There's No Place Like Home!

Okay...so...the weirdest thing happened to me last week in Sydney. I actually called Melbourne HOME. It was really quite weird for me. I was actually taken aback when someone asked me where home was and I answered "Melbourne". I do have to admit that as soon as I said it I realized what I had said, and added that Melbourne was home for now...but originally I am from Canada, Toronto specifically.

The fact of the matter is that I must be starting to feel like Melbourne is home because of the automatic answer I gave as being from Melbourne. I actually answered something else as "I'm from Melbourne...just down for the weekend." It was weird for me though to realize that I'd called Melbourne home.

I also have to admit that after the other night when I blogged about going for Ice cream with Cate, we didn't even end up doing that...WE WENT FOR THAI FOOD INSTEAD. Who even does that!?!?! Who even goes for Thai food at 10:30pm. Weird. It was good though!

Went to Box Hill Salvos on Sunday night. It was a really good time for me. That's it...that's all...I have nothing else to say!

Yippee For Fridays!

Why is it that Friday's are always a great day?!?!?! I think its because I can just anticipate the weekend coming and how much fun I am going to have. Today was a great friday...although I did miss both Naomi & Vanessa at work.

I had a meeting about ACC this morning (Agressive Christianity Conference) so that was good...it involved both cupcakes and coffee...which you can never go wrong with.

For those of you who don't know...I've given up eating chocolate...unless it is fairtrade. Which means less chocolate...cuz fairtrade is harder to find and more expensive...but I watched a video at Unlimited last weekend which was very impactful on me...and I will never look at chocolate the same again. I had no idea that human traffiking for cocoa bean picking even would still have existed in the year 2007...but it does. I will only now eat fairtrade chocolate. This has been easy. The video left such an impact on me that when I even see chocolate I get disgusted by it.

Well...I'm heading out for a late night ice cream trip with Cate in a minute...Good times!

UNLIMITED!

I'm in Sydney at the Unlimited Conference. It is great...and I've also been able to catch up with friends at the same time. Some people who I've not even seen in 2 years since I finished up at SFYL. So it is really really exciting!

Yesterday I went to a session by Danielle Strickland "Pharisee's Anonymous". It was amazing...she talked about how we don't tend to want to see ourselves as having the most in common in certain stories with the pharisee's and how it often is the pharisee's that we have the most in common with. We split up into small groups and discussed how we are like the pharisee's today in our lives. I had a really great small group...we had amazing discussions and it was a really great mix of people. It was good times.

I was also really challenged by Phil Wall's session. He was talking about picking something you are passionate about and then sticking with that brand...not just jumping from cause to cause...It was awesome...really inspired me!

Today is the last day...I'm really looking forward to hearing some more amazing things...I'm so ready!

Poutine Thursday...

So yesterday at work we had Poutine. It was great...I've got some of my co-workers a little bit hooked on the poutine! And when we make it in the cafeteria people give us strange looks...they don't really "get" the whole poutine thing here in Oz...but they are starting to!

Today I am in Sydney for Unlimited...a conference run by the Australia Eastern Territory. It starts tonight at 7:00...so for today I am going on an adventure in Sydney. We will see how much I can remember from being here in 2005...surely I couldn't forget how to get places! I'm heading out for that adventure in a few minutes...it will be wonderful!

Just talked on the phone to my friend Denise from home...that was great. And yesterday I got to talk to my family and to Fiona! It is always fun to hear people's voices and find out how they are doing.

Well...I'd better get going on my adventure!

Puppy Sitting Tonight!

Tonight I will be puppy sitting. Cate and Micheal got two very adorable puppies whom I will be watching tonight at their house. They are just TOO CUTE! I can't get enough of them. I wish I had photos to put up but I don't! Maybe after tonight!

Tomorrow I am going to Healesvilee Animal sanctuary. Should be good times! I'm SO looking forward to it. Maybe I will get to pet a kangaroo! If I'm lucky.

I also plan to relax a bit tonight and watch some movies or something. it will be a fun night. Today I also got to talk to my dad over e-mail for quite a little while...it was nice. And I chatted to mom on the phone last night...so that was great too!

Today I got to have coffee with Lorelle and her friend Pauline and wee tiny baby Micah...I just wanted to never put him down he was so sweet. I love the smell of new babies...I love how soft their skin is...I love how they are a new miracle from God. I was so blessed to get to hang out with them today!

Oh..and I even got an e-mail from both my sisters today...well 2 e-mails actually..cuz they didn't done together or anything like that! Oh...and I got an e-mail from Erin which was a lovely surprise also! Yippee! That's really about all I have to say right now...

Oh...but if you've not read "Darkest England & The Way Back In" by Gary Bishop...I highly suggest you get on that! It is such an amazing book. Good read. It will change your life.

That's all!

Just a regular day in the life of Heather!

Today was just a regular day! It was good. But I was a bit homesick today. It might be because I talked to a couple of friends and family from home. That can always do it. But it was SOOOOOOOO worth it to talk to them.

I am looking forward to the weekend because I am going up to Healesville Sanctuary (I don't even know if I spelled that right) to see Aussie animals with the Halsey Girls...should be good fun! A little Canadian adventure never hurts!

Tonight I am going over to Cate's sister Merideth's for dinner. That will be nice. I'm so looking forward to it. I think that my other friend Katherine (from yesterday's blog!!!!) will be there too! So that will be fun and exciting! Good times!

Oh...and I had cherries today. Yum!

My Lovely Friend Katherine

I have a freind here in Melbourne named Katherine L. She is so very lovely and I am just blogging about the loveliness that is Katherine! I had the pleasure of hanging out with her 2 times this week. She is good fun! And always up for a good laugh!

I met Katherine through our mutual friend Cate (who is very lovely herself I might add). Katherine brings a lot of joy with her whereever she goes. She is fun, happy, delightful. I just can't think of enough words to describe!

I'll have to post a picture of us soon so that you can all see my lovely friend!

Oh...and...has anyone else noticed that I've improved at my length between blogs recently! Good one! 10 points for me!

Laughing 'Til It Hurts

Have you ever had one of those days where you just laughed and laughed and could not stop? Today was like that for me. At one point I was in with Naomi (0ne of my co-workers) and I was laughing so hard I was sure I was going to vomit!

That's really all I have to say about my title. SO...moving on.

My friends Josh and Lorelle had their baby last night! They had a little boy named Micah! I am so happy for them and can hardly wait to see the wee little baby! Babies are such a miracle from God. It is quite amazing that a new little creation is in the world. He was born on the same day as my sister...only 30 years later!

This weekend should be a pretty relaxing one for me. I'm quite looking forward to it. Glad to have reached the weekend! I'm ready for a small bit of a break! I think that I might even try to get a lot of reading done this weekend. I have some good books that I picked up at the conference last weekend to get through!

I wish that I could sit on my hill in Toronto...the one on the corner of Gerrard and Broadview. That would be the ultimate thing that I would love to do this weekend. Maybe what I should do is go on a search for a "spot" here in Melbourne that I could relax and hang out at! I'm gonna do it! ...Now if Marnie and Greg could just be here that would be even better!

That's it for now!

Update...

I've been staying at a friends house this week and taking care of her 5 year old son sometimes at night when she has something else on. It has been fun. He's a very sweet kid.

Tonight I have Girls Group on at Reservoir. I'm looking forward to it...I've not been in awhile because of School Holidays and then I had to work last Thursday night. So it will be good to actually get a chance to go again.

Not much else is new. I am in DESPERATE need of a haircut. I don't know when I'll get the chance to get that done...

OH yeah...just remembered someone backed into my car the other day and dented it and smashed the headlight...so now I've got the hassle of having to go and get that fixed...Grrrr. Not fun! I hate doing stuff like that...and I'm in a new city where I don't even really know where to go to get it fixed. Sooo...I'll have to ask around and find out a good place to go.

I'm also feeling really tired today. I can hardly wait until the weekend! Just one more day...!!!!!!!!!!!!!