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Looks like I forgot to add our final trip of the year. Back in September, we decided to add a cruise to our family travels. As Disney's third season wasn't selling well (this upcoming Summer), there was a 30-35% off special, and that convinced us to jump on the 5 night NYE cruise. We fly down...

My Teen is currently working at the local airport (retaily/food service kind of job) and comes home with some appalling stories of how customers treat them at times!

I hope you get to see Sid, @QF WP! Ask him about his European holiday. Due to his holiday, he couldn't work the bar at my recent birthday party, but we had the pleasure of his help at FIL's wake last week. 💜

Driving in the Brisbane storm yesterday afternoon, around 3pm, we'd left Manly and were heading for Wynnum Plaza to try to get undercover (we had been at the Manly Boathouse post family-only goodbyes before FIL was being cremated) and of the four passengers in my car, I had three all trying to...

Wearing my new birthday shift from my BFF at work today. Has a pic of a cinnamon roll, with this text "Synonym Rolls, just like Grammar used to make" :D

Yup, disappeared during Covid I think.

FIL passed peacefully tonight, with us all there (well, not younger grandsons and BIL). SIL called Mr Katie at about 5:30 this afternoon knowing he wasn’t planning on getting to hospital until 8, saying he’d best get there. So we all went up and made it to have some time with him before he took...

SIL is at hospital with FIL and has just shared pall care's doctor's comments this morning. Dr asked if everyone who needs to know knows, and if they've been to visit. He will be staying in the palliative care/oncology ward he's in and not transferring to St Vincent's. He was restless and...

I think palliative care in a hospital. I think his care needs might be higher than a nursing home and perhaps shorter lasting if the doctors are stopping all medications other than pain/comfort meds.

Looks like FIL is heading for palliative care. He fell over in the kitchen early on Friday, 5am or so. MIL found him. Called an ambulance and spent most of the day in Emergency. Got the all clear and went home around 6-7pm. He hasn’t been sleeping well, needs to sit up a lot, probably can’t...

I reviewed three long-haul flights on AY frames in my TR: Katies do Euro Summer. We flew QF81 on AY metal, then AYSIN-HEL and HEL-HKG. My only disappointment with the AY flights was the IFE offering was worse than QF. Loved the J seats and happy with the catering and service.

My bar cart was a fun prop at my recent birthday party - with a travel theme. Complete with mini wine bottles from QF Wine as adult party favours as guests left!!

If whingy teens are into comic/manga stores, my Teen rates the one (couple?) near Rundle Mall highly.

If anyone's contemplating a side trip to Winton, IMNSHO, I'd do Age of Dinosaurs and the Waltzing Matilda centre. There's now a (less impressive than Lark Quarry) stampede at AAOD, so you don't have to go to Lark Quarry unless you really want to. If you drive to Winton after the flight from...

Why, you cheeky so-and-so!!! :P

2/11 QF1933, boarding pass beeped at the gate, took a while for the staff member to sort out. She eventually printed out a piece of paper where I saw "Happy Birthday from the VIP Service Team" at the bottom of it. 8E to 3E, leaving the Teen to put on Cosplay makeup of a facial scar next to...

QF1938 ADL-BNE on Sun 2/11 - Y -> J, came through on Friday night, about 48hrs in advance for both WP me and SG Teen (on separate bookings).

We've been watching Department Q on Netflix, two more episodes to go. Based on Scandi noir books, I guess this season is one book? Loving all the Scottish accents. 😍

Yup, on a status run/early anniversary trip with Mr Katie in June 2023. BNE-SYD-CHC and return. SYD-CHC was delayed IIRC and then there was fog in CHC (we would have been landing around 1-2 am). We ended up being diverted to WLG. Very frustrating experience, though we managed to nab some...

Teen's birthday present this year was a girls' day trip to Radelaide for a comiccon event where Billie Piper (Dr Who and more) would be appearing. The event overlaps my milestone birthday, and as I'd seen some thing on the website about Billie appearing "all weekend", I took that to include...