Home to Australia

Where is home? For me it's where my husband and bed is, which right now is in Kuwait. But there are the other homes you have too. My native home of Australia and my adopted home of Austria. Tomorrow morning I fly out to the native home, more specifically to Brisbane, to spend 4 weeks with my family and I'm looking forward to it despite knowing I'll miss my husband as well.
The biggest challenge will be the temperature I think. While here in Kuwait we are having around 50 degrees every day, it's now winter in OZ.
With my suitcase full of gifts for my family it didn't leave me with much room for my clothes so I've had to be fairly selective.
This trip though will see the birth of my 5th grandchild, a little girl who is to be called Rubi Rose Crow. I'm very excited about being there finally for one of their births. This will make it 4 granddaughters and 1 grandson. So of course I spoil my grandson rotten!
I also get to spend time with my son, Charlie, a special person in my life. My little boy is growing up and is now 13 1/2 and in his first year of high school and doing very well. I love talking to him about everything and anything. We have a special bond.
I also plan to spend some quality time with my eldest, Samantha this trip. I know she needs my help and guidance and I just hope she listens and takes some advice form me. It's not always easy with her though.
Last but not least is Amanda, my second eldest and my mini me. I am close with her but it scares me that she reminds me of me too much. I try to impart things that have been taught to me recently on to her and her partner for a better and stronger relationship. They are doing it tough but they have to learn to deal with the things in their lives they have put there. It is Amanda who is having the baby but now it's time to stop and have a rest. She needs it so much.
Additionally, this year I'm making my way down to Sydney to see my 2 younger sisters and I can't wait. It's been ages since I saw them last and we are at a special time in our relationship as sisters. Due to a delicate situation with our Dad and the family of our older sister we have banded together in support of Dad. It's sad to say but at this point in our lives I think we have all come to the conclusion that we three are the only sisters, there is no point in even acknowledging the other one anymore.
An exciting part of my trip will be the drive from Sydney back to Brisbane with my Dad. I miss him very much and our chats we used to have when we used to go running. I think the things I have learnt through my recent struggles will be useful to him to help get through a difficult time in his life. He doesn't deserve what's happening to him and justice will prevail.
With all this going on though I know I will be missing my husband very much. He is the thing that makes me whole, my other half if you like. We've had our ups and downs, journey's to the moon and deep into hell, but we are stronger than ever before right now but being apart scares me a little.
So my bags are packed and I'm just relaxing at home until I take off in the early hours of tomorrow morning. I hope I get some rest on the trip, heaven knows I'll need it for the grandkids!!!

World Cup 2010 South Africa

It's that time again where the worlds 'best' teams come together to find out who is really the best team in football/soccer. Sadly for Australia our opening match didn't go quite to plan but credit has to go to the German team for outstanding match play. The Germans were just too classy for the Socceroos, however, this I hope won't deter our boys and they'll fight back in their matches against Ghana and Serbia.
From the games I have watched to date the Germans look the stronger team with the Dutch putting in a great performance also.
My only beef is the Referees! I'm only new the game of football/soccer and I am the first to admit I don't understand all the rules pertaining to fouls, penalties and the like but it doesn't take a blind freddy to see when a Ref. is leaning towards one team over the other. You know you're right when the commentators also react to some of the decisions being given and ones that are not given when they should be.
I can only imagine what the Socceroos are thinking and feeling after last nights match but the memory of last world cup must be in the forefront of their minds after the straight Red Card send off of Tim Cahill.
Now don't get me wrong here I'm not only upset about the refereeing of the German-Australia match there are many more instances in other game that have raised some questions about the level of referring. My only assessment of the situation is that no No-Name team will ever be in the final or win the World Cup. Only the well known big teams, and I don't need to mention them, will ever be there in the final. Wether it's too much money involved or somethings else I have no idea but it is just a sad situation for the sport.
In closing though I still plan to watch as many of the games as possible for me in my locations over the next few weeks and hope that the refereeing will improve somewhat before too many more matches are played!
Good Luck to all the teams!

Poetry

I've recently been delving into writing poetry so in my poetry page I'll add a new poem as often as I can. I have some in reserve at the moment from recent topics in the news and our trip to the Ukraine and Russia this past 5 weeks. Would appreciate any constructive comments. Hope you enjoy them though.

Welcome to my blog page!

Hello All,
I've decided to try blogging, let's see how it goes and if I can keep it up to date. My Husband and I do a lot of travelling and I regularly write emails to people about our adventures but people we meet on a recent holiday have convinced me to give blogging a go as a way of keeping everyone up to date on our latest expositions.
I also like to write and have recently begun writing poetry and this is a good way for me to get my poems out there for you to read and hopefully enjoy.
So here's to teaching old dogs new tricks and blogging it!