Elections. Herding cats and my #FirstWorldProblem of the day.

To my American friends - congratulations on the re-election of Obama. You probably don't realise this, and I don't mean to feed your egos, but the world is only just slightly less obsessed with your election result as you are! It's on the front page of every news site today (right above Big Brother, we're tackling the big issues here). Yes you are the centre of the universe :)

You'll either be happy or outraged to know the general consensus around these parts is that the right decision has been made. Personally I don't give a fig for politics, but I do like the cut of Obama's jib so hopefully he'll make his second term mightier than the first.

And then his wife can go on and become the new Oprah.

And anything that pisses off the Trump simply CAN'T be bad.

Oh yeah!!

Now this is a stupid question, but did you see that photo? Well of course you did, it's now ranked the highest shared picture like EVER. So cute.

I only wish Australia had such charismatic leaders instead of the muppets we are presented with.

So apologies once again for being a bit quiet this week. Up until yesterday it was like one of those combined hamster wheel (spinning but never getting anywhere) slash herding cats weeks that had me working long hours and feeling utterly shattered.

Yesterday, fortunately for my sanity (which has been hanging on by a thread) was greatly improved so I feel like I'm slightly more back on track.

Some great news to report - I found out last week that my stepsister and her family were considering moving to Toowoomba and yesterday they basically confirmed it. Kids are going through orientation as we speak to commence their new schools next year. I'm so excited to have started a trend here. My stepsister and I grow closer every year and our kids are really really close. My major memories of childhood is playing with my cousins so I think it is wonderful that my son gets to make similar memories with his cousins.

Now if we can only hatch the plan to lure dad and my stepmother here...

I also had a long and lovely conversation with Cathy last night which of course as always covered subjects from the mundane (tired of cleaning up after stinkin kids) through to the supernatural and even randomly touched on the Celestine Prophecy for a bit. That's what we do.

The best part is next weekend I get to spend some time with my lovely gals, staying at Cathy's place in Brisbane before descending on a fellow mate for an old fashioned girls night at her place. Awesome stuff.

And now back to my #FirstWorldProblem of the day...I left my headphones at home and am sitting here music-less, shiftless and something-else-less that really isn't good. My life is over.

Or it will be until I go home and get them in a bit.

Hope you have a wonderful Thursday :)

xx

Confessions of a sad, sad book nerd.

When you fall in love with a series of books, finding out the next one is available is just like Christmas!

OK I'll admit it, I'm a total book nerd. Seriously bad. My Kindle is like another limb, and before 'the best present EVER' arrived, I could pretty much always been seen wandering around clutching a paperback.

I'll read pretty much anything and everything, from serious fare to serious chicklit, to Harry Potter to a great mystery. There's only been two books in my reading history that I've never been able to get through, even if I hate the damn thing, I have to keep reading (for interest's sake, the two books in question were so stomach churning I actually wanted to be sick).


But it's a total joy to find a series of books where a) you love the writing and b) love the storyline. So often you fall in love with characters but as the series goes on, the stories and character development just gets kinda...well, lame (Janet Evanonich, I'm looking at you. Stephanie Plum just ain't what she used to be).

One series of books that hasn't disappointed me (yet...) is the House of Night books. Yes, OK, they're young adult focused books and yes OK, they're probably better suited to my son's girlfriends but I'm seriously in love with them. So there.


So when I peeked on Amazon today and saw that the latest gem, Hidden, is now available, I was like a little kid on their birthday.

Everyone says the best thing about a Kindle is that you can store thousands of books on there (I'm at about 350 and counting) as well as access to pretty much every book around, and this is completely true. But even better, no-one can tell what you're really reading so you appear completely intellectual despite the fact you're reading something better suited to your kid's teenage babysitter.

If I'm a bit quiet over the next few days, it's because I'm completely immersed in the world of Zoey and the House of Night.

Life. Get one. Got it.

Happy Thursday all, hope the perfect weather up my way is translating to everyone else! Spring has definitely sprung.



xx