No post in November?

We are in December now and I can not believe I didn't post anything in November!!

Was a very sad month for me though. Still feeling very sad now.
My father passed away.
So suddenly yet not, if that makes sense.

He was a drinker for a number of years and many of us were surprised he lived as long as he did! (61)
I use to say to him 'You will die from drinking too much!' I use to pour his drinks down the sink when I would go and visit him. I would even water them down. But, I'm not there 24/7.

I was terribly shocked when I had the message.
Although you know, if he carries on drinking his time will end sooner than it should but, when it actually happened, it was of great shock to me.
Just felt unbalanced. Like one side of me dropped and I wasn't held upright any more?
I suppose you always think your parents are going to be there always.
Even when you don't see them regularly you know they are there! where ever 'there' is.
Then when you hear they have died. It just, rocks you, throws you even.

This is how I remember dad.

I miss him so much...

Gypsy x

Aussie Humour

I saw this on someones Facebook page the other day and thought 'I have got to have that for my blog!!'
So, here it is.

Quite amusing I thought ;)

This one was circulating at the beginning of the year when we had the floods.

I did find this one rather amusing!! ;)

Here is some others that have been done..

Ha ha ha the Aussies do have a sense of humour. ... Well, some of them do at least.

Unless these were done by some other country! 

Gypsy x

Drive around.

It is a lovely day today, temperatures reaching a nice 27c
After eating our carrot cake with a nice brew on the balcony we decided to go for a drive to a haunted house we saw a while ago.
The older boys stayed at home, they just have no enthusiasm sometimes those boys.

Anyway,  we jumped in the van and headed off with the camera - just in case ;)

Got all the way there (15 mins away) and the gates were shut!
A sign read " Open every 1st and 2nd Sunday of each month" damn!

So we took a slow drive back and spotted some kangaroos in the woods a few yards down the road!

Can you spot them? bit difficult to see on these pictures and we didn't bring along our spare lens that can zoom right close.
We didn't expect to come across any Kangaroos to be honest. So it was a pleasant surprise when we did.

After getting back in the van from Kangaroo spotting we headed towards a lovely Memorial Gardens place.
Had a water fountain, A lake, and lovely plaques placed beside the trees.
I've never seen anything so beautiful, yet sad at the same time.

Lovely, peaceful place. Very tranquil.

I could have spent all day here.

Gypsy x

Husbands Birthday

My husbands birthday was yesterday.
The plans I had just didn't materialize due to my damn headaches that I get.
Why does it have to be on a day of celebration or a day where we've made plans. So annoying :(

Anyway. My poor husband had to work on his birthday. I think everyone should be allowed the day off on their birthdays. - If only!

We got a few nice gifts for him, its pretty hard buying for someone whos so difficult. Or who has everything he needs already. So I had to improvise.
Here's what I came up with..

         

 

There is also a big mix-master, but I'm unsure where my husband has put this.
He also has a Tshirt. Of his favourite idol. Bruce Lee.

And he had a cake!! ok I admit, I didn't bake it and it was rather small compared to the cakes that we normally have, but its a cake at least :)

My poor husband. I will one day actually bake him a cake.
I have tried in the past and failed miserably. I wont even go into have I melted the chocolate.

But I didn't realise that you could actually burn something by using the microwave!!!?

Happy birthday my sweet loving husband. You mean more to me than anything, You are my world, my rock, my everything and I love you dearly.

Gypsy x

Haircut for Sage

Its coming to that time of year again when the weather is heating up and the dog is over heating fullstop!
So, I gave our little boy a nice little trim.

I would have took him to a proper dog groomers but I've been hearing some horror stories about them and so decided to do it myself.

Well, he may not have been amused but we found him hiliarious!!

Gypsy x

Van Halen :)

We, or should I say Anthony has his Van now.
The lovely people that we had the van from, left a lovely neat stack of goodies for us.
Can't thank them enough.

They names the van Halen... I so didn't click at first and thought it a rather odd name for a van?
I explained that we would probably rename the van 'Stimpy' as my car is called 'Ren'.

Then of course the following day, the penny dropped. And I suddenly realised why they called the van Halen.
Its staring right at me ... Van Halen! I'm so incredibly slow sometimes ha ha ha ..

Anyway, The name will stay 'Halen' he is.
And heres some pictures of him. My husband has big plans for him... wish him luck.

Not the prettiest of vehicles we've owned but there is room for improvements.

Will update with improved pictures as soon as the tranformation is in progress.

Gypsy x

Thunder

What a way to wake up! To the sound of thunder and lightening.. Ahh I loved it.
Funny how any other noise can put you in such a mood for the rest of the day when you've been woken early.
Yet for some reason Thunder is acceptable.

By the time I found the camera and put the battery inside, the thunder and lightening had died down a little, which is a shame.
We turned the lights off in the living area and the lightening just lit the room up.
The noise of the thunder had me jump from my seat a fair few times too!

Nothing better than a good storm to clear the air and make everything much fresher.
Great start to the day.

Gypsy x