{"id":289,"date":"2014-09-28T00:43:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/2014\/09\/spring-grand-final-weekend-in-melbourne.html\/"},"modified":"2014-09-28T00:43:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T00:43:00","slug":"spring-grand-final-weekend-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.littlewanderingwren.com\/staging\/8794\/2014\/09\/28\/spring-grand-final-weekend-in-melbourne\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Grand Final weekend in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Melbourne’s Spring has arrived!<\/span><\/div>\n
Bursting in unannounced. <\/span><\/div>\n
Leaving some of us <\/span>scurrying to the back of the wardrobe <\/span><\/div>\n
in search of something <\/span>half decent to wear.<\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melbourne’s Spring blossom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
 With temperatures in the high 20’s Celsius,<\/span>
our garden bursts into bloom,<\/span>
demands attention,<\/span>
and my hayfever sneezes <\/span>
echo around<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hello Spring – nice to see you!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
It’s a great time of year in Melbourne,<\/span>
we have the lazy days of summer ahead of us.<\/span>

<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lillies in the garden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
We also have a <\/span>
few big exams to get through, <\/span>
as the next few months<\/span>
will see the end of High School life for our son<\/span>
and a university degree completed for daughter number 2.<\/span>

<\/span>I say ‘we<\/i>‘ because as any parent will know, <\/span>
it does feel like you are actually sitting the exams.<\/span>
Unfortunately, unlike the Year 1 project on natural disasters<\/span>
this is now totally out of your hands,<\/span>
and worryingly so…<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spring bursts forth – for Pink Saturday<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Spring is the time to be seen out and about in Melbourne.<\/span><\/div>\n
This is the season of the Spring Racing Carnival<\/span><\/div>\n
and whilst we still technically have a hoof of a racehorse<\/span>,<\/span><\/div>\n
let’s just say <\/span><\/div>\n
I do not need to fret at the moment<\/span>
 about needing a hat for the races. (sob sob) <\/span>

<\/span>Anyway, you’ve guessed it <\/span>
Melbourne Cup weekend in November<\/span>
is also exam time.<\/span>
Yes our race might stop the nation,<\/span>
but not the International Baccalaureate<\/span>
 English Literature exam!<\/span><\/p>\n

So it is not really the time for this Melbourne Mum<\/span>
to be seen out and about in a gorgeous frock<\/span>
sipping champagne.<\/span><\/div>\n


<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Melbourne Spring garden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Oh no, I will be at home<\/span>
making smoothies with added <\/span>‘Mind’ or ‘Energy’ powder<\/span>
The whole house wafting <\/span>
with my calming aromatherapy oils…<\/span>

<\/span>And this is just for me,<\/span>
I really was hoping to find that inner<\/span>
Zen Yoga Mum before Spring hit!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I love it when my Japanese Maple comes back to life!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This weekend is Footy Finals weekend,<\/span>
a huge big deal in Melbourne.<\/span><\/p>\n

All year you could be forgiven for thinking there<\/span>
is nothing much else happening in the world <\/span>
other than our beloved <\/span>
Aussie Rules Football. <\/span>

<\/span>Our Australian Football League is a game<\/span>
played with an oval ball<\/span>
on a round pitch<\/span>
between a whole load of physical men <\/span>
(and a growing group of women, <\/span>
but not in the Grand Final.)<\/span>
Our team Hawthorn are playing <\/span>
but we only get two tickets… <\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been abandoned.<\/span>
I’m Home Alone.<\/span>
Just me, a huge pile of ironing <\/span>
and the Crazy Poodle ‘I’m Pet of the Week’<\/i> you know.<\/span>
It appears everyone else is having the afternoon off from studies.<\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Melbourne Cricket Ground – Hawthorn Vs Sydney Swans Grand Final <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Mr Wren times his flight back from a week working in Asia perfectly.<\/span>
With just enough time to dump the suitcase of washing<\/span>
 and hand me back my diamond wedding ring.<\/span>
With slightly less of a ta-ra <\/span>
than when he first gave it to me, I might add.<\/span>

<\/span>I carelessly lost a diamond last month <\/span>
and he had it replaced by the original Hong Kong jeweller<\/span>.<\/span>

<\/span>My fault I suppose<\/span>
no time to do the full ‘I love you’ bit, <\/span>
there was a match to get to you know…<\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Got my diamond back!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I do get a gift of <\/span>some perfume <\/span>
from the Duty Free in Singapore<\/span>
and he takes me out to breakfast to catch up.<\/span>
His week all corporate entertaining and budget meetings<\/span>
mine all washing, cooking and the odd dog walk.<\/span>
Before gathering up daughter No 2 <\/span>after <\/span>her soccer training <\/span>
and off they rush to watch Tom Jones <\/span>and Ed Sheeran, <\/span>
the pre-match entertainment at Melbourne Cricket Ground.<\/span>
Super Dad!<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n


<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MCG – Pre-match excitement September 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

So it’s me, the Crazy Poodle and Olivia Newton John<\/span>
singing the national anthem on the telly.<\/span>
Advance Australia Fair!<\/i><\/span>
My plan is to do the ironing during the match<\/span>
and the gardening during the quarter breaks<\/span>
SuperMum<\/b>!<\/span>

<\/span>By quarter time <\/span>the Crazy Poodle <\/span>
is getting a tad bored of playing<\/span>
dress-ups in the 2013 Hawks scarves…<\/span>
and the ironing is still looking at me.<\/span>
The phone goes.<\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crazy Poodle – Top Footy dog!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There are 95,000 people crammed into the ‘G<\/span>
the rest of Melbourne are watching somewhere<\/span>
and gotta love her, <\/span>
I have a friend who is not that interested.<\/span>
‘It’s a lovely afternoon, do you fancy a dog walk?’<\/i><\/span>
The Crazy Poodle wags his tail…<\/span>
‘Sure, why not?’<\/i> I say!<\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n
Postscript:<\/b> You’ll be pleased to know that <\/span><\/div>\n
Hawthorn <\/span>win <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
back to back Premierships,<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
and the ironing is yet to be done!<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
‘We’re a happy team at Hawthorn,<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
We’re the mighty, fighty Hawks!’<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

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Linking with the following,<\/span><\/div>\n
thanks to our lovely hosts.<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Jenny at Alphabe Thursday<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
Beverley at Pink Saturday<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/a><\/div>\n


<\/span>Denise at Today’s Flowers<\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n

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