Luna Park

This is one of our jaunts during the last school holidays. Me and my friend decided to take our kids to Luna Park. Even though we had been there once but the moment I mentioned to Dorothy and David about our plan, they were so excited and yipped for joy. They were right over the moon when I finished off with the news that their friends were coming with us as well. The company of friends add more enjoyment to the fun being there. The kids didn't get enough of the rides for the whole day and still want another visit. Hopefully this coming school holiday again!

Luna Park is one of Sydney's icon located at Milsons Point, on the Northern Shore of Sydney Harbour. It is a historical amusement park with plenty of rides and attraction to enjoy both for young and adult alike. It's a big place to wander with such magnificent views around good to soak up while waiting for the kids. Here are some of the pictures that we took. Hope you enjoy :)

His Birthday!!!

Hubby celebrated his birthday last Sunday. It was a simple celebration merely the four of us.Last year, he had a blast with close friends, families and relatives came over to celebrate with us. But this time is different just for a change. We both decided it and wanted only just a simple yet memorable celebration. We had a good home cooked lunch of roast beef and vegetables to highlight the celebration which I did myself. I ordered a birthday cake from our favorite cake shop and it was a knockout to us most especially to the kids.They all love birthday cakes and even helped to blow the candles with their Dad. We didn't go out on that day because weather wasn't good enough and quite chilly too. We had a good time spending time at home all day.

One Word Tag

Amy of Business Matters tagged me this wonderful meme. Thank you so much, Ams. So sweet of you for including me in the list. I was having fun answering all the questions. Although it did squeeze my mind out a bit to some of the questions.

USING ONLY ONE WORD! It’s not as easy as you might think! Copy and change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to use only one-word answers. Be sure to tag the person who sent it to you!

1. Where is your cell phone? charging
2. Your hair? long
3. Your mother? caring
4. Your father? retired
5. Your favorite food? seafood
6. Your dream last night? nil
7. Your favorite drink? water
8. Your dream/goal? secret
9. What room you are in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? shopping
11. Your fear? heights
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? home
13. Where were you last night? bedroom
14. Something that you aren’t? hypocrite
15. Muffin? banana
16. Wish list item? lots
17. Where you grew up? island
18. Last thing you did? Wii
19. What are you wearing? pajama
20. Your TV? Sony
21. Your pets? dogs
22. Friends? many
23. Your life? challenging
24. Your mood? good
25. Missing someone? parents
26. Car? toyota
27. Something you’re not wearing? watch
28. Your favorite store? Target
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? forgot
32. Who will resend this? hmmm
33. One place that I go to over and over? shop
34. One person who emails me regularly? hubby
35. My favorite place to eat? Panthers

Anyone who wants to join the fun can grab this wonderful meme. please feel free to do it. Have a nice day!

One Lovely Blog Award

This award was given to me by a very kind blogger,Melds and I wanted to share this award too..I am passing this award to some special persons as a token for continously sharing a lovely post in the blog sphere and for the kind of friendship i am beginning to adopt in this medium.

Please accept my token of saying Thank you..
1. Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2. Pass the award to 10 other blogs that you have newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

Anyone who wants to grab this wonderful award can grab it. Please feel free to do it. Thank you.

Mushies

We never expected to see this type of mushrooms in the place where we visited one day. They were growing right in the landscaped ground underneath the old trees. Some were just sprouted from the ground and some just newly bloomed. Dorothy, my daughter, can't believe right away what we saw, and thought they were just artificial beautification thingo on the ground just to add life and color. But when I touched one with a stick to fill up our growing curiosity it was just when we began to realize that they were real up close and personal to our very own eyes.

As I searched in the internet more about this mushroom, I came to know that they are a poisonous type. Although generally considered poisonous , deaths are extremely rare, and it has been consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling in plentiful water. These mushrooms are called Amanita muscaria

Wet weekend

It's another wet weekend, chilly and gloomy. Rains had been slow and steady soaking wet since the past few days. Our backyard's appearance is quite a mess with leaves, twigs and barks, you name it, it is all scattered in our backyard being completely ignored for days now and needs a good clean up . I am just waiting for the ground to dry enough habitable again by humans so we could start a good clean up. I need to reserve a good bucketful of energy for that big clean up day. But, well, at least not just yet very soon for the forecast is more rains are expected in the next day and it will take more days before the ground gets dry again because it's winter. So, it's another days of waiting and lazying for me....
With weather like this, I rather stay inside the house and laze myself curl up in a warm bed with an engrossing book to read. Lunch wasn't such a problem for I still got nerves to cook mung bean with spinach despite of my lazy bones. I thought to make something warm to eat. A good warmer soup so to speak and so the mung bean soup suddenly popped out in mind. Glad I still had enough ingredients available for the soup when I checked it out. Thus, making it a lot easier for me.

Some of my early winter bloomers

Few of my plants bloom this early winter. The flowers are not as many though yet they still add a colorful sight in the garden. It always cheers me up.

Have a nice day everyone!

My Name Way Back In 1950

I have been tagged with this unique Meme by Mary Anne, Glenda and Mommy Rose of Rose's Obstacles and Glories. Thank you so much for including me in the fun of finding what my 1950's name. I am getting excited to find it out so here we go...
Here are the rules:

1. Take this quiz.
   
2. Post the result in your site.
3. Acknowledge My Daily Thoughts and Moods by writing her link in number one of your list, followed by yours and then proceed to link other friends whom you would like to know their names in 1950s. Visit the page of my Daily thoughts and moods and inform her that you already done the tag so you will be added in the list. Copy paste the names that done the tag. Come on, make this a long list of fun. The first one has been done for you.

Your 1950s Name is: Sally Gwendolyn

What's Your 1950s Name?

1. Imelda (My Daily Thoughts and Moods) - Gwendolyn Silvia

2. Cecille (Down Home with the Kenyons) - Dorothy Charlene

3. Amiable Amy (Discover the Simplicity of My World) - Victoria Penny

4. ShyDub (Simple Happy Life) - Phyllis Janie

5. Rosemarie (Deeply in Love) - Dorothy Naomi

6. David (Basic Blogananomics) - Monty Milton

7. Meryl (Places, People, Events, good Food and My Life) -Darlene Glenda

8. Rose (Rose's Obstacles and Glories) Frances Yvonne

9. Jacris (Mom's Special Diary) - Naomi Janie

10. Rossel (Topics on Earth) - Gwendolyn Frances

11. Anne (Mary Anne's Musings)- Wanda Connie

12.Eden (Moments to Remember)- Sally Gwendolyn

And , what about you? do you want to join the fun and know your 1950's name?

Creative Mom Blogger Award

The Creative Mom Blogger Award was passed on to me by Clarissa ,Beth,tammy and Rossel . Thank you so much for including me in the list. So thoughtful and sweet of you. I really appreciate it.

Here's the simple rules:
♥ Take your award and put the logo on your post.
♥Link the person who awarded you.Remember each recipient of the award should acknowledge the person who honored them and go to Mom's Special Diary to copy and paste the award.
♥Put your own blog title and link.
♥Nominate at least five deserving moms.

1.Mom's Special Diary 2.Moms Ups and Downs 3. Moments to Remember 4. Your next...

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Sorry for I will break a rule here for I wont tag anyone . Any mom can grab this award. Please feel free to do it.. thank you

More Awards

I was tagged twice with this lovely Your Blog Makes Us Smile award by DavidFunk , Beth and Amy. Although I am not sure if this fits my blog but I am so thankful to them for including me in the list and thinking of me always. It surely makes me smile and I feel honored to receive this lovely award. :)
Here is another award that DavidFunk passed on to me. It is all about Perky Blogger Award. Thank you so much again David for this award and your friendship. You are such a wonderful friend.
And since I am pretty sure that most of you already have this award, I wont tag anyone here. If you wish to grab this award, please feel free to do it. Thank you and have a nice day always.