Hi everyone!

Well i leave for San fran tomorrow! I cant believe it has come around so fast. I am so excited!
Sorry i havent been updating to much (sorry daniel.. i know you check out my site!) have been getting ready to go away!
Michael and hannah are staying home and will have to miss me for 2 weeks and apart from that... nothing much is happening.
our state team won the football grand final yesterday and i celebrated by sitting in a spa most of the game (not a football fan.. but watched the first and last quarter! Hee hee)
will post more when i get to san fran... and i promise a whole heap of photos when i get back!
aimee
xxxx

4 weeks

well more like 3 and a half till i go to Vegas!
Yipeeee

Im catching up with some friends today that i havent seen in ages. im really excited.. they both have baby girls and i havent seen kirstyn little girl belle at all yet! Jaq and kirstyn used to be in the chorus and are both mummies now!

I am having a relaxing weekend this weekend.. the last like 6 have been full on.. so maybe some dvd's or movies! what are you all up to?

blogs

should i keep this blog up or change it all over to myspace??
do people still read this one?
check them both out and tell me what you think!
i think ill keep this one up, but may not update anymore.. let me know
xx

Home again and happy birthday mrs rainey!!!!!!!

I got home yesterday at 4. i had the worst flight ever... i am still sick and had soooo much pressure in my head i thought it was going to explode! im not kidding! The poor man next to me was so kind. i was balling my eyes out and he kept saying 'keep yawning, keep chewing gum and keep swallowing' i was so lucky to sit next to a dad! I had a blocked ear for 8 hours.. but it went away at dinner!
so i landed and then did a Krispy Kreme run (if you missed out im soooo sorry! i repayed everyone that got me some and that was 4 boxes worth!)
and yesterday was Aunty Cathys birthday!
YIPEEEEEEEE
so i went to mums house for dinner and get to see everyone!
they saw all my photos and it was nice to see everyone again.
even though i was away 3 weeks, i have been really home sick. i miss michael heaps and being away made that part easier.. but not the rest!
I had the best trip ever.. but am kinda glad to be home with hannah!
Thanks to Laura for housesitting and cat sitting!
michael is home on sunday and happy birthday to his mum for tomorrow.
will post more soon
xxxxx

Sydney

We drove from Canberra to Sydney (about a 3 hour drive) and listened to some great tunes and conversation!
we stayed in a place called Glebe - in a little motor inn.
It kinda reminded me of Freo but in a smaller way. very cute and we could walk to the city in like 15 mins. perfect, cause i hate paying for taxies!
We checked in and then headed out to see the sights! we walked to some cafes and then we ended up in darling harbour. we walked around for a while and then decided to go to the opera house and bridge cause i hadnt been there at night before. we went back to darling harbour and ate at 'the meat and wine co' and had a great steak and some really good wine (hence the name!!!)
on sunday we went to the markets and outlets near china town. then had lunch in china town (not the best meal, but it was a good experience) then emily had to drive back to canberra for work on monday
On monday morning luarna came to sydney from scone. we met up and central station and droped her bags off at our hotel.
we went out to kings cross while she got a tattoo!!!! She got her 4 kids chinese starsigns on her arm.
we went to some more outlets and had lunch looking over the water. that night we ate in glebe.
on tuesday i had my hair done (has a little accident in canberra and my hair went orange!!) and then did yet some more shopping!
wednesday we did much the same... sightseeing, eating, and found a Krispy Kreme!
and then at 3 we took the bus to scone!
we made it there at 7 ish to a wonderful curry that jason had made. (did i mention he was a chef???)
i caught up with all the kids (paige 11, josh 10, abbie 8 and chloe 6)
I ate at lu and jas's restaurant 'quince' and felt a bit ill, so i went home.
long story short.. i ended up with the worst flu of my life! i dont remember ever being so ill! Luckily i didnt have too much to do as the kids were at school all day and lu and jas were at work.
at night i fed the kids and put them to bed and at the weekends we watched tv and the kids played with friends.
the kids have grown up so much and it was so good to see them. im sorry i was so sick but had an awesome time in scone... oh and quince is sooooo good... shame they are selling it!

Canberra pt 2

Well, when we got back from melbourne what did we do??
On Tuesday night emily had a Bollywood Dance class... so i went along to watch! It was pretty cool.. and if i find one in perth ill try to go to some!
on wednesday i met up with michaels nephew David for lunch! It was great to see him after along time away from perth. He lives and works in Woden, so after dinner i hung around and went to the woden wesfield shops. Much like garden city.
on wednesday night we went over to Daniels house for duck noodles (soooo good!) and i finally got to meet Keiser in person! We stayed for some tv and wine and headed home
on thursday I went to Belconnen and had a look around the neighbourhood and also picked up some pressies for emmygirl (a toaster, pedometer/radio and a tea cup for work!)
Thursday night i made emily and her 2 housemates dinner (chicken and pumpkin risotto!) and then had an early night.
on friday I made my way to the Craft Fair! I will be away when it comes to perth.. so i went in canberra. i got some more cross stitch and went looking around for a while. (perths was bigger.. but i still had fun!) after the fair i walked into the city and walked around the lake and took some photos and waited for emmyg to finish work. we then went for drinks for one of her friends birthday and then met neil and lyn for dinner at indian!
on sat we helped neil move house (he bought a unit.. small but very cute!) and had a champagne breakfast
then we headed off to sydney!
more soon!!!!!

Melbourne

Well after spending only 1 day in Canberra.. Emily and I headed off to Melbourne!
First thing first... I was a little perplexed as to why people love the shopping so much??? I can understand if you have HEAPS of money and want designer clothes... but I realize Perth is great for shopping!
I LOVE the food and coffee the most!!!! an amazing array of cuisines and you ask for a long mac.... and guess what?????
you actually get one!!!!!! (not a long black with a dash of milk... c'mon Perth people... get it right)
Michael Dunjey.... you would love Melbourne!
We got there on a friday night and went to the hotel (right on Flinders street just near the station) and then took a walk over to crown casino and along the water!
on sat we spent the morning having prob the best breakfast I ever ate! then shopped around a bit. Loz and Brett came to pick us up and took us to their block about an hour away from the city. it was really nice to see the countryside of melb.
we then went to the docklands for a wine and nibbles and then back to their place in sandringham for dinner (and WAY too much wine!) we took a train back to the city and proceeded to drink more cocktails down in the hotel bar!!!
on sunday (feeling a little seedy!!) went to the victoria markets and spent the morning there. it was a big version of the freo markets... not my ideal.. but we had fun! we then caught up with some of emilys Manila friends for yum cha (again not my fav past time - well emilys either - but the conversation was great.. and great to hear some stories about Manila!) we then went on to Brunswick street for some shopping/eating/drinking coffee! I found dunjey some great shirts... he will love them!
we then went back to our hotel for room service (we got a $100 voucher with our room booking... so we used it on food and drink... we don't normally order room service!) and had an early night
we then got a phone call at 11.30pm saying that they had a noise compliant from our room! we were both asleep and really annoyed and he realized and was very apologetic. (I was still mad!)
the next morning (Monday) we headed off nice and early to Chapel Street. Again... good to see desinger clothes... but who can afford them?????? I found a tea house (now as you may know... I like tea. I like tea bag tea. Not loose leaves... I find them to strong.) BUT I tried some Chinese herbal tea and really loved it. It is not what I normally drink... but I bought some and am really enjoying it! Then we found a cool restaurant............

and I had Mexican and Emmy had a salad! Then we went on to the "outlets" which were pretty much non-existent on bridge road (sorry holly!) and so we headed back to the city to rest, change and head out again to Lygon Street.
we had the BEST italian meal there. This lady accosted us into her restaurant and said that her mum worked in the kitchen and if we went in we would have free wine and bread.... So we went in!
I had Lasagne and it was soooooo good. Just the right amount of meat and pasta. the wine was decent too (I thought it would be really bad cause it was free!!) emily had a creamy pasta and that was really good to. we then had Gelato (words can not describe how good it was!) and then headed home for well needed sleep!
On tuesday we went to breakfast with another of emilys work ppl from Manila. we then checked out of our hotel and stored our bags and off we went to tackle the city and china town one last time
we started by going for a hot chocolate at a place called max brennas... now I have heard about this place before and im not sure if I ordered incorrectly... but it was only ok for me!
we then headed off to china town to get some gifts and have some lunch. after lunch we heard of another choc cafe from loz and brett... so we thought we would try it (I thought that... emily hates chocolate and just wanted to know which one was better!!!!) so we went to Koko Black for a chocolate. we waited 15 mins just to get an order in (and it wasnt that busy) and then another 15 to get the drinks! Well let me tell you.... it was sooooooooo worth the wait! I dont think I have had a drink that I was so overwhelmed about! It was better than good! I mean... wow!!!!!! I said it was like drinking drops of heaven! even emily tasted it and said it was good! I wish there was one in Perth! Who wants to open one with me??????
hee hee
we then went to myer (I lost my foundation and we think it was knocked into the bin when the cleaners were cleaning our room... but if you know me... I cant go anywhere without foundation!) so we got some foundation (sold to me by a really good looking-very gay guy) and then headed to the airport to come back to Canberra!
will post more on Canberra soon
aimee
xxxxxx
ps... I miss Perth, hannah and all my friends and family!