A day in the life

This is me, in my blogging corner of the apartment on Monday morning. Regent caught a nasty cold at the office last week sitting under an air conditioning vent (I cant leave him alone for a minute!), one of those nasty "Men colds" that are so much more intense than the ones we women get! Kidding aside, it was really quite bad, enough that I was seriously worried for his well being. However, since he has no time right now for something as frivolous as a cold, no matter the seriousness, by sheer force of will and pigheadedness he mindfully cured himself of his cold and left for work this morning in great form! I am truly married to a Superhero! Now if I could only bottle that ... I could make a fortune on Ebay!

Reading on the beach on Sunday afternoon. Yes kids...that's your dad reading a B-O-O-K!

On Sundays mornings, by force of habit, we still rise before our 07:00 alarm. By this time the Sun is already screaming in the sky and the area is teaming with people walking, running, bicycling, doing laps in the pool, surfing, etc...I realize why that is as we used to tell the kids this when we took them on vacation with us: " You guys can go to the disco, the show or whatever in the evening, but by 07:00 we will all be up, wide eyed and bushy tailed having breakfast in the dining room so that we can join in on all the activities at the resort during this week of vacation. So the first couple of days,

they would have a great nightlife and actually believed that we would forget about them in the morning and let them sleep in :ahhhhhh, the optimism and fantasies of our youth...these were quickly shattered by their dad's call to revelry at the crack of dawn and by the third day they would actually crash before us from sleep deprivation! Then the real family vacations could start, the ones we have such great memories of!

This Sunday we had a typical Sunday in Queensland for us. We got up bright and early as previously discussed, had breakfast ...pancakes, ('cause we found some Canadian Maple Syrup here that actually cost more than a good bottle of Wine but was worth every penny since it reminds us of home!). We then walked over to the arts and crafts market near our place that occurs every second Sunday and is simply fascinating for the collection of wares on display! All kinds of lotions and potions, teas, candles, jewellery, snake bite ointments, crystals, shells, wood carvings, furniture, fruits (tiny little bananas that taste like banana heaven!), veggies, baking, fortune tellers, Outback
chapeaus, tye die clothing, etc... really entertaining!

We then bring back our treasures to
our apartment and get the car to head
out to our Pizza Hut to pick up our lunch of a Large Super Supreme Pizza, (hold the mushrooms) for

$6.99 AU and a case of beer next door at the Bottle Shop! At the Pizza shop we are known as Mr and Mrs Smith as explaining our family name is just too much of an effort!

Then we pick up our fruits and veggies at our favorite Veggie stall

just down the road from the Pizza place.

Once home, we have our very Yin and Yang lunch (A nice cold beer and a nice hot Pizza!). Yummmmm!

Bon Appetit!

The remainder of the day is usually spent either reading on the beach or the balcony... just like being on vacation!

No worries mate!