Howdy, the girls tried hard yesterday but lost out by two points. They held them to 1-11 which is good going seeing as they scored 5-25 in their last match. The goal was a penalty. No goal from play. Our ladies were very disappointed as you can imagine. Another case of so near and yet so far! Today then the minors had a great win over Salthill in the Co. Final. They worked really hard and deserved their win. The senior game was spoiled by rain and desperate conditions. Salthill won. Tuam would prob have done much better on a dry day. They weren't strong enough for all the slipping and sliding and missed a good few chances. Two open goals kicked wide! At the moment your Dad is on a bus going around with the minors and your poor mother has two bonfires started. One outside here and one at the top of the road ready to rev up when they are coming. I'l never get sense at this stage, i suppose. Hope you get a call to work tomorrow. Chat soon.

Barely coping now!! Hi to you too Dad! Yea a few days work wouldn't go astray! I wasn't really expecting many to miss the first week of term so hopefully from next week on will be sound

God you must be polly now with the $204 hairdo. The highlights will probably lighten with the sun. Hopefully you will get work tomorrow to pay those bills for you. Is Shane not coping? The poor lad! Dad says "Hi".

Well you seem to be enjoying the trip with this unusual group. I would love to see wombats along the roadside! I always think of Alf on home and away when i hear of a wombat because I,d say he was the first I heard mention one! After listening to the blog, Dad says 'she would make a story out of anything'. I'm beginning to agree with him. He painted the living room today. Imagine the happy camper he was at that. Magnolia of course. No great interior design planning here. Are you finished with the group tomorrow?

Can't wait for that lotto! I was laughing at the idea of him picking the stones on the beach cos he brought home sea shells from Howth. He seems to have issues bout those things. We will have to get Auntie Bernie to analyse his little fixation. Your tour seems to be going well anyway. How are you getting on with your comrades?

Apparently Dad on one of the days I'll get to feed a Tasmanian devil- hopefully he won't bite my hand off! Ye would have loved the cruise today!! I have a lot of places for ye to go when ye win the lotto!!

So South america is all mountains and Tasmania is all trees! I still can't figure out how you remember all the detail, dates and names. No sca here. I'm back in the breast unit doing the five days so there won't be any skype on wednesday. We will have to wait til Saturday. Dad says to watch out for the Tasmanian devil. So take care. Enjoy the trip. Hopefully there wont be as many trees tomorrow.

In Tasmania anyway! Tour starting tomorrow morning! No news from Perth, don't think they are playing any matches until Tuesday.

Oh poor galway. They had no luck at all. Safe travelling today to Tasmania. Hope the trip is enjoyable. Any news from Perth?

Welcome back Margaret! You didn't miss too much anyway! Best of luck with your audit- I'm sure you have everything up to scratch anyway!!

At last I discovered what I was doing wrong. I was putting a / before oz and wasn't getting anywhere. glad to be back in touch.
Can't help thinking that living with lads seems to be far more leisurely than living with women.You seem to be really relaxing which must be great after all your travels.
I have been working long days for the past while getting ready for Monday. Can't wait for this bloody audit to be over. No doubt there will be something else waiting for me then....it's all about the paper trail !!! I hate stuff like that.
I hear you are heading to Tazmania for a holiday. You are becoming like Jenny now heading off at every opportunity. Enjoy the freedom while you have it.
Jenny is still in San Diego and Claire and dave are in Lake Garda since last Saturday.
My challenge in life is still challenging me !!! He failed exams in the summer and didn't sit the repeats sohe has to take a year out and repeat them next summer (if he does). I am convinced that there's a part of his brain just not functioning. Anyway I will hang on in there for another while. Hopefully he will be finished by 30 !!!!!
No more news for now. Talk soon again

It must have been great to meet Petrina. I haven't seen her for years. I presume shes enjoying her lifestyle in Oz. Shell was home last night. She came down for training. Gone back again now. She will have to come down again for the next two weekends. So she will be wrecked. The conn semi is on oct 13th. We trird to skype a few times today but you wern't online. Have you the bag packed again for your trip to tasmania? Hope you get to see Galway win the all ireland before you go! Come on Galway!