Heath - My lovely Husband

So i guess i'll start with my lovely husband, Heath. He is my best friend and i pray that we will be able to have a long journey together here on earth. Although i often get the feeling that one of us will be left behind early in our lives. I soooo hope this doesn't happen.

I first met Heath at his 18th birthday party. My friend, Nell, was Heath's girlfriend at the time. I had never met him and being new to Tassie my friend said 'hey, do want to come to my boyfriends 18th ?' so i tagged along.

The story goes that i gave him $1.87 to add to the drinks that night and Heath loves to tell that story but in my defense, a hat went around for everyone to chuck in for more drinks and i somehow missed it. I wanted to make a good impression as i had just tagged along to a strangers party, i tried to make sure that i contributed in some way.

So when i was introduced to Heath at the end of the night i handed him a handful of change as my 'bit' for the drinks!! Heath just found this really funny but in my defense, i was only 16 and i didn't have a lot spare change AND there is no way he can remember exactly how much i gave him - NO MATTER WHAT HE SAYS!!!!!!

This is Heath as a young guy long before i met him!

So we finally got together about a year and a half (and a couple of boyfriends and girlfriends) later. We now have 5 children. Two girls and three boys! I always say that i didn't really like him to start with but i think really i was trying to hide an attraction!! Although he was a very cocky and confident teenager and it used to kinda annoy me!!

We did always get along really well though and i remember going to an L C party with him while we were still friends. Amazingly the only thing i really remember about it is that we slept in my car (1974 xb falcon, yellow paint with brown vinyl roof) and he graciously took the back seat while i had to find comfort in the front seat behind the wheel!!! (okay he did actually offer the back seat to me but i declined for some reason - wouldn't happen now! LOL)

This is Heath around 1999 when we died his hair red!

So we started off life together in a housing commission home (well flat) and moved a few times before building our first home when i was 25 and Heath was 26 ( and three kids later!) Whew we were busy. We had 3 children by the time i was 23!

Us just before Heath got on the boat to go to mainland with his dad for a week.

This is really close to the time that we got together. He is eating some cake!

And this is Heath about to leave for work not long after we got together. He worked as a mechanic at Jackson Ford in Launceston. He used to drive an old beige ford panel van and he once told me that he made it to Deloraine from Westbury (prior to the new highway)in 6 minutes - much to my horror!

Not long after we started living together Heath started to grow his hair. It was so cool. I loved his long ringlets!!!

Heath and the gang on site of building our house!!

Heath went on to work for The mole creek wildlife park and then for Trash Carry and son - manufacturing skip bins. That's where he decided he really liked welding and started his own fabrication business in Deloraine. He still runs it today and is awesome at what he does ( i highly recommend him to build your fence or trailer) He now builds camper trailers for a local company and a huge variety of other welding and manufacturing!

Heath with Morgan, Chey and cute little Jory at the Tahune Airwalk.

In Melbourne for the Green Day Concert.

One thing about Heath that you should know is that he really doesn't care what people think of him. Hence the stupid hat!! now my kids will verify what i say and that is - The hat that Heath is wearing is the one he wears EVERY YEAR when we go to St Helens after Christmas. He also wears it when he is mowing the lawn etc. We all hate this hat. But the thing with Heath is - the more you say something about it- the more he'll stick with it!! GRRRR But i guess really that's what i love about him. And i probably wouldn't change it anyway.




This is Heath the day his ducati arrived! He was so excited. He had wanted one for ages and true to 'Heath Style' he bought the older model that he preferred rather than the hip new one!! That's what i love!




I can't really remember the model or the year but if you are into bikes you'll work it out and if you are not (like me) then you won't really care anyway. So there it is. He only registers it for the 6 month good weather time each year.

Me n Heath out for dinner at The Prickly Cactus!

And Heath in a rare suit and tie having a drink with me in Hobart. We are in between the Ceremony and the reception of our friends wedding!

Heath posing for a shot at our wedding! So handsome!!

Working on the garage!

Some things you might not know about Heath

• His favourite number is 7
• He only ever gets ham, cheese, egg and prawn on pizza's which is really annoying and no amount of nagging will change it
• His favourite dinner is roast lamb
• His favourite colour is blue
• He always has number 7 as his number when he plays basketball
• He is naturally good at all sports
• He hates onion and i have to grate it into everything!
• He loves music and his cd collection is worth more than my car (not an exaggeration!)
• He hates people making weird or stupid noises and has actually stopped hanging out with friends who do this. It is also a way the kids have of deliberately getting him going (only when he's in a good mood tho!)
• He is a really kind and caring person with a gruff exterior (mainly cos he doesn't shave)
• He hates to shave! and doesn't grow a beard cos he likes them! It's just a long time between shaves.
• He has really pretty eyes and has two eyelashes that always part a certain way (which would really annoy you if you were a girl)
• He loves to sleep and would spend 12 hours a day in bed if he could.
• His middle name is Marcus
• He has lived his whole life in Deloraine because he loves it!
• His birthday is 10th October which makes him a Libran
• His favourite sport to play is Cricket
• Heath is really, really, really, really good at saving money, which gets annoying sometimes but is mostly a really good thing!!

So this is a really brief overview of my husband and only begins to tell you about him. But you have to start somewhere! He really is my best friend and we were meant to be together. I absolutely know this with every part of my soul. I know that we knew each other before we came to earth and i know that we looked for each other. I love him to bits. Does this mean we have a perfect relationship? Heck NO! Sometimes he infuriates me! ( and i'm sure i do to him too) But that's normal and part of most relationships!

And this is my favourite pic of Heath. I think its cos you can see his pretty eyes and it somehow shows me the real Heath!