Same ol' Same ol'

Hello all - sorry I haven't updated in awhile but nothing really has been happening :) (which isn't a bad thing really)

We had a fellow Canadian over for Thanksgiving - Conor got to make another pumpkin pie!

We've attended a few birthday party's and went out to the pub with some friends last night.

It's starting to warm up which is good and bad! Since Conor's school had wireless now he will probably be coming to school everyday with the laptop and just working here in the "reading room" - and the bookshop is nice and air conditioned so hopefully this summer will be more bearable than last, although the nights did get really hot last year.

It's crazy because the weather can change so quickly here that our apartment will end up hotter then outside! It was a hot day/evening yesterday (good night to go to the pub and sit outside) so when I went to leave this morning I had on shorts and a tanktop, only to find it cold and drizzly outside...so I changed. But then by the time I got home it was sunny and hot again...but by 1 it was cold again (and is still chilly now, looks like rain)

Anyways, work is going really good. They asked me to work last saterday at the bookshop awhile ago to which I agreed, but then someone quit and forgetting that I was working Saterday I offered to work Monday, which meant I ended up having an 11 day work week! I was pretty tired but then I had Saterday off and it was a Beautiful day and I got well rested. I went to the library and then read in the park - very relaxing!

Anyways, side note: if you can all pray for us as we start thinking about next year and what we will be doing. Conor will be done courses in June and we hope to end up in BC but who knows what God has in store - so please keep us in your prayers as we discern what God has planned for us.

Bendigo

I got Friday off this week to help our friend Ally move to Bendigo.

Huge Cathedral for a town smaller than Abbotsford

Bendigo is a "country" town about 2 hours north of Melbourne and is a little bit smaller than Abbotsford. But it's a much older city and started around gold rush time, so alot of the old buildings are really cool! And the Cathedral for this town is bigger than our Cathedral in Vancouver! (due to the gold rush money)




On Friday morning her uncle drove from Bendigo with a trailer and we loaded it up in a couple hours and I think around 230ish we were on our way to Bendigo. We went to her aunt and uncles house first and then went to a Malaysian restaurant for dinner - it was about this time that I started sneezing alot!



I guess the city has been good to me in that I didn't get hayfever here - but within a few hours of being in Bendigo it sprung into action!



I had the worst sleep that night as my nose was stuffed and my throat very irritated - and an itchy tongue! I get an itchy tongue with hayfever and trust me, it is very uncomfortable!



But on with the moving...the next morning Ally, Conor and I headed to the agent to get the keys to her unit where she will be living for the next year (she's bought a block of land and will be building a house there in the next year)...but the agent said the owner at the keys and she couldn't get ahold of him! In the meantime Ally's uncle had driven the trailer to the unit and was waiting for us, so we decided to go there and told to agent to have the owner bring the keys there. When we got there Ally's uncle had the keys - the owner had just dropped them off...crisis diverted! haha



Her unit is very nice - 3 bedroom, just a few years old, and very spacious - so we loaded everything in and then went and got some lunch.




We walked around downtown a bit, but my hayfever was bothering me so we didn't stay out too long and then headed back to Allys had some tea and then Conor and I took the train back into town.

Next time I go, I'll be sure to bring some anti-histamines.

more pics here

Bye Bye Hair!

Monica's Birthday

We weren't trying to go for the christmas green and red thing

I guess we're just festive girls at heart!

Friday was our good friend, Monica's, birthday party!!

Me and Monica

Conor Monica and I

Other party-goers

Annaliese and Lousia

(she plays poker with us at the Meeses - and she helped us with our taxes!)

Perfect Clare picture with her beer!

Monica Me and Robert

(Robert also plays poker with us)

We went to a restaurant/bar called Mosquitos and then headed to her house afterwards...I took alot of fun pictures :D

Monica, Robert and Maddy Meese

(I love the look that Maddy's making

- all because Monica's a little crazy...but I didn't say that)

Me and Olivia Meese

Mmmmm....toblerone

Monica and Nick (a seminarian that likes to play poker :D )

Unfortunately Conor likes the drink too!

Some seminarian, Mads and Me