Libby Kennedy (formerly Apps)

Mine and Rich's wedding - My bridesmaids were my little sis, Renee (red hair)and Julie Sullivan who you should remember from primary school. (Jools is far from the geeky little girl that everyone teased in primary school) Our best man was my brother Rolly and the groomsmen were Joe Dal Molin (from the state high - Meg Shaw will know him well) and another mate Leon. Our flower girl was how Rich and I met at her Christening 9 years ago! I met Rich a month after we graduated.

Wow ten years has certainly crept up fast! It will be great to see everyone again to catch up on what you have all been up to. Well unlike Beck, Ray & a few others that I know who have ventured overseas... I stayed in good ole Far North Queensland and have been living in Cairns for the past 9 years.

After Year 12, I got a secretarial job (I knew that sec studies would get me somewhere! Thanks Mrs Casella!) with an Engineering co in Innisfail. Worked there for a year and it was not long after I started there that I met a Cairns boy (who was originally from Tully)and the next year moved to Cairns to be with Rich, and if you can guess the rest is history!
It was in Cairns that I continued in a number of admin jobs, one of them working with a state wide fundraising organisation where I got to climb the ladder from being in admin to gaining a position in event coordination specialising in weddings.
I now have a weekday position as a 'Wedding Coordinator' for a local business in Cairns called Chocolate Sensations. On weekends (apart from spending quality time with my hubby) I work after hours in a PR role for Delfin, Forest Gardens. So I'm pretty much flat out most of the time and don't get out much unless it's work related! It's all good (so I keep telling myself after a 13 hour day!)

Apart from working 7 days a week, I do get to spend some time at home. Rich & I built a house in Forest Gardens about 5 years ago and now we are about to sell up and build another house in the same estate later this year. We have been together for 9 years and finally got married in June 04 and that's where I gained the name of Kennedy. Oh yes... also I dropped my full name of Belivia cause when I moved to Cairns, noone could say or spell my name right so I ended up just using my nick name in the end to avoid having to pronounce 'Belivia' at least three times in the one sentence! So now its Libby Kennedy (and no not like neighbours....I wish I looked like Kym Valentine!)

Well ten years has been pretty full on for me. I've had to grow up in a hurry about 4 years ago when I took on custody of my little sister, Theresa. My parents had a really nasty divorce and I stepped in and brought Reese up to Cairns with me and put her through school to give her a better life. I have no regrets with giving up my freedom for the past 4 years as now Reese successfully graduated, turned out sane and is now working for DFS Galleria. So I'm thinking that I must have done something right! Especially since she is still living with me at home....trying to get her to move out!!!!

I remember being at Saint Mary's College (Reese's school) a couple of years ago for god knows what... and I hear her friends calling out to me 'Libby, Libby, Libby' then I hear someone say 'Belivia' and I thought HOLY CRAP someone from Innisfail was calling me. Sure enough up walks Miss Hill (aka Accounting teacher and Melrose Place addict). Found out she had moved to Cairns along with a few former teachers from GCC. I can tell you that it certainly felt weird to see an ex teacher after many years. But it felt a hell of a lot weirder when she asked to hang out and catch up after hours.....it didn't happen all the same!

I don't have any little gremlins yet, just Rich, Reese and two persian cats that rule the house.

So after a long winded comment...thats everything to know about me. Anyway I'm up to catching up with those who are in Cairns or anyone else who wants to engage in a long winded email! You can best get me on email: bkennedy@cairns.net.au or try my hotmail account: libby_richard@hotmail.com

Take Care!
Libby