hi-dee-ho one and all.
well i have been "m.i.a" for the past few days because of the hustle and bustle of school hols and having mark home on hols too - he gets so chatty when he is relaxed - and also the fact that mark and i had a few days on the gold coast.
it was sooooo relaxing and even though we missed the kids like crazy it was a well-needed pick-me-up for us as a couple.
we are desperately trying to reduce our tax at the moment and decided we would jump into the world of investment real estate - well actually mark jumped and i needed one almighty shove...!!!
the company we decided to go through shouted us a night at the raddison at carrara. we crunched some numbers with their accountant yesterday then spent the day driving around the coast looking at properties that we could afford.
had it not been so horrendously hot and humid, i am sure my brain would have taken in a lot more of the "facts and figures" stuff but by 4 p.m. yesterday i was so emotionally drained that mark could have bought a $16 million house and i don't think i would have batted an eyelid.
but we have decided not to buy just yet and explore a few more options available to us.
so after jumping in and out of air con all day, we said goodbye to the lovely chap from the real estate, booked into our room at the raddison (such a lovely resort and the rooms were so nice), then hit the robina town centre for a good look around (i haven't been there for ages)
mark bought himself some new shirts, we wandered in and out of stores looking at things we couldn't possibly afford but pretended we could anyways, had a VERY late lunch of crepes and iced chocolates (yummo) and i managed to find a scrapping store.
so i plonked mark on the seat outside with a magazine and went in for a browse. not that they had much "new" stock but i did manage to pick up some chipboard shapes, suede blossoms, and some kimberly hodges patches which are just adorable.
i was a bit taken aback when i enquired where all their heidi swapp stock was and the girl asked me if hs was a "new" scrap designer !!!!!
back to the resort for a nap before the whole resort suffered a series of power gliches and the entire air con system just stopped !!!
we decided to eat dinner at the resort's restaurant, only to be told they had no tables for us and power in the kitchen so only a cold buffet was available.
so we jumped in the car and headed over to broadbeach were we found a steakhouse and seafood restaurant - with air-con.
and the meal was just delicious.
mark had a rump steak with mushroom sauce and i had mortean bay bugs with chilli sauce - YUM YUM YUMMO
it was so nice sitting there together and even though we mainly talked about the kids we both agreed that our marriage was in desperate need of some "us time". we have decided to keep to our pact we made when we first got married of a monthly "date" to keep the spark there. not that i think the spark ever went away - just got snuffed out a bit over the years
(we have been married 19 years next week - jan 10 - but kait and i will be in sydney visiting my sister)
back to the raddison and still no air-con so we sat out on our little balcony watching the storm and just enjoying being in each other's company.
the rest of the night was very much "us time" so i won't go into any details
*WINK*
it was nice to have a sleep in this morning and then wander up for breakfast before we headed home.
and it's just so nice to be home feeling refreshed and renewed and having fresh eyes to look at things and make some decisions about where we are heading as a family and as a couple.
thanks for listening to the waffle.
until next time
~*~ shazz ~*~
well i have been "m.i.a" for the past few days because of the hustle and bustle of school hols and having mark home on hols too - he gets so chatty when he is relaxed - and also the fact that mark and i had a few days on the gold coast.
it was sooooo relaxing and even though we missed the kids like crazy it was a well-needed pick-me-up for us as a couple.
we are desperately trying to reduce our tax at the moment and decided we would jump into the world of investment real estate - well actually mark jumped and i needed one almighty shove...!!!
the company we decided to go through shouted us a night at the raddison at carrara. we crunched some numbers with their accountant yesterday then spent the day driving around the coast looking at properties that we could afford.
had it not been so horrendously hot and humid, i am sure my brain would have taken in a lot more of the "facts and figures" stuff but by 4 p.m. yesterday i was so emotionally drained that mark could have bought a $16 million house and i don't think i would have batted an eyelid.
but we have decided not to buy just yet and explore a few more options available to us.
so after jumping in and out of air con all day, we said goodbye to the lovely chap from the real estate, booked into our room at the raddison (such a lovely resort and the rooms were so nice), then hit the robina town centre for a good look around (i haven't been there for ages)
mark bought himself some new shirts, we wandered in and out of stores looking at things we couldn't possibly afford but pretended we could anyways, had a VERY late lunch of crepes and iced chocolates (yummo) and i managed to find a scrapping store.
so i plonked mark on the seat outside with a magazine and went in for a browse. not that they had much "new" stock but i did manage to pick up some chipboard shapes, suede blossoms, and some kimberly hodges patches which are just adorable.
i was a bit taken aback when i enquired where all their heidi swapp stock was and the girl asked me if hs was a "new" scrap designer !!!!!
back to the resort for a nap before the whole resort suffered a series of power gliches and the entire air con system just stopped !!!
we decided to eat dinner at the resort's restaurant, only to be told they had no tables for us and power in the kitchen so only a cold buffet was available.
so we jumped in the car and headed over to broadbeach were we found a steakhouse and seafood restaurant - with air-con.
and the meal was just delicious.
mark had a rump steak with mushroom sauce and i had mortean bay bugs with chilli sauce - YUM YUM YUMMO
it was so nice sitting there together and even though we mainly talked about the kids we both agreed that our marriage was in desperate need of some "us time". we have decided to keep to our pact we made when we first got married of a monthly "date" to keep the spark there. not that i think the spark ever went away - just got snuffed out a bit over the years
(we have been married 19 years next week - jan 10 - but kait and i will be in sydney visiting my sister)
back to the raddison and still no air-con so we sat out on our little balcony watching the storm and just enjoying being in each other's company.
the rest of the night was very much "us time" so i won't go into any details
*WINK*
it was nice to have a sleep in this morning and then wander up for breakfast before we headed home.
and it's just so nice to be home feeling refreshed and renewed and having fresh eyes to look at things and make some decisions about where we are heading as a family and as a couple.
thanks for listening to the waffle.
until next time
~*~ shazz ~*~
4 comments:
Sounds like you are starting the new year in such a great way. Good for you.
Be careful investing along that Gold Coast strip. Remember there are some shyster real estate and property developers there who overvalue the properties that they are selling.
Marie xo
Hi Shazz, thanks for popping in and saying hello look forward to catching up on a regular basis.
And thanks for your kind thoughts, your old pal and now renewed pal
Hi there - Thanks for checking out my blog - thought i would check out yours too!! They are very addictive to read arent they! Your getaway sounds like bliss!! Glad you had fun!!
Kelley
Thought for a minute there this was going to turn into an 'R' rated blog Shazz!LOL Good on you guys for having a little getaway! And thanks for visiting my blog and always leaving such lovely comments!!
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