We've had these chat threads before for people who live overseas and post at odd hours but they tend to peter out so I thought I'd have another go!
I am in Australia, 1.5h north of Sydney, been here almost exactly 2 years (tomorrow) and have an Aussie DH and a DS who is 3.8.
And currently I have a cold and am Not Happy. :(
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Thumbwitch · 18/08/2011 04:41
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Thumbwitch ·
02/09/2011 21:35
Oo Frak, that sounds exciting and yet horrifyingly tedious - been there, done that - I start off all excited, do all the research, then get round to writing the project which starts to get a bit harder and then have to make sure all the references are sorted out (although that bit's a lot easier nowadays, back when I was doing it, it was all manual and a bloody nuisance!)
How can 44deg be considered nice? Are you a salamander, wordsonapage? 
CY - you need some sleep, woman - did I see you up posting around 5am your time??
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CheerfulYank ·
02/09/2011 23:26
I will go to sleep tonight, I promise!
Was it 44 degrees F? That would be nice! :)
MrsDistinctlyMintyMonetarism ·
05/09/2011 21:59
Helloooooo. I've been studiously ignoring the LO board as I've been feeling homesick, but as it appears that Thumbwitch never sleeps (I see you everywhere!) I decided to inflict myself upon you!
Hazy morning here just west of Brisbane, waiting for the weather to warm up so that we can use the pool!
One of the dc's and I managed to get a tick over the last couple of days. They are bloody sore 
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It's dd's birthday on Sunday so have been organising stuff for a party. Nearly died at the price of Playmobil over here, but found this site really helpful. Even with expedited shipping from the UK it still worked out cheaper than Mr Toys or ToysRus.
fraktious ·
05/09/2011 22:16
I like the research, I liked writing up my conclusions and recommendations, I freaking hate methods and evaluation.
Guess what I have left to do
Thumbwitch ·
06/09/2011 05:25
frak - pmsl!! No, in this day and age, I think that's perfectly valid 
MrsDistinctly - I do sleep, honest! I am just a late bird and sometimes if I go to bed early I wake up at 4am and can't get back to sleep. So yes, I am on here far too much a fair bit. :)
How long have you been out in Australia? Are you here longterm or on a short business thing?
Ticks are fuckers. I still have the heebyjeebies whenever I think of the one I found buried headfirst in DS's little baby arm (ok, he was 2 1/2 but still!). Got it all out, it hadn't been in long, but he still got a cysty thing over it that took a month to go :(. No after effects though and no scar. What really annoyed me was that I'd made sure he had long sleeves and long legs on before we went on the bushwalk - the thing must have fallen inside his sleeve. Grrrr.
Toys are viciously expensive, some of them - and books! - we only tend to buy stuff in the sales, op shops or on ebay. Talking of which, today was a Good Day - the parcel from England arrived with the rest of the dragons from How To Train Your Dragon in (UK ebay) and DS is thrilled! We are now, of course, watching the film again so DS can play along with the appropriate dragon
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Thumbwitch ·
06/09/2011 05:49
OOOOOoooooooo!!! MrsDistinctly, I did NOT know about that! We looked at the Walking with Dinosaurs thing this year but decided DS was too young (he's currently 3.9) and it would be too scary; but by next March he'll be over 4 and might be ok with How To Train Your Dragon. The prices aren't that much higher (if at all, actually) than what we paid for the Disney Ice Spectacular this June so we could do it. But then we only have 1 child.
It's my favourite animated film - I just love the soul-stirring music as much as anything else!
CY - you need to go to bed - go on!!
We are currently experiencing a plague of fecking flies - I have killed about 12 in the last hour and a half!! I don't know where the buggers are getting in; we have screens on all doors and windows but as fast as I'm killing them more are appearing. No dead creatures or bodies in the house that I'm aware of; they MUST have a secret entrance! 
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