Eddie-V Henderson

Last Monday, on a whim (and after a lot of pushing from me) Leigh and I took a drive out to Northam which is about 1.25hrs out of Perth to meet with a poodle breeder. I could hardly contain my excitement in the car!! Following a highly successful visit we adopted a 6 week old little black miniature poodle who we've decided to call Eddie-V. Leigh said that if we have to get a 'girls dog' then it has to be a boy and have a cool name. For those that are still guessing, Eddie-V is named after Eddie Vedder, lead vocalist for Pearl Jam.

What was really cool about the visit is that we not only got to meet his parents but his grandad as well! So cool. Eddie comes home with us on October 13. He is so cute and I can't wait to add him to the family! Our home is now complete.

He looks just like this except black.

Where oh where

Hi! If you are wondering where I've been for the past couple of months, I have one word for you people...

FACEBOOK! It's brilliant...

Just need some sleep...

What a distant memory Melbourne seems... We had a great holiday spending time with family, eating and drinking too much, going to the footy to see one of Sheedy's final games as coach for Essendon, shopping, etc etc.

Since Melbourne it's been all go go go here - Basically, sleep when you're dead is the motto! Between the house, work, classes and the musical I've hardly had time to scratch my arse to be honest. I have no idea why I work so darn hard! Mum has been an amazing help with all things house - What a dream it is having her right around the corner. I came home last week from classes and rehearsal to very little food in the house and totally exhausted, called mum and had a salad and veal schnitzel whipped up in seconds! Seconds I tell you! She is wonder woman! You can't tell me that having family around is anything less that wonderful!

I attended a great breakfast this morning with the 2007 Young Australian of the Year Award winner and 2008 Australian of the year nominee, Tania Major (http://http://www.australianoftheyear.gov.au/pages/page310.asp). What an inspirational person! She just makes you want to get up off your butt and go for your dreams, speak your mind and feel 100% entitled to have an opinion. She's out there fighting the fight to ensure our Australian leaders don't forget that Aboriginals are people too and to remind them that indigenous issues can't be ignored. Many of the issues effecting Aboriginal communities today are similar to those effecting third world countries. Tania's message is that we need to focus on our own backyard before putting our hand up as a nation to help with issues further abroad. You might have guessed but I agree with her completely. Tania - You go girl!

Something else cool to note - Leigh and I have been together for 5 years today! 5 years and I still feel like the luckiest girl alive to be married to a man who loves me so much and is so damn handsome! We're having a celebratory dinner on Saturday night in Hillary's Boat Harbour which is on the beach (http://www.portofinos.com.au/). Can't wait!

That's all from me for now - Looking forward to some sleep tonight ready to tackle the weekend with as much energy as I can muster with more classes, housework and musical shenanigans!

It's snowing in Melbourne

Melbourne is having a cold snap! Typical timing for the Hendersons - seems whenever we take a 'winter break' we freeze to death! Pictured here is lovely country Victoria, specifically Daylesford, and it's covered in snow at the moment! Beautiful! Bring it on! Unsure if Daylesford could ever be as cold as NYC was however I'm willing to test the possibility! It's been a while since I last visited Melbourne and I can't begin to tell you how excited I am! WOOHOO!

Choose a moving buddy - we're off to Hocking!

It's been a couple of weeks since my last installment so here's an update.

We are on the countdown to moving into our new place now - Only a week and 4 days to go now! I can't wait. I really can't. The termite inspection happens this Friday and then our final inspection is on Wednesday the 25th of July. Pending all goes well - Choose a moving buddy because we are off to Hocking! Opening all the wedding gifts will be like Christmas!

To keep our minds off the countdown we are heading to Melbourne this weekend to visit with family and friends. Saturday will be my first MCG experience as we are going to see the AFL match between Collingwood and Essendon. Then, on Sunday, we are off to my Aunt Abbe's country house for some R&R. Boy do we need it before the big move...

Raining cats and dogs...

Perth received the loveliest shot of much needed rain yesterday. I love those days - Perfect for just bunking down indoors and indulging on Meatball Soup! It's also great for the garden at our new house which should be looking very lush and green when we move in three weeks from now. It's nice to be almost through the process which has been relatively stress free to this point. We're just one termite inspection away from officially being home owners!! Hooray!

In other news, my little pest of a sister is all grown up at hits the age of 21 next Monday! How did that happen?! From the days of dropping toothpaste on her head in the shower to make all her hair stick together and telling her it was God to watching her blow out 21 candles! She has blossomed into such a beautiful, strong and admirable young woman and I can't wait to watch her continue to grow as a person. Happy birthday for Monday Crystal - It's nice to be home to sip champagne with you! This Friday night will be a blast! Bring it on! (In the picture, she is on the right holding Milo the poodle).

We have a home amongst the gum trees!

We are so excited! We have a new home! We made an offer yesterday on a 4x2 house in Hocking and our offer was accepted. We are seriously over the moon. This also means we can begin the process to adopt our long awaited puppy/ies (how many is still in debate). Woohoo! In addition, all those wishing to visit Perth, you have no excuse as there is free accomodation available to you! Can't wait to see you... Settlement date is July 27.