My Life is Brilliant

melbourne cup ....

so today is the Melbourne Cup and its a bit of a deal here in australia! Melbourne have a public holiday (half their luck) and the rest of the country celebrate by having lovely lunches, dressing up or even going to the races. This morning we decided to make it a family affair and put $2 each person on a horse for fun, so seen as we are not gamblers and not encouraging it ... rather just having fun we decided to pick our birthday dates ... well, there are not 27 horses so emra had to pick her age (much to gary's annoyance as his horse for #5 was a shocker - apparently!) Emra's horse came in to win tho, and she picked up $48 ... how funny!

I went to a Melbourne Cup Lunch, which was devine, 3 courses ... i was so full when i left .... we had two sweeps going, and i got 2nd ... which was a fluke too as my other two horses were scratched ... funny! so all in all a fun day. We have a friend staying tonight, so we opted for Thai takeaways tonight ... lucky me, no cooking! and its so delicious ... this new place has moved in just down the street ... so great as its authentic thai and super yummy! uh oh!

i have just finished my Deck of Me for this week ... week 44 ... the prompt is "home"