Much ado about nothing

No posts this weekend as I was flat out doing nothing!  A rarity on our calendar, a weekend with no commitments from anywhere.  No family functions, no parties / get togethers with friends, no dancing for the girls – absolutely nothing.

So Friday night I did invite my mate Noyz up to watch the football – Saints vs Parra – and we sat on the lounge eating pizza and drinking beer and it was all the more better because the good guys won :-)

Saturday was a very quiet day and we did nothing except we went to the park at Glenbrook Village.  Kate and I walked our dog Zoe all the way there whilst Niki drove with Brooke and the bikes.  The walk takes about 30mins and we did it fine and met up at the park were Brooke was able to ride her bike without training wheels a fair distance.  She had her fair share of stacks, but she was able to go for 30 metre stretches without over steering and falling off.  She is well on her way.

Saturday night Niki and I watched “40 Year Old Virgin” on Foxtel Box Office and I highly recommend it – a lot funnier than we both thought.

Sunday I was up early and cooked up pancakes for breakfast (pancakes and BBQ is all I do!) and again other than a trip to Pet Barn to stock up on pet food for our menagerie we didn’t do anything.

Then it started – I sat up and watched the soccer which kicked off at 11pm.  Netherlands vs Australia – our big test.  So this morning, is an early indication of the next month or so – going to work on minimal sleep after watching soccer until the wee small hours.

From the game perspective, we did well to hold on in the first 30minutes, but I say we finished very strongly.  Mark Viduka missed ANOTHER penalty (can someone tell me when The Duke last scored an international goal?) and we had a man sent off, but we finished very much on a par with the Dutch, who are the #2 side in the world.  Sure we could have conceded another 3-4 goals if the Dutch had some luck and Schwarzer hadn’t made so many good saves, but that’s the game – you have to take your chances.

All in all, a good performance, but we need to start better than we did because we could be down very quickly against the likes of Brazil.

The next game is Thursday morning at 3am against Liechtenstein.  We’ll see how we’re travelling as to whether I stay up / get up for that one.