Life is a Beach!

So last night Barb and I stayed up late andddddd we both got sucked into Infomercial's IN A BIG WAY!! and the product - Sheer Cover! We tried soooo hard to turn away, but it was like trance and we were sucked in BIG TIME...

The good news is that we WERE STRONG and didn't buy any. As yet..... LOL

So this morning started off cloudy but you know what Groover's I didn't mind at all. It was Barb's turn to have the massage, head massage and facial at the Beautician and I lolled around in bed, reading and checking the internet as you do! It was a lovely morning :)

Anddddddddd do you know that I meant to share two things with you in the last blog. Ready? Ok here we go... so the first one is that I received a very lovely Tweet on Twitter from Denise Richards as I had told her that I loved her book! Isn't that nice :)

And the second thing is this, I noticed last week that I was nearing the 10,000 reads on The Morley Report, now for this litte fish in the HUGE POND known as the blogging world I felt a little proud of this achievment! And decided I was going to let everyone know when I did in fact reach the 10,000 mark. But guess what happenend? I missed it.... I KNOWWWWWWWWW it very very quietly went past 10,000 and this little Groover had no idea whatsoever!

Sooooooo having made that confession to you I am now trying to make a habit of checking the all time tally and we are very very close to the 11,000 mark. As I am about to post this Blog we are at 10,770 Pageviews (all time history).

I'm a bit excited. Sooooo I would love for you guys to share my blog on Facebook & Twitter, so that your friends too can be apart of The Morley Report and maybe just maybe very soon we will hit that big 11,000!

Geez I might not be able to sleep tonight with all the an-tic-i-pation!!!! :)

So back to today...

As it was cloudy and Barb was out getting herself all relaxed at the Beautician I decided to have myself a nice warm bubbly spa! Now Groover's I need to tell you something: the two person spa in my ensuite IS AMAZINGGGGGGGG (amazing spoken like Oprah!). And of course very relaxing and now behold my spa!

Of course you ask yourself do I leave the curtains open? Can anyone see in? Should I make it nice and dark? Might I put the TV on and listen to music whilst spa-ing? Yep the big important questions you ask yourself whilst on holidays.....

The answer: Wellllllll after thinking it over, the winner wassssssss:

Curtains opened with TV on the Max Channel playing music clips! yayyyy

And I have to say I felt mighty fine after my little holiday spa moment! :)

And I'm sorry but how good are the 80's! When I was home alone today I watched some 80's "film clips" on Max. OMG I loved it.... I sure miss the 1980's :(

Then this afternoon it was my turn to go back to the Beautician. This time I was being adventurous and was trying Reiki!

Here is the lovely Michelle from Sambara Spa in Kingscliff, New South Wales.

It was very interesting to feel her not really touching me but feeling the heat of the healing, if that's how you might describe it!

So I was feeling pretty good to be honest and when I got back "Home" I decided to go for a walk to the lovely Salt Beach.

It's such a lovely beach to just sit and watch the waves and listen to the ocean :)

Anddddddd whilst I was on the beach I received a lovely tweet on Twitter from Richard Wilkins as I had tweeted him a little earlier to tell him that I am really enjoying his book! What a nice guy to reply to me!

Then it was time to return home and get my Groove on for Dinner!

Here is the gorgeous Barb all ready for dinner!

Tonight we were going to:

for a wonderful dinner with Barb's brother John and his wife Glenda! We had a lot of fun :)

Thennnnn of course it was Cocktail Time :)

I was MADEEEEE to partake as well! This is me pretending to be happy and wanting to drink my cocktail!

And this pic below is for my lovely friend Deb who still finds herself waiting in hospital tonight for her operation which never happened today due to being bumped off the operating list! Hang in their kiddo and I promise when you get out we shall make it up to you and have our own little adventure!!!!

Now dinner was just amazing and I thought I would take a few pics to show you what I had! Now it was a three course dinner that you can do Mon - Thurs for $49 in total and is soooo worth it!

Ok so I started with the Entree of Bangalow Pork Belly braised in tamarind and rock sugar, green papaya and dried mango salad with nam jin dressing.

Followed by Mains - Free range Alstonville Chicken supreme, pan roasted Cudgen sweet potato pave, and spring vegetables.

And thennnnnnnn it was time for dessert - Chefs selection of homemade icecreams and garnish.

Now I have to tell you that is a bit of a mystery what each ice-cream was as I forgot to ask.... butttttt after eating them and then having both Barb and Glenda join me in the guessing game I believe the flavour's were:

Raspberry & Yoghurt, Blood Orange & Yoghurt and Blueberry (but in the lighting I thought the Blueberry was infact Chocolate.... I knowwwwww I'm a goose!).

But kids again if you are ever down this way you have to visit this amazing restaurant!!!

Here is their facebook page:

Season Restaurant

And website:

Season Restaurant

So this brings us to the end of another day! Tomorrow is our last day here and tonight we were just talking about how quickly times fly's! Especially when you are having lots of fun!

And today being 17th November is a big day for some reason in my life. Things seem to happen on this date: it was my Nana's birthday (but she has passed away many years now), my separation date from my ex-husband (again a very very long time ago) and Jake was really sick on this day about 5 years ago.

This time last year I found it a hard day and I had no idea why. And it wasn't until late that night in bed I realised that I used to ring my Grandad on this date to talk about my Nana as it would have been her birthday. But he had passed away in the August so there was no phone call.

But as they say it just takes time to heal and tonight I find myself in such a different place in my life. Today I smiled and laughed and was happy to think that Nana and Grandad are finally together in heaven. I also enjoyed both old and new friends, sat on the beach and just took it all in. It's funny isn't it how somehow we endure these things in our lives and survive.

And tonight Groover's I love my life and I thank you for reading and being a part of it!

See you tomorrow

Me xxx

Do you like Pina Colada'ssssssss.....

So today has been both an eventful day as well as (for Barb & I) relaxing too. Strange combo that one!

The morning didn't end up being the morning we had planned because you see my friend Deb was down this way working and was going to pop in for a swim and a coffee, as you do.... But instead she spent the day in two different hospitals with this!

and then she moved hospitals and got this little beauty!

Nowwwwwwwww it's a long story but in a nutshell hopefully she will be operated on tomorrow as she has broken her foot in a very very bad way!

And of course Groover's we allll know how caring I am! And when I saw this little pic

I thought well at least she has nice toenail polish! But here was her reply and I quote "Hmmmm that nail polish is blood from the toenail that is missing". OMG how bad did I feel when I read that comment. As I was only looking on my iPhone and it was tiny I thought she had a beautiful manicured foot!!!!

Lucky she loves ME :)

And both Baby Jake and Ashlee have been wonderful as they have gone and collected Deb's babies Star & Bella and taken them home to Embee Louise to look after until she is better.

So Deb hang in there my friend and see you soon xxx

So as bad as I felt, Barb and I continued on with our holiday (as Deb would have wanted) and headed of course to the resort pool.

I also went for a small walk today and took some pics of the resort and all things Salt Village, which is the seaside village where the resorts are based.

I also went into the main resort at Peppers to show you kids what it looks like in there as well. We have access to both Peppers and Peppers Bale.

So it was a new day! With a new pool pic (just for something different...)

Those little holiday feet sure get around!

And on the Menu today was Club Sandwich & fries for Barb and I had the good old Steak Sandwich & fries. Drink of the day was Pina Colada! Just the nice creamy tropical taste you need on a hot day by the pool!

And my brand new book to read poolside is this little beauty!

Of course the afternoon ended with a nice little nana nap and then tonight my lovely beautiful friend Carly came down and we went across to the Salt Bar for a very scrumptious dinner!!

Carly and I go way back and she is such a wonderful, loving and caring friend and I count myself lucky to have her in my life!

Andddddddd she has a brand new little car car.

And sooooo as we love it that much here at Peppers Bale that we have decided to book again for next year! It's funny how it's only been a few days but it feels like we have been here six weeks. That's when you know you are onto a good thing!

Now I would like to end tonight's Morley Report about a good friend of mine's son, Jack Yorston who has Juvenile Diabetes and both he and his family do many fund raisers throughout the year and have a fantastic Trivia Night every year to raise money for the JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation).

And right now he needs our help! You see kids he is trying to raise $2,800 which is the entry fee to participate in the JDRF Ride for Cure and the money will help to fund a cure for diabetes.

If you are able to help even just a little bit that would be wonderful as it would bring a smile to Jack's face and help him with his dream to help raise money for this wonderful cause.

Here is the link:

JDRF - Ride to Cure Diabetes - Jack Yorston

And tonight of all nights I find it quite fitting to leave you with this wonderful quote that Barb shared with me today, something that Chrissie Amphlett (lead singer with iconic Australian band The Divinyls) said last year when discussing her Breast Cancer.

This is what she said:

I had two choices to make,
I could choose to be a victim
or choose to be a Warrior
And I choose to be a Warrior!

I guess in life we can be faced with many different things, at different ages & stages in our lives and it's all about how we deal with them and our mindset!

On that note kids, nighty night!

Me xxx