Continuing

Hello again
I must have pressed a wrong key and the Blog was posted before I finished. I took a photo of Annie and the band which I tried to post but lost it.
Kate, Hasi, Mum and I had an enjoyable afternoon celebrating Liam's 18th birthday with several of the Faggions. Fran could give those tv chefs some hints.
The O'Loughlin women had lunch here on Sunday to farewell Moira as she and Uncle venture OS again.
Mum is still the Scrabble Champ despite the combined efforts of Frz and Aunty Kate to topple her.
Love to all Dad/Tjilpi/Old Man/Kev.

Penshurst calling

Hello!
What a thrill to have communications from Marty.
How's the new job going Deputy?
I told a mate at the TAB that I had ducked up to Canberra to see a Musical that my daughter had put on. "Will you do the same if your son puts one on at Darwin?"

greetings from the south coast

Hi all,
How do you get in a kayak without putting your feet in water where crocs cruise??
The flannel flowers are nearly out, the grevillias are looking gorgeous in the front garden. Ive got only one more coat of floor varnish in the kitchen, then we can finally move the dresser out of the middle of the kitchen. My hand made tiles for the kitchen are stunning, and ready to go up on the wall. Im dreaming of the tip shop in Darwin that had heaps of old tiles-wish I could find some down there. I will definitely be making more for the bathroom.
Foxtel has been negotiated for a twelve month trial,(remember the present idea, some months back?) and steve is finding out about the finer details.
Spring is in the air.
Thanks to the mountain mob for a great arvo for Liam's 18th. Every man should have a pair of cufflinks!
Time to sleep,
Love to you all, zak

news from the capital

Hi all. Well the musical is finally over! It really went well and we got rave reviews from everyone who saw it. The boss shelled out a lot of money to hire proper sound with radio mics the sound was fantastic. It is great, but strange to be leaving school at a reasonable hour and to be at home on Sundays. Today I actually baked biscuits! Last night we went to Michael's for a bbq birthday party.Nothing else much has been happening here. Marty I ran into Diana Harvey at St Francis Xavier (her son is in the same year as Clare) and she said she would love to get in contact with you and catch up. I think I can get her email address as I know someone she works with. Anyway that 's about all the news. Annie

Happenings in Darwin

A good week in Darwin this week. Mark is up from Alice which is the first time he has visited since we moved up here. We are both at work but he is getting around and having a good time. Hopefully he will find it not so bad and visit on a more regular basis although humidity is in the nineties already. Not much else is happening we have a constant stream of Alice boys staying, josh is here for trade school and another one flies in on Sunday for a couple of weeks of trade school. It's good for them as accommodation in Darwin is crazy.
Claire has her sea kayak but hasn't used it much as she has a bad back. I might give it a run this weekend just to see what it is like.
I'm a bit out of touch with the whole neice and nephew thing. Are both Lucy and Liam doing year 12 this year?
Went to Joe's last Saturday for an election party......not much of a party.....
Anyway Love to you all
Marty and Claire

greetings from the south coast

Hi all,
Yep, Im truely blonde on the inside, as Moo tells me. Im not mucking round with the list anymore. Only one change Fran buys for moo-last bought for in 2004. Hope this is Ok.Sorry annie you only get one present like the rest of us.
I,m with mum, while dad is in the canberra seeing Annie,s show. He,s the leader of the Blackie Iso fan club-never missed a show yet!!
Looking like its a good weekend for a party!
Cheers to all,
Love Zak

Welsh Greetings

Hello All
Who'd have thought that I could win money playing darts? That's exactly what happened last night when we entered a pairs tournament run by the league.
My partner, Pauline, and I made it to the quarter finals and won £15! Unfortunately, we had to knockout our own team mates in our second round match but they were good losers.
Have been tweaking the home furnishings and decorating. Hopefully the house will look almost complete when John and Moira visit.
Pontardawe Festival is on this weekend. Looking forward to some good music.
Hope you have a great 18th birthday Liam. We will be thinking of you. Let us know what you would like as a gift from Wales. Enjoy the celebrations on Sunday and good luck with the election work.
Best of luck with the musical Annie. I'm sure the opening night was fantastic and will be the same for all performances.
Hope everyone is well and happy - as we are.
Love to All
Moo xxxxxx