hi guys! sorry it's taken a while to send a message but.......... having too much of a good time!

joke, we have been rather busy having fun but internet access not been easy, now we have moved to a new apartment and its very posh! ocean views 2 min walk to bars cafes and the beach, nev has gone to play volly ball i'm home alone as i can't play with my busted knee ( canada ski resort a while back) anyway as we have wi-fi here thought i'd catch up and give you some info.

yes grey we get back in may (24th) gonna stay in manchester for a week defo, but if we don't run out of money might go to a few more places, just germany, ireland and maybe some where hot, talking of which, its mega hot here! but there is no way i could live here, mother nature must have been really pissed off! most things that crawl, spin or slither bloody kill you! we went to the reptile park the other day got to hear all about spiders and snakes! THEY ARE ALL ON CRACK!

the last place we stayed was lovely but the day we moved in nev went into the spare room and a huntsman spider fell on him, it was huge! i thought it was someones mohair glove! he s*** him self, i ran and i wasn't in the same room!

the camara is what they call f***ed! and the warrenty is at nevs mums, $200-$250 to fix it and it will take 3 weeks! so bought a new one for $199 (£80) wouldn't mind but thought we would buy a good one as we are away for so long (£250)  think it maybe broke as it's full of sand though?

we are going to newcastle just outside sydney on sat, gonna stay with sue's (my best mate from school) auntie, food and more drink, what a life eh! spend a few more days in terrigal then sydney city for 3 days then its newzealand, lots of things planned there but won't spoil it watch this space!

here's a joke for ya before i go,

3 boys in a playgroud, what they want to be when they grow up.

jack say's.... i want to be a doctor because then i will have a jag just like that one over there,

tom say's...... i want to be a lawyer because then i will have a bmw like that one next to the jag,

billy say's...... i want to grow hair all over my body, on my arms, legs, back, tummy everywhere, the other two boys ask why?

billy.... because my sister as a tiny bit down there and she owns both those cars!

bye for now

lots of love n stuff, patsyann and nev

Heya Guys! 

You sound like your having a great time, everytime I come on here I get more and more jealous! Especially now most of my friends are booking 5 months off to travel as well! Lazy nurses, no wonder the NHS is a mess!

Quick update for ya!

Things are crazy as ever this end as usual! The party plannin has just hit its busy period (everyone has just got their first paycheque since christmas!) so Im running about like mad all day. I got a payrise the other day (which means i can finally pay you back!! ) and they have said they want me driving asap so are gonna send me on one of those crash courses and sort me out with a car! Exciting eh!

Ive taken a bit of time out from the films at the minute (i miss working 75 hours a week!) to build my website, its nowhere near complete yet but you can check it out on the testing server here:

http://paradox.zapto.org/clients/nightlight/

Ive been playing live with my mates band quite a lot recently as well! We did a piano acoustic version of one of their songs and a promoter we played for (who also owns a label in london!) said we were the best unsigned band he's put on in ages! he's got some guys from down south coming up to see us soon! We'll be at wembley before you know it! were gonna put together an bside album of piano versions of all their songs so that should be interesting as well!

Finished with that Lizzie girl I was tellin you about last time and started seeing this girl Sian. Shes one of the nurses ive known for about 5 years (pats will remember me goin on about her that night at Baz's!) and things are goin great! Mums been at kevs for the past few weeks though so I havent been able to go home and raid the fridge!

So things are goin well! Ive got -24p in the bank and havent paid my phone bill in 4 months but as soon as my rise kicks in that should all be sorted as well!

You guys are back in May arent you?? Your missing the dwyer reunion! never mind, at least you dont have to put up with uncle frankie on his guitar all night!

Let me know exactly when your back and Ill book some days off work!

Grey x 

Hi Patsyann and nev,

Just a quick hello as not been in touch for a while. Sounds like you are having the fabbest time ever you lucky b*****'s... Cant wait for a big piss up when you get back( am sure ya cant wait to get home!!!!!).

Cant believe Erin is getting married the old moose!!!! Erin if ya read this ya know i love ya hun!!!( and where's my invite!!)

anyway happy travels

 loads of love

Rach xxx

Hi all,

How's tricks?  Nice to see you are all doing well and looking as though you are enjoying yourselves!!  I wasn't too impressed with your photos of being on the beach on Chistmas Day, weather looked s***, champagne didn't looked chilled and Patsy Ann, you look like you've put weight on!!!!!! (No jealously what so ever).

Things are going well here, it was the Big Man's birthday yesterday.  He was Buzz Lighyear mad for Christmas, now he's gone for Batman, chuffed to bits after all the fecking Buzz stuff we bought!!  Ma got him a Batman outift, he looks the dogs!!  The worst thing is that he won't take it off, we went out for tea last night and he wore it to the pub.  I suppose it's better than when he didn't have a Batman outfit and improvised and stuck a tea towel the back of his collar.  He had it on for a week, even wore it all the way to Manchester when we went up to get Ma last week.  He didn't look a plum when we stopped at the servises on the M6, running round (although he said he was flying), honest!!

Olivia is her usual self, coming out with wierd and wonderful questions like, why do Grandmas like children so much?  She is looking forward to her birthday and the party we are having in the mess for her and Gillan.  She is loving school although has started to question why she has to go there every day??  Get used to it cos you're there for another 18 years!!

Work's brilliant at the moment, knowing that I might not have long to go before I get posted!!  It's going to be shame moving though because we all, including the kids have loads of friends.  I suppose that's one of the downsides of being in the army!!

Well I will say cheerio for now, love to you all and keep living the dream!!

The Macs

PS:   Pats, you don't look fat, honest!!

Hey,

Did you all see sean giving that elephant a ride, he looks so peaceful.

Hi gippos, have not spoke for ages, heard all the goss tho. Sounds like you are really enjoying it, now you are away from c*** roaches and one arm s*** eaters in India. All is well here, Buzzs, bar is busy as ever, even had a sixties night on 29 Dec 06, all dressed up even Sam., although he looked gay but cool as a cucumber. Pictures, i will post them when i have not had any red wine. You know Annette have to have the claret with anything she eats, only used to be spag bog, now have it with beans on toast. Think she is getting as much as we can before we go back to tax UK.

Well she is enjoying work again, i stil hate work, but looking after my lads keeps me going. Abbie is just Abbie, although grown up very quick, (Nev you want to see her CHEBS, Kev only joking. Sam is just laid back as ever and still sports mad, he is over again on 08 Feb.

I am buing a new car, go to UK to collect it 03 Mar then travel to Manchester for the family bash that Kev has had some input to, so might not even happen. Probably be a curry at MA,s, only joking mate.

Looking forward to a good old meet and greet piss up when you return. Oh trying to get Jackie and Kev here for a break, she is playing hard to get, i think she has still got the hots for me and can not bare to be in the same room as me, she getsall wet. Ha.

Anyway off to get some more wine as i have to go to bed with your sister, take care love to both. Buzz.

hello everyone sorry been so long between e-mails its a pain getting on line at the moment. anyway I've put some photo's from oz on the web site I've had to put them on in three lots as there are a lot of pics, hope you like them. We are now on the other coast in a place called Terrigal which is just north of Sydney. we are staying with sue bailey at the moment, on saturday we move into our own house we are in there for three weeks. On the 17th feb we go to Sydney for a few days before flying to new zealand, while we are in Sydney I,m going to walk up the harbour bridge, patsyann  will not do it as she is scared of hights what a girlie. When we come back from new Zealand and Figi we are going to go up to Cairns and go diving off the Great Barrier reef, and do some white water raffting while we're there. It such a hard life as you will see from tyhe pics of Perth. PS we are off to see the 80s band The Pretenders in an opan air concert next weekend.