I've deleted and restarted this blog thing several times already, and this is my last attempt at getting one started, so here goes !!
My flight is booked and paid for, and nontransferable, so there's no going back now, seems a long time ago since I sorted it, but time is flying by.
Decided to make a few changes, so hair is cut and coloured, and I am currently walking like crazy every night to get my stamina up, I want to do the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb. Apparently I have to wear a bright orange boilersuit very glam indeed ! Joined weightwatchers too and lost4 and a hlf pounds this week
Many years ago my son had a pen-pal in Perth Australia, the family and us corresponded weekly for quite sometime, we received many Australian gifts, and so the interest in Australia began. We joined the internet so that the children could correspond easier, sadly the contact declined, but never one to give in, I decided to look in an Australian chatroom, only to find it full of Americans !! Typical huh. Libby joined the group and finally I had contact with someone from Oz, that was back in around 1997, through the following years we've kept in touch, shared our joys and our sorrows. And the plan was hatched !! One day I'd go to visit her!! Many, many attempts at saving were thwarted (funny how kids always need something when you have money saved) In May 2006 my friends Emma & Paul emigrated to Melbourne, and offered me a holiday when I could afford to come, that was the last push needed I was going to get there somehow !! Sadly in August 2006 my father died, I'd spent the last 12 months caring for him, spending a lot of time talking with him, sharing my dreams of adventure. So it has now become his legacy to me, this is a once in a lifetime chance AND ...........I fly out on March 29th
