Lost glasses

This morning I got up as usual although it was a bit later than usual. Two grandkids were staying over and i knew that one in particular would be more than ready for breakfast. Warren does okay with cutting up apples but cheese toast done in a certain way confuses him and he always says wait for Hanna.

I had a shower and was dressing up to putting on my glasses and I couldn't find them! As i wear my glasses all the time, they are usually on the side table but no they weren't there. I hadn't taken them into the bathroom, I did check.

Nope couldn't find them, I had woken during the night and read for awhile so I knew that I had them only a few hours before. I asked Warren if he had seen them, no he hadn't. We both looked under the bed in case they had fallen. grandkids don't come into our room so I didn't think that was a possibility. I do have a spare pair but as I don't use them very often i wasn't even sure where they were.

As I turned to go out of the room, I saw them as the light shone on them.

I think I had grabbed them ready to put on and then realised that I needed to dress first as I couldn't put my shirt on with my glasses on. Amazing how we can get out of routine so quickly. 

 

A Quaint Hotel

We were able to get a room in the Sydney CBD for $115 a night. Quaint is not a word I use often but that was what came to mind when I saw it. We had to go to the bar to check in and it was tiny probably six or seven tables and the bar was in the corner.
Then we had to go to the fifth floor, lift was across from the bar.

It was a manual door, this is the first door to open.

This was the second door and yes, either use two hands or both of us had to push it open. There was a sign inside to say that the lift could hold twelve people, it would have been like sardines if twelve could even fit in there.

Our room had a shared bathroom, wash basin inside, toilet down the hall and two bathroom across the hall, one was in better repair than the other. It was clean, plenty of hot water from the shower, also a bath if we wanted to go down that path.

Everything that you could want oh, except air con or heating but we were only there to sleep, beds were comfy.

The breakfast room. This was on the third floor and open 24/7 with bread for toast, cereal, tea and coffee, milk and juice in the fridge. They did ask that we wash our own dishes after use.

A pretty building across the street from our breakfast table, the green was brighter in reality.

On Saturday night there was a birthday party and a bucks night happening between us and the bar and although we could hear the music, it wasn't so loud that we couldn't sleep.

The hotel was a seven minute walk (when we went the right way lol) from the conference, a real bonus.

Breakfast on the balcony

As our cruise was a one off I booked a balcony for us and it was nice to be able to step out there and look at the water. A couple of times we sat and just took n the sights and luckily when coming into port one time, our room was on the right side and we were able to enjoy the locals preforming a dance for the cruise ship from the balcony.

The ship did offer room service, it was an extra, but for $10 we could have breakfast of our choice delivered to our cabin. Warren choose to have a hot breakfast with the usual fare bacon eggs, sausage tomato and toast. I went for something different and got corn pancakes with avocado and smoked salmon.

Not too bad for $10.

The balconies are small really just enough room for two people and small table and two chairs. Did feel rather decadent though as we were coming into port, sitting on the balcony eleven floors up eating our yummy breakfast.

Family Christmas get together

We plan to have our Christmas early to avoid the rush and hassle of fitting in seeing both sides of family and so yesterday Dec 13 was the date chosen. Again to make it easier we picked a beach and for something different, breakfast, far more cost effective and then the boys could have time in the water before it became too hot. hahaha!

Warren and I left home early, our contribution was eggs and ham plus pancakes (we had even managed to buy  Canadian maple syrup). Rather windy when we got to the place and we sussed out a few tables and chairs looking for sheltered spots. I set everything out, we had lots of sauces and throwaway plates, cups and cutlery while Warren started cooking pancakes, only to find it was too cold and windy for the cooker and it was starting to feel cold, very unusual for Queensland weather in December.

Made a couple of phone calls and diverted everyone to home. An enjoyable time was had but just not at the beach!

Breakfast in bed

I'm not sure that I really like breakfast in bed that much, coffee yes, but breakfast hummm. However, when Warren suggested that he cook me breakfast in bed, I wasn't going to say no was I? Of course not. We were out of bread so he went for a walk to the shops early as his breakfast is an egg on toast and he brought me one of my special drinks, ginger and fresh orange juice in hot water.

As I was still feeling under the weather I ate my breakfast and stayed under the blankets reading a book. Caught up on some sleep finally getting out of bed at mid day. It was a miserable day as it rained on and off all day. We sat and watched football on TV and looked out at the rain.

Breakfast (but not at Tiffany's)

Damned adverting! Last night while watching the news, McDonald's had a series of ads about breakfast muffins for only $3. It was an early rise for me this morning and I was thinking about breakfast and my usual oats and yoghurt really didn't appeal to me, so I suggested to the man of the house a trip out for breakfast and then a walk in the park. His comment "I shouldn't put the jug on for coffee, then?"

This was breakfast, of course we bypassed the cheap sausage muffin, I had the wrap with egg and bacon and coffee and Warren went for the full meal of muffin, hash browns and coffee. Then it was off to the Centenary Lakes for a walk and to feed the ducks. There was another reason for this as well, I am in a challenge to take a photo a day and there are prompts for each day and today's prompt was "Under my feet."

This is the photo that I posted for the challenge. It is a pleasant walk and when we go, I do think to myself, "I should come more often" There are hundreds of ducks, water fowl, ibis's and we even found some geese on the upper part of the lake. It is part of a 10,000 steps walk and we probably walked about 2 kms, stopping every now and then to throw out some bread crusts. I keep any crusts in the freezer so that if we do go, then there is bread to take and feed whatever birds are around. Even though it is late April, the sun was quite hot when we were not in the shade of the trees.

 Curious geese and they preferred to take the bread from his hand.

 The only pelican that we saw, in the first photo I took, he had turned and the photo was a back view, not a good look maybe he was trying to tell me something.

One fountain and a second in the distance. The beauty of our sojourn this morning is that I have two more photos that will be used for the next couple of prompts of the photo challenge.

Anzac Day

The closest dawn service is at Bribie Island RSL, Warren had arranged to go with friends and he made a full carload so I didn't attend this time. He got all his stuff ready last nght and set the alarm for 2.30am, he was being picked up at 3am, the service was to start at 4.20am.

I woke and then went back to bed and was woken at 7am, he hadn't taken his keys, two mornings in a row I had to stagger out of bed! While I was getting my breakfast , I asked him if he wanted some and he said no, the RSL (Returned Service League) had supplied a big breakfast for veteran who were wearing medals on their right side. I said "That's stupid, veterans would be wearing them on their left side!" "Haha!" he replied "They were being sneaky as it was"right" as in correct, not right as in left/right. You know the correct side but anyone trying to get a free brekkie wouldn't know that!"

Warren with his medals after the service this morning.

 
Our son Jason and his boys after the service last year.

Apparently there were about 2000 people there, an increase on last year, numbers have been increasing over the years which does seem incredible but heart warming. Next year will be the one hundredth anniversary of the Anzac landing. I will be going to that one, I must ask my brother for dads medals so I can wear his as well as my own. I have a general service medal which I have never worn, I do wear the miniature one though. The full size one can only be worn at special occasions such as Anzac day services.