Top 2's

Two Names You Go By:
1. Wishbone
2. Smash

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now:
1. BillaBong Singlet
2. AussieBum Undies

Two of Your Favorite Things to do:
1. Listen To Music
2. Drink

Two Things You Want Very Badly At The Moment:
1. Wild Turkey n Coke
2. Chicken Treat

Two pets you had/have:
1. Kelsey (Dog)
2. Coby (Dog)


Two things you did last night:
1. Sleep
2. Stirk Park Concert for Fire Fund Raising.

Two things you ate today:
1. Creamy Malaysian Chicken
2. Tuna Salad with Mayo

Two people you Last Talked To:
1. Ian
2. Joanne

Two Things You're doing tomorrow:
1. Cocktails with Hayley at Universal Bar
2. Cutting Ian's Hair

Two Favourite Holidays
1. New York
2. Egypt

Two favorite TV shows:
1. Little Britain
2. Absolutely Fabulous

Two favorite foods:
1. Chicken Treat
2. Snakes (lollies)

two of your least favorite things to do:
1. Be awake when tired
2. Watch shit shows Ian likes to watch to fill in time

Two things you want to do before you die:
1. Get a tattoo
2. Ski

My Photo's - Tree's

I took a couple of photo's in the bush around Ian's parents block before the clearing of the block started. And these are the best......enjoy

Clearing Of Block (21st Feb 2007)

We finally got most of the block cleared this week. WE had a sexy Irish Guy clear it for us. He was really nice. But it's finally the step forward we needed to move on with the house. Can't wait for the house to start building....it's so exciting.
The Irish Guy (Chris) let Ian have a go on the machine. Ian was like a little kid at Christmas......




This photo doesn't do Chris any justice, but he was hot. His accent was awesome.....I wanna go to Ireland to speak to all the Irish boy's...... I wanna go now....




It's not quite finished yet. But should be done by Monday (tomorrow).........Finally we are stepping forward now...yay.

Mark n Kevin @ Connies

OH MY FUCKING GOD.........

Last Night at Connies I served Mark (From Westlife) and Kevin (from V). I couldn't believe it. It was very surreal, I asked Mark what he wanted to drink (not seeing his face to start off with), and then he spoke in his soft Irish voice. And I was Like "I know that voice from somewhere!" then I saw his face and I was Like OH MY GOD. I was the only one to pick it up that it was him cause he was very casually dressed. Kevin is so hot. I always fancied him from V.

They were very quiet all night and just chatting with themselves, with a few people from Connies that went up to them every so often to give them a free drink (thanks to me for picking them out).

YAZ hope you are jealous. I was centimetres from Marks face........... Yay for me....

It kept me going for the night...it was really dead.

I wanted a photo but it was very dark in the outside bar.

Block Finally Gets Cleared

The block is finally getting cleared tomorrow. Ian and myself get the fun job of being there to watch them clear it.....exciting stuff...

I'll be taking loads of photo's while Ian is there so he can tell the removalists what else they can clear while they are there...... There is a few bits of land we would like to clear to extend our plans when we finally build the house.......

So finally things are moving on.........

7.30am start I'm not looking forward to tho... I also have to work at Connies tomorrow night so I'll need to have a snooze before work.

Photo's For Newspaper

We are putting a thank you letter in the local rags in Kalamunda, to thank everyone for their support and donations. So we went to the block today to take some photo's for the article.....
Here are the better photo's and we just have to email these to the newspapers for them to chose from.... Hope they are good enough.... they are going to have to do anyway.....

Monday

All Monday, I spent it with Hayley. Ian finally got to meet her when we went for lunch at the Foundry at Carousel. It was very nice.....

Ian then had to go to the doctors around 4pm so Hayley and myself bought tickets to see Smoking Aces (wasn't too bad a movie, but was a bit confusing until the end). So while we were filling in time before the movie, we visited her house and got to see her dog Bella. She so small and cute......

We had an awesome day......

Weekend Working

I cut my finger at work at Connies and it hurt like hell..........

Friday Working

I'm gonna be absolutely knackered by Saturday Morning. I will be working 12-7/8pm @ Paddy Hannan's and then @ Connies from 10pm til close (around 7am after clean-up). So by the time I get home it'll be around 24hours that I would of been awake for.........

I'm Fucking Mad.........

Paddy Hannan's

I finally got a call from the Assistant Manager Tonight at 8.30pm (it's only 28hrs late), to see if I could work tomorrow at 12noon..... not impressed. So I asked about working shifts and stuff, and she also said that we can offer only weekend work, so if I had to work a Friday or Saturday at my other job then they could only offer me 1 shift a week. I'm slightly annoyed about this whole thing. But I'm gonna go tomorrow with an open mind and Hopefully have a proper talk with Kirsty (Assistant) about the hours I'm available. Kirsty was a bit snooty with me aswell, so the vibe I'm getting at the moment isn't good. I'll have to wait and see.

Connections - Cocktail Learning

Last Night I finally got a call at 6.30pm saying that I'll be working at 9 that night (abit inconvenient, but oh well need the money). So all was good and I worked outside again (which has it's good and bad points), but I got a chance to learn some cocktails and practice them, which is cool. It feels weird cause I only know how to drink them not make them (except for a small few).

Last Night I made an Elevator, Illusion and a Fruit Tingle.

ELEVATOR: In a Shaker - 1 Shot Chambord
1 Shot Vanilla Absolute Vodka
Fill Shaker with Ice

Shake Vigorously

In Glass - Fill Glass with Ice
Strain Shaker over Ice until Half full
Top with Red Bull

(This cocktail was the best of the 3. It is very tasty)


Illusion: In a Shaker - 1 Shot Malibu
1 Shot Midori Melon
Fill with Ice
Top with Pineapple

Shake Vigorously
Leave In Shaker with a few straws.

(Boondi, this would be the shaker for you, it's like fruit juice. Not Bad but very sweet.

Fruit Tingle: In Glass - Fill With Ice
1 Shot Blue Curacao
1 Shot Vodka
Top with Lemonade
Dash of Grenadine in Middle

Should have a 2 tone effect, Pink & Purple/Blue.

(Didn't try this, but apparently it's not too bad. It's like a lolly (sweet for English people) we sell in Aus.)

You should give these a try, especially the Elevator, that was awesome.

Wednesday didn't bring a good crowd. I ended up getting about $7 tips and there were a few people I had to cut off because they were fucked. It wasn't as enjoyable as the weekend because of that. I can't wait til Friday/Saturday so the crowd will hopefully be much better....... Nice and Friendly.

2nd Day Orientation at Burswood

Had an awesome day until I had to speak to the bitch at Paddy Hannan's (where I'll be working). All she is is a Head Bar Person but I tried to tell her about Connies and hw they are wanting me to work atleast 1 night over the weekend (Friday/Saturday) and they girl just turned around and said "Well you are going to have to work here. Your expected to." I wasn't impressed. First I was looking for a full-time job and they give me casual. Second of all, they can't expect me to give up a job which can offer me 40 hours over 4 days (if I want) to work only 1 or 2 shifts over the weekend to cover them. And thirdly, she made a comment saying that I don't know why they are still hiring for here because we have enough Full-time/part-timers to fil in the roster anyway. Then we asked what shifts we are doing, and she came out with it doesn't look like you are working this week cause you aren't on the rosters.

So I haveto speak to the assistant manager tomorrow and talk to her about the rosters and Connies and shit. ANd I think I wanna say something about this girl..... why does she think she can talk to us like that. I mean we are only just starting out and I was asking questions about the place and it felt like I was inconveniencing her. They other guy that was there with me on orientation looked at me at one stage and looked at me like "who does she think she is?". So I'll see how the talk goes tomorrow with the manager person. Otherwise, I think I might just stick with Connies. Burswood has all the perks that anyonewould want and the career opportunities but if that's what it's gonna be like then screw that.... I wanna work and have fun....

30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill

This song is awesome. I have only heard alittle of the album, but this song is my fav at the moment. The lead singer is Jared Leto (former Mr Cameron Diaz, before Justin got his hands on her and then dumped her ass). When I first saw the music video, I couldn't believe it was him......

But you need to have a listen to this song, if you haven't already...

My Jobs

I had an awesome weekend at Connections. Friday was opening night, and first official night working in the club. It was manic. To start off with, I had no idea how to use the tills or where any of the alcohol was kept or anything. I was just shoved in the deep end to fend for myself. After about and Hour of struggling, I got used to it and had an awesome night. I got $91 in tips (which is awesome). Saturday night was completely different. It was a lot quieter. I was working in the outside bar with Ken, which was has a completely different feeling than inside. They have chillout music and the mood is more relaxed. It was a beautiful night outside not to cold (until about 5.30am when the temp dropped alittle but nothing to outrageous). You also have the view of the city at night from the rooftop, which I just love. I really enjoyed working outside, except for the fact that there isn't a post mix pump outside so we had to open small bottles of mixers for every drink, and they were kept at the bottom of the fridges, so my legs were killing by the end of the night. I did more squats in one night than a personal trainer would make you do in a weeks training....... If I keep working outside I'm gonna get killer legs... hehehehe. Also because it was pretty quiet, I pretty much was left to myself to run the bar by myself. Ken kept going on breaks and was just around if I needed him (which was good). So on Day 2 I was looking after a bar pretty much by myself....... I think they are glad how quickly I picked things up, and don't have to worry about to much with me... I just need to have more practice before I'm really comfident....(need more practice with shooters and cocktails...then I'll be fine....I hope)....

Also, today was my first day of Orientation at Burswood. It was awesome. I met this girl who is fab... we just got along really well.....(meeting her for breakfast tomorrow morning before the second day of orientation...) which is cool...........we just kept piss farting around and chatting all day. The videos were a bit boring and because I have only had four hours sleep each night since Friday Night.. I felt like I was gonna fall asleep..... but I got through it ..... all is good... can't wait to sleep tonight hopefully will get atleast 8 hours.... fingers crossed. I get to see where I work tomorrow and see who I have to work with and stuff..... We have half the day with the big group from today and then we all get separated into the different departments that we are working in (So i have to say goodbye to Hayley then) and we get alittle orientation for the places we are working in.... can't wait... I'm all excited about that.........

So I'm finally gettting my life back on track... Ian's still looking for a job. Has applied for quite afew jobs and is still waiting on replies...but he's happy and missing me when I'm at work.... Ah Bless....


So all is good in Sunny Aus.

Australia Day (26th January)

Our first Australia Day in 5 years. It was an awesome day and we drank enough for the past few years we missed...it was great. It started at our temp house with swimming in the pool. The family popped around before they headed of to Uncle Andrew's and Aunty Mary's cause they have a view of the city. And we went to Langley Park (On the Perth Foreshore).

Christmas 2006

Finally, I have uploaded the photo's onto our computer. So here is an update of somethings that have happened since we've been back.This is Ian's family and Partners at Uncle Andrew and Aunty Mary's place for Christmas dinner. We also played SingStar and Kate n Helen's Playstation (and was the cause of us buying one and some SingStar Games). Here is Joanne and Elsie attempting to sing.

Pubs

Here are a selection of Photo's Michelle has taken on a few nights out in Mount Lawley.

$8 Jugs at The Flying Scotsman

Yay.... it's Wednesday Night ...which means cheap Jugs for me....

After the day I had..... I need a couple........

IT'S OFFICIAL

I now work at Paddy Hannan's at Burswood Casino......

I have a Uniform Fitting on Saturday and then on Monday and Tuesday I get to go on Orientation for 16 hours fully Paid..... Woo For Me......

I'm so excited......

Burswood

I got a phone call from Laura today saying I need to get a police clearance certificate and if the certificate complies with the standard of the Casino then I'll should get the job.....

So as of next week (UNOFFICIALLY) I'll be working at Burswood...yay..... but it's not final yet....don't celebrate to early tho.....

Thought Of The Day

Knob Art

Listed in My Art Links is a website I came across through "Pop Bitch" (a newsletter I get through email). It's about scans of peoples penis' (pressed against photocopiers ect.) and make them into "ART".

Check it out for yourself by clicking on the link in the Art section..... Especially have a look at the animations......VERY FUNNY.......

Have a laugh.

Job Interviews n Trials

The past week and a bit, I have been looking for a job (lucky me). And had an interview at Connections Nightclub (Gay Club) and had my trial last night. It wasn't too bad. The club is being refurbished (should be re-opened next Friday), so the club is in a small room (pretty much underground). It was weird to be working back in a nightclub but I think I'll get back into the swing of things. I have to go in on Thursday to get an orientation so I can get trained on the tills and the cocktails that will be on sale. Can't wait. I want cocktail experience (even if it is just going to be a small cocktail list, atleast it's still experience, it'll be a start).I also had an interview at the Burswood Casino on Thursday, and think the interview went well, but should find out this week if I get that job as well, I have my fingers crossed.....this job has loads of perks and shit, but won't get too excited just in case I don't get it. But if I did, I'd do Burswood full time and Connies part time.

So everyone keep your fingers crossed for me........