Aussie Thanksgiving

HAPPY THANKSGIVING everyone in Canada!

I spent the morning having Thanksgiving dinner with my family.... well they had dinner, I had a bowl of cereal. Webcams are fun and you can do some neat things with them (like watching the Canucks season opener). However, webcams at the dinner table aren't the best idea. My family "seated" me up on a ladder so I could overlook them eating. You can only enjoy watching people eat for so long! Can you say Awkward?

On to today's main event. Amy organized an Australian Thanksgiving at her place with around 20 people. Most were Canadian. Pics here. It was a BIG success, with turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, yams, pumpkin pie, goon bags, etc etc etc. The Centrepiece that Amy made was spectacular, and creative genious!!!! Something tells me I'm going to wake up in the middle of the night and have visions of this thing peering over my bed.

We had the main meal outside until it started to rain. Nonetheless it was heaps of fun, and a great event. Well done Amy!

Only time will tell what the next big CDN event will be. Likely Halloween!!!!

I have a great week ahead at work. Conference on Monday, First Aid on Wed/Thurs, and then 4WD course on Friday. Only 1 day at the office!

The Special Holly and Mark Tribute

Well it's been a couple weeks since I moved to the new digs, but due to travel schedules, I hadn't actually seen Mark & Holly for even longer than that. Anyhow, I just wanted to send out the big thanks to both of them for helping me out for the first 3 weeks. I was very lucky to have such good friends who opened up their home to me and helped get me on my feet. For those who don't know, I met Holly last summer working at BC Hydro. Her and Mark were doing a one year work exchange in Vancouver (similar to me, but opposite).

As a thank-you to them, I brought a couple Vancouver Canucks jerseys. Mark got pretty keen into hockey when he was in Van, and actually probably knows more than me... One of the most difficult things was leaving hockey behind. I hope I will be able to survive without it.

Ps. I know that the Canucks have changed their jerseys, but they didn't change them until I was already in Australia. I found this funny comic strip while doing a little surfing around the other day. Worth a good laugh to those who weren't too happy with the changes. Enjoy!