Happy New Year

Happy New Year! Well, I'm not quite sure where 2012 went but it seems to be "done and dusted"! We saw in 2013 at The Big House - M and Mouse went to The New Year's Eve Ball (which they truly seemed to enjoy) while S and I went to see Rhonda Burchmore at the Atrium Bar there. We had been lucky enough to see/hear her rehearse earlier in the afternoon and while that was good she was a knock-out for the scheduled performance. Then we just mingled with the crowd, had some dinner, hung out in the room for a while (thanks M), came back downstairs to watch the midnight fireworks across at Broadbeach (we could see a slice of them between the buildings), wished M and Mouse a Happy New Year - and took ourselves back up to the room per chance to sleep and dream - which I did but S had a bit of an unsettled night. Hopefully she enjoyed her bit of a sleep-in.

A fair few folk walked away with NYE souvenirs last night (early this morning). Mostly it was balloons (six-feet columns of them!) or the table centrepieces - also balloons. Some of the columns were so large it was hard to imagine how they were going to get them into their vehicles and home.

It has been a busy few days: Christmas, Boxing Day Bingo (Winners ARE Ginners!), The Quartet, Fat Noodle, The Asia Pacific Triennial exhibition at GOMA, P's birthday dinner in Kyogle ... the list goes on ... and it has all been wonderful! I've also managed to fit in a tiny bit of television - not nearly enough - but no reading - and that is high on my list of things "to do" especially "Life of Pi" now that the film has been released (today!).

In the middle of all that Pearl finally returned from her sleepover at Mouse's ... and Beazley came home (thanks Pets Eternal). It just hasn't been the same without him and it seems everyone is still trying to settle into a routine without him. He is definitely missed.

So, what will 2013 bring? Especially as the Mayan apocalypse predictions seem to have come to naught!

Happy New Year One and All