hello everyone, hope you all had a great st patricks day and for those of you who are mummys hope you enjoyed mothers day!

well we had a great time in sydney, st pats was great we spent the day at the blue mountains, breathtaking place, took a cable car ride across the mountains( it had a glass bottom, i almost dropped mine!) then in the evening we spent our time in one of the irish bars which was packed, then yesterday we were there to celebrate the 75th birthday of the harbour bridge, it's the first time they have closed it so that the public could walk it, music was playing, planes flew over, t.v crews were there to cover the whole event, we then took a ferry around the harbour then enjoyed the entertainment around the city.

went to an irish bar, the band was fantastic! met an aborigine who taught the guy out of jamirquia and he also got up with the irish band playing the didgaredo, sounds wierd but trust me it was really good. stayed there for a while then got the ferry back, lost my oz phone and left my fake dior sun glasses! gutted but hey s*** happens.

we are in terrigal now, at sues tonight for a meal and a few drinks, poor stephen (my god son) has been evicted from his room so we can sleep over. tommorow we go to a place just a few minutes away, its near the lake and the beach is not too far so it should be fun.

sorry erin, i could fake that we are having a rough time but it would't be right, you know me good honest cathlic girl that i am.

anyway, thats all for now,

love and miss ya lots, patsyann and nev xxx 

hiya! wow figi looks so nice, robin said he bets chicks dig the tribal chiefs! is everyone gona go out the weekend ur home? i kno its not til may but im xcited ! xxxx

It looks fantastic specially the pictures of Fiji. We're so jealous of you both. You both look really well and looking back at the picturesw from the start of your adventure and how pale you were to now where you'll look like tourists when you come home. Hope you plan to stay around for long enough for me too see you when we get back and aren't off travelling again. I'm trying to convince Mark that it would be a good idea for us to do something similar to what your doing but he keeps reminding me that I am not the best flyer as was shown when I was crying and praying on the way back from Malta. (Me praying, yeah right) But I am so jealous and wish you could put at least a couple of pictures on the photo album that are showing you depressed and unhappy or at the very least some where it's cold and snowing and raining.

Really glad you're having such an excellant time. Good on you!

 See you soon x

Love erin and mark

well we are back in sydney now and we had a very lazy time in fiji, we are staying at a place called kirribille where the prime minister has a house? we have a view of the opera house and the bridge! not too sure what we have planned for st pats but it should be fun, it's hotter here than it was in fiji at the moment, whats up with the planet eh?

we got the ferry over to manly today and it's lovely, lots of bars cafes and a great beach! did't do too much just had a look round might go and spend more time there tomorrow but also want to see a play at the opera house so we will see.

any way hope you are all ok, annette has been in the wars, a fit, blood poisoning from a sewing needle stuck in her foot had a cast on her foot and some sort of fitted shoe went to the hospital to get it removed, got into the car and wacked the door on her face hence a great black eye... lucky or what! buzz wants to know who the hell has been sewing cause he's sure it ain't annette! no worries shes ok now doc told her to stay in till 2008!

ok thats all for now, take care (PLEASE annette)

talk soon, love ya lots

patsyann & nev xxxx

Hello everyone! we arrived in fiji on the 5th march and we,ve done nothing but lounge by the pool eat(way too much!) and drink. we,ve had a few days of showers as it's still wet season, but it's been very hot and humid.
one of the waiter,s here is really nice he is called tan he is 6ft5 black with a gold tooth and is as camp as christmas!
we went on a horse ride yesterday on the beach, my first time on a horse is was great but my horse a chestnut had a mind of his own and kept wanting to stop for water and toliet stops. I now understand the term pi**ing like a race horse.
The chief of the village comes to the hotel every week to do a specail ceromony so we can use the beach and walk to the waterfalls' a few of us sit round on mats while they do this chanting and tribel song, while the chief makes a drink from cava root rinsing it like a sponge with his hands, it looks like milky grey bath water he then passes it round and we have to drinkn it from coconut shells in one! It's the worst think i've ever drank! could not feel my tongue for 2 hours! i swear i'm gagging now at the thought of it.
There has been a wedding every night we've been here, on sat we booked into one of the restaurants on the complex for a romantic quiet dinner, we ended up sitting in a corner while a wedding receiption was under way, we had to sit and listen to all the speeches and story's from the family and friends, we felt such intruders, i spoke to the mother of the groom and the bride said we felt really bad but they were great and invited us for cake, we declined, went to the bar and got s*** faced instead....like you do!We are due to go on a champagne cruise at 1pm but the weather is not great today so if it's cancelled might do a bike ride or go to the bar, as the drinks are all inclusive!
Well thats all for now, enjoy the photos, missing you all
lots of love and stuff
Patsyann & Nev xxxxxxxxxxxx

Hello!!

Well, what a brilliant party you missed the other day!!  Not many people asked about you but I suppose that's because you weren't really popular when you around anyway!! 

It was a top banana do anyway.  Anthony Dwyer was performing as usual and was pissed as a fart before we went in.  He'd been on it all day.  He could barely see his guitar never mind play it!!  Noel had a go at him saying he was a disgrace, so a bit of an argument started.  It was comical I tell you.  Anthony then tried to move the piano out of the way and promptly tipped the fecking thing over!!  He was well and truly mullered, good lad.  He even brought with him a couple of pissed up t*** with him (one in a tracksuit and trainers), who just gobbed off and danced round like Bez, just bigging Anthony up.  w***er!!  Anyway, order was restored when I put the karaoke on and Barry got up singing, for a change!!  Families eh........

I had a bit of a raffle.  Another mobile phone (is yours still working?) from Motorola.  We gave the proceeds to Chrisites, £165.  There was also some money left over from the tickets 'cos the landlord gave us family price and we asked if anyone had objections of adding that to the total, that was £181.  So Christies got £346 from our family do, not bad eh!! 

We ended up having a lock in (well some of us did anyway), and finished at 4am!!  It was brillex!!  You'd have loved it!!  We had a slide show of about 250 photos from all of the family and that was running for the majority of the night.  It was a great show piece.  There were loads of brill photos, some of the silver jubilee at Nanas and Granddads, the trip to Chester Zoo and loads of others.  Ma was in good form too.  She stayed until just after 1am and was up about 9.30 cooking breakfast!!  Back to her old self bless her!! 

We will definitely have another!!

So there is still no news of a date for me moving.  I am waiting for the new personnel administration system going live on 22 Mar to get a confirmed date.  Hopefully it won't be too long after that.

So when are you coming to visit us in Germany?  Are you going to split your stay between and ours Annettes?  You'll have to let us know mate so we can arrange some nights out for us all!! 

Well I will say cheerio for now and hope you are still living the dream!!  Oh, just for the record, you missed a brilliant FAMILY party!!!!!!!

Kev Mac and the Macs.

hello you lot, well we went on the ferry yesterday to one of the islands got wine, bread, pate, crisps and dips for a 3.50 bargain! had a picnic on the beach ( dont get that in southampton kev).  Off to fiji on monday (lifes a b****!) can't believe you lot are having a do with out us...how rude! still we will get over it sunning it up in fiji hahaha.

went to the pub after we returned from waheki island and some bloke walked in s*** faced wearing a robin hood outfit? whats that all about, think it may have been a stag night. a few hours later he was chuking up chunks outside.....nice!

after fiji we are gonna get a one way ticket to cairns, just because we can! heard its a lovely place and very hot, we will also do the great barrier reef and other stuff while we are there, thinking about a hot air balloon ride which takes off at 5.30am so you can watch the sun rise, sounds s*** done it...not!

well thats all for now folks, wrap up and keep warm, we are gonna put some more sun screen on its very hot here,ha ha ha

love ya lots patsyann and nev xxxxxxxxx

Bonjour one and all,Just looked at your photos and they look s***!!  Rather be in Blighty!!Life's going well.  Just been to Euro Disney at the weekend.  It was brilliant and as you can imagine, my French was top banana!!  I was a t*** as usual and lost the key for the safe, which cost me 60 euros to replace.  I had to do it too, 'cos I had the passports and tickets in there.  Gillan then was ballooning about and then needed medical treatment to a 2 inch gash on his head, claret everywhere!!  I did manage to get a photo of him with 3 nurses, every mans dream eh?  We had to go to A&E in Ashford when we got back to England just to make sure he didn't need stitches.  The Frogs wanted us to take him to hospital in Paris to get stitched but we would have missed our train.  He's fine now though and back to his normal self.  I am on course at the moment, I need it for promotion, finishes tomorrow, thank God.  I am travelling 50 miles there, 50 miles back every day, and it’s emotional.  Looks like I am going to Germany in Apr and I am off to Gutersloh.  About 25 mins from the piss heads!!  I am dreading it!  So when are you coming over to Germany to visit us?  Have you decided when you are going to call it a day and come back to Blighty and do some f***ing work??  Lazy b******s!!You are going to miss one hell of a shin dig this weekend.  It is going to be radio rental mate!!  I'll make sure we toast absent friends though.  Well, go to go back into class now, teachers pet and all that!!  Speak soon mateys and remember, keep low, move fast and watch your back!!Kev Mac and the Macs!!

 

So, who's going on Saturday night then?

President Mary McAleese is to lay a wreath on Croke Park today to remember the fifteen Englishmen massacred there on Saturday.

heyy i just looked at ur picturs and im not been funny but the palce you rented in sydney looks like a hole compared to the love shack!!!!!

well you will be glad to know the last 2 days it,s been freezing and raining, but today the sun is out and its all good again! we went to a volcanic crater yesterday and also took a ferry ride through the harbour, saw wild dolphins and lots of other wild life, it really is a beautiful country, grey we are gonna send you some pics for the dwyer do, what date is it? did you see the pic of ma on the site? we leave for aukland the north of new zealand on monday lots of stuff planned for there, nev wants to do the sky tower dive and we want to do white water ratfing again, only got to do the jet boat ride here through the gorge. sending lots of photos soon but we have sent a few from sydney, hope you are all well, hope to here from you soon!

lots of love patsyann and nev

p.s he almost broke my nose last night he dropped the tv remote while we were watching tv in bed, i was just dropping off! but i did head butt him the night before when i was having a bad a dream, so funny he was fast asleep and shouted " what the f##k was that for! what you doing!" i was a sleep did,t have a clue but i've been pissing myself since! think maybe this detox thing is harmful!

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