Sunday, February 6, 2011

pj's and facelifts

Right this very minute I am wearing my Christmas flannel pj's and this makes me very happy! We've had this ridiculous heatwave for about a week then this afternoon the wonderful southerly winds came through brought lots of rain and much cooler temperatures! Right now its about 61 degrees outside, which sure beats the 104 degree day we had yesterday. Reason #147 why I love Australia, its crazy ever so quickly changing weather.

Hopefully you've noticed the blog has had a facelift. No, I am not creative enough by any means to create blog layouts but lucky for me the people at Designer Blogs are! They were so wonderful to work with and have so much cute stuff to choose from, go check them out!

Bedtime for me...in my flannel pj's! :)

Friday, February 4, 2011

i'll trade you



To all you people back home who are getting snow, ice and temps of 15-30 degrees...i'll trade you. I love my little dashboard on my computer so I always know what the time and weather are here and back home...today, snowflakes in Memphis and sun in Australia.

We've been going through a heatwave this week. My cousin and I were talking on Wednesday (as we went on a little outing at 10pm in search of fans) that we really needed to document our heatwave experience so we could remember it in a few months when its winter and we're freezing...so here it goes :)

This week has been nothing short of miserable as far as the weather goes. I'm pretty sure we've had temps in the high 30s (c)= high 90s-100s (f) almost every day. But here's the thing most of you back home don't know...most people in Australia do not have a/c in their homes. Yep. So just think, a hot summer day in the south with no a/c. Thats what its been like here. The heat just makes me down right cranky. I'm tired of not being able to sleep, tired of taking 3 showers a day and still feeling completely gross, tired of having curly hair, and just tired of feeling like I have zero energy to do anything. Alright, i'm done complaining. In my defense I left the US in summer, came to Australia in spring and now summer, so i've had summer for almost 10 months now. I'm ready for some different weather and ready to wear all those fall and winter clothes in my closet I haven't worn in forever! I know this will pass and despite this crazy weather I still love Australia.