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Date: 06 February 2005 20:05:58
My youngest sister Amy was in Bellarine Idol on the weekend, a singing contest for the Bellarine Peninsula. The high school finals were last night, with ten students from all over the Geelong region competing. The standard was amazing, I was honestly suprised at how fantastic some of the voices were. I'm guessing most of them would be receiving singing lessons of some description. Of the ten finalists I thought seven of them deserved to win, and the judges also had a very hard time deciding who it would be. And guess what? Amy came third!! It was so exciting! She played piano as well as sang, which worked in her favour I think because all the other contestants just sang with backing tapes. Congratulations Amy! First and second were also very deserving.
Speaking of darts (weren't we?) I finally got our dartboard up on Saturday. I have been waiting to get something to cover the wall, and on Saturday I bought a large sheet of particle board from the hardware store, cut it to size and screwed it in place. Felt very much the handyman. Then I spent the next four hours playing darts against various people and when I woke up the next morning my arm muscles were sore. What's up with that? You know you're unfit when playing darts gives you a sore arm. All I can say is: more practice required!
We also got a few plants for the front garden from the Sunday market, we put a couple in nice pots and we're going to plant the rest along the front of the house, once we get some manure or something for the tired looking bed. Lets just say that the previous tenants did not have a gift for gardening. Even sitting in position in their pots, a little bit of green and some bright flowers give the whole front of the house a better look.
And - last thing - I almost forgot to mention that Maggie and Amy, my two youngest sisters, got confirmed yesterday. It was simple ceremony, their church has a breakfast service the first Sunday of the month so in between the porridge and the sermon they and another teenage girl vowed to live for Christ. It was beautiful, so much a part of normal life an yet such an important event in their lives and their church's.