It's been a busy 24 or so hours

We have been busy seeing things here that we can't at home and spent one night in a hotel at Darling Harbour. Last night we saw Happy Feet 2 here:

This morning we had breakfast here:

This afternoon we were looking at this:

Tonight we are staying near these letter boxes.  

Tomorrow we are going home.  Hurray, I really miss Mr E! I think I'll have a lot a blog posts to catch up on when I get home, too.

Jan Photo A Day #3

Today's theme is Adore. So while I'm away from home I'll take whatever I can get....only kidding. I have taken a photo of my kids who were surprisingly being nice to each other. Actually they do get on pretty well despite the almost 5 year age gap.

So here is a photo of something I adore.  It also includes something both children adore: the IPad.

Joining in with Chantal and everyone else for the January 2012 Photo A Day challenge. You can see all the photo's by checking out #janphotoaday on Twitter.

Photo A Day #2 Jan 2012

The theme for today's picture is breakfast. Here is today's breakfast of champions - Gluten Free Toast with Nutella and a cup of coffee.  

Now this isn't actually a standard breakfast for me anymore.  When I was a chocoholic (prior to March 2011) it  was my breakfast of choice at least once a week.  Since then, though it isn't really on my list often unless I need the caffeine to get moving.  This morning I did as I was driving to Sydney and I've been really tired lately.  So with the caffeine on board, I managed to pack and get the kids and I on the road.  I needed more caffeine on the trip but I must say today's breakfast may have helped to kick start me.

1 Jan 2012

So, how was your New Year? Ours was pretty good. We went into the city, had dinner and saw the early fireworks.  It was nice.

You may remember that that I said I would be joining Chantal with her Photo A Day challenge for January 2012 which consists of:

So despite wanting anonymity I am going to post a photo of me for this challenge.  So here goes, this is me.

Now that didn't feel so bad, I guess.  I'm going to post this on Twitter too. 

Decompressing

What on earth would make me willing set the alarm for 7 am during the holidays? Getting my car serviced. Now while that is not very exciting itself it's the fact that I have actually left the house ALONE! I am completely and utterly by myself, if you discount all the other people in the shopping centre I have wandered into.

So I am drinking coffee here:

The thing is that I really love my family but I also need my space. the fact that Girl Child and I have been getting on each others nerves and I have been counting down the days until school goes back (still over 5 weeks away for those playing at home) means I need some space before I completely lose the plot.

So I am thankful for car servicing, today being the only day that Girl Child has slept in and for Mr E. who gets that I need my space. Who knows, by lunchtime I may have decompressed enough to want to have lunch with my family.

Today I joining in with Kate from Kate Says Stuff for the last Thankful Thursday of 2011.

Drop by and see what else people are thankful for!

In case this is my last post for the year, see you on the flip side when I will be joining in with Chantal for her Photo a day challenge for January 2012.