It Comes around every year

Christmas 2009..

We spent our first Christmas in Perth this year. It was the hottest Christmas I have ever had that is for sure. The heat was searing, the kind of heat that can cook an egg on the side walk. While walking to the corner store the other day I thought I could smell my flip flops melting like gum on the hot side walk. Its hot here.(PS. I went swimming of Christmas Day to cool off, a first for me.)

Christmas Eve found us on our friend's Helen and Peter's yacht, it was great to sail up and down the river and feel the breeze. I could get use to that life style. But I do not see even a dingy in our near future so our adventures on the water will have to be as invited guests until our income gets a little better.

We spent Christmas Day with my cousins family south of Perth. Although it was a nice family gathering we could not help but feel a little out of place. We missed our families both in Sydney and the USA. So we where happy to just let the holiday slide by us. We spent the week after Christmas just lazing around the house trying to stay cool. We had a few days of mild weather, and by mild I mean "not as hot as the day before" which always feels better. I watched 4 days of non stop cricket action. The Australians where in fine form and won the 4 day test match. So watching a 4 day cricket match took up most of my vacation time.

We went to the casino one afternoon to cool off, and did pretty well. I won $115 in the first 15 minutes in black jack. But then got careless and lost it all again. But we did manage to get our original $20 back plus a round of drinks on the casino, so in the end it was not a loss just a few hours of fun!

New Years Eve was fun, I cooked a turkey "hind quarter" in the grill. Its an oven type grill. It turned out great! After a huge dinner we walked down to the fore shore of South Perth, the water way facing the city, and played some glow in the dark Frisbee and brought in the new year sitting on the grass over looking the water and the city. Not a bad start to the new year.

We are both hoping 2010 will bring some new fun things for us! I would like to find a job that makes enough money to support us (my current income is pretty sad although the job can be fun). Graham will start school again as a 3rd year Medical Student. I don't plan to see him again until Christmas 2010. Just kidding, but he will be really busy. In January my parents will be visiting us in Perth and I can not wait! I am also hoping to get home again to Indiana with a possible stop over in Boise next summer (American Summer). We will see. Its always about money. But don't get me started on that topic.

Okay.. thats my update on Christmas. Now on to more interesting things!

Hope you have a great 2010, thanks for reading!