SEMI REST DAY

 

Good morning... from someone who has had a wonderful sleep in today.

We have been so busy the last few days, we are taking a bit of a break today.

Staying here in the motel until lunchtime, then heading over to Rowena and Aliesha's.

Today is my sister's first birthday in heaven, she would have been 68 today.

I am buying a birthday cake and some birthday type snacks to take out to the kids house for dinner.

We are having KFC plus the cake etc, as Lorraine loved KFC.

Those are the only plans for the day ... we are pretty much shopped out, day tripped out etc.  

Catch ya later.

ABOVE:  There is a Christmas kiosk in the Hyperdome, where a lady makes and sells Christmas decorations and dolls.

I fell in love with one of her lady elves.  So yesterday, while in the mall, we asked her to make us one.  All her Christmas dolls are 'one offs', and unique.  Our new Christmas 'friend' will arrive in time for Christmas all going well.

11.04 am, we went to Brown Plains Grand Plaza mid morning.  

ABOVE: WHOOPS we did it again... shopping is such fun. We are now having lunch before getting cake etc.

1.35 pm, Aussy Time.  OMG it is sooooo hot!  We have been out and about, shopping, picking up flowers, cakes and sweets etc.

We are now taking a couple of hours to just sit in the air conditioned comfort of our motel unit, until we go out to Rowena's for dinner.

ABOVE:  We had to take diet coke out of the fridge to fit in cake and flowers!  Sacrilege. 😂😅😉

8.15 Aussy time.  We are just back from spending the evening at Rowena's, formerly my sister's home.

We made a garden in Lorraine's memory, and we had KFC and birthday cake for her too.

ABOVE:  Lorraine talked of having a pretty garden here, but didn't get the chance to do it.

So Rowena wanted to do it today.

ABOVE:  Everyone did some of the work, and planted a flower.

ABOVE:  I decorated a 'drip cake' with cupcakes and lollies.  It looked really nice.

ABOVE:  I think Joyce was keen on having the first bite, but I beat her to it.  lol

ABOVE:  Rowena modelling her new dress.  So pretty!

Some friends of Aleisha's came over in their buggy and gave us a ride!  It was SCARY!  I videoed it, and will put it on tomorrow's post.

For now... it's bedtime, cos we are tired old farts.

A CRUISE, AND A FERRIS WHEEL

 

First, how about our opinion of last night's dinner and show at Dracula's?

It was goddam HORRIBLE.

We were supposed to be 'scared' on entering, and went on a two minute 'ghost train' ride, with the usual fake dead mummies, scary ghouls etc on the walls making noises... it was just so pathetic!

ABOVE:  It wouldn't have scared a 5 year old.

Cheap, tacky, bad taste, the 'show' was not cohesive, there was very little to redeem it in fact.  One girl was a good singer, the band was good, and one girl did an amazing aerial routine.  The rest was fucking awful.

I would NOT recommend it to anyone.

Stew and Rowena 100% agreed with me on every point.

We walked out well before it ended.  I would have left earlier, but we had paid for a meal, so intended to get what we paid for.

The meal was PASSABLE.  But only just.

And that about wraps it up.

Moving on to today, Rowena is picking us up, and we are catching a train into the city.

We have booked a three hour lunch cruise on the Brisbane River.

I am really looking forward to that.  Surely it will be wonderful?

After the lunch cruise, we might go to the botanic gardens on scooters, or just move on to the Ferris Wheel.

And that is our plans for the day.

Catch ya later.

ABOVE:  8.44 am Aussy time, ready for the day. I do have sunglasses. And I will get a hat or peak that fits over my hair today. 

11.56 and we are off the boat for lunch, then back on the boat and back to Southbank. 

ABOVE: Happy snaps, more to come later.

ABOVE:  What a fantastic day we have had!

A Brisbane River Cruise, lunch at The Breakfast Creek Hotel (lovely food!), then a ride on the Southbank Wheel of Brisbane.

Followed by a visit back to the Hyperdome, where we picked up a pair of pants I'd ordered, and a few other bits 'n' Bobs.

Now we are back at our motel, and plan on staying here till tomorrow.

We are tired, but not exhausted.

It was a cruisy (pardon the pun) day. 😂😅

I don't have the energy to put captions under every photo today!

We saw some lovely views, possums up a tree, lizards, met some really lovely people, and so thankful for air conditioning on the ferris wheel, cos today was HOT.

I am now going to sign off for the day, and join Stew on the bed for a rest.

Probably go to sleep and wake up tomorrow!  lol