly all day every day.  I'll send you a pic ;)

Been a pretty busy week at work, it's school holidays!!  AHHH pull my hair out!  But oh my goodness some super cute babies!!  I am looking forward to school holidays being over though, even though it's good for business, none of us really enjoy it, get more grumpy customers and lots of screaming, dirty kids (feel for the parents).  It's a bit of a nightmare, but we will make it through :)

Get my Aussie driver's license soon :)  I had to get my history from Canada first so had to get onto ICBC which took a little while.  But I've got that now so just need to book myself in and it should be a straight swap, no tests, just a small fee and that's it, gotta like it!! :)

It's our weekend off together today/tomorrow, I wanted to go and look at some push bikes, maybe buy one (time to get my but out and get some cardio back!), but it's windy nasty rainy out, not really push bike riding/testing weather.  I'm hoping tomorrow will be better if not then on our next weekend off together, but looking forward to going out for rides especially with nicer weather coming! :)  I think I'll start with riding around the block first without dying and then head out for some longer rides.  Sad I know but true :P

Well, it's time to snuggle up on the couch and watch a movie.  Well maybe after the Grand Final's done, everyone will be home watching that today!  AFL for those of you who don't know, it's a big day for Aussie's and their AFL (so the majority of the country!), I still don't get it, hence why I'm on my blog and doing other things ;) xx