Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 317: Movie with Michael

Off to Palace Verona to watch A Long Way Down, part of British Film Festival with Michael from Spiders. Lovely movie and yummy Thai on Oxford afterwards ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 248: Movie and Japanese with Michael

Saw Predestination (just brilliant!) with Michael from Spiders Group at Event Cinemas in the City followed by lunch at Makanai which was delicious as always.

Then grabbed some groceries on the way at Woolies Erko - chicken mince and satay sauce for dinner followed by ice cream (low fat of course!) ...

Sitting here wondering if I'm Pollyanna or Eeyore - Day 192: Bodhi, Michael and Jordan

Rachel sent through this fabulous pic of Michael (brother in law), nephew Bodhi and niece Jordan out and about ...

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 349 - Christmas shopping marathon

Off to the City for a marathon of Christmas shopping!

Mostly #suchfun with pit stops for food and to rest our weary feet and the occasional great gift giving epiphany. Spirits mostly held up just fine but lordy were we tired by the end!

We both slept very well tonight.

A very late breakfast lunch at Luneburger in QVB

Oh lord these royal Wedgwood figurines look frightfully freaky (Victoria's Basement which was its usual crazy Christmas busy; efficient fast checkout though)

So pretty ... love QVB's Christmas decos ...

To Myer foodcourt for mid afternoon sustenance (plus some sushi)

Before doing some shopping in Myer ...

And finishing up in Kinokuniya where we got Ric and Carolyn's pressies, and JB Hi-Fi where I got something for Steve and he got something for Lucy ... hurrah!

Then home by train to chill before going to Marrickville Metro for groceries and presents for Steve's team (Lindor Balls from Kmart) ...

Steve leapt out of way at last minute making it look to guy going UP the escalator that I was snapping him (I really wasn't!)

Attacked by giant reindeers in Kmart

And giant Santas ...

Vogue that trolley baby!!

And again!

Then to dinner at Matee where the delightful, friendly owner gave two glasses each of a lovely light Cabernet Merlot. Such a lovely lady and wonderful end to a very busy day.

Here's the day in tweets ...

... and last but not least Michael in the pool with Bodhi and Jordan ... 

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 312 - Bodhi and Jordan swimming ... and me walking

Got this gorgeous shot of my niece Jordan and nephew Bodhi getting ready for a dip with their dad in mum and dad's blow up pool in their backyard ...

And took some strange shots of something shooting into the sky while exercising with Waz in Sydney Park ...

And finished the day up with dinner in Dulwich Hill with my wonderful guy ...

Holding the Reins of the Runaway Extrovert 2013: Day 236 - A-camping I will go ...

What a wonderful, fun day!

Started off early with a 7.30 a.m. pick up by Selena at my place. We had such a fun drive down to the south coast - Warilla is about 1/2 hour south of Wollongong - talking about life, the universe and everything, stopping in for drinks and SMH at a BP station I went to all the time in Sutherland.

Got down there just in time for the end of brunch - pancakes! YUM! - and SJ asked me how interviews were going, Wade wanted to know about my being let go etc and from the word go the conversations were fun, full on and hilarious.

Spent about 4-5 hours off and on working on my Now You See Me post (stopping for salad roll lunch) which came out well but took blood, sweat and tears largely due to the fact that while I loved it, I wasn't sure I had connected it with it enough to have an opinion on it. Not a criticism of the movie at all - just one of those things.

I worked alongside Sel, Elle, Kris and others before finally publishing the post - after reading Sel's latest Pacific Rim fan-fic which was very good - and going for a fabulous walk on the beach with SJ and Michael ...

Came back and played a fast and furious game of Extreme Ping Pong in the garage with Michael, Kris and Kat. Ball rarely stayed on table and we had a ball running all all over the place #suchfun

Also watched Pop Asia videos on SBS2 and surprised how much Wade knows about Asia Pop! Fascinating and found some great artists!

Pizza for dinner from Crust - Kris, Wade and Kat went off to fetch them - and spent night writing another post, playing a card game called Cards Against Humanity which was GREAT FUN, and starting to play Candy Crush on Facebook. It's quite addictive! LOL

Finished off the day with a D&M between midnight and 1 am with Michael (my bed was in loungeroom) ...