30

and they said we would never make it

It seems like ten years ago not 30 that we met in the Corner Bar at the Surfers Paradise Hotel. Who would have thought we would have come full circle and be planning a return to that corner of the world, be it a couple of hunderd klms further north.

We are planning a quietish night with dinner at Mc B's where a couple of bottles of good wine will be consumed. My liver is very thankful for the flu, as my consumption is dramaticly down and I might even be driving tonight. That said I know someone who is hanging out to crack the bottle of Hill of Grace which he has been hanging onto and I might just have to have a glass of that LOL.

On the house front things are finally moving along and we have now had a couple of requests for contracts and we still have two weeks of show and tell to go. Come on May 8, we are both getting really sick of living in a display home LOL. Beds always made, dishes clean and put away, laundry done, folded and put away and heaven forbid we use the stove and dirty that.  Give me Miss G back LOL LOL LOL.

    Good morning from a balmy Melbourne

The weather is really strange at the moment. The last couple of days have been 27 with a clear blue sky - and this is April ! What happened to the showers, grey and miserable 15 degrees that we were expecting. Not that I wish to put a curse on things as the Lyns are arriving tomorrow for a couple of days and we need the weather to hold up so the garden looks great for the house open days.

On the house sale front we are off and stumbling LOL. Our first day was last Saturday and the numbers were a bit disappointing, but yesterday was even slower. We think that with the great weather, everyone has taken off to enjoy the last blast of sunshine before hibernation sets in LOL. Our first open night is on Wednesday and while we don't expect many people mid week it would be nice to have a few people through to see the lighting at night, the garden looks great under lights.

At Last things are starting to happen with the house sale. All the prep is basically done and now it's up to the market to do its thing. The house is now online at http://www.hockingstuart.com.au/ the suburb is abbotsford, so let us know what you think.

You can take the man out of the South but the food remains the same....

As you can see Blue invited us over to his place to celebrate Good Friday with a good ol' Southern Cook Up and he excelled in everything. A small dinner party of 8 enjoyed the tastes of the deep south complete with Mint Juleps made by Ron, just to make sure everyone got off to a flying start.

The Marquee was set up in the gardens, dining was by candle light and the wine and good times flowed freely.

Thankyou Blue for a great night.

Good Morning from downtown makeover

Sorry we haven't been online often but we seem to be plastering, painting, scrubing etc every day. Tomorrow is photo day so we are in frantic last minute touch ups for that. So far things have gone much slower than expected but we look like everything will come together in the end.

For tomorrow we have the dining room, bathroom, lounge, one bedroom and the gardens finish (well sort of) LOL. Over the next week we will finish off the weeee bits that we missed on the first time through.

Miss G went to hospital yesterday to get repaird from that vicious attack by the Germans in the Kea, and while she is there we are getting a few little comforts added as well. Must admit I feel like a turtle without my shell at the moment. This is the first time in 18 months that we have been without her LOL.