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

We're all going on a Summer Holiday.....

Have you ever woken up on holidays and wondered what was behind the curtain? I do it all the time, especially when I am on a Beach Holiday! Will it be cloudy, will it be raining orrrrrrrr will I see the SUNSHINE??

These are the questions I ask myself whilst laying in bed. Well that and why did have to wake up soooo early to go to the toilet! But Groover's that's a whole other Blog! hehehe.

So when I got up and opened my curtains...

Walla!

Can you see my smile!

But before we move on to today, just a couple of things from last night! So first of all whilst I was typing The Morley Report, Barb made us dinner.... it was yum! But notice that Barb has me rationed onto baby Coke's..... WTF! Maybe she is trying to limit my Rum & Coke intake... not sure! LOL

And Barb loved Bridesmaids but it was funny trying to initially get the DVD to work.... look at all the remotes we had to try and work out!!!

But we got there in the end.

So back to today...

So a quick breakfast was in order. Good old Vegemite Toast. Now I have a question. How do you like your Vegemite? Me I like lots! You can blame my Nana, but I seemed to have passed this on to Baby Jake too!

My theory is that whatever you were brought up with, meaning how much your Mum etc. put on is now how much you yourself like! And it's funny how many overseas people are repulsed by it! I guess it's an acquired taste butttttt for us little "Aussies" it starts at a very early age!!

And whilst sitting on our balcony having breakfast there was Mt Warning in the distance. It sure stood out today :)

So far the only complaint I have about "The Holiday Pad" is this!!!!

I keep walking into the corners and tearing off skin and have a few nice little bruises appearing each day! I guess you could call it my Holiday Souvenir! Aren't I a lucky Kid! :( Either that or I'm slowly getting my very own tattoo to show Baby Jake when I get home!

And I have to tell you that this Central Park opp our apartment goes OFF! Soooo many people use it for different things. We've seen BBQ's, Picnics, Bocce, Hotted Up Cars Group and today we have seen this!

and this....

I am just hoping that Hot Dude from back up at my place will decide to jog here tomorrow! hehehe ahhhhh still remember it like it was yesterday!

Today was of course spent by the pool! Again, sooo lucky as we are having the most amazing weather! The water was divine and what I love about the Peppers Bale pool are the gardens which go all the way around. Today there was a lovely breeze which wafted the smell of Jasmine (which is climbing on a trellis around the pool) across the pool. My god it smelt good!

And I have just started to read Denise Richards book - Real Girl Next Door and I am loving it!

And I was extremely lucky because Manuel our "Spanish Pool Waiter" delivered to me a very icy cold Coke!!

And Barb was relaxing too!

Then this afternoon it was time for me to get my Pampering fix! Years ago when we first came down this way we came across this amazing Beautician called Sambara Spa! Here is the link to their website:

Sambara Spa

They have this value package called "Take 3 for $119". And many months ago I made my appointment and today I could only remember two of the three that I was booked in for. Sooo I had a Hot Stone Massage, followed by a Head and Scalp Massage anddddd the No. 3 treatment was a Facial!!! I was very happy with my Facial choice and it was a pleasant surprise.

OMG if you are down this way you def need to book one of these deals and ask for Shelle (pronounced Shelley), she did the most amazing job and I feel totally 500% relaxed!!! Mind you my "Massage Hair" was a site to behold hehehe but I didn't take a pic as I didn't want to scare YOU! LOL

It's funny isn't it how it takes so many days to really unwind from work and real life. And sometimes you don't even realise how you are feeling until you stop!! But kids I can officially say that I am now feeling quite relaxed, thanks to Shelle!

Oh and you know me, here is a pic of the cat that adopted the Beautician a few years back that loves to just lay around, soooo cute. I couldn't help myself. Here is a pic:

Then it was time to head back to our "Holiday Pad" and along the way I took a few pics to share with you.

Here is one of Kingscliff Beach. There has been a lot of erosion over the last 12 months....

And here is one of the Estuary (not sure what it's called) but you drive past this to get to our resort. Always a lovely view!

And then I was back at my Home Sweet Home.

And Barb filled me in on her excitement this afternoon in having a spa in our apartment and not filling it high enough and putting water all over my bathroom! hahaha.

This pic is for you AL!!

Well that's it for today, here is a pic of the amazing sun set tonight!

Barb has gone across to the Restaurants across the park to get some dinner and I'm about to have a lovely Rum & Coke!

Until tomorrow

Me xxx