A few weeks later...

Monday 9 July 2012 - Yeah yeah, I've been slack. I actually think I've done fairly well with this blog thing - every other year, I've kept a diary till mid-February at the latest, so 6 months has been quite dedicated really!

So, a quick summary of the past 18 or so days, in between ads during Amazing Race Australia. Here goes:

Friday 22 June - Team Dinner at La Quinta Mexican, Bulimba. Best. Restaurant. In. Brisbane.

Saturday 23 June - My hairdresser had her new baby - Charlotte Hodges born today. Aw, bless. 

Sunday 24 June - Discovered $10 movie tickets on the Optus website, thanks to Shikha at work. Met up today with Sam at Chermside for lunch at Shingle Inn, and another (for me) viewing of Rock of Ages - lurrve this movie. Enjoyed it just as much as the first time I saw it. 

Wednesday 27 June - Went to see Snow White & the Huntsman at the Myer Centre with Debbie. $10 Optus tickets, yeah! It was pretty good. Charlize Theron was an insane and evil, Evil Queen; her character's brother was very unattractive and an overactor; Chris Hemsworth was good as the huntsman, but not too sure of what accent he was going for - maybe Irish? And little Kristen Stewart did a fair English accent and played the pure and good Snow White better than I thought she would. The dwarves were not really dwarves, but average-sized men like Bob Hoskins and Nick Frost, shrunken down somehow - the effects and makeup (particularly Charlize's) were fantastic. I liked the movie, and gave it an 8 out of 10. 

As Debbie said, Kristen is good at playing dead in films - as Bella in Breaking Dawn, and as Snow White!

Thursday 28 June - I had lunch with Danielle and found out that she is pregnant and the baby is due in December. It will be lovely to have some more babies around.

Friday 29 June - Drove to Kingscliff with Dani and Zoe. Jo-Leah had to work late, and arrived later that night. We all worked together at FCGP, and have stayed friends even though I don't see them too often anymore. It is always good to see these girls. We stayed at Peppers Kingscliff for 2 nights, a nice Girls' Weekend away. 

Saturday 30June - we all went to a local day spa, called Sambara for pampering. I had a lovely hot stone massage, a bad manicure and then a slightly rushed facial, but it was so much cheaper than going to the Golden Door Spa at the resort, so I was okay with the manicure that started flaking the next day... I watched Collingwood beat Fremantle on the telly while the others went down to the pool for some lounging in the sun with cocktails. That night we had quite a nice dinner at Salt Bar - the local pub. 

Probably not the cast from our show, but - very nice!

Sunday 1 July – after I dropped Zoe and Dani back home, I rested up, then went to QPac with Nat and Kim to see Rock the Ballet. This was a company of 6 well-built young fellows, dancing to music by (mainly) Queen, Michael Jackson, U2, Coldplay, Prince etc. They were beautiful dancers (see above picture), and the 2nd half was much better than the first. When the shirts started to come off, so much girly screaming - NOT from me - ensued, I thought we were at a taping of The Voice or Australian Idol! Really enjoyed the show.


Monday 2 July - today I bought this:  

Was a little affronted when I played it back at work, and Brett said it had a touch of "Glee" about it. I disagree! Just because both casts sing Don't Stop Believing by Journey, there is nothing else similar...

Friday 5 July – Wests lost to Bulldogs, Collingwood lost to Carlton. Not a great night for my teams. I missed seeing them anyway, as Kim & I went to see TED at Bulimba, following a yummy dinner at Thai Pochana - next door to La Quinta, which was waaay too busy for us to get a table. TED is a foul-mouthed, badly behaved teddy bear that came to life when Mark Wahlberg's character was 8, and they have grown up together to be pot-smoking slackers. It is so wrong in places, and totally hilarious. I loved it and gave it a 9 out of 10. Lots of laughs. 

Saturday 7 July - Flight of the Conchords at Entertainment Centre with Sean. Love these guys, and they were fantastic live. They were so much more confident and animated than the characters they played in their show, which I also loved, and watched the first season all the previous week so I could remember some of the material. Best songs were an extended version of Business Time, also I'm Not Crying, and a new classy one called Let's F*#k On The Ceiling. 

And they started out with excellent, expensive costumes

Sunday 8 July – Kylie Lannan’s 40th Birthday – she had a High Tea at her place at 1:30. My Uncle Pat and Auntie Marilyn were there, as well as Kylie's Mum and uncle, and some of Kylie & Ben's friends. I spent most of my time catching up with Pat & Mal. I always like catching up with the extended Lannans, and enjoy my time with them. Kylie has become a good friend, and I'm sure she had a good time celebrating with her family and friends.