Posts Tagged ‘Friends’

A big Congratulations to Kristen & Laith, who welcomed their beautiful, dark-haired daughter, Olivia, into the world at 4:08pm today!

Much love and best wishes.

xoxo

Just received some particularly exciting news – my beautiful friend K is being induced tonight. There will be a real baby sometime over the next day or so!

I wish for her a safe, and healthy delivery of the babe *nods*

And can’t wait to meet Baby when I’m in Sydney next month!

xoxo

A post on Robyn's Blog reminded me that I hadn't yet posted about one of my new favourite websites - Etsy! I've been a little distracted as of late..

But how is it that I only just (two weeks ago) found this website?! It’s brilliant! It is THE place to buy and sell all things handmade – I already have my eye on quite a few pieces. Plus, they have an entire “weddings” section, in which I have plans to buy up a storm a little closer to the date!

And how is my brother doing? He has a minimum of a month’s stay in the hospital, and we had a bit of a scare with blood clots this week, but he seems to be doing fine otherwise. He has plenty of friends visiting him regularly – which seems to be helping his spirits, and he has a stack of DVD’s and magazines to get through.

I won’t let my guard down just yet, but he’s doing well. He’s bloody lucky to be alive. It’s clearly not his time to go yet *shakes head*

A big thank you to all for being so supportive. It’s been a rather horrifying week for me – but everyone (family, friends, work mates, my bosses, fellow bloggers, i-do members) has really rallied behind me and given me a lot of support. I can’t thank you all enough – it means the world.

xoxo

After much primping and preening, and being taken in all sorts of directions by our navigator (you’d think we’d learn!), Kate, Robyn, Tanya and I arrived at the Acer Arena. We were there for Hilary Duff.

While munching down on cheeseburgers and hotdogs, we agreed that one girl in particular really needed to add some material to her dress. You could almost see what she had for breakfast *shrug* Minutes later, we heard girls running and screaming, and that was our cue to take our seats…. The girl we’d called a “skank alert” on? It was Ricki-Lee! From Australian Idol! Oops!

I’ve never much been into Ricki-Lee, but she was pretty good live! She was charismatic, and her voice was much stronger than on any CD. She really wowed the crowd! If I were her, I would have wanted to strangle my costume manager though – while having a short dress really isn’t so bad (and it was a very nice dress), it probably wasn’t the best choice for somebody as busty as Ricki-Lee! There were several occasions where she almost “spilled” over *shock* The poor woman was trying to discreetly hitch up her dress, which must have been hard to do with 50,000 or so eyes (well 100,000 when you consider we’ve got two, ha!) on her!

Hilary Duff was AMAZING. A million times better than what I was expecting. I get the feeling that she’s really trying to move away from the preconceived image that many have of her. She and her dancers were scantily clad, the dance moves were rather risqué, and while she played some old favourites, there was a strong dance feel to her new album. The light show was phenomenal, and the crowd was so… intense. Who would have thought a bunch of six year olds could make that much noise?! Even Hilary Duff seemed blown away by the intensity of it all. There were a few noticeable grimaces as she held her ear-piece when the crowd lost all control, and she seemed absolutely speechless! It was nice to hear her thank Australia for all our support with both her movies and her music though… and gosh is she a pretty young thing! Despite all the headlines of her being “too thin” and “anorexic”, she looked perfect. She was healthy, toned, and absolutely beaming. Almost makes you wonder how much truth (and how much photoshopping) there is in those tabloids (ha! – isn’t that just an oxymoron…)!

Friday night, and Nick and I were packed and ready to fly to Sydney. Those who know me, wouldn’t believe it, but I managed to pack everything I needed into one small, carry-on suitcase *falls over* I know!! This is the person who came home from the United States with three extra-large, overweight suitcases! So after checking in online, it meant that Nick and I didn’t have to wait in any long lines, and could proceed straight through security, and upstairs to our gate! Fabulous, darling!

The flight down was uneventful, and the staff didn’t even disturb us to find out if we wanted to eat (which we didn’t) – got to love QANTAS! The landing was smooth, and with only our carry-on luggage, we didn’t need to wait downstairs with everyone else, and could instead head straight over to Hertz… That’s right – Hertz! I was braving the Sydney roads. Something I thought I’d never do after my first driving experience in Sydney!

Once the navigator, that we’d also hired, started working, the drive through Sydney was fine. It was a bit of a rush, actually! We found our way to the hotel that Kate had stayed at in Pyrmont, picked her up, and drove on over to Star City to check-in and leave our luggage.

Our room wasn’t quite ready, but that was okay – Kate and I had to walk down to Circular Quay to catch a bus into Paddington to catch up with Kristen! Gosh it was good to see her… She has this amazing pregnant body – and she’s absolutely glowing. Aside from her preggy belly (which is just gorgeous), she’s as straight up and down as I’ve always known her! Even if she doesn’t see it (*hugs*) I can only hope I look as good as her when I eventually have a bun in my over!

Breakfast at Café Escobar was lovely, but the company of Kate and Krissy was even better… I only wish that Annik had been there! Next time! After breakfast we strolled around the Paddington Markets, where I picked up a couple of things for G & C’s new baby, Griff, and then Kris dropped both Kate and I back in the City… Thanks, Princess!!

Some more shopping in Myer and DJ’s, for presents for G & C’s eldest, Georji, as well as my cousins Tully & Zac, and then Kate and I headed back to Star City to pick up the car…. Where was Nick during all this gallivanting around, you ask? He had arranged to meet up with his friend Mick, and had left us girls to enjoy some “girl time”!

Kate and successfully found our way from the Casino to Bondi Beach, despite the navigator telling us to go in a completely different direction (!!) After a browse and some lunch, we were back in the car to head back to Star City for a spa! … It took us a little longer than we had planned though, with the navigator constantly turning us to do U-turns, effectively leading us round and round in circles!

If anyone has ever seen the episode of the Simple Life, where Paris and Nicole are driving around and around, trying to get over to an exit that they can see but can’t get to – this was us in Bondi on Saturday. It was rather hilarious actually. After we eventually defied the instructions of the clearly dysfunctional navigator, we managed to find our own way back to the hotel!

The spa was fabulous! As was the afternoon nap that we had afterwards, in preparation for our concert that night…
xoxo