Meetng a New Yorker

I met a girl from New York! She is really nice & we went on a search for the Dip n Dots shop! Amazing that they had them I know!! She showed me the other side of the harbour, which I had yet to be on. It was the historic area known as The Rocks. It was a fun afternoon!

Old Post Box

Beautiful flowers

Old phone booth

My dreams have been crushed...

So you have all obviously heard that Oprah is doing her first ever international show in Australia.

Well what you probably don't know is that you have to register & be put in a raffle to get tickets.

I registered for both of the two tapings at the Opera House.

24 hours later, I recieved this e-mail:

"Thank you for your interest in attending The Oprah Show from Sydney, Australia.

Unfortunately, we were unable to accommodate your request(s) for this ticket reservation window due to overwhelming demand. We will email you if more tickets become available for these tapings of The Oprah Show in Sydney, Australia.

Sincerely,

The Oprah Show Audience Team

www.oprah.com"

So after I finish crying, I move on! Only to recieve this ANOTHER 24 hrs later:

"Thank you for your interest in attending 'The Oprah Show' from Sydney, Australia. You are receiving this email because we have had reports that some of you may not have been able to view the previous version that was sent. We are sending this email to ensure you are aware of the status of your ticket request(s). Unfortunately, we were unable to accommodate your request(s) for this ticket reservation window due to overwhelming demand. We will email you if more tickets become available for these tapings of The Oprah Show in Sydney, Australia. We apologize for any confusion you may have encountered.

Sincerely,

The Oprah Show Audience Team

http://www.oprah.com/audience"

Thank you Oprah Team for not only crushing my dreams once, but kicking me while I was down! I see how it is. UGH!!!

PS: Oprah, that A380 Quantas plane your flying your 300 fans on has been grounded for weeks due to engines blowing up! Enjoy the flight jerks!

(ok so that was a little mean...Oprah please tell your captain, John Travolta to try not to crash)

Ummm..well..yeah...

So Piper has the mumps. A childhood disease that I have never had. Uh Oh... So she is home with me all this week. Quarantined basically. Which is unfortunate, because the weather is beautiful after a week of rain and thunderstorms. Mumps is transferred through saliva and these kids are dribble machines. I am about 115% positive that it has already been spread from Piper to Bella and most likely to me. Although, we can't be sure because of the dormant period. Oh boy!

Where is the super genius we are waiting for that can cure this crap??

Hmm...that is what I would like to know.

Redbull Flugtag 2010

Super Schooner

The view from our seat!

Bridezillas

(men all dresed up as brides was HILARIOUS)

This was a great thing to go see!

I met up with a group of people who were from the states.

I got really sunburnt on my face & now have racoon eyes!

(shame on me for not wearing sunscreen)

It was super duper hot and redbull was exceptionally cheap that day!

Oh did I mention there were 30,000 people there?!?

An Au-Pair Weekend

This past weekend I made some new friends!

They are all other au-pairs who all happen to be from Germany.

Yes, there was a language barrier.

They would start talking in German & look at me like they

were waiting for me to reply, then it would click that I speak English!

Fun fun day though!!

PS: My usually amazing hair is frizzy in this picture, because it was raining and I didn't have an umbrella.

Yay!!

I have been in Oz for two months!!

It's great! I have met a group of girls who all happen to be from Germany!

They are all great fun!

(Next time we ge together I will get a piccie!)

GOLD COAST HOLIDAY!!!

Zoo Round Too

Monkeys!!

Look at how cute they are!

The black thing in the middle is a submarine!

Great time at the zoo!!

Clovelly Beach

Blue bottles (above) sting you if you step on them.

Sunday the whole family loaded up in the car and we went to the beach.

Ate lunch at a really good restraunt
(Ceaser Salad...YUMMY!)

Then we went to a little beach

Svenja & I went exploring while the rest played in the water!

The car fits 7 people. It was loaded with 3 carseats, 4 adults, 1 pram, & 3 beach bags.

I think the word I am looking for is..

Crowded!

Im Having Withdrawls

I am very sad to say that Ashley Brooke Fastle was right There is NO Dr Pepper in Aussieland and if there is, I have yet to find it! I love me some Dr Pepper and I am very sad that it is not here. Sad sad day.

PS. I hate you for pointing this out Ms. Faslte.

Enough said

It's Official

It's official!

As of 6:35am this 5th Tuesday of October,

I have been in Australia for

one month!

EIGHT MONTHS LEFT...

Good thing or bad thing?!?

Look It's free Willy

This morning I woke up early (6am) to get ready to go see some whales! What I didn't realize until I walked out of the house, was that it had been raining all night & into the morning. So I was wearing flip-flops & capris. I was very thankful that Craig & Karen had brought my jacket from home! We only saw 3 whales. :( One of them was far far far behind the boat & the other two were close to the front & right of the boat. They would just surface then dive back down. So I saw them blow the water out of there spout and then dive and splash their tails!

It was an amazing experience!

Super excited to see some whales!
It was either this boat or a sketchy raft looking one!

The water was really choppy which made the ride out kind of fun!

OMG! I almost looked away, cause while the lady was taking my picture, a whale popped up in front of the boat!

Port Maquarie

(PS Mom, That's the new hat I told you about! lol)

Shipped Off To Granny's

While the upstairs part of the house was being painted, Karen & Craig thought it would be much easier for them and Taylor to live downstairs. Meaning, I would have to share my room & they would be sleeping on a matress in the lounge room.

So as a solution, Karen's mum (Pam)(Yes I just said mum!) suggested that myself & the babies came to Port Macquarie for the week. Sunday night, we traveled four hours & arrived at Granny's house

LATE!!

This little girl officially has me wrapped around her finger!

Gotta love Piper!

Bella Bella Bella!

Piper lights up when she sees Bella!

I officially LOVE this place!!

(Thank you nice stranger for taking my picture!)

This is a rainforest!!

At the end of beach you can get camel rides...CAMEL RIDES!!

This Lighthouse is not what I expected one to look like...Kind of depressing...

But the view was great!