A Little Bit of a Break

Tempted though I am to blog about: the plight of aussie cricket; the QLD and beyond floods etc [and aren't the images of volunteers helping in the clean up amazing] I am on holidays and finally feel a bit relaxed.... so I won't be here much until February!! See ya!!

Radio Controlled Hummer Cars

Spent a little of my Christmas money today with small simple radio controlled cars in sale at DSE! For years I've had a remote ute but it's finally given up and the girls love to take these to the local netball complex and drive them around the multiple courts in the late cooling summer afternoon... we'll take the kite and my hovercraft tomorrow and see what fun can be had... ahhh! holidays!

Holiday Blogging

Just letting my three or four devoted readers out there know that for the next 3-4 weeks I'll only be blogging for fun and not out of duty... so resource ideas, inspired stuff, NCYC write ups etc will have to wait... sports, movies, news and observations may appear but only if I'm surfing for FUN!!

Catch you in a few weeks... I have also decided that I will then be launching a lectionary based worship resource blog as a seperate and collaborative project with links and reference to several existing blogs that this will hopefully complement... just one of many different focal points in 2009!! Stay tuned for more...

Holidays and Bar Beach, Newcastle

When I decided to take up to eight weeks off this year and have a really good break it was tempting to book a trip or at least a chunk of time somewhere for a change of scene! In the end I knew I just needed to stop and there'd be plenty to do and plenty of fun to be had in Newcastle and anywhere within a one or two day trip!! The fun has included:

Doing Christmas Cards
Catching Up with family over Christmas
Decking Oil on the Cubby
Study and Filing Clean Up
Digital Photos and Movies sorted, burnt to discs etc
Garage Clean Up
Garden weeding
Equipment repairs
Bike rides or Pool Laps
Quotes for some Picture framed memorabilia

Just the Essay, 'clothes spring clean', bike rack, and a few odd jobs to go...

A number of friends asked 'were we going away?' which is nice because they were interested but again the more I thought about it the more it seemed like my own lounge, fridge, tv and newsagent would be the way to go!!
I have also caught up on all those pesky jobs that you never seem to have time for and better still this means nobody asks a question when it is time to enjoy a half day or so of the real cricket!! The next week or two sees the pace quicken as we will enjoy:

Openair Cinema in Sydney "Bourne Ultimatum"
Some of the family will see Martin Craft at the Speigeltent
Two days in Sydney doing stuff with the girls [Homebush Pool, Hyde Park, Wildlife World]

But for now I'll settle for industrial and provincial old Newcastle and making afternoon sandcastles, chips and scallops and watching the girls venture way too far into the water in their street clothes at Bar Beach pictured above!!