tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-367005092024-02-07T22:22:26.076-08:00Two Americans in MalmöJohn and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-17394805752606622702013-06-01T09:41:00.001-07:002013-06-01T09:41:38.420-07:00My New Book Is Out!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so excited! My new book, <a href="http://amzn.to/146DwzL" target="_blank"><b><i>Unexpected Superhero</i></b></a>, came out today! Woo-hooo!!!<br />
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It's a Kindle exclusive for 90 days as an ebook, and will be available in other ebook formats after September 1. In a week or two, I'll have the print edition ready. John did the cover - pretty sweet, huh? It's book one in the Adventures of Lewis and Clarke series, with book two coming out next year.<br />
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Life has been pretty busy for John and I both since Christmas. John is working overtime at Sony, and I'm working on building my writing business. The print version of <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/13tGiNb" target="_blank">Little Miss Lovesick</a></i></b> came out in November and has been doing well.<br />
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As soon as I finish the print version of <b><i><a href="http://amzn.to/146DwzL" target="_blank">Unexpected Superhero</a></i></b>, I'll be working on getting the next book out. <i><b>Love at the Fluff and Fold</b></i> is book one in the Strays of Loon Lake series, a romantic comedy series set in a quiet little lake town. It should be ready about mid-July. Fun stuff!<br />
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Other than me crazy busy with my business, and John working hard on the Sony Playstation game and then coming home and creating book covers for me, life is pretty normal. I try to take work to the beach once a week or so to take advantage of living in this awesome little town. And we try to see our friends further north (Los Angeles and Temecula areas) once every month or two. Price of gas makes that more difficult, but we do get to see people some.<br />
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If you want to stay updated on things more often, sign up on <b><a href="http://kittybucholtz.com/" target="_blank">my author web site</a></b> to get the posts there in your email. (At the top right is a signup for my newsletter, and below that is the signup to get an email of my blog posts.) I have three fun columns now - Marriage Madness on Mondays, Book Marks on Wednesdays, and Netflix Picks on Fridays. Plus I talk about my books, post teasers, and talk about anything new and interesting in our life.<br />
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I hope you're all well and happy and having a good start to your summer! Let me know if you decide to read any of my books. It would make my day!Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-85346998539255752382012-07-20T14:51:00.000-07:002012-07-20T14:51:26.727-07:00A Bit of a Catch-up(Kitty) Wow, has it really been seven months since we wrote on here?! I guess we've gotten used to posting on Facebook for our updates. But we do have a few friends who still check out this blog, so we'll continue to try to post updates here.<br />
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Since December, life has been in continual upheaval. Actually, it's been in upheaval since October, but you heard about part of it - how John's job ended and we moved back to the States quickly and rather unexpectedly. Since our last post, we enjoyed a lovely Christmas with Doug's family, sweated through a few months of unemployment, and then moved to Carlsbad, California, when John got a job at a company that makes Xbox games. (The picture in our header is the famous Flower Fields in Carlsbad. They are <b>gorgeous</b> in the spring!)<br />
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About the time we were moving, my mom got sick in Michigan. When it looked like her health was not going to improve, two people offered to buy me a plane ticket so I could go home. Those three weeks were some of the best days of my life. I had a lot of fun times laughing with my mom and, the week before she died, spent one of the best weeks ever with my three siblings as well as nephews and great nephews.<br />
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As I was still trying to get my proverbial feet under me after we returned home, John's company decided to close his branch office. Before we could quite recover from the shock, after a long walk talking with God and each other about our options, John got a call and was offered another job. Only three hours after he lost the first one! Must be some kind of record. So I went off on my writer's retreat and John started working for Sony Computer Entertainment doing more work for games.<br />
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The great part is that he liked that job even more than the last one. Unfortunately, we got hit with another surprise when they told him at the beginning of week four that the project he was working on was coming to an end. He's been off work for a week now, and it's been a trust-building experience. If we say we trust God to provide for all of our needs, then we need to put our money (literally) where our mouth is. We're sure God has another job lined up for John, we just don't know when it will start.<br />
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Hard as that is, the good side - yes, every part of the roller-coaster of the last year has had good and hard sides - the good side is that John has been able to help me with our company's work this week. Daydreamer Entertainment is the company we created to publish my books. As of today, we have our logo finalized - yay! And John is working on the interior book design so I can get <b><i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Lovesick-ebook/dp/B005NVFJ70/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1342820293&sr=1-1&keywords=little+miss+lovesick" target="_blank">Little Miss Lovesick</a></i></b> in print soon. (I'm hoping for a late-August release. Oh! And I have a short story in an anthology that will be out in August. More details soon!)<br />
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So we're plugging away, trying to figure out how to prioritize our To Do lists when we live in a state of flux. I'm trying to post to my <b><a href="http://kittybucholtz.com/" target="_blank">Kitty Bucholtz, Writer blog</a></b> once or twice a week. I posted a couple of fun lists this week - <b><a href="http://kittybucholtz.com/2012/07/19/things-i-wont-miss-when-i-die/" target="_blank">Things I Won't Miss When I Die</a></b> and <b><a href="http://kittybucholtz.com/2012/07/20/things-i-will-miss-when-i-die/" target="_blank">Things I Will Miss When I Die</a></b> - because of something I read about Nora Ephron. And I'm off to my annual Romance Writers of America national conference next week. Since it's in Anaheim, John can just drive me up and drop me off. Nice.<br />
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What are we doing next? Only God knows! LOL! But we'll try to let you know here as soon as we can. We hope you're all well and healthy and happy. God bless you lots!Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-5346197419036509002011-12-06T13:50:00.001-08:002011-12-06T14:04:46.933-08:00We're Baa-ack!(Kitty) Hello friends! John and I have moved back to LA from Sydney. His job on <i>Happy Feet 2</i> ended at the end of October, and other possibilities in Sydney didn't pan out. So here we are, staying with our great friend Doug in Riverside County, trying our best to catch up with all of our Southern California friends.<br />
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John is looking for a new job but we have no idea yet when or where that might be. Due to the fact that Christmas is just a few weeks away, I think it's safe to say we'll be in the Los Angeles area until at least the New Year. That will be fun. :) Meanwhile, he's applied to jobs or been in contact with potential employers from Sydney, London, New Zealand, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta and Chicago. Whew! Where we'll end up is anyone's guess. But one thing we know for sure: God has always led us into cool new adventures, so we're sure he'll do so again.<br />
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I'm working on getting the print version of Little Miss Lovesick ready for sale in the next week or two. Then I'll write a short story that will be published in an anthology in May 2012, and my next romantic comedy novel that will also come out in the spring of 2012. I'm doing my best to re-form my "office" in Doug's computer room, and he's been really generous about sharing his space. :) I was freaking out a little about nearly everything being on a ship in Sydney Harbour, but between John and a great sermon at our old church, Bel Air Presbyterian, I've calmed down. I'm trying to buckle down and focus on what I can do <b>today</b>.<br />
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We'll do our best to let you know what's going on in our lives. Right now, it's anyone's guess...but we can bank on the fact that God has an awesome plan!Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-35045405869372691222011-11-18T15:54:00.001-08:002011-11-18T16:06:04.550-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;color:#66cccc;"><b>We're Moving Back to LA!</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>(Kitty) If you haven't heard yet, we are moving back to America next week! John's work on Happy Feet 2 ended and a job he thought was going to happen after that here in Sydney didn't pan out. So due to visa restrictions, we had to hurry and pack up our apartment in <b>TWO WEEKS</b>! Yikes!</div><div><br /></div><div>The movers left yesterday so now - whether we shipped things we shouldn't have or are paying to take on the plane things that should have been shipped - we are taking a deep breath...and going to the beach!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Today it is supposed to be 30 degrees Celsius! That's mid to high 80s with a LOT of humidity. John and I took an early morning walk today in our <b>favorite</b> park, Centennial Park, and by the time we got home at 7:45 it was already too warm for my taste. So we're going to Manly Beach one last time with our friends Simeon and Rachel and their 2-year-old Elsie. One more fish and chips meal, one more time frolicking in the waves on one of the most beautiful beaches in the world. We can't wait!</div><div><br /></div><div>Today begins the "saying goodbye" phase of our time here. I was already crying about it this morning. John hugged me and told me it was my fault for finding so many great friends. We are enormously excited to get back to California and see all our friends there (and in Arizona and Michigan and...), but it doesn't make it any less painful to say goodbye now. (Okay, no more talking about it, going to cry again.)</div><div><br /></div><div>We arrive back in LA on November 23, so we'll get to have an American Thanksgiving!!! We're <b>sooo</b> excited about that! LOL! Then...only God knows what happens next. We'll wait and see, and let you know when we find out! :) </div>Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-33659865212030174822011-09-24T20:37:00.000-07:002011-09-24T21:00:01.545-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:180%;color:#ffff33;"><b>Kitty's Book is Out!</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>(Kitty) At long last, I have reached the next stage of my journey - I have a book for sale! Woo-hooo!!!</div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYkC0tg0LuFPOKWo1RLxbfRpdKvVIGs7e_Z09XcB1NcxStxUu-wwhZe8jGa9dmEXwWxxkKSG4h3VnirwGdAxqBmhpvqBg5sX6pNGAAkM3dr-i2j4xRm_VyyKEqCeIP0VArvRy/s320/Little+Miss+Lovesick+FINAL+SMASH+COLOR.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656141389140069426" /></div><div><i>Little Miss Lovesick</i> took a long twisty road to get here. A very long time ago - 1997 or so - it was a proposal for an anthology Tyndale House Publishers was putting together. The editor passed, but asked to see more work from me.</div><div><br /></div><div>I met a Silhouette editor at a Romance Writers of America conference a couple years later and pitched her the idea. She wanted to see it, but by the time I had the proposal polished and ready to send, she wasn't with Silhouette anymore.</div><div><br /></div><div>I decided that pursuing Harlequin/ Silhouette was still a good idea and did some more work on the story, trying to figure out what line it most closely matched. I read a bit of it to my friends <b><a href="http://laurainesnelling.com/">Lauraine Snelling</a></b> and Kathleen Wright when we were off on a writing week together. They were polite but not overwhelmed. That said to me that it wasn't a very interesting story. Maybe I should just forget it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then Lauraine asked me if I had heard of chick lit. I hadn't, so the three of us did some online and bookstore research. I was gobsmacked! This was exactly the kind of voice I'd write in if I didn't have to write towards the expectations of one publisher or another. The next day I rewrote the first chapter into more ore less what you see here in Little Miss Lovesick and read it for Lauraine and Kathleen. THey laughed so much! I was thrilled!</div><div><br /></div><div>Then Lauraine picked up her cell phone and called her agent. "I'd like you to read something," she said. I didn't know if I was going to throw up or pass out! But chick lit was reaching its zenith and passing away. Though the agent received two "we almost bought it" replied from editors, all the publishing houses we sent it to passed.</div><div><br /></div><div>And for the last seven years, the book has languished on my computer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Then I heard about digital self-publishing. Other authors were giving it a try without a publisher behind them, and they were succeeding in varying degrees. I figured, what's the worst that can happen? The book isn't doing me any good on my computer. So when I finished my master's degree in June of this year, I dusted off the book and did a little more editing based on the comments of the editors who had passed on it years before.</div><div><br /></div><div>I put my entrepreneurial hat back on and filed a DBA ("doing business as") to work as Daydreamer Entertainment, the publisher of <i>Little Miss Lovesick</i>. And voila! A lot of hours later, I had a book! Out in the marketplace! Yay! As a co-owner of our little business, John did the cover design. Lovely, isn't it?</div><div><br /></div><div>Right now, the ebook is available at <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Little-Miss-Lovesick-ebook/dp/B005NVFJ70/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1316920357&sr=8-1">Amazon</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/little-miss-lovesick-kitty-bucholtz/1105860371?ean=2940013425422&itm=1&usri=little%2bmiss%2blovesick">Barnes & Noble</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/90883">Smashwords</a></b>. Smashwords will help me get it into the Apple iBookstore, Kobo and Sony. I'm working on getting it into All Romance eBooks and XinXii this week. Then I'll start working on the print version, which I hope will be available by December 1. </div><div><br /></div><div>If you don't have an ereader, you can download an ereader app to your smart phone, your iPad or your PC or Mac computer. Or you can check back here or at my web site or on my Facebook page to find out when it is available in print. :) </div><div><br /></div><div>So that's the story. My career has taken a new direction and I'm loving it! I'm exhausted, but I'm happier than I've been in years! Thank you, God!</div>Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-7850297131075657742011-07-09T15:47:00.000-07:002011-07-09T15:53:30.503-07:00<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><span style="font-size:180%;">Kitty and Mom Arrive in Sydney</span><br /></div><br />(Kitty) I brought my mom home with me, and we've safely arrived in Sydney. We're not sleeping on exactly a normal schedule yet, but we're enjoying hanging out. Yesterday John and I took her to Pancakes on the Rocks in the historic The Rocks section of Sydney. We wandered around the markets there and took pictures of the Opera House. We even ran into some friends there so Mom got to meet some of them.<br /><br />Today after church we'll have some lunch somewhere in our little suburb of Randwick and then go see Kung Fu Panda 2 at The Ritz Cinema. We'll probably continue with our Harry Potter marathon after we get home. We're trying to watch the last seven movies before we go see the eighth and final one next weekend.<br /><br />We'll try to keep you updated here and add some pictures later, too. Have a great weekend, everyone!Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-14991532430850436692011-06-03T17:37:00.000-07:002011-06-03T18:16:30.680-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Kitty's Visiting the U.S.</span></span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>(Kitty) It's hard to believe, but in less than a week I'll have finished my master's degree and I'll be on a plane to Los Angeles. Woo-hooo! It's basically one HUGE writing trip. The day after I get there I'm going to my local Romance Writers of America chapter meeting. I haven't been for two years so - YAY!</div><div><br /></div><div>Then the following Thursday I go to an annual writer's retreat for four days. It's my favorite and I haven't been for two years. I'm so excited to see all my friends!</div><div><br /></div><div>The next weekend is the main reason for the whole trip - the RWA National Conference in New York City!! I've never been to New York - I'm so awesomely excited!! And I haven't been to a national RWA conference in - you guessed it - two years.</div><div><br /></div><div>I guess I better get back to my homework so I can enjoy that 14-hour plane ride without any guilt about having dropped the ball on the last assignment of the degree. :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-13085468772524661322011-05-25T03:35:00.000-07:002011-05-25T03:42:20.392-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3366FF;">Almost Done!</span></b></span></div><div><br /></div><div>(Kitty) No time for a long post - ten days left to finish three assignments for the last three classes of my master's degree. Oh my! So much still left to do!</div><div><br /></div><div>Then the morning after my last class I fly to Los Angeles to see some friends and go to a writer's retreat, and then I'll fly to New York City for a big writer's conference. Again with - so much still left to do!</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll try to be better at posting after I finish classes. Hope you're all doing well! Talk to you more soon!</div>Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-42159779933739090952011-05-05T18:59:00.000-07:002011-05-05T18:59:12.416-07:00<div style="color: #6aa84f; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Kitty Launches Her Author Web Site</b></span></div><br />
(Kitty) It's official! I've launched my new author web site, <a href="http://kittybucholtz.com/"><b>KittyBucholtz.com</b></a>! Yay! I'm so excited! Now I can share what's going on in my writing journey and start developing a following. Take a look and tell me what you think.<br />
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Since I'll be blogging more often for professional reasons, I'm going to try to post more often here as well. It may continue to be somewhat sporadic for the next couple months as I finish school, but then I hope to develop a routine that allows me update all the blogs quickly, but regularly, without interrupting my writing. (I can't believe I'll have my master's degree in 5 weeks! Yay! and Whew! LOL!)John and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-24957961660546691122011-01-19T17:30:00.000-08:002011-01-19T17:30:37.868-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTVsVyiUe4TXYMZidbgGviW9BFj_YxLdW4gYxsyef-J3Oba-tPCe66Xxga5IYpHzTovH7dZVi1UF-S8N-Xft_hgBOOWhZhZmKaxLGiHmkCMQR8sIFOxAy-DM7HIMcfxRZoifC/s1600/pic_logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTVsVyiUe4TXYMZidbgGviW9BFj_YxLdW4gYxsyef-J3Oba-tPCe66Xxga5IYpHzTovH7dZVi1UF-S8N-Xft_hgBOOWhZhZmKaxLGiHmkCMQR8sIFOxAy-DM7HIMcfxRZoifC/s320/pic_logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="color: #674ea7;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">(John) Well, I guess I'm doing something right here at Dr.D because my contract was extended till end of p<span style="font-size: small;">roject. My contract now runs through the 30th of September. What's in store after that? Maybe another movie here, maybe a move to New Zealand, or a move back to California. We'll just have to see on what path the good Lord sets my feet onto next.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Kitty slightly accelerated her degree just in case we move at the end of September. She is now has plans on taking three classes this semester to try and finish up her degree this term.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">We'll keep everyone up to date as things develop.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Interesting FYI - On the first Happy Feet, my contract ended around the end of September and had to move back to California by end of October.</div>John and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-25239989784815524652010-11-19T16:53:00.000-08:002010-11-19T16:53:15.739-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">School's Out For Summer!</span></span></b></div><br />
(Kitty) That old song is playing in my head - "School's out for summer!" Next year at this time I'll be able to sing the second part of the chorus - "School's out forever!" <grin></grin><br />
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Taking the weekend to relax and chill out, hopefully catch up on some sleep. Then Monday it's back to writing - finishing my superhero book - and starting a diet for a month. It's very weird that it's time to diet a little to look good in my swimsuit, and it's also time to start baking for Christmas! But hey, this is our life right now so I'm planning on enjoying it. :)<br />
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This Christmas will be the first Christmas John and I spend alone together since 1993!! On the one hand, we have no idea what we're going to do. On the other hand, we can't wait to be free to do anything we want - including nothing! LOL! Well, we're signed up to read the Bible readings at church in the morning on Christmas Day, but then - who knows what we'll do?!<br />
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I'm also beginning to work on my Kitty-the-author web site so I'll let you know when it's up and ready to read. :) We'll try to write here more but if you're on Facebook and haven't friended us yet, that's where you'll find a lot more posts from us.<br />
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Talk to you more soon! And Happy Thanksgiving to you U.S. folks!John and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-58261164761359129332010-11-08T19:57:00.000-08:002010-11-19T16:35:59.552-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">MOVEMBER</span></b></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have been absent on posting anything for a long time, but I will try to be better!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">A lot has been happening so I'll just start by posting my latest cause: <i>Movember!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Every November here in Sydney "Movember" is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces in Australia and around the world, with the sole aim of raising vital funds and awareness for men's health, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. My department at job has almost all the men growing mustaches and raising money to help the fund raiser.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://au.movember.com/?home">http://au.movember.com</a></span><br />
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Warm blankets, cuddly sweaters and sweatshirts, hot chocolate. Mmmm!<br /><br />More posts soon on the running and the City2Surf race and more cooking!Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-18151835882462221282010-07-24T01:00:00.000-07:002010-07-24T01:00:04.268-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI_z4fBI3cOlVV5F8K8Fs8lphkYgDQWht9M-nrAjld-LH9A0uLBn_2EASgbBfJKJpmEhvkWj66boEvlFgAgOaAAbPyhD-5jp66VvtWyVQd-_qxtIRJaiXDQNpNvOtUwmnd9dw/s1600/John+w+Sydney+sign.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAI_z4fBI3cOlVV5F8K8Fs8lphkYgDQWht9M-nrAjld-LH9A0uLBn_2EASgbBfJKJpmEhvkWj66boEvlFgAgOaAAbPyhD-5jp66VvtWyVQd-_qxtIRJaiXDQNpNvOtUwmnd9dw/s200/John+w+Sydney+sign.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495927464793161954" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKe_JQIXJYn_-YnJbb2OhJfuuO_xwq3Dh1yR7esRNaV_l_Pz1gSW7BZDgI86jjaK8Qo2vpoNPyn6AfjZOuNH1BqJhEjdIXPXNrsvlyPXU7MXO5LITZyu3IfoSHAqpNvbTB-Rh/s1600/Doug+arrives.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzKe_JQIXJYn_-YnJbb2OhJfuuO_xwq3Dh1yR7esRNaV_l_Pz1gSW7BZDgI86jjaK8Qo2vpoNPyn6AfjZOuNH1BqJhEjdIXPXNrsvlyPXU7MXO5LITZyu3IfoSHAqpNvbTB-Rh/s200/Doug+arrives.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495927310734759666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" >Dougie Visits Us!</span><br /></div><br />(Kitty) It's been over a month since he left, but here are a few photos of John and Doug and me having fun together. Doug, you may know, is one of our dearest friends. We've been calling him our adopted little brother for close to fifteen years now. It's his house we go to on all the holidays and his family is our adopted family.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMK_9WQdPTUKmxvzftqQWX8eaPvNYjwKSVGY_wbHmDZZkxxbvPLgfWwY8DK36Oq2voZ0HdBpUWs7UGBOIfPYIY_IiT9XazDdGKXgybjlyXAnsXoE6otgZyJzQ45rzAqz-glMN/s1600/Doug+Kitty+John+at+airport.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMK_9WQdPTUKmxvzftqQWX8eaPvNYjwKSVGY_wbHmDZZkxxbvPLgfWwY8DK36Oq2voZ0HdBpUWs7UGBOIfPYIY_IiT9XazDdGKXgybjlyXAnsXoE6otgZyJzQ45rzAqz-glMN/s200/Doug+Kitty+John+at+airport.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495922042826428418" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yg3JsAOTum157KIoYkjngk85II7vXhNGYyJg4wXqkngHHmezFIL_22lEalj91PqkS5EUqPO04E0W_5E2UV4DyFviJQLqjKOoAUMSbspvrxzQn7MMQOyiXvpysrmmO1k7A1H4/s1600/John+and+Doug+at+airport.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0yg3JsAOTum157KIoYkjngk85II7vXhNGYyJg4wXqkngHHmezFIL_22lEalj91PqkS5EUqPO04E0W_5E2UV4DyFviJQLqjKOoAUMSbspvrxzQn7MMQOyiXvpysrmmO1k7A1H4/s200/John+and+Doug+at+airport.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495922352445554018" border="0" /></a><br />Doug came to visit the week of my final classes, which ended up being not as stressful as I anticipated because he brought homework with him, too. A couple of afternoons we both just sat on the couch and did homework together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV49FY2VA5kL-CdqHMpLJQ5BfqPzDS5vKxGvrgOlh1dTJZ9FKXV8uJ_TBaCWNLW2VJxIntUuB3ghCJSDa57rre8EpmgtEVwPlni2LmckBFQz403dQ9EeWD9jVEs7A-LrIRDcZO/s1600/Kitty+John+Doug+at+rugby.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV49FY2VA5kL-CdqHMpLJQ5BfqPzDS5vKxGvrgOlh1dTJZ9FKXV8uJ_TBaCWNLW2VJxIntUuB3ghCJSDa57rre8EpmgtEVwPlni2LmckBFQz403dQ9EeWD9jVEs7A-LrIRDcZO/s200/Kitty+John+Doug+at+rugby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495923416510393314" border="0" /></a><br />But we all also did<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBy8ayrGOHP5N6dpFXvgGU6w2rv-rV4DQMVpf3hvZZPHbTJ2FG8FEA3DhV20ZKHdO6PbqVvZdW44nMd80pUm6LUT9JTXcepm1bE2fGnIjN9_tgoKsU8pP5BWurkAJTtuAh0A0E/s1600/John+Doug+Greg+at+rugby.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBy8ayrGOHP5N6dpFXvgGU6w2rv-rV4DQMVpf3hvZZPHbTJ2FG8FEA3DhV20ZKHdO6PbqVvZdW44nMd80pUm6LUT9JTXcepm1bE2fGnIjN9_tgoKsU8pP5BWurkAJTtuAh0A0E/s200/John+Doug+Greg+at+rugby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495922656875542418" border="0" /></a> a lot of sight-seeing! One of the most fun parts was the first night when we went to the Rabbitohs rugby game. The Rabbitohs are owned by Russell Crowe, and he was there that night too. Made it even a little more fun - aside from the fact that our team won by a huge margin.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKqq63ZYs1fak4C-OqHVaHCqdz7d8w-gj2hcCNgomF9S91YlY9fYnt4kvGCAWpu1s6c4JxplaZrkoxbXjhNmmqgYg3_r67V750Wsj9j1S0MJG99sN6b3ZXRQU2o-0ngqDvLT0/s1600/Rabbitohs+game+2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKqq63ZYs1fak4C-OqHVaHCqdz7d8w-gj2hcCNgomF9S91YlY9fYnt4kvGCAWpu1s6c4JxplaZrkoxbXjhNmmqgYg3_r67V750Wsj9j1S0MJG99sN6b3ZXRQU2o-0ngqDvLT0/s200/Rabbitohs+game+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495924334568373826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6mgGfgZWNbhuGwsPyE4jHB7pihLZQYvv6LvyOhyZdIXjReH8ZE1G-gsm8_loE6jtKldW0-pLh1UFfyb_Cb1CNGMdXO018r2R0xINAjNf0tP51-FoPMuRf7HOah1gOiKRwwFK/s1600/Rabbitohs+game.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu6mgGfgZWNbhuGwsPyE4jHB7pihLZQYvv6LvyOhyZdIXjReH8ZE1G-gsm8_loE6jtKldW0-pLh1UFfyb_Cb1CNGMdXO018r2R0xINAjNf0tP51-FoPMuRf7HOah1gOiKRwwFK/s200/Rabbitohs+game.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495928558811264386" border="0" /></a><br />We went up to the Blue Mountains, spent a great couple nights taking pictures of a special photography event in the downtown area, and took Doug to a whole bunch of great restaurants.<br /><br /><br />We did a ton of stuff, but what I remember most is that the three of us spent a lot of great time together just as we did when we all lived in the same area. And every day was just as relaxed and fun as every other day we've had in the last fifteen years. So I think we all thought it was an awesome two weeks!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQVuQ0ykTYkWGdz7w3alVwb5yRGpeHFAGU2VOwlzQ9zMSkhkE99oAuRCHN17qkl8eaXBe5DxAWLUQ2XuSkHn4mN9yXvzLJKOdONU_k2_hzbQbXdssWRWTKClU99XpXzD_t9il/s1600/Rabbitohs+mascot.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZQVuQ0ykTYkWGdz7w3alVwb5yRGpeHFAGU2VOwlzQ9zMSkhkE99oAuRCHN17qkl8eaXBe5DxAWLUQ2XuSkHn4mN9yXvzLJKOdONU_k2_hzbQbXdssWRWTKClU99XpXzD_t9il/s200/Rabbitohs+mascot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495925959725534946" border="0" /></a><br />I have to admit, I lik<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOR2ES037Ty3lxuCvfuAVIcXUILC9mgUgV6KUHrMepnlizzIY9hgJFJJb4gRZmtGIGeVJZaBaOSDrN5Tp_1TVoM6miKrfjuFjdMDrCaM6HfpS6J3fz2oh0wsxqA3Xsg3YU7Wo/s1600/Watching+rugby.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOR2ES037Ty3lxuCvfuAVIcXUILC9mgUgV6KUHrMepnlizzIY9hgJFJJb4gRZmtGIGeVJZaBaOSDrN5Tp_1TVoM6miKrfjuFjdMDrCaM6HfpS6J3fz2oh0wsxqA3Xsg3YU7Wo/s200/Watching+rugby.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495925602225622722" border="0" /></a>e the way these two pictures look together - Doug and Greg laughing at the Rabbitoh's mascot, while John looks scared. LOL! Camera ham! (I love it!)Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-13166744901186946032010-07-22T01:37:00.000-07:002010-07-22T01:37:00.279-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kitty is Learning to Cook!</span></span><br /></div><br />(Kitty) It's true! I know you can't believe it if you've known me for a long time. I'm dedicated to pre-made frozen foods and the very few "cooked" meals I have mastered in the last few decades. But when Doug came to visit last month, he and I watched Master Chef Australia the whole time he was here. I got hooked! AND they actually "teach" you how to cook! In the Friday shows, the professional cooks give a "Master Class" to the contestants and tell you how much of what to use and what to do with it, so you can really just follow their steps and do it!<br /><br />Plus the local grocery store, Cole's, is a Master Chef sponsor so they have a rack of recipe cards with recipes the contestants have made. AND all the recipes are also on the web site (<a href="http://www.masterchef.com.au/home.htm">click here</a>). This past weekend I decided to make John french style pancakes for breakfast (<a href="http://www.masterchef.com.au/pancakes.htm">recipe here</a>). I made them as thin as I could, then served them with a variety of ingredients to put on top, then roll up. I had one with lemon and sugar, rolled up, then with a dollop of double cream on the side. I had another with chocolate syrup, then rolled up. John had two with Nutella, one with maple syrup, oh, and I had one with apricot jam. (There were so many that we had them on both Saturday and Sunday mornings.) They were wonderful! My first success!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8k4r2ZV_TMeT8lwnFi95SewTTCp2nf5lcHogbW2H3BsFez6WKlg1tiSyU5Q5RBSDjn6WgysrvrHHWBwzcsteCBA1jUyteSpBu4oTixFLaJFQUVTV047buuvF8eYN6W9IwNJd/s1600/making+pancakes.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8k4r2ZV_TMeT8lwnFi95SewTTCp2nf5lcHogbW2H3BsFez6WKlg1tiSyU5Q5RBSDjn6WgysrvrHHWBwzcsteCBA1jUyteSpBu4oTixFLaJFQUVTV047buuvF8eYN6W9IwNJd/s200/making+pancakes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495907129360203474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmsWmaAwFSCn10OFjoX4DZrR_JHdWHTZVwThZsVzzKjNPzclqbbiguoHXAtSb-t-MOhPWmpTI6hlET6yVkGzxWGgSeVzucZPIA2cKl2Zc4ZF1f0LvVE_kF7BPYK_WNj-xLrTJ/s1600/french+style+pancakes.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmsWmaAwFSCn10OFjoX4DZrR_JHdWHTZVwThZsVzzKjNPzclqbbiguoHXAtSb-t-MOhPWmpTI6hlET6yVkGzxWGgSeVzucZPIA2cKl2Zc4ZF1f0LvVE_kF7BPYK_WNj-xLrTJ/s200/french+style+pancakes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495908711455781762" border="0" /></a></span></span>Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-74320948528838600982010-07-20T01:22:00.000-07:002010-07-20T01:36:56.959-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Updates on Life</span><br /></div><br />(Kitty) I'm going to try to get more updates posted here on what we're up to, even if they are silly little updates like this one. I'm trying to take some pictures of every day things in case any of the every day things looks interesting to you. And I'm going to keep this up as often as possible. But let me warn you - school starts in 13 days! So I'm going to have to do this as short and sweet as possible. (That's one of the things I do like about Facebook - I can put a post up in less than a minute!)<br /><br />So here is the first picture I took to show you something silly about our life here. You know we don't have a car, so everything we buy needs to be hand-carried to our home and up two flights of stairs - which, because of the way stairs work in buildings, really seems like four flights! That means I have to make decisions when grocery shopping based on weight - which do I need most this week, orange juice or laundry detergent? They're too heavy to carry both.<br />A few friends have suggested a cart/trolley - which I've always heard called a granny cart. I kept putting it off because of the stigma and because I thought it would make my arms stronger to carry the groceries a few blocks. Let me tell you - it may make my arms a tiny bit stronger, but it pulls the heck out of your shoulders! So last week John and I decided to just get one and be done with it.<br /><br />Here it is, filled with three bags of groceries that I could never have carried home by myself. This week I went out again and bought four bags of groceries, but without choosing one heavy item over another. I simply bought everything on my shopping list. It was tough to get it up and down the bus stairs, and I had to unload it two bags at a time when I got home because I couldn't get it up the stairs BUT I was able to make ONE trip to the grocery store in a week instead of two. YAY!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-jtk1Ni3W6gBQ_9QFE3OkNfDApXXPQFSKzQ_2H1W-w-byIy0vZ4PoKQZGmRM26XfOMQBVj7k1TpXYnsKQuK7Mh_z3FbqtBcz5uozG5fG9ypD3GsoC1140eQ51osGLxRlgoRB/s1600/granny+cart.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-jtk1Ni3W6gBQ_9QFE3OkNfDApXXPQFSKzQ_2H1W-w-byIy0vZ4PoKQZGmRM26XfOMQBVj7k1TpXYnsKQuK7Mh_z3FbqtBcz5uozG5fG9ypD3GsoC1140eQ51osGLxRlgoRB/s200/granny+cart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495903709163706642" border="0" /></a>Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-4461855142526375472010-07-01T21:34:00.000-07:002010-07-01T21:43:07.374-07:00<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Artistic Weekend!</span><br /></div><br />(Kitty) My Romance Writers of Australia group is getting together this weekend for a writer's retreat! Yay! I'm so excited! I leave in about 45 minutes, hauling an overnight bag and a computer bag on the bus, through the grocery store, then onto a train and walking it down the two blocks to her house. Whew! One of the women is sending her husband and kids to the in-laws and then the rest of us are descending on her house. Of the eight of us, about half are sleeping over, so it's going to be a great time! LOTS of writing is going to get done! I can't wait!<br /><br />Knowing I would be away, John planned a Photography Weekend with his friends. John wants to play with his new camera (his anniversary present from me - thanks Dwight and Bonnie for helping me pick it out!) so a whole bunch of people are meeting down near the Opera House with their cameras. Some even decided to plan a picnic on one of the days! So John gets to have a great weekend, too!<br /><br />I wonder if that means we'll both be having so much fun that we won't miss each other...?<br /><br />NAAHHHH!!!! LOL!Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-67135228080880998002010-06-28T01:28:00.000-07:002010-06-28T01:28:03.580-07:00<div style="color: red; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>So Much Going On</b></span></div><br />
(Kitty) Sorry it's been so long since we posted anything here. Life just seems to go faster and faster all the time! And sooo many people who read this are on Facebook so... Here's hoping someone wants to read this here. {grin}<br />
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So, since last you heard from our far-away heroes, they went to Melbourne to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. First, it was an <b>awesome</b> trip! Melbourne is totally different from Sydney - downtown has a different kind of architecture and vibe, a different kind of artsyness. It seemed a bit more relaxed and chill. The downtown area is near the river, which leads to the ocean, instead of Sydney's downtown on the harbour where you can practically see the ocean. I know it sounds weird, but John and I were happy to visit Costco there - ate Costco pizza for lunch twice in four days! Yum! LOL!<br />
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When we returned, Kitty went back to school (it had been the two-week mid-semester break at uni - what everyone calls university here, even though I still tend to just say "school") and John went back to work. I got a bad cold in Melbourne, so our running schedule got seriously messed up as I tried to get over that and as I prepared for the final papers in my three classes. Things went well, though, and I finally finished my first semester on the 10th of June. It'll still be a a few weeks until I find out my grades.<br />
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John and I were WAAAY excited when our friend and adopted little brother Dougie came to visit us for two weeks on June 7. The first few days I raced to finish my last assignment - but Doug assured me I should relax because he brought homework, too! I showed him around Sydney some, he took pictures of the Opera House, John showed him around where he worked, then John had five days off in a row with a public holiday on a Monday. My friend Shannon took us around the South Coast area, which was awesome! Then we took a day to the Blue Mountains, went to the Taronga Zoo, wandered around The Rocks, walked the Bondi to Coogee Beach Walk, ate all kinds of yummy foods, and so much more!<br />
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Then for the rest of the second week, Doug and I watched a little of the FIFA World Cup, watched several episodes of Master Chef Australia (which I'm hooked on now and am watching while I type this!), did some reading and relaxing, met John for lunch or dinner several times, etc. It was very sad when Doug had to go home, but he promised to come back - and we're holding him to it! On the upside, the man has a super-heater inside him and was rarely cold even though it's winter here, so the first thing John and I did when we got home was turn on <b>both</b> the electric and gas heaters in the living room for the rest of the day! LOL!<br />
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Since then, John and I finally got back into a running schedule last week. Couldn't have happened at a <b>colder</b> time. At 6:00 this morning it was 5 degrees Celsius, 41 degrees Farhenheit with a 1C/34F degree wind chill factor! It was gorgeous to run by moonlight in the park until the sun rose, but this is the first time we turned down our street - where there is almost always a bit of an ocean breeze - and I ran the rest of the way home! LOL! The wind was too cold to walk!<br />
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That's everything I can think of. Those who know me and how I don't like to cook and therefore am not very good at it will be happy to know I'm actually <b>learning</b> some things by watching the Master Chef TV show! I made us a lamb chop meal a few nights ago that was fabulous. And the local grocery store chain, Coles, is the Master Chef sponsor so they have recipe cards in the store with some of the dishes the cooks are making. I picked up the beef stroganoff recipe to make soon! Woo-hoo!John and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-67239974778663553982010-05-06T21:24:00.000-07:002010-05-06T21:37:49.596-07:00<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Going to Melbourne!</span><br /></div><br />(Kitty) Spending all day trying to catch up on everything that needs to be done in the next few days - because we won't be here! We'll be in Melbourne!! We're really excited because we've never been there and everyone says it's wonderful!<br /><br />John will be able to use his anniversary present to record the fun times. I bought him a <a href="http://www.dpreview.com/previews/CanonEOS550D/">Canon SLR 550D digital camera</a>. He was speechless! Yay! I surprised him! (That's very difficult to do!) I'll just walk around looking pretty. Why? John gave me "the key to his heart" - a little key in rose gold, heart-shaped at one end, from Tiffany's. He saw a picture of one a few weeks ago and decided that's what he wanted to give me for our 20th anniversary. Awwww!!! We went to the store and tried on a few different kinds, but that one looked the best on me. I love it!<br /><br />Then we went to The Meat and Wine Co. and ate steaks the size of my head! LOL! They were huge! And delicious!! Again, John knows how much I love a great steak dinner, and how easily I can get tired of the huge variety of oriental restaurants that everyone but me loves, so he decided days ago that he would find a really nice non-pub steak place. And wow, did he make a great choice!<br /><br />We finished off the evening with Tim Tam slams! LOL! (You bite the ends off a Tim Tam cookie and stick it in a mug of hot chocolate, slurp the hot chocolate through the cookie, then hurry and shove it in your mouth before the whole thing falls apart! LOL! It's awesome in the winter!)<br /><br />Okay, no time for more! Gotta get packed! Tell you all about the trip next week!<br />Our love and hugs to everyone! :)Kitty Bucholtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16372033109959440355noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-43824826829938053682010-05-03T12:00:00.000-07:002010-05-03T12:00:00.196-07:00<div style="color: lime; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our 20th Anniversary Party</span></b></div><br />
(Kitty) We celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary with friends on Sunday May 2 - which just happened to be 22 years to the day of John giving me my ring at our Spring Formal at Northwestern Michigan College. Yay!!<br />
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We brought food for morning tea after church Sunday morning - I made brownies and Russian Teacakes (little shortbread cookies) - and we bought some other favorite Aussie snacks. Then we hurried home to finish cleaning and preparing for our party. Everyone who made it just happen to be friends from church, so it was fun that everyone knew each other.<br />
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Linda and Glen brought us a Blackforest cake from The Cheesecake Shop - mmm! Neville brought his camera and took the group picture below. John grilled drumsticks on the BBQ on our balcony while I pumped everyone full of sweet and savory snacks. The adults talked - and I told a looooonnng story about how we met - LOL! - and the kids watched CARS on TV.<br />
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I'm not sure how John ended up with Baby Luke, but I couldn't resist taking a picture of them playing. Then Linda suggested the "Suprise! We have a baby! How'd that happen?" picture for fun. LOL! I hope you enjoy all the pictures! We had a great time!<br />
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Wednesday is our actual anniversary. John took the day off and my teacher encouraged me not to come to class that night, so we're going to spend a day of fun together. Then next weekend, we're going to Melbourne! We've never been there and have wanted to see it. Plus there was an airfare special that couldn't be beat, and we wanted to go somewhere anyway to celebrate. I'll post about that when we get back. Have a great week!<br />
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text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rainbows - What a Great Way to Start the Day!</b></span></div><br />
(Kitty) We woke up to the brightest rainbow Friday morning! So beautiful! Then I noticed that there was a DOUBLE rainbow! By the time I took the pictures, the rainbows were already fading, but that's the great things about pictures. Thought I'd share them with you here. Enjoy!<br />
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(Kitty) The very things that happen in life to give us something to tell you about are the very things keeping us from making frequent blog posts. But this one is just too good to miss telling you! As of today, I am officially a grad student at University of Technology, Sydney!!!<br />
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I am enrolled in the Master of Arts in Creative Writing program. School starts next week!! I'll probably have classes on Wednesday and Thursday nights from 6pm to 9pm. And I already own one of the required books!<br />
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Also, our friend Debbie and her friend Calista arrived on Monday to visit us for two weeks. They are seeing every possible interesting sight to see! It's only been three days and I'm already exhausted from trying to keep up with them! LOL! But then, I'm not on vacation and I'm also trying to get work done while trying to hang out with them as much as I can.<br />
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Last night we took them to a local pub, The Doncaster, for dinner and a celebratory drink. (I got the official school acceptance letter yesterday.) My friend Paula is taking us all (John got the day off) to the Blue Mountains Friday to show us the sights there. And my friend Shannon is taking us girls down the South Coast on Monday. Then Debbie and Calista are going to try to see the Great Barrier Reef and the tropical rainforest for a couple days, then back here to see more things with us.<br />
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It's going to be a GREAT but exhausting two weeks for me with friends and school all happening at the same time. But I am so excited about it all I can hardly stand it! LOL!John and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-21397729006803315002010-02-05T23:50:00.000-08:002010-02-05T23:50:37.605-08:00<div style="color: #674ea7; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Kitty and the Prince</b></span></div><br />
(Kitty) Sorry we haven't been good about keeping up with the blog. A lot going on and it's so much easier to post a single sentence on Facebook. BUT - I'm going to try harder to get a post up at least once a week. Honest! :)<br />
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So today's post is about my favorite day last month - Prince William came to town and I got to see him! He seemed so sweet and kind in all the places the news caught him. I know it probably seems silly, but he reminded me so much of his mom. So gracious and such a great smile.<br />
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Anyway, I walked for<b>ever</b> to get to a place where I might be able to see him. And it was <b>sooo</b> hot! The first place I tried to see him was in a crowd so large I could barely see him once or twice as he shook heads with people. But everyone was so excited to see him!<br />
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Then almost everyone went home when he went to his picnic lunch in the Botanic Gardens - except those of us who wanted to see him again. When he drove through the second time, I was about ten feet away!! Here is the picture I was able to take:<br />
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Then as I walked the forever distance back to catch a bus, I was looking out on the harbour and saw a speed boat type taxi go by. I remember thinking, how weird, it's not even half full and everyone on it is wearing business clothes except for a woman in red. Then I saw it on the news - that was the Prince, too!<br />
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That's probably the closest I'll ever get to royalty. And I felt a little bad about how much of my day I spent out when I could have been working. But I stayed up till who knows when to see his parents get married - I had to see him, too! :)<br />
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And from a romance writer's viewpoint, there's nothing more romantic than a handsome, charming Prince!John and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-54107341253455344672010-01-17T20:49:00.000-08:002010-01-17T20:49:42.625-08:00<div style="color: #f1c232; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">2010 Golden Globes</span></b><br />
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</div><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></b>AVATAR just won Best Picture award and James Cameron won Best Director. A friend of ours, Helen Padarin, was nice enough to find a You Tube recording of his acceptance speech in which he thanks the performance capture unit and the virtual lab for their hard work!<br />
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Thanks for the shout out Jim!<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx6M4_tMk3k">James Cameron's acceptance speech</a>John and Kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05373285394642538002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36700509.post-37817153463563430522010-01-11T00:20:00.000-08:002010-01-11T00:21:05.829-08:00<div style="color: #6fa8dc; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Name in AVATAR</span></b><br />
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A former co-worker of mine at Lightstorm took a picture of the closing credits of AVATAR. This was a much easier way to find my name then scanning the screen as the credits flew by. This is the first set of names RIGHT after the list of actors.<br />
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