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America - you should be proud of us.   We celebrated the 4th as if we were home! Except no fireworks this year...We saw those on NYE! .   Hello Elementary Friends! Happy July to All! Since we have completed the first half of our time in Australia, Mitch and I decided to say thank you to our Aussie friends by throwing a 4th of July party on the 2nd!  Since our apartment is rather small, we held the party at my principal, Malcolm's home.  We had a great time.  Mitch grilled hot dogs, burgers, and chicken skewers.  He also made some Wick Fowler's Chili - thanks to Andy Smith who brought the mix when they came to see us.  We played 4th of July Bingo and had a Star Spangled Trivia Contest which included USA history questions along with Australia questions and general world-wide pop culture stuff.  For example one of the questions was "Is the town of Cut and Shoot located in Australia or Texas - how about Disappointment Hill?  Another was "Which of...

Byron Bay, Whales Waving at Us, and Beaumont Road Holds Morning Tea for Robyn and Andy! Can you imagine life without friends?  I can't or won't!  Don't get me wrong, family is wonderful, and I love mine dearly, but you do not get to choose your family.  You are assigned your family.  Friends, however, are chosen - by you and by them!  There is a lovely degree of freedom in that choice that is fascinating to me, and I believe that friends are a gift - to be cherished and protected! We have spent the last 10 days with our friends, Robyn and Andy Smith from Seguin, Texas and have thoroughly enjoyed every minute!  Now - you need to know that our space here in Australia is small, and we have been in rather close quarters with each other, but that has not gotten in our way of a great time together.  Some creative timing of the use of the one bathroom proved not as problematic as it seemed like it might be.  Even though they were here a short time, we pa...