Posts for January, 2010

January 27, 2010

Back on Aussie Soil

Phill and I returned home yesterday morning (Australia Day, how appropriate) at 4am. We were originally due to land at 11pm Monday night, but our plane was delayed two hours due to late arrival, which meant we landed at about 1:15am. Getting through customs in Australia was a huge process, taking about an hour (don’t [...]

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January 16, 2010

Where in the World is Kate?

I’ll give you some hints: 1. It involved a plane trip, but didn’t take as long as our trip to England. 2. I’ve seen monkeys and puffer fish, and tomorrow I’m going to see (and have a ride on) elephants. 3. I’ve been trying my hand at bartering… but I’m not very good! 4. Everything [...]

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January 12, 2010

Not Quite On, Not Quite Off

Cats are strange creatures. They like to sleep in strange positions that look really uncomfortable to us. One of Puddy’s favourite places to sleep is on our (messy, unmade) bed, with her backside hanging off. Evidence: Notice where the matress ends? I can’t believe that would be comfortable, but she’s a cat, so it must [...]

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January 6, 2010

There’s a Dead Crow on my Front Lawn

True story. I was pulling into the driveway a couple days ago when I saw a dead crow lying on the front lawn. It was buzzing with flies and looked disgusting. Huh. A dead crow. I didn’t really care – the crows drive me nuts in the mornings with their incessant cawing, so one less [...]

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January 4, 2010

New Year’s Resolutions

I don’t generally make New Year’s Resolutions. I never made them growing up so I guess I just didn’t get into the habit, but this year I found myself thinking about possible resolutions – things I wanted to do or change about myself that would benefit from having a definite start-date. I came up with [...]

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