Thank you Lord for answering our prayers

Thank you Lord for answering our  prayers
For keeping us safe travelling up in the air
Thank you lord for keeping us all dry that day
As we walked around the Harbour Town shops
Thank you lord for providing that much needed pram
As we walked all over the place carrying our baby: in a jam
Thank you lord for sending that lovely man
For providing a reliable taxi service all day long
Thank you Lord for allowing me and my girls
To have such a wonderful time together over there
Thank you Lord for sending dear Pamela as well
To take us to the airport with all our bags: so swell
Thank you lord for bringing Kia and Monika there
To meet us as we were finally heading home
Thank you lord for everything you do for us all
As we go about our lives each and every blessed day!

The taxi driver

After our first unhappy encounter 
At the airport taxi ranks
We ordered another taxi cab
To take us to the city for some fun 
The second man was so lovely
He gave us his business card
Told us to call that number
When ever we wanted to go out
He said his name was Abidin
He was such a lovely man
Made us feel so very welcome
Made us feel so relaxed
Told us to he had some nice young men
In his employ: happy to have us along
No trouble at all!
So we called that number 
Several times that day and let his driver
Take us out whenever we wanted to play
Took us shopping at Harbour town
Drove us back to our motel again
He was happy to drive us any where
Yes happy to take us any where at all!
We went to our movie premiere at Richmond
We enjoyed seeing Jamie and Claire
Up there on the big screen
Then he picked us up and drove us back again
Thank you for making our stay in Melbourne
So very relaxed and wonderful!

Man/Mo Restaurant in Melbourne's Docklands

Tried something different on our Melbourne trip

Decided to have a meal at the Man/Mo Restaurant

It is right on the edge of the Docklands Marina

Thought we'd try it for some fun: expensive though it was

I said to my beautiful girls:" when have we ever eaten out

At an expensive restaurant? Never in our lives!"

So we went inside and ordered a delicious meal

Watching as the rain came pouring down outside

We were warm and cosy: we were quite at ease

As we waited for the service: enjoying the scenery

The tall buildings all around, the waterside so close

Ah it was a pleasure to sit relaxed with Evaleah too

Vanessa ordered garlic prawns: they were so huge!

Shelley decided upon the banquet menu: Peking duck

Szechuan steak, fried rice and a glass of wine

While I stuck with something simple: was surprised

It came in a sizzling bowl with fresh chili on the side

It was so very delicious, tasty and spicy all in one

It brought a tear to my eyes: oh that chili was nice!

That sweet Basil chicken was a masterpiece

It was the best thing I ate while I was in Melbourne 

Thank you to the chefs at the Man/Mo restaurant!

Genes inherited

I've been looking at some photos
Seeing all those incredible things
Remarkable similarities between
My dear little grand-children and me
Just watched Zac pulling up his sleeves
I cannot stand it when my sleeves slip
I have to pull them up again and again
Until they are just right: comfortable
Just below my elbows is where they go
Then I feel happy until they slip below
He looks a lot like his Tia Shelley
Only of course he is a little boy but
It is eerily uncanny how much he is
Just like she was at the very same age!
Those gorgeous big brown eyes of his
The cheeky little impish grin
Yes it could be my girl Shelley walking in!
He even draws upon the walls
No paper drawing for him: cheeky rascal that he is
I saw the evidence last time I went to Sedan

Texta drawings on the walls of our old home
Compliments of our little Shelley: precious girl
Yesterday I found some more: on Violeta's wall
Oh yes we are so similar as we grow along
We look like our parents and grand-parents
We move just like them as we walk along
Those little things we recognize every day
The tilt of the head: the quirky smile
Some little nuance that takes us by surprise
Yes we are just like our ancestors
Even if it's just a tiny little bit
It is most definitely in our genes
No denying it!

The Ibis Motel

Stayed at a tiny little motel
Close to Tullamarine Airport
Thought it best to stay close
To save us time when it came 
To fly out on our return flight
We hung around together 
In one room until the night
Resting, talking, sharing 
Enjoying our special time

After our day out we relaxed
Watched a movie together
"Girls just wanna have fun"
Thought it so appropriate!
After I'd turned in to bed
My girls reminisced about
The last time they'd done it
Actually just relaxed together
In their pyjamas sharing girly time
Found it had been a very long time!

Up up and away

We're leaving on a Jet Star A360
We know when we'll be back again
We'll be on tomorrow's QANTAS flight
Oh Lord I want to go: to Melbourne!

We'd gotten up at 4 am, freezing cold
Humberto drove us to the airport
The streets were empty: we were blessed
It was still raining down; what a mess

Adelaide Airport: full of life 
So many travellers every where
Our eagerness filled the air
Checked out the breakfast lounge
Forced down a bit of food: coffee too
Settled my belly: really good
Bought a green beanie for my Shell
She'd lost hers somewhere: what the hell!

I stole Shelley's window seat
Made her cranky but no sweat
Said she could have it on the way back
Then we tried to settle back: relax a bit

The plane shuddered: lurched a bit
My girls were scared just a little they admit
Knuckles white upon the seats
Seat belts buckled up so tight

Then we were up, up and away
Engines roaring: plane took flight
Out over the ocean blue
Yes heading up into that cloud filled sky

I watched the suburbs far down below
Street lights bright in the quiet night
Yes we were up in those skies
Catching another day's pale sun rise

On our way to Melbourne!

Trip to Melbourne

We took a trip my girls and I
We got on a plane, had to fly
Though scared at first we arrived
In chilly, cold Melbourne: sighed!
Took a while to disembark
Carried our gear to the taxi rank
First taxi guy was such a crank
He was mean: had a lot of angst
Didn't want our short taxi ride
Was so nasty we almost cried
But hell we'd just arrived
Wouldn't let him dampen our pride
We'd taken our second ever flight
And finally landed at Tullamarine!