A great weekend...

I know that the weekend was a few days ago but it is what it is and besides I'm lousy at posting on time. Anyway, we had a great weekend. As you may or may not know we went to Sydney for the weekend. We went up specifically to see Billy Elliot the Musical. The play was brilliant. They did justice to the movie. the music was outstanding, but then why wouldn't it have been seeing that it was written by Elton John. If the play comes to anywhere close to you I suggest you find a way to see this show. My understanding is that it will begin it's tenure on Broadway in 2008.

One thing that was not so great about the weekend was that James' AF (artial fibrillation) acted up and we spent all of Saturday morning at the emergency room. He is fine but it's never a good thing and I hate it when it happens even though James tells me it's not a big deal. I think anytime you end up in the emergency room it might be a big deal. I could be wrong.

The rest of the weekend was full of good food and visiting James family which was nice. I got to see James aunt who is visiting from England. I have not seen her in six years and she was as nice as she was the first day I met her. She is one of those exceptions in so that she has a very strong religious side but she also is extremely accepting and has never judged James or myself or our relationship. she's one of the good ones.

Oh and to start the weekend off just right we bought this, and not only is it pretty but it works better than any windows based PC I've ever had and I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in switching to a Mac.

Wooden ships on the water...

For those of you old enough to remember the title reference is related to a very old Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song but for the kiddies who don't remember don't worry to much about it. Instead think about it as what we are doing this weekend. What's that you say... We are going to the bi-annual Wooden Boat Festival.

The festival is only on for the weekend on it is quite the site. The entire dock area is cleared of all boats that normal dock there and are replaced with wooden boats from around the world. Some are very old like the old tall ships. The craftsmanship is just spectacular. These boats were made to last and you can tell the love, hard work and over-all craftsmanship that is put into every inch of these boats. Anyway, I'll try to take a few pictures of the best ones and maybe even post one or two to share. Other than that it's been a slow week here with James in Sydney finishing a course in Critical Care. (It's a post graduate certificate that he can apply to his Emergency Room work). If you want to read more about the festival go here. OK, over and out for now...