We had a brilliant Christmas, whipped up quite a storm and managed to cook a roast which neither of us could finish!
We followed dinner with a nap and a walk on the beach in the sun - It is so wrong to be sat in the sun on Christmas day!
Boxing day we embraced the Aussie tradition of shopping!! What a bizarre thing, I have never seen so many people milling about the shops
They actually open the stores from 5am… We of course did not get up at such an antisocial hour!
We had great fun speaking to everyone on Christmas day I think all in all we spent more than 3 hours on the phone! By the end of it we were absolutely exhausted..
It was hard being so far away from all the people we love, especially on Christmas I think going to church on Christmas morning ands knowing so many of you were at Midnight Mass at the same time was a lovely thought, and we were both quite emotional as the vicar talked about remembering all those that were dear to us.
Apart from a reasonable amount of upset we both managed very well and on the weekend we actual went for our first proper swim on St Kilda Beach. The waves were pretty impressive and we got pretty bashed about. El took great delight in watching me fall over repeatedly!
Sunday we went our separate ways El fancied shopping and I was very excited about a day of reading. I now have quite a selection Secret Santa at work purchased me one and I got 2 very exciting reads from Nan and Grandad.
Sarah and I are on to the second of our Austen Book club Having chomped our way through Emma we are on to Mansfield Park so I find myself reading 3 books at once ( just the way I like it ) The only problem is that when I start I find it almost impossible to stop and could quite happily remain in my bookish state for a week! El returned from her shopping and reminded me that regardless we did have to eat! We tried a new eatery on Fitzroy and it was quite delightful.
Last night marked the end of our holiday and so as to make the very most of our free time we rented a movie. I have to tell you that if you have not already wasted 2 hours of your life watching 'The Happening' don’t.
I do not know how they managed to call a film where absolutely nothing of interest happens the Happening but there we go.
I watched a modern day production of the wizard of Oz called Tin Man. It was brilliant, but 6 hours is slightly full on … poor El I thought she was going to explode with frustration. After the first 3 hours she really thought we were done. But no, the next night we had 3 more hours to enjoy…
Tonight ( Monday ) I have got to hours overtime at the job from hell.. But the money is good and it all counts towards our adventures..
Well I shall leave you there,
Hope you are all well and had wonderful Christmas breaks
Much love
Leah and El
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