Snakes but no ladders

Tonight when I got home from work I was dragging myself up the stairs completely lacking in engery. Suddenly the adrenalin kicked in and I was ready to fight. No it wasn't Martyn with my latest visa bill it was a foot long slinky little number inhabitin' my stairs.
Yep a snake and not one of those pretty green ones either. So with my eyes firmly set on it I sent Martyn of to get a towel to throw over it. I thought I could get it in the towel then throw it out. But then I decided it might slip through the towel and bite me so after throwing the towel I ran to kitchen for tongs. Thought they would do nicely.
On the third try I managed to snip the little bugger by the neck or there abouts since they don't technically have a neck. Anyway the aim was not to get bit.
Then I made my way to the back door and saw that it was not a brown snake Oh no this little sucker was a red belly black. Oh S---t . So I squished it's little body as much as I could and threw it and the tongs into the yard where Martyn promptly smacked it's little head and said bye bye.
Martyn reckons he could tell this story in two sentences. Saw snake. Killed snake.
So lacking in true literary skills.
So we are moving into the city so as to avoid the wild life in this country.
BYE!!!

nanag new blog

My mum and dad are getting into blogging so put it in your favourites and keep watching

William and his Grandy

Don't really need to explain these do I

Wet in and out the pool

Today Kara went to work with her cardiac job. So Nanag and Grandy brought William around so we could take him to Southbank to swim and play in the park. Anyway it was destined to be a very wrong day. Firstly they got stuck in a huge traffic jam and then we went to Southbank just as the heavens opened and dumped a weeks worth of rain over the city. Poor William stuck in the car again. Anyway we brought him home and decided he needed to swim in the rain. So here he is doing his usual rock throwing trick with Alfie in for a bit of doggy rock selection. The trick is to pick a rock, chuch it in the pool and let any adult daft enough swim down to get it. Samshing fun especially if it connects with your body enroute into the pool.















For some reason William decided he needed to take a walk out front to check out the path. He looked cute but wasn't fussed about the little yellow flowers all over the decking.

More holiday shots

This is dinner at the surf club. I had to include this because mum looks half cut but the funny thing is she is never half or even a quarter cut. Except when she turned up very surprised and fully cut to her surprise 50th. But that's another story. Dinner was ordered and at the table before Dad got back with the drinks. Now that's fast.
Yep that's my dinner. Chips!!! WE were on holiday OK





A kind chap offered to take our photo's. I know that the hat is pitiful but I was trying to save my hair which I had just conditioned. Mind you 30 seconds later it was all over when I hit the surf

The Beach never looked so good

Mum and Dad otherwise known as Nanag and Grandy were dragged kicking and screaming from William's side to take a little sojourn with us in Noosa. I think that we enjoyed the best of weather in our four days away and I am truly relaxed after a killer few months at work.
So this is mum and I dressed up ready to go to tea at the surf club. We had to take our own two lifesavers with us. Didn't trust us with the local talent so they showed themselves off with their ripping muscles and hairy tans.

As you must we included some people perving at the coffee club on Hasting street and a little retail therapy. We visited the Sunshine Plaza to see a movie. Benjamin Button. Different not for the youngsters. You just can't beat a good Sci Fi movie

























Look at these two showing off on the beach


















The beach was full full full. But the waves were fantastic and we all enjoyed some time body surfing. Even me (I hate beaches). On my what a lark. I crashed into mum and nearly broke her leg and my arm. Then Dad was the next target but we laughed and had an absolute ball.

Bathtime with Uncle Mark 2009

Today we had our late xmas dinner since Nanag and Grandy arrived from Perth. This is the first day I have had off work so we ate and ate and ate. Before xmas I went to Morgans and bought up big on the seafood and we managed to eat most of it today. Not bad going since there was rather a lot of dishes to get through. Still it was nice to all be together and Mark had the opportunity to give Will a bath. He rather enjoyed it and so did Alfie