My 2009 in pics

2009 has been quite an interesting year for me, yet exciting and adventurous!

January: I was still living in Phoenix, and had been working for LifeTime Fitness. Continued my weekend hikes with the besties. Was good as can be!

February: Things had changed, and I ended up moving to Utah. Although, I LOVE LOVE LOVE AZ, it was not for the best at this time. I packed up, and one of my good friends joined me on the drive to Utah and helped me get all settled!

March: My job transfer with LifeTime went through, and off I was to join a new crew! Was the best thing I ever did.

April: I had been working at LTF for a month. Loving the "new" job. Although, not so much loving Utah. And quickly remembered why I left it, once I got stuck in a nearly a foot of snow, when it should really have been SPRING! I had started applying for nanny jobs abroad. 3 days later, was offered a job in Sydney!

May: I had missed my friends in AZ too much. Home I went, just for a getaway. Then to NYC with the nieces and nephews!

June: I started saying goodbye to friends and family near and far! Went from Utah to Idaho, to Utah, to Arizona, to California. Left my favourite team I had ever worked with. Planned and partied at my dad's 60th Birthday party. Saw realtives I hadn't seen in YEARS! And a few days later, I was on my way to Sydney.

July: First things first....I missed my absolute favourite holiday of ALL TIME! (4th of July). But had been getting settled in Sydney. Celebrated the girls 2nd Birthday.And trying to come to terms with the fact that it was WINTER in July.

August: Meeting new people. And just living it up. Nothing particular. Just a couple rugby matches!

September: Jen and Bryan (sis and bro in law) had come out for a visit. Bryan had a bussiness tip here, and his office happened to be around the corner! Spent lots of time with my sis, and showed her the place I oh so love! A day in history for Sydney. As it suffered one of it's worst Dust Storms, ever! I remember waking up to the smell of dirt, and looking outside and it was ORANGE as can be (as you see in the pics!) Weirdest and most Erry thing EVER. Was to be inside all day. As no one was meant to be out. Oh, um.......I dusted.

October: I went to New Zealand. Auckland. Had SO much fun. Went Bungy Jumping off the Auckland Bridge.(which 3 years ago you never could have paid me to do). I was so excited to do it............until I got to the edge and FREAKED out. But just did it, and now I want to do it ALL THE TIME. I loved, loved, loved it! Skydiving next? YES PLEASE!

November: Scored free tickets to a box at the Nickelback Concert (thanks Pippa!) Got all frocked up and went to the races. Then took a weekend away to Melbourne. Liked it, but defenitley prefer Sydney.

December: Beach. Boat. Pool. That's where I live, for it is SUMMER.and I LOVE it. Also went to see the Fireworks over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. SOOOOOOOOO many people. Sat for 7 hours waiting. So worth it.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and has a happy and healthy New Year!

With Love,
Kim

It's True..........

I am SO behind, but and working on a rediculous update. Meaning all of 2009, BUT in a nutshell.Needless to say, my blog is UNDER CONSTRUCTION! While you wait, I will leave you with this. A video that on of my best friends posted, and it gave me chills. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Un-invited Visitors!!!!!

You can either have a nice Spring breeze, and expect these to come visit. Or, you can not have either. Thing is by the time these HUGE cockroaches hit the doorway they die. But who wants to pick THAT up and throw outside. I have never been so disgusted in my life. These are the biggest and most hideous cockroacehs I've ever seen. Can't leave ANYTHING food wise on the counters at night. It will be covered. Supposidly, this is normal in Australia. Everyone gets them. I find NOTHING normal about this!!! I can't believe I even posted this pic. Sick! Not to mention the spiders. And the fact that we are supposed to check our shoes before we put them on??
On a better note: Today is officially the FIRST DAY OF SUMMER! May the beachin' it continue........

Outta Whack!

It's Spring time here. And soon to be Summer. Thus my background. Though, I must say I am missing the feeling of fall. Halloween in Spring just didn't feel quite right. Christmas in Summer (100* weather at that) will be so weird. Nonetheless, I'm taking what I've got and enjoying it at it's best. Been beachin' it TONS lately!! And loving every minute of it. With Spring, comes the big races over here. Horse races. Everybody gets all "frocked" up and heads out for a fun day. That's next weekend for me. As I'm spending this weekend on the beach with my Canadian friends :)
Melbourne trip the weekend after that, Christmas party the weekend after that, "Nanny Night Out" the weekend after that, taking the Girls to see "The Wiggles!" the weekend after that, then Christmas. Why oh WHY no matter where you are, this time of year is always SO busy! I know I am oh so behind on pictures. But I will gather some to put up very soon. For now, I must go Soak up the sun, while I'm missing Fall.

Behind!

I'm SOOOO behind on posting, it's insane. I mainly post all my pics on Facebook now. It's a lot easier, and just about everyone seems to be on there, so yeah. Life in Australia is absoluetly amazing. I get along so well with the family, and the girls are as cute as can be. Defenitley 2, but still cute! My sister and brother in law were recently out for a visit. My brother in law had a bussiness trip here, and his office happened to be located litteraly down the street from where I live! It was a lot of fun to have them in town, and SO hard to say goodbye. I had JUST adjusted to life here, and sometimes think seeing people from home happened TOO soon. But, I was counting down the days til they came, and LOVED every minute of it while they were here.
I feel SO incredibly lucky to be able to be here and have this experience. Sometimes on crazy days, I have to remind myself, that some people would give anything to have what I do!!

Here are a few pics from recent days!!

* It's Illegal to hold a Koala in the state of New South Wales (will be making my way to Queensland for that adventure!) But you can pet them!

* The other picture of of me and my friend Natasha and just myself at Bondi Beach. I LOOOOVEEEE it here in Australia. And being SO close to the beach just makes it THAT much better!

When I grow up......

I always wanted to be a teacher. But once I figured out how much I HATE school, that SO changes. But only a little bit. There has always been this thought in my mind that maybe I will become a High School World History teacher. It'd be amazing! But along with that comes this list...that I'm contemplating for careers. Too many choices. And have NO clue where to go and what to do.

- The latest..... Police Academy. What's better than being a Police officer. It's not about the uniform. Not about the authority. But for me...about helping other people. Those in need.

- Beauty School...people always feel better about themselves when walking out of a salon. You just feel good. Or I do anyway. And how much fun would it be to chop off and dye hair all day??? Easy peasy.

- Daycare ... I've done this forever. It's what I know. That's why I wonder if once I get home it's time to move on? Sometimes I wonder. But at most times, I could not imagine my life not working with kids. In this type of job it is SO not about the money. Just the other rewards that come with it. The feeling. Some know what I mean. It makes everything you do worthwhile.

- Flight Attendant.... why would you not want to make someone elses trip more enjoyable? Get them a drink, or help them feel more comfortable. Maybe even taking their ticket at the gate. Somoene has to do it. And it is still one of the top things I TOTALLY want to do. Although I had the chance, the timing just wasn't right. If it's meant to be, it will happen again. I have no doubt about it.

-HS World History teacher....still an option. When I learn to love school. 4 freakin' years??? Kill me now!