This blog is all about me......I come here for respite in between caring for JoJo (our Daughter who has Special Needs)......I am addicted to starting new projects......I am becoming a fabric-a-holic... I love to try out recipes... take a beach walk and breathe in that salty blue air......love to have coffee...sip a glass of champagne......read a book......I am Queen of the Armchair and am inspired by all the wonderful blogs out there!!!
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Thursday, September 5, 2013

~Hit by a Kangaroo~



Tuesday morning I woke up and saw Mr Armchair on the couch all dressed for work
I thought I had said bye to him earlier as he headed off for his long commute to work......2 hours
Turns out half an hour into the trip a 'roo came out of nowhere and straight into the right hand side
Can't even  open the driver's door now
So now we are waiting to see what the insurance says about the damage!!!

But the most important thing is he's all right!!!

Saturday, March 10, 2012

A Wedding...Roger Waters AND Harry Potter!!!

Part of our 'Whirlwind February'...
Tickets to Harry Potter the Exhibition at Power House Museum, Sydney



and at the same time invitations to an Australian/Vietnamese wedding...


JoJo and I all set for the wedding...


Damien and Thanh...
This wedding was made more special in that the couple had to wait another an extra 3 years to become married as Thanh's Father had passed...


the menu...


the tickets...these were a surprise Christmas gift for us from our Son James who is an avid fan of Roger!!!


The Concert was called 'The Wall'...
JoJo with her 'Hammer' Tshirt that she purchased...



Walking over to the stadium...


Entrance to the Roger Waters concert at Olympic Park home of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games...


Venue filling up...


Part of the magic!!!


Hotted up car outside...


Sunrise...and Sydney Harbour Bridge in the background...


Parramatta River in the foreground...city in the background...




James and JoJo...
Thank you so very very much James for this special gift...we had a ball!


Coming up to Harry Potter at Darling Harbour...


A terrace on the way...


A train at the entrance...Locomotive No 1 which hauled the first train  to run in New South Wales in 1855....



The Flying Ford Anglia, the car used in the film....



Sitting in the chair outside the exhibition...
A fabulous exhibition...and I got to sit in Hagrid's Chair!!!

Of course I had to purchase some souveneres...couldn't resist this satchel...


Paper bag...mug and bookmark...


My set of HP books...


My Harry doll that I found at a garage sale...unfortunately the Philosopher's Stone is missing from his hand...




This little sparkly box brought home by JoJo from her Art Group...

Lots more to tell in my next post...
Happy Weekend...Dzintra

Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011...the ones that got away...A Year In Pictures OR 13 by the dozen!!!

It's New Year's Eve...
for the first time in many years I have my 3 children here with us...including grandchildren!!!
I thought for this post I would put up a photo from each month...
photos that I took and intended to blog but just didn't get to it!!!


January......one evening JoJo and I went out for dinner to Starfish Deli...


February...went up to Canberra and had a ride on the famous Carousel...JoJo's favourite...
Headline of the month...I broke my arm, in 2 places...ouch!!!


March......Mr Armchair one Friday evening made snacks and wine for us...here Brie cheese and garlic and chilli olives...(didn't take me long to get to food ha ha)


Baker's Dozen...sling off my arm, doing physiotherapy and trying to lift the rod up...hard work!!!


Little Ryan staying with us for a week in the school holidays...he is on holiday from Pre-School...


May...went to Moruya and there were hot-rods everywhere...here JoJo's favourite...


June......and here's the girl herself...our good friends Geo and Lloyd stayed at not-too-far-away Mollymook...


July......caught up with my Niece...here I am with Grand-daughter Lidija and Great Niece Grace Eliza...


August......went to Canberra Craft Fair and had to have this kit......a flannel snowman quilt kit...
the plan is to start on my birthday......let's see how we go!!!


September.....back to food......this time Chocolate Mousse for Tracey and John.....


October......Mr Armchair, normally camera shy said 'take a picture of me' while he was cutting down some bouganvillea......


November......back to Starfish Del, it's our Wedding Anniversary......lunch and then off to Twilight the movie...


December......New Year's Eve...
here we all are having late lunch...

What a year......who ever thought this much could happen in a year...
another great year......arm is still mending......
beachwalk today......pink bubbles at the moment......happy conversation around me...
cheeseplate coming...

Happy New Year......
Wishing everybody Peace, Joy and Contentment in the coming year......
let's hope it's a good one with everything happy in this world of ours!!!

Love, Dzintra


Sunday, November 29, 2009

A 4 Beach Walk on Sunday Morning!!!

Now I feel like the Lucky One!!!
A few weeks ago I dropped my glasses...that's okay, just pick them up...but oh no, not me...I trod on them making them completely useless!!!
Lucky for me my Optometrist had a great deal running at the time...buy one pair...get another pair plus a free new pair of sunnies!!! And look at these beauties...I felt like Paris Hilton in them!!!
Wow...after wearing them they had such great coverage how could I wear a smaller pair again!!! Here they are...posing on the rocks at the beach last weekend...
See the bit of bling on the side there...nice and sparkly too!!!


At the kiosk at our beach...I thought I'd treat myself to a Soy Late...picked up the timetable for the movies this week...I knew had a few hours respite coming up so I thought I would take myself to see New Moon...sat down and worked through the times to see what fitted in along with JoJo's times...Afterwards...I took a beach walk...

So...come walk with me Bloggy Mates along our 4 beaches...

Turning right at the fence back there...walk along, 'round the corner...

along some rocky parts along the way...

end up at this commemorative bench...

look out across the bay...

just behind the sand here on the left is some Aussie bush...

see the sand on the right hand side...

Now we have come back to the fence at the start and walked along and gone around some rocks...

and looking back across to the corner we have just come around...

Coming back now...



Going back towards the fence...
just outside the fenced area/grassland I spot this Kombie van on the way back...how cool is this...they were stopping for breakfast...

And I come home to bacon & eggs cooked by Hubby!!!
What a great start to a Sunday...later on I couldn't help it...had to go back for my first swim of the Season...and it was great...
Bring on Summer...I'm ready for it!!!
Have a great week everyone...Dzintra

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Hello, my name is Dzintra Ingrid ... have been known as Ingrid and since our Sea Change I have started to use Dzintra ... pronounced without the D ... (but still known as Ingrid, I know, it's confusing ...)

Welcome to my world ... a journal of our Sea Change ... Mum to three wonderful children ... bringing up a daughter with a disability and seeing life through her eyes ... being a new Nanna ... photos ... inspiring quotes ... taking on a cookery course ... the odd recipe ... and trying to get some stitching done amongst all this ...