Jo O'Brien

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Jo O'Brien
September 21, 2009

what did I miss?

Over the last 5 weeks I got married, meandered the streets of Venice in a big straw hat, saw the opera in Verona, lay on the rocky beaches of Monterosso, ate and drank through Tuscany, climbed the leaning tower of Pisa, and put the SLR away to enjoy Rome through my eyes, not my lens. Then we came home, went on a hot air balloon ride over Melbourne, tried to sleep when it was dark and stay awake when it was light, and learned that it is impossible to respond to a month long backlog of email and bubblemail. (I put on my brave face and hit the ‘archive all’ button reminding myself that if it’s important, they’ll call back.)

So, what did I miss? What have you been up to over the last five weeks?

aglaia b

welcome back

hehe
Jo O'Brien replied

Thank you my dear, and what a nice red moustache you have there.
Rhana Griffin

Aglaia grew a shiny red moustache :)
Jo O'Brien replied

And they told me nothing exciting had happened while we were away. If that isn’t exciting I don’t know what is!
aglaia b

hahaha, it changes colour, this week it’s red because i’m female. hehe (that’s funny rhana)
;-) xox
aglaia b

what’s your fav. colour jo?, and don’t tell me you don’t have one. ;-) xox
Jo O'Brien replied

Coincidentally, it’s red. But only because white is not a colour. If white were actually a colour, it would be white.
PJ Ryan

hello lovely mrs .. hope you’re getting back into the current time zone now .. catch you one time soon x
Jo O'Brien replied

absolutely, perhaps at the next writers’ meet
aglaia b

damn i was gonna change to your fav. colour, so now i can take it off instead.
have fun lovey. ;-) xox
midzing

welcome back Mrs Price!! :))
Jo O'Brien replied

hehehe ;)
Craig Goldsmith

Congrats and welcome back.
Jo O'Brien replied

Thanks Craig. Silly as it sounds, I really missed it here :)
Rosina Lamberti

welcome back,which was yr fav place
Jo O'Brien replied

Our stop over in Dubai
The contrast of cultures was amazing. I could have sat there just watching the world go by for days
Jo O'Brien replied

holy crapola that is amazing Mr sjem sir
Craig Goldsmith

No Silly at all, your part of one big, active community here. It was quieter without you around.
Jo O'Brien replied

I’ll probably stay O’Brien on the internet (don’t want to waste all that search engine optimisation I’ve got going on!) but in the offline world I’m making the switch
transmute

We’ll do coffee…
Jo O'Brien replied

I’ll even eat the cake this time ;)
Bronwen Hyde

welcome back lady. still haven’t gotten round to editing photos from your wedding day, but it’s toward the top of my list. my news? i’ll be back in melbourne for a few days at the start of october, specifically to do a presentation to the folk at toyota! eep!
Jo O'Brien replied

oooo, exciting news. I bet the presentation goes really well. How did the move go?
Lara Luz

This
Jo O'Brien replied

ooooooo, very cool
clarkey

Welcome back, Jo and james.
Jo O'Brien replied

thanks clarkey :)
Ushna Sardar

Congratulations Jo! xo
FlowersEtc

LOL, I’m happy you enjoyed your Honeymoon. It sounds perfect.
Well, I opened a new group titled “Mountains Across the Globe” Click and it is growing every day with new members. Come join and show us your mountains pictures.
Congratulations again on being married, isn’t it wonderful :)))
Jo O'Brien replied

thank you, I’m pretty wrapped :)
John Robb

you missed nothing – now stop worrying :-)
Jo O'Brien replied

Stop worrying? Does not compute.
John Robb

Oh! just have a hug and some love…..
earthairfire

Did you miss my monkey?
Jo O'Brien replied

ummmmmmm
Martin Pot

Welcome back – sounds like you had a fantastic time!
Karen Cougan

Don’t think you missed much at all Jo,
Glad you had a great time
one good thing about Archives they stay just as they are Archives….......
congrats again Ms Price
xkc
roybarry

This

You probably already know, but it gives me so much pleasure to say it again…...

Welcome home!
natapee

congratulations! And you didn’t miss much at all : ) Welcome back!
Stephen Colquitt

Welcome back Jo, and congrats to you and James. Its been a little bit quiet without you.
Soxy Fleming

welcome home. hope you have both had a wonderful memorable time. sorry, I’m still pretty excited about this and I pinched a couple of polaroids you might be able to help me sort out. looking forward to seeing some of your pics, I loved the ones I have seen
Melinda Kerr

I’m so glad I didn’t wear my post it note, love heart jacket, PLV and I would look like twins. Welcome back…it’s true what they say then…the price is right…
photograjph

I’m pleased you made it back in one piece, based on that photo:

(Venetian Courier) “Swine Flu Region: Vaccinate All Venetians” and
(La Nuova) “Gondola Overturns – 5 tourists in the water”

Did you buy the “Technoplus Fotocamera”?

Welcome back (and congrats to you both, somewhat belated!)

Jeff :D
Colleen Milburn

Woohoo, Jo’s back!! We can all breathe a sigh of relief now as you know how to keep your RB boys in line…lol. Big congrats (again) and it’s so great you’re home and safe and, obviously, happy :)))
Natalie Tyler

Welcome back Mrs Price. Your ‘archive all emails’ policy is an excellent one. I have made a note of this for future reference. Glad to have you back :)
Paul Vanzella

what a last 5 weeks for you both…. (jealous, LOL) so happy for you!
Bronwen Hyde

move was chaos. a nightmare thankfully over. let me know if you and your man want to catch up when i’m back :o)
tkrosevear

welcome back newlywed jo ~ end of summer visits with godchildren and grandchildren for us, nothin’ much more to report, glad you had a wonderful holiday ;) xoxoxoxoxoxoxox TK ♥
Faizan Qureshi

Welcome back to the real world Mrs O’Brien Price :-)
Melissa Vowell

Congatulations Jo :) and of course, welcome back. I hope you are excellent x
Frank Stillitano

Hope that wasn’t you on that Gondola!
Magenta

Welcome home you married person you. x
Rachel Davison

Welcome home and congratulations on your marriage – holiday sounds sublime!
Faizan Qureshi

Are you gonna be known as Josephine Price from now on? Just noticed that on your website.
Jo O'Brien replied

I’ll probably stay O’Brien on the internet (don’t want to waste all that search engine optimisation I’ve got going on!) but in the offline world I’m making the switch
Faizan Qureshi

Ah, okay… good thinking. That’s why I asked too. :)
DeviousLili

Hullo Mrs. Jo-James of Sweetpea persuasions! 5 weeks and much has happened! I sold some cards and then I sold another and this Wondermous Group finally opened!! :D

Missed you mightily. Very glad with and for you both. xox