ONLY 4 DAYS TO GO ...

Only 4 days until we leave for the Snow ... yeah ... can't wait.
I have been very busy this weekend finishing last minute preparations and cooking for 27 people! Now i have my kitchen (almost complete) it has been a bit of a novelty cooking and baking lots of yummy things. Considering the weather has been so lousy, there isn't much else to do. I know I shouldn't complain but living on the coast we have already had plenty of rain this year and I am sooooo over it! I wish I could send it inland to the farmers and catchment areas where it is needed.
Anyway, just a short post tonight, have some more things to do so i am organised for the start of another week.
Have a good one,
JULIE x

Sad Little 'Steve' Fan

I can't believe today's tragic news, that Steve Irwin has died. My little man (my son, Blake) idolized him and is just devastated (as i'm sure many children are). Blake has literally cried nearly all afternoon and has asked a million questions whereby we have tried so hard to answer and justify why such tragic things happen. It is the weirdest thing, but because Steve Irwin was such a 'large than life character', it makes you feel as though you knew him. We visited Australia Zoo in 2004 ... what a great place and a credit to all that he promoted and believed in regarding animal/nature conservation. As Blake put it this afternoon with tears streaming down his face ... "it just won't be the same"!
Setting aside the public & celebrity status, what a tragedy for his family including his 2 little children who to them I'm sure he was "everything" just cause he was their dad, husband, son etc.
My thoughts are certainly with them.
JULIE x