really

We are really in America.

We really made it.

I really love American food...(ok, Mexican and Italian...maybe not so American)

But my stomach doesn't really agree with it all yet.

I really only was jet lagged for 2 days.

I really already got a job.

And,

I really do remember that I have a blog, 

and really have heaps of photos and news of the move to blog about.

But I really am too busy. Moving is madness.

Especially overseas.

I really would not recommend it for the faint of heart.

Or for me.  At least until I'm able to forget it all.

Like having a baby I suppose:

a painful, time-consuming process but as time goes on, you do it again.

and again.

and again.

Not that I would really know.

Really.

So I really will update this blog soon. 

Really.

Change...

Pretty soon we won't be "down under" any more so the name of the blog and URL address will be changing in the next couple days...shouldn't effect the followers.

Stay posted...

Summer...

Remember when you were a kid and the summer meant freedom?

Summer meant everything.

It meant climbing trees...do kids even do this any more?

Sprinkler under the trampoline...sprinklers take on a whole new level when you throw a trampoline into the mix.

{at least that's how I remember it}

Night games...one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock ROCK!

{Olly Olly Oxen Free!}

Drinking from the hose....is that even legal any more?

{"but what about bacterias?"}

Attempting to float/walk all the way down the nearby creek...remember Janika? 

{Darn spiders. Always stopped at the spiders part.}

Endless trips/bike rides to the Sno Shack...mmmm Maui Wowee please.

Laying on the cement to dry off from sprinklers, pool...etc.

{I loved seeing what shape my body mark would make}

Playing Titanic on the "big toy"

{my heart will go on!}

Disneyland...oh how I miss Disneyland.

Parades, festivals, BBQ's and fireworks...America, need I say more?

I was thinking of the summer and all these memories just came flooding back.

I miss those days.  

Summer livin' and the life is easy.

So all you kids that are still enjoying summer bliss, throw in a day for me.

For my childhood.

We'll miss summer this year, but next summer don't be surprised if you see me out with the gang,

counting to "12 o'clock MIDNIGHT" on your doorstep.

Ah, summer.

{ps...check out Heather's give away here.  I want!}

Exhausted

I feel like life is moving in fast forward but in slow motion too.

We are loving it though.

 < I haven't cooked dinner since last Monday. >

Seriously? Seriously.

< Most nights I'm not even at our house more than 30 minutes...or not at all. >

I'm good at fast packing. Real good.

< We've been caraze-y scared by an intense movie mini-marathon >

I think Don secretly loved freaking us out.

< The surprise party for Phil's mum went off without a hitch. >  

Now we're not walking on pins and needles wondering what we can/can't say. Phew!

< Selling our goods went entirely well. >

Yes, entirely.

< Because of the previous item, we are currently living in a shell. >

No furniture or anything on the wall = shell.

Sad but great!

< Plans for our voyage home have been finalized. >

Final.

< We're enjoying Sydney while we can! >

I will miss nights like these...

Ahead

The Bennallacks are back in business.  

We are so happy to have Dad, Mum and Rach back on Australian soil.  Even though we know it's only for a teaser visit, we still love having family around.

We had a great family dinner all together last night (just missing Matt, Jade and Pacey).  

I love family dinners with all the brothers and sisters...specially when mine on the other side of the world giving farewell talks and all. (sniffle)

So to celebrate our Aussie reunion...here's a story I heard the other day...

Ancient History
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the Brits, in the weeks that followed, an
American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a
story published in the New York Times: 

"American archaeologists, finding traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 100 years earlier than the British".

One week later, the Sydney Morning Herald, in Sydney Australia, reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his backyard in Tugun, Bruce, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found Nothing!!!! Bruce has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Australia had already gone wireless."

Good ole Aussies.

Just makes you proud to be an Australian.

Even though we're headed to America soon, we still have Australian Pride!

Seen

Oh Harry.  Harry Harry Potter.

*no spoilers here...promise!...although how can you "spoil" a movie when it's already a book?*

It was great. Great. Great. Great.

The night went something like this...

11pm...depart the house to deserted streets.

11:35pm...arrive at theatre.  Crazy how bustling that place was in the dead of the night.

12:05am...Harry time.

Action.

Snacks.

Hermione.

Girl crying on my right. (jeez)

Voldermort.

Slew of girls sobbing on Phil's left.

Neville.

Loud breather on my right...inhale, EXHALE (or is she still sobbing?) 

Ron.

More good movie watching.

Professor McGonagall.

Dumbledore.

Snape.

oh...and Harry.

HP.

Potter.

The boy who lived.

Harry Potter.

I felt slightly childish going to a midnight movie, but something about Harry Potter brings me back to 12 years old.

12 years old is a healthy age to love Harry Potter right?  Better than 22.

So since it started back then, it's ok.

Phil agrees.

I'd see it again. Mostly cuz I don't want it to end.

xoxo

Countdown

Nope, not our favorite Woolworths store in New Zealand.

This is real life. With numbers!

1

day until Phil's school results.

2

days until Harry Potter 7 pt2.

(Yes, I count down to Harry Potter. Judge me.)

6

days until we have {Bennallack} parents again.

19

more days of work.

30

days until Fiji.

37 

days until America.

Whoa...where has time gone?

Jeez Lahweez.