Actually Luc I'm being really controlled, I think you would be very proud indeed!!!! lol I did cave once but that's it and I'm here most days. Glad you're having fun, sounds awesome. Lots of love
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Lucy
Wow lots of messages to read!!! So lovely to hear about our baby cousins too! I´m so close to buying a sack load of baby size alpaca hoodies!
I´m in the desert in chile at the minute,and it is HOT! We also missed our bus last night due to a time difference we didn´t know about, very annoying!
We had a wonderful time on the salt flats in bolivia, but we´re glad to be in chile again. I´m getting excited about christmas in argentina, and eating lots of steak
Mum, great news about masqueraders...will i be back in time to paint the set again?! Your doing so good with the computers, and debs you´re doing great with tefl (but are you eating lots of burgers by any chance?!)
Lots of love xxxxxxxxxxxxx
ps dad, nothing is secret if it´s funny!!!!xxxxxxxxxxx
Daddy "boxers" Shaw
Well Debsi-do-dah.....
That was our little secret , me & my UNion Jacks & the swimming "mistake" and now you've told the whole world !!!!
Notice you didn't mention your off-road experience with the big "Truck" we met - filling most of the road & forcing you off !!!
It was fun - maybe a reunion road-trip one day????
Mavis has a head of reathers now - Mable has stopped pecking them out - hurrah (Chickens again!!!) & they saw off a bif fluffy cat last week to...fancy other creatures coming into their garden!!!
Going to Wing Wah tonight - spoiling ourselves & I may be taking Mum to see West Brom on satrurday again ....although England v All Blacks on TV may win instead !!!
Sound like Christmas Day will be fun - dressing up & being payed for it - your dream come true!!! I'm sure you will enjoy the time - everyone is usually pretty happy - then you can chill out later, perhaps with an orange juice or two???
Am off to see bennyBoy tomorrow - got meeting in London so stopping over, so am still clocking up the miles- not as many as in Oz though!!
Enjoyed reading the Blog update - Mummy laughed so much it brought tears to her eyes !!!(at my expense)
Jealous of you having a barbi - too cold here now - enjoy the warm weather. Hope you parcel arrives soon
Lots of Love
Daddykins xxxx
Mum
Just a quick note to remind you Debbie that the boxer shorts outside of the van were not the Hot Chilli ones but the UNION JACK ones!
Glad you had a chance for a barbecue on the balcony. Weather here is really grotty now with lots of wind and rain. A bit like the Australian weather that we experienced.
Anyway as I said just a quick note as I have my computer course to get to. Love mum xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Debstar Bright And Shining
Hey guys, it does feel like ages and ages ago that we were all in Perth!!
Can't believe that Lucy and I left 37 weeks ago either!! Crazyness of time eh!
I have just passed my second module of TEFL so all good so far, just wish Mcdonalds internet was a bit faster but can't really complain as it's free.
Had our first barbeque on the terrace yesterday, was very lovely. The girls came round and our flatmates joined in aswell which was really nice. Vickie and I hired the sound of music which was the best end to a lovely lovely day.
I have to work at the restaurant on Christmas day which is sad as had plans with the girls but it's only over lunch, one sitting and I can dress up so not too bad. double time and a half aswell so can't turn that down!!
Of course you can't not mention the chickens dad, i have to know how they are!! lol Still can't believe Mavis is one that survived!! haha (that's mine and mum's mavis!) I keep telling Vickie about the chickens and she's very excited to meet them! lol
I'm very excited about all this post! I'm at this address til 12th December, will get the new one for you asap and that will be my last aussie address.
I got my recipe book off Lucy this week, so exciting!! I can't wait to get cooking! lol so lovely lovely.
Had a chuckle at your message on Lucy's wall - 5 times really is a bit excessive mum! hahaha
So cool that Masqueraders asked you back, you definitely should rejoin!
Dad, of course I wont mention that you went in the sea wearing 3 pairs of pants or that you went outside the campervan in your hot chilli boxers to be seen by a fellow camper who thought they were great!! hahahahahahahahaha
thought I'd get in on things by posting a message too!! Just read your update wiv Mum & it really did bring back memories - oh how I wished I'd gone to see a Quokka!!!
Good update on activities - only thing you missed out was fancy meal in York....... and Yes - the vegetable shop was really exiting!!!
Looking forward to your next revelations- no mention of boxers of course !!!
Sound like things are pretty hot out there - we had our coldest night on Monday - actually some frost around.....even closed Chickens door so they didn't get too cold (well you can't expect me to write without mentioning Mable & Mavis can you???).
Glad you working on TEFL course - keep at it - it'll be nice for you to have a change of accomodation as well come next month. If you get a chance to get on Skype let us know - we have webcam now!!
Hope all else Ok - look forward to next blog update - miss you too
Lots of love - Daddykins xxxx
Mummy
Hiya Debs Ive just read your blog. It has taken quite a while for you to update it but it has brought back some lovely memories that just seem like a life time ago. Cant wait for the camper van update.
I have another little parcel to send to you which I will post tomorrow to your current address so again if it hasn t arrived by the time you move out make sure you go and get it!
I went to see Back To The Eighties at the Arts Centre on Wednesday night and have been asked to rejoin the Masqueraders. I am pretty flattered to have been asked and think I will go back after Christmas as they are doing Blitz and I enjoy the war songs.
Thats about all for now as I havent really done anything else apart from still computing twice a week(nearly finished level 2 Word) and I don t really have anything exciting coming up in the near future.
Lots of love and hugs and still missing you mum xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Debs
Hey guys, some lovely messages to catch up on - very exciting too hear about all the babies, I've sent Rosie and Dave a card so hopefully they'll get that soon. Look forward to seeing them all when I get home.
I'll be moving house on 12th December, will let you know the address asap. moving in with a couple of English girls, 1 is very lovely and the other I'm meeting from the airport tomorrow but am very sure she's lovely too.
My TEFL course is going fairly slowly at the minute through trying to find time between shifts and free wireless networks tend to be pretty slow. I'm getting through it though and it's all pretty interesting so far.
Sounds like bonfire night was good fun as always mum, I really missed it - fireworks are banned here - so wierd and it was 30 degrees aswell so didn't feel like bonfire night at all.
We are currently experiencing the hottest november Oz has had in over 100 years!!!! and boy is it hot!!! I'm dying, little bit cooler today thank goodness, prob still about 25 though!
Me and Vickie are going to Brighton beach for a picnic on saturday with some of vickie's work mates and the girls which should be good fun.
Miss everyone loads, lots of love Deb
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Aunty Sue
Hello there Debbie and Lucy! Well as you must have heard we have a new Grandson Harry! Almost the football team now!!! He arrived on the right day 3rd November 2009 and he has dark hair, is very cuddly, and we think he is beautiful. He is absolutely gorgeous and looks all round him as tho to say this will do me fine, I like it here! Rosie and Dave are over the moon and Dave is cooking lots of meals and washes Harrys Babygros, dries them then hangs them all up in his wardrobe in his Nursery! Rosie is looking well, Harry is a very contented happy baby boy. Tomoro is our Dylan Day, he comes to us on Wednesdays and sometimes Tom and Emma come over after school to play with him which is lovely they are so good with him they hav lots of fun! ive bought most of the toys in Mothercare, so starting on toys r us now!!! Hope you both are having a fantastic time and Debbie are you enjoying your course? I am so jealous of Lucy doing the Inca Trail , always fancied doing that but not sure I could cope with the donkey!!!! Hope youre nice and warm out there its very cold and wet here but christmas is coming so we can look forward to all the mulled wine and sparkly stuff!! Your Mum is coming over next week to see Dylan which will be nice -he is just adorable, crawling everywhere and almost standing up now! he claps his hands together and chatters a lot! Have good week, i liked the face painting, sending you both lotslove and huge hugs a.sue and uncle michael xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mum
Hiya debs
we have just got back from a lovely weekend with Sally and Toby. Friday night was bomfire night and Pip Steve and Emma came too so that was nice. We had special sausages, roast chicken and jacket potatoes so it was all very yummy. Although we took a few new fireworks with us the Cheery Cherries got the vote as the best.
Saturday Sally and I went shopping to Hereford to look for dresses for Sally to wear to Nick and Charlottes wedding. She found one for the daytime in Monsoon and found a long one in a little arcade shop that she liked for the evening but they didn t have it in her size so they have ordered it for her. We also bought lots of other bits and bobs with Christmas in mind and of course an outfit for Harry. Hopefully I will get to see him before he grows out of it.
On Sunday we went to Tobys Remembrance Day Parade. It was a lovely service but quite hard to remain unmoved by the families of the soldiers who have died in the last few years. Then on to the Wellington for Sunday lunch and home.
Have sent you some post today so if you move out of flat before you recieve it make sure you go and get it!
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Mummy
Hiya Debs
just me again. Dad and I went to see West Brom play on Saturday and they won 5 - 0. Boing Boing! It was quite a nice outing as the rain held off and it wasn t too cold. Went to the pub quiz last night with Diane so was able to catch up on all the wedding news.
We are looking forward to going to Sallys for bomfire night on Friday as dad still has a couple of cheeky cherries in the garage. Plenty of sparklers also.
Still waiting for news of Rosie, only two days to due date, but will probably be another two weeks! I hope this one is a girl as there are so many pretty dresses around but I guess a boy would be good too as it would be very close in age to Dylan so they could be really close.
I m glad that you got your postcard from Kracow it got there much more quickly than we were expecting. Ben also received his which is a miracle at the moment considering the postal strikes.
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Debs
Hey Mummy, that is lovely news about your wedding ring I must say!! And I look forward to waking up to a message from you at a reasonable hour as my phone doesn't wake me up at night thankfully. haha
Kracow sounds brilliant - I read it on Lucy's! lol Just have to make sure you check both all the time, don't want to miss out so I always see what people have said on their board but mine can't be neglected though.
I will update mine soon, have been writing the Perth one which is nearly done so you can read it and let me know what i've missed out.
TEFL is good so far, only done one module, just waiting for the assessment results.
