Archive | February, 2009

Twilight: Stephenie Meyers

Twilight:  Stephenie Meyers

Have you read the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer?  A series of 4 books based on Vampires and Werewolves – aimed at young teens? Well, Stuart and I have and we are enthralled. We heard about Twilight, the first book in the series, from Morgan – who had been trying (unsuccessfully) for months to borrow [...]

Heat Wave And Bushfires

This year, we have seen what are possibly the worst Bushfires Australia has seen so far. On February 7th 2009, bushfires raged out of control in Victoria, located in the south east corner of Australia.  Reports so far indicate there have been approximately 200 deaths and over 500 people with fire-related injuries.

SPAM phone calls

SPAM phone calls

Image by z_fishies via Flickr I really don’t get it!  Tonight, we received the 2nd phone call in as many nights offering us a ‘FREE’ nokia mobile phone. My hubbie, who is far more tolerant than me, took the first call and just hung up them. You would think they got the message!  Alas, no…. [...]