November 2014

We started the month with a special night at Girl Guides where Hayley was a helper and Emma's friend Chantelle was receiving an award.  I managed to read 3 books, enjoyed a movie with Jaki and my husband.  We took the caravan away for the weekend.  Hayley completed the first stage of her University study and Emma handed in her first Home Ec sewing assignment.  We finished off the month with the end of year Christmas celebration at Girl Guides.  

Books

While I do like reading its not always at the top of my list of things to do. So I have set myself a goal of reading a book a month. Family Baggage was the book I choose this month. The end of the month came quickly and I wasn't finished but a weekend of hubby being away, one daughter at a friends house and the other child at Girl Guides there was no better opportunity to finish it.

I enjoyed the book, a little slow at the beginning and then wrapped up quickly. It wasn't my favourite Monica McInerney book, but good none the less.

Family Baggage

 

Harriet Turner knows all about journeys. After all, she’s arranged hundreds of them for the travel agency her family runs in the Australian coastal town of Merryn Bay. But when her work colleague and foster sister Lara disappears on the eve of a big overseas trip, Harriet finds herself in uncharted territory.
Left alone in England with a coachload of eccentric tourists on a themed tour of locations from the Willoughby TV detective series, Harriet has her hands full. But as the bus trundles through the picturesque Cornwall countryside, the tour becomes another kind of journey for her. She finds herself facing big questions about her family and her childhood; about her feelings for the guest of honour on the tour, star of Willoughby, Patrick Shawcross – and the biggest puzzle of all: what has happened to Lara?

October 2014

A Day Out:)

Today we took advantage of the great weather and headed out to the great outdoors.

We had an early start at 7am and made our way to Bli Bli to meet David's family at Muller Park on the Maroochydore River.  Grandad had the boat in and had already set the crab pots.

Both of the girls went out with David for a spot of fishing.

I was happy to sit on bank until they returned in time for some lunch.

While the rest of the family took the boat out, some more fishing was enjoyed on the bank.

Three generations of fishermen with lines in their hands!

As the tide rolled out so did we.  No fish were caught but it was a great day was had by all.

September 2014

August 2014

This month we spent quite a lot of time in the garden.  We planted a passionfruit vine, a lemon, mandarin, orange and lime tree.  I made good progress on my latest crochet project.  Our chickens began to lay and the kids really got into looking after them which was great.  Hayley & Emma enjoyed time at the Ekka.  The end of the month saw us start to enjoy the warmer weather.  I also made time to smell the flowers of course.

Meet the Girls

About 5 weeks ago we added 4 chickens  to our list of pets.  We made a few additions to the coupe so that we could lock them up at night and let them out when it suits us in the morning.  We are hoping to keep the noise down by doing this, what this space to see if it works!

It has taken us a while to name our girls, but here they are:-

Hayley's - Ariana

Emma's - Nimrod

Mine - Henrietta or Hetty

David's - Chicken Dinner.

We were very excited last week when we got our first egg on Friday.

Over the weekend we have gotten another 5, so we are well on our way.

May 2014 Scrap Retreat

This weekend I made my second annual trip to Minden Scrap Retreat with my crafty friends.  Friday I was all packed and ready yo go by 4pm.

We arrived at Minden and setup for a weekend of crafting.

On Saturday we woke to fog but that wasn't to last long.

The theme for fancy dress this retreat was "Once Upon A Time".   We went as the Queen of Hearts and her card soldiers (not quite sure how I ended up being the queen, but anyway).

I was very lucky to win a retreat challenge which was quite a surprise.

All in all a great weekend was had, and I will be looking forward to the next one in November.

Mothers Day Cards

For Mother's Day, I made these cards and gave the mums tickets to Aladin the musical.

Happy Mother's Day to both of our wonderful Mums.

Bella Mare

This week David and I were treated to a week away.  David's parents very kindly offered to have the girls for a week.  We spent 5 nights at the Bella Mare in Coolangatta.  

We went on a walk or 2 and really enjoyed the view.

 

Some wonderful sunsets.

 

Some time in the very warm spa.

 

 

On the last day David treated me to Prawns and Westcoast by the Tweed River.

We also had some "Opera on the Beach".  During the week they were preparing for the weekend.  On Friday night we were able to get a sneak peak of the show.

 

We had a great week and really enjoyed ourselves.

Turning 40

This year I celebrated my 40th Birthday.  I had lunch with my crafty friends and received 5 great cards and a very special gift certificate.

We also went to Gum Sing Chinese Resturant at Manly for dinner.

It was a great Birthday, one I will remember for a long time to come.

April 2014

This month Hayley ran in the cross country and I was very happy with her effort.  End of term reports arrived home with a great results for both girls.  The school holidays saw some fun catching waves at the beach, a trip to Digi skate and a play date to the Wetlands with some good friends. Hayley and Dad went to see the Leggo movie, and I took Emma to see Divergent which we both enjoyed.  I also celebrated my 40th with a trip to the movies and received a great present on the day from my family.  I also took to time out to read and just smell the flowers.

Anzac Day Parade 2014

This year Hayley marched with Yugumbir State School as School Council Repersentative.  Again this year Hayley wore my Grandfathers medals, which makes us all proud.  She was joined in the march by here best friend Chloe.  Both girls had a great time together.

New Ink Holder

I have wanted a proper stamp pad holder for awhile now and ever time I approached the subject with David I didn't get a good response.  So recently I pinned some ideas and really liked one made from foam board.  So being the determined, ok maybe stubborn, person that I am decided to have ago myself.  It was a lot harder than it looked, I got about 1/2 way during the week and then brought it out last weekend to ask for help.  Anyway ideas got thrown around and an attempt was made to make it as per the instructions, but things didn't progress the way we liked and we put it off.  So this weekend David was in the mindset and ideas were adapted and things just flowed smoothly.  Emma got into the shed with dad and gave it a real good go.

I am so happy with the finished product.

I just may have to fill all the spaces now ha ha.

March 2014

This month saw David take the girls on a camping trip to Noosa with Nana and Grandad, a good time was had by all. Hayley had two friends sleepover.  Emma continued with her Aladin rehearsals and cooked some yummy items in Home Ec.  We had a weekend visit to broadbeach to visit Nannie and Grampie. Hayley was awarded a certificate for her involvement in the Student Council.  We also took the girls to the Tivoli drive-in, which was a blast from the past.  March also saw us start doing regular bike rides and walks.