I really shouldn't wait until late at night to update my blog. Usually, when I'm out and about, I think up these amazing blog posts but NOW that I am actually sitting down to write, my inspiration escapes me!!!
Oh well. Let me continue on and bore you with some mundane details of our life.
We have been in Australia for exactly one year and 8 days! Can you believe it? Does time really fly by at such a rapid speed? Apparently it does.
And so, instead of boring with you all the minute, drab details of the past year I shall instead endeavour to enlighten you with some interesting facts I happened upon in the last year. Here goes......
* The grass is not always greener on the other side. I mean that literally and figuratively. I don't think we realised "how good we had it" in Wales and in the first few months we very quickly realised "how many good things" we had left behind. Literally, it is very hard to grow "green" grass in this place! Now weeds are not a problem - they flourish in abundance on our lawn but that lovely thick green stuff we like to call grass! Uh uh - no way. In fact many people resort to the fake stuff to get the green effect!
* Thongs (previously known to me as a g-strings) are what they call flip flops/slops here. Sweets are lollies and after spending 8 years in the UK trying to remember to call chips (the snacky type things) crisps, I now have to revert back to calling them chips.
* My children are no longer tv addicts and have managed to kick the habit without any serious side effects - phew!
* I can still ride a bike after 8 years of not riding a bike.
* A teacher is a teacher whether you teach in South Africa, Wales or Australia.
* A 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom house on one level stays a lot tidier than a small, poky 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom, 3 level, terraced house. Funnily enough, my children say they preferred our small, poky house in Wales because it had stairs! I hated those STAIRS! But I think I might just be coming around to their way of thinking since I think those stairs helped me keep off a few kgs. without doing any form of exercise.
* Internet shopping over here is lagging far behind the UK :-(
I loved the ease with which I could shop online in Wales and I am also sorry to say that the normal shops here, do not always meet up with my shopaholic standards.
* I have a new favourite coffee place. Its not quite Starbucks but on the whole its pretty good - Mc Cafe. Coffee is good and cheap and the kids always love Mc Donald's! They make the most delicious banana bread!
There we go - I'm sure you get the picture. Some good things and some not so good things but on the whole - not a bad idea! So I guess we'll stick around this place called OZ a little bit longer!
Have a good week.
xxxx
PS. The pics are from our Anniversary and Father's Day weekend.
1 comment:
Interesting post Michelle, we are wondering what to do and you've highlighted some of our concerns about how good we really do have it here.
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